Italy and France deploy soldiers amid cost-of-living protests
Politics theguardian.com + 1

World

World
Sudanese military drone strike kills more than 100 in Nyala market, MSF says one hospital received 36 bodies and treated over 150 wounded UN calls drones the deadliest threat to civilians in the world's largest humanitarian crisis
timesnownews.com
World
Jordan bombs southern Syria after church massacre in Amman Amman claims more than 20 ISIS militants dead while Damascus counts seven including three children, punishment raids become post-Assad routine
zerohedge.com
World
Lula wins Brazilian runoff as Bolsonaro drops annulment bid Federal Police seize the losing candidate's passport hours after his party concedes, opposition now plans to rule from congress
zerohedge.com
World
US military bans BYD vehicles from Kadena airbase in Japan Restrictions cover private cars taxis and delivery vans at America's largest east Asian air facility, no specific threat identified while tariffs already keep the Chinese maker out of the US market
theguardian.com
World
Pope Leo XIV confirms Latin America trip after lung surgery Itinerary spans Uruguay, Argentina and Peru from November 6 to 17, Vatican says contained illness needs no further oncological treatment
euronews.com
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United States

Residential cruise ship Odyssey halts in Cambodia and orders residents ashore Florida operator begins 60-day restructuring as Iran war fuel prices surge, residents who bought permanent homes at sea are offered temporary living arrangements
nbcnews.com
US Marine indicted for robbery and murder of Okinawan woman Washington answers Tokyo's protest with month-long curfew and alcohol ban, troops occupy a tenth of an island Washington administered until 1972
zerohedge.com
Trump clemency orders erased 119 million dollars in crime victim restitution, CBS investigation finds Small businesses and the IRS among the creditors wiped out by pardon paperwork
cbsnews.com
Haitian parole migrant charged with Walmart murder entered US legally under Biden program DHS says status revoked in 2025, parole channel admitted him without congressional vote
foxnews.com
Federal judge strikes down New York body armor ban 47-page ruling puts protective armor under Second Amendment, state disarms citizens while federal agencies post record weapons purchases
zerohedge.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
Surgeons now fracture ribs for an hourglass waist RibXcar technique born in 2017 spreads to Colombia Korea and France, patients wear the corset 23 hours a day and call recovery like being hit by a bus
theguardian.com
Miscellaneous
Ashita no Joe artist Tetsuya Chiba dead at 87, Kodansha announces Manga great drew boxing classic after hiding from riots in a Chinese attic as a child
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Harry Kane wins first English Ballon d'Or in 25 years Bayern striker takes individual prize only after leaving Tottenham, loyalty to a club built on losing ends with gold in Munich
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
AI study attributes 450-million-dollar Salvator Mundi to Leonardo's pupil Brazilian model gives Boltraffio 81 percent probability without explaining how, a student work would be worth one hundredth of what the prince paid
bild.de
Miscellaneous
Woman in banana costume calls 911 after Orlando crash Stephanie Oropeza was heading home from a Halloween party at 4 a.m., surveillance footage so bizarre viewers asked if it was AI
independent.co.uk
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Media

Media
Protest and grief photographs take top prizes at Hungarian press photo exhibition, 44th edition opens at Budapest's Robert Capa Center As AI makes authentic images scarce, retouched entries disqualified on sight
euronews.com
Media
TfL reports its own client's poster to police as illegal flyposting Department for Transport safety campaign mistaken for criminal posting on the Tube, advertising authority could not recognise a government advert it had already approved
standard.co.uk
Media
Jay-Z headlines 2027 Super Bowl halftime show His Roc Nation has chosen the performers since 2019, Goodell says his one request was that Jay-Z take the stage itself
standard.co.uk
Media
Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything hits Swedish cinemas in November Partner Billy Evans personally suggested the film's full-frontal shower scene director reveals, A24 production turns convicted Theranos fraudster into prestige subject
businessinsider.com
Media
Instagram opens for 90-minute videos and Episode TV section Mosseri reverses years of short-form doctrine to chase YouTube's ad split, monetization deficit drives third straight format copy after Stories and Reels
techcrunch.com
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Politics

