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• White House condemns car-ramming incident at Chinese consulate in San Francisco

  10-10-2023 23:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Unnamed driver who crashed car into consulate building was shot by police and later died in hospitalThe White House has denounced the violent incident at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco that began with a car crashing into the building and ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at a hospital.“We condemn this incident and all violence perpetrated against foreign diplomatic staff working in the United States,” Adrienne Watson, White House National Security Council
  
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• Matty Healy defends Malaysia kiss during 1975 concert in Dallas

  10-10-2023 23:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 1975 frontman read a prepared speech from his phone as the Dallas crowd cheered and applauded.
  
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• Israel identifies most of the hostages abducted by Hamas, reports suggest

  10-10-2023 23:19 via theguardian.com
  
  About 100 families to be told that their loved ones are in Gaza as Israel plans a possible ground offensiveIsrael and Hamas at war – live updates and latest newsIsrael is believed to have identified most of the hostages abducted by the militant group Hamas and has started notifying their families.Officers from the Israel Defence Forces were to tell about 100 families on Tuesday that their loved ones were in Gaza, the Times of Israel reported, citing Israeli army radio. Continue reading...
  
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• Premier League: Referees' chief Howard Webb says 'steps taken' to avoid repeat of Luis Diaz VAR error

  10-10-2023 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Referees' chief Howard Webb says steps have been taken to avoid a repeat of the controversy surrounding Luis Diaz's disallowed goal for Liverpool in their defeat at Tottenham.
  
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• 'Where do we go?' - Nowhere safe in Gaza as Israeli strikes intensify

  10-10-2023 22:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rimal, Gaza City's wealthiest area, was a safe haven before a wave of Israeli strikes overnight.
  
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• Russia fails to win back seat on human rights council after UN vote

  10-10-2023 22:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Country was suspended from body last year after Ukraine invasion but scale of support for readmittance will worry Kyiv and alliesRussia has been defeated in its attempt to regain a seat in the UN’s top human rights body by a significant majority at the general assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine.Russia was competing against Albania and Bulgaria for two seats on the Geneva-based human rights council representing the East European regional group. C
  
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• Casualties, kidnapped and more numbers since Hamas' attack on Israel

  10-10-2023 21:34 via foxnews.com
  
  Since the surprise attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, hundreds of civilians, including babies, the elderly, and soldiers have been killed, wounded or captured. Israel retaliated against Hamas by firing missiles into Gaza. A terror attack by Hamas at a music festival in Israel claimed the lives of at least 260 concert-goers with many others kidnapped and injured. Those abducted — including American citizens — are still being held hostage in Gaza. "We now know that America
  
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• Canada: police open criminal inquiry into billion-dollar green belt scandal

  10-10-2023 21:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Ontario premier Doug Ford’s office to ‘fully cooperate’ with investigation into scandal that has forced number of resignationsCanada’s federal police have opened a criminal investigation into a controversial plan to allow construction on greenbelt lands in Ontario, escalating a political scandal that has gripped the province and already forced a number of high-profile government resignations.The Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced on Tuesday that its sensitive and int
  
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• Four British men freed by Taliban after being held in Afghanistan

  10-10-2023 20:29 via theguardian.com
  
  The men were all detained over allegedly breaking the country’s laws earlier this yearFour British nationals who were held in Taliban custody in Afghanistan have been released and are to return to the UK on Tuesday.The Presidium Network, a British not-for-profit organisation that works in conflict zones and has assisted the men, named three of them as Kevin Cornwell, a charity medic; Miles Routledge and Ian Purchase. The other cannot be named for legal reasons. Continue reading...
  
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• 'A lot of adrenaline, a lot of unknowns': Reservists flock to join Israel's fight

  10-10-2023 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In the hours after Saturday's Hamas attack, tens of thousands of Israelis prepared to go back to duty.
  
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• Undersea pipeline damage appears to be deliberate, says Finland

  10-10-2023 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Media cites intelligence sources saying Russian sabotage suspected after unusual drop in pressureExtensive damage to an undersea gas pipeline and communications cable connecting Finland and Estonia “could not have occurred by accident” and appears to be the result of a “deliberate … external act”, Finnish authorities have said.“It is likely that the damage to both the gas pipeline and the communication cable is the result of external activity,” the Finn
  
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• Canary Islands schools close and wildfire revives in soaring temperatures

  10-10-2023 19:53 via theguardian.com
  
  Heat is forecast to continue as authorities suspend classes on all islands and battle Tenerife blazeAuthorities on the Canary Islands have ordered the temporary closure of schools due to scorching temperatures on the archipelago that have set records and helped revive a huge wildfire on Tenerife.The Spanish archipelago off the north-west coast of Africa typically experiences spring-like conditions all year, but temperatures have recently soared to about 38C (100F) in some parts. Continue reading
  
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• Author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution in India over 2010 speech

  10-10-2023 19:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Top official sanctions case against Booker prize-winning novelist for comments about Kashmir The Booker prize-winning Indian novelist Arundhati Roy could be prosecuted for a 2010 speech about Kashmir after a top official signed off on the move, according to reports in India.Roy, 61, is one of India’s most famous living authors but her writing and activism, including her criticism of the prime minister Narendra Modi’s government, have made her a polarising figure in the country. Conti
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2023: Pakistan complete record World Cup chase to beat Sri Lanka

  10-10-2023 19:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pakistan superbly chase a World Cup record 345 to beat Sri Lanka in the game of the 2023 tournament so far in Hyderabad.
  
