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• WATCH: Small plane flips over at Louisiana airport amid severe weather

  10-09-2023 23:28 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Strong winds on Friday caused a small plane to flip at the Lake Charles Region Airport in Louisiana.
  
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• Morocco quake leaves half of village's population dead or missing

  10-09-2023 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tafeghaghte was home to 200 people. Ninety are now dead, and the grief of those left behind is palpable.
  
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• The kiss that shook football

  10-09-2023 22:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It should have been a time of great celebration for Spain but a historic Women's World Cup win has been overshadowed by a sexism scandal.
  
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• Federal railroad inspectors find alarming number of defects on Union Pacific this summer

  10-09-2023 21:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The defects were found in the locomotives and railcars Union Pacific was using.
  
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• Biden on Vietnam trip: ‘I don’t want to contain China’

  10-09-2023 21:49 via foxnews.com
  
  During his visit to Vietnam on Sunday, President Biden denied that strengthening ties with Hanoi was part of a broader effort to contain China.  At a press conference, a reporter noted that China had questioned the sincerity of the Biden administration for wanting diplomatic talks with Beijing.  "Really what this trip is about, is less about containing China. I don’t want to contain China. I just want to make sure we have a relationship with China that is on the up and up, square
  
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• Foreign student arrested in Norway on suspicion of espionage including electronic eavesdropping

  10-09-2023 21:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A 25-year-old foreign student has been arrested in Norway.
  
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• Islamist factions in a troubled Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon say they will honor a cease-fire

  10-09-2023 21:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three days of clashes killed at least 5 people, displaced hundreds of families.
  
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• Brazil's Lula says Putin can freely attend the 2024 Rio de Janeiro G-20: 'No way he will be arrested'

  10-09-2023 21:21 via foxnews.com
  
  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva affirmed that Russia's Vladimir Putin would not be arrested if he chose to attend next year's Group of 20 meeting in Rio de Janeiro. During an interview with Indian news show Firstpost, Lula confirmed that Putin will be invited to the forum. The Russian president opted not to attend this year's G-20 in New Delhi, along with Chinese President Xi Jinping. "I believe that Putin can go easily to Brazil," the Brazilian president said. "What I can say to y
  
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• Sabotage attempts reported at polling stations in occupied Ukraine as Russia holds local elections

  10-09-2023 21:02 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Russian authorities report multiple attempts to sabotage local election voting.
  
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• Catholic Church beatifies Polish family who sheltered Jews during WWII: 'Paid the highest price of martyrdom'

  10-09-2023 20:57 via foxnews.com
  
  The Catholic Church beatified a Polish family that sheltered Jews during World War II on Sunday, calling them "a ray of light in the darkness." The Latin formula of the Ulma family's beatification was signed by Pope Francis in August. A Mass took place in Markowa, Poland, where Cardinal Marcello Semeraro said that the family "paid the highest price of martyrdom" because of their "gesture of hospitality and care, of mercy." At St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City, Pope Francis told the p
  
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• The Vatican beatifies a Polish family of 9 killed by the Nazis for sheltering Jews

  10-09-2023 20:46 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A Polish family of nine including children were executed for sheltering Jews.
  
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• Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 2 foreign aid workers and target Kyiv

  10-09-2023 20:06 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Two foreign aid workers have reportedly been killed in eastern Ukraine when Russian shelling hit a van carrying a team of four working with a Ukrainian NGO
  
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• Inflatable whales used in exercise to simulate mass stranding

  10-09-2023 19:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The training tested volunteers' skills on several life-size inflatable models of pilot whales.
  
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• Joe Biden calls for stable US-China relationship during south-east Asia tour

  10-09-2023 19:05 via theguardian.com
  
  US president’s remarks came after after meeting in Vietnam with Communist party official to secure global supply chainJoe Biden’s national security tour of south-east Asia reached Hanoi, Vietnam, on Sunday, where the president called for stability in the US-China relationship against an increasingly complex diplomatic picture in the region for his country.“I don’t want to contain China,” Biden said. “I just want to make sure that we have a relationship with Ch
  
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• Cleveland Pools: Bath's Georgian lido reopens after 40 years

  10-09-2023 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 208-year-old attraction was saved by campaigners who raised millions to restore it.
  
