By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Monde
Democratic members of the House of Representatives are calling for a special prosecutor to be appointed to investigate links between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. Their move comes days before the midterm elections and is based on a report containing the testimonies of eleven women, reports Le Monde.
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Trump discusses and threatens to intensify new US military operations against Iran.
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26 OctCENTCOM prepares strike options against IranDonald Trump has promised a $1 million reward for information about electoral fraud leading to a conviction. The US president announced the measure ahead of the 3 November 2026 midterm elections, without specifying how it would be funded or administered, according to France 24.
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Donald Trump denounced as “rigged” the Brazilian presidential election won by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Flávio Bolsonaro says the courts have barred him from leaving Brazil, Le Monde reports.
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Donald Trump insulted Norway at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay. The US president also complained that the Nobel Committee had not honoured him, La Nouvelle Tribune reports.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian blamed the United States for the failure of negotiations on an interim agreement and called for diplomacy to resume. As Donald Trump threatened a new military operation and Tehran warned Washington of the consequences of possible strikes, Pezeshkian was speaking on Iranian state television, Africanews reports.
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Lula re-election unsettles Brazilian marketsThe re-election of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil caused financial markets to fall, as they had anticipated victory for his conservative rival. Investors fear increased public spending during his new term, according to analysis relayed by Gabonactu.The week in Africa
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