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France to deploy 70,000 police across country on Saturday to prevent unrest
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France to deploy 70,000 police across country on Saturday to prevent unrest

Move follows some of the worst street violence in years on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend France will deploy about 70,000 police around the country on Saturday as the government seeks to prevent more civil unrest after some of the worst street violence in years erupted on the fringes of cost-of-living protests last weekend. The interior minister, Laurent Nunez, said on ⁠Friday ⁠the security forces would include elite units usually used for counter-terrorism operations and hostage rescues, adding that there had been social media calls for violence from “ultra-left” groups.

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Gunmen kill 7 at church in southern Jordan
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Gunmen kill 7 at church in southern Jordan

Gunmen killed at least seven people and wounded 10 more in an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday, authorities said. Two assailants stormed the compound of a Greek Orthodox church in the village of Hammoud in Karak governorate before opening fire, the public security directorate said in a statement.

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Terrorism: FG secures 653 convictions, prosecutes 1,060 suspects
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Terrorism: FG secures 653 convictions, prosecutes 1,060 suspects

Speaking to newsmen shortly after stepping out of the courtroom on Friday, the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Prince Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, who led the prosecution, disclosed that a total of 880 cases had been heard, out of which the court convicted 653, acquitted seven and discharged 27 of the defendants. Describing the current phase of the mass trial as the largest since the FG commenced the special court sessions for the prosecution of terror suspects, the AGF attributed the success of the exercise to judicial cooperation, effective prosecution and inter-agency…

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