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• Morocco: Inside village with 90 people dead after quake

  10-09-2023 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Nick Beake is on the ground in Tafeghaghte after a powerful earthquake hit Morocco's High Atlas Mountains.
  
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• Escaped Pennsylvania killer spotted again and has changed his appearance, police say

  10-09-2023 17:43 via nbcnews.com
  
  Escaped prisoner Danelo Cavalcante has been spotted again and has changed his appearance, police said early Sunday as they try to narrow in on the Pennsylvania fugitive.
  
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• 11 hurt when walkway collapses during Maine open lighthouse event

  10-09-2023 17:34 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Eleven people were hurt when a walkway collapsed during an annual event that encourages tours of Maine lighthouses
  
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• At age 36, Novak Djokovic wants his career of greatness to last a little longer

  10-09-2023 16:07 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Big Three is down to one and that last man standing is showing no signs of sitting down.
  
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• Chuck Todd signs off as moderator of Meet the Press

  10-09-2023 16:03 via nbcnews.com
  As Chuck Todd signed off of his final broadcast as moderator of Meet the Press, he tells viewers that helping explain “American to Washington and Washington to America” is the piece he’ll hang his hat on for the rest of his professional life. 
  
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• Chuck Todd hands off Meet the Press to Kristen Welker

  10-09-2023 16:00 via nbcnews.com
  In his final broadcast as the moderator of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd talks to Kristen Welker about her experience as a reporter and his advice in the moderator chair.
  
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• Morocco earthquake: CCTV footage shows man narrowly avoiding building collapse

  10-09-2023 15:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  CCTV shows the moment rubble begins to fall from a building onto the street where a man is standing.
  
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• Vatican holds unprecedented beatification of Polish family of 9 killed for hiding Jews

  10-09-2023 15:28 via nbcnews.com
  
  In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday beatified a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their small children — who were executed by the Nazis during World War II for sheltering Jews.
  
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• Dig at Canada 'mass burial' sites finds no bodies despite Trudeau, media firestorm: report

  10-09-2023 15:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Four weeks of excavation work at a residential school in Canada reportedly failed to turn up evidence of mass unmarked burial sites, raising questions over the claims of widespread indigenous graves across the country. Minegoziibe Anishinabe, an indigenous group also known as Pine Creek First Nation, has excavated 14 sites in the basement of a Catholic church near the former Pine Creek Residential School in Manitoba over four weeks this summer, but has yet to uncover bodies at the sites that wer
  
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• Lula says Putin can attend next year’s G20 in Rio without fear of arrest

  10-09-2023 15:18 via theguardian.com
  
  Brazil’s president, now the group’s leader, says his Russian counterpart is welcome at2024 eventVladimir Putin can attend next year’s G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro without fear of arrest, the Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said as he took leadership of the forum.Speaking at this year’s meeting in Delhi, Lula – who has controversially tried to position himself as a peacemaker between Moscow and Kyiv – said the Russian president would
  
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• War on Terror succeeded but experts lament 'cost' of human life, 'distraction' from other threats

  10-09-2023 15:00 via foxnews.com
  
  More than two decades since the attack on Sept. 11, the U.S. has recorded a number of successes in the War on Terror, but it must learn from its mistakes as it continues working to keep the homeland safe, experts told Fox News Digital. "In retrospect, it's hard to see success in the U.S. efforts given how we've essentially abandoned the fight and how jihadism has grown exponentially throughout the world," said Bill Roggio, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and founding e
  
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• Biden heads to Vietnam in latest push to counter China

  10-09-2023 14:23 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden’s visit to Vietnam this weekend may be short, but it has major implications for American efforts to push back against China.
  
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• What's left of stricken rural areas

  10-09-2023 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Al Haouz, Amizmiz and Asni are among the places that are now the focus of rescue efforts in Morocco.
  
