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A packet of smoky bacon flavour crisps on a supermarket shelf next to other crisp flavours.

Could smoky bacon crisps be banned? Minister tells host to 'get a life'

Could the UK's EU food deal force smoky bacon crisps to change their name? A Cabinet minister told a radio host to 'get a life' over the claim.

A poultry farm building in the South Korean countryside with a quarantine checkpoint at its entrance.

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Bird flu antigen found at duck farm in Jangheung, triggering 24-hour standstill

Authorities found H5 avian flu antigen at a South Korean duck farm housing about 22,000 birds and ordered a 24-hour movement halt in the area.

President Erdoğan speaking to journalists aboard the plane returning to Türkiye from his official visit to South Korea.

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Erdoğan on the flight home from Seoul: Azerbaijan trip, Putin call and more

On the flight back from South Korea, Erdoğan said he plans to visit Azerbaijan on 8 November and wants to speak with Putin after meeting Zelenskyy.

Exterior of a large airport terminal building at Incheon International Airport under a clear sky.

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Incheon Airport: 13 facilities could be badly hit by a magnitude 6.1+ quake

An audit found 13 buildings at Incheon Airport could partly collapse in a magnitude 6.1–6.5 quake. The operator now plans detailed checks on 134 facilities.

A view of Japan's National Diet Building in Tokyo, where lawmakers are debating a bill to cut the consumption tax on food.

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Japan's food sales tax cut bill heads for a vote as the opposition wants details

Japan's ruling parties are ready to push a food consumption tax cut bill toward a vote, while opponents say the support payment plan is still too vague.

Police checkpoint on a rural road near the Odisha–Andhra Pradesh border as villagers walk towards a polling booth.

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Kotia villagers slip across Odisha's border to vote in Andhra Pradesh local polls

Despite 16 police platoons and three checkpoints, voters from disputed Kotia crossed into Andhra Pradesh to cast ballots in local body elections on Thursday.

The Supreme Court of India building in New Delhi, where judges ruled on the 24-hour limit for producing detained people before a magistrate.

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Supreme Court: the 24-hour arrest clock starts when police first hold you

India's Supreme Court has ruled that police must produce you before a magistrate within 24 hours of first curbing your liberty, not from when an arrest is logged.

Rescue workers and debris at a collapsed building in a narrow lane of Chawri Bazar in Old Delhi.

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Delhi's Chawri Bazar collapse: owner was warned in April, MCD report says

Two people died when a building collapsed in Old Delhi. A civic body report says the owner was warned six months earlier and kept building anyway.

Telangana ministers sitting together at a press briefing in Hyderabad after a Cabinet meeting.

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Telangana to launch ₹5 lakh life insurance for families on November 19

Eligible Telangana families will get ₹5 lakh life cover from a November 19 launch in Siddipet. Applications open on November 20 and close on November 30.

Egyptian border guard vehicles patrolling a desert area in the Eastern Desert near the southern border.

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Egypt's army says fourth phase of gold-prospecting crackdown starts Saturday

Egypt's army says it will launch a fourth phase of its campaign against illegal gold prospecting on Saturday, after two officers were killed on the southern border.

Aerial view of the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, the residence of US President Donald Trump, with palm trees and the ocean in the background.

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Air defense systems spotted at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida

Journalists have noticed new anti-drone air defense systems at Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump's Florida residence, pointing to a visible shift in security there.

Protesters gathered in the streets of Paraguay's capital demanding the president's resignation after a major bank collapsed.

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Paraguay's president resigns days after Ueno Bank collapse freezes accounts

President Santiago Peña says he has stepped down, two days after Ueno Bank was put under external control and about three million accounts were frozen.

Abdul El-Sayed speaking to cheering supporters on stage after winning the Michigan Senate race in the 2026 US midterm elections.