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• Pumpkin weighing 2,749lb squashes world record

  10-10-2023 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After watering his gourd 12 times a day since April, a teacher wins the world championships in California.
  
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• Guardian Essential New Zealand poll: Labour picks up steam days out from election

  10-10-2023 19:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Governing party still trails National as NZ First’s support grows, strengthening Winston Peters’ position in any rightwing coalitionSupport for Labour has registered a burst of energy in a Guardian Essential poll days before the New Zealand election – but not enough to overcome an advance by the populist group New Zealand First, which is expected to propel a rightwing coalition to power.The minor party’s steady climb in recent surveys threatens to vex what once appeared a
  
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• Supernova festival: How massacre unfolded from verified video and social media

  10-10-2023 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The footage that shows joy turning to horror at an Israeli music festival in the desert.
  
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• Human emissions made deadly South American heat 100 times more likely

  10-10-2023 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Research shows climate crisis by far main cause of recent unseasonable temperatures in southern winter and early springThe deadly heat in central South America over the past two months was made 100 times more likely by human emissions that disrupted the climate, scientists have shown.Temperatures have exceeded 40C in late winter and early spring in the southern hemisphere, affecting millions and leading to heat-related deaths. Continue reading...
  
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• Hamas hostages: Who are the people taken from Israel?

  10-10-2023 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From elderly grandparents to young children, these are the people known to have been taken captive.
  
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• Watch: Drone captures mesmerising flock of sheep crossing US highway

  10-10-2023 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Timelapse footage shows the animals moving like a murmuration of birds near the city of Othello, in Washington state, USA.
  
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• 'Super-shoes', tumbling world records and the race for a sub two-hour official marathon

  10-10-2023 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marathon world records are tumbling in the men's and women's races, though the main topic of conversation is not the athletes, but the role played by 'super-shoes'.
  
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• Orangutan killings in Borneo likely still occurring in large numbers

  10-10-2023 16:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite it being taboo and illegal to kill critically endangered primate, 30% of villages have evidence of killing in ‘last five to 10 years’Orangutans on the island of Borneo continue to be illegally killed, likely in large numbers, even when there are nearby projects to save the critically endangered primate, according to new research.Despite the taboo and illegal nature of killing orangutans, researchers heard evidence of a direct killing from at least one person in 30% of 79 vill
  
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• Hamas hostages: 'The terrorists have her and her babies'

  10-10-2023 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yossi Sneider says his cousin and her two children were taken from their home in southern Israel.
  
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• WATCH: Drone footage shows wide-scale damage in Gaza

  10-10-2023 13:54
  
  Drone footage shot on Oct. 10 shows wide-scale damage in Gaza, after days of Israeli airstrikes carried out after Hamas launched an unprecedented attack inside Israel.
  
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• Myanmar: at least 29 people killed in attack on camp for displaced people

  10-10-2023 13:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Victims of attack in Kachin state include children, according to media and local activistsAt least 29 people, including young children, have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin state, according to media reports and two local activists.Dozens more people were injured in the attack, which happened at about 11.30pm on Monday night in Kachin, Myanmar’s northernmost state, it was reported. Unverified images on social media, showed men carrying victi
  
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• China’s Country Garden warns it could default on debt

  10-10-2023 11:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Property developer has about $200bn in liabilities and says its sales are ‘under remarkable pressure’China’s largest private developer has warned it could default on its international debts, dealing another blow to the country’s embattled property industry.Country Garden has about $200bn (£163bn) in liabilities and nearly $11bn in dollar-denominated offshore bonds. It has not defaulted so far, but has missed coupon payments on some dollar bonds since last month and
  
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• Doctor in Gaza: I woke up to sounds of explosions

  10-10-2023 08:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British doctor Abdul Qadir Hammad was in Gaza a day before Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel.
  
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• Tuesday briefing: The global impact of UK supreme court’s ruling on Rwanda deportation plan

  10-10-2023 07:45 via theguardian.com
  
  In today’s newsletter: A complicated legal battle over whether the UK government plan to send thousands of migrants to Rwanda could cause a fundamental shift in how asylum seekers are treated• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Five supreme court judges are this week deciding whether the UK government plan to deport tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda should go ahead.The decision of the UK’s highest court will be life-changing for more th
  
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• CCTV shows moment couple pose for photo on train tracks

  10-10-2023 07:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The pair were filmed on the rail line at a site that sees 130 trains a day pass at up to 100mph.
  
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• BBC reporter in Gaza: 'I could hear kids screaming'

  10-10-2023 07:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Rushdi Abu Alouf describes the situation in Gaza as the region reels from Israeli air strikes.
  
