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• Projected results show rightwing SVP making gains in Swiss federal elections

  22-10-2023 23:45 via theguardian.com
  
  Party on track to win 29% of vote, an increase of almost 3.5 percentage points on 2019 after more than half of votes countedThe rightwing populist Swiss People’s party (SVP) was set to further strengthen its position as the largest political force in parliament, an early projection suggested, as voters appeared to back the party’s hardline stance against mass migration and what it called “woke madness”.The SVP was on track to receive 29% of the vote, an increase of nearly
  
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• Who are the Republican candidates for House of Representatives speaker?

  22-10-2023 21:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Nine congressmen had registered by Sunday’s noon deadline following Jim Jordan’s failed bid to claim the gavelAfter more than two weeks of failing to choose a speaker, Republicans in the US House plan to reconvene on Monday to begin the process of nominating a third candidate to try to get the 217 votes needed to secure the speakership.So far, Steve Scalise, the No 2 Republican in the House, and Jim Jordan, the far-right congressman, have both failed in their bids. Continue reading..
  
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• MSU did not seek permission before showing Hitler on videoboard before game

  22-10-2023 21:38 via theguardian.com
  
  Creator of quiz says Michigan State did not contact himUniversity apologize after incident on SaturdayThe creator and producer of The Quiz Channel on YouTube, which includes Adolf Hitler’s image as part of a quiz Michigan State used on its videoboards before a game against Michigan, said the school didn’t ask for permission to use his content or pay him for it.“It’s an absolutely normal trivia question, shown in an inappropriate setting,” Floris van Pallandt wrote o
  
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• Mitch McConnell backs Biden’s $106bn aid request for Israel and Ukraine

  22-10-2023 21:23 via theguardian.com
  
  Republican Senate minority leader says he and president are ‘in the same place’ on support linked to both conflictsMitch McConnell offered a strong endorsement on Sunday of the Joe Biden White House’s $106bn aid proposal to Israel and Ukraine, saying he and the president were essentially “in the same place” on the issue.McConnell, the powerful Republican leader in the Senate, also rebuffed some of his GOP colleagues in the Senate who have called for a package separa
  
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• Israel Security Agency creates new unit to hunt, kill every Hamas terrorist in Oct. 7 surprise attacks: report

  22-10-2023 20:58 via foxnews.com
  
  Israel's version of the FBI has reportedly launched a new unit dedicated to tracking down and killing every Hamas terrorist who took part in the surprise Oct. 7 attacks from Gaza.  The Israel Security Agency, known as Shin Bet, established a new unit known as NILI, an acronym in Hebrew for "The Eternity of Israel Will Not Lie," according to the Jerusalem Post. The new unit, which will operate separately from other command and control units focused on taking out strike cells and high-ranking
  
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• State Dept orders departure from Iraq of non-emergency government workers

  22-10-2023 20:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The State Department on Sunday updated its travel advisory for Iraq to include the ordered departure of all non-emergency U.S. government personnel and eligible family members. Americans are warned "do not travel to Iraq due to terrorism, kidnapping, armed conflict, civil unrest, and Mission Iraq’s limited capacity to provide support to U.S. citizens." On Oct. 20, the State Department already ordered the departure of eligible family members and non-emergency U.S. government personnel from
  
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• ‘An atmosphere of fear’: free speech under threat in Israel, activists say

  22-10-2023 20:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Jewish and Arab Israelis detained, fired from jobs and even attacked for expressing sentiments interpreted as pro-HamasIsrael-Hamas war: latest updatesTwo activists from a Jewish-Arab peace movement were recently detained in Israel for putting up posters with a message that the police deemed to be offensive. The message was: “Jews and Arabs, we will get through this together.”The activists, members of Standing Together, had their posters confiscated, as well as T-shirts printed with
  
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• WATCH: Cute pups get into the Halloween spirit

  22-10-2023 20:25 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Anna Schwab dresses her rescue dogs in an array of costumes based on different movies, putting the howl in "Howloween."
  
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• Belgians race boats made of giant pumpkins

  22-10-2023 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thrills and spills as kayakers use pumpkin power in a competition near the city of Antwerp.
  
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• Israel responds sharply to Greta Thunberg after 'Stand With Gaza' post

  22-10-2023 19:49 via foxnews.com
  
  The State of Israel responded to a social media post by Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg Friday in support of Palestinians. "The world needs to speak up and call for an immediate ceasefire, justice and freedom for Palestinians and all civilians affected," the 20-year-old posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.  Israel's X account, managed by the Middle Eastern country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, did not mince words as it fired back just over an hour after Thunberg's second version
  
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• Israeli army releases footage of first operational use of ‘Iron Sting’ munition destroying rocket launcher

  22-10-2023 19:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli forces released footage of the "Iron Sting" system launching a mortar bomb to take out a rocket launcher in its first-ever use in an operation on Sunday. The Iron Sting, described as "an innovative and accurate mortar bomb," is one of a variety of weapons being used to thwart dozens of terrorists, the Israeli Air Force posted on X, along with video it said showed the 120mm mortar decimating an enemy rocket launcher. The Israeli army used the weapons system in conjunction with the Israeli
  
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• At least six dead and 16 wounded after Russian missile strike on postal centre – as it happened

  22-10-2023 19:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Strike on distribution centre in Kharkiv on Saturday left people ‘fighting for their lives’, said regional governor. This blog is now closedRussia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 606 of the invasionThe US ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, has condemned the Russian missile attack on Kharkiv in which six people died.The attack on a postal depot took place overnight on Sunday, with 16 people said to have been injured, seven of them said to be in a critical condition, ac
  
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• Hamas hostages: Families 'worried sick' for relatives held in Gaza

  22-10-2023 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British-Israeli woman calls on the UK government to do "everything in its power" to secure their release.
  
