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• US investigation of IDF unit for alleged abuse against Palestinians could jeopardize aid

  21-10-2024 23:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Nine members of Force 100 investigated over allegations of sexual assaulting prisoner at Sde Teiman detention campAn Israeli military unit that has been accused of human rights abuses against Palestinian detainees is reportedly under investigation by the US state department in a move that could lead to it being barred from receiving assistance.The inquiry into the activities of Force 100 was instigated following a spate of allegations that Palestinians held under its guard at a detention centre
  
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• Israel claims Hezbollah bunker under Beirut hospital holds millions of dollars

  21-10-2024 23:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Sahel hospital evacuated despite Israel saying it would not attack it although at least four people died in nearby strikesMiddle East crisis: live updatesIsrael has accused Hezbollah of keeping hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold in a bunker under a hospital in the southern suburbs of Beirut, though it said it would not strike the complex.The Sahel hospital in Dahiyeh was evacuated shortly afterwards, and Fadi Alame, its director, told Reuters that the allegations were untrue. Conti
  
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• Republicans express alarm that Texas execution nearly went ahead

  21-10-2024 23:32 via theguardian.com
  
  Lawmakers unhappy with handling of Robert Roberson case as doubts grow over science used to secure convictionRepublican lawmakers in Texas expressed alarm on Monday at the apparent willingness of state officials to execute a potentially innocent man on the basis of junk science, as the political fallout of the 11th-hour reprieve of Robert Roberson continued to roil the state.Several Republican members of the state’s House committee on criminal jurisprudence lined up to air their discontent
  
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• 'Lopez vs. Lopez' started its third season, and George Lopez explains its success

  21-10-2024 23:31 via nbcnews.com
  
  "Lopez vs. Lopez" started season three and star George Lopez credits the NBC sitcom's success on trying to connect with everyone and making heavy topics hilarious.
  
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• England and Wales sentencing overhaul could bring in home detention

  21-10-2024 23:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Review ordered amid prisons overcrowding crisis will look at punishing thousands more offenders within community Judges could be given powers to impose a punishment of house arrest on criminals under a comprehensive overhaul of sentences to be launched on Tuesday.The review, which will be chaired by the former Conservative justice minister David Gauke, will also reassess the jail time handed to offenders found guilty of crimes against women and girls, including those connected to domestic abuse.
  
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• Jayland Walker’s family receives $4.8m from city of Akron over killing by police

  21-10-2024 23:16 via theguardian.com
  
  Grand jury declined to indict eight officers who fired 94 bullets at 25-year-old Black man in 2022The family of Jayland Walker, a Black man killed when eight police officers fired 94 bullets at him after he shot at least one round out his car window, will receive a $4.8m settlement from the city of Akron, the mayor’s office said on Monday.A grand jury declined to indict the officers last year, but Walker’s family accused the officers in a federal lawsuit of using excessive force and
  
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• 7 key forces shaping the final days of the election: From the Politics Desk

  21-10-2024 23:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  The national and battleground state polls have revealed several important dynamics that have defined the 2024 campaign between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
  
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• Employment rights reforms ‘could cost UK businesses £5bn a year’

  21-10-2024 23:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Government analysis says those on low pay stand to benefit most, with some potentially earning extra £600 a yearEmployment rights reforms could cost businesses up to £5bn a year, according to the government’s own analysis, which also found the changes will benefit low-paid employees the most, with some shift workers potentially earning an extra £600 a year.In the analysis the government acknowledges that businesses will end up paying more, including for changes to sick pa
  
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• Olivia Nuzzi leaves New York magazine after revelation of RFK Jr relationship

  21-10-2024 22:54 via theguardian.com
  
  Publication said decision was mutual and found ‘no inaccuracies nor evidence of bias’ in Nuzzi’s coverageThe politics writer Olivia Nuzzi and New York magazine have parted ways just over a month after she was placed on leave following the disclosure that she had engaged in a “personal” relationship with Robert F Kennedy Jr.The departure was announced in a statement from New York magazine on Monday afternoon. Continue reading...
  
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• Paul Di'Anno, former Iron Maiden singer, dies at 66

  21-10-2024 22:46 via nbcnews.com
  
  Paul Di’Anno, Iron Maiden’s lead singer on its first two albums, has died, according to a statement from his label on behalf of his family.
  
