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The paper also reports international fallout from a settler attack on a journalist in Israel, quoting officials’ condemnation, the victim’s account, and ongoing investigation concerns.",{"@graph":14,"@context":66},[15,34,49],{"@type":16,"itemListElement":17},"BreadcrumbList",[18,23,27,31],{"item":19,"name":20,"@type":21,"position":22},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",1,{"item":24,"name":25,"@type":21,"position":26},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":28,"name":29,"@type":21,"position":30},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/research-report/","Research & Report",3,{"item":32,"name":10,"@type":21,"position":33},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-guardian-uk-19-october-2026-news/618602/",4,{"url":32,"name":10,"@type":35,"author":36,"headline":10,"publisher":39,"fileFormat":42,"inLanguage":8,"description":12,"dateModified":43,"datePublished":43,"encodingFormat":42,"isAccessibleForFree":44,"interactionStatistic":45},"DigitalDocument",{"name":37,"@type":38},"SANS","Person",{"url":19,"name":40,"@type":41},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-19",true,{"@type":46,"interactionType":47,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":48},"ViewAction",{"@type":50,"mainEntity":51},"FAQPage",[52,58,62],{"name":53,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":55},"What did Emmanuel Macron condemn regarding the unrest in France?","Question",{"text":56,"@type":57},"Macron condemned “unbridled violence” involving burned public buildings, destroyed shops, and thousands of arrests.","Answer",{"name":59,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":60},"How did Macron describe the different groups involved in the protests?",{"text":61,"@type":57},"He said a distinction should be drawn between peaceful demonstrators making demands and others who “destroy, ransack and loot.”",{"name":63,"@type":54,"acceptedAnswer":64},"What happened to the journalist mentioned in the Israel-related report?",{"text":65,"@type":57},"A photojournalist, Heidi Levine, was attacked by masked Israeli settlers, requiring surgery and hospital recovery; officials called for investigation and prosecution.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":32,"og:type":68,"og:title":10,"og:site_name":40,"og:description":12},"article",{"robots":70,"canonical":32},"index,follow",{"doc_id":72,"site_id":7},618602,1792449344,{"code":4,"msg":75,"data":76},"success",[77,81,85,89,94,99,104,108,113,116,120],{"id":22,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":78,"show_sort_weight":79,"slug":80},"Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":26,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":82,"show_sort_weight":83,"slug":84},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":33,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":86,"show_sort_weight":87,"slug":88},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":90,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":91,"show_sort_weight":92,"slug":93},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":95,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":100,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":101,"show_sort_weight":102,"slug":103},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":105,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":29,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},8,30,"research-report",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":111,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":114,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":115},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":117,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":118,"show_sort_weight":117,"slug":119},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":121,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":25,"category_name":122,"show_sort_weight":90,"slug":123},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":75,"data":125},{"doc_id":72,"user_id":126,"nickname":37,"user_avatar":127,"doc_module":4,"category_id":105,"category_name":29,"doc_title":10,"doc_description":12,"doc_content":128,"file_id":129,"file_url":130,"file_type":131,"file_size":132,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":22,"is_downloadable":22,"audit_status":22,"page_count":133,"language":134,"language_code":8,"site_id":7,"html_lang":8,"table_of_contents":135,"faqs":136,"seo_title":137,"seo_description":12,"update_tm":73,"read_time":138},962090760505,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","| ‘Madness!’Should yoga bean Olympic\u003Cbr>sport? 