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• Tisch family members project faces of Israeli hostages on NYU building

  27-10-2023 23:33 via foxnews.com
  
  Members of New York’s influential Tisch family projected faces of the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas onto the side of New York University’s library Monday in a show of support to the college’s Jewish students after posters bearing similar photographs were ripped down at the elite institution’s campus. "There’s been a lot of threats down there towards Jewish students and they probably feel very isolated and alone, I would imagine," a Tisch family member who was "rea
  
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• James Carville says top Democrats are telling him to shut up about Biden's 2024 weaknesses

  27-10-2023 23:30 via foxnews.com
  
  Prominent Democratic Party strategist James Carville is claiming that "leading Democrats" have been telling him to hush up about President Biden’s difficult prospects for winning re-election in 2024. In an article about Rep. Dean Phillips’, D-Minn., newly announced bid to primary Biden, The Atlantic spoke to Carville about his belief that the current president’s chances has a high mountain to climb as he seeks re-election. The strategist disclosed that Biden’s numbers are
  
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• Sen. Schmitt sounds alarm over Eventbrite's 'liberal-progressive agenda' after pulling Riley Gaines event

  27-10-2023 23:28 via foxnews.com
  
  Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., is confronting Eventbrite for its "liberal-progressive agenda to silence and unpublish events that express conservative viewpoints," after the event management company pulled tickets to a Riley Gaines speaking tour it claimed did not align with its community guidelines. In a letter directed to Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz Friday, Schmitt questioned the ticket-selling platform's reasoning for removing Gaines' event from its website. Schmitt also accused the platform of bei
  
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• Professional golfers suspended for gambling on PGA Tour events

  27-10-2023 23:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Two professional golfers have been suspended for gambling on PGA events, the tour announced. Vince India and Jake Staiano of the Korn Ferry Tour had their suspensions officially begin last month. India is facing a six-month suspension until March 17 of next year, while Staiano will be suspended until Dec. 10. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM The PGA Tour said neither golfer placed wagers on events in which they participated. India, 34, joined the Korn Ferry Tour in 2015 and has
  
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• $6K reward offered for info on illegal black bear shooting in rural Louisiana

  27-10-2023 23:24 via foxnews.com
  
  A $6,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of whoever fatally shot a Louisiana black bear and then left its body on a road in rural West Feliciana Parish, state wildlife agents said. DEER SEASON DISASTERS: INEXPERIENCED HUNTERS ACCIDENTALLY SHOOT 2 MN MEN IN UNRELATED INCIDENTS The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said the bear's body was found Oct. 7 near St. Francisville. A necropsy on the animal showed it was killed by a bullet from a rifle, the depar
  
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• Texan identified as pilot killed by small plane crash in eastern Wisconsin

  27-10-2023 23:17 via foxnews.com
  
  A Texas man was identified Friday as the pilot who was killed when his small plane crashed in a wooded area in eastern Wisconsin. Manitowoc County Sheriff Dan Hartwig said Steven Walker, 57, of Keller, Texas, was killed in the crash Wednesday. Hartwig earlier had posted on Facebook that the crash occurred Thursday. PILOT KILLED IN WISCONSIN PLANE CRASH, AIRCRAFT FOUND SUBMERGED IN POND The pilot was alone in the aircraft, Hartwig said. The plane was found submerged in a pond in Kossuth Township,
  
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• New England coaches Bill Belichick, Jim Montgomery reflect on Maine shooting: 'Tragic situation'

  27-10-2023 22:53 via foxnews.com
  
  The Lewiston mass shooting has hit close to him for pro teams in New England. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick and Boston Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery both addressed the murder of 18 people with an alleged killer still on the run. Belichick said he has a "lot of connections" to the Lewiston area. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM "Thoughts and prayers to the people in Maine," Belichick told reporters Friday, via OutKick. "It’s obviously a tragic situation. They&rsquo
  
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• FTX: 'Crypto King' admits people got hurt as he speaks out in trial

  27-10-2023 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former crypto boss Sam Bankman-Fried says he made many mistakes when running the cryptocurrency exchange.
  
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• 4 dead, 7 critical after mysterious gym explosion in Afghan capital

  27-10-2023 22:43 via foxnews.com
  
  The death toll from an explosion in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood of Afghanistan's capital increased to four, with seven people critically injured, a police spokesperson said Friday . The cause of the Thursday evening blast at a boxing club in Kabul is still not known. Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for the city's police chief, said the investigation into the blast is ongoing. He initially reported that two people died and nine were injured. Video taken after the explosion shows part of a buil
  
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• WATCH: Father of Israeli child hostages speaks out

  27-10-2023 22:17 via abcnews.go.com
  
  Avihai Brodutch’s wife and three children were abducted during the Hamas attack three weeks ago.
  
