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• US defense chief's comments come as Putin denies plans to use nuclear weapons

  27-10-2022 23:12 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: Putin has a new tactic
  • Watch: Amanpour asks Russian ambassador if nukes are on the table. Hear his response
  
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• Space rock slams into Mars, forming a crater that revealed chunks of ice

  27-10-2022 23:06 via cnn.com
  
  Christmas came a little early for NASA's InSight mission last December when the lander detected a massive quake on Mars.
  
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• Georgia prosecutor urges Supreme Court not to block Lindsey Graham subpoena

  27-10-2022 23:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Georgia prosecutor urged the Supreme Court to allow Sen. Lindsey Graham to testify over allegations of 2020 election interference by Trump and his allies.
  
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• Reports of illegal police stations set up by China in Netherlands investigated

  27-10-2022 22:46 via cnn.com
  
  The Dutch foreign ministry is "investigating" reports that China has set up two purportedly illegal police stations in the Netherlands.
  
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• Iraq parliament approves new government after year of deadlock

  27-10-2022 22:44 via theguardian.com
  Prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani leads new government, vowing to reform economy and fight corruption Iraqi lawmakers have approved a new government, ending more than a year of deadlock, but the country still faces many challenges.Prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, 52, who previously served as Iraq’s human rights minister as well as minister of labour and social affairs, will head the new government. Continue reading...
  
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• Those celebrating Rishi Sunak should remember his racist policies

  27-10-2022 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his South Asian heritage make history in the UK. But he doesn't represent non-white Brits like me.
  
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• Putin accuses West of playing 'dangerous, bloody and dirty game'

  27-10-2022 22:31 via cnn.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin took some familiar swipes at the US and its allies during a speech on Thursday, accusing "Western elites" of playing a "dangerous, bloody and dirty game" and seeking to blame them for much of the world's trouble, including his own invasion of Ukraine.
  
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• Cuba is in the middle of an escalating tug-of-war between Russia and the U.S.

  27-10-2022 22:29 via nbcnews.com
  
  Cuba is urging the U.S. to lift sanctions but at the same time is dependent on Russian oil, so it "can't afford to alienate either side," an expert says.
  
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• Stabbing attack in Italy kills one, injures soccer star

  27-10-2022 22:28 via cnn.com
  
  One person has died after a stabbing attack on the outskirts of the Italian city of Milan on Thursday, according to Italian national police.
  
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• Unusually warm weather for France and Spain

  27-10-2022 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Bathers enjoy water temperatures of up to 21C on the French Riviera as October ends with a mild spell.
  
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• CNN reporter walks through Ukrainian power plant at risk of another Russian attack

  27-10-2022 22:07 via cnn.com
  
  CNN's Nic Robertson gets an inside look at a Ukrainian power plant that has been damaged by a Russian attack and is still targeted by Russian forces. Workers trying to make repairs are constantly interrupted by air raid sirens.
  
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• Italy stabbing: One dead and Arsenal player among several injured

  27-10-2022 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Among those injured in the attack near Milan was Pablo Mari, a footballer on loan from Arsenal.
  
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• 'Modern day slavery': Some foreign workers at U.S. military bases overseas face bed bugs, brutal hours, low pay

  27-10-2022 22:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thousands of people have allegedly been trafficked into labor by private contractors on U.S. military bases in the Middle East.
  
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• US defense chief's comments come as Putin denies plans to use nuclear weapons and accuses West of playing 'dangerous, bloody and dirty game'

  27-10-2022 21:50 via edition.cnn.com
  
  • Opinion: Putin has a new tactic
  • Watch: Amanpour asks Russian ambassador if nukes are on the table. Hear his response
  
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• Kanye West has disturbing history of admiring Hitler, sources tell CNN

  27-10-2022 21:31 via cnn.com
  
  • Kanye West jokes about being dropped by companies
  
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• Newly released Uvalde video shows officers discussing need to confront gunman, concerns about being shot

  27-10-2022 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Newly released body camera video shows Texas law enforcement officers at the scene of the Uvalde school massacre discussing the need to confront the gunman but
  
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• Democrats agonize about 2022 election, facing 'political gravity' in final stretch

  27-10-2022 21:20 via nbcnews.com
  
  Democratic strategists are agonizing about headwinds in the closing stretch of the 2022 campaign, with some fearing the election will be worse for the party
  
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• PSV Eindhoven 2-0 Arsenal: Gunners miss chance to seal place in last 16

  27-10-2022 21:14 via bbc.co.uk
  Premier League leaders Arsenal miss a chance to seal top spot in Europa League Group A as they lose at PSV Eindhoven.
  
