Andy Burnham called for an open discussion about whether the UK should consider restoring free movement with the EU. Some Labour ministers and MPs backed discussing closer ties, while others and politicians from the Conservatives and Reform UK opposed reopening the issue.
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Burnham said staying out of free movement should no longer be a red line in talks with the EU.
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner backed an open discussion, saying the government should consider what deal would be best for Britain.
Labour MP Stella Creasy said the debate should consider effects on supply chains and jobs for British citizens.
Some senior ministers support closer UK-EU ties that could involve joining the single market and accepting free movement.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned that closer EU ties would involve difficult trade-offs.
Some Labour MPs representing pro-Brexit constituencies are wary of revisiting free movement; Jonathan Hinder has urged the prime minister to rule it out.
Labour peer Richard Walker called restarting the debate a dangerous precedent and said it would not help young people who are out of work.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticised Burnham’s proposal.
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President Donald Trump said at a Georgia rally that he did not care about criticism of his remarks that the United States was making a “fortune” from higher oil prices. He said fuel prices would fall, while the national average for regular gasoline was about $4.29 per gallon on October 25, up from $3.06 a year earlier, according to AAA.
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Trump said advisers had warned him that boasting about financial gains from higher oil prices could draw criticism while drivers faced higher costs.
Trump said the U.S. was making hundreds of billions of dollars as oil and gas companies supplied oil from Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana amid the Middle East conflict.
Trump said he expected gasoline prices to fall.
AAA put the national average price of regular gasoline at about $4.29 per gallon on October 25, down from about $4.49 a month earlier.
The AAA average for regular gasoline was about $1.23 per gallon higher than a year earlier; diesel averaged about $6.35 per gallon.
California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized Trump's remarks in a post on X.
The article reported protests across the country over the Iran war and its effect on gas prices.
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Serbia is holding a parliamentary election after months of student-led protests over corruption and government accountability. The student-led bloc is challenging President Aleksandar Vučić’s long-standing hold on power.
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The election is for Serbia’s parliament.
A student-led bloc is challenging Vučić’s political dominance.
Months of student-led anti-government protests preceded the vote.
The protests focused on corruption and accountability.
The article says voters are turning out in large numbers.
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Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto, arresting 31 people in total. The protests called for action on rising housing costs and opposed proposed changes that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases.
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Police moved into the Lisbon camp in Rossio Square shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday and arrested 25 people.
Protesters had set up more than 100 tents in Lisbon after a march attended by thousands.
Police dismantled a camp of about 50 tents in Porto and arrested six people.
Police said the operation was proportionate, reported seven minor injuries across the two operations, and said those arrested in Lisbon were released and due in court Monday.
The activist group Casa para Viver said 60 people were hurt and called for a protest outside parliament on Tuesday.
Home prices in Portugal have more than doubled since 2017, while rents for new leases have nearly doubled.
The Bank of Portugal estimates the country is short 300,000 homes.
Protesters oppose a bill that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases; it passed its first parliamentary reading.
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A University of Surrey study found that people from some ethnic minority and deprived groups in England were less likely to receive a breast cancer diagnosis through routine screening and more likely to be diagnosed through urgent referrals or emergencies. People with learning disabilities also had longer waits for diagnosis and treatment, the analysis found.
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Researchers analyzed data on 86,564 people diagnosed with breast cancer between 2009 and 2019.
People from Black, Asian and mixed backgrounds, and people from deprived backgrounds, were up to 33% less likely to be diagnosed through screening.
These groups were up to 31% more likely to be diagnosed through an urgent suspected cancer referral and up to 37% more likely through an emergency presentation.
People with learning disabilities had an 18% longer time to diagnosis and waited 10% longer for treatment than people without learning disabilities.
The study was conducted by University of Surrey academics and funded by Breast Cancer Now.
Earlier research cited in the article found that one in three people from ethnic minority backgrounds needed three or more GP visits before a cancer diagnosis, compared with one in five people across England.
