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• Supporters of Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales take about 20 soldiers hostage

  01-11-2024 22:36 via theguardian.com
  Morales and current president are locked into a standoff for ruling party’s nomination in next year’s presidential contestSupporters of Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales stormed a barracks in the central Chapare region and took about 20 soldiers hostage, military sources said on Friday, marking a dramatic escalation in their standoff with the state.The hostage situation comes nearly three weeks after backers of Morales – the country’s first Indigenous leader &ndash
  
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• Zelenskyy warns North Korea, Russia alliance could spell trouble for Asia: China's 'silence is striking'

  01-11-2024 20:55 via foxnews.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is sounding the alarm that the recent deployment of North Korean troops in Russia not only spells trouble for Ukraine, but also draws into question the stability and security of nations in Asia that are allied with the West. "North Korea’s actions aren’t random," Zelenskyy said in a frank interview with South Korea’s public broadcasting network KBS on Thursday. "They have strategic goals." "Their actions aren’t coincidenta
  
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• WATCH: NICU babies dressed up for Halloween are BOO-tiful

  01-11-2024 20:34
  
  From crocheted animals to Taylor Swift, see how caregivers at Cleveland Clinic got their tiniest patients ready for Halloween.
  
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• WATCH: Dog reunites with owner after 5 months in the wild

  01-11-2024 20:00
  
  Oakley was excited to be back home with her family!
  
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• What are the swing state paths to 270 electoral votes for Harris, Trump

  01-11-2024 19:32
  
  As the recent presidential polls show a tight race, the data indicates a few paths to victory for each candidate.
  
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• Video shows arrests of Sara Sharif murder accused

  01-11-2024 19:05 via bbc.com
  
  Police arrested Sara's relatives as they returned from Pakistan, weeks after her body was found.
  
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• Drug dealer murdered man with 'Rambo-style' knife

  01-11-2024 18:52 via bbc.com
  
  A jury unanimously found David Sisman guilty of murdering Lee Crewe in Newport.
  
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• Cleverly rules out frontbench role under new Tory leader

  01-11-2024 18:38 via bbc.com
  
  James Cleverly will return to the backbenches under the next Conservative leader, unveiled this weekend.
  
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• Investors' reaction to Budget 'very different' to Truss, says Reeves's deputy

  01-11-2024 18:37 via bbc.com
  
  Treasury secretary speaks out to reassure the markets after a rise in the cost of government borrowing.
  
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• Barrett says Marler's haka jibe has 'loaded the gun'

  01-11-2024 18:15 via bbc.com
  
  New Zealand captain Scott Barrett says England prop Joe Marler has "loaded the gun" after his controversial call for the All Blacks haka to be scrapped.
  
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• GPs demand protection from Budget tax hike

  01-11-2024 18:13 via bbc.com
  
  GPs are warning that a rise to National Insurance from next April could force them to cut staff.
  
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• Thirteen dead in Serbia railway station canopy collapse

  01-11-2024 18:06 via bbc.com
  
  The outdoor canopy fell on people sitting on benches below in Serbia's second city Novi Sad.
  
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• Mary Ward murder accused denied bail in Dublin

  01-11-2024 17:48 via bbc.com
  
  A 31-year-old man charged with the murder of Mary Ward has been denied bail in Dublin.
  
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• Andy Warhol artworks stolen in Dutch gallery heist

  01-11-2024 17:32 via bbc.com
  
  Two works in the Reigning Queens series were taken, according to the gallery's owner.
  
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• 'Jealous' ex detained for Holly Newton's murder

  01-11-2024 17:30 via bbc.com
  
  Logan MacPhail was "filled with resentment" when he stalked and stabbed the 15-year-old, a judge says.
  
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• 'Jealous' ex-boyfriend detained for Holly Newton's murder

  01-11-2024 17:30 via bbc.com
  
  Logan MacPhail was "filled with resentment" when he stalked and stabbed the 15-year-old, a judge says.
  
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• Tory leadership race: Seven things you might have missed

  01-11-2024 17:24 via bbc.com
  
  Either Kemi Badenoch or Robert Jenrick will be announced as the winner of the election to replace Rishi Sunak.
  
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• Watch first wave of flood water gushing through town in Valencia

  01-11-2024 17:09 via bbc.com
  
  Cars were still driving along streets when the Valencian town of Paiporta was hit by devastating floods.
  
