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• Hurricane Ian: They stayed for the storm - what happens now?

  01-10-2022 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  Florida residents face tough choices about whether to stay or leave in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian.
  
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• Ian death toll jumps, thousands still without water

  01-10-2022 23:31 via cnn.com
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  • Florida expects flooding for days in Ian's wake as the Sunshine State and the Carolinas turn to recovery
  
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• Ministers warn of scammers posing as energy bill support scheme

  01-10-2022 23:30 via theguardian.com
  No need to apply because £400 discount will ‘reach people automatically’, says Rees-Mogg A scam alert has been issued by ministers encouraging people not to fall foul of fraudulent messages asking them to provide bank details as the energy price guarantee comes into force.From 1 October, a limit on the price households pay for a unit of gas and electricity they use will mean a typical energy bill should be £2,500 a year. The first instalment of a £400 discount for h
  
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• King Charles abandons plans to attend Cop27 ‘following Liz Truss’s advice’

  01-10-2022 23:23 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister reportedly raised objections to him going during personal audience at Buckingham PalaceKing Charles III has reportedly abandoned plans to attend and deliver a speech at the Cop27 climate change summit on the advice of Liz Truss.The monarch, a veteran campaigner on environmental issues, had been invited to the 27th UN climate change conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, next month. Continue reading...
  
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• Iranian American held in Tehran for seven years granted temporary release

  01-10-2022 23:20 via theguardian.com
  Siamak Namazi, convicted along with father on espionage charges, freed from Evin prison on one-week renewable furloughAn Iranian American businessman who has been imprisoned in Iran for nearly seven years has been released from Tehran’s Evin prison on a one-week, renewable furlough, the United Nations announced on Saturday.The release of detainee Siamak Namazi comes as his father, Baquer Namazi, is being allowed to leave Iran for medical treatment, UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in
  
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• Iran grants furlough to American prisoner Siamak Namazi, lifts travel ban on his elderly father

  01-10-2022 23:17 via nbcnews.com
  
  Iran has granted furlough to imprisoned Iranian-American Siamak Namazi for the first time in seven years, and lifted the travel ban on his father Baquer.
  
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• After Ian, river flooding menaces Florida inland towns

  01-10-2022 23:09 via abcnews.go.com
  Hurricane Ian ravaged coastal towns in southwest Florida.
  
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• National Archives says it still doesn't have all Trump White House records

  01-10-2022 23:08 via cnn.com
  
  The National Archives has told the House Oversight Committee that certain presidential records from the Trump administration remain outstanding, citing information that some White House staff used non-official electronic systems to conduct official business.
  
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• Singapore Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes team fined £22,000 over nose stud

  01-10-2022 23:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Lewis Hamilton dismisses ongoing controversy about his wearing a nose stud in his F1 car as "all a bit silly", as the issue blows up again at the Singapore Grand Prix.
  
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• Two of prime minister’s senior advisers being paid through lobbying company

  01-10-2022 22:59 via theguardian.com
  Aides Alice Robinson and Mac Chapwell paid by company run by Liz Truss’s new chief of staffTwo of the prime minister’s most senior advisers are being paid through her new chief of staff’s lobbying company, it has emerged, days after Downing Street said it would employ the latter directly.The government admitted last weekend that Liz Truss’s chief of staff, Mark Fullbrook, was being paid through his lobbying firm, a move that could have helped him avoid paying tax. Continu
  
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• Mallorca 0-1 Barcelona: Robert Lewandowski scores again as Barca go top of La Liga

  01-10-2022 22:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Robert Lewandowski scores his ninth goal in seven La Liga matches as Barcelona win at Mallorca to go top.
  
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• Protesters attack French Embassy in Burkina Faso after coup

  01-10-2022 22:54 via abcnews.go.com
  Protesters in Burkina Faso's capital have attacked the French Embassy after the military junta in charge accused France of sheltering the ousted interim president
  
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• Russian forces retreat from strategic Donetsk city a day after Moscow's annexation of the region

  01-10-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces are encircling Russian troops in Russian-occupied Lyman, in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk, despite Moscow's annexation of the region that's been declared illegal by the West.
  
