Published on 19/10/2026 – 13:01 GMT+2•Updated 13:19 It has been scrawled on cardboard placards outside blockaded schools, shared in parody videos tens of thousands of times and repeated by Greta Thunberg. In the space of a few weeks, “Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres” has become the unofficial slogan of France’s high school protests. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Taken literally, the phrase means very little, and that is the point. What does ‘Bismillah, c’est les ténèbres’ mean? “Bismillah” is Arabic for “in the name of God”. Muslims traditionally say it before beginning a task, and in everyday French slang it can mean something closer…

Christmas came early for U.K. based Gleeks over the weekend. Glee alums Chris Colfer and Darren Criss reunited, almost a decade after the hit Fox musical comedy-drama wrapped, for a London performance of “Baby It’s Cold Outside” on Sunday, October 18. “The only thing inappropriate about doing this song is doing it without me,” Colfer, 36, who played Kurt Hummel on the show, said as he hit the stage during Criss’ one-night-only Royal Albert Hall concert rendition of the track. (Originally released in 1944 by Frank Loesser for his wife, Lynn Garland, to sing with him, the song has famously…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Trump heads to unlikely battleground as GOP fights to hold Senate2. Inside France’s ‘Chaos Inc.’ franchise of communist groups, labor unions and global activists3. Anthropic putting 5% of shares toward public benefit fundMAJOR HEADLINESACCESS GRANTED — It took 3 months to get inside this massive Texas data center — here’s what we saw. Continue reading …’EVEN STRONGER’ — Iran dares Trump to attack again, warns US of…

Polly may not wear a white coat, but she has excellent bedside manner. The Labrador Retriever recently visited an 8-year-old cancer patient at Children’s Hospital at Montefiore Einstein (CHAM), who began experiencing tremors after doctors removed their breathing tube and reduced their sedative medications. “When Polly was present in the bed with this patient, they calmed significantly and their tremors were noticeably less frequent,” Katy Dessick, Polly’s handler and a certified child life specialist, told The Post. Research suggests facility dogs can help pediatric patients cooperate with medical procedures and cope with the stress of serious illness. Timur York Polly’s presence helped ease what…

  20m ago Houthi rebels kill 20 soldiers, Yemen’s Saudi-backed military says Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck a military camp for government forces in southern Yemen on Monday, killing at least 20 soldiers, two Yemeni military officials said.The rebels fired ballistic missiles at the al-Alam military camp in the southern province of Shabwa in an attack that left at least two dozen more troops wounded, the officials said.The military officials with the internationally recognized government of Yemen spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.Yemen’s decade-long civil war has intensified and become intertwined with the…

Published on 19/10/2026 – 12:16 GMT+2•Updated 13:05 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa will travel to Budapest on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet uprising. French President Emmanuel Macron will also attend, according to Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who is set to host the ceremony. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT The event marks a major thaw in relations between Brussels and Budapest after years of acrimony under his predecessor, Viktor Orbán. It will be von der Leyen’s first visit to Hungary since 2024, when she attended a European Political Community summit…

Barbara Palvin rocked the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show six weeks after giving birth to her first child. The model, 33, dazzled on Sunday, October 18, in two individual sets of lingerie for the fashion brand’s annual live celebration, staged inside Los Angeles’ Sony Pictures Studios, with her husband, Dylan Sprouse, seated front row and rising from his chair multiple times to offer endless support. The couple welcomed a daughter, Sylvie, on September 7, sharing their happy news via a joint Instagram post on September 29. “We took Labor Day literally this year,” the pair captioned an at-home photo of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A National Guard member was shot in the leg on Sunday night, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Interim Police Chief Jeffery Carroll said early on Monday.The suspect was also shot, he noted.”So both have gunshot wounds,” he said, “the National Guard member and the suspect.” DEMOCRATS’ LATEST GUN-CONTROL PUSH RUNS INTO INCONVENIENT FACT ABOUT HOW SCHOOL KILLER WAS STOPPED Both of the individuals are expected to live, Carroll said, noting they suffered “non-life-threatening injuries.”The suspect and the National Guard member who was shot were taken for treatment at hospitals, the interim police chief said.MAN…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: As massive data centers rise across the country to power America’s artificial intelligence boom, one of the industry’s biggest builders is making the case that the benefits extend far beyond the technology inside.During an exclusive tour of Compass Datacenters’ sprawling campus in Red Oak, Texas, Fox News Digital got a rare look inside the infrastructure behind the nation’s growing appetite for computing.Getting inside took roughly three months of approvals.Once on site, Fox News Digital passed through six layers of security and suited up in personal protective equipment before entering the facility,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. lawmakers are growing concerned with ongoing violence gripping the small NATO nation of Albania as police clashed with protesters in the capital Tirana.The violence continued for a sixth straight day on Sunday as the lawmakers issued warnings on social media to Albanian authorities. “The Albanian people deserve freedom, rule of law, and institutional accountability. The government must refrain from all violence against protestors. Young people deserve a voice in the future of their country,” Republican South Carolina Representative Joe Wilson posted on X. Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., posted on X that: “All parties…

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is October 19, 2026 and it’s time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed over the weekend. But first… Wednesday, October 21 860 opens on Broadway Thursday, October 22 The Imaginary Invalid opens on Broadway   Photos: First Look at OTHER DESERT CITIES on Broadway Now running at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre is Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Joe Keery, and Lily Rabe in the first Broadway revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s Tony Award-winning play Other Desert Cities. Check out photos of the cast in action here. …

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — An Air Force member has died from injuries he suffered on Saturday while rappelling from the ceiling of the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas, as part of a college football pre-game ceremony honoring the Armed Forces and military veterans, authorities said.The incident occurred just before kickoff between Navy and the University of Texas at San Antonio.”Once the band started playing, there was a guy that fell down,” witness Adrian Corey, one of more than 23,000 people who attended the game, told San Antonio affiliate station KSAT.Witnesses said the airman was one of three service members conducting…

Young people who took part in the weekend’s looting in France have posted videos on TikTok and X boasting about the goods they took and about beating the riot police. ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT “Thank you Paris, thank you Paname,” a young man says in one video on TikTok, using a slang name for the capital. “You’re killers, guys, we tore it all up.” His eyes are red, apparently from tear gas, and he goes on to list his haul. “I grabbed some new Under Armour,” he says, referring to the American sportswear brand. He then turns to the CRS riot police.…

Gisele Bündchen delighted fans by unexpectedly appearing in the 2026 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The model, 46, surprised fans with a pre-taped video appearance that captured her lying on a couch in pink lace lingerie paired with the brand’s signature pink-and-white striped bathrobe. The video was aired at the show just ahead of the Sunday, October 18 live event kicking off inside Los Angeles’ Sony Pictures Studios. “Are you ready for the show?” Bündchen seductively asked the camera after it panned across her toned physique in the video, which was later shared by Bündchen via her Instagram Stories. The clip…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The mother who police say killed her husband and their 3-year-old son at Great Wolf Lodge could face the death penalty, according to a private investigator.Metallica Rose Harrison, 27, is currently behind bars in Monroe County, Pennsylvania after prosecutors say she used kitchen knives – which she allegedly brought from home – to stab and kill Charles “Chaz” Harrison, 36, and their son, Tristan.She’s due in court next month.GREAT WOLF LODGE FAMILY MASSACRE BLEW UP DURING ‘UNCOMMON’ THREE-WEEK STAY AT PRICEY RESORT, OFFICIALS SAY Private investigator Rod Devine, who is based in…