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• Netanyahu signals Tehran’s nuclear program could be next target as Iran plans future attack

  01-11-2024 16:56 via foxnews.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled on Thursday that Iran’s nuclear program could be Jerusalem’s next line of attack as Tehran promises to return fire following last week's air strikes. "The supreme objective that I have set for the IDF and the security services is to prevent Iran from attaining nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said while speaking at a course graduation ceremony for soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). "Halting the nuclear program has been &nda
  
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• Verstappen handed grid penalty for Sao Paulo Grand Prix

  01-11-2024 16:51 via bbc.com
  
  Championship leader Max Verstappen will have a five-place grid penalty at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
  
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• Dogs and drones sent to find raccoons after Isle of Wight zoo escape

  01-11-2024 16:42 via theguardian.com
  
  Public asked to report sightings and not approach animals, which zoo says are not dangerous but ‘will be scared’An Isle of Wight zoo has deployed tracker dogs and drones in an effort to recapture four raccoons that have escaped.The four animals managed to get out of their compound at Amazon World Zoo Park on Friday morning. Continue reading...
  
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• Roof collapse kills at least eight people at Serbian train station

  01-11-2024 16:38 via theguardian.com
  At least two people still trapped under rubble in Novi Sad, interior minister says, and two more in hospitalAt least eight people were killed on Friday after part of an outdoor roof collapsed at a train station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad, the country’s interior minister said.“Eight bodies have been recovered, eight people have died … two people are in hospital, one of whom is in critical condition,” Ivica Dačić told reporters. The minister said rescuers we
  
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• Man arrested over burglary at home of Ben Stokes

  01-11-2024 16:35 via bbc.com
  
  A man is arrested after a burglary at the home of England cricket captain Ben Stokes, police say.
  
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• ‘She knows her history’: why Rachel Reeves wore a pussybow blouse on budget day

  01-11-2024 16:31 via theguardian.com
  
  Chancellor’s clothing choice shrewdly followed fashion footsteps of Thatcher, Harris and 17th-century menswearIt was a budget the chancellor said would “match the greatest economic moments in Labour history”, and for the occasion Rachel Reeves chose to wear a garment to match the moment: a pussybow blouse.The UK’s first female chancellor knows more than most how the way female politicians dress can be picked over and weaponised. While researching her book Women of Westmin
  
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• Democrats hope to rally female voters after misogynistic Republican remarks

  01-11-2024 16:30 via theguardian.com
  Trump calls Liz Cheney a ‘radical war hawk’ and declares a gun should be pointed at her in latest dangerous commentRepublicans have made a series of offensive and misogynistic comments only five days before the vote, boosting Democratic hopes of turning out women on election day in a contest where the rights of women have been a central issue for the Kamala Harris campaign.With a large gender gap appearing to define the election race – women disproportionately breaking for Kama
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israeli airstrikes kill 24 in northeastern Lebanon

  01-11-2024 16:27 via theguardian.com
  Israel says operation is targeting Hezbollah infrastructure as rescuers search for survivors in Bekaa valleyThe Israel Defence Force has shared pictures of Nazi memorabilia it says it found in “civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah” in Lebanon.The IDF shared photos of a book with a swastika and the name “Hassan Salih” inscribed on the front, as well as a Nazi pennant flag and figurine of Adolf Hitler, but it did not provide any more evidence or details of the find. The Gu
  
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• Budget’s ‘clean bill of health’ from watchdogs should reassure investors, says Reeves– UK politics live

  01-11-2024 16:20 via theguardian.com
  Chancellor, on a post-budget visit to Newcastle, says ‘markets move all the time’ The growth in UK house prices slowed unexpectedly last month, Nationwide said, as it warned buyers to expect a rush in transactions early next year sparked by changes to stamp duty rules in the budget.The building society’s monthly index showed that annual house prices grew at a rate of 2.4% in October, a slowdown from the near two-year high of 3.2% recorded in September.The main impact of the sta
  
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• US economy added only 12,000 jobs in October in shock pre-election drop – as it happened

  01-11-2024 16:11 via theguardian.com
  
  Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as non-farm payrolls numbers deliver economic surprise days before presidential electionOil prices have risen by 2% after reports that Iran is preparing an attack on Israel.Futures prices for Brent crude oil, the North Sea benchmark, have risen by 1.9% to $74.22, while the North American equivalent, West Texas Intermediate, is up 2.1% to $70.73.UK manufacturing started the final quarter of the year on an uncertain footing amid s
  
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• Liz Cheney likens Trump to dictator after he suggests she face firing squad

  01-11-2024 16:09 via theguardian.com
  
  Former congresswoman says Trump ‘wants to be a tyrant’ following former president’s commentsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called former congresswoman Liz Cheney a radical war hawk and said she should face being under fire with rifles “shooting at her” – prompting the anti-Trump Republican to warn the public against dictatorship and a presidential candidate who “wants to be a tyrant”.Cheney recently endorsed Kamala Harris a
  