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• Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Chechen republic, said Russia needs to take more drastic measures, including declaring martial law in the border territories and using low-yield nuclear weapons

  01-10-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces are encircling Russian troops in Russian-occupied Lyman, in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk, despite Moscow's annexation of the region that's been declared illegal by the West.
  
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• Putin ally slams Russian generals, says low-yield nuclear weapons may be needed

  01-10-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces are encircling Russian troops in Russian-occupied Lyman, in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk, despite Moscow's annexation of the region that's been declared illegal by the West.
  
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• Leader of Chechen republic said Russia needs to take more drastic measures, including declaring martial law in border territories, using low-yield nuclear weapons

  01-10-2022 22:34 via cnn.com
  
  Ukrainian forces are encircling Russian troops in Russian-occupied Lyman, in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk, despite Moscow's annexation of the region that's been declared illegal by the West.
  
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• American citizen held in Iran for more than six years released to seek medical treatment, UN spokesperson says

  01-10-2022 22:17 via cnn.com
  
  An elderly American wrongfully held in Iran for more than six years has been permitted to leave the country "to seek medical treatment abroad," according to a statement from UN Secretary General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Russians flee Lyman as Ukrainian troops retake city a day after Putin’s illegal annexation – as it happened

  01-10-2022 22:14 via theguardian.com
  Russian defence ministry says troops have withdrawn amid ‘threat of encirclement’Ukrainian forces perform victory dance after liberating LymanWhat we know on day 220 of the invasionPutin annexes four regions of Ukraine in major escalationIt’s 12pm in Ukraine, here’s the latest:Ukraine has encircled Russia’s forces around a bastion that is critical for Moscow at the eastern town of Lyman, in an operation that is still under way. Russia’s forces at Lyman totalle
  
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• Scores of Iraqis injured in anti-government protests in Baghdad

  01-10-2022 22:07 via theguardian.com
  Teargas and stun grenades used by security forces as unrest over poverty and corruption flares up in the capital and other citiesIraqi security forces have fired teargas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores of people near Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked the anniversary of anti-government unrest in 2019.At least 86 people were wounded on Saturday, about half of them members of the security forces, and 38 protesters were hit by
  
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• Hurricane Ian: Florida and Carolinas comb wreckage to assess deadly toll

  01-10-2022 22:06 via theguardian.com
  Twenty-seven reported dead in Florida and four in North Carolina as residents try to rebuild from one of most powerful recent stormsAs Hurricane Ian upended the lives of millions along the south-eastern United States, authorities sifting through the wreckage in Florida and the Carolinas were reporting a few dozen deaths as of Saturday, and the states’ residents were early in the stages of rebuilding from one of the strongest, most expensive hurricanes in recent American history.The storm h
  
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• Burkina Faso coup: Gunshots in capital and roads blocked

  01-10-2022 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The army captain who announced Friday's takeover says the ousted leader is planning a counter-attack.
  
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• V&A drops financial ties with Sackler family over links with opioids

  01-10-2022 21:55 via theguardian.com
  London museum bows to years of pressure and removes signs bearing name of family associated with OxyContin crisisThe Victoria and Albert Museum has bowed to growing pressure to rename key areas of its Kensington site, the Observer has learned, as it drops controversial ties with the Sackler family, benefactors descended from the American makers of addictive opioid prescription drugs.This weekend the signs that directed V&A visitors to the Sackler Centre for Arts Education, and to the £
  
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• ‘Unbelievable’ & ‘strange’ – is VAR letting Premier League down?

  01-10-2022 21:47 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport looks at the key refereeing decisions on a dramatic and controversial day of Premier League action.
  
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• Liz Truss’s poll ratings plummet lower than Boris Johnson’s before he was forced out

  01-10-2022 21:47 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister’s net approval falls to minus 37, while just 12% say mini-budget was ‘good’Liz Truss’s personal popularity ratings are lower than those of Boris Johnson when his premiership came to an end, a new Observer poll has revealed.The latest Opinium poll shows a precipitous fall in Truss’s personal ratings after the fallout from her government’s mini-budget, and Labour surging ahead with voters across a whole range of issues. Continue reading...
  
