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The UK has removed all bombers from RAF Fairford base without providing a reason, following a major incident last week involving suspicious vehicles near the airbase. Additionally, Polanski has been banned from Israel after a motion by a party declaring 'Zionism is racism'. France has closed up to 500 schools amid student protests, and Brazil's election has gone to a runoff with right-wing candidate Flávio Bolsonaro winning the first round. Supporters of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan marched to the Pakistani capital.

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