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• Friday's gossip: Mourinho, Messi, Sancho, Musiala, Howe

  19-10-2023 23:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jose Mourinho to return to Real Madrid, Jadon Sancho to leave Manchester United and Barcelona linked with Lionel Messi, plus more.
  
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• Israel Gaza: The world is losing its humanity, UNRWA chief says

  19-10-2023 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gaza's war could spread and the region is on the "edge of an abyss", Philippe Lazzarini tells the BBC.
  
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• United States Grand Prix: FIA quadruple maximum F1 driver fine to 1m euros

  19-10-2023 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Leading Formula 1 drivers express shock at a decision to raise the possible fine that can be imposed on competitors to 1m euros (£871,000).
  
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• Riba Stirling Prize: London retirement home wins top architecture award

  19-10-2023 23:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  London's John Morden Centre wins the Riba Stirling Prize for its approach to elderly living.
  
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• Rugby World Cup: Argentina caught in path of All Blacks juggernaut

  19-10-2023 22:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Argentina are outsiders for their Rugby World Cup semi-final and New Zealand's accuracy and desire make it hard to argue with the bookmakers' odds.
  
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• Who is temporary House Speaker Patrick McHenry?

  19-10-2023 22:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fight over the next leader of the House has cast the spotlight on a long-time Republican member.
  
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• First deportation flight to Venezuela under Biden takes off from Texas

  19-10-2023 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Trump administration had suspended deportations to the country four years ago, citing civil unrest.
  
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• Julia Fox: Actress says dating Kanye West had 'red flags'

  19-10-2023 21:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actress says she turned a blind eye because the romance was fun, but realised it was unsustainable.
  
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• Supreme Court declines to kickstart drawing of new congressional map in Louisiana

  19-10-2023 20:47 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court decided whether a federal judge in Louisiana could move forward with plans to oversee the drawing of a new state congressional map.
  
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• Drones attack U.S. troops in Syria as tensions flare in Middle East over Gaza hospital blast

  19-10-2023 20:41 via nbcnews.com
  At least two drones attacked U.S. forces in Syria, two defense officials said, part of a spate of recent drone attacks on American military bases in the Middle East.
  
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• Bipartisan Senate bill would increase penalties for child labor violations and create new criminal penalties

  19-10-2023 20:26 via nbcnews.com
  
  New bipartisan Senate legislation would raise penalties for child labor violations, create new criminal penalties and let victims seek compensation.
  
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• Experts on how the laws of war apply to Hamas and the Israeli military

  19-10-2023 20:15 via nbcnews.com
  
  What are the “laws of war”?
  
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• GameStop clerk fatally shot man suspected of shoplifting Pokemon cards

  19-10-2023 20:09 via nbcnews.com
  
  Derrick Guerrero, 33, was working at the video game retailer’s store in a suburban Fort Lauderdale strip mall Tuesday night when a man grabbed five boxes of Pokemon Scarlet & Violet “ultra-premium” trading cards and ran toward the door, Pembroke Pines police said in a report released Wednesday.
  
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• Sidney Powell: Trump ex-lawyer pleads guilty in Georgia election case

  19-10-2023 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sidney Powell will now testify for prosecutors at the trial where Donald Trump is a defendant.
  
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• As temperatures rise, songbirds struggle to keep young healthy, researchers find

  19-10-2023 20:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Songbirds like cardinals and sparrows follow the same schedule every year.
  
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• Gaza hospital: What video, pictures and other evidence tell us about Al-Ahli hospital blast

  19-10-2023 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify is analysing evidence from the Al-Ahli hospital explosion amid competing claims over responsibility.
  
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• Billionaires are driving South Florida home prices to new records

  19-10-2023 19:37 via nbcnews.com
  
  From Palm Beach to Miami Beach, luxury home prices in Florida’s richest enclaves are reaching new records as billionaires and millionaires continue to buy up property.
  
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• Ex-Trump lawyer Sidney Powell pleads guilty in Ga. election interference case

  19-10-2023 19:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  Former Trump attorney Sidney Powell pleaded guilty Thursday morning in the Georgia election interference case on the eve of her trial.
  
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• England v South Africa: Maro Itoje urges team-mates to seize day to upset Springboks

  19-10-2023 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Second row Maro Itoje tells his England team-mates to disregard the past and ignore the future to derail South Africa in their Rugby World Cup semi-final.
  
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• Scholastic Book Fairs face criticism over isolating titles on race and gender

  19-10-2023 19:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  The battle over books has taken a new front.
  
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• Delta makes more tweaks to frequent flyer program after backlash

  19-10-2023 19:11 via nbcnews.com
  
  Delta loyalty program changes, Delta rewards program, Delta credit card, Delta skymiles rewards, Medallion status, airline rewards
  
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• 13 cows dead in Connecticut tractor trailer rollover

  19-10-2023 19:10 via nbcnews.com
  
  7 cows were killed, and another 6 euthanized, after a tractor trailer carrying them rolled over while exiting a highway in Connecticut early Thursday morning, officials said.
  
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• Gaza hospital: Breaking down video of Al-Ahli Arab hospital explosion

  19-10-2023 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Verify’s Merlyn Thomas examines video of the explosion.
  
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• Cricket World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli century powers India past Bangladesh to maintain 100% start

  19-10-2023 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virat Kohli scores his 48th one-day international hundred as India power to a seven-wicket win over Bangladesh.
  
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• Jerome Powell says inflation is still too high and lower economic growth is likely needed to bring it down

  19-10-2023 18:45 via nbcnews.com
  
  Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged recent signs of cooling inflation, but said Thursday that the slowing in price increases was not enough yet to determine a trend and that the central bank would be “resolute” in its commitment to its 2% mandate.
  
