US orders diplomats out of Saudi Arabia as Pentagon pulls troops from Middle East bases, Houthi strikes kill two at Dammam airport and an oil field
Politics independent.co.uk

World

World
US approves Patriot missile sale to Ukraine 500 interceptors worth 2.1 billion dollars could take years to arrive, Kyiv buys its air defense while Russia repairs its refineries
theguardian.com
World
Turkic states press ahead with Asia-Europe transport corridor at Ankara summit Kazakhstan's Tokayev proposes Russian seat at the table, geography converts from periphery to toll position as Brussels chases diesel from reserves
euronews.com
World
Dockworkers strike at over 100 ports worldwide against arms shipments Unions in France Italy Greece Spain Turkey and Morocco demand end to port militarisation, the war economy's chokepoint turns out to be unionised labour
wtop.com
World
Greenland opens new international airport in Ilulissat Third and final project in airport expansion partly funded by Denmark, direct Copenhagen route shifts access away from former US air base at Kangerlussuaq
euronews.com
World
Rare aid convoy to reach occupied Oleshky under temporary ceasefire, Melania Trump involved in brokering first mission of its kind in years Residents of flooded town have eaten weeds while strikes continue elsewhere
euronews.com
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United States

Forever cruise strands more than 200 passengers in Cambodia Villa Vie runs out of money as fuel bills rise to 8000 dollars per cabin monthly, buyers paid 320000 dollars per couple to sit out the Trump term at sea
theguardian.com
Houdini centenary reopens fight over death date and cause No autopsy was performed and theories range from a Montreal punch to poison by circus performers, seances in Chicago and Frederick keep alive the man who spent his career exposing seances
independent.co.uk
US prepares to deport Afghan asylum seekers to Pakistan Unannounced charter flight could leave Monday carrying relatives of Afghans who worked with US military, Supreme Court to weigh third-country removals in December
nbcnews.com
Alaska's second Dan Sullivan leaves hometown days before Senate election Retired teacher spotted on flight out of Petersburg as federal prosecutors investigate how he entered the race, NYT ties candidacy to recruitment effort by Peltola campaign lawyers
breitbart.com
US approves Patriot missile sale to Ukraine 500 interceptors worth 2.1 billion dollars could take years to arrive, Kyiv buys its air defense while Russia repairs its refineries
theguardian.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Forever cruise strands more than 200 passengers in Cambodia Villa Vie runs out of money as fuel bills rise to 8000 dollars per cabin monthly, buyers paid 320000 dollars per couple to sit out the Trump term at sea
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Houdini centenary reopens fight over death date and cause No autopsy was performed and theories range from a Montreal punch to poison by circus performers, seances in Chicago and Frederick keep alive the man who spent his career exposing seances
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in US election Chicago-born pope filed mail-in ballot ten days before lung surgery, Trump has already called him weak
wtop.com
Miscellaneous
CAS ruling readmits Russia to international ice hockey Ban imposed after 2022 invasion overturned, lowest-ranked Ukraine likely loses its World Championship seat to the aggressor
yle.fi sydsvenskan.se
Miscellaneous
Zombie-costumed man stabs two at Austin coffee shop Fleeing pickup driver crashes into unoccupied robotaxi and is found three miles away on a walking trail
foxnews.com
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Media

Media
Just to be clear voted most passive-aggressive email phrase by 52 percent of office workers ZeroBounce poll puts per my last email and as previously discussed joint second at 40 percent, Guardian writer Emma Beddington shares her method from warm greetings to the strategic cc
theguardian.com
Media
Tomb Raider turns thirty with Lara Croft at 100 million copies sold Creator Toby Gard made her a woman to dodge an Indiana Jones copy while her surname came from a phone book, the franchise has outlived every owner and now sits with Sweden's Embracer
english.elpais.com
Media
Celebrity Traitors semi-final draws series-high 10.7 million peak, BBC format without script or actors beats costly drama in ratings Finale airs Friday as James Acaster is banished
standard.co.uk
Media
Take-Two CEO says AI won't make creating hits any easier Grand Theft Auto chief Strauss Zelnick dismisses machine-assisted blockbusters, studio valuation rests on human-authored content a decade in the making
businessinsider.com
Media
Scotland may scrap Saturday 3pm football TV blackout SPFL invites bids on more live games for 2029 rights cycle, sixty-year-old attendance rule can lapse without ever being repealed
independent.co.uk
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Politics

