‘Queen of polling’ J Ann Selzer quits after Iowa survey missed by 16 points

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Pollster announces she’s moving on ‘to other ventures’ after poll wrongly predicted strong shift in state to Kamala Harris

J Ann Selzer, the celebrated Iowa election pollster, announced on Sunday that she is moving on “to other ventures and opportunities”, two weeks after her survey in the state wrongly predicted a strong shift to Kamala Harris in the days before the election.

That poll, which projected a 47% to 44% lead for the vice-president over Donald Trump on the back of older women breaking for Democrats over the issue of reproductive rights, came three days before the national vote, giving Democrats false hope that Harris could win the White House decisively. When the votes were counted, Selzer was off by 16 points as the former president won the state decisively.

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Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in Belize – The Associated Press

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  1. Tropical Storm Sara weakens to tropical depression after making landfall in Belize  The Associated Press
  2. Tropical Storm Sara Turns Deadly  The Weather Channel
  3. Sara dissipates while moving into Gulf of Mexico, tropical moisture will spike Florida rain chances  WESH 2 Orlando
  4. Sara weakens to tropical depression but could still add to Southeast weather woes  USA TODAY
  5. Bryan Norcross: Sara to fade away by tomorrow as hurricane season winds down  Fox Weather
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Ex-CDC acting director calls RFK Jr’s false vaccine theories ‘cruel’

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Richard Besser criticizes Trump’s health secretary pick, and says falsely linking vaccines to autism is a ‘cruel thing to do’

The former acting director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has criticized Robert F Kennedy Jr’s nomination by Donald Trump as secretary of the country’s health and human services (HHS), calling his false vaccine theories “cruel”.

In a new interview on ABC, Richard Besser, who led the CDC during Barack Obama’s administration, called Kennedy’s push to falsely link vaccines to autism a “cruel thing to do”, adding, “There are things we do for our own health, but there are things we do that are good for ourselves, our families and our communities and vaccination falls into that category.”

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Who attacked Israelis in Amsterdam? Some Dutch politicians can’t bring themselves to say – The Times of Israel

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  1. Who attacked Israelis in Amsterdam? Some Dutch politicians can’t bring themselves to say  The Times of Israel
  2. Amsterdam violence exposes anti-immigrant Islamophobia in the Netherlands  NBC News
  3. Amsterdam mayor: Riots in Amsterdam were not pogrom, so called to discriminate against Muslims  The Jerusalem Post
  4. 'Jew-hunting' in Amsterdam: What Israeli hooligans and pro-Palestine thugs have in common  Haaretz
  5. 'The events in Amsterdam could happen in Paris, London or Madrid'  Israel Hayom
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Macron: Milei ‘not satisfied’ with Mercosur trade deal either – POLITICO Europe

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  1. Macron: Milei ‘not satisfied’ with Mercosur trade deal either  POLITICO Europe
  2. French farmers back on the streets as Mercosur talks fuel discontent  Reuters
  3. French farmer union begs Macron not to forget the ‘hicks’ during G20 visit to Rio  POLITICO Europe
  4. French farmers mobilize for protests over EU-Mercosur trade deal  The Associated Press
  5. Macron Left Powerless by EU Trade Push With French Farmers Up in Arms  Bloomberg
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Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war – The Associated Press

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  1. Russia grinds deeper into Ukraine after 1,000 days of grueling war  The Associated Press
  2. Ukraine's cultural capital Lviv struggles with weight of war losses  Reuters
  3. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 996  Al Jazeera English
  4. AP PHOTOS: 1,000 days of war in Ukraine captured in images  Yahoo! Voices
  5. Video Tuesday marks 1,000 days of the war in Ukraine  ABC News
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Russia Bombards Power Grid in One of War’s Largest Attacks, Ukraine Says – The New York Times