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• Berlusconi's 'worthless' art proving a headache to heirs

  19-10-2023 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ex-Italian prime minister bought many of his 25,000 paintings from late-night telesales programmes.
  
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• EU bids to tighten migration rules after attacks in Arras and Brussels

  19-10-2023 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Killings by militants in France and Belgium prompt calls for better screening of migrants.
  
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• Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton v Joelah & Keke of Radio 1Xtra's Throwback Party

  19-10-2023 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton takes on Joelah & Keke of Radio 1Xtra's Throwback Party in this weekend's Premier League game predictions.
  
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• Mahsa Amini awarded EU's Sakharov human rights prize

  19-10-2023 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 22-year-old died in custody after allegedly violating Iran's strict dress code, sparking mass protests.
  
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• Sydney Opera House: The story of an icon in photos

  19-10-2023 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As Australia marks 50 years of the Sydney Opera House, here are some of its most defining moments.
  
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• Israel still primed for bloody ground assault in Gaza in the coming days, ex-PM says

  19-10-2023 18:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  A ground assault on the Gaza Strip is likely in the coming days, former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak told NBC News, despite mounting fury in the Arab world over a deadly hospital blast that has intensified fears of broader escalation in the region.
  
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• In Gaza's crowded Khan Younis, 90 people shelter in one house

  19-10-2023 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A family take in friends and relatives to their home in southern Gaza while the Israeli air strikes continue.
  
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• Veteran State Dept. Official resigns over U.S.'s 'blind support' of Israel in its war against Hamas

  19-10-2023 17:54 via nbcnews.com
  
  Josh Paul served for nearly a decade as the director of congressional and public affairs for the State Department’s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs.
  
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• Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily

  19-10-2023 17:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, will back a plan to temporarily empower interim speaker Patrick McHenry, R-N.C.
  
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• Death threats, doxxing and suspensions from school: Concerns grow over free speech in Israel

  19-10-2023 17:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  One student was suspended for posting a picture on social media celebrating her sister’s engagement. Others have been targeted for expressing solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza. All are victims of what a legal advocacy group is calling an Israeli crackdown on free speech.
  
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• Ukraine war: Kyiv troop build-up reported across Dnipro river

  19-10-2023 17:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine appears to be expanding its forces on the Russian-occupied left or eastern bank of the river.
  
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• House holds vote to elect a new speaker

  19-10-2023 17:00 via nbcnews.com
  Watch live coverage as the House of Representatives holds a vote to elect a new speaker. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., was removed from the speakership after Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., filed a motion to vacate against him.
  
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• Mary Lou Retton suffers significant setback in her pneumonia battle

  19-10-2023 16:59 via nbcnews.com
  
  Olympic icon Mary Lou Retton suffered a "scary setback" in her ongoing pneumonia battle and remains in intensive care, the gymnast's family said Wednesday.
  
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• MSF suspends surgery at Khartoum hospital after Sudanese military blocks supplies

  19-10-2023 15:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Charity says that medication and materials at Bashair teaching hospital have run out and surgical team is being withdrawnThe medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières has suspended life-saving surgery at a hospital in Khartoum after the Sudanese military blocked medical supplies from entering the city.MSF said it had been refused permission to transport supplies from warehouses in Wad Madani, in Al Jazirah state, to hospitals in the south of the capital since 8 September. The charit
  
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• Viral TikTok underscores the need for frank conversations about STIs

  19-10-2023 15:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  When she had no one to talk to about her herpes diagnosis, TikTok became a listening ear.
  
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• Sinalo Jafta: South Africa wicketkeeper on alcoholism and her road to recovery

  19-10-2023 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Africa wicketkeeper Sinalo Jafta on reaching a year of sobriety after fearing alcoholism would end her career.
  
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• Gwyneth Paltrow says nepo baby label is an 'ugly moniker'

  19-10-2023 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actress says she doesn't like the "judgement that exists around kids of famous people".
  
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• China’s Country Garden risks default after ‘missing bond payment’

  19-10-2023 13:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Property developer denies claims founder and chair have left country amid reports it missed key deadlineThe crisis in China’s property sector deepened as Country Garden, the country’s biggest developer by sales, reportedly missed its final deadline for an interest payment on a dollar bond, putting it at risk of default.The company, which has about $200bn (£163bn) in liabilities and nearly $11bn in dollar-denominated offshore bonds, was due to make a $15.4m coupon repayment this
  
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• Man, 94, finds father's beloved classic car on auction site

  19-10-2023 12:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Stern has spent three years restoring the 1930s Talbot Darracq his father once drove.
  
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• 'Mannequin' arrested after Warsaw shop burglary

  19-10-2023 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police arrest 22-year-old who is accused of posing in a shop window before taking jewellery.
  
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• American journalist detained and charged in Russia

  19-10-2023 12:25 via nbcnews.com
  
  A U.S. journalist has been detained in Russia, her employer said, the second such case since the war in Ukraine started.
  
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• A rite of passage for many Black girls and women now raises deep suspicion

  19-10-2023 12:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Thousands of Black women who have sued L' Oreal, Revlon and other companies allege hair products are responsible for their uterine cancer and infertility.
  
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• Greta Thunberg joins climate protest outside UK bank

  19-10-2023 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The climate activist is part of a Fossil Free London protest at JP Morgan's Canary Wharf office.
  
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• BYD: The top electric car maker that is not Tesla

  19-10-2023 10:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's BYD is now ahead of Tesla in quarterly production and second in global sales.
  
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• Biden to deliver a prime-time foreign policy address

  19-10-2023 10:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  President Biden is expected to give a speech at 8pm on Thursday. It comes after Biden met with Netanyahu in Israel as the country battles Hamas.
  
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