Your Party to launch legal action against three of its ‘rogue’ founders, sources say

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Exclusive: Leftwing party seeks to recover donations and data from company run by Andrew Feinstein, Jamie Driscoll and Beth Winter

Your Party, the leftwing party steered by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana, says it is preparing legal action against a group of its own founders after a final deadline to hand over at least £800,000 in donations passed without payment, the Guardian understands.

Figures close to the party accused directors of MoU Operations Ltd (MoU) of having “gone rogue”, holding supporters’ funds to ransom and undermining its founding process “despite direct pleas from Jeremy and Zarah”.

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Israeli drone shows Hamas staging captive burial, discovery – The Jerusalem Post

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  1. Israeli drone shows Hamas staging captive burial, discovery  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Video Analysis Shows Staged Recovery of Israeli Hostage Remains  The New York Times
  3. Israel kills 20 in Gaza attacks, Hamas delays handover of captive’s remains  Al Jazeera
  4. Daily Briefing Oct. 29: Day 754 – Faking ‘discovery’ of a body, depraved Hamas plays to type  The Times of Israel
  5. Israel says remains returned by Hamas are not new Gaza hostage body  NBC News
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Brazil: at least 64 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

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Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones

At least 64 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas near Rio’s international airport that is considered the headquarters of one of Brazil’s most powerful organised crime groups.

The predawn police raid – the deadliest in Rio’s history – sparked intense gunfights in and around Alemão and Penha favelas, which are home to an estimated 300,000 people.

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False claims online damaged Brigitte Macron’s quality of life, daughter tells court

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Tiphaine Auzière spoke at trial of 10 people accused of harassment by posting claims that French first lady was born a man

Brigitte Macron’s daughter has told a Paris court that false claims online that the French first lady was born a man had damaged her mother’s quality of life, leaving her worrying every day about the clothes she wears and how she stands.

Tiphaine Auzière, 41, a lawyer, was called as a witness at the trial of 10 people accused of online harassment of Brigitte Macron by creating or reposting social media posts falsely claiming she was a man.

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US, Japan leaders sign rare earths, nuclear power deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting – Reuters

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  1. US, Japan leaders sign rare earths, nuclear power deal ahead of Trump-Xi meeting  Reuters
  2. Trump Bonds With Japan’s Leader Over Baseball and U.S. Beef  The New York Times
  3. Ford's enormous F-150 becomes unlikely part of Japan's efforts to woo Trump  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. A strong handshake and another Nobel Prize nod for Trump in Japan  USA Today
  5. Trump Dines With Apple, Salesforce Chiefs at Tokyo Dinner  Bloomberg.com
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Teenager from Gaza ‘stuck in hell’ after being prevented from joining mother in UK

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Dania Alafranji, 16, still waiting on visa from Home Office despite being offered school place in Berkshire 18 months ago

A teenager from Gaza who has been denied an opportunity to attend school in Britain and be reunited with her mother has said she is “stuck in hell”, despite other European countries making exceptions for students from the region.

Dania Alafranji, 16, was accepted on to the Nsouli Scholars Programme to attend Reddam House school in Berkshire more than 18 months ago, but has yet to receive a visa that would allow her to escape the war in Gaza, with her family saying that they feel helpless and have been “going in circles” trying to get her to Britain.

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