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Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween

Activists call for people to make their anger known over poor public services including education and housing

Street protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies.

Weeks of, at times violent, student demonstrations have rocked Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania and France, where activists on Halloween have again called for people to make their anger over the cost of living and deficient public services felt across the country.

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Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Cost of living protests to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Halloween

Activists call for people to make their anger known over poor public services including education and housing

Street protests sweeping Europe are expected to spread to Germany and reignite in France on Saturday, with police mobilised to stop potential looting and rioting on the fringes of what organisers hope will be peaceful rallies.

Weeks of, at times violent, student demonstrations have rocked Italy, Spain, Portugal, Albania and France, where activists on Halloween have again called for people to make their anger over the cost of living and deficient public services felt across the country.

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Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Β© Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP/Getty Images

Elke Sommer, prolific German star of A Shot in the Dark and And Then There Were None, dies aged 85

29 October 2026 at 19:36

The Berlin-born performer had a gift for languages that took her to Hollywood, landing roles alongside Peter Sellers, Dick Van Dyke and Paul Newman

Elke Sommer, the prolific German star of the Pink Panther film A Shot in the Dark, early 70s Agatha Christie adaptation And Then there Were None, and British sex comedy Carry on Behind, has died aged 85. Bild magazine reported that Sommer died in Los Angeles of heart failure.

German-born Sommer, whose best-known film roles were in the 1960s and 70s, was one of the wave of European performers who crossed over to Hollywood and English-language cinema with considerable success, following the postwar emergence of European new wave cinema. Sommer was one of the few German actors to make waves at the time, as Hollywood made much of her bombshell image.

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Β© Photograph: Kobal/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Kobal/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Kobal/Shutterstock

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