King’s role is not policy making, says Palace in slavery apology row – BBC

  1. King's role is not policy making, says Palace in slavery apology row  BBC
  2. King Charles Meets Both Joy and Criticism on Caribbean Tour  The New York Times
  3. The UK’s stance on its role in the slave trade is shifting, but reparations remain off the table  AP News
  4. Memo to King Charles: if the Dutch king can apologise for slavery, why can’t you? | Raoul de Jong  The Guardian
  5. UK PM Burnham says he is 'open' to formal apology for slavery, but rules out reparations  Reuters
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Hackers Raise Supermarket Freezers to 55°C as Cyberattack Spreads Across Seven EU Countries – UNITED24 Media

  1. Hackers Raise Supermarket Freezers to 55°C as Cyberattack Spreads Across Seven EU Countries  UNITED24 Media
  2. Who is hacking Europe’s supermarket fridges and freezers, and why?  The Guardian
  3. Why are supermarket freezers being hacked across Europe and could AI make it worse?  Euronews.com
  4. New cyberattack on supermarket fridges sweeps across Europe  Reuters
  5. If hackers can take control of a supermarket freezer, how vulnerable is other tech?  BBC
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Defendant tells court he believed he had consent of woman drugged by her husband

Connor Sanderson-Doyle is one of four men accused of sexually abusing Joanne Young, who was repeatedly assaulted by her husband, Philip Young

A man has told a court he believed a woman who was repeatedly raped and drugged by her husband had consented when he answered an advert to have sex with her.

Former Tory councillor Philip Young has pleaded guilty to multiple charges of drugging and sexually abusing his wife, Joanne Young, during a 13-year period at their home in Swindon, Wiltshire.

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Russian Defense Ministry to propose delaying troop salary payments, media reports – The Kyiv Independent

  1. Russian Defense Ministry to propose delaying troop salary payments, media reports  The Kyiv Independent
  2. Russia Looks to Delay Defense Ministry Pay Amid Budget Gap  Bloomberg.com
  3. Russia Plans to Push Military Salaries Into 2027 for First Time in at Least 18 Years  UNITED24 Media
  4. Putin faces army funding crunch as Russian MoD postpones December military pay  RBC-Ukraine
  5. Russia Plans to Shift December Military Pay to January From 2026  Mezha.net
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Mahmood says most care workers will be able to get settlement after 5 years, not 15 as originally proposed – UK politics live

Home secretary announced 5-year ILR option for care workers won’t apply to people who arrived after May 2025

Downing Street has declined to say how much it cost for the plane carrying Andy Burnham and UK delegates to a Commonwealth leaders’ summit to stop in Manchester to pick him up (see 10.28am), the Press Association reports.

At the morning lobby briefing, asked if this was an appropriate use of public money, the PM’s spokesperson said:

The prime minister’s travel arrangements are made on the basis of security, operational requirements, and value for money for the taxpayer.

The prime minister’s travel arrangements reflect where he was carrying out official government business at the end of last week.

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Ukraine says rare ceasefire was cover for Russian regrouping – Reuters

  1. Ukraine says rare ceasefire was cover for Russian regrouping  Reuters
  2. Reunited after 1,711 days: Oleshky evacuees return to Ukraine under Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire  CNN
  3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 31, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  4. A brief ceasefire opens a perilous escape window from Kherson’s riverside kill zone  AP News
  5. Residents evacuated from Russia-occupied Oleshky arrive back in Ukraine amid temporary U.S.-brokered ceasefire  CBS News
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Netanyahu lost his majority in parliament. Now he claims elections were stolen – CNN

  1. Netanyahu lost his majority in parliament. Now he claims elections were stolen  CNN
  2. Israeli officials say elections will stand after Netanyahu claimed Arabs stole vote  Politico
  3. What next as Netanyahu's party claims Israel's election was stolen?  CBS News
  4. Israeli officials say results stand as Netanyahu claims election ‘stolen’  Al Jazeera
  5. Arab activist details Election Day arrest: Police asked why I opposed Ben-Gvir  Haaretz
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Shop fridges and freezers across Europe hit by fresh suspected cyber-attack

Chains in seven countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in incident similar to hack of French shops

Supermarket chains in at least seven European countries have said the temperatures of refrigerators and freezers in some of their shops soared overnight to as high as 50C (122F), echoing a cyber-attack last month that caused millions of euros of damage in France.

Retailers in Belgium, Estonia, Ireland, Finland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden reported problems with their refrigeration systems on Monday, and several companies confirmed they had been hacked.

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Labour to end power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row – BBC

  1. Labour to end power-sharing with Greens in 11 councils over Zionism row  BBC
  2. Labour ends power-sharing deals with Greens over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy  Financial Times
  3. Green Party at a "crossroads", says former co-leader Adrian Ramsay  BBC
  4. Labour set to end almost half of Green council coalitions over Zionism row  The Telegraph
  5. Labour to end cooperation with Greens in 11 councils over ‘Zionism is racism’ policy  The Guardian
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E Jean Carroll fights Trump’s last-ditch push to dismiss $83m damages verdict

Lawyers file opposition to Trump’s request, telling supreme court justices they do not need ‘to bail out this president’

E Jean Carroll’s lawyers are fighting Donald Trump’s efforts to toss her $83m damages verdict in the US supreme court, telling the justices that they do not need “to bail out this president from the consequences of his repeated litigation choices”.

