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• Chants, shooting and sirens as Iran prison burns

  15-10-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  In some videos people could be heard outside the prison chanting "death to the dictator".
  
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• Author reacts to Musk's reversal on Ukraine funding: 'Tiniest tiny fraction' of Musk's wealth

  15-10-2022 23:21 via cnn.com
  
  After exclusive CNN reporting that SpaceX will no longer fund critical satellite services in Ukraine, Elon Musk says his company will keep funding the satellite services. CEO and author Bill Browder speaks to CNN's Jim Acosta about Musk's decision.
  
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• Pakistan summons US ambassador after Biden calls country 'dangerous' for having nuclear weapons

  15-10-2022 23:18 via cnn.com
  
  Pakistani officials said Saturday they had summoned the US ambassador to the country following recent comments made by President Joe Biden that doubted the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal.
  
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• Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

  15-10-2022 23:02 via foxnews.com
  
  Two volunteer soldiers on Saturday fired at other troops at a Russian military firing range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15 others, before getting killed, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said that the two volunteers from an unnamed ex-Soviet nation fired on other soldiers during target practice and were killed by return fire. NATO NUCLEAR DRILLS WHERE B
  
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• Iranian security official confirms fire at Evin prison, says situation is under control after social media footage emerges

  15-10-2022 22:52 via cnn.com
  
  A large, dark plume of smoke was seen billowing near Evin prison in northern Tehran in multiple videos on social media Saturday night.
  
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• Eleven Russian soldiers killed in mass shooting by fellow volunteers

  15-10-2022 22:45 via theguardian.com
  Defence minister says two assailants shot dead after attack at training ground in region bordering UkraineAt least 11 people were killed and 15 more wounded at a military training ground in the Belgorod region in south-western Russia on Saturday when two volunteers opened fire on other troops, the Russian defence ministry has said.The ministry said in a statement that the two shooters were nationals from a former Soviet republic and had been shot dead after the attack. Continue reading...
  
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• Florida governor Ron DeSantis will fly migrants to Illinois and Delaware

  15-10-2022 22:37 via theguardian.com
  Spokesperson confirms plan to continue with immigration stunts which have attracted investigations and lawsuitsThe Republican governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, plans to continue flying undocumented migrants to Democratic strongholds, his spokeswoman said on Saturday, a day after released records showed the state paid nearly $1m to arrange two sets of flights to Delaware and Illinois.Documents released on Friday showed that the planned flights will transport about 100 migrants. They were schedul
  
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• Blaze at Iran’s notorious Evin prison put out after fight and gunshots reported

  15-10-2022 22:21 via theguardian.com
  Witness say special forces joined firefighters at prison blacklisted by US for human rights abusesA blaze broke out at Iran’s notorious Evin prison, which holds political prisoners, as shots and an alarm could be heard on Saturday.State media quoted a security official, who was not named, who said the situation at the prison in the capital, Tehran, was “calm” after unrest in a section of the jail holding “thugs”. Continue reading...
  
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• Musk says SpaceX will keep funding Ukraine Starlink internet

  15-10-2022 22:10 via bbc.co.uk
  The tycoon reverses his earlier decision to stop funding a vital internet service for Ukraine.
  
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• Dutch princess moved from student housing to palace over security concerns, crime gang threats

  15-10-2022 21:50 via foxnews.com
  
  Dutch Princess Catharina-Amalia, the future queen of the Netherlands, has moved into a palace in The Hague and "can’t really go outside" in a sharp reversal from her plans to attend college and live like a "regular student." "It has enormous consequences for her life," Queen Maxima said at a news conference Thursday during a state visit to Sweden. "It means that she’s not living in Amsterdam and that she can’t really go outside." The princess has made efforts to try and live a
  
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• Vancouver's air quality affected as several wildfires rage

  15-10-2022 21:44 via cnn.com
  
  Wildfires burning in British Columbia and Washington state have triggered an air quality advisory for metro Vancouver, according to a Metro Vancouver district press release.
  
