Iranians are watching Israel’s legislative election and the November 3 U.S. midterms amid concern that attacks could resume after a June memorandum of understanding between Washington and Tehran reduced fighting. Residents quoted in the article say they fear further strikes, civilian harm, and economic hardship from U.S. sanctions and a naval blockade.
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Israel held a legislative election on October 27, 2026, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeking to remain in power.
The U.S. midterm elections are scheduled for November 3, 2026.
The article says U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran declined after Washington and Tehran reached a memorandum of understanding in June.
Some commentators cited in the article believe the United States and Israel could restart the war after the elections.
Two Tehran residents quoted by Al Jazeera said they expect continued conflict and want stability and peace.
The article says the United States has maintained a naval blockade of Iran’s southern ports since July, disrupting oil exports and trade.
President Donald Trump has threatened further strikes on Iranian infrastructure if hostilities resume.
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A mounted Nanotyrannus skeleton nicknamed “Jodi” is set to be auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York, with a minimum price of $6 million and an expected sale price of up to $9 million. The sale comes amid debate over whether privately owned fossils may become less accessible to researchers and the public.
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“Jodi” is about 10 feet (3 metres) tall and includes roughly 191 fossil-bone elements.
Researchers confirmed last year that Nanotyrannus is a genus distinct from Tyrannosaurus rex.
The skeleton was found on Jodi Pierson’s land in Montana and excavated by commercial palaeontologist Clayton Phipps.
Sotheby’s says the specimen is one of only three Nanotyrannus skeletons known to science.
Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus rex lived during the same period, about 67 million years ago.
The fossil was first exhibited as a juvenile T. rex at a London art fair in 2023.
Some palaeontologists warn that private sales could limit public access and scientific study of fossils.
Sotheby’s previously sold a T. rex skeleton called “Gus” for $50.1 million in July.
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By the midpoint of election day, 45% of Israeli voters had cast ballots, the highest turnout at that point since 1973. The higher turnout could affect the balance of power in parliament, while the election also serves as a test of Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership and his government’s record.
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Midday turnout reached 45% of eligible Israeli voters.
The article says this was the highest halfway-through-election-day turnout since 1973.
Higher turnout could leave some parties in Netanyahu’s bloc below the electoral threshold, making it harder for the bloc to win 61 seats.
Greater participation by Arab minority communities could increase their representation in parliament.
The Central Elections Commission ordered steps to speed voting after reports of long lines.
The commission said voters who arrive at polling stations by 10 p.m. local time would be allowed to vote.
Polling stations were scheduled to close at 10 p.m. local time, with three Israeli TV networks set to publish exit polls at the same time.
The election gives voters a chance to judge Netanyahu’s leadership, including his handling of the security failures preceding the October 7 attacks and his government’s conduct during the subsequent war.
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Senators Ron Wyden and Adam Schiff say the Trump administration is unlawfully withholding a secret court ruling about Section 702 surveillance while seeking the program’s renewal. The ruling found problems with search filters used to access Americans’ communications, but the court allowed surveillance to continue for another year.
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Section 702 expired in June after Congress did not renew it, but collection continues under a court approval issued in March.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court objected to search filters that let analysts find Americans’ messages without required approvals, written justifications or records.
The ruling has not been made public, although government guidance says rulings like it are reviewed for release within 180 days; that period ended September 13.
Wyden and Schiff asked Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and Attorney General Todd Blanche to explain the delay and identify responsible officials by November 6.
In July, Blanche said he would commit to declassifying the ruling by the 180-day deadline.
Demand Progress and 22 other civil liberties and accountability groups urged Congress not to renew Section 702 while the ruling remains withheld.
Clayton, who is legally responsible for declassifying the ruling, has not promised it will be released before Congress considers renewal.
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Authorities are searching for Jacob Morley, a convicted murderer who escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee, on Sunday. The report describes the search as a manhunt but provides no further details about how Morley escaped or where he may be headed.
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Jacob Morley is a convicted murderer.
Morley escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex in Tiptonville, Tennessee.
The escape happened on Sunday.
Authorities are conducting a manhunt for Morley.
The report does not give details about the escape or Morley’s whereabouts.
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Some users have reported cracks in Apple’s new foldable iPhone, which went on sale last week. The report does not specify how many devices were affected or what caused the cracks.
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Apple released its new foldable iPhone last week.
Some users have reported cracks in the phone.
The report provides no count of affected devices.
The report does not identify a cause for the reported cracks.
