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Explosive revelations in a 500-page Federal Police report allege ties between a federal police chief and organized crime in the killing of Councilwoman Marielle Franco.

It marked the worst defeat for the president and his AK Party (AKP) in their more than two decades in power, and could signal a change in the country’s divided political landscape.

President Yoon Suk Yeol called walkouts by doctors protesting his plan to increase medical school admissions “an illegal collective action” that poses “a grave threat to our society.”

“It’s about destabilization. It’s about undermining trust in institutions: government, monarchy, media — everything,” one security expert told NBC News.

The pope made a strong appeal for peace: “Let us not yield to the logic of weapons and rearming. Peace is never made with arms, but with outstretched hands and open hearts.”

Humanitarian officials say deliveries by sea and air are not enough and that Israel must allow far more aid by road.

No immediate explanation was given for the latest changes in a wide-reaching personnel shake-up over recent months.

Security sources told Reuters that the injuries were caused by an Israeli military strike, which Israel denies.

Apprehension, self-censorship and the risk of being jailed for “inciting hatred or disaffection” toward the Chinese and Hong Kong governments are shaping the territory’s art scene.

Heavily armed police and special arrest teams, some wearing masks, had gathered outside the popular club. Some 150 nearby homes were evacuated.

A revitalized Palestinian Authority would be essential to “establishing the conditions for stability in the broader region,” a State Department spokesperson said.