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• Italy 0-1 Spain: Jenni Hermoso scores winner for Spain in first match since World Cup victory

  27-10-2023 22:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jenni Hermoso scores a late winner for Spain against Italy in the Nations League on her return to the squad.
  
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• Plan a trip to Dubai and elevate to the top of the world's tallest building

  27-10-2023 21:57 via foxnews.com
  
  Bigger is better in Dubai. It holds various records, including one for the tallest building in the world. Dubai, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is filled with thrilling activities, plenty of shopping opportunities and no shortage of things to see.  While Dubai is fun to visit all year, keep in mind that it is extremely hot. While there are plenty of places to cool down, like the bustling Dubai Mall, if scalding heat bothers you, try to plan your visit during winter, whe
  
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• Colombian ex-army officer gets life in prison for killing of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse

  27-10-2023 21:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Retired army officer Germán Alejandro Rivera García, 45, is second of 11 suspects detained and charged in MiamiA retired Colombian army officer has been sentenced to life in prison for his role in the 2021 assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moïse, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation.Germán Alejandro Rivera García, 45, is the second of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami to be sentenced in what US prosecutors have described as
  
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• 3 dead, 1 injured in migrant shootout near Serbo-Hungarian border

  27-10-2023 21:09 via foxnews.com
  
  A shooting between migrants near Serbia's border with Hungary early Friday left three people dead and one other person seriously wounded, Serbia's state RTS television reported on Friday. The shooting happened at abandoned farming warehouses near the village of Horgos, the report said. A large number of police officers were sent to the scene, RTS said. Police have yet to issue an official statement. ORBÁN COMPARES HUNGARY'S EU MEMBERSHIP TO SOVIET OCCUPATION IN FIERY SPEECH Reports of vio
  
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• Donald Trump and children to testify in fraud case

  27-10-2023 21:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A judge ruled Ivanka Trump must testify in a case that accuses her father and brothers of financial fraud.
  
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• Russia raises interest rates for fourth time in half-year as inflation struggles persist

  27-10-2023 21:06 via foxnews.com
  
  Russia's Central Bank on Friday raised its key lending rate for the fourth time in half a year in an effort to bring down surging inflation. The bank raised the rate to 15%, up 200 basis points. The interest rate in the first half of the year was 7.5%. PUTIN OVERSEES RUSSIAN MILITARY DRILL SIMULATING 'MASSIVE RETALIATORY NUCLEAR STRIKE': REPORTS "Current inflationary pressures have significantly increased to a level above the Bank of Russia’s expectations," the bank said in a statement. It
  
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• Buffy Sainte-Marie denies allegations she misled public about Indigenous ancestry

  27-10-2023 20:49 via theguardian.com
  
  Singer calls allegations ‘deeply hurtful’ after documentary questions ‘shifting narrative’ surrounding her Cree rootsFolk singer and social justice advocate Buffy Sainte-Marie has denied allegations that she misled the public about her Indigenous ancestry, after a Canadian documentary questioned the “shifting narrative” surrounding her Cree roots.On Friday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s investigative wing, the Fifth Estate, published an investi
  
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• Hamas preventing Gaza residents from fleeing to safety, Palestinian activist says

  27-10-2023 20:40 via foxnews.com
  
  Hamas reportedly urges residents of northern Gaza to ignore the warnings from the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and not leave the area as the terrorist group continues to try and use civilians as human shields.  Palestinian human rights activist and political analyst Bassem Eid told Fox News Digital that Hamas has physically restrained and blocked people from leaving northern Gaza, sending their own security forces and "pushing people back into their houses, not allowing them to move." "Unfor
  
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• German authorities charge 3 teens with homeless man's fatal beating, filming attack

  27-10-2023 20:17 via foxnews.com
  
  Three teenagers were arrested as suspects in the killing in Germany of a homeless man, which one of them apparently filmed, authorities said Friday. AT LEAST 1 SAILOR DEAD, 4 MISSING AFTER CARGO SHIPS CRASH OFF GERMAN COAST A passer-by found the victim's body on Thursday in a meadow in Horn-Bad Meinberg, a town in a rural region of western Germany. On Friday, police and prosecutors said in a statement that a 14-year-old boy and two 15-year-olds were arrested as suspects. They said that the suspe
  
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• Captain of Thai cave football team took his own life at UK school, coroner rules

  27-10-2023 20:13 via theguardian.com
  
  Inquest finds death of Duangphet Phromthep, 17, could not have been foreseen or preventedThe captain of the Thai football team who were trapped in a cave for several days in 2018 took his own life while at school in the UK, a coroner has ruled.Duangphet Phromthep died at Kettering general hospital on 14 February, two days after being found unconscious at Brooke House College in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Continue reading...
  
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• Spanish Church sexual abuse affected 200,000 children, commission finds

  27-10-2023 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country's first in-depth public inquiry into abuse linked to the Catholic Church presents its findings.
  