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• Biden and Trump are tied in the polls. Democrats have mixed feelings about it.

  10-09-2023 14:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump is polling even with President Joe Biden in a likely 2024 rematch, sparking mixed feelings among Democrats 14 months from Election Day.
  
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• California Gov. Gavin Newsom would make an 'interim' choice if Dianne Feinstein vacates her Senate seat

  10-09-2023 13:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not select any of the candidates running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein, if her seat becomes vacant.
  
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• After his suicide, a man’s family says Ozempic should carry a warning label

  10-09-2023 13:34 via nbcnews.com
  
  In the months before his death, Anthony seemed in good spirits: He had recently proposed to his girlfriend and been promoted at work.
  
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• Afghanistan’s drug trade is booming two years after US withdrawal

  10-09-2023 13:10 via foxnews.com
  
  Afghanistan's drug trade is booming just two years after the U.S. military withdrew from the country, with opium sales tripling in 2022 alone. A new report from the United Nations’ Office on Drugs and Crimes says the Taliban's efforts to crack down on the drug trade in the country have had little impact, both on the opium production and the burgeoning meth industry. Opium cultivation spiked 32% in the first year after Taliban forces took control of the country, with sales rising from $425
  
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• Rishi Sunak challenges premier Li after ‘spying for China’ arrests

  10-09-2023 12:01 via theguardian.com
  
  PM expresses concerns over Chinese interference in UK parliament after two men arrested under Official Secrets ActRishi Sunak has challenged the Chinese premier, Li Qiang, over Chinese interference in the UK parliament, after two men were arrested amid allegations that a parliamentary researcher spied for Beijing.The prime minister met Li on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Delhi in an unplanned meeting hours after the Sunday Times revealed the researcher, who is understood to have had links t
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian drones attack Kyiv; Moscow praises G20 declaration

  10-09-2023 11:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Russia says G20 acted in the interest of conflict resolution – Ukraine calls compromise wording ‘nothing to be proud of’It is too early to say whether Ukraine’s summer offensive has failed, the head of the US military has said.Speaking to the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, Gen Mark Milley said:That offensive kicked off about 90 days ago. It has gone slower than the planners anticipated. But that is a difference between what Clausewitz called war on paper and re
  
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• Starmer to highlight Labour plans to tackle Channel crossings

  10-09-2023 11:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Party believes Rishi Sunak is vulnerable on issue of small boat crossings and immigrationKeir Starmer is to highlight Labour’s policies to combat small boat crossings by asylum seekers, with the party seeing the issue as a way in which they can address a perceived Conservative advantage on immigration issues, it has emerged.The Labour leader is to meet officials from Europol, the EU’s cross-border law enforcement organisation, in the Hague on Wednesday to discuss his party’s pr
  
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• Morocco earthquake: mourning begins as rescue continues with death toll over 2,000

  10-09-2023 11:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Villagers bury their dead while Red Cross warns recovery may take years and other countries offer aidEarthquake rescue efforts have continued in Morocco as the country began three days of mourning for the victims of a disaster that killed more than 2,000 people, flattening buildings in cities and villages.Friday’s 6.8-magnitude quake, Morocco’s strongest on record, had its epicentre in a remote cluster of mountainous villages 45 miles south of Marrakech, destroying clusters of clay a
  
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• Minister refuses to express confidence in Wandsworth governor after prison escape

  10-09-2023 11:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Justice minister dodges question as he confirms full complement of staff were on duty when Daniel Khalife abscondedThe UK justice secretary, Alex Chalk, has refused to express confidence in the governor of Wandsworth prison, as he said a full complement of staff were on duty when a former soldier was able to escape by strapping himself to the underside of a delivery van.Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, is in custody after he was arrested as he cycled along a canal towpath in Northolt, west London, on Sa
  
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• Trump’s post-presidential office is hiding in plain sight

  10-09-2023 11:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump likes to put his name on everything — except his taxpayer-funded post-presidential office here on North Flagler Drive.
  
