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Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government

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Former military chief says prime minister brought Israel to historic crisis and it is approaching ‘point of no return’

Israel’s former military chief Gadi Eisenkot started the tough task of forming a government on Sunday, reaching out to Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies as he said the veteran prime minister had brought the country to a historic crisis.

Eisenkot, 66, the leader of the Yashar party, who has vowed to bridge Israel’s deep polarisation under Netanyahu, formally received a mandate from the president, Isaac Herzog, who gave him 28 days to form a government despite his bloc lacking a clear majority.

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Collision of two trains in Egypt kills at least seven

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President orders prompt investigation after one train derails in collision in al-Ayyat about 30 miles from Cairo

Seven people were killed and more than 100 injured when two trains collided on Sunday south of the Egyptian capital, Cairo, officials said.

The crash occurred in al-Ayyat district in Giza province, about 30 miles south of Cairo, when a train travelling to Fayoum province crashed into the rear of a train heading to the southern province of Aswan, according to the transport ministry.

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Chinese carmaker BYD’s offices in Netherlands raided over JLR ‘copycat car’ claim

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Bailiffs reportedly seized digital records before court case over alleged intellectual property breaches on Land Rover Defender

Bailiffs acting for Jaguar Land Rover raided the Dutch offices of a Chinese “copycat” rival before a legal showdown this week over whether its “Defender clone” infringes intellectual property rights.

Bailiffs acting on behalf of JLR reportedly seized digital records from the offices of Chinese carmaker BYD in Schiedam and Hoofddorp in August, according to the Sunday Times.

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Two police officers hailed as heroes for confronting Kraków gunman

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Jakub Kulik critically injured and Artur Morański also wounded after actions that ‘prevented further casualties’

Two Polish police officers who were injured as they pursued and detained the gunman in Kraków on Saturday have been hailed as heroes.

One of them is Jakub Kulik, a former paratrooper and volunteer firefighter, who was left critically injured after a close-range exchange of fire with the suspect, a 24-year-old Polish national who killed six and injured 17 in an attack believed to have been inspired by far-right ideologies.

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‘We feel the love’: Epstein survivors overwhelmed by messages of support at pop-up art exhibition

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Visitors to a touring show drawing attention to Epstein’s crimes have left thousands of ‘powerful’ notes – and survivors say it means a great deal

When Danielle Bensky first went to The Donald J Trump and Jeffrey Epstein Memorial Reading Room, she didn’t know what to expect.

“What happens if I walk in and survivors’ names are just plastered everywhere?” Bensky wondered about the reading room, a traveling exhibition of Epstein investigative files, first held in a New York City gallery this May. “I was a little worried in the beginning that this would be a form of exploitation for survivors.

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Polish prosecutors open terrorism investigation into Kraków shooting

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Six people killed in attack probably inspired by far right, according to officials, as police say suspect’s parents and sister found dead at his home

Polish prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation after a 24-year-old man opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, killing six people including a Briton and injuring 17, in an attack that authorities said was probably inspired by far-right ideologies.

Police confirmed on Sunday that three people found dead at the gunman’s home after the attack on Saturday afternoon were his father, 53, mother, 52, and sister, 21.

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Who’s who at Cop31: key players at the climate talks

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What are the relationships and dominant interests in play, as the summit kicks off after a bitter row over its hosting?

Hosting Cop was a key pledge from Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese in 2021, while in opposition, before his successful election campaign. But arcane rules meant the country had to wait its turn to bid and was then embroiled in an angry row with Turkey over the hosting. The final compromise put Australia in charge of the negotiations which will take place in the Turkish city of Antalya. The bitter taste left by the row lingers and Australia has seemed to some a rather half-hearted host. The country’s media has been much quieter on Cop than previous host countries, and although Albanese will speak at the opening of the leaders’ segment, he is unlikely to stay long.

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Pope’s visit to Argentina sets up showdown with ‘hyper-capitalist’ Milei

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President has opposing views on many issues, and once called Leo’s predecessor the ‘representative of the Evil One’

Trees are being planted in the garden. The brightly coloured buildings are getting another coat of paint. The choir rehearses. Hundreds of other residents, several of them using wheelchairs, practise their positions outside the sanctuary. Excitement is in the air, because on Monday 9 November, the Cottolengo Don Orione – a Catholic-run home for disabled people – will be the first stop on Pope Leo XIV’s first full day of his trip to Argentina.

But the pope’s visit to Claypole, about 26km from Buenos Aires, does not come at an especially happy time for the home, which counts about 400 residents with disabilities. Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has made wide-ranging cuts to disability funding.

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Banana producers in Latin America want better pay to cope with effects of climate crisis

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Farmers face big drop in production from extreme weather during this year’s super El Niño event

Banana producers in Latin America are calling for better pay to help cope with the impact of the climate crisis, as they face big drops in production resulting from extreme weather during this year’s super El Niño event.

High winds in parts of Colombia, one of the biggest suppliers to the UK market where droughts are predicted in some regions this year, and heavy rainfall in Peru and Ecuador are already affecting production, according to the Fairtrade Foundation ethical trade body. In the Dominican Republic, farmers are expected to face drought conditions, with forecasts of drier and warmer than usual conditions.

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Uyghurs facing deportation by Thailand say they will be ‘like slaves’ in China

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Activists fear Bangkok will give in to pressure from Beijing despite reports of torture and human rights abuses against the mostly muslim ethnic minority

The deportation of two more Uyghurs to China from Thailand would put their lives in grave danger, activists have said, with one of the men saying he would be “like a slave” if he was sent back.

Last year, Thai authorities forcibly deported 40 Uyghur men to China despite pleas from the men themselves and the UN.