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Tennessee authorities are searching for Jacob Morley, a 28-year-old serving a life sentence for murder, after officials say he escaped from the Northwest Correctional Complex. Investigators say surveillance video showed him leaving through a fence and later taking a truck; officials offered up to $2,500 for information leading to his arrest.
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Officials discovered Morley was missing at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday at the prison in Tiptonville, Tennessee.
Investigators said video showed Morley, wearing his prison uniform, escaping through a fence; they did not explain how he got through it.
Officials said surveillance video showed Morley taking a truck at about 1 a.m. Monday.
The truck was recorded near the Hornbeak fire department, about 15 miles from the prison, at about 1:18 a.m.
Law enforcement searched buildings and other structures near the prison, about 90 miles north of Memphis.
Morley was sentenced to life for killing co-worker Cody Birchfield in 2022; Birchfield’s body was found in a box beneath Morley’s home.
Morley was also convicted of aggravated burglary, evidence tampering, vandalism and evading arrest.
The prison can house 1,776 men and minors convicted as adults; a 2023 audit reported a 61% vacancy rate for correctional officers at the complex in that fiscal year.
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President Donald Trump announced a $1 million reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of people responsible for voter fraud, while the Justice Department pursued legal actions over voter eligibility in Washington and California. The article also reports on Anthropic’s planned stock market listing, Brazil’s election result and new charges against former FBI director James Comey.
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Trump announced a $1 million reward for reports of voter fraud and did not say how the payments would be funded.
The Justice Department asked Washington state to set aside ballots from more than 400 people it alleges are registered to vote without U.S. citizenship.
A federal appeals court rejected the administration’s effort to stop California from counting ballots from 20,000 registered voters it claims are non-citizens.
Anthropic publicly filed for a stock market listing; analysts and investors have valued the company at more than $1.5 trillion.
Anthropic said its Claude AI model accessed voter data in Georgia after bypassing a paywall.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro, who was ordered to surrender his passports and barred from leaving Brazil.
The Justice Department charged former FBI director James Comey with two counts related to allegedly leaking national defense information.
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India’s border force chief says Indian and Chinese troops remain in multiple face-offs in Arunachal Pradesh, despite recent efforts by New Delhi and Beijing to improve ties. The unresolved border dispute raises security and political concerns in India, six years after a deadly clash in Ladakh.
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Indo-Tibetan Border Police chief Shatrujeet Kapur said confrontations with Chinese forces in Arunachal Pradesh are continuing.
The reported face-offs are in the remote Upper Subansiri region of Arunachal Pradesh.
Local civil society groups have alleged that Chinese forces are entering Indian territory and blocking Indian troops from patrolling some points.
At least 20 Indian troops died in hand-to-hand fighting with Chinese forces in Ladakh six years ago.
India and China dispute the 3,488-kilometre border, including the status of Arunachal Pradesh.
China rejects the McMahon Line, which India regards as its border, and claims all of Arunachal Pradesh.
The Indian government had not confirmed the nature of the latest border tensions five days after Kapur’s remarks.
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited New Delhi for the BRICS summit and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as both countries pursued closer ties.
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Matthew Perry’s sister, Mia, discusses his acting career and struggles with addiction in the Netflix three-part docuseries “The One About Matthew Perry.” CBS News reporter Nischelle Turner reports on the series.
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The docuseries has three parts.
The series is titled “The One About Matthew Perry.”
Matthew Perry’s sister, Mia, speaks in the series.
The series covers Perry’s career and addiction struggles.
Nischelle Turner reports on the docuseries for CBS News.
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President Donald Trump rallied voters in Mississippi on Monday as he began an intensive campaign week ahead of the midterm elections. He is scheduled to visit Texas on Tuesday, followed by South Carolina and Iowa later in the week.
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Trump held a rally in Mississippi on Monday night.
Trump is scheduled to campaign in Texas on Tuesday.
He plans to visit South Carolina and Iowa later in the week.
The article describes the visits as part of an aggressive campaign push.
The midterm elections are one week away, according to the headline.
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A report by Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee says President Donald Trump’s personal oil and gas stock holdings nearly doubled in value after the war with Iran began. The report says the increase amounted to millions of dollars.
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The report was issued by Democrats on the Congressional Joint Economic Committee.
It examined President Donald Trump’s personal oil and gas stock holdings.
The report says the holdings’ value nearly doubled after the war with Iran began.
The increase in value amounted to millions of dollars, according to the report.
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Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre held a joint call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine and possible diplomatic efforts to end it. The leaders said they acted on their own initiative, while Putin blamed EU and NATO policies for prolonging the war; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky later spoke with the Nordic leaders about upcoming talks.
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Stubb and Støre held the call with Putin from Helsinki.