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• TikTok food tourists leave a bitter taste in Amsterdam

  10-09-2023 11:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Shop owners and residents are not taking kindly to ‘flash crowds’ who come to pose and eat fast food in the city’s quaint tangle of streets such as De 9 StraatjesIt is 3.30pm on a Friday and 28-year-old German Lisa Wulff is in a half-hour queue for bubble tea and “toasts” at Amsterdam’s Chun cafe.“I’ve seen it on social media, and it looks good,” she says. “My generation is more on Instagram, but I have a younger sister, so I saw it on
  
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• Pasta, risotto, ravioli – humble millet parades its versatility in Delhi for G20

  10-09-2023 10:30 via theguardian.com
  
  The neglected but sustainable cereal crop is on every hotel menu in town as India’s government tries to spark a global craze As the leaders of the world’s largest economies descended on Delhi this weekend, there were two things on the menu: geopolitics and millet.India is seeking to use its G20 presidency to push a narrative of the country as an economic powerhouse and leader of the global south, but also as a platform to elevate humble millet, a long-neglected but environmentally su
  
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• North Korea’s Kim Jong Un has photo session, but quiet amid talk of Russia visit

  10-09-2023 10:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a photo session with participants celebrating the 75th anniversary of the country’s founding but stayed away from other events amid reports that he would soon leave for a trip to Russia.
  
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• Afghanistan is the fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, U.N. says

  10-09-2023 09:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Afghanistan is the world’s fastest-growing maker of methamphetamine, a report from the United Nations drug agency said Sunday.
  
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• Morocco's national football team give blood after quake

  10-09-2023 09:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team's upcoming match against Liberia on Morocco's coastline was cancelled as a result of the earthquake.
  
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• Revealed: covert deal to cut help for pupils in England with special needs

  10-09-2023 09:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Government contract aims to reduce the number of specialist care plans by a fifthThe government has quietly signed a contract targeting 20% cuts to the number of new education plans for children with special educational needs and disabilities (Send) to bring down costs, the Observer can reveal.Then junior education minister Claire Coutinho – recently promoted to the cabinet as energy secretary– subsequently told MPs that no targets were in place. Continue reading...
  
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• Anthony Albanese pushes to finalise EU trade deal by end of year during talks on sidelines of G20

  10-09-2023 08:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Discussions had reached an impasse over the use of geographical indicators for products such as prosecco and fetaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe prime minister says there have been positive signs in long-stalled negotiations over a free-trade deal between Australia and the European Union.Anthony Albanese held talks with European leaders on the sidelines of the G20 summit in New Delhi, India, with time running out for the deal to be finalised by the en
  
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• More than 2,000 people killed in Morocco earthquake, with many survivors forced to sleep outdoors

  10-09-2023 08:34 via nbcnews.com
  
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• Debris surrounds reporter outside partially collapsed mosque

  10-09-2023 08:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Anna Holligan is at the site of the Jemaa el-Fnaa mosque looking at the damage.
  
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• What BBC reporter first saw in remote High Atlas Mountains

  10-09-2023 07:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nick Beake is in one of Morocco's worst affected areas after a deadly earthquake struck killing thousands.
  
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• UK’s net zero ambitions at risk after ‘disastrous’ offshore wind auction

  10-09-2023 07:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Industry figures and the TUC warn of missed carbon reduction targets and lost jobs unless government boosts green investmentFears are growing that existing offshore wind projects could be shelved, after industry insiders warned that “disastrous” handling by the government had created a big shortfall in future renewable energy.Ministers revealed last week that no additional offshore windfarms will go ahead in the UK after the latest government auction. No bids were made in the auction
  
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• UK weather: yellow thunderstorm warnings amid record-breaking September heatwave

  10-09-2023 06:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Forecasters predict Sunday could be the seventh day in a row of temperatures reaching above 30CThunderstorms have been predicted for parts of the UK on Sunday amid a record-breaking September heatwave.The UK has sweltered through six days of temperatures above 30C in September for the first time. Continue reading...
  
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