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Egypt's parliament has authorised President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military assistance to Saudi Arabia if the kingdom requests it, approving the measure after closed-door sessions as Houthi attacks on the kingdom continued and Saudi officials held talks in Tehran.
An inquiry into the deaths of 33 detainees in Nigeria's Minna state has found they died as a result of severe overcrowding, poor ventilation and a failure by officers to respond to distress calls. Forensic and medical evidence showed the deaths were 'entirely preventable', resulting from acute respiratory failure aggravated by heat stress and dehydration.
Papua New Guinea police have confirmed the deaths of 12 men who they say staged an armed robbery at a tradestore in Kimbe, West New Britain, on Monday and then opened fire on officers while attempting to flee. West New Britain Governor Sasindran Muthuvel said the public is deeply frustrated with repeated armed robberies and violent crime, and supports a call to officially categorise criminal groups as terrorists.
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Dozens of protesters stormed the newsroom of Informer TV, a station supportive of former Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, on Monday evening, calling for the arrest of its editor and shouting “This is how it is in free Serbia!” The incident came as tens of thousands celebrated a second night on the streets after Vucic’s alliance was defeated in Sunday’s historic election by the Student List, a movement born out of student-led anticorruption protests.
· 3 sourcesEgyptian editor Lina Attalah has been released from detention after her news outlet Mada Masr paid a 3 million Egyptian pound ($53,500; £40,100) fine imposed by a Cairo court that convicted her of running an unlicensed website and ordered the site closed. Her lawyers say that during her release she learned she had been sentenced in absentia in 2024 to a year in prison, and that a retrial hearing is scheduled for 11 November.
· 5 sourcesA controversial Islamic cleric in northern Nigeria has been shot dead outside his home in Dutsin-Ma, Katsina state, in an attack that also killed one of his guests. Police said two assailants arrived on a motorcycle and opened fire as the cleric, Yahaya Masussuka, was saying goodbye to visitors on Monday evening.
Sam Walker plans to see out the remaining year of his Roosters contract next season despite the spectacular breakdown of extension talks that saw the club pull a three-year, $4.2 million offer. The development comes as Hudson Young is set to become a free agent after the Raiders withdrew their contract offer, with both stars among the most in-demand players expected to be available when the November 1 transfer window opens.
· 9 sourcesIn a strongly worded opinion piece published across Nine newspapers, academic and writer Kylie Moore-Gilbert argues that the rise of AI-generated content and bot-driven disinformation is undermining Australian democracy and that current regulatory attempts, such as the Digital Duty of Care Act, are only a baby step toward addressing the fundamental disconnect between online and offline speech. She connects the recent attack on independent MP Helen Haines to an online environment she describes as a profit-driven Wild West.
· 2 sourcesSpain has deported more than a dozen migrants from its North African enclave of Ceuta, prompting criticism from Amnesty International, which warned that Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez's left-wing government is endangering human rights. It is the first such deportation since a mass border crossing from Morocco in July that saw about 80,000 people enter the territory over 48 hours.
Independent MP Allegra Spender has carried her campaign against the government's startup capital gains tax changes into Parliament, proposing a simpler 40 per cent discount for active business assets in place of the 'innovative business' carve-out Treasurer Jim Chalmers introduced this week.
· 2 sourcesThe Department of Employment and Workplace Relations has reinstated mutual obligation requirements for Centrelink job seekers, effective immediately, warning that recipients who fail to comply risk having their payments suspended or cancelled. The move comes as the government invites more than 50,000 welfare recipients to apply for compensation after an investigation found hundreds of payments were unlawfully stopped.
· 2 sourcesOne year after Brendan Rodgers resigned as Celtic manager, Martin O'Neill remains in charge, having secured the Scottish Premiership and Scottish Cup. While O'Neill says the role has 'rejuvenated' him, fans and pundits are divided over the team's domestic dominance versus European failure and the club's direction under the board.
Russia has intensified drone attacks on western Ukraine in recent weeks, striking cities such as Lutsk and Rivne that had been considered relatively safe havens, according to residents and emergency workers who spoke to the Kyiv Independent. The escalation, driven by expanded production of faster Geran jet-powered drones, has killed civilians, damaged infrastructure and forced schools to alter their schedules.
For couples considering a final holiday before a baby arrives, known as a babymoon, the second trimester is the ideal window, according to Sydney obstetrician Dr Sarah Ooi and travel writer Kate Allman, who recently spent five days at the InterContinental Hayman Great Barrier Reef at 26 weeks pregnant. The article, originally published as an opinion piece, offers practical advice on timing, health precautions, airline policies and travel insurance.
