Neil Young filed a $10 million copyright lawsuit against Trump 47 Committee Inc., alleging that Donald Trump’s campaign group used “Rockin’ in the Free World” at rallies without permission. Young also seeks an order barring further use of the song, which he says harms his reputation by suggesting he supports Trump.
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Young filed the lawsuit on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
The suit alleges that the song was played at a Trump rally in Ohio on October 12 and at other rallies promoting Republican votes in the midterm elections.
Young previously sued Donald J Trump for President Inc. in 2020 over alleged unlicensed use of the song.
According to the new suit, the 2020 case was settled with a promise that the organization would not use the song again without a license and Young’s permission.
Young is seeking $10 million in damages and an injunction against further public performances of the song.
The Trump administration had not responded to the lawsuit at the time of the article.
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The article reports that U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said at a Republican rally that Arabs do not produce science or literature or win Nobel Prizes. It says the remarks drew widespread condemnation and were criticized as factually incorrect and racially biased.
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The article identifies Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the U.S. Secretary of Health.
It says Kennedy made the remarks at a Republican rally.
The reported remarks claimed that Arabs do not produce science.
The reported remarks also claimed that Arabs do not produce literature or win Nobel Prizes.
The article says the remarks were widely condemned.
The article describes the criticism as saying the remarks were factually incorrect and racially biased.
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A group of 21 Indian news publishers has challenged the country’s privacy law in the Supreme Court, arguing that its consent and data-erasure rules could obstruct reporting and expose journalists’ sources. The court said it would hear the case next month; the publishers also object to the government’s powers to demand information and block access to it.
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The publishers include Network18, NDTV, the Indian Express and Times Internet.
The publishers argue that requiring journalists to seek consent from people they report on could let those people destroy evidence or intimidate witnesses.
The law allows people to withdraw consent and request that their personal data be erased, with no public-interest safeguard described in the publishers’ filing.
The publishers say a federal authority can fine organizations for failing to comply with the law.
The law gives New Delhi power to block access to information in the interests of the general public, according to the article.
From next year, the government will be able to require organizations handling personal data to provide information it requests, the publishers say.
The publishers say these powers could expose confidential sources and discourage whistleblowers from contacting reporters.
The Supreme Court said it would hear the challenge next month.
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Jordanian strikes in Syria, carried out in retaliation for a church attack the previous week, killed at least seven people, including five members of one family. Jordan said it targeted “terrorist hideouts,” while relatives of the people killed denied that they were connected to the attack.
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The strikes took place in Syria.
Jordan said the strikes targeted “terrorist hideouts.”
Jordan said the strikes were retaliation for a church attack the previous week.
At least seven people were killed.
The dead included five members of one family.
Relatives denied that the victims had links to the church attack.
Al Jazeera reporter Obaida Hitto reported from Deraa.
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British prosecutors charged two men under the 2023 National Security Act in connection with a suspected plot near RAF Fairford, an air base used by the U.S. military. Police say six men remain on bail as the investigation continues; Iran denies involvement.
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Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, faces charges of assisting a foreign intelligence service and conduct likely to help one carry out activities related to the U.K.
Nouman Essghir, 24, faces a charge connected to approaching or being near a prohibited place in a way allegedly prejudicial to U.K. safety or interests.
Both men are British nationals and London residents.
The men were arrested last week on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service.
Police said six men remain on bail in connection with the incident, including four arrested near the base on Sept. 27 and two detained later.
Police found gasoline in three vans near a base entrance during searches after the Sept. 27 arrests; they found no explosives.
The U.S. Air Force removed its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford after the incident.
The Iranian Embassy in London rejected claims linking Iran to the incident.
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Ukraine says it is honoring a localized ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine, to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations. The truce began on October 27, earlier than the October 29 start date initially announced by the White House, while fighting continues elsewhere in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s parliamentary human rights commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, said Kyiv was meeting its commitments under the ceasefire.
The agreement covers Oleshky, on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region.
The operation is intended to deliver essential supplies and help civilians who want to leave the town.
The White House estimates that 1,700 to 2,000 people remain in Oleshky, including about 50 children.
Russian officials said their forces would stop shelling toward Kherson from 4 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday and help provide safe passage for the convoy.
The White House announced the ceasefire on October 23 and initially said it would begin on October 29; Russian officials later announced an earlier start, and both sides confirmed it was underway on October 27.
Melania Trump said she and her representative used a communication channel previously established through efforts to reunite children separated from their families during the war.
Russian strikes were reported in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities while the localized truce was in effect.
