Palestinian factions say they agree to let independent technocrat committee run Gaza

Administration will manage basic services ‘in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions’, says joint statement

The main Palestinian factions have said they have agreed that an independent committee of technocrats would take over the running of Gaza after Hamas said it had received “clear guarantees” from mediators that “the war has effectively ended”.

A joint statement published on the Hamas website said the groups had agreed in a meeting in Cairo to hand “over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a temporary Palestinian committee composed of independent ‘technocrats’, which will manage the affairs of life and basic services in cooperation with Arab brothers and international institutions”.

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Surgeons remove up to 100 magnets from New Zealand teenager’s intestines

Boy, 13, swallowed the high-power magnets after apparently buying them from the online retailer Temu

A 13-year-old boy in New Zealand swallowed up to 100 high-power magnets he bought online, forcing surgeons to remove tissue from his intestines, doctors said on Friday.

After suffering four days of abdominal pain, the unnamed teenager was taken to Tauranga hospital in the North Island. “He disclosed ingesting approximately 80 to 100 5x2mm high-power (neodymium) magnets about one week prior,” said a report by hospital doctors in the New Zealand Medical Journal.

This article’s byline was amended on 25 October 2025 to correct the news agency it was attributed to. An earlier version incorrectly attributed it to Associated Foreign Press; however the correct agency was Agence France-Presse.

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French court gives Algerian woman life sentence for murdering Paris schoolgirl – France 24

  1. French court gives Algerian woman life sentence for murdering Paris schoolgirl  France 24
  2. Woman gets rare whole-life sentence for murder of French schoolgirl Lola Daviet  BBC
  3. In a First for a Woman in France, Life Sentence Imposed for Murder of Schoolgirl  The New York Times
  4. Woman in France sentenced to life in prison for rape, torture and murder of 12-year-old girl in Paris  CNN
  5. French prosecutors demand maximum sentence for woman who murdered 12-year-old girl  Le Monde.fr
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Netanyahu and far-right ministers do damage control on West Bank vote and Saudi Arabia comments that angered Trump – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces 55 new missions – KSL NewsRadio

  1. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces 55 new missions  KSL NewsRadio
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ Announces the Addition of 55 New Missions in 2026  newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
  3. Church announces the addition of 55 new missions in 2026  Church News
  4. Church of Jesus Christ adjusts boundaries, adds 55 new missions  KSL.com
  5. Church of Jesus Christ announces 55 new missions and one will be in Idaho  East Idaho News
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Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, Justice Department says – CBS News

  1. Trump administration seeks to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia, Justice Department says  CBS News
  2. US says it now plans to deport Abrego Garcia to Liberia as soon as Oct. 31  AP News
  3. Liberia agrees to accept wrongly deported migrant Abrego, US says  Reuters
  4. DHS, pressing to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia, says Liberia has agreed to accept him  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Trump Officials Float New Plan for Abrego Garcia: Send Him to Liberia  The New York Times
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Church of Jesus Christ announces the creation of 55 new missions – Deseret News

  1. Church of Jesus Christ announces the creation of 55 new missions  Deseret News
  2. The Church of Jesus Christ Announces the Addition of 55 New Missions in 2026  newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org
  3. Church announces the addition of 55 new missions in 2026  Church News
  4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announces 55 new missions  KSLTV.com
  5. Church of Jesus Christ adjusts boundaries, adds 55 new missions  KSL.com
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German foreign minister cancels China trip amid mounting tensions – Financial Times

  1. German foreign minister cancels China trip amid mounting tensions  Financial Times
  2. German foreign minister to press China on semiconductors on Beijing trip  Reuters
  3. Germany’s Top Diplomat Pulls Out of China Trip at Last Minute  Bloomberg
  4. Diplomatic bombshell as German foreign minister postpones China trip  politico.eu
  5. German foreign minister postpones China trip amid tensions  DW
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