· 2 sourcesA Western Australian journalist has described an uphill battle to obtain basic information from government and institutions, arguing that transparency in the state has actually never been worse despite the government once billing itself as the 'gold standard' of openness. In an opinion piece published October 28, WAtoday journalist Hannah Murphy detailed multiple instances where authorities refused or obstructed requests for information the public had a right to know.
· 2 sourcesPersonal finance columnist Noel Whittaker has said unresolved problems in the federal government's capital gains tax overhaul mean estates could face tax on deferred gains, with the July 1, 2027 start date now eight months away and promised fixes still not delivered.
· 2 sourcesA travel writer invited by the Chinese National Tourism Office has offered a close-up view of Xinjiang's cultural riches and winter tourism expansion while acknowledging the heavy security and the United Nations' allegations of systematic human rights abuses against the Uyghur minority.
· 2 sourcesJohn Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for best actor at the Venice Film Festival for his role in Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine, a performance that has immediately sparked talk of a possible first Oscar nomination for best actor. Malkovich, 73, plays Chris Carlisle, a CIA agent ravaged by cancer and morphine addiction who asks his protégé to kill him during a holiday on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) in 1973.
· 2 sourcesAt least 62 people were killed when gunmen attacked the remote village of Binnari in Taraba state, northeastern Nigeria, the country's national emergency agency has confirmed, with thousands of residents displaced by the raid.
Two Victorian public servants found by the state's anti-corruption watchdog to have attempted to conceal that almost $260 million in COVID-19 grants were paid to ineligible businesses now hold senior management positions at the National Disability Insurance Agency, the agency that administers the $50 billion NDIS.
· 4 sourcesThe Government's bill to remove the triple lock on Irish peacekeeping deployments has hit a procedural delay, with committee consideration pushed back until at least mid-November, prompting coalition accusations that Sinn Féin is trying to 'slow-walk' the legislation past the end of the year.
· 2 sourcesThe European Commission on Tuesday proposed its first-ever law to boost the bloc's resilience to global warming, acknowledging that slashing planet-warming emissions alone is no longer sufficient as extreme heat, storms and wildfires worsen across the continent. The Climate Resilience Law asks national governments to draw up plans for a world that is 2 degrees Celsius hotter in 2050 and 3C hotter by the end of the century, aligning with UN projections that current policies will limit warming to around 2.8C.
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday evening that his administration is "terminating" Biden-era methane emissions rules for oil and gas producers, during a campaign rally in Lubbock, Texas, one week before the US midterm elections.
· 15 sourcesThe Ballon d'Or ceremony in London on Monday was dedicated to French sports journalist Christophe Gleizes, who is serving a seven-year prison sentence in Algeria on charges of supporting terrorism. Presenters Kate Scott and Thierry Henry opened the event by highlighting his case, with the hashtag #FreeGleize displayed behind them.
Liberal-National MP Garth Hamilton has called for a rethink of pre-poll voting at federal elections, including potentially shortening the time booths are open, citing security concerns for voters and volunteers in the wake of the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines.
· 2 sourcesUS Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel to Manila this week for the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting-Plus, joining counterparts from India, South Korea and Japan as Washington seeks to shore up ties with the Asia-Pacific region after a year of fallout from the US-Israel war on Iran and rising maritime tensions with China.
A 12-year-old girl and her grandmother were murdered in Chiapas, Mexico, on October 19, and the two suspects were later lynched by a mob, underscoring what experts describe as a systemic failure of justice and a cycle of violence that authorities are struggling to contain.
Dr Jennifer Shuford, the deputy director and chief medical officer of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), will resign after six months on the job, according to an agency email obtained by the Guardian. Shuford was appointed by President Donald Trump in April and is expected to leave on 12 November, after the midterm elections.
Farmers in southern Lebanon are struggling to salvage what remains of this year’s olive harvest as the ongoing Israeli occupation, the use of white phosphorus, and unexploded ordnance from past and present conflicts devastate agricultural land. Many landowners have been forced to seek permits from the Lebanese Army, coordinated through a recent trilateral agreement, just to reach their groves, while those who do face daily danger from drones, artillery, and hidden cluster bombs.
Israel's military detained an Egyptian civilian in the early hours of Tuesday after he crossed the border fence from Egyptian territory into Israel near the southern community of Nitzana, the army said, adding that he was transferred to security forces for questioning.
Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has met Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Moscow on the sidelines of an energy forum, where the two leaders discussed expanding bilateral cooperation, Iranian state media reported.
Federal agents raided a Beverly Hills mansion on Tuesday as part of the ongoing investigation into former Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, searching the home of a wealthy donor where Swalwell spent time before resigning in April, according to law enforcement sources.
· 4 sourcesThe trial of four men accused of sexually assaulting a woman whose ex-husband, a former Conservative councillor, admitted drugging and raping her opened at Winchester Crown Court on Tuesday. Philip Young, 50, formerly a Swindon borough councillor, has pleaded guilty to charges including rape, voyeurism, and administering a substance with intent.
· 6 sourcesTwo Democratic senators have accused the Trump administration of illegally withholding a secret court ruling from Congress until lawmakers renew a surveillance program that allows intelligence analysts to read Americans' communications without a warrant. Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Adam Schiff of California said the administration missed its own September deadline to release the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court's findings, which reportedly objected to search filters used to pull Americans' messages from intercepted data.
The Philippines' push to finalize a long-stalled Code of Conduct for the South China Sea during its ASEAN chairmanship faces a fresh obstacle, with a Western source saying Laos is being leaned on by China to scuttle the agreement. The revelation comes weeks before the 49th ASEAN Summit in Manila.
Chancellor John Healey has pledged £15m over three years to a fund designed to tackle misogyny in schools, workplaces and communities, with the money expected to be confirmed in his first Budget on Wednesday. The fund will support mentoring for young people, workplace training and communications campaigns aimed at improving safety for women and girls.
· 4 sourcesChina Merchants Port Holdings has withdrawn from a $392 million logistics hub project at Colombo Port, with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority agreeing to pay $21.9 million to settle investments, citing irreconcilable differences over the concession agreement and objections from the International Monetary Fund.
A former colleague of Polish President Karol Nawrocki has testified in court that he told her it was possible to 'make some extra money by bringing in girls' while they worked together at a luxury hotel two decades ago. The testimony came in a defamation case Nawrocki brought against the publisher of news website Onet, which reported the claims shortly before last year's presidential election.
An investigation by The Center Square has found that the William Law Foundation, a nonprofit daycare awarded $18.2 million by the California Department of Social Services in 2022-23, operates only one facility serving no more than six children, despite claiming 'over 40 locations' across ten counties. The executive director acknowledged the claim was inaccurate, stating it 'seemed like a good idea at the time when I had nothing.'
Myanmar’s military junta has imported hundreds of thousands of barrels of jet fuel from Iran using 'sham paperwork' designed to circumvent US sanctions, according to a Reuters investigation and a report from the activist group Justice for Myanmar published on October 26.
The father of a 16-year-old boy found guilty of attempted murder for stabbing a fellow pupil at a Norfolk school has said he believes his son was radicalised by extreme material online, and has called for tighter controls on children’s access to such content.
· 2 sourcesNeil Young has filed a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit against President Donald Trump's campaign committee, alleging it played his song 'Rockin' in the Free World' at an Oct. 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio, and at other rallies without a license, despite a 2020 settlement in which the campaign pledged not to use the song without permission. The suit was filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Virginia.
· 2 sourcesPresident Trump has signed into law the Romance Scam Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill that requires dating apps to notify users who have interacted with someone removed from the platform for fraudulent activity.
The High Court has overturned a decision by the Minister for Justice to refuse a study visa to Gazan student Shaymaa Abudalu and ordered her application be reconsidered within ten days, finding errors in how the application was assessed.
Former Britain First co-leader Ashlea Simon has been released on bail in an investigation into attacks on houses in multiple occupation, with conditions she described as "house arrest". The 37-year-old, arrested at Manchester Airport after a family holiday, denies involvement and says she is the victim of a political "witch hunt".
· 2 sourcesThe Court of Appeal on October 27, 2026, increased the minimum sentences for Klevi Pirjani, 38, and Nivalda Pirjani, 35, who were convicted of murdering their three-month-old son Miguel, after Attorney General Ellie Reeves referred the original sentences as unduly lenient.
· 3 sourcesA 14-year-old boy has denied murdering 14-year-old Lilly Jones, whose body was found in Duffryn Park in Blaina, Blaenau Gwent, on 22 June, two days after she was reported missing.
· 3 sourcesAt least 72 people have been killed in co-ordinated cattle raids in South Sudan's northern Warrap state, according to the regional government. The attack on Monday involved two communities in Tonj North county and is the latest in a cycle of deadly violence linked to cattle ownership and territorial disputes.