- Trump's midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents Reuters
- Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeats Texas Governor Abbott in a stunning upset Reuters
- Trump's midterm defeat gives China, Canada, India and Africa's largest economy fresh leverage in US trade talks Business Insider Africa
- A Democratic Congress could curb the Iran war but not Trump's tariffs, former ambassador says Fortune
- Post midterm elections, Asia faces a more constrained but no less unpredictable Trump The Straits Times
Unofficial AUKUS inquiry recommends tearing up the ‘worst’ defence decision the country has ever made – Politico
- Unofficial AUKUS inquiry recommends tearing up the 'worst' defence decision the country has ever made Politico
- What are the Aukus submarines actually for? It’s a question the government refuses to answer | Chris Barrie The Guardian
- Australian news live: Former Labor minister lashes AUKUS as ‘worst deal ever’; Footage shows deadly helicopter collision on Mount Everest SMH.com.au
- Forget China, worry about the Americans says ex-ADF boss The Nightly
- ‘Reckless and cavalier’: Australia yet to publicly name where AUKUS nuclear waste will go https://thepoint.com.au/
Dozens dead and missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre, officials say – Reuters
- Dozens dead and missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre, officials say Reuters
- Russian bombing of Ukrainian aid center is one of the war’s ‘deadliest attacks,’ Zelensky says CNN
- Ukraine says bodycam video shows deadly Russian double-tap bombing BBC
- Ukraine's leader says Russian "insane attack" on aid center may have killed 70 people, pleads for air defenses CBS News
- Death toll hits 50 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, dozens remain missing NBC News
IDF identified Deif, other top Hamas commanders entering tunnels on eve of Oct. 7 – The Times of Israel
- IDF identified Deif, other top Hamas commanders entering tunnels on eve of Oct. 7 The Times of Israel
- IDF was distracted by tracking, trying to kill Mohammed Deif on Oct. 7 The Jerusalem Post
- Hamas considered 'cancelling 7 October' attack if Israel honoured agreements Middle East Eye
- Shin Bet and IDF knew Hamas' military chief went underground hours before Oct. 7 Haaretz
- Al Jazeera’s What Is Hidden Is Greater’s Episode about Muhammad Deif and Planning the October 7, 2023 Terrorist Invasion and Massacre The Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute
What Trump’s midterms setback could mean for Iran, Israel and Ukraine – CNN
British healthcare worker with Ebola to be evacuated from DRC to UK, document shows
Patient, who is in stable condition, is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or Thursday
A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola is being medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official document seen by Reuters.
The patient is in a stable condition and is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or Thursday before being transferred to a specialist ambulance to a high-consequence infectious disease unit, the document showed.
Continue reading...Burnham says US midterm results have created ‘opportunity’ for world to focus on cost of living and ending Iran war – UK politics live
‘I think people want to see the world coming together and focusing on the things that matter to people,’ PM says
Louise Haigh starts by saying she is standing in for Andy Burnham.
She says this weekend the whole country will fall silent to mark Remembrance Sunday.
Continue reading...Israel’s president begins consultations with parties after election deadlock – BBC
- Israel's president begins consultations with parties after election deadlock BBC
- Israel’s President Could Play Key Role in Breaking Post-Election Deadlock The New York Times
- Israel’s president accepts certified election results in a blow to Netanyahu’s claim of vote fraud WCAX
- Netanyahu faces coalition showdown as rivals maneuver to form Israel's next government Fox News
- Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims Al Jazeera
US stocks rise, dollar slides as investors digest Democrats’ midterm victories
Government bond yields fall while initial fears ease over impact of election results on world’s biggest economy
US stocks have surged as investors digest the Democrats’ victories in the midterm elections, lifted by hopes that Donald Trump’s turbulent policymaking would be restrained and shaking off initial fears about the impact on growth in the world’s largest economy.
The Dow Jones rose 2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 gained more than 1% each, turning around overnight falls in US stock futures after the news that the Democratic party won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Continue reading...Cambridge asks Post Office inquiry barrister to lead review into death of Jason Arday
Jason Beer KC will examine university’s handling of claims against Arday and protection offered to academics in spotlight
The lead barrister for the Post Office Horizon inquiry has been appointed to head an independent review into the death of the Cambridge academic Jason Arday.
Jason Beer KC will examine the handling of allegations of research and other misconduct made against Arday before his resignation as well as the university’s recruitment and support for him as its youngest ever black professor at the age of 37.
Continue reading...Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told
Lawyers tell supreme court decision to proscribe organisation as terrorist group is attack on freedom of speech and protest
Palestine Action was banned as a terrorist group after using tactics similar to – or less extreme than – the suffragettes, the UK’s highest court has heard.
