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Downing Street said it was "wrong to diminish" the role of British and allied troops after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said only a few NATO countries were involved in combat in Afghanistan. Poland's foreign minister also responded.
France's curfews and a rejected resignation, an MP critically injured in Victoria, Zelensky's Bloomberg interview and Rubio's reply, Russia's cabinet reshuffle, and the day's markets, in one place.
More than 200 people were detained in Milan after cost-of-living protests turned violent over the weekend, about 80% of them minors, ANSA reported. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni convened security chiefs on Monday to consider new measures.
After an interministerial crisis meeting on Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced partial, localised curfews, which authorities then imposed in parts of Paris and other cities, a "massive judicial operation" and full short-time-work cover for looted shops. President Emmanuel Macron refused Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez's offer to resign.
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has nominated four deputy prime ministers and a new transport minister after a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Monday. The State Duma must approve the nominations.
Speaking in Uzbekistan, the US Secretary of State rejected Kyiv's account of a three-day halt in missile-warning intelligence. He said a possible Trump–Putin–Xi meeting had been discussed but he did not know whether it had been finalised.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Bloomberg interview in Kyiv on Sunday that "steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate", citing Starlink limits and delayed Patriot deliveries. He proposed stopping strikes on Russian diesel facilities in exchange for more Patriot interceptors.
Paris police reported 108 arrests on Sunday and more shops looted, including the BHV Marais department store. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu chairs a crisis meeting on Monday as President Emmanuel Macron begins a three-day Gulf tour.
Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said Bulgaria has sent NATO two requests for air policing, surveillance and missile systems. NATO's North Atlantic Council is due to discuss Black Sea security on 20 October at Romania's request.
Former president Joseph Kabila now heads the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, which replaces the AFC-M23 alliance. The group says it will keep commitments from talks in Doha.