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• ‘The hell with it’: Elon Musk says SpaceX will fund Starlink internet in Ukraine

  15-10-2022 21:28 via theguardian.com
  World’s richest man previously said company would not pay for satellite internet in war-torn country indefinitely Elon Musk on Saturday announced that his company would continue to pay for Starlink satellite internet in war-torn Ukraine, a day after suggesting he could not keep funding the project.“The hell with it,” the world’s richest man wrote on Twitter. “Even though Starlink is still losing money & other companies are getting billions of taxpayer $, we&rsqu
  
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• Premier League club condemns 'disgusting, racist abuse' faced by its striker on social media

  15-10-2022 21:20 via cnn.com
  
  English Premier League club Brentford released a statement condemning the "disgusting, racist abuse" its striker Ivan Toney says he received on social media after he scored two goals during his side's 2-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion on Friday.
  
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• NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo is undergoing treatment for a brain tumor

  15-10-2022 21:16 via cnn.com
  
  NBA legend and basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo is receiving treatment for a brain tumor in Atlanta, the league announced Saturday.
  
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• One dead and two missing after Greek island of Crete hit by flash flooding

  15-10-2022 21:11 via theguardian.com
  A man in his 50s dies while trapped in car as extensive damage in seaside villages reportedA man was found dead and two people were missing on Saturday after torrential rain brought major flooding to the Greek island of Crete, emergency workers said.A man in his fifties died while trapped inside his car as the rains began to fall in the southern Greek island, a popular holiday destination. Local media reported extensive damage in seaside villages, where streets have become rivers carrying away e
  
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• Manchester United player Mason Greenwood charged with attempted rape, police say

  15-10-2022 21:11 via cnn.com
  
  Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood has been charged with attempted rape, England's Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed Saturday.
  
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• ‘Zoom picketing’: students protest Sydney University staff cuts by disrupting online tutorials

  15-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Campus authorities argue digital disruption is ‘not protected action’ and ‘unlawful’ while activists say they were forced into the creative tacticFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastSydney University has threatened students striking for better staff working conditions with suspension for shutting down online tutorials via the new digital protest tactic of “Zoom picketing”.As studen
  
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• Voters to decide on California ban on flavored tobacco

  15-10-2022 21:00 via abcnews.go.com
  California banned the sale of flavored tobacco products two years ago, but the law has never been allowed to go into effect due to a campaign backed by big tobacco companies to put the issue to voters
  
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• CSIRO abruptly scraps globally recognised climate forecast program

  15-10-2022 21:00 via theguardian.com
  Exclusive: Funding halted from June 2021 without fanfare and after science agency reportedly spent $15m on teams of scientistsFollow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s premier science organisation abruptly scrapped a fully-funded, globally recognised program to predict the climate in coming years without consulting an advisory panel that had praised its “good progress” only weeks earlier.Launc
  
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• Apple workers in Oklahoma vote to unionize in 2nd labor win

  15-10-2022 20:59 via abcnews.go.com
  The National Labor Relations Board says workers at an Apple store in Oklahoma City voted to unionize, marking the second unionized Apple store in the U.S. in a matter of months
  
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• Tunisia: Thousands from rival political parties protest against President Kais Saied

  15-10-2022 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  Protesters denounced the president as an autocrat and also highlighted food and fuel shortages.
  
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• Greece: Vehicles dragged into the sea as flash floods hit Crete

  15-10-2022 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  At least one person is killed as heavy rains hit the Greek island.
  
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• Iran anti-riot police sexually assault women in public as protests near one-month anniversary

  15-10-2022 20:41 via foxnews.com
  
  Iranian protesters have demanded "justice" for a woman who was assaulted by anti-riot police, with one officer forcibly grabbing her bottom and then pushing her on the ground.  The video, captured on a security camera at the Argentina Square in Tehran on Wednesday, shows police surrounding the woman. When they start to cart her away, one officer grabs the woman’s bottom before she drops to her knees.  Another woman can be heard saying that the officers were pulling the victim&rsq
  
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• Chicago officer with ties to Proud Boys is suspended

  15-10-2022 20:39 via abcnews.go.com
  A Chicago police officer with ties with the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group, was suspended for 120 days but won’t be fired
  
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• Hear son's colorful reaction after a whale interrupted fishing trip with his father

  15-10-2022 20:01 via cnn.com
  
  Zach Piller and his dad were fishing off the Jersey Shore near Belmar when a humpback whale decided to pay them a visit that felt a little too close for comfort.
  
