Escalating crisis in Sudan: Military chief visits displacement camp amid rising atrocities – africanews.com

  1. Escalating crisis in Sudan: Military chief visits displacement camp amid rising atrocities  africanews.com
  2. Tales of horror emerge from Darfur after rebels take control of key city  abcnews.go.com
  3. World must act now to halt ‘horrific atrocities’ in Sudan, UN says  The Times of Israel
  4. Thousands of Sudanese flee to overcrowded camps after paramilitary captures el-Fasher  CBS News
  5. Sudan medics accuse RSF of burning, burying bodies to conceal ‘genocide’  Al Jazeera
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Powerful earthquake rattles the northern coast of Japan; earlier tsunami advisory lifted – CBS News

  1. Powerful earthquake rattles the northern coast of Japan; earlier tsunami advisory lifted  CBS News
  2. Tsunami advisory issued as strong earthquake strikes off Japanese coast  abcnews.go.com
  3. Japan’s Northeast Coast Hit by Series of Quakes, No Major Outage  Bloomberg.com
  4. Dozens of Earthquakes Rattle Japan After Tsunami Warning Canceled  Newsweek
  5. Powerful earthquake rattles northern Japan, tsunami advisory lifted after 3 hours  NBC News
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Water levels below 3% in dam reservoirs for Iran’s second city, say reports

Storage dwindles in Mashhad, home to 4 million people, as country struggles with drought

Water levels at the dam reservoirs supplying Iran’s north-eastern city of Mashhad have plunged below 3%, according to reports, as the country suffers from severe water shortages.

“The water storage in Mashhad’s dams has now fallen to less than 3%,” Hossein Esmaeilian, the chief executive of the water company in Iran’s second largest city by population, told the ISNA news agency.

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Britain sends RAF specialists to help Belgium combat disruptive drones

Incursions halted flights at Brussels and Liège airports last week with Russia said to be the most likely culprit

Britain is deploying Royal Air Force specialists to help Belgium counter drone threats to the country’s airports after disruptive sightings last week that some politicians blamed on Russia.

Sir Richard Knighton, the head of the UK’s armed forces, said the British military would provide “our people, our equipment” to help Belgium, though he was careful to say “we don’t yet know” the origin of the drones seen last week.

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Powerful quake strikes off the coast of Japan, tsunami advisory lifted after 3 hours – AP News

  1. Powerful quake strikes off the coast of Japan, tsunami advisory lifted after 3 hours  AP News
  2. Powerful earthquake rattles the northern coast of Japan; earlier tsunami advisory lifted  CBS News
  3. Tsunami advisory issued as strong earthquake strikes off Japanese coast  abcnews.go.com
  4. Dozens of Earthquakes Rattle Japan After Tsunami Warning Canceled  Newsweek
  5. Strong 6.9-magnitude quake hits Japan, tsunami advisory cancelled  Euronews.com
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Three dead and 15 hurt after rough seas pull people into the ocean in Tenerife

Two men and a woman died in separate incidents after sudden sea surges battered the Spanish island

Three people have died and at least 15 were injured in separate incidents linked to rough seas battering the Spanish island of Tenerife pulling several people into the ocean, emergency services said.

A rescue helicopter airlifted a man who had fallen into the water at a beach in La Guancha, a municipality in the north of the island, but he was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.

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Slovakia reportedly won’t back using frozen Russian assets for Kyiv’s military costs – politico.eu

  1. Slovakia reportedly won’t back using frozen Russian assets for Kyiv’s military costs  politico.eu
  2. Slovakia Opposes Using Frozen Russian Assets to Support Ukraine  Bloomberg.com
  3. U.S. backs EU using frozen Russian assets to help end war, U.S. source says  Reuters
  4. EU considers Norwegian solution to guarantee Ukraine's 'reparations loan'  Le Monde.fr
  5. EU races to win Belgian backing for €140B Ukraine loan  politico.eu
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Seven injured as settlers allegedly set fire to Palestinian buildings in West Bank – The Times of Israel

  1. Seven injured as settlers allegedly set fire to Palestinian buildings in West Bank  The Times of Israel
  2. Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say  Reuters
  3. Savage beatings and dying trees: How West Bank settler violence is impacting Palestinians’ olive harvest  CNN
  4. Settlers attack olive harvesters in West Bank, injuring over 11, including IDF reservist  Haaretz
  5. Settler attacks on Palestinians in West Bank hit all-time high in October — UN  The Times of Israel
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Pope: The Church is a ‘construction site’ for a community to be built without haste – Vatican News

  1. Pope: The Church is a ‘construction site’ for a community to be built without haste  Vatican News
  2. Pope warns against stereotypes and prejudices that obscure the mystery of the Church  Catholic News Agency
  3. Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica: A dim shadow  National Catholic Reporter
  4. ‘St. John Lateran, Pray for Us’  Catholic Answers
  5. The Catholic Church: Ever Ancient, Ever New  outreach.faith
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