Several young people armed with “knives and a hammer” broke into the school on Wednesday at around 10 a.m., said Agnès Renaud, a teacher. A brawl broke out and a 16-year-old student was injured, added a source close to the investigation. He suffers from “superficial wounds” to his face, she said. Denouncing this “violent aggression”, some forty staff exercised their right to withdraw on Thursday and stopped working, demanding in particular “equal treatment of institutions”. Source BFMTV
EU Enlargement Commissioner Johannes Hahn was quoted Nov. 6 as telling German daily Die Welt: “I think that, in the long term, it would be more honest for Turkey and the EU to go down new roads and end the accession talks.” Source: Hürriyet Daily News
Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang on Wednesday said Beijing and countries with stakes in the South China Sea are closer than ever before to a “code of conduct” for the strategic thoroughfare. Source: Deutsche Welle
Downing Street has confirmed that a draft Brexit agreement has been reached between the UK and European Union. British Prime Minister Theresa May will present it to her senior ministers on Wednesday, but it is unclear if May will be able to get any deal approved by UK parliament. Source: Euronews