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• NATO nuclear drills where B-52s fly over Europe likely to overlap with Russian nuclear exercises

  15-10-2022 19:59 via foxnews.com
  
  Russian military forces are expected to continue with pre-planned nuclear testing at the same time as similar NATO drills are expected. NATO announced Friday the launch of its annual "Steadfast Noon" exercise Monday. The drill involving 14 countries is expected to mobilize about 60 aircraft in regions near the United Kingdom, Belgium and the North Sea. NATO does not plan to use live bombs. "The exercise, which runs until (Oct. 30), is a routine, recurring training activity, and it is not linked
  
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• Florida clown murder trial postponed after discovery of ‘clown sighting file’

  15-10-2022 19:51 via theguardian.com
  In 1990 incident, Sheila Keen Warren is alleged to have dressed as a clown before shooting her employer’s wife in the faceThe trial of a Florida woman accused of dressing up as clown in 1990 and fatally shooting the wife of a man she later married has been postponed, following the disclosure of a law enforcement file containing information about other clown-sighting leads at the time.Prosecutors informed defense attorneys for Sheila Keen Warren last Thursday that they had found a “cl
  
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• After Hurricane Ian left Cuba in the dark, protestors took to the streets. Now the government is set to charge them

  15-10-2022 19:48 via cnn.com
  
  Protestors in Cuba who have been taking to the streets after Hurricane Ian damaged the island's already faltering power grid could face criminal charges, Cuba's Attorney General's office said Saturday.
  
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• Miraculous text message saves 3 boaters shipwrecked and stranded at sea

  15-10-2022 19:45 via cnn.com
  
  Three boaters clung to a makeshift raft of ice chests and fended off shark attacks and jellyfish stings in the waters near Empire, Louisiana, until they were rescued 28 hours later, all thanks to a miraculous text message.
  
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• Pakistan summons US envoy over Joe Biden’s ‘most dangerous nation’ remark

  15-10-2022 19:23 via theguardian.com
  US president questioned country’s nuclear weapons safety protocols sparking outrage in Islamabad Pakistan on Saturday summoned the US ambassador for an explanation after President Joe Biden described the south Asian country as “one of the most dangerous nations in the world” and questioned its nuclear weapons safety protocols.Biden made the apparently off-the-cuff remark late on Thursday while talking about US foreign policy during a private Democratic party fundraiser in Calif
  
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• Van Gogh's Sunflowers: Women deny damaging frame

  15-10-2022 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  The two have been charged in relation to soup thrown at the painting in the National Gallery,
  
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• Obama to campaign for Democrats in Georgia and Michigan in final weeks before midterms

  15-10-2022 19:05 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama announced Saturday that he will be heading to Georgia and Michigan later this month to support Democratic candidates in the final
  
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• BioNTech: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer?

  15-10-2022 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  BioNTech's mRNA cancer trials started long before the pandemic, and have shown some early encouraging signals.
  
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• Man Utd player Greenwood charged with attempted rape

  15-10-2022 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Manchester United footballer Mason Greenwood, 21, is due in court on Monday.
  
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• 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' creator a 'hero' for dying during attempt to save American girl: US Army officer

  15-10-2022 17:55 via foxnews.com
  
  The creator of the best-selling trading card game in history is being hailed as a "hero" after he died trying to save an American girl off the coast of Okinawa. Kazuki Takahashi, 60, died in July after the tragic incident that went without clarification from officials for weeks. The Japanese Coast Guard explained that officials consulted with the family of the late comic artist, who expressed desire to downplay Takahashi's tragedy so as not to draw attention away from the ongoing care of the you
  
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• January 6 panel asks Secret Service for information about contacts between agents and Oath Keeper members

  15-10-2022 17:25 via cnn.com
  
  Investigators with the House select committee probing the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol have asked the United States Secret Service for information about contacts between its agents and members of the far-right Oath Keepers group.
  
