Felipe VI declares Ceuta sovereignty non-negotiable
Africa english.elpais.com

World

World
Saudi helicopter down near Najran kills two pilots Houthis claim shootdown while coalition blames technical fault, Egypt offers 'all possible support' as Yemen war widens
zerohedge.com
World
Airstrike kills at least 114 goldminers near Sudan's Egyptian border Cairo confirms campaign against illegal mining but not the strike itself, miners who dug graves for their colleagues say they will return because the pits are their only income
theguardian.com
World
Japan to launch world-first sample return from Martian moon MMX spacecraft departs Tuesday on H3 rocket for five-year voyage, ten grams of soil to settle whether Phobos is captured asteroid or Mars impact debris
theguardian.com
World
Russian satellite closes to three miles of US imaging spacecraft aiding Ukraine Cosmos 2612 had been over 200 miles away a day earlier, no law governs satellite proximity and countries keep at least six miles apart by custom
timesnownews.com
World
Supertanker ablaze after striking mine in Strait of Hormuz IRGC declares waterway closed while CENTCOM insists it remains open for business, 24 ships hit in two weeks as oil holds above 100 dollars
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United States

Blood antibodies predict bowel disease a decade before diagnosis 2000 US military samples reveal immune signatures of future Crohn's and colitis patients, treatment still begins only when symptoms do
theguardian.com
Rams kicker knocks himself out of debut with tackle attempt Blake Grupe made a 44-yard field goal then hurt his knee tackling Devin Duvernay, front office likely hunting third kicker in seven days
foxnews.com
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber break silence on son Presley's death at 27 Family statement arrives a month after he died at a rehab facility, IMG-signed model spoke openly of depression and substance abuse
theguardian.com
US appeals court dismantles Tesla FSD class action Ninth Circuit vacates certification because buyers cannot show common exposure to autonomy claims, thousands of individual suits replace one trial Tesla can outspend
zerohedge.com
US courts Myanmar's junta over rare earth minerals Direct talks upend nearly a decade of western policy, Roger Stone now lobbies for the general blamed for the Rohingya genocide
theguardian.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Rams kicker knocks himself out of debut with tackle attempt Blake Grupe made a 44-yard field goal then hurt his knee tackling Devin Duvernay, front office likely hunting third kicker in seven days
foxnews.com
Miscellaneous
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber break silence on son Presley's death at 27 Family statement arrives a month after he died at a rehab facility, IMG-signed model spoke openly of depression and substance abuse
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Sarah Forbes Bonetta was gifted to Queen Victoria as a child New biography traces the Yoruba orphan from King Ghezo's court to Windsor, liberated Africans were indentured to pay for the cost of their own freedom
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Black bear raids California library on Winnie-the-Pooh's centenary Animal emptied the staff's pantry before opening hours, the honey jar was not returned
kleinezeitung.at
Miscellaneous
IOC scraps gender equality and inclusion commission Coventry replaces twelve advisory bodies with small working groups, decades of diversity preaching ends as a cost line
foxnews.com
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Media

Media
William Shatner fronts heavy metal band at 95 The *uckers debuted at Chicago's Riot Fest with Brian May guitar solo and 50 volunteer metal musicians, the frontman now also advertises hearing aids
foxnews.com
Media
Robot assistant irritates German Schlager TV audience Machine flirted with Maite Kelly on Schlagerbooom stage beside host Florian Silbereisen, viewers ask why producers book robots instead of new artists
blick.ch
Media
ESPN to pay extra 345 million dollars a year for 24-team College Football Playoff Five-year expansion adds about 1.7 billion to rights already costing 1.3 billion annually, scrapped conference championship games offset only part of the bill
newsweek.com
Media
TikTok permanently bans advertising account for Musk documentary Alex Gibney film cited for political content while X refuses its ads, streaming home HBO is run by the son of TikTok's part-owner
techcrunch.com
Media
Meta rewrites commercial terms to scrape business websites for AI training October 30 update grants no opt-out for publishers whose content would cost millions in a licensing market, Meta says it has no plans to ignore robots.txt
arstechnica.com
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Politics