Politics
Thousands protest housing crisis outside Portugal's parliament as budget debate continues inside Lisbon rents hit 1 500 euros against a 920-euro minimum wage, Portugal posts EU's third-largest housing cost rise since 2015
independent.co.uk
Politics
Trump conditions midterm acceptance on his own honesty test, FEC website goes dark after breach attempt days before vote, Iran war drags GOP polling as gasoline prices climb FEC website goes dark after breach attempt days before vote, Iran war drags GOP polling as gasoline prices climb
truthout.org
Politics
Israelis vote in most consequential election in the country's history Turnout hits highest 10am level since 1981 with over 1.2 million ballots cast by mid-morning, coalition arithmetic on Gaza will outlast the exit polls
independent.co.uk theguardian.com
Politics
Finnish and Norwegian leaders call Putin directly on Ukraine Stubb and Støre bypass Washington with frank phone talks ahead of Abu Dhabi trilateral, Nordic capitals price direct signalling below waiting on US intermediaries
theguardian.com
Politics
Open Rights Group accuses UK Home Office of embedding AI in secret, sham-marriage detection and phone scanning feed a digital hostile environment Same week police and fire services fail their own cybersecurity inspection
theguardian.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
Judgment due in Orange Order challenge to Drumcree parade ban Commission had approved first Garvaghy Road route in almost 30 years before crowds gathered, PSNI intelligence warned of dissident gun attacks if officers cleared a path
standard.co.uk
Europe
Serbia's Student List takes outright majority and opens government talks Leaderless movement holds 141 of 250 seats after Vučić concedes, prime minister candidate still unnamed
theguardian.com
Europe
UK police and fire services fail cybersecurity inspection HMICFRS finds legacy IT is the biggest threat while backup systems rate unsatisfactory, same state that wants to scan every face cannot secure its own email
independent.co.uk
Europe
Tornado kills four construction workers in Antalya Two site containers torn apart with five men inside in Turkey's tornado-prone south, yellow-level rain warning preceded a twister that threw one container 300 metres onto a school roof
bnonews.com
Europe
Royal Mail defers second-class delivery overhaul past Christmas Final 107 hubs wait until January as Kretinsky-owned monopoly renegotiates decline, Ofcom targets still missed
independent.co.uk
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North America

North America
Trump clemency orders erased 119 million dollars in crime victim restitution, CBS investigation finds Small businesses and the IRS among the creditors wiped out by pardon paperwork
cbsnews.com
North America
Haitian parole migrant charged with Walmart murder entered US legally under Biden program DHS says status revoked in 2025, parole channel admitted him without congressional vote
foxnews.com
North America
Federal judge strikes down New York body armor ban 47-page ruling puts protective armor under Second Amendment, state disarms citizens while federal agencies post record weapons purchases
zerohedge.com
North America
Judge lets FlavaWorks subpoena Google Yahoo and Microsoft for torrent users' identities Copyright suit against Gay-Torrents turns email providers into discovery machinery, Swiss ProtonMail users stay out of reach
torrentfreak.com
North America
DC youth baseball coach held in Louisiana after traffic stop Precedes citizenship hearing, no charges filed but ICE warrant arrives at courthouse, bond hearing set for November 3
wtop.com
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Latin America

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
Latin America
Colombia teaches Gaza to search for its missing without waiting for the war to end Unit born of the 2016 peace accord exports extrajudicial methods honed on over 100,000 disappeared, families accept truth without seeing perpetrators go to prison
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Video shows cartel members on Ukraine's front line Al Jazeera footage captures CJNG and Los Chapitos fighters returning from a mission, CSIS says recruitment channel institutionalizes drone expertise in the Americas
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Florida obtains state arrest warrant for Raúl Castro over 1996 shootdown Murder-conspiracy charge stacks on federal indictment from May, affidavit quotes standing orders to shoot planes down at sea
bnonews.com
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Asia

Asia
Residential cruise ship Odyssey halts in Cambodia and orders residents ashore Florida operator begins 60-day restructuring as Iran war fuel prices surge, residents who bought permanent homes at sea are offered temporary living arrangements
nbcnews.com
Asia
US Marine indicted for robbery and murder of Okinawan woman Washington answers Tokyo's protest with month-long curfew and alcohol ban, troops occupy a tenth of an island Washington administered until 1972
zerohedge.com
Asia
Mumbai police detain 20 at candlelight vigil for dead IIT Bombay student Mourners at Ambedkar's memorial allege women were manhandled during removal, director insists caste information of every student is hidden
scroll.in
Asia
Colombo has 15 public toilets for half a million daily commuters, 462-page development plan makes no mention of public toilets Guard forfeits a day's pay rather than risk infection
scroll.in
Asia
Kim Jong-un tells North Korean company commanders to build strongest army First army-wide commanders' meeting since February party congress, Seoul proposes border talks as Pyongyang posts new units at firing positions
infobae.com
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Middle East

