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Tuesday 20 October 2026 · N° 3
France
Nearly 3,000 shops targeted on the fringes of 17 October
From Nice to Paris, shop owners are counting their losses after the weekend of 17 October; the public is opening its wallet, and so are the insurers.
In Nice on Saturday evening, Pierre stood in front of the Micromania store where he works. A hooded looter hit him in the back, others threw things at him. He did not move. The videos went round social media, and the mayor, Éric Ciotti, came to see him on Sunday.
From Washington to Tehran, the violence of 17 October makes the front pages. Every capital finds proof of what it already thought, and the markets present the bill.
On Monday 19 October, "France is burning" was on the front page of Iranian newspapers. Tehran denounced police repression and called on Paris to listen to its young people.
From 12 to 16 October, US inflation rattled the markets. The big laboratories rose, the small biotechs sank. The week explained without jargon.
On Wednesday 14 October, the United States published its September inflation figure, the rise in prices over one year: 3.7%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the markets, it is a sign that money could cost more. That day on Wall Street, health was one of only three sectors to rise, once again.
France · page 2
Nearly 3,000 shops, restaurants and hotels targeted on the fringes of 17 October.
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In Marseille, shopkeepers count more than 600 looted premises. The state promises short-time work, a "riot fund" and fast insurance assessments.
Read the articleGeopolitics · page 3
Donald Trump calls on France to close its borders after the weekend’s violence.
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The Iranian press headlines "France is burning"; the British press fears contagion. The markets have ruled: a 145-point yield gap with Germany, and a CAC 40 in the red.
Read the articlePharma & health · page 4
US inflation climbs back to 3.7% over one year and raises fears of dearer money.
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The big laboratories, which already sell, serve as a refuge for investors. The small biotechs, which live on promises, fall 6.1%.
Read the articleAt first, I printed this paper for myself alone, every morning. I wanted to know what mattered in France, in Paris and in the world without spending an hour scrolling through screens. So I sorted, then I wrote.
filou d’actu is that sorting, shared. A few topics chosen every day, told simply, with the names of the media the facts come from. You read it with your coffee, from start to finish, then get on with your day.
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