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Mass protests in France over the weekend turned violent again, but the deployment of additional police resources kept looting in check.

To find out more, NTD spoke with Etienne Fauchaire, a Paris-based journalist for The Epoch Times who specializes in French politics and U.S.–France relations.

A hacking group aligned with China's communist regime used an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to accelerate cyberattacks against hundreds of organizations worldwide, including an attack involving U.S. technology company ConnectWise, Microsoft said on Oct. 21.

Microsoft attributed the compromise of ConnectWise's Cloud Backup application credentials to Storm-0940, a Chinese regime-aligned hacking group it has tracked since 2021. The stolen credentials allowed the attackers to exploit access already granted to ConnectWise applications by customers using Microsoft's cloud services.

The hackers used ARTEX, a Chinese-developed AI security-testing tool, to automate attacks targeting government agencies, defense contractors, financial institutions, technology companies, and other organizations, Microsoft said.

Conservative leader Marine Le Pen, the frontrunner in next year's French presidential election, formally launched her campaign on Sunday with a promise to restore order and national confidence.

As France faces one of its most turbulent periods in years, Le Pen cast herself as the best placed to navigate what she described as mounting economic, social, and security crises.

Addressing a crowd of cheering supporters, she promised "zero tolerance" policing and said restoring security was the state's first duty.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran and its allies on Sunday against attempting to disrupt Israel's election, saying the Israel Defense Forces were prepared both defensively and offensively and would respond with overwhelming force to any attack.

Netanyahu said Israel had intelligence indications that "Iran and its proxies" could seek to interfere with the vote through military action.

Israelis are preparing to vote in a national election on Tuesday amid continued regional tensions and concerns over possible attacks by Iran-aligned groups.

Benjamín Lorca, a Chilean member of parliament, joins Tiffany Meier Tonight to discuss Chile's conservative shift, the challenges facing the country's new government, and the factors driving a broader political realignment across Latin America. He also weighs in on Brazil's presidential election, U.S.-led security cooperation in the region, and Chile's economic and diplomatic ties with China and Taiwan.

Brazilian presidential candidates Jair Bolsonaro and incumbent Lula da Silva held rallies across the country ahead of the Oct. 25 runoff elections. Bolsonaro supporters tell NTD how they want their candidate to handle relations with the U.S. and China.