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• WATCH: 104-year-old surprised with birthday balloons by great-grandson

  27-10-2022 21:09
  The best birthday surprise.
  
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• New UK PM Sunak to skip key climate summit

  27-10-2022 20:35 via bbc.co.uk
  The new PM will not attend the COP27 conference in Egypt due to pressing commitments, No 10 says.
  
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• 'Live fire used again' as Iran protests swell

  27-10-2022 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Fresh anti-government protests erupt, following a night of demonstrations in all major cities.
  
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• Trump lawyers and DOJ met in sealed court hearing related to Mar-a-Lago investigation

  27-10-2022 19:59 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's legal defense team and prosecutors handling the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation are at federal courthouse in Washington, DC, Thursday morning in a secret dispute related to the unprecedented investigation.
  
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• China signals its aggressive diplomacy is here to stay

  27-10-2022 19:57 via nbcnews.com
  
  As Xi Jinping starts an unprecedented third term with tightened control over his party, relations between China and the United States look set to get tenser.
  
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• World faces most dangerous decade since WW2 - Putin

  27-10-2022 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia's president says the West is unable to stay in charge, but is "desperately trying" to cling on.
  
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• Iran security forces crack down on mourners at Nika Shahkarami ceremony

  27-10-2022 19:30 via cnn.com
  
  Mourners gathering to commemorate the 40th day since the death of Nika Shahkarami, an Iranian teenager who went missing on September 20 after attending protests in the capital Tehran, were met with gunfire and tear gas by security forces, according to video posted on social media and geolocated by CNN.
  
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• Fears Bolsonaro may not accept defeat as son cries fraud before Brazil election

  27-10-2022 19:19 via theguardian.com
  Claim of ‘greatest electoral fraud ever seen’ raises concern that far-right president is echoing Donald Trump’s playbookFears are growing that Jair Bolsonaro could refuse to accept defeat in Brazil’s crunch election this Sunday after his politician son claimed Brazil’s far-right president was the victim of “the greatest electoral fraud ever seen” amid unproven allegations of foul play.The assertion from the president’s senator son, Flávio Bo
  
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• Is Northern Ireland going back to the polls?

  27-10-2022 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  As a key deadline looms, BBC News NI examines if a second assembly election within a year is inevitable.
  
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• Canada conservatives under scrutiny for inviting murderer to tough-on-crime speech

  27-10-2022 18:54 via theguardian.com
  Ex-provincial minister convicted over death of his wife attended speech arguing government is ‘too lenient’ on violent offendersThe conservative government of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan is under scrutiny after a convicted murderer was invited to attend its tough-on-crime speech.On Wednesday the province’s lieutenant governor, Russell Mirasty, presented the throne speech, outlining the conservative administration’s agenda and arguing the federal government was &
  
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• Motorcyclist engulfed by flames after being tased by police

  27-10-2022 18:48 via cnn.com
  
  An Arkansas man is in the hospital -- but expected to recover -- after he was engulfed by a fireball when he was tased by state police while wearing a backpack with a gallon of gasoline inside, according to the Arkansas State Police.
  
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• US must strengthen defenses in face of increasing threats from China and Russia, strategy says

  27-10-2022 18:29 via cnn.com
  
  The US must strengthen its defenses against increasing threats from both China and Russia, focusing on Beijing as its main global competitor, the Biden administration's national defense strategy released Thursday says.
  
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• Open letter: Musk tells advertisers he doesn't want Twitter to become 'free-for-all hellscape'

  27-10-2022 18:23 via cnn.com
  
  Elon Musk attempted to reassure Twitter's advertisers about the future of the platform in an open letter Thursday, a day before his $44 billion takeover of the company is expected to be completed.
  
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• British PM Rishi Sunak pulls out of COP27 climate summit

  27-10-2022 18:17 via cnn.com
  
  British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is no longer expected to attend the COP27 climate summit in Egypt next week due to "other pressing commitments," a Downing Street spokesperson said on Thursday.
  
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• Dad builds scary front door to save candy from trick-or-treaters

  27-10-2022 18:09 via cnn.com
  Monster door threatens to eat trick-or-treaters. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports it greets them with open arms ... literally.
  
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• 6 new species of rain frogs discovered in Ecuador

  27-10-2022 18:08 via cnn.com
  
  Six new species of rain frogs have been discovered on the eastern slopes of the Ecuadorian Andes, according to a statement from Ecuador's Ministry of the Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition.
  
