- Surge in UK borrowing costs is not a repeat of the 'mini-budget' crisis, economists say CNBC
- Labour’s budget has given the bond market indigestion The Economist
- Budget poses new challenge for UK public finances, Moody’s warns Financial Times
- UK politics: Budget’s ‘clean bill of health’ from watchdogs should reassure investors, says Reeves – as it happened The Guardian
- UK gilts face worst week in months as budget rattles investors Reuters.com
Botswana president concedes defeat in election after party’s six-decade rule
Results show Mokgweetsi Masisi’s Botswana Democratic party on track to lose by landslide
Botswana’s president, Mokgweetsi Masisi, has conceded defeat in Wednesday’s elections, which his Botswana Democratic party lost by a landslide after nearly six decades in power.
With almost all constituencies counted, the opposition coalition Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) had secured a parliamentary majority, with its leader, the lawyer Duma Boko, on track to become the southern African country’s next president.
Continue reading...Japan: Jail for cyclists who text and ride under new laws – BBC.com
- Japan: Jail for cyclists who text and ride under new laws BBC.com
- Japan law to punish cyclists for phone use, riding drunk takes effect Kyodo News Plus
- Cyclists in Japan risk jail for using mobile phone, riding while drunk Japan Today
- Cyclists caught looking at phones in Japan could face up to six months in jail, as new stricter cycling laws take effect road.cc
- Japanese cyclists face jail threat for using mobiles while riding Islander News.com
Germany orders shutdown of all Iranian consulates – DW (English)
- Germany orders shutdown of all Iranian consulates DW (English)
- Germany Shuts 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution of German-Iranian Man The New York Times
- Germany urges citizens to leave Iran due to risk of hostage taking The Times of Israel
- Iranian-German prisoner Jamshid Sharmahd, who lived in US, executed in Iran over terror conviction The Associated Press
- Daughter of California man executed by Iran slams ‘incompetent’ Biden-Harris admin: ‘You left him to die’ New York Post
Valencia floods: ‘There is mud everywhere here’
The BBC's Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.
Cyclists on phones face jail under Japan’s new laws
Riding under the influence is also now punishable with prison time.
Weather tracker: More rain forecast in Spain as storms push in
Heightened risk Cádiz river could overflow, with yellow and orange rainfall warnings for southern regions
The low-pressure system responsible for Spain’s most devastating floods in decades in Valencia also set new rainfall records across south-eastern Spain. In Jerez de la Frontera, 115mm of rain fell in 24 hours on Wednesday – the wettest day on record for the southern Spanish city. The deluge caused widespread flooding and road closures, and there is a heightened risk that the River Barbate in Cádiz could overflow as more rain is forecast through Friday and into the weekend.
While the rare red warning issued on Thursday for Valencia has expired, Spain’s national meteorological service, Aemet, has maintained yellow and orange rainfall warnings for southern and Mediterranean regions as storms continue to push in.
Continue reading...What happened to the young girl captured in a photograph of Gaza detainees
Julia, aged three, looks on from a crowd of fearful and exhausted men. This is her story.
Repression Intensifies in the Country Hosting a Major Climate Meeting – The New York Times
- Repression Intensifies in the Country Hosting a Major Climate Meeting The New York Times
- Know Your Host: Why It Matters That Azerbaijan Is Hosting the COP29 Climate Summit OCCRP
- Urgent action needed to safeguard integrity of COP as fossil fuel influence looms large in Baku, report warns Transparency International
- Armenian Students Condemn Azerbaijan’s Ethnic Cleansing of Armenians Asbarez Armenian News
- Azerbaijan Railways augments accessibility for visually impaired passengers Trend News Agency
Labour government’s shift on Gaza not enough, say British Muslims, scholars
Despite the prime minister taking a slightly tougher line on Israel, the UK continues to supply weapons, avoid sanctions
North Korea says video shows launch of new type of missile
North Korean state TV has shown video of what it says was this week’s test of a new ballistic missile.
Their fireworks lit up Delhi at Diwali for decades. Pollution wiped them out. – NBC News
- Their fireworks lit up Delhi at Diwali for decades. Pollution wiped them out. NBC News
- Delhi Environment Minister thanks people who gave firecrackers a miss; BJP claims AAP ‘defamed’ Sanatan community The Indian Express
- New Delhi’s air quality plunges into ‘severe’ category a day after Diwali The Associated Press
- Warmer, windier: why post-Diwali Delhi air was cleaner this year The Indian Express
- 7 In 10 Families Have At Least 1 Person Suffering: Delhi Pollution Survey NDTV
Cooking in Bellevue garage led to explosion that left 3 seriously injured, authorities say – WOWT
- Cooking in Bellevue garage led to explosion that left 3 seriously injured, authorities say WOWT
- Bellevue house explosion that injured 3 people caused by cooking with propane in garage KETV Omaha
- 'I'm just happy to be here': 3 injured, 2 families displaced after duplex explosion KETV Omaha
- Propane leak believed to be cause of house explosion in Bellevue; 3 suffer severe burns Omaha World-Herald
- Three injured in home explosion in Bellevue KMTV 3 News Now Omaha
Could legal bid stop ‘cruel’ UK government plan to axe winter fuel benefit?
Labour government’s decision to scrap a winter allowance for elderly people to meet heating costs was met with outrage.
Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs – Al Jazeera English
- Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs Al Jazeera English
- Rockets from Lebanon wound 11 in Israel Reuters
- Attack on central Israel injures 11 as Iran’s leader promises a punishing response The Hill
- Rockets hit central Israel, eleven injured, several rescued from damaged building The Jerusalem Post
- Hezbollah rocket attacks kill seven in northern Israel BBC.com
Thais killed near Israel-Lebanon border, Israeli jets pound Beirut suburbs
Seven civilians killed in rocket fire from Lebanon as Israeli forces conduct deadly air raids on Lebanon's Beirut.
Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel – The Times of Israel
- Iraq trying to reel in Iran-backed groups to prevent confrontation with Israel The Times of Israel
- Resistance in Iraq: Ops against Israeli targets in north & south Al Mayadeen English
- Iraqi resistance carries out six drone strikes on Israeli targets نورنیوز
- IDF says drone, likely from Iraq, exploded in Golan Heights baha news
- Washington to Baghdad: We’ll Help Prevent Israeli Attack in Retaliation for Militia Strikes Kurdistan24
Who’s the famous face behind this E.T. Halloween costume?
Model Heidi Klum unveiled her latest extravagant costume at her annual Halloween bash.
Instagram-famous squirrel euthanised by authorities
New York authorities say Peanut the Squirrel bit a person while it was being confiscated this week.
Iraq’s parliament elects new speaker, ending yearlong deadlock
Former Sunni speaker secured 182 votes in the 329-seat legislature with significant support from Shia political blocs.