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Three BJP candidates submitted nomination papers for Rajya Sabha byelections in Bengal. Three Rajya Sabha seats became vacant after Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev, and Prakash Chik Baraik resigned and left the TMC following the party's Assembly election defeat.

Italy's far-right government, led by Giorgia Meloni, proposes a controversial voluntary repatriation scheme where lawyers receive bonuses for convincing immigrant clients to return home. The plan, compared to a 'wild west-style bounty,' is part of a new security bill awaiting final parliamentary approval.