US slaps sanctions on Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ of oil tankers, citing attacks on Israel – The Times of Israel

  1. US slaps sanctions on Iran’s ‘ghost fleet’ of oil tankers, citing attacks on Israel  The Times of Israel
  2. Opinion | Biden’s New Oil Sanctions on Iran  The Wall Street Journal
  3. US imposes sanctions on Iran’s oil sector over missile attack on Israel  Al Jazeera English
  4. October 11: Israel shuts down for Yom Kippur with troops in combat, alerts in place  The Times of Israel
  5. US expands sanctions to Iran's 'ghost fleet' of oil tankers  Reuters
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Tribal clashes in north-west Pakistan kill at least 11 people

Shooting incident in Kurram district between rival tribes follows attack on coalmine in south-west Pakistan

At least 11 people have been killed in tribal clashes in the north-west of Pakistan, a local official has said.

Tensions rose in Kurram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after two people were critically injured in a shooting incident between rival tribes. It was not immediately clear what caused the shooting.

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UK intel: Russian forces set conditions for an attack on Pokrovsk – Euromaidan Press

  1. UK intel: Russian forces set conditions for an attack on Pokrovsk  Euromaidan Press
  2. Ukraine Faces a Double Threat if Russia Takes Pokrovsk  Foreign Policy
  3. Ukrainian Troops ‘Flee’ As Russia Advances Towards Pokrovsk; Big Victory For Putin By October End?  Hindustan Times
  4. The UK Defense Intelligence Reports on russia’s Plans in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Regions  Defense Express
  5. Russia is trying to encircle Pokrovsk: a military expert discusses threats  ТСН English
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Enrico Berlinguer: the 1970s communist hero inspiring Italy’s youth – and the far right

Italian PM Giorgia Meloni among those admiring Berlinguer as new film and exhibitions celebrate his role as a unifier

Enrico Berlinguer was a giant of the Italian left in the 1970s and 80s, coming close to leading the Communist party into government through a “historic compromise” with the country’s Christian Democrats, and championing “Eurocommunism”, a liberal, anti-Stalinist version of Marxism that briefly swept the continent.

But his death 40 years ago, and the collapse of Europe’s communist parties in the late 1980s, eclipsed Berlinguer’s legacy, and Italy has since moved across the political spectrum, electing the far-right Giorgia Meloni as prime minister in 2022.

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Satellite Photos Show Destruction of Russian Shahed Drone Warehouse – Newsweek

  1. Satellite Photos Show Destruction of Russian Shahed Drone Warehouse  Newsweek
  2. Ukraine ‘Punches Hole’ In Russian Kamikaze Drone Fleet; Reports Claim Moscow Lost 400 Shahed-136 UAVs  EurAsian Times
  3. Ukraine's Explosive New Strategy Exposes Russia's Achilles' Heel  Newsweek
  4. Watch 400 Shahed Attack Drones Explode At The Same Time In Southern Russia  Forbes
  5. Ukrainian attacks inside Russia could shift dynamics of Moscow's war  Euronews
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Israel ‘expected to hit Iranian military, energy sites’ – Bangkok Post

  1. Israel ‘expected to hit Iranian military, energy sites’  Bangkok Post
  2. Israeli official: No decision on Iran attack; Israel, US in tune on strategic challenges  The Times of Israel
  3. Washington Worries the Israelis Will Bomb Iran’s Nuclear Sites. But Can They?  The New York Times
  4. The Path to Regional War | Joost Hiltermann  The New York Review of Books
  5. Uncertainty looms over Israel’s expected Iran strike; rescuers dig through debris in central Beirut  The Washington Post
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Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform – The Guardian US

  1. Trump campaign worked with Musk’s X to keep leaked JD Vance file off platform  The Guardian US
  2. Trump campaign, Musk coordinated to stop hacked material on X: Report  The Hill
  3. Trump campaign connected with Elon Musk’s X before it blocked links to hacked materials  CNN
  4. Reported Elon Musk’s X and Trump underscores Republicans’ hypocrisy on Hunter Biden laptop  MSNBC
  5. New Report Exposes Terrifying Ways Elon Musk Is Using X to Help Trump  The New Republic
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Woman dies after going overboard from cruise ship off Channel Islands

French navy helicopter winched woman from the sea, but she was later pronounced dead

A woman has died after going overboard from a passenger ship off the Channel Islands.

The French coastguard said it received a distress message saying a woman in her 20s had gone overboard north of Les Casquets rocks, west of Alderney, shortly after midnight on Saturday. The woman went overboard from the Maltese-flagged cruise ship MSC Virtuosa.

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OpenAI confirms threat actors use ChatGPT to write malware – BleepingComputer

  1. OpenAI confirms threat actors use ChatGPT to write malware  BleepingComputer
  2. An update on disrupting deceptive uses of AI  OpenAI
  3. Chinese and Iranian hackers use ChatGPT and LLM tools to create malware and phishing attacks — OpenAI report has recorded over 20 cyberattacks created with ChatGPT  Tom's Hardware
  4. OpenAI says Chinese gang tried to phish its staff  The Register
  5. Here are the ways that bad actors have been using ChatGPT  Sherwood News
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Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general’s “surrender or starve” plan for war – BBC.com

  1. Israeli attack on northern Gaza hints at retired general's "surrender or starve" plan for war  BBC.com
  2. After mulling siege plan, Israel ramps up military push in northern Gaza  CNN
  3. URGENT ACTION NEEDED  BDS Movement |
  4. Heavy Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza as U.N. says Lebanon peacekeepers fired on again  CBS News
  5. Middle East latest: Palestinian officials say 22 killed in Israeli airstrikes  The Associated Press
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Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, memoir reveals

In secret journal, Putin’s fiercest critic writes: ‘If your convictions mean something, you must be prepared to stand up for them’

The late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny believed he would die in prison, excerpts from his memoir reveal.

Navalny was the most prominent foe of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and relentlessly campaigned against official corruption in Russia. He died in a remote Arctic prison in February while serving a 19-year sentence on several charges, including running an extremist group, which he said were politically motivated.

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