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Photograph: Firas Altoukhi/EPAKey events3m agoFrench high school protests spill over to Belgium with concerns about violence25m ago30 people killed after Russian strike on public transport in eastern Ukraine48m agoMore high school protests take place across France - in pictures1h agoOne dead, two injured in another knife attack at Polish school1h agoEU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials\u2019 request2h agoFrench high school protests this morning - in pictures2h agoFrench education minister to hold talks with high school students later today2h agoMorning opening: French high school protests continue despite PM's promise of actionFrench high school protests spill over to Belgium with concerns about violenceThe French protests are also spilling over the border to Belgium, particularly Brussels and Li\u00e8ge, Reuters and broadcaster RTBF reported.In Liege, local media have reported more than 200 arrests in connection with student protests this month, and authorities have imposed a ban on public gatherings of more than three people until 16 October, Reuters reported.Protestors hold placards during a protest against education reforms by the Wallonia-Brussels Federation government and an increase in student fees in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. Photograph: Nicolas Tucat/AFP/Getty ImagesA person holds a placard reading: \"They make reforms, and on top of that, they deform us.\", as high school students take part in a spontaneous street protest in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq/ReutersBut Belgium\u2019s foreign minister, Bernard Quintin, said hard-left activists had infiltrated the Li\u00e8ge school protests and were causing damage to property.Youths confront riot police as students gather outside several schools in Li\u00e8ge during a protest against education reforms and budget cuts. Photograph: Jonas Roosens/Belga/ShutterstockDemonstrators smash a shop window as protesters clash with riot police during a high school students' demonstration against education spending cuts in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. Photograph: Olivier Hoslet/EPAPeople attempt to put an electric scooter into a burning structure on a street in Li\u00e8ge, Belgium. Photograph: St\u00e9phanie Lecocq/ReutersJulien Doeche, a member of the Li\u00e8ge Antifascist Front, told RTBF Quintin\u2019s claims were \u201cfantasies\u201c.30 people killed after Russian strike on public transport in eastern UkraineMeanwhile, we are getting sad news from Ukraine, where at least 30 people were killed in a Russian attack in the proximity of a bus stop in the city of Kramatorsk in eastern Ukraine.At least 18 people were also injured.Responding to the strike, the region\u2019s governor Vadym Filashkin suspended the operation of public transport, warning it was \u201can attractive target\u201d for Russia given \u201ca single strike can kill the highest number of people.\u201d\u201cRussia consciously disregards all conceivable rules of warfare and norms of international humanitarian law. It selects targets where it can inflict the greatest suffering on civilians,\u201d he warned.\u201cUnder these circumstances, we have no right to risk the lives of passengers and drivers. The safety of the residents of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk is paramount,\u201d he added.Ukraine\u2019s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier that the strike targeted \u201can ordinary public transport stop.\u201dMore high school protests take place across France - in picturesBack to France, let me bring you more pictures from this morning\u2019s high school protests, which are taking place not just in Paris, but also in other cities, including Nantes and Bordeaux.French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Nantes. Photograph: St\u00e9phane Mah\u00e9/ReutersStudents protesters hold placards as they gather for a blockade at the IUT Bordeaux Montaigne university institute of technology in Bordeaux. Photograph: Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty ImagesHigh school students gathered in Bron for a demonstration, as part of student mobilisation taking place today. Photograph: PITTORE/NEIRDAPROD/SIPA/ShutterstockA protester reading a book reacts as tear gas sprayed by police is seen in the background during a blockade action part of a demonstration of high-school students near Helene Boucher high school in Paris. Photograph: Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP/Getty ImagesOne dead, two injured in another knife attack at Polish schoolWe are getting reports of another knife attack at a school in Poland.The incident took place in Leszczyd\u00f3\u0142-Nowiny, east-central Poland, leaving one person dead and two injured. A 15-year-old boy was apprehended at the scene.It comes just a day after a 17-year-old boy injured nine people in a separate school stabbing attack (Europe Live, yesterday). An improvised explosive device was discovered in his backpack.Elsewhere in the country, another 17-year-old has been detained on suspicion of planning a similar knife attack.In response to the wave of incidents, Polish police said they will