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• Seattle's famous bus-riding dog Eclipse has died

  15-10-2022 17:24 via cnn.com
  
  Eclipse, the dog who became famous in Seattle and worldwide for her solo bus rides to the dog park, has died, according to her owner.
  
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• Broadway will dim its lights in tribute to 'Murder, She Wrote' star Angela Lansbury

  15-10-2022 17:15 via cnn.com
  
  New York City's Broadway theaters plan to dim the lights on Saturday evening in tribute to the late actress Angela Lansbury, who died this week. She was 96.
  
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• A Virginia street will be named after Missy Elliott

  15-10-2022 17:08 via cnn.com
  
  Starting Monday, Virginians will be able to "Work It" on a street named after hip-hop star Missy Elliott.
  
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• Alvin will help scientists unlock ocean mysteries 4 miles deep

  15-10-2022 17:02 via cnn.com
  
  Renowned explorer Robert Ballard has scoured the deep sea for decades in search of its mysteries.
  
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• Who is in charge of the UK, PM or new chancellor?

  15-10-2022 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  The new chancellor has junked the prime minister's economic strategy in 24 hours, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
  
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• Obama to campaign in Michigan and Georgia in final weeks of midterm elections

  15-10-2022 16:55 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Barack Obama will travel to Atlanta and Detroit for campaign events in the final weeks of the midterm elections, an Obama spokesperson told CNN.
  
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• Death toll rises to 41 in Turkey coal mine explosion

  15-10-2022 16:44 via abcnews.go.com
  The status of one miner was unclear.
  
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• Kyiv told to save electricity after Russian missile strike

  15-10-2022 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A power installation near Ukraine's capital was heavily damaged by another Russian missile strike.
  
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• BTS reunite for free concert to support South Korea's World Expo bid

  15-10-2022 16:12 via cnn.com
  
  K-pop boy band BTS reunited on Saturday for a concert in Busan in support of South Korea's bid to host the World Expo 2030 in the southern port city.
  
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• Chinese congress expected to cement power of Xi Jinping

  15-10-2022 16:11 via theguardian.com
  Constitutional changes likely to enshrine leader as ‘core’ of ruling Communist partyThe highest level meeting of China’s ruling Communist party this week is likely to include constitutional changes to further cement the power of the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, party officials have confirmed.Xi is expected to regain his position as leader of the CCP and its military commission at the week-long conference, setting the stage for retaining the presidency next year, after ab
  
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• A NASA spacecraft will swing by Earth on Sunday

  15-10-2022 16:10 via cnn.com
  
  This Sunday, a spacecraft called Lucy will be in the sky -- just without diamonds.
  
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• Qatar World Cup accused of imposing ‘chilling’ restrictions on media

  15-10-2022 16:06 via theguardian.com
  Conditions restrict where international broadcasters, including BBC and ITV, are permitted to filmInternational television crews in Qatar for the Fifa World Cup could be banned from interviewing people in their own homes as part of sweeping reporting restrictions that could have a “severe chilling effect” on media coverage.Broadcasters, such as the BBC and ITV, will effectively be barred from filming at accommodation sites, such as those housing migrant workers, under the terms of fi
  
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• Travel news: Asia is reopening, and so are its coolest neighborhoods

  15-10-2022 16:01 via cnn.com
  
  This week in travel: some of the destinations in Asia with the most strict Covid policies are finally reopening, an annual ranking of the world's coolest neighborhoods provides inspiration for your upcoming vacation plans, and Fat Bear Week weathers a cheating scandal in order to crown a new winner.
  
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• Iran police investigate video of officer’s alleged sexual assault of protester

  15-10-2022 15:29 via theguardian.com
  Footage appears to show member of riot police grabbing detained woman from behindIranian police have said they are investigating footage allegedly showing a member of their riot squad sexually assaulting a female protester in Tehran after widespread outrage over the video.The footage, recorded during a protest in the capital’s Argentina Square on Wednesday, shows a woman being violently detained and taken towards a motorbike in a street crowded with protesters and riot police. She is surro
  
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