Middle East
Iran hangs mountaineer who documented his Everest ascents, Ali-Sina Mostafavi executed after supreme court upholds protest sentence Oslo campaigners count six athletes executed and at least six more on death row
theguardian.com
Middle East
Russian satellites circled targets before all 40 Houthi and militia strikes on Saudi Arabia Geneva firm finds 100 percent match between Cosmos flybys and attacks, Houthis now claim direct hits on defense ministry and Ras Tanura refinery
independent.co.uk
Middle East
UN experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israeli genocide Israeli control of territory grew from 53 to at least 60 percent, 196 killed since truce including 32 boys and 11 girls
independent.co.uk
Middle East
US forces ready to strike Iran within 96 hours of Trump order Pentagon target list spans energy infrastructure and nuclear sites, embassies quietly draw down before any decision is announced
cnn.com
Middle East
Ultra-Orthodox draft exemptions shape Tuesday's Israeli election Netanyahu depends on Haredi parties to stay in power, study stipends cost 35 billion shekels a year as military police arrest draft dodgers
theguardian.com
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Africa

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
Africa
Mob beats foreigner to death on Durban street About 50 attackers broke from a marching group as police refuse to confirm anti-migrant link, Nigeria, Mozambique and Malawi count nationals killed by South African mobs
breitbart.com
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Economy

Economy
Poundland teeters on brink of collapse Britain's original one-pound chain cannot survive its own price point, fixed rates and rent squeeze leave hundreds of stores and thousands of jobs at risk
dailymail.com
Economy
Chinese brands cut ties with Mbappé over dictator remark Dongpeng Mengniu and Milkground end contracts in similarly worded statements, no regulator appears in any of the announcements
independent.co.uk
Economy
European gas prices triple in 2026 TTF benchmark nears 100 euros per megawatt hour with storage at record seasonal low, continent that cut Russian gas to escape one war now waits on another
euronews.com
Economy
New Brunswick explores metal recovery from century-old Nigadoo mine waste, US firm Regeneration to fund site cleanup with recovered metals $35 million tailings liability becomes critical-minerals prospect without a new mine
globalnews.ca
Economy
Iran warns of gas rationing as winter approaches World's second-largest gas reserves fail to supply domestic market, refineries run below capacity while rial plunges and impeachment calls target ministers
zerohedge.com
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Technology

Technology
AI bots flooded UK vape ban consultation with fake responses Study finds 90,835 of 118,756 submissions fraudulent, department excluded them while response counts stop measuring opinion and start measuring scripting budgets
independent.co.uk
Technology
Reviewers pan Musk's AI-generated Odyssey episode, seven-minute Grok Imagine film made by three people in under two weeks Nolan's $250 million original has taken $1.8 billion
theguardian.com
Technology
ChatGPT names a different brand first in three of four identical questions New York agency BusySeed matched 172 624 answer pairs for model and prompt, brands still buy AI rankings the machine cannot reproduce
bnonews.com
Technology
Boston Dynamics employees petition against sale of robot dogs to ICE More than 300 signatures fail to halt 1.3-million-dollar contract for four robots, executives promise no weaponization while the optional arm opens doors
arstechnica.com
Technology
Microsoft offers buyouts to more than a quarter of its workforce, 60,000 employees across Xbox Windows and Copilot invited to leave while datacenter and marketing units are excluded Survey of 9,000 executives finds no AI productivity gain yet
theguardian.com
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Science

Science
Extreme heat drove record 710,000 deaths in 2023 Lancet Countdown finds, researchers attribute over 70 per cent to man-made warming and demand global health emergency declaration, heat fatalities rose almost 36 per cent in the decade after the Paris Agreement
independent.co.uk
Science
Total darkness ruins resting cacti Gynelle Leon's one-winter test found dim light keeps plants compact and firm, tropical houseplants get nothing from the ritual but stress
theguardian.com
Science
Korean farmer hosts eleven mating eyeworms Thelazia callipaeda removed with forceps after two months of feeling them move, pregnant females burst larvae as doctors pluck them out
arstechnica.com
Science
Toothpaste fails as spot treatment Menthol and sodium lauryl sulfate inflame skin and worsen scarring, dermatologist recommends azelaic acid and hydrocolloid patches
theguardian.com
Science
Spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater, AI analysis of 11,000 fossil measurements backs the submarine reading against the wading heron Same method pulls ancient marine reptiles back onto land
independent.co.uk
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