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Ramallah residents said they hope Benjamin Netanyahu loses power in Israel’s election, fearing his continued leadership could increase tensions and violence in the region. The article also reports that UN-mandated investigators said Israel had committed the crime against humanity of extermination in the West Bank and continued to commit genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.
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Israel held a national election on October 27, 2026.
Some residents of Ramallah said they hoped Netanyahu would lose power.
One Ramallah resident warned that Netanyahu remaining in power could lead to a clash, rising tension, and an explosion in the region.
UN-mandated investigators said Israel had committed the crime against humanity of extermination in the West Bank.
The investigators also said Israel continued to commit genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Jordan said its air force struck suspected terrorist sites in southern Syria in response to an October 23 attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan that killed nine people. Jordan said the operation was coordinated with Damascus, but Syria said it had not been notified and reported civilian deaths, including children; Jordan had not responded to that allegation in the report.
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Jordan said its air force attacked sites in southeastern Syria on October 27 and reported that people were killed or wounded, but gave no casualty figures.
Jordan said it carried out the strikes in coordination with Damascus.
Syria said the attacks happened without prior coordination or notification and called them a treacherous attack.
Syrian authorities reported seven deaths, including three children, in attacks in Deraa and Suwayda countryside.
Syria’s civil defence agency said a strike on a tent in al-Taff killed five members of one family, including three children and a woman, and injured three others.
ISIL (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the October 23 attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan, which killed nine people.
Jordan said security forces arrested three people over the church attack: two brothers and their brother-in-law.
Syrian customs authorities closed the Nassib border crossing with Jordan after the strikes.
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A federal judge in Alaska set an expedited schedule for a Justice Department lawsuit seeking to block certification of the U.S. Senate election in certain circumstances involving two candidates named Sullivan. Mary Peltola’s campaign and the League of Women Voters of Alaska seek to join the case, while state election officials defend the ballot design and the state’s election process.
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Judge Sharon L. Gleason ordered the parties to follow an emergency schedule for motions to intervene and possible motions to dismiss.
The Justice Department’s lawsuit seeks to prevent certification if Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan loses and would have won under a scenario that reassigned votes for Daniel J. Sullivan to him.
Peltola’s campaign asked to intervene and pursue dismissal of the lawsuit.
The League of Women Voters of Alaska and other voting rights groups also sought to intervene and argued that the lawsuit should be dismissed.
The judge set deadlines for October 27, 28 and 29, and said she intended to rule on intervention by 5 p.m. on October 28.
Alaska election officials said the ballots distinguished the candidates using their middle initials, a suffix, different first-name forms, party affiliation and an incumbent label.
The election board said ballots were printed without legal challenge and argued that the federal government lacked authority over how candidates qualify for state ballots.
Early voting began in most of Alaska on October 19, and Election Day is November 3.
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German climber Wolfgang Waschiczek, 57, died after falling about 1,500 meters on Ama Dablam in Nepal. He had reached the summit on Sunday and was reported missing from Camp 3 the next morning; rescuers later recovered his body and flew it to Kathmandu for a postmortem.
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Waschiczek reached Ama Dablam’s 6,812-meter summit on Sunday and spent the night at Camp 3, at about 6,200 meters.
His guide found him missing on Monday morning after briefly leaving the tent to return borrowed equipment.
Another Sherpa spotted Waschiczek’s body near Camp 2, at about 4,600 meters, around 8 a.m.
A helicopter retrieved the body and took it to Lukla before it was flown to Kathmandu.
Authorities plan to perform a postmortem at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.
This was the first fatality on Ama Dablam this year; more than 300 climbers are attempting the peak this season.
Two climbers died on Ama Dablam during expeditions last October.
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Israelis voted on October 27, 2026, in the country’s first national election since Hamas’s 2023 attack. The vote took place amid unresolved wars and deep divisions over Israel’s direction and leadership.
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Israel held a national election on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
The election was the first national vote since Hamas’s 2023 attack.
Israel continued to face unresolved wars.
The country was deeply divided over the character of the state and who should lead it.
France 24 reporter Clovis Casali reported from Israel and spoke with voters.
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Iran said the United States was not serious about talks, according to the article’s headline. Officials from Iran, Pakistan, Turkiye and Saudi Arabia met in Tehran on Monday to try to prevent further escalation.
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Iran said the United States was not serious about talks.
Officials from Iran took part in the Tehran meeting.
Officials from Pakistan took part in the meeting.
Officials from Turkiye and Saudi Arabia also took part.
The officials met in Tehran on Monday.
The talks aimed to stop further escalation.