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• Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and New York Post sue AI firm for ‘illegal copying’

  21-10-2024 22:41 via theguardian.com
  
  Publishers file suit against Perplexity AI, accusing startup of ‘brazen scheme’ and ‘freeriding on valuable content’The media baron Rupert Murdoch’s Dow Jones and the New York Post filed a lawsuit against Perplexity AI on Monday, claiming the artificial intelligence startup engages in a “massive amount of illegal copying” of their copyrighted work.The lawsuit is the latest salvo in a bitter ongoing battle between publishers and tech companies over how th
  
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• McDonald's is the latest battlefield in a campaign fight to reach low-wage voters

  21-10-2024 22:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Donald Trump’s campaign event Sunday at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania highlighted his battle with Kamala Harris to court a coveted group of working-class voters who have the potential to decide the outcome of the presidential election in a critical swing state.
  
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• Arizona Republican official who refused to certify 2022 midterm election pleads guilty

  21-10-2024 22:35 via theguardian.com
  
  Cochise county supervisor Peggy Judd agrees to plead guilty to misdemeanor charge A Republican county supervisor in rural Arizona who refused to certify the 2022 midterm election has agreed to a plea deal, becoming the first person criminally sanctioned for refusing to certify an election since 2020.Peggy Judd, a Republican supervisor in Cochise county, Arizona, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge for failing or refusing to perform an official duty by an election officer. She will ser
  
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• What tariffs do and why economists don't like them

  21-10-2024 22:16 via nbcnews.com
  
  “The most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff,” former President Donald Trump told the Economic Club of Chicago last week.
  
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• Husband dies after Maine couple is lost in woods for days; wife may have survived thanks to dog

  21-10-2024 22:02 via nbcnews.com
  
  A Maine man died and his wife was rescued days after they went for a walk in the woods in Maine and got lost — and she may have been saved by her dog keeping her warm in the freezing temperatures.
  
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• Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's testimony postponed at House committee hearing

  21-10-2024 21:56 via nbcnews.com
  
  A highly anticipated legislative hearing began Monday but without its key witness: a Texas inmate whose execution for his daughter's "shaken baby" death was narrowly averted last week.
  
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• 2024 election updates: Trump won't denounce violence against FEMA workers

  21-10-2024 21:52
  
  Most polls show Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with just about two weeks to go.
  
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• Austin warns 'no silver bullet' to defeat Putin as US aid hangs in balance ahead of elections

  21-10-2024 21:49 via foxnews.com
  
  In his fourth and likely final trip to Ukraine ahead of the U.S. election next month, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin championed Ukraine’s efforts to repel Russian President Vladimir Putin’s deadly years-long assault but warned there is "no silver bullet" to end the war. "There is no silver bullet. No single capability will turn the tide. No one system will end Putin’s assault," Austin said, speaking from Ukraine’s Diplomatic Academy in Kyiv."What matters is the wa
  
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• Schools in Mexico have six months to ban junk food sales or face heavy fines

  21-10-2024 21:39 via theguardian.com
  
  Rules targeting fruit drinks, chips and artificial pork rinds come as UN calls child obesity in country an emergencySchools in Mexico have six months to implement a government-sponsored ban on junk food or face heavy fines, officials said on Monday, as authorities confront what they call the worst childhood obesity problem in the world.The new rules target products that have become staples for two or three generations of Mexican school kids: sugary fruit drinks, chips, artificial pork rinds and
  
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• Canadian military refused apology to sexual assault victim over fears of bad press

  21-10-2024 21:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Documents obtained by Ottawa Citizen show officials were concerned about negative media in case of Kristen AdamsCanada’s military decided not to apologize to an employee after she was sexually assaulted while working with Nato allies, over fears that any apology would be reported by an Ottawa newspaper.For years, the country’s armed forces has publicly acknowledged a culture that bred abuse and assault, and a longstanding failure to root it out. The crisis, which prompted a shake-up
  
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• GOP-led probe disputes ex-White House aide's House Jan. 6 testimony about note

  21-10-2024 21:16
  
  A Republican-led House panel reviewing the work of the House committee that investigated Jan. 6 has released a report that Republicans say disputes a piece of testimony.
  
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• Harris holding moderated conversations with Liz Cheney in 3 battleground states

  21-10-2024 21:07
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris is doing a series of moderated conversations with former Rep. Liz Cheney in the battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
  
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• Meloni’s government passes new law to save Albania migration transfer policy

  21-10-2024 20:58 via theguardian.com
  
  Move by Italian PM overturns ruling by a Rome court that could have blocked deal to curb migrant arrivalsItaly’s far-right government has passed a new law to overcome a court ruling that risks blocking the country’s multimillion-dollar deal with Albania aimed at curbing migrant arrivals.On Friday, a court in Rome ruled to transfer back to Italy the last 12 asylum seekers being held in the new Italian migration hub in Albania. The ruling has cast doubt on the feasibility and legality
  
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• White House monitoring reports of North Korean soldiers deployed to Russia: 'Highly concerning'

  21-10-2024 20:56 via foxnews.com
  
  White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on Monday that the United States is monitoring reports that North Korean soldiers are "deploying to Russia" to fight in Ukraine. "We're obviously continuing to look into those reports," Kirby said. "We're talking to our allies and partners about what they're saying on this as well. If it's true that the DPRK soldiers are going there to join the war against Ukraine, it would certainly mark a dangerous and highly concer
  
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• Minnesota Lynx coach says WNBA championship was 'stolen' by foul call in New York Liberty game

  21-10-2024 20:35 via nbcnews.com
  
  Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve said the WNBA championship "was stolen from us" after the team lost in overtime against the New York Liberty on Sunday night.
  
