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A three-storey building collapsed in Brooklyn, New York, killing at least two people and injuring several others.
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AI’s ‘opportunity divide’ could deepen global inequality, UN official warns
The deputy secretary-general of UN’s ICT agency says unequal access to AI means poorer nations may be left behind.
![Tomas Lamanauskas, deputy secretary-general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), warns that AI could deepen socioeconomic divides [File: Aziz Karimov/Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/GettyImages-2088186450-1792945391.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Violence breaks out across Europe after another day of protests
Police clashed with demonstrators in France, Italy and Spain over rising living costs and cuts to public services.
Published On 25 Oct 2026
About 25,000 rally in Madrid in support of Spain’s state pension scheme
Demonstrators want pensions to remain indexed to inflation and the gender pension gap to be eliminated.
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Paris shopkeepers fear more destruction after riots destroy livelihoods
‘I have nothing left.’ Small business owners in Paris say they are traumatised after rioters looted their shops.
Published On 21 Oct 2026
Portugal cost-of-living protesters pour back into camps cleared by police
Police arrested 55 people while clearing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto.
Oxfam analysis finds Peru’s richest captured 42 percent of all new wealth
Only 1.4 percent of all new wealth created between 2019 and 2025 went to the poorest 50 percent, report finds.
Cost of living protests hit Belgium, Italy, Portugal and France
Hundreds of thousands take to the streets for separate demonstrations, putting pressure on governments across the EU.
![Italian demonstrators clash with police at Piazza Duomo in Milan on October 17 2026. [Piero Cruciatti/AFP]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/afp_6ad3d4cee5c2-1792267470.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Albanian police fire rubber bullets as protests against Rama escalate
Five days of clashes rock Tirana as students join a wider movement demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama’s resignation.
Tear gas and unrest as hundreds of thousands protest for reforms in France
More than 500,000 gather in Paris and other cities for protests uniting students, teachers, unions and ‘yellow vests’.
Protests spread across France as ‘yellow vests’ set to join
Demonstrations began in mid-September at schools and have expanded, tapping into wider grievances.
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