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More than 101 women have been killed in France by their partners or ex-partners since the start of the year. The government wants to take action and has announced plans to work out concrete measures for combating femicide together with women's organisations and prevention facilities by the end of November. It has set aside a million euros for this purpose. Commentators say more must be done.

In Moscow several demonstrators have been handed down multi-year prison sentences. According to Russian news agencies one man was given a three-year prison sentence for pepper-spraying police, and a blogger has been sentenced to five years in a penal camp. Commentators criticise the sentences as unreasonably harsh.

The British government is apparently making plans for a snap election to prevent Brexit opponents in Parliament from passing legislation that would oblige Prime Minister Boris Johnson to postpone Britain's departure from the EU. The talk is of a three-month extension of the deadline. What impact would a snap election - which could take place as soon as 14 October - have on the Brexit crisis?

The "Stork's Nest" affair in which Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is under investigation for fraud involving EU subsidies has taken a surprising turn: the prosecutor's office has dropped the case. The decision contradicts the findings of the EU, however it is not yet definitive. Czech media doubt this will be the end of the affair.