􀀂 Life & Arts\u003Cbr>New bloodcurdling political mini plays by Caryl Churchill\u003Cbr>􀀂 Life & Arts\u003Cbr>Monday\u003Cbr>19 October 2026\u003Cbr>£3.50\u003Cbr>From £2.40 for subscribers\u003Cbr>Macron condemns ‘unbridled violence’ of huge French riots\u003Cbr>•2,000 arrests as public\u003Cbr>buildings burned and hundreds of shops looted\u003Cbr>•Protests spread across\u003Cbr>Europe as tension over cost of living crisis grows\u003Cbr>Angelique Chrisafis\u003Cbr>Paris\u003Cbr>The French president, Emmanuel Macron, last night condemned the“unbridled violence” that saw public buildings burned, hundreds of shops destroyed and more than 2,000 people arrested after oneof the most destructive days of unrest in years.\u003Cbr>“Watching these images, we have all asked ourselves how could French people do this to France?” Macronsaid in a televised address.\u003Cbr>He saidthat “nothingjustifies”violence, and that state officials would be able to ban certain street gatherings, if they deemed it necessary.\u003Cbr>He said a distinction must be drawn between what he called genuine, peaceful demonstrators making demands over the cost of living and the education system, and others who “destroy, ransack and loot”. He criticised what he called “factious groups from the ultra-left, joined by numerous delinquents”.\u003Cbr>Politicians on the left and right called for the resignation of the interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, after the scale of violence 6 􀀂\u003Cbr>appeared to catch the ▲ vehicle burns at Place de laRépublique in central Paris, where clashes broke out between anti-riot police and proteste PHOTOGRAPH: YOAN VALAT/EPA |  |\n| --- | --- |\n| Up to 20 maternity units will have to shut, NHS leader warns\u003Cbr>Exclusive NHS Alliance’s acute care director says centralisation of services‘inevitable’ to ensure mothersand babies receive safe care amid doctor shortagesand rising caesarean rates Page 9􀀃 | Cut welfare spending ‘to fund support for young people’\u003Cbr>Exclusive Former health secretary Alan Milburn says benefit payments should be reduced to pay for help for young people to break the cycle of ill health and unemployment Page 14􀀃 |\n\n•  \n• The Guardian Monday 19 October 2026  \nNews and Sport  \nTwenty-year itch  \nCouples more likely to divorce after two decades of marriage, data shows Page 11  \nJournal  \nOpinions and ideas  \n􀀂 France’s leaders won’tbe able to crush this fury with violence  \nOliver Haynes  \nPage 3  \nLife & Arts  \nFeatures & interviews  \n‘Why all the lechery?’  \nWomen just want to workout in peace, says Emma Beddington Page 3  \nWeather  \nPage 32  \nQuick crossword  \nBack of Life & Arts  \nCartoon  \nJournal, page 4  \nCryptic crossword  \nBack of Journal  \nContact  \nFor missing sections please fill out the form at  \n[theguardian.com/missingsections](theguardian.com/missingsections)[ ](theguardian.com/missingsections)[or call](or call 0800 839 100.)[ 0800 839 100](or call 0800 839 100.)[.](or call 0800 839 100.)  \nFor individual departments, call the Guardian switchboard: 020 3353 2000.  \nFor the Readers’ editor (corrections & clarificationson specific editorial content), call  \nNEWSPAPERS  \nSUPPORT  \nRECYCLING  \nThe recycled paper  \ncontent of UK newspapers  \nin 2025 was 30%  \nNews  \nUS ambassador to Israel calls settler attack on journalist an ‘act of terror’  \nSam Jones  \nThe US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has denounced the settler attack that left the Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine needing surgery asa “despicable act of terror”and called for the arrest and prosecution of those responsible.  \nLevine, an award-winning journalist who lives in Israel, was badly beaten on Friday by masked Israeli settlers who used clubs and other weapons to attack Palestinian people attempting to harvest their olivesin occupied West Bank towns.  \nThe 63-year-old said she had been beaten for more than 10 minutes by the settlers, who also stole her camera, passport and phone. She is now in hospital in Petah Tikva near Tel Aviv, recovering from hand surgery, broken ribs and ot","cbCail3xqTaVzKOU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCail3xqTaVzKOU","pdf",28863631,44,"English","# News\n## France unrest and Macron statement\n## Israel settler attack on journalist","[{\"question\":\"What did Emmanuel Macron condemn regarding the unrest in France?\",\"answer\":\"Macron condemned “unbridled violence” involving burned public buildings, destroyed shops, and thousands of arrests.\"},{\"question\":\"How did Macron describe the different groups involved in the protests?\",\"answer\":\"He said a distinction should be drawn between peaceful demonstrators making demands and others who “destroy, ransack and loot.”\"},{\"question\":\"What happened to the journalist mentioned in the Israel-related report?\",\"answer\":\"A photojournalist, Heidi Levine, was attacked by masked Israeli settlers, requiring surgery and hospital recovery; officials called for investigation and prosecution.\"}]","The Guardian UK - 19 October 2026 - News | PDF",111]