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• Liz Cheney calls Trump would-be tyrant as he imagines ‘guns trained on her face’

  01-11-2024 16:09 via theguardian.com
  Ex-congresswoman warns dictators threaten opponents with death after Trump calls her a ‘radical war hawk’US politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump has called former congresswoman Liz Cheney a radical war hawk and said she should face being under fire with rifles “shooting at her” – prompting the anti-Trump Republican to warn the public against dictatorship and a presidential candidate who “wants to be a tyrant”.Cheney recently endorsed Kamala H
  
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• Ministers urged to protect GP practices, charities and care homes from NIC rise

  01-11-2024 16:01 via theguardian.com
  
  Doctors and care providers warn increased costs will cause job losses and cuts in servicesMinisters are under pressure to reimburse or exempt GP practices, charities and care homes from increases in national insurance amid warnings they will cause job losses and cuts in services.The rise in national insurance contributions (NICs) has prompted post-budget alarm from doctors and the voluntary and social care sectors, and pleas to ministers for exemptions to avoid widespread cuts to provision. Cont
  
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• Inside NBC News' Decision Desk: When will we know who won the presidential race?

  01-11-2024 16:01 via nbcnews.com
  
  Several key states are perennially slow vote counters. Others have invested in speeding up the process. But if it’s a very close race, don’t expect a quick resolution.
  
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• Rebekah Vardy launches appeal bid against latest Rooney ruling

  01-11-2024 15:59 via bbc.com
  
  Last month a judge ruled in favour of Mrs Rooney in a dispute about the legal costs Mrs Vardy must pay.
  
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• Pregnant Texas teen died after three ER visits due to medical impact of abortion ban

  01-11-2024 15:43 via theguardian.com
  
  Neveah Crain died in October 2023 after doctor reportedly called for two ultrasounds to ‘confirm fetal demise’A pregnant Texas teenager died after three separate visits to an emergency room in attempts to get care in another incident that has highlighted the medical impact of the loss of abortion rights in the US.Nevaeh Crain, 18, had gone to two different emergency rooms within 12 hours in October of 2023, each time returning home feeling worse than before. Crain was only diagnosed
  
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• Andy Warhol prints stolen and damaged in ‘amateurish’ Dutch gallery heist

  01-11-2024 15:37 via theguardian.com
  
  Thieves steal two prints and leave two behind after ripping them from their frames as they were too big for their carThieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by Andy Warhol, leaving two others badly damaged in the street as they fled the scene of the botched heist.The gallery’s owner, Mark Peet Visser, said the thieves had attempted to steal all four works from a 1985 series by the US pop artist calle
  
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• European Greens ask Jill Stein to stand down and endorse Kamala Harris

  01-11-2024 15:35 via theguardian.com
  US Green party leader urged to withdraw from presidential race to prevent Donald Trump victoryA coalition of European Greens have urged the US Green party’s nominee, Jill Stein, to pull out of nex week’s election and endorse Kamala Harris to stop Donald Trump from becoming president.Green parties in 16 European countries from Portugal to Ukraine distanced themselves from their US counterparts in a statement on Friday, and called for Stein to withdraw from the race. Continue reading..
  
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• Russia sends ex-US consulate employee to prison for ‘secret collaboration with foreign state’

  01-11-2024 15:34 via theguardian.com
  
  Robert Shonov worked for 25 years for consulate and was arrested on suspicion of passing secret information about war in Ukraine to USA Russian former employee of the US consulate in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok has been sentenced to four years and ten months in prison for “secret collaboration with a foreign state”.Robert Shonov worked for more than 25 years for the US consulate until 2021, when Moscow imposed restrictions on local staff working for foreign mission
  
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• Harris v Trump: election campaigns pit the traditionalist against the troll

  01-11-2024 15:25 via theguardian.com
  
  Harris runs a conventional campaign; Trump sets up viral stunts – a reflection of the voters each are trying to reachKamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their last-ditch pitches to voters, both criss-crossing the swing states furiously enough to rack up millions of airline points if they were flying commercial – but in other respects running two very different styles of campaign.On Monday last week, Harris was in three battleground states hoping to win over moderate Republicans
  
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• 'I feel unsafe when I go out in the dark' - Nick Robinson's daughter tells dad

  01-11-2024 15:21 via bbc.com
  
  BBC host Nick Robinson interviewed his daughter about actress Saoirse Ronan's comment that women think about safety all the time.
  
