Erdogan sacks adviser amid efforts to repair ties with Azerbaijan over headscarf row – Middle East Eye

  1. Erdogan sacks adviser amid efforts to repair ties with Azerbaijan over headscarf row  Middle East Eye
  2. What’s Behind Turkish-Azerbaijani Tensions?  Foreign Policy
  3. Big Chill Between Turkey and Azerbaijan  Kyiv Post
  4. New Azerbaijan Party and Turkiye's Victory Party discuss future cooperation [PHOTOS]  AzerNews
  5. Bahceli: Preserving trust between Türkiye, Azerbaijan vital for Turkic world  Report.az
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Saudi Arabia executes man for crime committed when he was 14 – The Independent

  1. Saudi Arabia executes man for crime committed when he was 14  The Independent
  2. Man, 29, Executed for Crime Committed When He Was 14 Years Old  People.com
  3. Miliband urged to save former child activist from execution in Saudi Arabia  The Telegraph
  4. Saudi man at risk of execution for offences in his teens: NGOs  The New Arab
  5. Saudi Arabian man executed for taking part in peaceful protest as a child  inkl
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‘He’s not going to punk me. I’ll trick him’: Ali G: Who Iz I? stooge says he was in on joke but didn’t tell Sacha Baron Cohen

Exclusive: Joshua Loudermilk says suspicions first raised during filming by gun shaped like wearable plastic bottom: ‘You’re gonna put a butt on top of a butt? You can’t run in that’

• This article contains spoilers for Ali G: Who Iz I?

Joshua Loudermilk, one of two men apparently discredited by the new Ali G movie Ali G: Who Iz I?, has said that he was in on the joke, but that the film-makers didn’t realise this.

Loudermilk, a 54-year-old aspiring actor from North Carolina, has told the Guardian he recognised star Sacha Baron Cohen early in the shoot but continued pretending to be a hard-right Maga sympathiser prepared to defend the US border at all costs.

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128 arrested in Barcelona riots as Italy detains activist who praised Hamas’ October 7 massacre – Ynetnews

  1. 128 arrested in Barcelona riots as Italy detains activist who praised Hamas' October 7 massacre  Ynetnews
  2. 128 arrested after night of unrest and looting in Barcelona  Euronews
  3. Hundred arrested in Barcelona as youth-led 'anti-system' riots leave trail of fires, looted shops  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Youth gathering in Barcelona turns violent, 128 arrested  CGTN
  5. Catalonia unrest and memories of 2019: will the Clasico be postponed?  Goal.com
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Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation – BBC

  1. Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation  BBC
  2. 12-Year-Old Girl Shot 8 Times in Drive-By ‘Racist Terror Attack’ That Left 1 Man Dead and at Least 4 Others Injured  People.com
  3. Macron says Paris suburb shooting that killed one person was terrorist and racist act  CNN
  4. Suspected Trappes gunman moved to police psychiatric unit  Euronews
  5. Man killed in suspected racist attack near Paris identified as martial arts fighter  AP News
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Portuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps

More than 30 people arrested as officers clear at least 100 tents in central Lisbon and about 50 in Porto

Police in Portugal have dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto, baton-charging campaigners in the early hours of Sunday and arresting more than 30 people.

The raids were the latest incident in days of clashes between police and campaigners who – inspired by similar camps in Spain – had sought to pitch tents in central squares to protest against the country’s deepening housing crisis.

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How is the US-Israeli war on Iran causing havoc in Europe? – Al Jazeera

  1. How is the US-Israeli war on Iran causing havoc in Europe?  Al Jazeera
  2. Poland deputy FM meets Araghchi in Tehran  Mehr News Agency
  3. Iran urges France, Germany, UK to examine root cause of military conflict  Middle East Eye
  4. Iran Warns German Military Bases Could Become Targets if Berlin Joins Conflict, Fars Reports  cedarnews.net
  5. Iran: Europe must prove seriousness by following law  Breakingthenews.net
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Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro

Incumbent president lost in first round to senator and son of convicted ex-president

Brazilians are going to the polls on Sunday in a highly unpredictable runoff in which the leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, is attempting an unprecedented comeback against the far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who won the first-round vote.

Bolsonaro’s surprise victory despite not leading most polls made him the favourite three weeks ago, but since then Lula’s campaign has gained ground, and the two go into the contest virtually tied.

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Ex-Mossad chief: Iran operations in 2025 released deliberately to confuse Tehran – The Jerusalem Post

  1. Ex-Mossad chief: Iran operations in 2025 released deliberately to confuse Tehran  The Jerusalem Post
  2. Ex-Mossad chief confirms Israeli agents remain active in Iran  Daily Post Nigeria
  3. Ex-Mossad Chief Barnea: We Released Agents' Video To Trigger 21,000 Arrests In Iran  Kurdistan24
  4. Former Mossad Chief Says Israel Released Iran Operation Footage To Trigger Mass Arrests And Shield Agents  VINnews
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Suspect in shooting death of teen on Missouri highway charged in second road incident

Man accused of shooting teen, who was driving to a party, has also been linked to shooting of a vehicle days earlier

A man accused in the shooting death of a Missouri teen has been charged in a second shooting incident – both of which involve firing into cars on the highway.

Alyssa Wilson, 17, was shot and killed as she drove down Interstate 170 in Overland, Missouri, on 14 October. The teen was on her way to a Halloween party at St Louis Zoo, called Boo at the Zoo, when a suspect fired a single shot into the back of Wilson’s Buick Encore.

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In pictures: Protests over inequality, rising living costs turn violent across France – CNBC

  1. In pictures: Protests over inequality, rising living costs turn violent across France  CNBC
  2. More than 1,000 arrested in France as protesters and police clash in several cities  CBS News
  3. Protesters dragged, knocked down: French police charges right into crowd; watch  The Times of India
  4. Opinion | Europe is running out of other people’s money  The Washington Post
  5. Hundreds of Thousands Protest Across France as Clashes Erupt in Paris  WSJ
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Almost two-thirds of Australians bulk-billed for all GP care amid extra incentives for doctors

Exclusive: RACGP survey reflects Medicare investments, but experts caution quality of care and outcomes also matter

The proportion of general practitioners bulk-billing all of their patients has more than doubled in a year, a report has found, after the government introduced financial incentives for doctors and practices.

And almost two-thirds (63%) of Australians are now bulk-billed for all their GP care, up from 56% in both 2024 and 2025, which the report says is “likely a reflection of the federal government’s recent investment in Medicare bulk billing incentives”.

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Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home

VW investment, creating 4,500 jobs in Georgia, comes amid Trump’s damaging tariffs, intense Chinese competition and costly shift towards EVs

Audi has said it will spend $4bn (£3bn) to build its first factory in the US, as its parent company, Volkswagen, struggles with the impact of steep tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

The German brand’s chief executive, Gernot Döllner, joined Trump on stage at a campaign rally on Saturday night to announce the factory in Macon, Georgia, in an unusual move by a big European brand just days before the US midterm elections.

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