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Protest organizers aim to maintain momentum and increase pressure on Prime Minister Netanyahu and his government until the proposed changes are scrapped.
Demonstrators have rallied for five weeks in a row to voice their discontent with the judicial reforms proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. Netanyahu faces a trial on corruption charges. While he denies any wrongdoing, his opponents say the reforms are personally motivated.
The president and prime minister agreed to step down after protesters stormed both leaders' residences on Saturday over the country's economic chaos.
Portugal’s government gave the lucrative mining industry permission to extract the metal in six different parts of the country despite widespread environmental concerns.View on euronews
Indian farmers and authorities could have found a possible breakthrough in negotiations over farming reforms. The government offered to suspend the implementation of the reforms which have brought thousands of farmers to the streets of New Delhi in a months-long sit-in, making it Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s biggest challenge since his re-election in 2019.
U.S.-led air strikes hit 10 units of Islamic State fighters in Syria in recent days as well as militants with the al Qaeda-linked Khorasan Group. Jillian Kitchener reports.