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• Watch: Could London get its own Vegas-style sphere?

  10-10-2023 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With the Las Vegas Sphere going down a storm in the US, could one work in London?
  
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• Rwanda accused of broad campaign of repression against dissidents

  10-10-2023 06:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Human Rights Watch report detailing alleged abuses at home and abroad raises questions over UK government’s asylum planRwandan authorities are coordinating a systematic campaign of repression at home and abroad against political activists, suspected dissidents and their family members, according to a Human Rights Watch report, raising questions about plans by the UK government to send asylum seekers there.The US-based rights group details an alleged campaign of extraterritorial killings, k
  
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• Climate crisis is ‘not gender neutral’: UN calls for more policy focus on women

  10-10-2023 06:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Only a third of countries with climate crisis plans include access to sexual, maternal and newborn health services, UNFPA report findsOnly a third of countries include sexual and reproductive health in their national plans to tackle the climate crisis, the UN has warned.Of the 119 countries that have published plans, only 38 include access to contraception, maternal and newborn health services and just 15 make any reference to violence against women, according to a report published by the UN Pop
  
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• The best wireless earbuds

  10-10-2023 03:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  We tried some of the best wireless earbuds from top-rated brands like Apple, Sony, Jabra and more.
  
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• Keith Richards: Arthritis changed my guitar-playing

  10-10-2023 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rolling Stones star on re-learning his instrument, Lady Gaga, and going back on the road.
  
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• White House pushes Senate to confirm a U.S. ambassador to Israel

  10-10-2023 02:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The White House has been working urgently in the past 24 hours to get a Senate confirmation process in motion for President Joe Biden’s nominee to be U.S. ambassador to Israel, according to two White House officials.
  
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• Libya floods: The flawed response that increased Derna death toll

  10-10-2023 02:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The authorities made serious errors both before and after last month's tragedy in Derna, the BBC is told.
  
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• The White House and lawmakers weigh linking Ukraine and Israel aid

  10-10-2023 02:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  WASHINGTON — The Biden administration and key lawmakers in Congress are actively discussing whether aid to Israel could be linked to more funding for Ukraine as a strategy to pass both spending priorities, according to an administration official and two pro-Ukraine Republican lawmakers.
  
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• Biden interviewed by the special counsel in his classified documents investigation

  10-10-2023 02:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Joe Biden was interviewed as part of the investigation into his handling of classified documents being led by special counsel Robert Hur, the White House said.
  
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• Families of hostages taken by Hamas in Israel tell stories of their loved ones

  10-10-2023 02:04 via nbcnews.com
  
  The list of suspected hostages taken by Hamas in Israel has grown to children, elderly people and military service members.
  
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• Israel-Hamas war adds new urgency to House speaker fight

  10-10-2023 02:03 via nbcnews.com
  
  The House of Representatives remains leaderless with an intraparty Republican fight over the next speaker now overshadowed by Hamas' brutal attack on Israel.
  
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• Nightly News Full Broadcast (October 9th)

  10-10-2023 01:49 via nbcnews.com
  Lester Holt anchors from Tel Aviv with our team coverage of the war in Israel. We have details on Israel ordering a “complete siege” of the Gaza strip, families devastated as loved ones are held hostage by Hamas and more on tonight’s broadcast.
  
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• Revered peace activist is missing after sending harrowing text message during Hamas assault

  10-10-2023 01:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vivian Silver, a lifelong peace activist, is now among those feared to have been killed on the spot or abducted by the militants and brought to Gaza, a place she knows well.
  
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• Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ends Democratic presidential bid, launches independent campaign

  10-10-2023 01:21 via nbcnews.com
  
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he's running for president as an independent, ending his bid for the Democratic nomination.
  
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• Professor grieves loved ones killed by Hamas in Israel during phone call

  10-10-2023 01:16 via nbcnews.com
  Brandeis University professor Ilan Troen was on the phone with his daughter and son-in-law when they were shot and killed by Hamas gunmen. NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk shares more on the family’s tragic story.
  
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• Man trains home cameras to help repel badgers and foxes

  10-10-2023 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  James Milward went high tech in his quest to stop the animals fouling in his Surrey garden.
  
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• President Joe Biden's foreign policy upended by Hamas attack

  10-10-2023 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fears of a wider conflict and a possible distraction from the war in Ukraine could influence the White House.
  
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• How to make cars less dangerous for pedestrians

  10-10-2023 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New rules and tech could make cars safer for vulnerable road users like pedestrians and cyclists.
  
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• Dozens of Malaysians rescued in Peru after being trafficked to commit online fraud

  10-10-2023 00:12 via theguardian.com
  
  Malaysian foreign ministry says 43 of its citizens were freed in Lima after being forced to take part in ‘Macau scam’More than 40 people from Malaysia have been rescued by police in Peru after they fell victim to a human trafficking syndicate operating a telecommunication fraud.The Malaysians were forced to participate in the so-called “Macau scam”, making calls to companies in Malaysia and Taiwan to demand money while posing as banks, police or justice officials. Continu
  
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