# Europe Today: French students ‘retake Bastille’, Trump ‘unwilling’ to help Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/92616

- euronews, 2026-10-09 06:02 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/09/europe-today-french-students-retake-bastille-trump-unwilling-to-help-ukraine

> Jean-Luc Mélenchon says French students have “retaken the Bastille” after a mass rally in Paris. Volodymyr Zelenskyy accuses the US of being “unwilling” to help Ukraine. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark discusses critical minerals, while MEP Rima Hassan faces fallout over a flags row.

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