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America's Justice Department indicted John Bolton, Donald Trump's former National Security

Advisor, with 18 criminal counts related to transmitting and storing

classified information. The indictment accuses Mr. Bolton, who became an outspoken critic of Mr. Trump,

of sending diary notes from his time as NSA in 2018 to 19. In August, the FBI raided Mr. Bolton's home and office. In September,

Mr. Trump called for his indictment. Mr. Trump said he and Vladimir Putin, his Russian counterpart,

agreed in a lengthy phone call to holding a meeting next week between high-level advisors,

including Marco Rubio, America's Secretary of State. He added that he and Mr. Putin would later meet

in Budapest. The call came a day before Mr. Trump is set to meet Vladimir Zelodemizelensky, Ukraine's president.

France's Prime Minister, Sebastian Lecunou, narrowly survived two no-confidence votes in Parliament.

Mr. Lecunou had promised to suspend President Emmanuel Macron's pension reform until

27 to appease the left and save his

government. He still faces peril as Parliament rangles over his budget proposals for 2026. Mr. Macron

reappointed Mr. Leconnu last, just days after he had resigned.

Israel returned the bodies of 30 Palestinians as part of its ceasefire deal with Hamas.

Meanwhile, the militant group said it needed special equipment to retrieve the remaining bodies of deceased Israeli hostages, claiming they were buried under rubble.

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