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A minibus carrying lorry drivers has hit a departing freight train on the loading platform at the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel, injuring the driver and 18 passengers. None of the injuries is life-threatening, and Eurostar and freight services were not disrupted. An investigation is under way. Source: BBC News, 16 October 2026.

For more than three weeks, thousands of French students have barricaded school entrances and taken to the streets. Further demonstrations are planned across France this Saturday, with workers' unions and former yellow vest activists expected to join. The prime minister has suggested student anger is being manipulated. Source: BBC News, 16 October 2026.

Two people have died and nearly 600 have been rescued after severe flooding in Istanbul, where the governor says it was the heaviest rainfall in 84 years. Schools have been closed and residents told to stay at home unless essential. Source: BBC News, 15 October 2026.

Azerbaijan began enforcing new school uniform rules last Monday, turning away girls wearing hijabs. Protests followed outside schools in Baku and in southern districts, and the interior ministry says it detained 37 people on the first day. The row has also caused tension with neighbouring Turkey. Source: BBC News, 15 October 2026.