Politics
British PM open to formal apology for slave trade Burnham rules out reparations ahead of Commonwealth summit in Antigua, debt restructuring offered instead of the cancellation Caricom demands
theguardian.com
Politics
US prepares to deport Afghan asylum seekers to Pakistan Unannounced charter flight could leave Monday carrying relatives of Afghans who worked with US military, Supreme Court to weigh third-country removals in December
nbcnews.com
Politics
Alaska's second Dan Sullivan leaves hometown days before Senate election Retired teacher spotted on flight out of Petersburg as federal prosecutors investigate how he entered the race, NYT ties candidacy to recruitment effort by Peltola campaign lawyers
breitbart.com
Politics
G20 photo call cancelled after European ministers refuse to be pictured with Lavrov Rubio scraps group photograph at Atlanta summit, bilateral boycott coexists with Nordic calls to Putin
standard.co.uk
Politics
Canada targets first EU associate membership by June 2027 Carney announces deadline after Montréal summit, category exists nowhere in EU treaties while Germany fights the name
euronews.com
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Opinion

Opinion
Akram al-Sourani: A year after the ceasefire Gaza has no privacy, no peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing No peace and thirty people to a room, water queues every morning while the drones keep buzzing
theguardian.com
Opinion
Peter Apps: London builds fewer homes than in any recent decade while rents pass £2,200 The deficit is a planning choice not destiny and the 1970s show the city knows how to fix it
standard.co.uk
Opinion
Devi Sridhar: AI cancer survival models trained on 40 million faces outrun their evidence Lancet study shows 18 of 28 cancer links and no significant survival signal for Black patients
theguardian.com
Opinion
Mohamad Bazzi: US protection turns out to be priced per transaction A trillion dollars in Saudi pledges bought F-35s but no airstrikes against the Houthis, Trump met a missile strike that killed 13 with a promise to look at it
theguardian.com
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
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Europe

Europe
Hundreds evacuated from two more east London tower blocks Engineers find undersized transfer slabs significantly overstressed in Newham buildings completed 2018, residents told to fund their own hotels first
standard.co.uk
Europe
France deploys 70,000 police for Halloween weekend Interior minister bars marches from city centres citing very high disorder risk, Spanish study flags Blocus gatherings for 30 November the day after the general election
newsweek.com
Europe
Police Scotland investigates Epstein's 1999 stay at Balmoral Andrew arrested in February on suspicion of misconduct in public office, emails sent from the estate asked Ghislaine Maxwell for inappropriate friends
independent.co.uk
Europe
Ireland lifts eurozone growth past forecasts Excluding Ireland the bloc grew exactly the 0.2 percent analysts expected, inflation at 3.8 percent keeps a December rate hike on the table
independent.co.uk
Europe
Spain mourns 69 dead in Toledo train crash Government-released audio shows Madrid controller told Renfe driver to proceed under normal operations, Iryo train halted by same signal failure stayed put
theguardian.com
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North America

North America
British Columbia skips the autumn clock change for the first time Permanent daylight time puts province an hour ahead of US Pacific states for the winter, airlines shift outside flights by about an hour while sports listings already disagree
globalnews.ca
North America
ICE captures Guinean migrant at center of New York manhunt Alpha Bah faced charges of assaulting a police officer when Queens Central Booking freed him without federal notice, House report alleges the city downgrades charges to avoid deportations
foxnews.com
North America
Oregon educator who threw her phone at school shooter speaks out Learning specialist Cassidy Schutz wrestled the 16-year-old over his shotgun while an armed passerby fired the fatal shot, four dead in Bend special-needs classroom
nbcnews.com
North America
Chris Johnson: Data center boom rescuing forgotten American towns Ellendale's sales tax rose from 400 000 dollars a year to 3.5 million in seven months, Fox News opinion writer counters midterm backlash with local tax windfalls
foxnews.com
North America
Quebec farmers fight Alto high-speed rail line mapped across their farmland Third-generation grower never consulted as route splits family land, agency cites 20,000 comments while union demands project scrapped
globalnews.ca
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Latin America