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  1. Russia Bombards Power Grid in One of War’s Largest Attacks, Ukraine Says  The New York Times
  2. Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine shows maximalist war aims remain unchanged  The Guardian
  3. As Western Leaders Look to Talks With Putin, Russia Launches Massive Barrage on Ukraine  The Wall Street Journal
  4. Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people  CNN
  5. Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack  PBS NewsHour
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Hezbollah media chief killed in IDF strike on central Beirut, terror group official says – The Times of Israel

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  1. Hezbollah media chief killed in IDF strike on central Beirut, terror group official says  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli strike reportedly kills Hezbollah spokesperson as group prepares response to fresh ceasefire proposal  CNN
  3. Lebanese media says target of Beirut strike is center of Islamist group Jamaa Islamiya  The Times of Israel
  4. Live Briefing: Top Hezbollah spokesman killed; Israeli attack kills 70 in north Gaza, official says  The Washington Post
  5. Blast Hits Central Beirut for First Time in Weeks  The New York Times
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Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack – PBS NewsHour

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  1. Russia targets Ukraine’s energy infrastructure with large-scale missile and drone attack  PBS NewsHour
  2. Zelenskyy: Russia using Iranian weapons in 'massive' attack targeting energy infrastructure  Fox News
  3. Dozens Of Ukrainian Casualties After Deadly Russian Strike On Sumy  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
  4. Massive Russian strikes across Ukraine trigger blackouts and kill at least five people  CNN
  5. Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 997  Al Jazeera English
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Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine shows maximalist war aims remain unchanged

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As President-Elect Trump talks up negotiations, Putin has made clear his position hasn’t changed since launching invasion in 2022

Millions of Ukrainians woke up early on Sunday morning to a massive Russian missile and drone attack on their country’s infrastructure, the biggest assault from Moscow since the end of August and the first large-scale attack since the US election.

Donald Trump once promised to settle the Ukraine war in “24 hours” but the 120 missiles and 90 drones aimed at the nation’s utilities is a reminder that Moscow’s maximalist aspirations to cow and subjugate its neighbour remains unchanged.

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A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn’t over yet – The Associated Press

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  1. A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn’t over yet  The Associated Press
  2. Sara To Funnel Tropical Moisture Into Southeast  The Weather Channel
  3. Tropical Depression Sara drenches Honduras and closes airports, at least one dead  Yahoo! Voices
  4. Florida, Gulf Coast to see potential impacts from remnants of Tropical Storm Sara  Fox Weather
  5. Where is Tropical Storm Sara going? See maps, spaghetti models, paths  WESH 2 Orlando
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Keir Starmer promises Ukraine will be ‘top of the agenda’ at G20

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UK prime minister to meet world leaders at summit in Brazil that Vladimir Putin has declined to attend

Ukraine will be “top of the agenda” this week at a meeting of leaders from the world’s most powerful economies, Keir Starmer has pledged, though he said he had “no plans” to follow the German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, and speak directly to Vladimir Putin.

Starmer will meet world leaders on Monday at the G20 summit in Brazil, which the Russian president has declined to attend, sending his foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in his place.

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Trump’s defense pick reportedly paid sexual assault accuser but denies claims

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Peter Hegseth, pick for defense department, says encounter was consensual but woman was paid undisclosed sum

Peter Hegseth, the military veteran, Fox & Friends chat host and Donald Trump’s pick to head the department of defense, reportedly paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault – an encounter that he insists was consensual.

According to the Washington Post, the unnamed woman was paid an unknown sum after signing a nondisclosure agreement.

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Russian opposition-in-exile holds Berlin protest march – DW (English)

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  1. Russian opposition-in-exile holds Berlin protest march  DW (English)
  2. Putin critics lead a march in Berlin calling for democracy in Russia and an end to war in Ukraine  The Associated Press
  3. Russians protest against Putin and Ukraine war in Poland  Notes From Poland
  4. Bitter Infighting Divides Russian Opposition  The New York Times
  5. 'Victory For Ukraine!': Navalnaya, Released Prisoners Lead Russian Opposition March In Berlin  Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
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