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Far right’s Geert Wilders seals shock win in Dutch election after years on political fringe EU

He’s received countless death threats and has been under police protection for almost two decades. He’s been convicted for inciting hate speech and his opinions once even got him banned from entering the UK. Known as the Dutch Donald Trump, far-right politician Geert Wilders and his PVV Freedom Party have now won a major victory in the country’s general elections.

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Hamas releases Thai hostages as Israel waits for 13 to be freed 13 women and children, who were kidnapped by Hamas during the attacks of 7 October, have been handed to the Red Cross, according to the Israeli military. Their release comes after 12 Thai hostages who were taken from Israel were also freed by the militants. The release is part of a temporary ceasefire deal. In exchange for hostages released, Israel will free 39 Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails, to the West Bank. The deal has been mediated by Qatar, it includes a four-day pause in the fighting. …

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Can Europe protect its women? EU members at odds over gender-based crimes EU

The statistics are as damning as they are grim. In the EU, one in three women aged 15 or over has experienced physical or sexual violence – or both. More than half of all women in Europe have been sexually harassed. Only a fifth of women in the EU go to the police when an intimate partner assaults them. Meanwhile, EU member states have failed to agree on how to address the worst crimes against women. Several countries continue to resist calls by Brussels to define non-consensual sex as rape, punishable by a stiff jail sentence. Today, in 2023, there is no common set of rules in the EU to punish rape, to the growing dismay of many. As Europe prepares to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, we discuss the issue with two MEPs.

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Express Sport – Art Attack The back page of the Daily Express says Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta will bear the brunt of the FA’s crackdown on referee abuse. The Gunners boss was charged by the FA for his furious rant at referees following a VAR decision that was wrong. Catch up on all the back pages here

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