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• Trump lawyers and DOJ are in a sealed court hearing related to Mar-a-Lago investigation Thursday

  27-10-2022 18:03 via cnn.com
  
  Former President Donald Trump's legal defense team and prosecutors handling the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation are at federal courthouse in Washington, DC, Thursday morning in a secret dispute related to the unprecedented investigation.
  
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• Police investigate claim of secret Chinese police stations in Canada

  27-10-2022 18:00 via theguardian.com
  RCMP looking into ‘reports of criminal activity’ surrounding facilities allegedly used to pressure Chinese nationals abroadCanada’s federal police force is investigating reports that clandestine Chinese “police stations” are operating in Toronto amid reports of a global network used to target overseas dissidents.The Royal Canada Mounted Police said it was investigating “reports of criminal activity in relation to the so-called ‘police’ stations&rdq
  
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• Foreign secretary urged to act over jailed British–Egyptian hunger striker

  27-10-2022 17:58 via theguardian.com
  MPs and peers say Alaa Abd El-Fattah’s life is seriously at risk and his sister is being ignoredThe foreign secretary, James Cleverly, has been accused by MPs and peers of ignoring the case of jailed British-Egyptian hunger striker Alaa Abd El-Fattah.He has also been accused of failing to engage with the activist’s sister, Sanaa Seif, who has camped outside the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office for 10 days in an effort to force the British government to act. Continue readin
  
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• Surprises rock the Senate races that will decide America's future

  27-10-2022 17:56 via cnn.com
  
  Late twists are rocking the tight Senate races that will decide the destiny of a chamber now narrowly run by Democrats -- as well as the future direction of America itself -- on Election Day in just 12 days.
  
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• Russian lawmakers move to toughen 'gay propaganda' law, banning all adults from 'promoting' same-sex relationships

  27-10-2022 17:52 via cnn.com
  
  Russian lawmakers agreed to toughen the country's discriminatory law against so-called same-sex "propaganda," moving to ban all Russians from promoting or "praising" homosexual relationships or publicly suggesting that they are "normal."
  
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• Opinion: As winter bites, Putin has a new tactic

  27-10-2022 17:39 via cnn.com
  
  With evenings drawing in fast as winter approaches, the lights are going out across Ukraine.
  
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• Quiz of the week: Which Doctor Who stars surprised fans?

  27-10-2022 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  How closely have you been paying attention to what's been going on over the past seven days?
  
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• T20 World Cup: Zimbabwe shock Pakistan with thrilling one-run victory

  27-10-2022 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  Pakistan's World Cup hopes suffer further damage with a shock one-run defeat by Zimbabwe in Perth.
  
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• Taylor Swift edits Anti-hero video after 'fatphobic' backlash

  27-10-2022 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  A scene in the Anti-hero video originally showed the singer stepping on scales that read "FAT".
  
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• WATCH: Demonstrators in Iran mark 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death

  27-10-2022 17:27
  Anti-government demonstrators gathered in Iran’s capital city to mark 40 days since the death of Mahsa Amini.
  
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• Elon Musk claims he's buying Twitter to 'help humanity'

  27-10-2022 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  The billionaire, who says he is not buying the firm to make money, faces court if he walks away.
  
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• The world's most mysterious aircraft designer

  27-10-2022 17:12 via cnn.com
  
  His life is such a mystery that even his real name is uncertain, but his legacy to the world of aviation is clear: Robert Oros di Bartini -- as the inscription reads on his tombstone -- was a genius ahead of his time whose wondrous airplanes and bizarre flying boats still impress today, almost 50 years after his death.
  
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• WATCH: Massive blaze consumes North Hollywood commercial building

  27-10-2022 17:08
  The fire caused part of the structure to collapse and was one of eight fires in the area on Wednesday morning, LAPD said.
  
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• World's best spicy foods: 20 dishes to try

  27-10-2022 17:00 via cnn.com
  
  Some like it hot -- and some like it hotter, still.
  
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• Jules Bass, who brought 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' to TV, dies at 87

  27-10-2022 16:58 via cnn.com
  
  What kind of Christmas would it be without the resourceful Rudolph or Hermey the aspiring dentist, without friendly Frosty or the dastardly Heat and Snow Misers?
  
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• Iran protests reignite at funerals and commemorations for those killed

  27-10-2022 16:56 via theguardian.com
  Protesters turn out in dozens of towns and appear to take control of largely Kurdish city of MahabadProtests against the Iranian government have suddenly regained momentum as funerals for those killed and a highly emotional commemoration of the movement have stretched security forces drawn into a further cycle of arrests and repression.Dozens of towns were rocked by protests on Wednesday night as mainly young crowds used the cover of darkness to mark the 40th day since Mahsa Amini, a young Kurdi
  
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