Politics
Dublin deports 24 Romanian citizens on charter flight Removals enforced under Free Movement Directive with ten-year re-entry bans, union citizenship turns out to carry conditions
independent.co.uk
Politics
Albanian PM Rama refuses to resign on sixth day of protests Ties his survival to EU accession talks, 272 injured since Tuesday as police station burns in Tirana
infobae.com
Politics
Egypt's Sisi declares his presidency will end in 2030 Departure announced more than 40 months early to pre-empt talk of a family successor, general who led the 2013 coup promises the constitution will not be touched
zerohedge.com
Politics
US nuclear regulator lost a sixth of its staff yet reactor reviews got faster NRC fell from 2,957 to 2,477 employees and approved the first small modular reactor four months early, GAO finds nine in ten departures were retirements
zerohedge.com
Politics
Historic Limoges town hall burns as cost-of-living unrest spreads to Italy Milan clashes leave close to fifty detained and Bologna shuts its station, CGIL calls November 20 general strike while Meloni blames vandals
infobae.com businessinsider.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Polly Toynbee: Britain releases 2000 prisoners into a probation service staffed at half its need, union opens strike ballot as tags go unfitted and hostels close Privatisation was abandoned in 2021 but its low-bid pricing never was
theguardian.com
Opinion
George Monbiot: Palantir has wormed its way into the British state NHS entry fee of one pound followed by a 241-million-pound defence deal with no open tender, more than 30 former ministers and officials now on the payroll
theguardian.com
Opinion
Gaby Hinsliff says Britain’s pensions triple lock is unaffordable OBR projects annual cost above £15 billion by 2030, MPs cut disability benefits while protecting uprating formula
theguardian.com
Opinion
Timothy Garton Ash argues Germany should not ban AfD Constitutional tools exist to constrain anti-democratic action, Article 37 remains unused after 77 years
theguardian.com
Opinion
Canada supplies key minerals for US weapons systems Vince Beiser lists aluminium nickel germanium gallium uranium and potash flows behind Trump trade rhetoric, tariffs spare the inputs that would hit defence and industry first
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
French government holds crisis talks after most violent unrest in years More than 2000 arrested as masked looters ransack Paris shops, Limoges mayor says municipal police ran out of ammunition before the town hall burned
theguardian.com
Europe
Ukrainian strikes damage three of five Yandex data centers Outages hit payments search and ride-hailing across Russia and its neighbours, the state that steered digital life into a few platforms now leaves their defense to private firms
wtop.com
Europe
US firms supply three quarters of the electronics in Russia's new jet drone Ukrainian teardown of the Geran-4 counts 80 American components among 105, Texas Instruments alone accounts for 61 while nobody can say how the parts reached Russia
zerohedge.com
Europe
Light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond kills boy of 16 and man of 80 Flight from Glasgow stopped transmitting 20 minutes after takeoff, AAIB team gathers evidence under drone ban
standard.co.uk
Europe
British under-30s set to work freely across EU again Burnham pushes Brexit reset ahead of Brussels summit, London and EU still split between caps of 50,000 and 150,000 visas
independent.co.uk
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North America

