- Iran Sentences Iranian American Jewish Man to Prison, Family Says The New York Times
- Iran sentences Kamran Hekmati for Israel trip 13 years ago The Jerusalem Post
- NYT: Iran Imprisons Jewish American for Visiting Israel 13 Years Ago Haaretz
- Iran: US Citizen Hekmati, 70, Sentenced to 4 Years Over Trip to Israel in 2012 EA WorldView
- Jewish Iranian-American Dual National Kamran Hekmati Imprisoned in Evin Prison Over Past Trip to Israel en-hrana.org
Sick children from Gaza arrive in Italy for medical treatment
Italy is welcoming 19 children who were evacuated from Gaza by the World Health Organization.
Dutch court rejects bid to halt arms exports to Israel over Gaza war
Hague Court of Appeal says gov't has 'considerable discretion' to determine foreign policy, national security issues.
Venomous ‘Murder Hornets’ Kill Two American Tourists on Vacation in Laos – Gizmodo
- Venomous ‘Murder Hornets’ Kill Two American Tourists on Vacation in Laos Gizmodo
- Attacked by Swarm of Wasps, American Father and Son Die in Laos The New York Times
- American teacher Daniel Owen and son stung to death in Laos NBC News
- Father and son killed by swarm of hornets in Laos The Times
- Murder hornet swarm kills U.S. father, son ziplining in Southeast Asia The Seattle Times
Weight-loss drug makers announce pricing agreement with Trump
The deal, which includes Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk, will slash prices for Medicare and Medicaid programme recipients.
Man collapses in Oval Office as Trump meets with pharmacy executives
Video shows an attendee collapsing during an Oval Office with pharmacy executives. Medical staff responded immediately.
German authorities investigate swastikas painted in blood – The Washington Post
- German authorities investigate swastikas painted in blood The Washington Post
- Man held after cars in German city found smeared with swastikas in blood BBC
- Germany news: Police investigate swastika vandalism DW
- German police detain man suspected of painting swastikas on cars and walls with his own blood – as it happened The Guardian
- Swastikas painted ‘in blood’ on cars and buildings The Telegraph
Nancy Pelosi announces retirement after decades in US Congress
Pelosi made history as the first female Speaker and left an indelible mark on US politics.
Canada pushes on with ‘complete depopulation’ plan to cull 400 ostriches
Country’s top court declines to block controversial cull of hundreds of birds amid fears of an avian flu outbreak
Canada’s food inspection agency says it plans to begin a “complete depopulation” of hundreds of ostriches at a farm after the country’s top court declined to block the controversial cull.
On Thursday, the supreme court said it would not take up a case that has catalyzed a fierce protest by the farm owners and protesters – as well as senior figures in the Trump administration, who have decried the public health effort as government overreach.
Continue reading...Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
The Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins has died aged 85, her family has announced.
She died peacefully, surrounded by her family, in her care home in Highgate, north London, having had Parkinson’s disease for several years, they said.
Continue reading...Nandy breached code over appointment of donor to lead football regulator
Culture secretary ‘deeply regrets error’ after inquiry finds failures in declaring past donations by watchdog nominee
Lisa Nandy, the culture secretary, has apologised to Keir Starmer after an inquiry found she failed to say that her choice of nominee to lead a new football regulator had donated to her and to Labour before she nominated him for the role.
Nandy said she regretted the errors highlighted in a report by William Shawcross, the commissioner for public appointments. Her apology comes a week after the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, made her own written apology to the prime minister for failing to obtain a licence before renting out her family home.
Continue reading...COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
COP30: World leaders take aim at Trump for climate inaction
World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change.
Israel carries out wave of airstrikes on southern Lebanon
Three towns attacked despite truce with Hezbollah in what Israeli military says was effort to prevent group rearming
The Israeli military has carried out a wave of airstrikes in southern Lebanon in what it described as an attempt to prevent Hezbollah rearming.
Israeli warplanes struck the towns of Kfar Dounine, Tayr Debba and Zawtar al-Sharqiya on Thursday, about an hour after issuing evacuation warnings to residents. No deaths had been reported at the time of publishing.
Continue reading...SOAS University ‘concerned’ by reports of Sami Hamdi’s detention in the US
SOAS University, of which Hamdi is an alumnus, urge 'US authorities to ensure full transparency and due process'.
‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa – The Guardian
- ‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa The Guardian
- Jamaica devastation: Reggae legends call on public for help BBC
- ‘It’s devastating’: Montgomery County Council member with Jamaican roots leads hurricane relief efforts WTOP
- Grim death toll rises in Jamaica, as nation grapples with disaster left behind by historic Hurricane Melissa FOX Weather
- Morales: Human toll from Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica so far just the tip of the iceberg NBC 6 South Florida
Lammy says he was right not to discuss mistakenly freed prisoner at PMQs
Justice secretary says he did not have ‘all the detail’ at the time and there is ‘mountain to climb’ on prisons crisis
David Lammy has said the government has “a mountain to climb” to tackle the prisons crisis and insisted he was “not equipped with all the detail” when questioned in parliament the previous day about a mistaken prisoner release.
After a fraudster mistakenly freed from prison handed himself in on Thursday, the justice secretary said he had been right not to provide details to MPs at prime minister’s questions on Wednesday about the release of a sex offender who remains at large.
Continue reading...Famed Florentine diamond surfaces in Canada after century-long disappearance
Empress Zita brought stone to Canada as Nazis took over Europe in 1940s and it remained in bank vault ever since
At the height of the Battle of Britain, when the UK government needed a secret location to store 186,332 gold bars, it turned to Canada.
Shipped across the Atlantic and stored beneath a hastily constructed vault in Montreal, Operation Fish became known both for the vast amounts of gold involved – and the immense secrecy that followed.
Continue reading...Frontline report: Ukrainian defenders turn Russian offensive into “graveyard for armor and manpower” near Pokrovsk – Euromaidan Press
- Frontline report: Ukrainian defenders turn Russian offensive into "graveyard for armor and manpower" near Pokrovsk Euromaidan Press
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,352 Al Jazeera
- War update: Russian troops suffer losses in Pokrovsk sector, 93 clashes on front line Ukrinform
- Tuesday, November 4. Russia’s War On Ukraine: News And Information From Ukraine Forbes
- In Donbas, Ukrainian troops fight off endless Russian assaults CBC
RSF says it agrees to mediators’ ceasefire proposal in Sudan war
Paramilitary says it will accept a ceasefire proposed by the Quad mediators - the US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the UAE.