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• Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners

  01-10-2022 21:33 via nbcnews.com
  
  Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s
  
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• Biden announces return of seven American detainees from Venezuela

  01-10-2022 21:17 via cnn.com
  
  President Joe Biden on Saturday announced the return of seven Americans he said were wrongfully detained in Venezuela for "years."
  
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• Over 2 dozen cheese products recalled amid listeria outbreak

  01-10-2022 21:11 via abcnews.go.com
  Old Europe Cheese recalled 25 brands of brie and camembert on Friday amid a multistate outbreak of listeria infections that have been linked to the products.
  
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• Kakadu uranium site clean-up in limbo amid calls to revive mine

  01-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Rio Tinto wants to fund rehabilitation but Ranger mine owner’s minority shareholders are pushing for further developmentFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastFunding for the multibillion-dollar clean-up of the Ranger uranium mine, carved out of the Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory, has been thrown into limbo due to a corporate stoush over attempts to revive mining in the area.Rio Tinto, the
  
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• Aukus will lock in Australia’s dependence on US, intelligence expert warns

  01-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Clinton Fernandes argues in provocative new book the security pact will make it impossible to have an independent defence policyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastThe Aukus deal will lock in Australia’s dependence on the US and make it impossible to have an independent defence policy, a former Australian army intelligence officer has warned.In a provocative new book to be released this week, Clinton F
  
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• A leftist victory in Brazil's election could be the lifeline Cuba, Venezuela need right now

  01-10-2022 20:59 via foxnews.com
  
  SAO PAULO, Brazil - While Brazil’s perennial leftist leader Lula da Silva may enjoy the support of the majority of Brazil’s artistic community, incumbent president Jair Bolsonaro scored a major coup this week, receiving a public endorsement from the nation’s biggest soccer star, Neymar.  In a video posted to Twitter, the goal-scoring legend danced and sang along to a Bolsonaro campaign jingle, proclaiming, "Vote, vote, and confirm, 22 is Bolsonaro." The right-wing candidat
  
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• Civilian convoy in Ukraine attacked, leaving 24 dead including 13 children, 1 pregnant woman

  01-10-2022 20:48 via foxnews.com
  
  A civilian convoy in eastern Ukraine was found Saturday after allegedly being attacked by Russian forces, resulting in the death of 24 people, including 13 children and one pregnant woman, Ukrainian officials said. According to the head of the Kharkiv military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, a convoy of at least six cars traveling west from the village of Pischane in the Luhansk region to Kurykivka in the Kharkiv region was brutally attacked on Sept. 25 around 9 a.m., Pravda first reported.&nbs
  
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• Ukraine war: Russian troops forced out of eastern town Lyman

  01-10-2022 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  The retreat came amid fears thousands of soldiers would be encircled in Lyman, and is seen as a significant blow.
  
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• Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court's chief justice, dies

  01-10-2022 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  Max Baer has died at age 74 only months before he was set to retire.
  
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• Amtrak suspends San Diego-Los Angeles service due to shifting ground

  01-10-2022 20:03 via theguardian.com
  Metrolink also suspends trains because ground underneath stretch of seaside track in southern California has shiftedMetrolink and Amtrak have suspended train services linking San Diego to Los Angeles – along with the rest of the US – because ground underneath a stretch of seaside track in southern California has shifted, according to officials.The San Diego Union-Tribune reported Friday that service has been suspended indefinitely in the community of San Clemente, on the border of Or
  
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• Man fatally slashed during dispute on New York City subway train

  01-10-2022 19:53 via cnn.com
  
  A 43-year-old man died Friday after being slashed on the neck during a dispute on a Brooklyn subway train, the New York Police Department said.
  
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• Danes: Nord Stream 2 pipeline seems to have stopped leaking

  01-10-2022 19:47 via abcnews.go.com
  It's one of two ruptured natural gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
  
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• ‘Women are in charge. They are leading’: Iran protests continue despite crackdowns

  01-10-2022 19:44 via theguardian.com
  People, determined to defy violence by security forces and online blackout, are resorting to old-fashioned methods to organise unrestThe messages, printed on scraps of paper, were thrown on doorsteps across Iran overnight by protesters determined that an online crackdown would not stop their movement.“The Islamic Republic is falling. Join the people,” said one handed out in northern Rasht city. In southern Ahvaz organisers gave an address and time for protest, and a broader call to a
  
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• Sanibel Island 'not habitable' in wake of hurricane

  01-10-2022 19:17 via abcnews.go.com
  Sanibel Island, Fort Myers and Lee County generally were severely damaged by Hurricane Ian.
  
