{
  "id": 15600013,
  "title": "Macron opens Gulf tour after violent protests in France",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/macron-opens-gulf-tour-after-violent-protests-in-france-15600013",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T11:30:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/macron-opens-gulf-tour-after-violent-protests-france"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday began a Gulf tour aimed at securing oil and diesel supplies in an effort to bring down prices, after a weekend of violent protests sparked by soaring living costs. Macron, just hours after slamming France's \"unbridled\" violence in an address late on Sunday, arrived in OPEC member Kuwait where he was welcomed by the emir, Sheikh Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Citizen",
        "title": "France considers curfews as cost-of-living protests turn violent",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/france-considers-curfews-as-cost-of-living-protests-turn-violent",
        "published": "2026-10-19T13:08:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}