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Protests have been gripping France with students demanding better learning conditions and more equal opportunities. The education ministry is among the few that have been granted an increase in next year's draft budgets, but critics say it still doesn't catch up with inflation. We take a closer look. Plus, OpenAI has apologised to Australia over its handling of government website hacks by a rogue AI agent in June.

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