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• Cases of dangerous bacteria doubled in Florida following Hurricane Helene

  21-10-2024 20:34
  
  Vibrio vulnificus, a bacteria, increases in concentration during heavy rain or flooding.
  
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• US ‘deeply concerned’ by intelligence leak over Israel plan to attack Iran

  21-10-2024 20:26 via theguardian.com
  
  Officials say no further leaks but investigation under way into how documents came to be published on TelegramUS government officials investigating the leak of two classified intelligence papers assessing Israel’s plans to attack Iran have said they did believe any more documents had been compromised.However, the Biden administration remained “deeply disturbed” by the unauthorized release, John Kirby, the national security communications adviser, told reporters at a White House
  
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• Hurricane Oscar dumps heavy rain across Cuba amid power outageT

  21-10-2024 20:22 via theguardian.com
  
  Deluge causes landslides and tears house roofs as engineers try to get country’s electricity grid up and running againHurricane Oscar has dumped heavy rain across the eastern end of Cuba, adding to a list of woes already besetting the Caribbean’s biggest island, which was hit over the weekend by a huge power cut.The deluge caused landslides, and winds of 75mph tore the roofs off houses, making work even more difficult for the engineers trying to get Cuba’s electricity grid up a
  
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• College students in swing states could make an impact with registration decisions

  21-10-2024 20:06
  
  Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are working to court young voters -- some of whom may have switched their voter registration to cast ballots in their college towns.
  
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• Security failures before first Trump assassination attempt detailed by House task force

  21-10-2024 20:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Secret Service did not properly plan and coordinate with local law enforcement ahead of former President Donald Trump's July 13 campaign rally, where he was shot at in an assassination attempt, a new report says.
  
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• North Korean arms more significant than troops in Russia’s war against Ukraine

  21-10-2024 19:29 via theguardian.com
  
  Intelligence builds that members of Pyongyang’s special forces are in Russia preparing for combat as munitions are also shippedUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, got to the point in his presidential address last night: “Another state,” he said, was “joining the war against Ukraine”. He was referring to the growing intelligence that shows elite soldiers from North Korea are in Russia preparing to join what has become a fight that, in effect, extends all
  
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• A Yankees vs. Dodgers World Series is a star-studded clash that's been decades in the making

  21-10-2024 19:27 via nbcnews.com
  
  It’s hard to envision a more star-studded and magnetic World Series matchup than this one — both a throwback to when baseball reigned supreme in the U.S. while also showcasing the greatest talents in the game today.
  
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• WATCH: Reducing Halloween costume waste

  21-10-2024 19:13
  
  Examining the impact of Halloween costumes on the environment and what people can do to help reduce costume waste.
  
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• Communication expert breaks down Wisconsin Senate debate performances

  21-10-2024 19:10
  
  ABC News' Jay O’Brien speaks with Michael Chad Hoeppner to unpack the Wisconsin Senate debate between Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde.
  
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• 14 days until the election... Who's winning?

  21-10-2024 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With election day just two weeks away, Americast looks at the approaches being taken by both candidates.
  
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• Supreme Court rejects Michael Cohen's civil rights claim against Trump over tell-all book

  21-10-2024 18:53 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Supreme Court rejected Michael Cohen's civil rights claim against Donald Trump alleging he was put in solitary confinement for refusing to stop writing a tell-all book.
  
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• Employment rights bill will cost firms £5bn per year but benefits will justify costs, government says – as it happened

  21-10-2024 18:44 via theguardian.com
  
  Analysis from business and trade department says bill will significantly strengthen workers’ right. This live blog is closedIn the past the weirdest budget tradition was the convention that the chancellor is allowed to drink alcohol while delivering the budget speech. But since no chancellor has taken advantage of the rule since the 1990s (and no one expects Rachel Reeves to be quaffing on Wednesday week), this tradition is probably best viewed as lapsed.But Sam Coates from Sky News has di
  
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• 'Central Park 5' members sue Donald Trump over debate comments

  21-10-2024 18:41
  
  Members of the "Central Park Five" filed a defamation suit against Trump on Monday, accusing him of spreading "false, misleading and defamatory" statements.
  
