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Oct 6, 2026 13 min

Saudi-Backed Forces Launch Major Counteroffensive

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 6. With France on the precipice of a dangerous financial spiral, student protestors are demanding President Emmanuel Macron raise spending, the one thing WSJ Paris bureau chief Stacy Meichtry says the country can’t afford to do. Plus, Saudi and Yemeni forces launch an operation to take back a strategic port Iran-backed Houthi rebels have been using to disrupt oil-tanker traffic through the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. And the Treasury Department enables auto-enrollment and stock donations for Trump Accounts, turning the program into a universal child investment vehicle. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter.

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