Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declines to endorse Kamala Harris

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The Palestinian American ‘squad’ member has been critical of Harris and the Democratic party’s inaction on Gaza

Michigan congresswoman Rashida Tlaib declined to endorse Kamala Harris at a union rally in Detroit, where the war in Gaza is the top issue for the largest block of Arab American voters in the country.

Tlaib, the first Palestinian American woman to serve in Congress, is the only one of the so-called leftist “Squad” that has not endorsed the Democrat candidate. The other three members – Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York – endorsed Harris in July.

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COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund – POLITICO Europe

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  1. COP16 fizzles out as rich countries block global nature fund  POLITICO Europe
  2. Politicians not ambitious enough to save nature, say scientists  BBC.com
  3. Cop16 ends in disarry and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs  The Guardian
  4. Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk.  The Washington Post
  5. UN nature summit agrees on payments for use of genetic information  Reuters
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Spain’s apocalyptic floods show undeniable truths: the climate crisis is getting worse and Big Oil is killing us | Jonathan Watts

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The devastating flooding should spur this month’s Cop29 climate conference to press for immediate action, not look away

Move on. Nothing to see here. Just another ordinary, everyday apocalypse.

If past experience is any guide, the world’s reaction to the floods in Spain last week will be similar to that of motorway drivers at a crash scene: slow down, take in the horror, outwardly express sympathy, inwardly give thanks that fate picked someone else – and foot on the accelerator.

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A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation – Vox.com

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  1. A groundbreaking new plan to get Big Pharma to pay for wildlife conservation  Vox.com
  2. Your medicine comes from unexpected places. Why those sources are now at risk.  The Washington Post
  3. Public funding for nature conservation stalls at COP16  Reuters
  4. Cop16 ends in disarray and indecision despite biodiversity breakthroughs  The Guardian
  5. COP16 Talks in Colombia Adopt a Novel Way to Pay for Conservation  The New York Times
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Soccer player, family injured in Bellevue home explosion, club says – WOWT

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  1. Soccer player, family injured in Bellevue home explosion, club says  WOWT
  2. 'I'm just happy to be here': 3 injured, 2 families displaced after duplex explosion  KETV Omaha
  3. Propane leak believed to be cause of house explosion in Bellevue; 3 suffer severe burns  Omaha World-Herald
  4. 'When I came out it was like a movie scene' : Explosion in Bellevue leaves three in critical condition  KMTV 3 News Now Omaha
  5. Three injured when Bellevue home explodes  KLKN
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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site

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Plant’s owners hope analysis of tiny sample will help to establish how to safely decommission facility

A piece of the radioactive fuel left from the meltdown of Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant has been retrieved from the site using a remote-controlled robot.

Investigators used the robot’s fishing-rod-like arm to clip and collect a tiny piece of radioactive material from one of the plant’s three damaged reactors – the first time such a feat has been achieved. Should it prove suitable for testing, scientists hope the sample will yield information that will help determine how to decommission the plant.

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Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site – The Guardian

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  1. Robot retrieves radioactive fuel sample from Fukushima nuclear reactor site  The Guardian
  2. A robot retrieves the first melted fuel from Fukushima nuclear reactor  The Associated Press
  3. Nuclear fuel debris retrieved at Tepco Fukushima plant  The Japan Times
  4. TEPCO progressing in melted fuel extraction from Fukushima nuclear reactor  Kyodo News Plus
  5. Japan to resume trial removal of Fukushima nuclear debris, reports say  The Japan Times
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World’s largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died in Australia at a wildlife sanctuary – CBS News

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  1. World's largest crocodile in captivity, Cassius, died in Australia at a wildlife sanctuary  CBS News
  2. World's largest crocodile in captivity dies after living over 100 years  WKRC TV Cincinnati
  3. World's largest captive crocodile dies aged 110  Sky News
  4. Cassius, the world's largest crocodile in captivity, dies in Far North Queensland  ABC News
  5. RIP Cassius: The giant record breaking crocodile has died at roughly 110 years old  The Independent
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Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation – New York Post

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  1. Iran claims it can build nukes, threatens Israel and US with ‘tooth-breaking’ retaliation  New York Post
  2. Iran signals possible change in its nuclear doctrine  NBC News
  3. 'Discourse of destruction': Iran expert says Iranian retaliation guaranteed  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Iran claims it is capable of building nuclear weapon as Ayatollah vows ‘tooth-breaking’ response to Israel, US  Fox News
  5. Strategic restraint is the wisest course in confronting Iran’s nuclear program  The Hill
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As Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead, they grapple with what it means to hold on to tradition – The Associated Press

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  1. As Mexicans celebrate Day of the Dead, they grapple with what it means to hold on to tradition  The Associated Press
  2. Pets join Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations, as Fido and Tiger get their own altars  KUTV 2News
  3. The Pets We’ve Lost Have Their Very Own Day of the Dead  VICE
  4. When is Day of the Dead 2024? What it means and how to celebrate in Louisville  Courier Journal
  5. News in brief  The Post and Courier
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Tory leadership election live: Kemi Badenoch elected new Conservative leader

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Badenoch says Tories need ‘a clear plan to change this country by changing the way that government works’

Here are the results from previous Conservative leadership contests, and from the final MPs’ ballot of this contest, that will help put today’s results in context.

2024 contest

The choice is between two people who each played their part in 14 years of Conservative chaos and decline, and who have refused to apologise it.

Whoever wins, they have learnt nothing.

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Israel captures Lebanese sea captain and claims he is a Hezbollah operative – as it happened

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Navy confirms it landed in Batroun, 30km north of Beirut, and took him to Israel to be ‘investigated’

Troops were also operating in central Gaza and Rafah in the territory’s far south, the Israeli military said, while witnesses told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that Israeli drones and boats opened fire on al-Mawasi in south Gaza.

Medics and Gaza’s civil defence rescuers on Saturday reported three people killed in a strike on Nuseirat, in central Gaza, a day after AFP images showed the blood-stained shrouds of several people killed there in an Israeli strike.

The entire Palestinian population in north Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.”

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Kemi Badenoch wins Tory leadership election

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Conservative party announces Badenoch has beaten rival Robert Jenrick in ballot of party members

Kemi Badenoch is the new Conservative party leader after defeating Robert Jenrick in a members’ vote, becoming the first Black leader of a major UK party and the fourth woman to lead the Tories.

Badenoch took just over 56% of the 95,000 votes, in a poll that had a 73% turnout of eligible members. This amounts to the narrowest win of the four since the party changed its rules to allow party members the final say in contested leadership elections.

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US politics live: Women’s marches hit the streets in support of Harris as both candidates target east coast – as it happened

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Harris leading Trump in new Iowa poll in startling reversal, pulling ahead of Trump 47% to 44%

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump head to North Carolina on Saturday to try to clinch support in the south-eastern battleground state just three days before Tuesday’s US presidential election.

It will be the fourth day in a row that vice-president Harris and former president Trump visit the same state on the same day, underlining the critical importance of the seven states likely to decide the race, which opinion polls show to be on a knife’s edge, Reuters reported.

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