Inflation protests in Europe, Alex Jones seeks new trial, and more of today’s latest newsThe Associated PressIt’s Saturday, Oct. 22. People across France took to the streets to demand pay increases that keep pace with inflation. British railway staff and German pilots held strikes to push for better pay as prices rise. Across Europe, soaring inflation is behind a wave of protests and strikes that underscores growing discontent with the spiraling cost of living and threatens to unleash political turmoil. The fallout from the war in Ukraine has sharply raised the risk of civil unrest in Europe, according to risk consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.

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