Latin America
El Salvador sends 2 000 more troops to Haiti after ambush on technicians Bukele threatens gangs with his domestic playbook, deployment runs parallel to UN mission with US support and opaque chain of command
breitbart.com
Latin America
Brazilian Supreme Court orders probe into foreign financing of Flávio Bolsonaro's campaign Investigation targets Rockbridge Network founded with involvement of Vice President Vance, police to examine rare earth interests and foreign-run Polymarket posts
english.elpais.com english.elpais.com
Latin America
UN condemns US embargo on Cuba for 34th consecutive year Germany Italy and Latvia abstain for first time after Trump administration pressure, support falls from 165 to 130 as US envoy tells Cuban foreign minister to back up
wtop.com
Latin America
Peru kidnapping gangs build bunkers and price ransoms against families' borrowing power Trujillo cell held gold trader 36 hours under mutilation threats, state of emergency since 2024 has not reached the districts where gangs collect
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Lula wins fourth term in Brazil runoff Court's two-hour voting extension turns first-round defeat into 4.3 million vote victory, Flávio Bolsonaro refuses concession and demands annulment
theguardian.com
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Asia

Asia
UN investigator says Myanmar junta attacks civilians to terrorize them Weapons purchases from China and Russia fuel the war as ASEAN warms to the generals, 32,000 detained since the coup while Washington courts Naypyidaw over rare earths
independent.co.uk
Asia
Glacial lake bursts in Bhutan and triggers flood alerts in Bengal and Assam New artificial lake forms at the site as evacuations are ordered along the Sankosh and Brahmaputra, a police chief says there is absolutely no need to panic while a minister orders riverbed residents out immediately
scroll.in
Asia
Taliban tortured Afghan teacher who ran secret school for girls Herat officials blindfolded Basir Arian and broke his nose jaw and finger, underground classes survive on UNICEF tents and borrowed hope while donors negotiate with the regime that wields the rifle butts
theguardian.com
Asia
US defense contractor with top secret clearance pleads guilty in North Korean IT worker scheme Same day Treasury sanctions network funding Pyongyang weapons programs, regime collects salaries from remote jobs companies fill without checking who types
bnonews.com
Asia
Suspected Chinese spy cultivated Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, US intelligence shelved findings rather than shake AI market Washington weighs chip sanctions against Beijing while protecting the stock price of its target
theguardian.com
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Middle East

Middle East
Gulf states must rethink trillion-dollar defence after US-Iran war IISS report finds, 4,670 Iranian drones and 1,400 ballistic missiles exposed five shortfalls, energy damage estimate reaches 58 billion dollars
theguardian.com
Middle East
Three tankers burn in Hormuz as mines return to the strait Oman evacuates 25 crew off burning Panama-flagged hull, Qatari mediators fly to Tehran the same day
euronews.com
Middle East
Hegseth fires Pentagon's top war planner over Iran and Ukraine leaks Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia failed three polygraph tests per CBS while no successor is named, purge reaches the officers who draft the campaigns
zerohedge.com
Middle East
Taiz governor declares famine under Houthi siege Rights groups say rebels dynamite the last supply road and use starvation as a weapon, Saudi strike kills 13 as a million residents run out of gas and oxygen
independent.co.uk
Middle East
Gulf states draft multipart peace deal to avert renewed US-Iran war Iran rejects Qatari proposal but offers to reopen Hormuz four days after sanctions lift, Washington tells the same monarchies to prepare for short intense campaign after midterm vote
zerohedge.com euronews.com
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Africa