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A Florida mother faces a child-neglect charge after deputies said she left her four children home alone for five days while she traveled to Las Vegas. The article provides no further details about the children or the investigation.
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The woman is a Florida mother.
She is charged with child neglect.
Deputies said she left four children at home alone.
The children were reportedly alone for five days.
Deputies said the mother was in Las Vegas.
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HSBC CFO Pam Kaur said the bank has no plans to move its headquarters from the UK, despite expected increases in bank taxes. HSBC reported higher third-quarter profits, while its shares fell amid investor concerns about its outlook for income from interest.
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HSBC’s third-quarter profit rose 32% to $9.6 billion.
The bank plans to return $2.7 billion to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks.
Kaur said moving HSBC’s headquarters was not under consideration and that the bank would remain domiciled in the UK.
The UK budget is expected to reverse cuts to the bank surcharge, though the article says the tax changes had not yet been announced.
HSBC said higher interest rates, lower loan losses and smaller legal provisions helped lift quarterly profit.
HSBC’s net interest income rose to $9.3 billion from $8.8 billion a year earlier.
HSBC shares fell nearly 6% on Tuesday, as Kaur suggested investors may have expected a stronger forecast for net interest income.
HSBC said its net interest income growth reflected hedging strategies and higher deposits in Hong Kong; UK deposits were flat.
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Anthropic has filed public regulatory paperwork as it prepares for a stock market listing, according to France 24. The report says the company’s revenues and losses are both mounting.
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Anthropic is a U.S. artificial intelligence company.
The company filed public regulatory paperwork ahead of a planned stock market listing.
The report describes the planned IPO as large but gives no expected valuation or fundraising amount.
Anthropic’s revenues have been rising.
Anthropic’s losses have also been increasing.
The report was published on October 27, 2026.
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Israelis are voting in an election that could determine who becomes prime minister. Polls published Friday show incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu in a close race with former military chief Gadi Eisenkot. The report examines how the rivals’ foreign-policy approaches could affect Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
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Israel is holding a pivotal election.
Benjamin Netanyahu is the incumbent prime minister.
Gadi Eisenkot is a former military chief.
Polls published Friday suggest Netanyahu and Eisenkot are in a close race.
The report compares the rivals’ foreign-policy positions.
The report considers possible effects on Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
BBC diplomatic correspondent James Landale reports from Jerusalem.
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A new government rule in Azerbaijan bars clothing considered incompatible with secular education, prompting rare protests. Although it does not explicitly name the Islamic hijab, girls and teachers who wear one have been turned away from schools.
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The protests concern a new ban on certain clothing in schools.
The rule describes the prohibited clothing as incompatible with the secular principles of general education.
The rule does not explicitly mention the Islamic hijab.
Girls and teachers wearing hijabs have reportedly been denied entry to schools.
The ban has sparked tensions in Azerbaijan.
The article says 96% of Azerbaijan’s population is Muslim.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a challenge to his political survival in the election held on October 27, 2026. Voters are weighing his leadership after the 2023 Hamas-led attacks, wars in Gaza and with Iran, and Israel’s growing international isolation.
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Israel held its election on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
The election is described as a test of Netanyahu’s political survival.
Voters are assessing Netanyahu’s leadership after the Hamas-led attacks in 2023.
The article cites wars in Gaza and with Iran as issues facing voters.
The article says Israel’s international isolation has deepened.
France 24 correspondent Douglas Herbert provided analysis of the election.
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Three British politicians said Israeli authorities detained them for eight hours and refused them entry to the West Bank. They were part of a 23-person Progressive International delegation that said it planned to show support for Palestinians; Israel had announced that West Bank land crossings would close during Tuesday’s national elections.
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The group included SNP MP Lara Bird, Labour MP Clive Lewis and Scottish Greens MSP Kate Nevens.
The politicians said authorities questioned the group before turning them away.
Bird said the delegation intended to support Palestinians facing attacks while harvesting olives.
Nevens described the detention as frightening and said the group left safely.
Israel’s military announced that West Bank land crossings would close during increased security measures for the national elections.
The article reported that about 2,000 Palestinian residents had been displaced in Hebron in recent days.
The article said the elections were the first since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023.
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Israeli voters went to the polls on October 27, 2026, in the country’s first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack. Turnout reached 16.7% four hours after polling stations opened, and the vote is framed as a test of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel’s rightward political shift.
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The election took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
The article reports voter turnout at 16.7% four hours after polls opened.
This was Israel’s first election since the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack.
The article describes Israel as deeply divided.
Voters are delivering a verdict on veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The election is also presented as a test of Israel’s rightward political shift.
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