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• Family tell of heartbreak after Israel kidnap live-stream

  17-10-2023 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One man is trying to piece together what happened to loved ones based on live streams made by Hamas.
  
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• AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes criticised for half-naked massage photo

  17-10-2023 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tony Fernandes shared a picture of himself attending a meeting while getting a massage.
  
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• Sweden investigating damage to Baltic undersea cable

  17-10-2023 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia is believed to have been damaged at the same time, Sweden says.
  
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• NYC to limit shelter stay for asylum-seekers with children

  17-10-2023 20:40 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Starting next week, city officials will begin notifying some families that they have 60 days to find alternative housing.
  
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• Bear enters house and helps herself to frozen lasagne

  17-10-2023 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surveillance video shows the moment a fury burglar entered a Connecticut home looking for lunch.
  
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• WATCH: Hamas: 71 killed in Israeli strikes near Rafah

  17-10-2023 19:37 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Palestinians say the strikes targeted Rafah, which is the sole border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. It remains closed.
  
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• Gaza: BBC reporter and family left homeless again after Israel air strike warning

  17-10-2023 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rushdi Abu Alouf is among those struggling to find a place to live amid ongoing Israeli strikes.
  
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• ADL official on anti-Jewish, Muslim hate: 'Our fight is often one that is together'

  17-10-2023 19:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  "Unfortunately, as the FBI has already indicated, is that synagogues and mosques are, in particular, vulnerable right now to potential attacks," Oren Segal said.
  
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• Bolsonaro was engineer of ‘wilful coup attempt’, Brazil congress inquiry alleges

  17-10-2023 18:52 via theguardian.com
  
  Congressional investigation into failed rightwing insurrection on 8 January calls for former president to be charged with four crimesBrazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro was the mentor of “a wilful and premeditated coup attempt” that sought to plunge Latin America’s largest democracy into political mayhem and perhaps even civil war, a congressional inquiry investigating the 8 January insurrection has alleged.The dramatic assertion was made on Tuesday as the
  
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• French prosecutor: Alleged school stabber declared allegiance to Islamic State

  17-10-2023 18:30 via abcnews.go.com
  
  France’s anti-terror prosecutor says a suspected Islamic extremist declared allegiance to the Islamic State group before fatally stabbing a teacher in a school attack last week
  
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• Dozens killed as Israeli strikes hit southern Gaza refuge areas

  17-10-2023 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some 600,000 Palestinians are sheltering in the south after an Israeli order to evacuate the north.
  
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• Retail sales up 0.7% in September as American consumers defy rising prices, interest

  17-10-2023 17:26 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Americans showed their steadfast resilience and kept spending in September even as they grappled with higher prices, interest rates and a host of other headwinds piling up
  
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• 'Specter of death' hangs over Gaza as aid groups wait for access, UN official says

  17-10-2023 16:15 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Humanitarian aid and relief convoys carrying essential items have been streaming towards Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, parked outside Gaza, awaiting access to the enclave.
  
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• Gaza conditions worsen following Israeli onslaught after Hamas attack

  17-10-2023 16:13 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Israel has unleashed hundreds of airstrikes into Gaza after the militant group Hamas launched a terrorist attack in Israel on Oct. 7.
  
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• WATCH: Israeli ground forces gather near Gaza border

  17-10-2023 15:58 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Israel's military continued to mass troops and vehicles on Gaza's border in preparation for a ground offensive.
  
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• Poland's ruling conservatives lose majority in parliament to centrist coalition

  17-10-2023 15:50 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The leader of opposition that won Poland’s parliamentary election, Donald Tusk, appealed to the nation’s president Tuesday for “energetic and fast decisions” so that a new government could be formed quickly
  
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• India's Supreme Court refuses to legalize same-sex marriage, says it is up to govt

  17-10-2023 15:12 via abcnews.go.com
  
  India’s top court has refused to legalize same-sex marriages passing the responsibility back to Parliament
  
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• Zipcar fined after allowing customers rent vehicles with open, unrepaired recalls

  17-10-2023 15:11 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Zipcar has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after U.S. regulators found that the car-sharing company allowed customers to rent vehicles with open recalls, violating federal motor safety law
  
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• Californians plead guilty in $600 million nationwide catalytic converter theft scheme

  17-10-2023 15:10 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Three members of a California family have pleaded guilty to conspiracy for their role in a ring that shipped $600 million worth of stolen catalytic converters from California to New Jersey
  
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• Putin begins visit in China underscoring ties amid Ukraine war

  17-10-2023 15:09 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin has arrived in Beijing on a visit that underscores China’s support for Moscow during its war in Ukraine as well as Russian backing for China’s bid to expand its economic and diplomatic influence abroad through its decad...
  