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• Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy claims equivalent of Russian brigade lost near Avdiivka; Putin warns of weapon smuggling from Ukraine – as it happened

  27-10-2023 20:00 via theguardian.com
  
  Ukraine’s president tells British PM brigade’s worth of troops lost trying to encircle embattled city; Putin demands action on weapons traffickingRussia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 611The Russian-installed official Vladimir Rogov has claimed Russia destroyed “at least four” of the Leopard tanks supplied to Ukraine by the west in the Zaporizhzhia region within the past 24 hours.Zaporizhzhia is one of the regions Russia partly occupies and has claimed to an
  
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• Gaza before and after: Satellite images show destruction

  27-10-2023 19:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Israeli aerial strikes on the Palestinian territory have reduced parts of the north to rubble.
  
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• IDF to expand Gaza ground operations as heavy explosions pound area near border

  27-10-2023 19:05 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Defense Forces confirmed Friday that they will expand their ground operations in Gaza, after loud explosions were seen and heard near the Israel-Gaza border.  The blasts were observed near the Gaza border in southern Israel, where Fox News' Trey Yingst reported live from the scene. Yingst reported Israel concentrated its heaviest fire on the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on Oct. 17. Internet and cell communications went down for some in Gaza amid the Friday evening airstrike
  
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• Maine shootings: Lewiston a ghost town as manhunt drags on

  27-10-2023 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Streets were empty, stores and schools were closed as the search continued for the Maine shooting suspect.
  
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• Hamas terror base is hidden beneath Gaza's largest hospital, Israel alleges

  27-10-2023 18:33 via foxnews.com
  
  The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is alleging the discovery of a Hamas military base under their largest hospital. The IDF has released images and accompanying graphics claiming an extensive command post exists under Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. "Hamas terrorists operate inside and under Shifa hospital — and other hospitals in Gaza — with a network of terror tunnels," said IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari. "Shifa is not the only hospital — it is one of many. Hamas-use of hosp
  
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• Former UK PM Boris Johnson joins news channel

  27-10-2023 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Johnson, who stepped down as an MP earlier this year, will present and make his own programmes.
  
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• Swarm of earthquakes in Iceland heralds next volcanic eruption

  27-10-2023 17:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Scientists say rise in seismic activity confirms south-west region is in buildup phaseA seismic swarm has hit the Reykjanes peninsula in south-west Iceland with more than 5,500 small earthquakes in the last three days, raising the prospect of a volcanic eruption.Iceland, located between the Eurasian and the North American tectonic plates, among the largest on the planet, is a seismic and volcanic hotspot as the two plates move in opposite directions. Continue reading...
  
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• Abercrombie & Fitch and ex-CEO face sex-trafficking lawsuit

  27-10-2023 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US fashion brand is jointly accused with its former CEO of participating in a sex-trafficking venture.
  
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• Hate crime soars in London during Gaza conflict

  27-10-2023 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Antisemitic and Islamophobic hate crimes recorded by Met Police have risen dramatically since 7 October.
  
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• Emmanuel Macron condemns Viktor Orbán meeting with Vladimir Putin

  27-10-2023 17:01 via theguardian.com
  
  French president says Hungarian leader’s meeting risks weakening European unity against RussiaThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has condemned the Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán’s recent meeting and handshake with Vladimir Putin.“In the situation we are in with Russia, we should not use these bilateral contacts to negotiate things about ourselves that would weaken our unity [on Ukraine],” Macron said after a meeting of EU leaders in Brussels. Continue reading...
  
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• All baa myself: Is this Britain's loneliest sheep?

  27-10-2023 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman says she came across the ewe at the foot of a cliff two years ago before seeing it again this year.
  
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• Taylor Swift's 1989: What's new on Taylor's Version and why has she re-recorded it?

  27-10-2023 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How does Taylor's Version of the hit album compare to the original, and why has she re-recorded it?
  
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• Sharone Lifschitz's mother was freed but her father is still held by Hamas

  27-10-2023 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sharone Lifschitz is calling on the Israeli government to prioritise the release of hostages held by Hamas.
  