The US and Canada had reportedly offered to resettle them, but Bangkok appeared to want to avoid upsetting Beijing. The UN has said the returnees’ whereabouts remain unknown.

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Six dead after gunman opens fire in Kraków market square, with three more victims found at suspect’s home

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Suspect was influenced by far-right ideology and held ‘ultra-nationalistic’ views, says Polish interior minister

Six people have been killed and 16 wounded after a gunman opened fire in a busy market square in Kraków, authorities said, in what Poland’s defence minister called an “act of terror” on the people of the city.

The suspect, a 25-year-old Polish citizen, opened fire with an automatic weapon in the city’s main square at about 3pm on Saturday.

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Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government

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Knesset has been deadlocked since the election last month when Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its majority

Israel’s president has ⁠chosen Gadi Eisenkot, the prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ⁠strongest rival, to ⁠try to ​form a new government, after a deadlocked election that left neither man ⁠with a clear path to power.

Isaac Herzog’s office said he had informed Eisenkot, the leader of the Yashar party, on Saturday night “of his intention to task him with forming a government”.

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NZ election 2026: New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with results ‘too close to call’

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National party will be largest in parliament but ultimate shape of next government won’t be settled for some time

New Zealand could be facing a weeks-long wait to know the shape of its next government, after its nail-biting election failed to hand a decisive victory to either the incumbent rightwing coalition or opposition left bloc.

On preliminary results, the centre-right National party, led by the prime minister, Christopher Luxon, managed to secure enough seats to govern alongside its traditional coalition partners, the libertarian Act and populist New Zealand First parties.

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Blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv after Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy grid

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Moscow used 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles in attacks on electricity substations and bridge over the Dnipro

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of trying to “plunge Kyiv and the entire country into a blackout”, after a major attack overnight on energy infrastructure in the capital and a bridge over the Dnipro River.

Ukraine’s president said Moscow’s preparations for peace talks next week involved pummelling a city of millions with ballistic missiles.

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Trump’s elevation of Stephen Miller a middle finger to millions of voters

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Architect of Trump’s far-right immigration agenda is now most powerful unelected figure in government – it suggests White House is moving to a war footing

Donald Trump just gave the middle finger to millions of American voters.

Any other president who suffered the kind of drubbing at the polls that Trump did this week might have felt at least a sliver of humility – and perhaps even an obligation to work with the new opposition in Congress.

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Court rules against Home Office in asylum seeker kidnapping case

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Department had claimed that being kidnapped for ransom was not exploitation of trafficking victims in case of Syrian man abducted in Libya

The court of appeal has rejected claims by the Home Office that being kidnapped for ransom is not exploitation of trafficking victims.

The ruling means that many people who have been kidnapped for ransom, whom officials have previously excluded from being victims of exploitation under trafficking rules, will now have to have these claims considered. They may be eligible for the support and recovery package trafficking victims are entitled to.

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Strait of Hormuz could reopen as part of Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspections

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Trump still considering new assault on Iran nuclear sites – though threats less credible after Vance remarks

Qatar, the lead mediator in the US-Iran conflict, is seeking to persuade Tehran to allow UN nuclear weapons inspectors to visit Iran’s bombed nuclear sites, including those housing the country’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.

Iran would not be required to make any commitment that the stockpile would be removed from the country, with other options on the table, including reducing the uranium content by down-blending it.

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US midterm results may help unite Israeli coalition to unseat Netanyahu

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Democrats’ sweep could urge Israel’s divided opposition to join forces and remove prime minister closely allied with Trump

The Democrats’ sweep of Congress may make it easier for Israel’s splintered opposition to overcome deep internal divisions and form a coalition government, by increasing the urgency of unseating Benjamin Netanyahu, who has associated himself so closely with Donald Trump’s Republicans.

But as Israel took stock of the results, there was also a sense that the elections marked a longer-term shift in US politics that will make the job of any new Israeli leader far more difficult.

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Three men charged in US with using AI to impersonate CEOs and steal millions

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Men allegedly impersonated voices and images of executives to convince employees to send large payments

Three foreign nationals were arrested and charged with using AI to allegedly impersonate corporate CEOs and attorneys to steal over $100m, according to an indictment that was newly unsealed by the US Department of Justice.

According to a press release from the United States attorney’s office for the southern district of New York, three men – Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit – were arrested for using AI to alter and impersonate the voices and images of executives and attorneys at various companies in order to convince employees to send over large payments. Soall and Hazan were arrested in Spain over the summer, while Sheetrit was arrested in the United Kingdom in September. The alleged fraud took place between 2024 and 2026.

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Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, arrested in Florida on charges related to child sexual abuse material

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Father of the Duchess of Sussex was taken into custody near Tampa, US prosecutors said

Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was arrested by US federal agents in Florida on Friday and charged in connection with possession of child sexual abuse material, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).

Markle, 82, was taken into custody at a senior care facility in Polk county early on Friday, and made a brief initial appearance in federal court in Tampa on Friday afternoon, the Associated Press reported.

In the US, call or text the Childhelp abuse hotline on 800-422-4453 or visit their website for more resources and to report child abuse or DM for help. For adult survivors of child abuse, help is available at ascasupport.org. In the UK, the NSPCC offers support to children on 0800 1111, and adults concerned about a child on 0808 800 5000. The National Association for People Abused in Childhood (Napac) offers support for adult survivors on 0808 801 0331. In Australia, children, young adults, parents and teachers can contact the Kids Helpline on 1800 55 1800, or Bravehearts on 1800 272 831, and adult survivors can contact Blue Knot Foundation on 1300 657 380. Other sources of help can be found at Child Helplines International

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