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Petrol pipeline thieves cause deadly explosion in Mexico

At least 21 killed and many injured in blast

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Italy 2019 budget: Proposals for 6,000 euro green car subsidy approved in upper house

There are plans for a 6,000 euro subsidy for green cars. Larger vehicles running on traditional fuel will be slapped with higher taxes.

France

'Gilets jaunes': who are they and what do they want?

What started out as a protest against rising fuel prices has turned into a demand for less social inequality. But who are the gilets jaunes and what do they want?

France

Paris turns into battle ground in "Yellow Vest" protest

Hundreds arrested in Paris as “yellow vest” protesters clash with police.

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France

'Yellow Vest' representatives meet French PM

The meeting is a bid to avoid new action Saturday on the Champs-Elysées in Paris, where a protest last Saturday degenerated into violence.

France

'Fuel taxes will adapt to price fluctuations,': Macron

In a response to the gilets jaunes protests across France, president Emmanuel Macron announced fuel taxes would be adapted to price fluctuations but that he will not reverse the policy.

France

French prime minister say protests won't force u-turn on fuel price rises

Edouard Philippe says he has "heard" the French people after two days of road blockades, but that France needs reforms.

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Fuel protest clashes

The French government says around 288,000 people took part in fuel price protests over the weekend in which one woman was accidentally killed and over a hundred people were arrested

France

Yellow block road: France’s fuel price protests in pictures

The best images from a day of protests in France over rising fuel prices.

France

France's fuel price protests turn deadly

Around 50,000 people are estimated to have joined the "yellow vests " in over a thousand locations the Interior Ministr said on Satuday.

France

Are France's fuel protests a good idea? | All Views

Euronews' Cristina Abellan Matamoros asked people around France how they feel about the upcoming mass protest.

France

Could fuel protests drive Macron's government into the ground?

Motorists in France and Belgium are hoping to bring the former to a standstill on November 17 by blocking roads and highways in protest against rising fuel costs.

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Rising fuel prices — who pays the most tax in Europe?

French President Emmanuel Macron is under pressure over growing fuel prices in France. But how do the costs there compare to elsewhere in Europe?

France

Macron refuses to cede to French ‘yellow vests’ fuel tax protest

The French president says planned tax rises on petrol and diesel will go ahead, despite a threatened nationwide protest by motorists.

Haiti

Haitian Prime Minister resigns amid fuel price protests

Haitian Prime Minister, Jack Guy Lafontant, has resigned after a no-confidence vote triggered by protests against the rise of fuel prices.

Brazil

Brazil struggles as truck driver protest halts food and fuel deliverie

State of emergency declared in Rio de Janeiro and megacity Sao Paulo.

Economy

Brexit fears lead to UK car sales slump

Sales of new cars in the U.K. have seen their biggest drop since the global recession.

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Who will be coldest in Europe this winter?

Almost 9% of Europeans can’t afford to heat their homes

Iran

Tehran proposes 50% increase in domestic fuel prices

Measure prompts speculation and concern on social media.

Libya

Italy breaks up a Libyan gang smuggling low quality fuel into Europe

Italian police bust a gang smuggling €30 million euros’ worth of low-quality diesel from Libya into Europe and selling it at the standard price