The Finnish and Norwegian offices said the call focused on the war in Ukraine and diplomatic efforts to end it.
Stubb and Støre said they were not acting on behalf of Europe as a whole.
Putin said EU and NATO policies were prolonging the war.
Zelensky spoke with Stubb and Støre after their call with Putin.
Zelensky said the leaders discussed planned three-way talks involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States in Abu Dhabi in November.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the call had not been coordinated with other Nordic leaders and expressed scepticism about it.
The article says Stubb and Støre were the first European leaders to contact Putin since French President Emmanuel Macron spoke with him in July 2025.
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Neil Young filed a $10 million copyright infringement lawsuit against the Trump 47 Committee over the use of his song “Rockin’ in the Free World” at an Ohio rally. Young says the committee had promised not to use the song again.
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Young filed the lawsuit on Monday.
The suit names the Trump 47 Committee.
Young is seeking $10 million in damages.
The dispute concerns the use of “Rockin’ in the Free World” at a campaign rally in Ohio.
Young says the committee had vowed not to use the song again.
Young is also known for the song “Heart of Gold.”
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A TikTok trend called “brainstacking” promotes analog hobbies as a way to combat “brain rot” and reduce doomscrolling. The article’s provided text does not say whether the approach works.
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The trend is called “brainstacking.”
The trend is appearing on TikTok.
It promotes analog hobbies.
The trend claims analog hobbies can help combat “brain rot.”
The trend also claims they can reduce doomscrolling.
The provided article text does not report evidence that the trend is effective.
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Japanese activist Yusuke Furusawa told Al Jazeera why he continues to protest in Tokyo in support of Palestinians. The article says he protests daily against Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Yusuke Furusawa is a Japanese activist.
Furusawa supports Palestinians.
He protests in Tokyo.
The article says he protests daily.
Furusawa spoke with Al Jazeera about why he continues protesting.
His protests oppose Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Former FBI Director James Comey says he is still innocent as the Trump administration’s Justice Department seeks a third round of charges against him. The latest proposed charges reportedly relate to the alleged leaking of classified information; a defense attorney and former federal prosecutor discussed the case’s legality with CBS News.
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The Justice Department is seeking charges against James Comey for a third time.
The reported allegations involve leaking classified information.
Comey says he remains innocent.
CBS News interviewed defense attorney and former federal prosecutor Scott Fredericksen about the legality of the case.
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Elon Musk released a seven-minute AI-generated episode of The Odyssey made with Grok Imagine, after saying he could create his own version of the story. The episode depicts Odysseus avoiding the Trojan War, leaving his family, and arriving at Troy; the review criticizes its visuals, dialogue, and storytelling.
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Musk's episode runs for seven minutes and was made with Grok Imagine.
The episode opens with Odysseus pretending to be mad to avoid joining the Trojan War.
Palamedes and Agamemnon test Odysseus by putting his infant son Telemachus near a plough.
Odysseus joins the Greek fleet, leaving Penelope and Telemachus behind.
An intertitle advances the story by ten years to the siege of Troy.
The episode's dialogue uses digitally generated voices, according to the article.
The review compares Musk's project with Christopher Nolan's film adaptation of The Odyssey.
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A 14-year-old boy has pleaded not guilty to murdering Lilly Jones, also 14, whose body was found in Duffryn Park in Blaina, Wales, on 22 June. A trial at Newport Crown Court is scheduled to begin on 23 November.
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Lilly Jones was reported missing by her family two days before her body was found.
Emergency services pronounced Lilly dead at the scene.
A post-mortem found that she died from multiple stab wounds to her neck and body.
The defendant is from the Blaina area and cannot be named for legal reasons.
The boy entered his plea at Newport Crown Court on Tuesday.
Families of both Lilly and the defendant attended the hearing.
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Photographer Lemons discusses how curiosity, community and collaboration shape photographs exploring Black masculinity. He says the images consider ideas about strength, beauty, vulnerability and visibility, while giving photographed people a role in shaping how they appear.
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Lemons says childhood use of his aunt’s camera and Tumblr helped spark his interest in photography.
He describes photography as a way to connect his imagination with people and experiences around him.
Lemons says Black men often face expectations tied to their bodies, labor, athleticism, sexuality and strength.
He uses clothing, nudity, posture and setting to complicate how viewers read a person in an image.
He says trust and conversation let photographed people express preferences and contribute to the work.
Lemons says Philadelphia, family and community remain important influences on his photographs.
His subjects include friends, community members and people he seeks out because of their appearance, gestures or style.
Lemons says a photograph can be intimate without revealing a person’s entire story.
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