North America
Fire kills multiple at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright Windstorm drives blaze across base fence as Edmonton hospitals absorb mass casualties, defence minister gives no figures or cause
theguardian.com
North America
San Clemente beaches wash into the Pacific as El Niño season begins Billion-dollar coastal rail line shut seven times since 2021, California towns weigh seawalls against managed retreat while 2028 Olympic surf venue erodes nearby
theguardian.com
North America
Pentagon quietly moves MQ-9 Reaper drones into South America Transfers from Africa put two Reapers over Ecuador and three more slated for Colombia, counternarcotics mandate targets Venezuela while Congress watches from the sidelines
zerohedge.com
North America
Obama Foundation pays roughly half its staff six-figure salaries CEO Valerie Jarrett earns 771,000 dollars while rank-and-file workers organize a union, Presidential Center price tag hits one billion dollars
breitbart.com
North America
Three men sentenced to 158 years each for murdering surfers in Baja Australian brothers and American friend killed for the tires on their truck, accomplice who took fast-track trial received 20 years
foxnews.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Search continues for 11 missing after boat capsizes off Baja California 16 Mexican nationals rescued with survivors treated for shark bites, mayday call came from waters frequented by smugglers outside US territory
wtop.com
Latin America
Venezuelan women take secret abortions as Colombia threatens to close its border Ban moves demand underground where the poorest pay most, one in three households cannot afford food
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale boom linked to sickness cluster in Patagonia Guardian reports birth defects and miscarriages on one street beside a wellhead as Milei touts record oil exports to Europe, no in-depth health study has been done in thirteen years
theguardian.com
Latin America
Costa Rica inaugurates Bukele-model mega-prison Fernández opens 5,100-inmate CACCO with Salvadoran-donated designs as San José imports security policy wholesale, same week Bukele moves to release half of El Salvador's emergency detainees
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Maduro tells New York court torture charges are false Shackled ex-president refuses to enter plea as rewritten indictment abandons drug case for alleged state torture system, wife Cilia Flores declares innocence while both sides quietly push trial back two weeks
theguardian.com
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Asia

Asia
Nineteen killed in stampede at Kolkata's Durga Puja Rain and a collapse warning sent the crowd surging inside, seven arrested as police order the city's biggest pandals closed
scroll.in
Asia
US courts Myanmar's junta over rare earth minerals Direct talks upend nearly a decade of western policy, Roger Stone now lobbies for the general blamed for the Rohingya genocide
theguardian.com
Asia
Japan briefly warns of quake larger than any ever recorded Magnitude 9.9 alert came from a Kamchatka tremor that produced no shaking in Japan, cancelled after 12 minutes as agency opens investigation
bnonews.com
Asia
IMF puts Bangladesh ahead of India in per capita GDP for 2026 October outlook extends Dhaka's lead through 2028 and delays India's recovery to 2029, both economies remain far below the emerging-market average
scroll.in
Asia
North Korea claims test of AI-guided super-speed torpedo KCNA names the Zam-2.0 system but gives no detail on its artificial intelligence, announcement lands weeks before a possible Trump-Kim meeting at the APEC summit
independent.co.uk
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Middle East

Middle East
Trump endorses Netanyahu days before Israeli election, warns US will 'finish the job' against Iran alone if Bibi loses Far-right Ben-Gvir polls ahead of Labor's successors as three-quarters of first-time Jewish voters lean right
foxnews.com
Middle East
UAE and Saudi Arabia agree to re-enter Yemen war Abu Dhabi resumes funding to southern brigades under Saudi air cover, Gulf rivals reunite as Houthis press toward Taiz and Marib
theguardian.com
Middle East
Israeli settlers beat Washington Post photographer during olive harvest attacks Masked groups strike eight West Bank villages and wound more than 20 as harvest begins, army fires teargas at farmers who defend themselves
theguardian.com
Middle East
Houthis strike presidential palace in Aden and kill five Attack on seat of Yemen's recognized government lands same day Saudi defenses intercept projectiles over Riyadh, cycle trades infrastructure for headquarters as neither deterrent holds
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Houthis besiege Yemen's third city Taiz, rebels seize 1,000km in a month and break four years of UN-brokered calm Repairman sells wife's gold ring to feed family of six
theguardian.com
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Africa