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• Russian parliament moves to rescind ratification of global nuclear test ban

  17-10-2023 15:08 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The lower house of the Russian parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill revoking the ratification of a global nuclear test ban
  
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• How Quran burnings in Sweden have increased threats from Islamic militants

  17-10-2023 15:07 via abcnews.go.com
  
  The killing of two Swedish citizens in an attack in Brussels has shocked the Scandinavian country even though the government has been warning for months that Swedes were at greater risk because of public desecrations of the Quran holy book by a handful...
  
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• Mia Shem: Mother's plea for daughter release after Hamas hostage video

  17-10-2023 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keren Shem appeals for her daughter to be freed immediately with all the Hamas hostages in Gaza.
  
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• Girl Scout troop treasurer arrested for stealing over $12,000: Police

  17-10-2023 13:47 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A former Girl Scout troop treasurer has been arrested and charged with felony theft after allegedly stealing over $12,000 from the troop during her time at the helm.
  
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• Tommy Fury v KSI: Boxer left Molly-Mae for weeks to train for fight

  17-10-2023 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boxer says he had a tough time being "a cuddly dad" and training "to rip someone's head off" at the same time.
  
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• Brussels shooter who killed 2 soccer fans in 'act of terrorism' shot dead: Sources

  17-10-2023 12:54 via abcnews.go.com
  
  A suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels has died of his injuries, ABC News has learned.
  
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• IFS report highlighting £52bn stealth tax rise shows Tories have ‘crashed our economy’, says Labour – UK politics live

  17-10-2023 12:50 via theguardian.com
  
  Labour says Conservative failures have left UK with ‘low growth, high tax and national debt at the highest level in generations’The Labour MP Chris Bryant, a former chair of the Commons standards committee, has described this parliament as the worst in history for misconduct by MPs. That is based on the fact that since 2019 24 MPs have either been suspended for at least a day for breaking Commons rules, or resigned before suspension could take effect.But there is some modest good new
  
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• Brussels attack: suspect shot dead by police after killing of Swedish football fans

  17-10-2023 12:46 via theguardian.com
  
  Belgian interior minister says weapon found on ‘neutralised person’ was same as that used in the attackThe man suspected of killing two Swedish football fans and wounding another in a terrorist attack in Brussels on Monday night has died after being shot by police.Belgium’s interior minister, Annelies Verlinden, told the broadcaster VRT that an automatic weapon found on the “neutralised person” was the same as that used during the attack. Continue reading...
  
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• Israel-Hamas war live: Israel evacuation order may be illegal ‘forcible transfer of civilians’, says UN

  17-10-2023 12:44 via theguardian.com
  
  United Nations human rights office says evacuation order could be in breach of international lawIsrael and Hamas at war: What we know on day 11Japan will provide $10 million in emergency aid for civilians in Gaza, foreign minister Yoko Kamikawa said on Tuesday.Japan is the current president of the Group of 7 developed nations and Kamikawa said it was monitoring the situation in Gaza “with concern”, adding that Japan expects the situation to be calmed down as soon as possible.Kamikawa
  
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• Rema's Calm Down falls off Billboard Hot 100 after setting new record

  17-10-2023 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigerian music star Rema's song Calm Down falls off the Billboard Hot 100 chart after 57 weeks.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war live: Russian assault on Avdiivka reported to be weakening; Putin arrives in Beijing for meeting with Xi

  17-10-2023 12:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Kyiv officials say the number of attacks on Avdiivka have slowed in recent days; Putin is in China to attend the Belt and Road forumWhat we know on day 601 of the invasionRussia’s lower house of parliament, the State Duma, approved revoking the ratification of the comprehensive nuclear test ban treaty in the first of three readings on Tuesday.The vote was passed by 412 votes to zero, with no abstentions. Vyacheslav Volodin said Russia was revoking the treaty because of the irresponsible at
  
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• Poland publishes final election numbers as results suggest opposition parties could form coalition – Europe live