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• How the ballot-counting rules differ across the key battleground states

  01-11-2024 15:19 via nbcnews.com
  
  Each state has their own rules about how and when election officials can process absentee and provisional ballots, which can have a big impact on the results of a close race.
  
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• Khalife: Prison escape a bid to get put in high security unit

  01-11-2024 15:18 via bbc.com
  
  The alleged Iranian spy tells court he attached a sling made of trousers to the bottom of a lorry.
  
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• WATCH: Social media-famous pet squirrel seized in ‘raid’

  01-11-2024 15:10
  
  P'Nut was seized by wildlife authorities from Mark Longo’s New York home.
  
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• ‘I always know where my keys are’: UK poll backs Saoirse Ronan’s words on women’s safety

  01-11-2024 15:02 via theguardian.com
  
  British women want men to better understand gender-based violence and harassment, YouGov survey findsRarely can 10 words dropped into a TV chatshow have caused such a powerful ripple as those by the Blitz actor Saoirse Ronan on The Graham Norton Show.As fellow actors Paul Mescal, Eddie Redmayne, Denzel Washington and host Norton hooted with laughter over whether a mobile phone could be used as a weapon in self-defence, Ronan instantly punctured the merriment with the simple phrase: “That&r
  
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• ‘Very bad precedent’: China and Russia team up to undermine krill fishing restrictions in Antarctica

  01-11-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Conservationists warn actions and ambitions of two super powers could lead to overexploitation of vital food source for whales, penguins and sealsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastChina and Russia are working together to block new Antarctic marine parks and loosen krill fishing restrictions, undermining a major international convention designed to protect the region from overexploitation, according to analysts and con
  
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• University graduates to save $680 a year on average as Albanese announces increase to Hecs threshold

  01-11-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  
  PM to announce change which would see minimum debt repayment threshold lifted from $54,000 to $67,000 from next financial yearGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastGraduates will be able to earn more money before they start repaying their university debts under new laws to be introduced by the Albanese government next year.The prime minister will announce the cost-of-living measure alongside the South Australian premier, Peter Malinauskas, at a campaign rally in Adelaide on
  
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• Anti-corruption watchdog commissioner’s future ‘untenable’ after ‘bias’ finding, David Pocock says

  01-11-2024 15:00 via theguardian.com
  Senator doubles down on concerns about the new National Anti-Corruption Commission’s credibility and reputationGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastDavid Pocock has doubled down on concerns the position of the federal anti-corruption watchdog’s top investigator remains “untenable” after an independent report found its decision not to investigate robodebt referrals was affected by “apprehended bias”.The independent ACT senator said Paul Br
  
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• US economy added only 12,000 jobs in October in shock pre-election drop – business live

  01-11-2024 14:59 via theguardian.com
  Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as non-farm payrolls numbers deliver economic surprise days before presidential electionOil prices have risen by 2% after reports that Iran is preparing an attack on Israel.Futures prices for Brent crude oil, the North Sea benchmark, have risen by 1.9% to $74.22, while the North American equivalent, West Texas Intermediate, is up 2.1% to $70.73.UK manufacturing started the final quarter of the year on an uncertain footing amid s
  
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• Middle East crisis live: Israeli strikes kill 25 in Gaza and 13 in Lebanon

  01-11-2024 14:57 via theguardian.com
  Those killed include more than 20 people from two attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central GazaThe Israel Defence Force has shared pictures of Nazi memorabilia it says it found in “civilian homes exploited by Hezbollah” in Lebanon.The IDF shared photos of a book with a swastika and the name “Hassan Salih” inscribed on the front, as well as a Nazi pennant flag and figurine of Adolf Hitler, but it did not provide any more evidence or details of the find. The Guardian
  
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• Lebanon’s PM denies US asked him to declare unilateral ceasefire with Israel

  01-11-2024 14:56 via theguardian.com
  
  Reports of such a request emerge as Israeli jets continues to bombard Beirut’s southern suburb of DahiyehMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe US reportedly asked Lebanon to declare a unilateral ceasefire to revive stalled talks to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, according to a news wire story later denied by the Lebanese prime minister.Two unnamed sources, a Lebanese political source and a senior diplomat made the claim to Reuters, saying the US envoy, Amos Hochstein, h
  
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• RMT union calls off tube strikes planned for coming week

  01-11-2024 14:55 via theguardian.com
  
  Aslef has not called off Thursday’s train driver action but is meeting London Underground on Monday for talksMembers of the RMT union at London Underground have called off plans to strike over the coming week, as transport officials urged tube train drivers to follow suit.The RMT said it had suspended its planned week-long action, which had been due to begin on Friday evening, after receiving a significantly improved pay offer from tube bosses. Continue reading...
  
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