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• Pakistan’s government curbs judiciary’s power after alleged harassment of MPs

  21-10-2024 18:30 via theguardian.com
  
  Coalition will now be able to hire and fire judges but faces accusations it bribed and abducted lawmakers to get its wayPakistan’s government has passed a controversial amendment to the constitution that has been accused of weakening the power and independence of the judiciary, throwing the country’s democracy into further crisis.The 26th constitutional amendment was passed in a clandestine, late-night parliamentary session that was clouded in secrecy and marred by allegations of abd
  
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• Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon hit branches of Hezbollah-linked bank

  21-10-2024 18:24 via theguardian.com
  
  Strikes targeted Al-Qard Al-Hassan buildings in Beirut’s southern suburbs, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valleyMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsrael carried out a series of airstrikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut, south Lebanon and the Bekaa valley early on Monday morning, hitting buildings belonging to the Hezbollah-run banking institution Al-Qard Al-Hassan.At least 10 airstrikes were carried out in the southern suburbs of the capital, with an entire building collapsing and a j
  
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• The Vessel, popular Manhattan tourist site, reopens with new safety features after suicides

  21-10-2024 18:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  The Vessel, the honeycomb-shaped tower in New York City that closed in 2021 after a series of suicides, reopened Monday with added safety features.
  
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• Exonerated 'Central Park Five' sue Trump for defamation after debate comments

  21-10-2024 18:18 via nbcnews.com
  
  The five men who make up the Central Park Five and now call themselves the Exonerated Five have filed a defamation lawsuit against Donald Trump over his remarks during the presidential debate last month.
  
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• Keir Starmer praises Charles after king was heckled in Australia

  21-10-2024 18:11 via theguardian.com
  
  UK PM says monarch is doing ‘a fantastic job’ after protest by senator in Australian parliament King Charles is doing a “fantastic job”, particularly in the context of his “health challenges”, the prime minister has said after the royal was heckled by the Indigenous Australian senator Lidia Thorpe.Charles had just finished addressing MPs and senators at Parliament House in Canberra, as part of his five-day tour of Australia with Camilla, when he was approached
  
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• Moldovans back joining the EU by razor-thin majority

  21-10-2024 18:03 via theguardian.com
  
  Final result sees ‘yes’ vote scrape ahead by 13,000 votes, narrowly avoiding shock setback for pro-western presidentMoldovans have voted by a razor-thin majority in favour of joining the EU after a pivotal referendum clouded by allegations of Russian interference.On Sunday, Moldova held key votes in a presidential election and a referendum on EU membership, marking a critical moment in the continuing struggle between Russia and the west for control over the small, landlocked nation i
  
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• Network of Israeli citizens arrested after spying for Iran, police say

  21-10-2024 17:51 via theguardian.com
  
  Suspects are accused of photographing and collecting information about Israeli bases and facilitiesMiddle East crisis – live updatesIsraeli police and the Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency say they have arrested a network of Israeli citizens spying for Iran who allegedly provided information on military bases and conducted surveillance of individuals.The investigators claimed the network had been active for about two years. According to reports in the Israeli press, the suspects are ac
  
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• Israel breaks up Iranian spy ring, arrests 7 of its own citizens: 'Significant harm'

  21-10-2024 17:27 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli security agencies on Monday said they had uncovered and stopped an Iranian spy ring operating out of northern Israel after seven Israeli citizens were detained over allegations of working to aid Jerusalem’s top adversary.In a joint announcement by Israel’s internal security service, Shin Bet, and the Israeli Police, the suspects were all reported to be providing intelligence on key military and energy infrastructures, reported Israeli news agency TPS.Two minors, whose names r
  
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• Trump mocks Harris' story from behind the fryer at McDonald's

  21-10-2024 16:31
  
  Former President Donald Trump worked the fryer at a McDonald's on Sunday as he continues to mock his Democratic opponent's claims she worked at the fast food restaurant.
  
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• 'Blue wall' Democratic governors boost Harris with bus tour

  21-10-2024 16:13
  
  Democratic governors of the three “Blue Wall” states touted Kamala Harris’ ground game and predicted she will win their states but acknowledged the race is a toss-up.
  
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• WATCH: Adorable dog wears bouquet as flower girl at wedding

  21-10-2024 16:12
  
  We can’t get enough of this flower pup!
  
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• Low and slow: the tactics that have made the Greens a threat in traditionally safe Queensland Labor seats

  21-10-2024 16:00 via theguardian.com
  With an aggressive on-the-ground election campaign, the party is courting multicultural communities in Brisbane’s fringeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAt a park in Logan, more than 20km from Brisbane’s city centre, two dozen Greens volunteers stop to take a photograph before heading out to knock on doors.These are the sorts of intensive “social work”-style campaigning efforts that have been
  
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