Huda Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, is challenging last year’s decision to proscribe the direct action organisation, placing it alongside groups such as al-Qaida and Boko Haram.
Continue reading...Spain’s deadly train crashes have damaged public confidence in the system
Pedro Sánchez and his socialist-led coalition government are racing to rebuild trust ahead of a snap election, but the task they face is immense
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A week ago today, for the second time in nine months, I got in my car and drove south from Madrid to cover a deadly train crash.
At 8.53am last Wednesday, a high-speed train operated by Spain’s state-owned rail company, Renfe, smashed into the back of a stationary train run by the private rail company Iryo, on the outskirts of the small town of Urda in Castilla-La Mancha. Sixty-nine people died in the accident, more than 100 were injured, and Spain’s already depleted confidence in its treasured rail network plummeted.
Continue reading...Secret police files released in Hungary, 37 years after fall of communism – BBC
- Secret police files released in Hungary, 37 years after fall of communism BBC
- Hungary opens communist-era informer files in belated reckoning with Cold War past Reuters
- In Hungary, Magyar Is Driving a Renewed Examination of the Past Bloomberg.com
- ‘Traitors in every family’: Hungary to unmask communist-era informants and confront past The Guardian
- Hungary opens communist-era secret police files for first time, identifying thousands of informants DW.com
‘Like opening the Ark Of The Covenant’: Scientists crack code on treasure ship’s padlock — solving 400-year-old maritime mystery – New York Post
- ‘Like opening the Ark Of The Covenant’: Scientists crack code on treasure ship’s padlock — solving 400-year-old maritime mystery New York Post
- Code cracked for shipwreck padlock solving 400-year-old mystery BBC
- CT scans reveal four-letter code to 400-year-old lock from Welsh shipwreck Phys.org
- Combination lock from shipwreck cracked after 400 years The Telegraph
- Scientists crack code to 400-year-old padlock from shipwreck The Independent
Mother, daughter dead in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada – CBS News
- Mother, daughter dead in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada CBS News
- Mother and daughter killed in suspected grizzly attack were 'two peas in a pod,' family says CBC
- Mother, Daughter Die in Suspected Grizzly Attack Newser
- Mother and daughter die in suspected bear attack on Canada trail NBC News
- One dead and another missing in suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada The Guardian
CVS Health to split pharmacy chain from health insurance
CVS Pharmacy will be separate from CVS Health, housing major insurer Aetna and benefits manager Caremark
CVS Health, the largest US healthcare conglomerate valued at $117bn, has announced its plans split off its pharmacy chain from its health insurance and benefits businesses, ending an era in which healthcare companies grew into vast conglomerates.
In their announcement on Wednesday, CVS Health said they will split off its 9,000 pharmacies, in-store clinics and mail order prescription business into a business named CVS Pharmacy.
Continue reading...Man fighting for custody of badger he nursed back from starvation – BBC
ANC faces anger over poor services as South Africans vote in local elections
Party expected to get less than a third of the vote amid frustration over water outages and power cuts
The African National Congress is on course for a bruising result in South Africa’s local elections on Wednesday as voters go to the polls amid deep discontent over water outages, power cuts and crumbling infrastructure.
The former liberation movement, which Nelson Mandela led to power in 1994 at the end of apartheid as South Africa’s first black president, is still likely to be the largest party. However, polls showed it getting less than a third of the vote, down from 45.6% at the last municipal elections in 2021 and 40.2% in 2024’s national elections.
Continue reading...Iran unveils ‘We will kill Trump’ banner – but US president may now be tempted to resume bombing
Iran celebrates its claimed role in ‘regime change’ amid pressure on Trump to ‘finish the job’ with attack
Iran this week unveiled a huge billboard and banners over Enqelab Square in central Tehran. The billboard pledged in English: “We will kill Trump” – elevating the degree of personal animus with which Donald Trump is viewed in official Iranian circles.
The poster depicts the US president behind bars with his head bowed. And in a sense, given the US midterm election results on Tuesday, Iran has indeed killed Trump, or at least the second term of his presidency. Trump’s reverse is all the more piquant because it comes on the day Iran’s leadership celebrates the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, an event that ensnared Jimmy Carter, and a reminder of how Iran has ruined the prospects of more than one US president.
Continue reading...Albanese government warned it’s ‘sleepwalking into another robodebt scenario’ over use of algorithms and AI
Centre for Public Integrity report says mandatory audit and public register of all automated decision-making needed
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The federal government is “sleepwalking its way into another robodebt” scandal amid a lack of transparency and legislation around use of algorithms and artificial intelligence in decisions, the chief executive of independent thinktank the Centre for Public Integrity said.
Dr Catherine Williams launched the centre’s “Computer Says No” report on Thursday, which examines the use of automated decision-making (ADM) tools by the government and calls for urgent reform.
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