  17-10-2023 12:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Ruling Law and Justice party secured most votes but it appears likely Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition will be able to form a governmentWe want to hear from you. Are you a voter living in Poland or another country? What are your thoughts on the election results? How will the change of power likely impact you?You can share your thoughts on the Poland election results using this form. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘Like being buried alive’: Australian journalist Cheng Lei on life in a Chinese prison

  17-10-2023 12:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Reporter reveals she was arrested for breaking a news embargo, and talks about how she survived months in solitary confinementGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAustralian journalist Cheng Lei spent almost three years in China’s prison system for breaking an embargo by a few minutes, she has revealed in her first interview after returning home to Melbourne last week.Cheng, 48, was working as a business reporter for China’s state-run English-langu
  
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• Baby boy dies after being rescued from water at Ullapool harbour

  17-10-2023 12:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Infant taken to hospital in Inverness by air ambulance on Monday but pronounced dead a short time laterA baby boy has died after being pulled from the water at a harbour in the Scottish Highlands.Emergency services launched a rescue operation after receiving a report of the incident at Ullapool harbour at about 1.20pm on Monday. Continue reading...
  
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• Kevin Spacey receives standing ovation in first stage appearance since trial

  17-10-2023 12:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Actor delivered Shakespeare scene during lecture at Oxford theatre in memory ofRoger ScrutonKevin Spacey was given a standing ovation at a theatre in Oxford on Monday night – in his first stage appearance since being cleared of sexual assault – after performing a brief scene by Shakespeare.The 64-year-old actor delivered a five-minute scene from Timon of Athens during a lecture at the Sheldonian theatre, held in memory of the late conservative philosopher Roger Scruton. Continue read
  
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• Spain rejects Israeli claims of its officials aligning with Hamas

  17-10-2023 12:20 via theguardian.com
  
  Minister in coalition government had suggested Benjamin Netanyahu should face war crimes chargesIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesMadrid has dismissed Israel’s claims that some members of Spain’s acting coalition government have aligned themselves “with Isis-style terrorism” by criticising Benjamin Netanyahu’s response to Hamas’s atrocities and suggesting Israeli forces are committing genocide and war crimes in the Gaza Strip.On Saturday, Ione Belarr
  
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• Surgeon treating patients in Gaza says police in London ‘harassed’ his family

  17-10-2023 12:04 via theguardian.com
  
  Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, who has a practice in UK capital, claims it is a ‘brutal attempt at silencing us’Israel and Hamas at war – live updatesA surgeon based in London who has travelled to Gaza to treat patients at a hospital in the territory alleges that counter-terror police have “harassed” his family.Prof Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon with a practice in west London, has made several media appearances this week live from Gaza. He claim
  
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• Why did church take so long to admit New Orleans deacon was a child abuser?

  17-10-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  New recordings raise questions about archbishop’s response to accusations against VM Wheeler, attorney and church benefactorMore than 10 months after he pleaded guilty to child molestation and after his victim received a substantial financial settlement, the Roman Catholic archdiocese of New Orleans has at last acknowledged that deacon VM Wheeler was a credibly accused child molester.Wheeler, a prominent attorney and church benefactor who died this spring, was ordained in 2018 by the New O
  
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• Soaring congenital syphilis rates in US risk lives of thousands of babies

  17-10-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Biden administration urged to declare a public health emergency with key medication for preventable condition in short supplyHealth advocates are calling on the Biden administration to declare a public health emergency over a steep rise in congenital syphilis cases. The easily treated infection has quintupled in 10 years and can have harrowing impacts on children.Congenital syphilis happens when a baby contracts syphilis from its mother. Up to 40% of babies born to untreated mothers will be stil
  
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• Rights group warns of rise in violence against US Muslims and Palestinians

  17-10-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Students, protestors and employees targeted since Israel-Hamas war began, says Council on American Islamic RelationsA top official at the Council on American Islamic Relations (Cair) National has warned of a potential rise in violence against Muslims and Palestinians in the US following the hate crime murder of a six-year-old boy in Illinois and the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.Edward Ahmed Mitchell, Cair’s deputy director and a civil rights attorney, called the stabbing of Wa
  
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• House to vote on speaker as Jim Jordan hopes he has Republican support to win

  17-10-2023 12:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Hard-right congressman seeks speakership after securing party’s nomination, but 55 Republicans say they won’t back himThe House of Representatives will vote on electing a new speaker on Tuesday, as the hard-right congressman Jim Jordan of Ohio looks to win the gavel following the historic ouster of the Republican Kevin McCarthy earlier this month.The House has now been without a speaker for two weeks, leaving the chamber paralyzed. The House remains unable to pass any legislation, ev
  