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• Family of missing UK teen say she was murdered in Hamas attack

  22-10-2023 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Noiya Sharabi, 16, disappeared after Hamas attacked Kibbutz Be'eri, killing her mother and sister.
  
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• UK must offer businesses certainty over green energy, says boss of FTSE 100 firm

  22-10-2023 17:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Miles Roberts of packaging-maker DS Smith warns manufacturing will decline unless government provides clarity about decarbonisationThe UK risks seeing its manufacturing sector fall behind rival economies if the government does not offer certainty over policies on shifting to green energy, according to the head of FTSE 100 packaging maker DS Smith.Miles Roberts, the company’s chief executive, said British government decarbonisation policy has lacked the clarity of European rivals, meaning D
  
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• Iran warns Israel to stop war in Gaza or region will 'go out of control'

  22-10-2023 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian also criticised the US for providing military support.
  
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• Sir Patrick Stewart makes surprise Woodstock Bookshop visit

  22-10-2023 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The actor dropped into The Woodstock Bookshop when he saw copies of his memoir in the window.
  
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• BBC reports from Gaza camp where thousands live in tents

  22-10-2023 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Around 2,000 families who've fled their homes are struggling to find water, food and medication.
  
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• Iran says girl who collapsed on Tehran metro is ‘brain dead’

  22-10-2023 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Activists say morality police assaulted her for not wearing a hijab, but officials say she fainted.
  
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• String of Hamas, Islamic Jihad rocket misfires have resulted in the deaths of multiple civilians in Gaza: IDF

  22-10-2023 12:00 via foxnews.com
  
  A steady stream of rocket misfires by Hamas and Islamic Jihad have resulted in the deaths of several Palestinians since the war between Israel and Iran-backed terrorists first began earlier this month, according to one Israeli defense official. "They are killing their own people," Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Daniel Hagari said Saturday. Hagari noted that one-fifth of the rockets that have been fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad have missed intended targets and landed inside Gaza, killing
  
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• Astronauts aboard International Space Station share views of the Israel-Hamas war from above

  22-10-2023 10:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station told Fox News their view of Earth without borders and living alongside people from other nations has helped them feel a sense of unity, even as the Israel-Hamas war rages. "One of the things we experience up here is a different perspective of the world of our planet," European Space Agency astronaut Andreas Mogensen told Fox News. "A lot of people call it the overview effect." STUDENTS HIDE IDENTITIES WITH MASKS WHILE PRAISING HAMAS' MASSACRE
  
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• Watch: Boats collide in South China Sea's disputed waters

  22-10-2023 10:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Philippines armed forces said their video showed a Chinese vessel colliding with a Philippine ship.
  
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• Israeli soldier celebrates wedding days after he's shot and his brother goes missing in action

  22-10-2023 10:00 via foxnews.com
  
  An Israeli soldier celebrated his wedding Tuesday, a little over a week after he was wounded battling Hamas terrorists and his younger brother was declared missing in action. Amid grief and uncertainty, Yonatan and Galya Tzvi, both 24, tied the knot in a scaled-down ceremony that had been planned months before Hamas terrorists stormed into Israel Oct. 7 and slaughtered more than 1,400 people.  "It was obviously a very bittersweet wedding and there were tears," the groom's father, Rabbi Doro
  
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• Pepper X: Eating world's hottest pepper was euphoric, says creator

  22-10-2023 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ed Currie describes eating peppers "all day long", and his record-breaking feat.
  
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• Hurricane Norma makes landfall near Mexico’s Los Cabos, and Tammy hits tiny Barbuda in the Caribbean

  22-10-2023 05:12 via nbcnews.com
  
  Hurricane Norma came ashore Saturday afternoon near the resorts of Los Cabos, Mexico, and hours later Hurricane Tammy arrived on the Caribbean island of Barbuda.
  
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• Steely gaze of endangered tigress tops photo awards

  22-10-2023 04:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Mangrove Photography Awards show unique ecosystems above and below the waterline.
  
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• Prince's Diamonds and Pearls: An oral history

  22-10-2023 02:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The story of Prince's biggest-selling album in the UK, told exclusively by the people who were there.
  
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• Detroit synagogue president found fatally stabbed outside her home

  22-10-2023 02:13 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Detroit synagogue president was found fatally stabbed outside her home Saturday morning.
  
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• Australia and China suspend WTO wine tariff dispute before Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing

  22-10-2023 01:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Countries agree to halt World Trade Organization dispute pending outcome of China’s ‘expedited review’ of duties imposed on Australian wine in 2020Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastChina has agreed to review the tariffs it places on Australian wine producers after a breakthrough in negotiations before Anthony Albanese’s trip to Beijing next month.Albanese said on Sunday the two co
  
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• China increasing nuclear arsenal at exponential rate, expected to double by 2030, Pentagon report says

  22-10-2023 00:32 via foxnews.com
  
  China is rapidly increasing its nuclear arsenal and is expected to double its number of nuclear warheads from more than 500 currently to more than 1,000 by 2030, which exceeds earlier projections, the Pentagon’s annual report on China's military growth said this week.  The Pentagon previously estimated that Beijing had more than 400 nuclear warheads as of 2021.  The Chinese military’s "evolving capabilities and concepts continue to strengthen the PRC’s ability to &lsq
  
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• Why Indonesia can’t stop crocodile attacks

  22-10-2023 00:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country sees the most crocodile attacks in the world - and the problem could get even worse.
  
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• Israel-Gaza war: UN agencies call for Gaza ceasefire as aid arrives

  22-10-2023 00:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A joint statement from Unicef, the World Food Programme and the WHO calls the situation "catastrophic".
  
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