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President Aleksandar Vucic called for the snap vote barely two years since the last parliament was elected. His ruling party is on course for an absolute majority, but the opposition has made claims of election fraud.

One of Russia's main supporters in Europe is Serbia. The Kremlin would like to keep it this way and has been ensuring Russia-friendly media outlets in Serbia disseminate anti-West propaganda.

Israeli papers react to new revelations surrounding the death of three Israeli hostages accidentally killed by the IDF in Gaza. Also: French papers discuss the government's last-ditch effort to pass its landmark immigration bill. We then take a look at two powerful men on different sides of the Atlantic who benefited from impunity despite years of sexual harassment accusations. We end with a bit of progress for Black actors and actresses in Hollywood.

How can the deaths of Palestinians in Gaza be monitored by outside organisations? Nearly 19,000 people have been killed in 10 weeks of war, according to the Hamas-run health authorities. The credibility of those statistics has at times been undermined by sceptical world leaders, including US President Joe Biden. In Perspective, FRANCE 24's Gavin Lee spoke to Emily Tripp from UK-based transparency watchdog Airwars, which is using open-source data to try to verify the death toll in the Gaza Strip.

The Vatican says it will allow priests to bless same-sex and unmarried couples. However, it says, such blessings are not a sign of the Catholic Church's approval and cannot happen as part of a religious ceremony.

Defense Minister Boris Pistorius says an agreement on the permanent deployment of a German brigade in NATO member Lithuania is a "historic moment."

Seven months after the World Health Organization downgraded mpox from a global threat, an outbreak in Africa could go international. What is mpox and how dangerous is it?

Is Washington's patience wearing thin? It all started on Tuesday, when Israel's prime minister issued a video address in Hebrew. Within hours, Joe Biden had reacted, first at a fundraiser where he called on Netanyahu to sack his far-right coalition partners, then at a White House Hanukkah ceremony where the US president called on Israel to stop its "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip.

The hard living, guitar licking spearhead of the Rolling Stones sound for 60 years has defied the odds to reach his eighth decade.

The Serbian Progressive Party of President Aleksandar Vucic is likely to win the parliamentary election on December 17. The opposition does, however, enjoy strong backing in the capital, Belgrade.

The Russian billionaire Alisher Usmanov is suspected of money laundering and violating sanctions law. But the chances of this being proven in court seem slim.

The number of migrants from Tunisia to Europe doubled this year, as did the number of intercepts. What impact is the so-called EU migration deal having, and how might it affect President Saied's chances of reelection?