The not-so-little Murray cod that could: fish tracked swimming 900km along Australia’s biggest river system

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Fish named after Olympic swimming champion Ariarne Titmus was most recently tracked at a section of the mid-Murray, near Belsar Island

A young Murray cod has swum one of the longest ever recorded journeys for the species, travelling about 900km through the Murray River, its streams and backchannels.

Murray cod, Australia’s largest freshwater fish, grow up to 1.5 metres and can live for half a century. Research by Victoria’s Arthur Rylah Institute has shown the species, listed as vulnerable under federal environment laws, is capable of covering extreme distances.

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Food benefits set to expire for 41 million people as US shutdown continues

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Department of Agriculture says no benefits will be issued in November and it would not draw on emergency reserves

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country’s biggest social assistance programs will not be issued in November amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

The shutdown was in its 25th day at the time of the announcement, which came after more than 200 Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Friday called on USDA to draw on its emergency reserves to fund November food benefits.

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Red Cross seen aiding Hamas in search of hostages’ bodies in Rafah area – The Times of Israel

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  1. Red Cross seen aiding Hamas in search of hostages’ bodies in Rafah area  The Times of Israel
  2. LIVE: Israel relents as search for Gaza bodies expands with Egypt help  Al Jazeera
  3. Red Cross and Egyptian teams allowed to search for hostage bodies in Israeli-held Gaza territory; official says Hamas allowed there too  The Times of Israel
  4. Hamas expands search for the remains of hostages in Gaza  AP News
  5. Egypt Aids Search for Bodies of Dead Captives in Gaza  The New York Times
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French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

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  1. French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Suspects in Louvre Jewelry Heist Arrested, French Authorities Say  The New York Times
  3. Suspects arrested over the theft of crown jewels from the Louvre museum in Paris  NPR
  4. Thieves robbed another museum hours after the Louvre heist, nobody noticed for days  WKRC
  5. Seven Heist Movies for Your Weekend  The Atlantic
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US judge rules ICE illegally detained man whose daughter is battling cancer

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Detention of Chicago man violates his due process and he must be given a bond hearing by 31 October, judge says

The detention by immigration authorities of a Chicago man whose 16-year-old daughter is undergoing treatment for advanced cancer is illegal, and he must be given a bond hearing by 31 October, a federal judge has ruled.

Attorneys for Ruben Torres Maldonado, 40, who was detained on 18 October, have petitioned for his release as his deportation case goes through the system. While US district judge Jeremy Daniel said in an order Friday that Torres’s detention by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is illegal and violates his due process rights, he also said he could not order his immediate release.

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Pope Leo: Don’t let tension between tradition, novelty become ‘harmful polarizations’ – Catholic News Agency

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  1. Pope Leo: Don’t let tension between tradition, novelty become ‘harmful polarizations’  Catholic News Agency
  2. Pope: Let us build a humbler, more welcoming Church  Vatican News
  3. Catholics must build a more humble church, seeking truth together, pope says  OSV News
  4. Pope Leo dialogues with Synod teams and participants  Catholic Outlook
  5. Vatican Pope  chronicleonline.com
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Trump sanctions have swift impact but will world stop buying Russian oil and gas?

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Analysts say president’s war on Russia’s fossil fuel revenues is a chance to bring peace to Ukraine and profit to US

Donald Trump’s stated mission to broker peace in Ukraine could come down to this simple question: can the US president convince the world to stop buying Russia’s fossil fuels?

Last week, Trump imposed sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, in an effort to damage Moscow’s ability to fund its war machine.

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Behind the strike: Gaza hit on suspected terrorist came only after US approval, sources say – Ynetnews

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  1. Behind the strike: Gaza hit on suspected terrorist came only after US approval, sources say  Ynetnews
  2. Israeli Strike Didn’t Violate Ceasefire, Rubio Says  Bloomberg.com
  3. Israel launches air strike in Gaza allegedly targeting Islamic Jihad militant  France 24
  4. IDF confirms drone strike in central Gaza, says it targeted Islamic Jihad operative planning 'imminent attack'  The Times of Israel
  5. Israeli military says it conducted 'targeted strike' in central Gaza  Reuters
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