Shoppers fill Oxford Street on first traffic-free day – BBC

  1. Shoppers fill Oxford Street on first traffic-free day  BBC
  2. London mayor Sadiq Khan pedestrianises Oxford Street  Financial Times
  3. London's Oxford Street, Europe's busiest shopping street, goes pedestrian-only  ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
  4. London’s Oxford Street bans traffic as city tries to revitalize a once-grand shopping district  AP News
  5. Shoppers replace buses as London pedestrianizes part of Britain’s ​busiest shopping street  NBC News
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Trump says Norway ‘sucks’ after Nobel loss – The Hill

  1. Trump says Norway ‘sucks’ after Nobel loss  The Hill
  2. Norway Pushes Back After Trump Disparages It Over Nobel Prize Decision  The New York Times
  3. Norway joins the list of countries Trump has abused in vulgar terms  Reuters
  4. Military allies fly side by side as Trump fires verbal salvos at Norway  The Barents Observer
  5. ‘Norway Sucks’: Trump Attacks Country Over Nobel Peace Prize Snub  Forbes
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Demonstrators Break Into Rome’s Colosseum, Protesting Gaza War and Italian Government – Fodors Travel Guide

  1. Demonstrators Break Into Rome’s Colosseum, Protesting Gaza War and Italian Government  Fodors Travel Guide
  2. Soldiers guard center of Milan as thousands of protesters march in cities across Europe  NPR
  3. Protests sweep Italian cities amid heavy security presence, some violence reported  Reuters
  4. Thousands march in Italy as protests see isolated clashes with police  Euronews.com
  5. Rome demonstrators storm Colosseum as Europe's youth protests spread  ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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From the Mecca defence pact to Tehran talks: Is the Middle East’s security landscape shifting? – Euronews.com

  1. From the Mecca defence pact to Tehran talks: Is the Middle East’s security landscape shifting?  Euronews.com
  2. Iran hosts Saudi Arabia and regional powers as fears grow of return to war  CNN
  3. Saudi defence pact countries push for peace in Tehran as Houthis launch more attacks  Reuters
  4. Oil ticks lower as Saudi defense minister meets with Iran's president in Tehran to de-escalate  CNBC
  5. Flurry of Diplomacy in Iran Amid Reports of U.S. and Israeli Plans to Renew War  The New York Times
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UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze

Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a mass atrocity that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.

A year after the fall of El Fasher, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.

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Former Israeli PM emerges as wildcard in high-stakes election with Middle East’s future at stake – Fox News

  1. Former Israeli PM emerges as wildcard in high-stakes election with Middle East's future at stake  Fox News
  2. Bennett’s B’Yachad offers Israel a path to national renewal  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Bennett-Lapid list pitches unity ahead of Knesset election  JNS.org
  4. Middle Israel: Why Naftali Bennett should be Israel's next prime minister - opinion  The Jerusalem Post
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Audi boss under fire in Germany for Trump rally appearance

Gernot Döllner criticised for in-person announcement of major investment in US days before midterm elections

The head of the luxury carmaker Audi is under fire in Germany for appearing at a rally with Donald Trump just days before the US midterm elections, to announce billions of dollars of investment in battleground state Georgia.

Gernot Döllner joined Trump on stage after the US president gave a speech criticised by the head of an elected body of employees at Audi’s parent company, Volkswagen, as being full of “racism, sexism, transphobia [and] contempt for democracy”.

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UN panel: Russia is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in Ukraine – CNN

  1. UN panel: Russia is committing crimes against humanity by targeting civilians in Ukraine  CNN
  2. Civilian Suffering Was Goal of Russian Strikes in Ukraine, U.N. Panel Says  The New York Times
  3. Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure a war crime: UN  Al Jazeera
  4. UN Report: Power Grid Strikes Were to Make Ukrainians Suffer  Newser
  5. Russia committed war crimes in Ukraine by attacking its energy grid, UN-backed inquiry says  AP News
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McConnell: Latest Trump bid to end Russia-Ukraine war ‘certain to fail’ – The Hill

  1. McConnell: Latest Trump bid to end Russia-Ukraine war ‘certain to fail’  The Hill
  2. In scathing op-ed, McConnell blasts Trump's outreach to Russia  Spectrum News
  3. Mitch McConnell Sparks New Mystery With Op-Ed Attack on Trump  The Daily Beast
  4. McConnell rips recent Trump Russia-Ukraine moves as 'certain to fail'  The Courier-Journal
  5. McConnell warns Trump against making more concessions to Russia  wtvcfox
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Serbia’s populist strongman Vucic outplayed all his opponents. Then the students came – PBS

  1. Serbia's populist strongman Vucic outplayed all his opponents. Then the students came  PBS
  2. Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election  The New York Times
  3. Serbia’s victorious student movement faces tough challenges as it prepares to take power  AP News
  4. Explainer: Serbia's new leaders face host of tough challenges  Reuters
  5. Serbia’s Student Protesters Deserve a Nobel Prize  Foreign Policy
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Suriname’s Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest – AP News

  1. Suriname’s Saamaka tribe turns to mapping and documenting in effort to protect the Amazon rainforest  AP News
  2. In Suriname, Saamaka woodcarvers keep ancestral traditions alive  Yahoo
  3. Takeaways from AP's report on how Suriname's Saamaka are fighting to protect their rainforest  KSAT
  4. AP Joy Wonder Discovery SummaryBrief at 1:16 a.m. EDT  NewsChannel20
  5. Takeaways from AP’s report on how Suriname’s Saamaka are fighting to protect their rainforest  WWLP
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Australian judge rejects prisoner’s human rights challenge to Vegemite ban – NPR

  1. Australian judge rejects prisoner's human rights challenge to Vegemite ban  NPR
  2. Convicted Australian Murderer Loses Bid to Eat Vegemite in Prison  The New York Times
  3. There’s no human right to Vegemite, court tells Australian prisoner who wanted ban overturned  The Guardian
  4. Court: Australian Inmate Has No Right to Vegemite  Newser
  5. Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison  BBC
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What to know about China’s plenum as Xi seeks stronger party discipline – NPR

  1. What to know about China's plenum as Xi seeks stronger party discipline  NPR
  2. What to know about China’s plenum as Xi seeks stronger Communist Party discipline  AP News
  3. China's big political meeting could see Xi 'tighten discipline' in party  BBC
  4. Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders  The Guardian
  5. China's Xi opens Communist Party plenum, aims for firm governance measures  Reuters
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