Africa
Machete mob kills Ebola nurse in eastern Congo Health workers shelter under police guard in Bafwasende, village chief lost four relatives who refused the hospital that saved eleven others
independent.co.uk
Africa
36,000 Ethiopians flee into Kenya as border fighting continues Moyale-area leaders warn host communities cannot absorb the influx, Kenya now manages an Ebola front and a refugee front at once
independent.co.uk
Africa
Ebola outbreak tops 10,000 cases ECDC dispatches experts to Nigeria as Kenya reports infected contacts, EU disease agency activates as outbreak reaches Abuja's flight paths
euronews.com
Africa
Bus crash on Nairobi-Mombasa highway kills 22 Passengers returning from their pastor's funeral, 17 died on the same road three weeks earlier
independent.co.uk
Africa
Multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi's Eastleigh, shops open on ground floor while upper storeys under construction County that approved the plans cannot prosecute those who broke them
bnonews.com
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Economy

Economy
Nearly half of Seattle businesses weigh leaving the city Chamber survey of 247 firms cites public safety, taxes and homelessness, socialist mayor Katie Wilson expands policing and cuts spending while some high-rises have lost over 80 percent since 2019
zerohedge.com
Economy
Italian inflation surges past 5 percent as war reaches the shelves October reading jumps to 5.4 from 4.2 percent on energy food and transport, Unilever and Reckitt lift prices while UK growth forecast is cut to 1 percent
standard.co.uk standard.co.uk
Economy
BP profit nearly quadruples as Iran war drives oil prices Shell doubles earnings to 10.81 billion dollars while Exxon and Chevron top estimates, chancellor leaves windfall taxes untouched as diesel costs 71 percent more than a year ago
standard.co.uk wtop.com
Economy
Intel crashes 25 percent on PC demand collapse Shares track worst day since 1982 even as data-center revenue surges 78 percent, AI boom bids up memory prices and starves the PC market
zerohedge.com
Economy
GEO Group signs ten-year ICE contract for Tacoma detention center Deal worth roughly 140 million dollars a year covers 1,635 beds through October 2036, same-day congressional tour barred cameras as lawmakers hear of medication delays
fox13seattle.com
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Technology

Technology
Monumental's bricklaying robots build apartment in Almere Machines on curved scaffolding lay varied bonds and indented text, Groningen neighbourhood of over 100 houses and a hotel already underway
independent.co.uk
Technology
New York bans AI companion and flattery features for minors Hochul signs first state product-design mandate on consumer chatbots effective January 2027, attorney general gains power to sue platforms and destroy collected data
zerohedge.com
Technology
Dartmouth provost resigns over undisclosed AI use Santiago Schnell wrote Washington Post op-ed warning of AI cheating while Claude logs show machine-generated figures and reviewer prompts, university that coined the term in 1956 hosts Anthropic-sponsored hackathon
arstechnica.com
Technology
Claude extension backdoored on Cursor marketplace for nearly twelve hours Malicious update targeted up to 5 000 developer machines with persistent SSH tunnel, Anthropic has yet to warn any customers
arstechnica.com
Technology
Each Jamtara phishing gang paid local police 350 000 rupees a month New book traces how one Indian district industrialised phone fraud, 700 SIM cards in a politician's house and stolen money recycled into government road contracts
scroll.in
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Science

Science
Creatine shows benefit in only two of five mental-health trials Systematic review of 238 patients finds small studies with varying doses and durations, the link between low brain creatine and suicidal thoughts was first observed forty years ago
independent.co.uk
Science
First fruit-eating dinosaur identified in North Dakota and Montana Turkey-sized Infernogallus jamesi crushed berries with a parrot-like beak near the end of the Cretaceous, no living animal combines its three jaw adaptations
independent.co.uk
Science
Feral deer spread toward Australian cities despite five-year national action plan Every state flounders except South Australia which chose eradication over management, deer remain legally wildlife in Victoria as damage exceeds 91 million dollars a year
theguardian.com
Science
Microplastics rain down on Mount Everest all year Chinese study finds empty northern slope collects nearly three times more plastic than the tourist-filled base camp, more than 56 tonnes may settle on the Tibetan Plateau annually
independent.co.uk
Science
Anthropic study steered experts with coin-toss AI opinions Analysts adopted the agent's random preferences in up to 86 percent of decisions and judged the results their own, expertise education and distrust of AI made no measurable difference
the-decoder.com
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