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• UK accused of plan to further cut cost of bananas at expense of poorest African producers

  27-10-2023 14:58 via theguardian.com
  
  UK refusing to commit to EU pledge to stop cutting tariffs on big producers despite bananas being as cheap today as three decades agoIt is one of the few British supermarket staples to have bucked the trend during the cost of living crisis, with the price of a bunch of bananas today no more expensive today than three decades ago. Every country in the world with cheaper prices than the UK has its own producers of the fruit.The government has now been accused of pursuing an irresponsible post-Brex
  
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• Evidence mounts of North Korean arms to Russia in threat for Ukraine

  27-10-2023 14:17 via theguardian.com
  
  Despite questions over quality, scale of munition shipments indicates Moscow plans to continue conflict for long timeRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesIn pouring rain, a jubilant crowd waving pompoms and flowers greeted the Russian foreign minister as he stepped on to the airport asphalt in Pyongyang.While the heavily choreographed welcoming scenes were a familiar sight in totalitarian North Korea, Sergei Lavrov’s rare visit to the country came amid mounting evidence that Pyong
  
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• Chinese fighter jet flies within 10 feet of US B-52 bomber: US military

  27-10-2023 13:56 via foxnews.com
  
  A Chinese fighter jet flew within a critically close distance of a U.S. bomber aircraft, prompting anger from military officials.  The Chinese Shenyang J-11 rapidly approached the US B-52 bomber on Tuesday over the South China Sea and came within 10 feet of contact, the U.S. military said Thursday. The plane harassed the B-52 briefly, flying close at "uncontrolled excessive speed, flying below, in front of, and within 10 feet of the B-52, putting both aircraft in danger of a collision," acc
  
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• Hamas official demands ceasefire for hostages to be released: report

  27-10-2023 13:05 via foxnews.com
  
  A Hamas official said Friday that the Palestinian terrorist group cannot release the hostages it has captured during its war with Israel until a ceasefire deal is reached, a report says.  The Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted Abu Hamid – a member of a Hamas delegation visiting Moscow – as saying that Hamas needs to locate where Palestinian factions have taken the hostages inside the Gaza Strip, according to Reuters.  "They seized dozens of people, most of them civilians,
  
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• Why Li Keqiang's death is dangerous for Xi Jinping

  27-10-2023 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The beloved leader represents a way of potentially governing China with very different priorities.
  
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• Taiwan election may open window for better China ties, report says

  27-10-2023 11:14 via theguardian.com
  
  International Crisis Group urges all parties including US to re-establish a baseline level of trustTaiwan’s presidential election in January is a window of opportunity to resume dialogue between Taipei and Beijing, reduce tensions and lower the risk of conflict, an NGO has said.A war over Taiwan is not inevitable but “the current trajectory is dangerous”, a report by the International Crisis Group says. Continue reading...
  
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• Taylor Swift's biggest album 1989 returns with new tracks from the vault

  27-10-2023 11:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As the pop star releases a re-recorded version of 1989, here's a look behind the songs.
  
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• Africa's week in pictures: 20-26 October 2023

  27-10-2023 08:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond.
  
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• Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water

  27-10-2023 07:01 via theguardian.com
  
  The operator Tepco says the workers came in contact with the wastewater when a hose came off accidentally and have been taken to hospital as a precautionFour workers at the Fukushima nuclear plant were splashed with water containing radioactive materials, with two of them taken to hospital as a precaution, according to the plant operator.The incident, which took place on Wednesday, highlights the dangers Japan still faces in decommissioning the plant. The reactor was knocked out by an immense ts
  
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• New Zealand gangs may be forced to cover facial tattoos with makeup, incoming government says

  27-10-2023 04:48 via theguardian.com
  
  Ban on offensive facial markings could come as part of wider crackdown on gangs, National party saysNew Zealand’s gangs may have to cover up offensive tattoos with makeup if the incoming government’s crackdown on gang activity goes ahead.On Thursday, the National party’s police spokesperson, Mark Mitchell, told the national broadcaster RNZ that if its proposed ban on gang patches – large insignia sewn on to jackets, for example – does not work, then it would conside
  
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• Clean up and damage assessments begin after Hurricane Otis rips through

  27-10-2023 03:02 via theguardian.com
  
  Category 5 storm struck Acapulco and leveled homes, hotels and cut off communications as military called in to help with aid effortsAt least 27 people were killed and four remain missing after Hurricane Otis ripped through the beach resort city of Acapulco, leveling homes and hotels, submerging cars and cutting off communications.The extent of the damage from the category 5 storm, which struck Mexico on Thursday with winds of 165mph, has started to become clear as thousands of first responders a
  
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• Former China PM Li Keqiang dead at 68

  27-10-2023 02:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese state media said he passed away from a heart attack despite "all-out efforts" to revive him.
  
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• Bob Violette: Grandpa who loved bowling was killed in Maine shooting, family says

  27-10-2023 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The family of Bob Violette, 76, say he died trying to protect a group of kids at the bowling alley.
  
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• How does China fix the Evergrande mess?

  27-10-2023 02:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The heavily indebted company has become the poster child of the country's flailing property sector.
  
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• George Santos faces House expulsion vote next week

  27-10-2023 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fellow Republican forced the vote after submitting a resolution that cited Mr Santos' federal indictments.
  
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• Mahua Moitra: The firebrand Indian MP in ‘cash-for-query’ scandal

  27-10-2023 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mahua Moitra is known to ask tough questions to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.
  
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