step up spot checks near schools to scan for knives and identify suspicious behaviour.EU drops sponsorship of disinformation conference at Trump officials\u2019 requestAisha Down in London, Joseph Gedeon in Washington and Jennifer Rankin in BrusselsIn other news, the Trump administration pressured multiple countries to withdraw their sponsorship of a leading European conference on disinformation, with Canada, Lithuania and the EU\u2019s diplomatic service subsequently agreeing to do so, the Guardian understands.US secretary of state Marco Rubio speaks to the press in Athens Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AFP/Getty ImagesThe conference, #Disinfo2026, taking place Wednesday and Thursday, is the annual meetup of Europe\u2019s counter-disinformation community and has drawn hundreds of researchers, journalists, technologists and policymakers to a hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania. It is run by an independent Brussels non-profit, EU Disinfo Lab.Days before the conference, the logos of its main supporters \u2013 the Lithuanian ministry of foreign affairs, the European External Action Service (EEAS) and Global Affairs Canada, the country\u2019s foreign ministry \u2013 were wiped off its website.Photos of the event shared with the Guardian also show white stickers affixed over the logos of these organisations printed on official conference materials, appearing to indicate they were struck from the program in haste.Three persons familiar with the matter, including European officials, confirmed that the US state department had been in touch with multiple governments over their support for the conference.Internal state department documents seen by the Guardian also show US officials thanking Lithuania for \u201ctaking US concerns seriously\u201d. The document says Washington was \u201cgrateful\u201d Lithuania supposedly found a panel framing the US as a foreign information threat \u201creprehensible and surprising\u201d and welcomed its decision to limit involvement in the conference.French high school protests this morning - in picturesA protester uses a megaphone next to French CRS riot police outside Lycee Helene-Boucher high school, during nationwide protests in Paris, France. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/ReutersFrench high school students sit on barricades outside the Lycee Lamartine high school in Paris. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/ReutersA protester confronts riot police officers outside Lycee Helene-Boucher high school as students block the road, during nationwide protests in Paris, France. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/ReutersStudents demonstrate outside the Carmes campus of the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), in Paris, France. Photograph: Firas Altoukhi/EPAFrench education minister to hold talks with high school students later todayFrench education minister \u00c9douard Geffray has invited the three leading high school students associations for further talks at the ministry later this afternoon.This comes as a recent opinion poll showed that the French public broadly supports the protest \u2013 with three-thirds agreeing with the students\u2019 demands, and 55% backing the demonstrations \u2013 but is divided on whether they should continue (Europe Live, yesterday).Students hold placards as they demonstrate outside the Carmes campus of the Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP), in Paris, France. Photograph: Firas Altoukhi/EPAMorning opening: French high school protests continue despite PM's promise of actionJakub KrupaHigh school protests across France show no sign of slowing down, with nearly 400 educational establishments facing disruptions this morning.A French high school student confronts people who want to prevent her from building a barricade, outside the Lycee Lamartine high school in Paris. Photograph: Pedro Nunes/ReutersDemonstrators have rejected a promise by prime minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu to present a plan to fix the country\u2019s education system by the end of the month, demanding he fully engages with their demands sooner than that.In a televised address last night, Lecornu said the country could not be \u201cindifferent\u201d to their concerns, and acknowledged that their anger \u201cdoes not come from nowhere,\u201d but did not make any immediate headline-grabbing announcements.France's prime minister S\u00e9bastien Lecornu makes a statement regarding the situation in high schools, fuel prices, the agricultural crisis, and the France's financial situation in Paris. Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images\u201cWe want real action, and until we get it, we\u2019ll keep mobilising,\u201d a high school student named Marilou in Fontainebleau told AFP.I will keep an eye on today\u2019s events in France as they unfold.Over in Spain, I will look at reactions after last night\u2019s death of Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain\u2019s housing crisis.Elsewhere, Britain\u2019s prime minister Andy Burnham will meet with Germany\u2019s Friedrich Merz in Berlin for political talks. 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