{
  "id": 15730666,
  "title": "Under fire over protests, Mélenchon stands by split with rest of French political spectrum",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/under-fire-over-protests-melenchon-stands-by-split-with-rest-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T13:00:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/politics/article/2026/10/19/under-fire-over-protests-melenchon-stands-by-split-with-rest-of-french-political-spectrum_6758797_5.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the radical left have been accused by their rivals of encouraging the emergence of violence at protests. Brushing off criticism, they have instead attacked the government's handling of the crisis.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Times of Israel",
        "title": "Antisemitic conspiracies about French protests spread across social media – watchdog",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/20/antisemitic-conspiracies-about-french-protests-spread-across-social",
        "published": "2026-10-20T09:58:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}