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Record seven Muslims win seats in Congress, including a first in the Senate

Seven Muslim candidates won seats in the US Congress in the midterms, a record. Here's who they are and why voters backed them despite a wave of attacks.

Melania Trump stands with Russian and Ukrainian delegation members during a meeting at the White House.

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Melania Trump hosts Russian and Ukrainian officials, urges lasting truce

The US first lady welcomed envoys from Moscow and Kyiv to the White House and asked for a more enduring ceasefire after the six-day truce in Oleshky.

A Pralay quasi-ballistic missile launching from a mobile launcher in a plume of smoke and flame.

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India test-fires Pralay, its home-built missile with a 500 km reach

DRDO has successfully tested the Pralay, a solid-fuel quasi-ballistic missile that can hit targets 150 to 500 km away and be launched from a mobile platform.

A middle-aged man seen from behind walks along a road in a snowy Moscow region suburb with apartment blocks in the distance.

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Latvian pro-Russia activist moved to Russia, was accused of fraud and sent to war

Sergei Mulivanov, 59, left Latvia two years ago over disagreement with its policy. In Russia he was accused of fraud and sent to fight in Ukraine.

A passenger jet parked on an airport apron under heavy security presence as police vehicles stand nearby.

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Fake bomb threats hit European flights again: is this hybrid war?

Fake bomb threats forced at least 25 flights to divert or take escorts across Europe on Thursday. Experts ask whether it is a hybrid war tactic.

A school corridor with a teacher's desk and a ballet studio seen through an open door, symbolising new hiring quotas in Russia.

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Russian regions require quotas for war veterans, including teachers and ballet dancers

Regional laws in Russia make employers hire people who fought in Ukraine. Schools, kindergartens and theatres are now looking for such candidates.

A vintage printed newspaper page from the early 1990s lying on a desk beside a reporter's notebook.

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Novaya Gazeta's 1993 scoop: "You can buy an atomic bomb in Russia"

After Novaya Gazeta announced its closure, Meduza and the RIMA archive have republished one of its first legendary pieces from 1993 in full.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a dark suit speaking at a podium in front of American flags.

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Rubio reportedly weighs quitting as secretary of state after midterm losses

Reports say US Secretary of State Marco Rubio is considering stepping down after Republicans' midterm defeat. The White House and State Department deny it.

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Who is Gadi Eisenkot, the ex-army chief tipped to form Israel's next government?

Israel's election gave neither camp a majority, and Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chief, is now a leading candidate to be asked to form the next government.

Nigel Farage speaking at a podium during a Reform UK event.

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Farage blames Trump's Iran war for Republicans' midterm defeat

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says Donald Trump broke his promise on foreign interventions, and calls the decision to go to war with Iran "strange".

Members of Turkey's parliament vote in the General Assembly hall in Ankara on the Mecca defence agreement.

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Turkey's parliament approves the Mecca defence pact: 8 things it says

Turkey's parliament voted 279 to 119 to ratify the Mecca defence pact with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Here is what the 16-article deal actually says.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk speaking to journalists in the Sejm, the lower house of parliament, in Warsaw.

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Tusk "blessed" his deputy's meeting with Mentzen and is now waiting for a text

A joint photo of Poland's deputy PM and the Konfederacja leader stirred talk. Tusk says he knew about it and trusts him, and he's waiting for a text from the president.

Crowds of demonstrators with union flags march through a Paris boulevard as riot police line the side of the street.

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Up to 1.6 million march across France as unions and students join forces

Between 575,000 and 1.6 million people marched in France on Thursday as unions, students and yellow vests joined forces. Here is what happened and what comes next.

A teenager scrolling through videos of a street protest on a smartphone, with a crowd of demonstrators blurred in the background.

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Did TikTok fuel the French protest violence? A study of 1 million videos says not much

Researchers analysed nearly a million TikTok videos about France's youth and cost-of-living protests. They found little sign that the app was used to coordinate violence.

A modern three-carriage tram-train stands at a station platform in the south Wales valleys.