The article says young Black women are under-represented in clinical research and face higher rates of aggressive breast cancer, poorer care and mortality.
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As the midterms approach, the Trump administration is increasing its warnings about voter fraud and has not ruled out intervening in states’ election certification efforts. The Justice Department reportedly sent letters Friday to California election officials asking them to identify potential noncitizens on voter rolls.
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The midterm elections are less than two weeks away.
The Trump administration is stepping up warnings about voter fraud.
The administration has not ruled out weighing in on states’ election certification efforts.
The Justice Department reportedly sent letters to California election officials on Friday.
The letters directed officials to identify potential noncitizens on voter rolls.
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Parker Posey reflects on her Southern upbringing and a career that began with acting studies and a role on the soap opera “As the World Turns.” She became a prominent actor in 1990s independent films and later earned an Emmy nomination for playing Victoria Ratliff in season three of “The White Lotus.”
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Posey and her twin brother grew up in Monroe, Louisiana, and Laurel, Mississippi.
Her mother, Lynda, was a chef, and her late father, Chris, owned a car dealership.
Posey met the interviewer in 1985 while they were both 16 and studying at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
She studied acting at the State University of New York at Purchase before joining “As the World Turns.”
Posey’s first major film lead was in the 1995 movie “Party Girl.”
She appeared in independent films including “Clockwatchers,” “The Daytrippers,” “Waiting for Guffman,” and “Best in Show.”
Time magazine called Posey “The Queen of the Indies” in a 1997 article.
Posey received an Emmy nomination for her role as Victoria Ratliff in season three of “The White Lotus.”
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The article describes a wave of politically sensitive Justice Department actions in the weeks before the midterms, including lawsuits over election procedures, searches and criminal charges. The DOJ says it is enforcing the law impartially, while the article notes disputes over its authority and the timing of its actions.
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The DOJ sued in Alaska to delay certification of the U.S. Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses, pending an investigation into whether votes for another candidate named Dan J. Sullivan affected the outcome.
Alaska's Supreme Court ruled that Dan J. Sullivan Jr. could appear on the ballot, and the state's ranked-choice system lets voters rank both candidates.
Mary Peltola's campaign and national Democrats have sought to join the Alaska lawsuit and oppose delaying certification.
The DOJ sued California over more than 20,000 ballots it says may have been cast by noncitizens and later demanded that counties segregate flagged ballots within 48 hours.
Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's home on Oct. 12 and seized her cellphone as part of an investigation into possible immigration fraud; Omar's office or response is not detailed in the article.
A federal indictment accused Virginia state Sen. Louise Lucas of helping operate an illegal marijuana enterprise; Lucas denies wrongdoing.
Two former senior FBI officials were charged on Oct. 23 with lying to Congress about their roles in the Hunter Biden investigation.
The DOJ has an unwritten practice of heightened caution before elections, but its written rules prohibit timing investigations or charges to influence elections.
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CBS’s “Sunday Morning” remembered notable people who died during the week. The segment included actor Tom Skerritt, known for roles in film and television.
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The segment was titled “Passage: In memoriam.”
CBS’s “Sunday Morning” presented the remembrance.
Actor Tom Skerritt was among the people remembered.
Skerritt appeared in “Top Gun.”
Skerritt appeared in “Alien.”
Skerritt appeared in “Steel Magnolias.”
Skerritt starred in the television series “Picket Fences.”
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President Donald Trump said Barack Obama’s rally in Detroit was “empty” while speaking at a rally in Perry, Georgia. Photos and videos showed a packed gym and an overflow audience, and local outlet Michigan Bridge reported that more than 4,300 people attended.
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Obama visited Michigan to support Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed and gubernatorial nominee Jocelyn Benson.
Trump made the “empty” remark at his rally in Perry, Georgia, on Saturday.
Social media photos and videos appeared to show a packed gym at Cass Technical High School, where Obama spoke.
A photo shared online also appeared to show a full overflow auditorium.
Michigan Bridge reported that more than 4,300 people attended Obama’s rally.