Jurors delivered Carroll the huge award on 26 January 2024, less than one year after the journalist and author won $5m in her sexual abuse and defamation case against Trump. The president has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing in relation to Carroll.

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Newcastle hospital told woman whose unborn baby had died to go home and ‘book a slot to give birth’

Trust admits Danielle Brown’s baby would have survived had she not been sent home from RVI days earlier

A seven-months-pregnant woman whose unborn baby had died was sent home from hospital with a booklet for bereaved parents and told to book a slot to give birth.

Danielle Brown, 31, had been discharged from hospital with pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. She returned to hospital days later where scans revealed that her daughter, Maisie, had died at about 29 weeks.

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Haiti Gang Leader Calls for Peace After El Salvador Sends Troops – Bloomberg.com

  1. Haiti Gang Leader Calls for Peace After El Salvador Sends Troops  Bloomberg.com
  2. Bukele's gang offensive goes abroad as El Salvador rushes troops to Haiti  Reuters
  3. Powerful Haitian gang leader writes UN seeking dialogue as clashes intensify  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. Haiti announces new election dates as 2,000 Salvadoran troops help fight gangs  AP News
  5. Could El Salvador’s Bukele Be Haiti’s Savior?  The New York Times
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EHRC raises concern with Reform about ‘racial and sexual remarks’ in documentary

Watchdog writes to Nigel Farage’s party to ask what action it is taking to comply with the Equality Act

The official equalities watchdog has written to Reform UK to raise concerns after an undercover TV documentary showed councillors and candidates for the party expressing racist and misogynistic views, with one of the party’s MPs complaining about ingrained sexism.

The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said it had written to Nigel Farage’s party in the wake of revelations in ITV’s Undercover: A Year in Reform, which was broadcast in October.

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Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show – Bloomberg.com

  1. Major Russian Oil Hub on Fire After Strike, NASA Data Show  Bloomberg.com
  2. Ukraine Hits Russian Oil Refinery, Ending Pause and Defying Trump  WSJ
  3. Drones Hit Russia’s Yanos Refinery as Ukraine Steps Up Strikes  Bloomberg.com
  4. Ukraine defies Trump to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries  The Guardian
  5. Moscow Reports Drone Attack On Nizhny Novgorod As Russian Strikes Cut Power In Ukraine  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
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Spain train crash: US, Japan and Canada citizens among dead, authorities say – The Guardian

  1. Spain train crash: US, Japan and Canada citizens among dead, authorities say  The Guardian
  2. Photographer finds a rare perspective framing a horrific accident in Spain’s beautiful countryside  AP News
  3. Mexican-born Oklahoma City arts organizer among the victims of Spain train crash  Mexico News Daily
  4. 4 Americans among 69 people killed in train crash in Spain, officials say  CBS News
  5. Cambridge scientist dies in Spanish train crash  BBC
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Lindsay Clancy back in court seeking to dismiss murder charges after mistrial

Lawyers for Massachusetts mother who killed children argue new trial would violate double jeopardy rules

Lindsay Clancy returned to court on Monday in an attempt to dismiss the charges that she murdered her three young children.

The hearing Monday was the second time the Massachusetts mother has been in court since her trial ended with a deadlocked jury in September after jurors were unable to agree on a verdict.

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Iceland Runs Crisis Exercise for AMOC Ocean Current Collapse – Gizmodo

  1. Iceland Runs Crisis Exercise for AMOC Ocean Current Collapse  Gizmodo
  2. The Climate Question | AMOC: How the changing Atlantic could reshape our world  BBC
  3. Weather threat rocks the world  News.com.au
  4. Heat in the ocean, heads in the sand  Coda Story
  5. Key Atlantic currents could collapse this century, but the risk is missing from almost all national climate plans – new study  The Conversation
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Germany warns politicians their iPhones may be hacked – Financial Times

  1. Germany warns politicians their iPhones may be hacked  Financial Times
  2. German MPs and ministers warned iPhones have been targeted by spyware  Euronews.com
  3. German politicians targeted by iPhone spyware  AppleInsider
  4. Apple sends spyware alerts to German delegation accompanying Merz on Asia trip  Anadolu Ajansı
  5. Apple warns users in 99 countries of mercenary spyware  The Record from Recorded Future News
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Yemen’s Houthis advance to within 80 km of Aden, sources say – Reuters

  1. Yemen's Houthis advance to within 80 km of Aden, sources say  Reuters
  2. Al-Jawf becomes new hotspot in Yemen war between government forces, Houthis  Al Jazeera
  3. Houthis continue to engage in ‘fierce battles’ in mountains near Aden, Taiz - report  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Yemeni army says it launched nearly 1,000 operations against Houthi targets over past day  Middle East Eye
  5. Yemen: Gov’t Forces Killed , Wounded in Two Houthi Attacks  Yemen Online
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