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What’s behind the youth protests sweeping Europe?

What’s behind the youth protests sweeping Europe?

Apple News Today
Oct 21, 2026 14 min
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<p><a href="https://apple.news/AK9s9NfetRZKUI_G1PcgalQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Guardian</a>&rsquo;s Ashifa Kassam takes us inside Europe&rsquo;s &ldquo;autumn of discontent.&rdquo;</p><p>The Justice Department has charged 28 people in California with election crimes and is seeking to block roughly 20,000 ballots from being counted in the midterm elections despite experts saying noncitizen voting is extremely rare. <a href="https://apple.news/AUO2M_8TbThuUpjV705GE-A" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NPR</a>&rsquo;s Miles Parks discusses the implications of the move.</p><p>Federal judges in Washington are being asked to weigh in on details of President Trump&rsquo;s attempt to make over the capital, and they&rsquo;re getting increasingly frustrated. <a href="https://apple.news/AEgk1PFyeS8ehHkA56hDHOQ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Associated Press</a> reporter Gary Fields explains why.</p><p>Plus, Trump&rsquo;s $8 billion <a href="https://apple.news/A2iC0A5VsQG-xGuAJjhrcag" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bailout</a> for farmers, the <a href="https://apple.news/A3-ZyKXsqS4aNXwkmM4tf_w" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NASCAR driver</a> diagnosed with CTE, and how a <a href="https://apple.news/A39O226oqQO2fYPVLNZslYw" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">novel piece of infrastructure</a> is saving wildlife in the West.</p><p>Today&rsquo;s episode was hosted by Gideon Resnick.</p>

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