Africa
Lagos hypemen monetise the space between lyrics Ad-libbed quips over Dorime beats earn sprayed cash at raves and corporate parties, trade rooted in Kinshasa's atalaku now trains recruits at School of Hype
theguardian.com
Africa
Equatorial Guinea takes malaria elimination bid to the mainland Bioko island cut infections with its own census and door-to-door spraying backed by US oil money, only two sub-Saharan states certified free of a disease that killed 610,000 in 2024
independent.co.uk
Africa
US drugmakers circle Gabon's sacred iboga root Trump executive order puts ibogaine on a federal treatment pathway, Cancún clinic charges up to 19,500 dollars for a plant Gabonese eat in ritual
theguardian.com
Africa
Felipe VI declares Ceuta sovereignty non-negotiable First visit since 2014 follows mass crossing and Moroccan warships in Spanish waters, von der Leyen responds with reinforced Morocco cooperation
english.elpais.com
Africa
Europe's most wanted cocaine trafficker married into Sierra Leone's presidency Guardian traces record seizure and street abductions to state capture, EU keeps counting President Bio among its closest African allies
theguardian.com
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Economy

Economy
UK steelmakers pay almost 30 pounds more per megawatt hour than French rivals Gap worst in three years as gas sets the power price, government subsidises plants it taxes into uncompetitiveness
theguardian.com
Economy
NRC recommends licences for four Westinghouse reactors at Fermi's Texas AI campus Applicant wrote its own environmental review under new pilot program, safety review has no schedule yet
zerohedge.com
Economy
Second energy crisis in five years breaks resistance to electric cars Surging demand leaves manufacturers filling orders from March, Hormuz closure added 50 billion euros to Europe's oil and gas bill
english.elpais.com
Economy
Forced coal plant operation cost Michigan's Consumers Energy $295 million Appeals court ruled the keep-open orders illegal while the Energy Department renews them, rural cooperative and public power agency sue for the right to close their own plant
truthout.org
Economy
Tom Cruise's Digger heads for a 245 million dollar loss First-dollar deal pays the star from the first takings while Warner Bros puts break-even at 300 million, the royal premiere ran two hours late on red-carpet autographs
theguardian.com
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Technology

Technology
US appeals court dismantles Tesla FSD class action Ninth Circuit vacates certification because buyers cannot show common exposure to autonomy claims, thousands of individual suits replace one trial Tesla can outspend
zerohedge.com
Technology
Robot dog takes fire instead of soldiers at US Army conference Ondas quadruped walks point into buildings and tunnels while orders pile up under a $982m Lethal Unmanned Systems contract, Pentagon builds four-star command for autonomous warfare
foxnews.com
Technology
World Bank urges developing countries to build small AI models Phone-based systems trained on narrow datasets pitched against the frontier compute race, bank mobilised $120bn of private capital last year
theguardian.com
Technology
Man hospitalised after following ChatGPT diet advice Table salt replaced with sodium bromide brought hallucinations and paranoia, doctors could not retrieve the conversation that put him there
newsweek.com
Technology
Meta removes web-scraping provision from commercial terms after legal experts object Deleted language had claimed business accounts' web content for AI training and development, company calls the second edit a clarification
techcrunch.com
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Science

Science
Blood antibodies predict bowel disease a decade before diagnosis 2000 US military samples reveal immune signatures of future Crohn's and colitis patients, treatment still begins only when symptoms do
theguardian.com
Science
Fires rise across Africa's tropical forests Satellite analysis finds significant increases across a third of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the world's largest tropical carbon sink faces a potentially record El Niño as aid cuts reach its fire programmes
independent.co.uk
Science
Four Gemini 4 Argon agents beat Minecraft with no human in the loop DeepMind team needed 27 hours and 605 deaths to kill the Ender Dragon, each conquered benchmark quietly retires so the next one can be sold
the-decoder.com
Science
UK vaccine injury scheme denies paralysed trial nurse the payout after admitting the jab caused her condition 60 percent disability bar excludes 99 percent of COVID claims while manufacturers kept their immunity, inquiry demands graduated payments and government answers with a review
zerohedge.com
Science
Turbulence injures passengers where radar sees nothing, clear-air wind shear at jet-stream altitude grows with warming while forecasts stay collective and the harm stays private One dead and 79 injured on a Singapore Airlines flight that lasted 21 seconds
theguardian.com
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