Obama described the November midterm elections as a potential “circuit breaker” and a chance to rein in actions by the Trump administration.
The article notes Trump’s past claims about crowd sizes, including his 2017 claim that his inauguration drew about 1.5 million people.
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Jack Ross, a former Conservative candidate and Turning Point UK chief executive, was suspended by the party after an Al Jazeera investigation filmed him discussing violence for hire. The article reports that Ross worked as a junior social media consultant in Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s office in 2025; Scottish police said they would review the documentary.
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Al Jazeera filmed Ross apparently discussing brokering a violent group’s services and listing acts that could be carried out for payment.
Scottish police said they would review the Al Jazeera documentary.
The Conservative Party is investigating Ross and suspended him after the footage emerged.
Sources close to Badenoch said Ross worked as a junior external social media consultant in her office in 2025.
A Conservative staffer told the article that Ross visited the office and that some staff were uncomfortable with his presence.
Ross became chief executive of Turning Point UK in 2021 and later became involved in British right-wing politics.
The article says Turning Point UK shifted from a campus-focused group toward street protests after Nick Tenconi became its chief operating officer.
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The article compares El Salvador’s emergency rule under Nayib Bukele with President Donald Trump’s crackdowns in U.S. cities. The author argues that Bukele built authoritarian control through incremental steps and warns that Trump’s actions and his threat to declare a national emergency could follow a similar path.
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El Salvador has been under a state of emergency since March 2022, after gangs killed 87 people over one weekend.
The article says about 100,000 people, or roughly 2% of El Salvador’s adult population, have been jailed under the emergency measures.
Local rights groups cited in the article estimate that at least half of those jailed are probably not gang members.
Bukele met Trump at the White House on April 14, 2025, and described El Salvador as the safest country in the Western Hemisphere.
The article says Bukele’s government suspended key civil liberties and that he bypassed constitutional term limits.
The author compares Trump’s federal crackdowns on Democratic-leaning U.S. cities with tactics used under Bukele.
Representative Jim McGovern told the Guardian that masked agents and opaque detention networks reminded him of accounts from families in El Salvador.
The article says Trump has not ruled out declaring a national emergency as the midterm elections approach.
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A 32-year-old runner describes developing fatigue, a pelvic lump, bloating, vomiting, and abdominal pain after completing an ultramarathon in March 2026. After doctors initially suggested constipation, she requested blood tests and a CT scan in the emergency room; the scan revealed an approximately 10-centimeter mass on her left ovary, and doctors said she needed a referral to a surgical gynecologist.
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She says she ran 15 to 20 miles each week and also worked out at a gym.
She completed an ultramarathon in March 2026 and began experiencing severe fatigue by May.
In July, she noticed a lump protruding from the lower left side of her pelvic area.
A doctor told her the lump was likely related to her colon and suggested taking a laxative.
Her symptoms later worsened to include bloating, vomiting, inability to keep food down, abdominal pain, brain fog, and dizziness.
She went to the emergency room the day before the annual 5K race she organizes for suicide awareness and prevention.
Blood tests showed an elevated CA 125 level, a measurement of a cancer-associated antigen.
A CT scan found a mass of about 10 centimeters on her left ovary.
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Shasta County strongly backed Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932, when the Great Depression had left many residents desperate for work. Nearly a century later, the Northern California county has become a stronghold for Donald Trump, whose supporters there have backed him in three presidential elections and include officials who promoted false claims about stolen elections.
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Shasta County was founded in 1850 during California’s gold rush.
In 1931, reports described widespread hardship and people struggling to find work in Shasta County and elsewhere in California.
Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Redding, the Shasta County seat, during his 1932 presidential campaign.
More than 72% of Shasta County voters backed Roosevelt in 1932.
About two-thirds of Shasta County voters supported Donald Trump in 2016, 2020 and 2024.
The article describes Shasta County as a center of the election-denial movement.
Some Shasta County officials promoted false claims that elections had been stolen.
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The bipartisan America the Beautiful Act is moving through Congress. It proposes a surcharge for international visitors to help fund maintenance of national parks and public lands, and the title links the bill to Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy.
