Politics & World Affairs

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> Italy deploys 500 troops to Milan amid unrest and looting over rising fuel prices, cost of living (More) | See footage, including clashes with police (More via YouTube) | ... and France expands curfew to more cities, parts of Paris and Lyon (More)

> The UK will deploy fighter jets to Saudi Arabia to help protect cities and critical infrastructure from attacks by Houthi rebels (More) | Elon Musk personally ordered last week's Starlink slowdown in Ukraine, new report finds (More)

> President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff flies to Russia after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Norway in revamped effort to pursue Russia-Ukraine ceasefire (More)

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> Federal officials charge 82-year-old Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas (D) and family members over alleged corruption scheme relating to marijuana business (More)

> President Donald Trump must sit for deposition in his $10B lawsuit against the BBC by Dec. 11, federal judge says (More) | Watch the clip at the heart of the defamation case (More via YouTube)

> France bans some protests across multiple cities after days of riots, looting (More) | See photos of unrest from across Europe (More) | ... and a map of protests across the continent (More)