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• Biden to visit Israel at ‘critical moment’ for the region, says Blinken

  17-10-2023 11:53 via theguardian.com
  
  US says it has reached agreement with Netanyahu’s government onhumanitarian relief for GazaIsrael-Hamas war: latest updatesJoe Biden will travel to Israel on Wednesday after the US said it had reached agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza currently under fire, and in urgent need of water, food and medical help.The US president will also go to Amman for talks with Jordan’s K
  
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• Rolls-Royce and Volta put more than 3,000 jobs at risk

  17-10-2023 11:51 via theguardian.com
  
  British jet engine maker plans to cut global workforce as Swedish electric truck firm files for bankruptcyBusiness live – latest updatesMore than 3,000 jobs have been put at risk by global manufacturers including the UK jet engine maker Rolls-Royce and the Swedish electric truck firm Volta on a dark day for British industry.Rolls-Royce plans to cut up to 2,500 jobs as part of a move to a simpler organisation “that is fit for the future”, according to its new chief executive. Co
  
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• Biden to visit Israel at ‘critical moment’ for the region | First Thing

  17-10-2023 11:43 via theguardian.com
  
  US says it has reached agreement with Israeli government on provision of humanitarian relief for people in Gaza. Plus, how a little-known pollution rule keeps the air dirty for millions of AmericansDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Joe Biden will travel to Israel tomorrow after the US said it had reached agreement with Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on the provision of humanitarian relief and safe areas to the more than 2 million people in Gaza un
  
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• ‘It beats working’: Paul McCartney reflects on songwriting, John Lennon, and success on eve of Australian tour

  17-10-2023 11:28 via theguardian.com
  
  A relaxed former Beatle spoke with fans in an intimate Q&A session during soundcheck in AdelaideGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhen Paul McCartney first visited Adelaide in June 1964, 350,000 screaming fans lined the streets from the airport to the town hall, in a last-minute addition to The Beatles’ first Australian tour.A smaller, quieter but no less dedicated crowd was waiting at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Tuesday afternoon, before
  
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• The Crown: Diana and Dodi storyline teased by Netflix in season six pictures

  17-10-2023 11:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The streamer releases images of the final season of the royal drama, which is set in the late 1990s.
  
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• Dutch art sleuth recovers a further six stolen paintings

  17-10-2023 11:17 via theguardian.com
  
  ‘Indiana Jones of art world’ says works taken from Medemblik town hall were dropped off at his homeEurope live – latest updatesA Dutch art detective known as the “Indiana Jones of the art world” has recovered a further six paintings, including a portrait of William of Orange and the first depiction of a 7th-century king.Arthur Brand, who made headlines around the world last month when he recovered a stolen Van Gogh stuffed in an Ikea bag, believes his widely publici
  
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• Poland election: votes counted as country awaits Tusk-led coalition

  17-10-2023 10:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Populist Law and Justice party had the most votes but no viable path to parliamentary majorityEurope live – latest updatesPoland’s electoral committee has finished counting the votes from the parliamentary election, as the country waits to see how long it will take for a new governing coalition led by Donald Tusk to be formed.Sunday’s poll gave the populist Law and Justice (PiS) party, which has ruled Poland for the past eight years, the most votes but no viable path to a parli
  
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• Heathrow: competition watchdog orders rethink on charges

  17-10-2023 10:36 via theguardian.com
  
  CAA told to partly reconsider decision on how much hub can charge airlines for using its servicesA verdict on how much Heathrow airport can charge airlines must be reconsidered in part, the UK’s competition watchdog has ruled, amid a longrunning row at Europe’s busiest airport.In March, the aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), ordered London’s largest airport, to cut its passenger charges by about 20% next year, which could result in lower air fares. Continue
  
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• Hamas releases video of French-Israeli woman held hostage

  17-10-2023 10:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Footage shows Mia Schem, 21, asking to be returned to her family as quickly as possibleIsrael and Hamas at war – live updatesHamas has released a video of Mia Schem, a 21-year-old French-Israeli woman taken hostage during the devastating attack on Israel.In the footage, Schem, whose injured arm is shown being treated by an unidentified medical worker, asks to be returned to her family as quickly as possible. Continue reading...
  
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