More than 170 demonstrations by public sector workers, including firefighters, were held across France on Tuesday following a call from a broad trade union coalition.

The protests came two days before the government was due to unveil its 2027 budget proposal, with workers seeking to put pressure on the government.

High school students continued their mobilisation outside schools in Lille, Bordeaux and Lyon, calling for replacements for absent teachers, increased resources and “decent” learning conditions.

The USL student union has called on high school and university students to join forces and launch a “second act” of the protest movement.

Young people in Lyon, France, some wearing masks, set fire to a row of rubbish bins to block a road leading to their high school.

Students have staged protests outside schools since last week over concerns including school timetables, class sizes, teacher shortages and overheated classrooms following recent heatwaves.

SpaceX's Starship rocket has successfully reached Earth's orbit on its landmark 14th test flight from Texas.

The 120-meter vehicle overcame an ascent engine failure to complete its orbital burn, deploy next-gen Starlink satellites, and test booster return maneuvers in the Gulf of Mexico.

This milestone marks a critical transition toward operational missions to the Moon and Mars for SpaceX and NASA's Artemis program.

Emergency crews worked to extinguish fires and evacuate people following a Russian drone strike on the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro.

Four people were killed and at least 19 others were injured.

Rescue workers said 49 people were evacuated from a burning administrative building that was hit during the daytime attack.

The latest Russian barrage also targeted Kyiv and the eastern city of Kharkiv.

SpaceX’s Starship, the largest rocket ever built, lifted off from Starbase, Texas, on its 14th test flight.

Standing more than 120 meters tall, the massive spacecraft launched shortly after 8:48 a.m. local time, with the mission aiming to reach Earth orbit.

'Israeli' settlements in the West Bank have expanded for decades, reshaping Palestinian communities and access to land. UN reporting says more than 4,300 Palestinians have been displaced across the West Bank in 2026 due to demolitions, evictions, settler attacks and related access restrictions, with settler attacks and related restrictions accounting for about 60% of that displacement.

For Palestinian families, this can mean losing homes, farmland, access to water and freedom of movement. And with 'Israeli' officials openly supporting settlement expansion, the issue is also tied to the future of a Palestinian state.

Police made arrests as around 200 people gathered outside the annual UK Labour Party conference venue in Liverpool for a silent rally in support of Palestine Action.

Tim Crosland, co-founder of Defend Our Juries, said the number of people arrested for expressing support for the group had reached nearly 4,000 since Palestine Action was proscribed under the Terrorism Act in July 2025.

Around 2,000 Irish nationalist demonstrators gathered in Portadown, Northern Ireland, to protest a pro-British Protestant march by the Orange Order.

The march was authorized for the first time since 1997 by a Belfast court and was due to pass through a Catholic neighbourhood.

Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald called on the government to “call a halt to this madness,” while Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill said the police force had “serious questions to answer.”

Bangkok residents waded through waist-deep floodwaters to buy food and medicine as severe flooding affected parts of the Thai capital.

One resident said she was shocked because her home had never flooded before.

According to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, nearly 4,900 people were evacuated to shelters, while around 52,000 households were affected, prompting a disaster declaration across Bangkok.