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In France, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu is sitting down Monday with employers and union representatives in an effort to calm some of the country's worst civil unrest in years. The talks come as cost-of-living pressures have pushed people into the streets, and the government is under real pressure to show it is listening.
Across the Pacific, Okinawa's governor is demanding a review of the longstanding pact governing how American military personnel are treated under Japanese law. The call follows an alleged murder by a U.S. Marine, and it reopens a deeply sensitive debate about the terms of the U.S.-Japan security alliance that has simmered in Okinawa for decades.
Meanwhile, in Israel, opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot now has six weeks to attempt what many consider a steep climb — assembling a coalition government capable of replacing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. President Isaac Herzog handed him the formal mandate Sunday evening, setting the clock on what promises to be an intense and uncertain period in Israeli politics.
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