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• Arsenal 3-1 Tottenham: Gunners show identity & direction in outstanding derby win

  01-10-2022 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Arsenal have flattered to deceive in recent seasons, but their outstanding win against Tottenham is proof they have rediscovered their identity.
  
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• Superyacht linked to sanctioned Russian oligarch Igor Kesaev on sale for £26m

  01-10-2022 18:42 via theguardian.com
  Brokers in Monaco told it is ‘strictly prohibited’ to advertise sale of MySky on print or the internetRussia-Ukraine war: latest updatesA superyacht built for an oligarch subjected to sanctions over the supply of weapons to the Russian army is being discreetly offered for sale for £26m, with buyers advised that any viewings will be in the Maldives in the Indian Ocean.Brokers are being warned that the sale of MySky, built for Igor Kesaev, should not be advertised online. The ves
  
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• Jimmy Carter to celebrate 98th birthday with family, friends, baseball

  01-10-2022 18:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, will celebrate his 98th birthday Saturday with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgi
  
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• The oldest living former US president celebrates his 98th birthday

  01-10-2022 18:15 via cnn.com
  
  Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former US president, turns 98 on Saturday.
  
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• Russia accused of kidnapping head of Ukraine nuclear plant

  01-10-2022 18:14 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukraine’s nuclear power provider on Saturday accused Russian forces of kidnapping the head of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) and holding him in an undisclosed location. According to Energoatom, the power station’s director-general, Ihor Murashov, was stopped by Russian forces around 4 p.m. Friday while in his car before he was then blindfolded and detained.  His whereabouts remain unknown.  RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ANNOUNCES ANNEXATION OF 4 UKRAINIAN TE
  
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• Protesters attack French embassy in Burkina Faso over allegedly harbouring ousted president

  01-10-2022 18:08 via theguardian.com
  West African bloc denounced the country’s second military coup in nine months, saying it was ‘inappropriate’Angry protesters have attacked the French embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital after supporters of the west African nation’s new coup leader accused France of harbouring the ousted interim president, a charge French authorities vehemently denied.Lt Col Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was overthrown late on Friday less than nine months after he mounted a coup in Burkin
  
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• Supreme Court's top cases for new term, new Justice Jackson

  01-10-2022 18:04 via abcnews.go.com
  The Supreme Court opens its new term on Monday and will hear arguments for the first time after a summer break and with new Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson among its nine members
  
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• Stolen in 1917, this 1,000-year-old manuscript was just returned to its rightful owners

  01-10-2022 18:00 via cnn.com
  
  A 1,000-year-old manuscript looted during World War I has been returned to the Greek monastery from where it was stolen more than a century ago.
  
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• Kremlin attempts to calm Russian fury over chaotic mobilisation

  01-10-2022 17:46 via theguardian.com
  Amid angry protests over the conscription of new recruits, a propaganda drive is seeking to deflect blame from Vladimir PutinRussia-Ukraine war – latest updatesIt took Alina three goes at the local conscription centre to get her husband out of Russia’s war in Ukraine.She knew the local officials managing the mobilisation in her town south of Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, she said. So when her husband, who has health problems because of his weight and served in the army more t
  
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• Climb down or stand firm - what does UK PM do next?

  01-10-2022 17:43 via bbc.co.uk
  Laura Kuenssberg on what options the PM - one of her guests on Sunday - has to calm her party.
  
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• Palestinian deaths toll in West Bank hits 100 this year

  01-10-2022 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  The deadliest tally in years comes amid a big increase in Israeli military raids.
  
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• The Supreme Court's legitimacy is in danger

  01-10-2022 17:31 via cnn.com
  
  The power of the first branch of American government, Congress, comes from its ability to tax and spend, a formidable strength. The power of the president, the second branch, crucially includes his or her role as commander in chief of the armed forces. The power of the third branch, by contrast, is technically its symbolic authority.
  
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