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Wales's £200m tram-trains are barely used three years after arriving

Only 16 of 36 new tram-trains for the South Wales Metro have passed safety testing, and full service is now not expected until the end of 2027.

A closed high school gate in France with a student blockade banner and a lone school principal standing in the courtyard.

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Around 50 French school principals are thinking of quitting amid student blockades

More than 200 education staff have been injured since the high school protest movement began. Now a leading union says an unusual number of principals want out.

A laptop screen showing a padlock and warning symbol in front of a bank building in Brittany, France.

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Tens of millions stolen from French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa: what we know

Hackers stole tens of millions of euros from Crédit Mutuel Arkéa. The bank says customers' money is safe, but how the attackers got in is still unclear.

A high-speed train waits at an almost empty platform in a Spanish station as passengers check departure boards.

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Spain's new transport minister fails to stop train drivers' strikes

Carlos Cuerpo's first meeting with the train drivers' union ended with no deal, so strikes on 10 and 12 November stay on. Another meeting is set for Friday.

A tarantula crawling out of a worn sock next to an open suitcase at an airport customs inspection table.

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Peru seizes over 3,000 tarantulas hidden in socks bound for Germany

Customs officers in Lima noticed that some socks in three suitcases were moving. Inside were more than 3,000 tarantulas, headed for Germany.

A television screen showing a wedding scene, representing the cancelled reality show Married at First Sight UK.

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Married at First Sight UK axed after rape allegations, Channel 4 confirms

Channel 4 says the show has "run its course" after a review prompted by Panorama's rape allegations. Its budget will go into new programming.

A smiling Democratic candidate speaks at a podium in front of a cheering crowd at his election night headquarters in Detroit.

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Why Americans are googling “habibi” after the first Muslim senator’s victory speech

Abdul El-Sayed won Michigan and will be the first Muslim in the US Senate. One word in his victory speech sent Google searches for “habibi” soaring.

A large crowd of protesters with banners and red union vests marches through a French city street during the national day of action.

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Up to 1.6 million march across France on 5 November — and ask what comes next

Organisers say 1.6 million people marched across France over wages and prices; authorities counted 575,000. Many now wonder how long the movement can last.

The exterior of a British court building with a closed door, symbolising the Court of Appeal ruling on a murder sentence.

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Henry Nowak's killer gets longer sentence: minimum 25 years instead of 21

Britain's Court of Appeal has raised the minimum term for the killer of 18-year-old Henry Nowak from 21 to 25 years, saying the original sentence was too lenient.

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Russell Brand found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults in London

A London jury has convicted Russell Brand of one rape and three sexual assaults. He was refused bail and will be sentenced on Monday.

A passenger airliner flying in a clear sky over Europe, with a military fighter jet escorting it.

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Bomb threats target around 20 flights across Europe, with fighter jets called in

Around twenty commercial flights across Europe received bomb threats on Thursday. Air forces escorted some planes, and several aircraft landed in emergency.

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Russell Brand found guilty of rape and sexual assault at London trial

A London jury convicted Russell Brand of one rape and three sexual assaults. He was refused bail and will be sentenced on Monday, with more allegations under investigation.

Nithya Raman, Los Angeles city councilmember and mayor-elect, smiling as she speaks to supporters at an election-night event.

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Nithya Raman wins Los Angeles mayor's race as Karen Bass concedes

Councilmember Nithya Raman entered the race in February as an underdog. Now Karen Bass has conceded, and Raman will be the next mayor of Los Angeles.

Bavyera Ekonomi Bakanı Hubert Aiwanger'in ölümünün ardından Münih'te yarıya indirilmiş bayraklar ve taziye çiçekleri.

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Aiwanger died without third-party involvement, first findings show

A day after Bavarian politician Hubert Aiwanger died in a Berlin hotel room, the preliminary autopsy points to no third-party involvement. His party now has to regroup.