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Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said Monday night's partial curfews had contributed to calm and that prefects and mayors would decide new ones on Tuesday evening. Justice Minister Gérald Darmanin said 123 people had been jailed since the weekend, and French media reported the first arrest over the Limoges town hall fire.
A US official said White House envoy Steve Witkoff would hold talks in Oslo on Tuesday with Volodymyr Zelensky, Norway's prime minister and European, EU and NATO officials on a peace proposal for Russia, and then travel to Russia hoping to meet Vladimir Putin.
Donald Trump posted passages from his Kansas rally speech on Truth Social, repeating his promise of $5,000 for every adult citizen if Republicans keep Congress. The Agriculture Department confirmed an $8 billion Harvest Fuel Relief program.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told a bipartisan US congressional delegation on Monday that Kyiv could stop hitting Russian oil refineries for 30 days if Washington helped defend Ukraine's skies with Patriot interceptors for the same period. He said Ukraine had heard no willingness to accept the idea.
Elon Musk said on Monday he will give one of his SpaceX shares to every child in the US next year. CNBC estimated the pledge at about $10.5 billion; Musk has not said how the shares would be distributed.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held talks with Iran's Abbas Araghchi and met President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday, the last stop of a Middle East tour. Mr Araghchi blamed the United States and Israel for insecurity around the strait.
A drone hit a park in Nova Vodolaha on Monday afternoon, Ukrainian officials said, hours after Russia fired 16 ballistic missiles and more than 200 drones at Ukraine overnight. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 28 energy facilities were hit and that partners again gave no early warning. Russia said it struck defence sites in and around Kyiv.
Speaking to reporters as he left the White House on Monday, US President Donald Trump said Volodymyr Zelensky "doesn't know what he's talking about", suggested Ukraine find another negotiator and said he was open to a three-way meeting with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping focused on nuclear weapons.
The US President repeated a proposal he first made in September. He cannot rename a state himself; New Mexico's name is set in its constitution, and state officials from both parties have rejected the idea.
Presenting an updated security doctrine nine days before Israel's 27 October election, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for new alliances beyond the United States and said he had directed security agencies to work for the fall of Iran's government. Opposition leaders called the doctrine hollow.