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The bill is called the America the Beautiful Act.
The article describes the bill as bipartisan.
The bill proposes a surcharge for international visitors.
The proposed surcharge would help fund maintenance of national parks.
The proposed funding would also support maintenance of public lands.
The bill is moving through Congress.
The title says the bill honors Theodore Roosevelt’s conservation legacy.
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Actress Parker Posey discusses her film and television career in an extended interview with CBS News correspondent Mo Rocca. The interview covers her work in “Party Girl,” “The White Lotus” and “Wild Horse Nine,” and her reputation as the “Queen of the Indies.”
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CBS News published the interview as a web exclusive.
Mo Rocca interviewed Parker Posey.
Posey discussed her movie and television career.
The article names “Party Girl,” “The White Lotus” and “Wild Horse Nine” as works in her career.
Posey was dubbed the “Queen of the Indies.”
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The article argues that several risks could combine into wider disruption before 2028, including cyberattacks, a downturn in AI investment, rapid advances in AI, and an expanded Iran war. It presents these outcomes as possibilities, citing concerns from business and technology leaders, rather than as certain events.
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The author says interacting shocks could spread faster than governments, companies, and markets can respond.
The article reports that AI-detected flaws in PHP, a programming language used by many websites, disrupted government sites and led the National Security Agency to urge organizations to install fixes.
It says some major banks found unauthorized AI agents in customer accounts.
The article cites Goldman Sachs’ estimate that debt could fund about one-third of Big Tech’s AI spending this year.
It reports that Meta’s earnings disclosure about funding AI investment unsettled investors, despite strong earnings.
The article warns that rapid AI improvement could disrupt industries and jobs and prompt calls for limits on AI development.
It says U.S. embassies in the Middle East reduced staffing amid increased threats and describes a possible expansion of the Iran war as a risk to oil supplies and prices.
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Actress Parker Posey became a prominent star in 1990s independent films, earning the nickname “Queen of the Indies.” She recently received an Emmy nomination for “The White Lotus” and appears in Martin McDonagh’s film “Wild Horse Nine.”
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Posey broke out in independent films such as “Party Girl” in the 1990s.
She was dubbed “The Queen of the Indies.”
Posey received an Emmy nomination for “The White Lotus.”
She appears in Martin McDonagh’s film “Wild Horse Nine.”
Posey spoke with correspondent Mo Rocca, a former classmate from summer theater school.
The interview covered Posey’s Southern upbringing and how her parents inspired her acting.
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A photo roundup published on October 25, 2026, highlights protests in France and Albania, Brazil’s presidential election campaign, and wildfires in Indonesia. It also includes images from events in Ukraine, Israel and Germany during the previous week.
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French students and trade unionists protested over the cost of living and fuel prices on October 24.
Supporters of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva demonstrated outside Meta’s headquarters in São Paulo on October 19.
A man tried to extinguish a peatland fire in Palangkaraya, Indonesia, on October 22.
A Russian missile strike left a crater in a residential area of Kyiv on October 21.
A campaign billboard for Israel’s Democrats party was displayed in Tel Aviv on October 19.
A building known as the Eagle’s Nest in the Bavarian Alps caught fire on October 24.
Police used a water cannon against a student protester during an anti-government demonstration in Tirana, Albania, on October 24.
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Brazilian voters are choosing between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a closely contested presidential runoff. The campaign focused on security and the cost of living, while Flavio Bolsonaro pledged to pardon his father if elected.
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About 158 million Brazilians are eligible to vote in the runoff.
Flavio Bolsonaro received 47% of the vote and Lula 45% in the October 4 first round.
Lula is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term.
Flavio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Flavio Bolsonaro said his first act as president would be to pardon his father, who is serving a 27-year sentence under house arrest for his role in a 2022 attempted coup.
Lula’s campaign promoted a WhatsApp channel called “Lula’s Army,” which the article says had 8.5 million subscribers.
Both candidates held campaign events on Saturday, the day before voting began.
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