Louvre heist leaves a cultural wound — and may turn French crown jewels into legend – AP News

  1. Louvre heist leaves a cultural wound — and may turn French crown jewels into legend  AP News
  2. Suspects arrested over brazen jewel theft from Paris’ Louvre museum  CNN
  3. Suspects in Louvre Jewelry Heist Arrested, French Authorities Say  The New York Times
  4. French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  5. Seven Heist Movies for Your Weekend  The Atlantic
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US airports report over 20 air traffic controller shortage incidents in one day

Transportation secretary says figure is ‘one of the highest we’ve seen’ since 1 October as shutdown drags on

US airports have reported more than 20 incidents of air traffic controller shortages on Saturday, said Sean Duffy, transportation secretary, in the latest sign of the government shutdown’s impact.

A ground stop was issued by the agency at Los Angeles international airport due to the air traffic controller staffing shortages at around 11.30am ET (15.30 GMT). The restriction covered most of the southern California region and delays are likely when flights resume.

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Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers’ Pain. He’s Worth $500 Million – Rolling Stone

  1. Scott Bessent Claims He Feels Soybean Farmers’ Pain. He’s Worth $500 Million  Rolling Stone
  2. Trump Treasury Sec. Bessent says he's felt 'pain' from China because he's a 'soybean farmer'  CNBC
  3. Farm owner Bessent on soybean crisis: "I have felt this pain too"  Axios
  4. Bessent: U.S. ‘addressed’ soybean farmers’ concerns with China  The Hill
  5. Cabinet Secretary Worth $600M Roasted for Claiming to Be a Farmer  The Daily Beast
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One killed and six injured after shooting at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University

One armed person detained as historically Black school shooting comes amid rising violence at homecoming events

At least one person was killed and six others wounded in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania late on Saturday, as students and alumni celebrated homecoming at outdoor festivities at the historically Black university, authorities said.

A person who had a firearm was detained, and officials are investigating the possibility that there was more than one shooter but don’t believe there is any active threat to the campus, Chester county’s district attorney, Christopher de Barrena-Sarobe, said during a brief news conference early on Sunday.

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Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur – The New York Times

  1. Sudanese Paramilitaries Claim Control of Key Army Garrison in Darfur  The New York Times
  2. El-Fasher: Rebel forces say they have seized Sudan army headquarters  BBC
  3. Battle for Sudan’s el-Fasher intensifies as RSF claims seizing army HQ  Al Jazeera
  4. Sudanese paramilitary enters army’s last stronghold in Darfur  The Washington Post
  5. Sudan: “Urgent needs continue to grow each day”  Vatican News
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Suspects in Louvre Heist in Custody After Week-Long Manhunt – Bloomberg.com

  1. Suspects in Louvre Heist in Custody After Week-Long Manhunt  Bloomberg.com
  2. Suspects in Louvre Jewelry Heist Arrested, French Authorities Say  The New York Times
  3. What to know about the Louvre heist investigation  AP News
  4. Louvre heist: Suspects arrested over theft of jewels, prosecutor says  BBC
  5. Louvre heist: Hunt on for remaining thieves after suspects arrested by French police  NBC News
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Gavin Newsom confirms he is considering 2028 presidential run

Democratic California governor and high-profile Trump critic plans to make decision after 2026 midterms

Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, told CBS News Sunday Morning he plans to make a decision on whether to run for president in 2028 once the 2026 midterm elections are over.

“Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” Newsom said in response to a question on whether he would give serious thought to a White House bid after the 2026 elections. “I’d just be lying. And I’m not – I can’t do that.”

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Boy thrown from Tate Modern’s 10th floor can now run and swim, says family

French child, who was six years old at the time of the incident in 2019, suffered life-changing injuries

A boy who was thrown from the 10th floor of Tate Modern in London six years ago can now run and swim limited distances, his family has revealed.

The unnamed French boy, who his parents call their “little knight”, suffered life-changing injuries in the attack in August 2019. Jonty Bravery is serving a minimum 15-year jail term for his attempt to murder the boy.

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Legality of US military activity around Venezuela is ‘questionable,’ Sen. Mark Kelly says – ABC News – Breaking News, Latest News and Videos

  1. Legality of US military activity around Venezuela is 'questionable,' Sen. Mark Kelly says  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  2. Kelly: Senate evidence ‘does not back up’ Trump’s claims on Caribbean boat strikes  The Hill
  3. Press Release: Senator Mark Kelly Addresses Venezuela, Ukraine, and Government Shutdown on CBS's Face the Nation  Quiver Quantitative
  4. ICYMI: On All in with Chris Hayes, Kelly Questions Recent U.S. Boat Strikes that are Putting Servicemembers at Risk  U.S. Senate (.gov)
  5. Full transcript of "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 19, 2025  Yahoo
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US and China reach ‘final deal’ on TikTok sale, treasury secretary says

Scott Bessent said plan was part of framework for trade deal but did not share details on transferring app’s ownership

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent claimed on Sunday that the US and China have finalized the details of a deal transferring TikTok’s US version to new owners.

“We reached a final deal on TikTok,” Bessent said on Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan. Alluding to Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, Bessent continued: “We reached [a deal] in Madrid, and I believe that as of today, all the details are ironed out, and that will be for the two leaders to consummate that transaction” during a meeting scheduled for Thursday in Korea.

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Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Oct. 26, 2025 – CBS News

  1. Transcript: Sen. Lindsey Graham on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Oct. 26, 2025  CBS News
  2. Graham predicts Trump's war on "narco-terrorists" will expand to land strikes  Axios
  3. Lindsey Graham: Venezuelan land strikes a real possibility  Politico
  4. Sen. Lindsey Graham says land strikes in Venezuela are a "real possibility"  Yahoo
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Trump told Pence ‘you’ll go down as a wimp’ in January 6 phone call, book says

Book cites Pence’s notes from call with Trump, who called vice-president a ‘wimp’ if he certified Biden’s 2020 victory

On the day that his supporters attacked the US Capitol because his 2020 re-election run ended in defeat, Donald Trump called his vice-president at the time, Mike Pence, and told him he would go down in history as a “wimp” if he certified the election result, a new book says.

Those details were revealed on Sunday when ABC News published a preview excerpt of an upcoming book by its political correspondent Jonathan Karl. The book, titled Retribution, cites Pence’s notes from the 6 January 2021 phone call with Trump, who was purportedly trying to shame his vice-president into refusing to certify Joe Biden’s victory weeks earlier in the White House.

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