Audi CEO Gernot Döllner faced criticism in Germany after appearing with U.S. President Donald Trump at a rally in Georgia, where they announced a planned $4 billion Audi factory. The appearance drew objections from Volkswagen employee and union leaders, while Audi said the investment reflects its long-term commitment to the U.S. market.
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Audi plans to invest $4 billion in a factory near Macon, Georgia, and create 4,500 jobs.
The factory would produce up to 200,000 SUVs a year; construction is planned to start next year, with production beginning in the 2030s.
Döllner appeared on stage with Trump at a rally in Perry, Georgia, shortly before the U.S. midterm elections.
Volkswagen works council head Daniela Cavallo criticized Döllner’s participation and said the company had become part of Trump’s political event.
IG Metall leader Christiane Benner called the appearance politically unacceptable and said it breached Audi’s code of conduct on political neutrality before elections.
Benner said the planned investment must be considered by Volkswagen’s supervisory board, where she serves as deputy chair.
Volkswagen is weighing up to 100,000 job cuts and factory closures in Germany amid competition from Chinese carmakers, U.S. tariffs, and the costly shift to electric vehicles.
Audi’s Neckarsulm plant, which employs 15,000 people, is among four Volkswagen sites threatened with closure from the early 2030s.
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French President Emmanuel Macron said the government would announce concrete measures on October 26 in response to school students’ demands after weeks of unrest. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was scheduled to meet student representatives later that day.
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Macron said the government would announce measures on Monday, October 26, 2026.
The measures are intended to address demands from school students.
The announcement follows weeks of unrest in France.
Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was scheduled to meet student representatives on October 26.
The article links the wider protest movement to anger over the rising cost of living.
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Officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye met Iranian leaders in Tehran to discuss regional security as tensions between Iran and the United States rise. The talks are also expected to address Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, though analysts quoted in the article doubt the meetings will prevent renewed US-Iran conflict or lead to military action against the Houthis.
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Saudi Defence Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s military chief Asim Munir and Turkish intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
The officials were also expected to discuss security with Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei.
The three visiting countries signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, a regional defence pact.
The meetings took place amid reported US consideration of new strikes on Iran and a diplomatic deadlock between Washington and Tehran.
The talks are expected to address missile and drone attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Saudi Arabia.
Analyst Ayesha Siddiqa said Turkiye and Pakistan could not afford to send ground troops to Yemen.
The United States and regional powers want shipping through the Strait of Hormuz to resume without impediments or attacks.
Washington seeks limits on Iran’s nuclear programme and international inspections of its highly enriched uranium.
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Authentic Brands Group, which owns rights to Elvis Presley’s music, has sued Anthropic, alleging the AI company used 274 songs without a licence to train its Claude model. The complaint seeks up to $41 million in damages; Anthropic says it disputes the claims and will defend itself.
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The lawsuit was filed on Friday in court.
Authentic Brands says the songs include “All Shook Up,” “Don’t Be Cruel” and “Return To Sender.”
The complaint seeks up to $150,000 for each allegedly infringed song.
Authentic Brands alleges Claude produced unlicensed works that closely resembled copyrighted songs.
Anthropic has denied the claims and said it intends to defend the case.
The lawsuit follows other copyright cases against Anthropic brought by music rights holders Reservoir and Universal Music Group.
In 2025, Anthropic agreed to pay $1.5 billion to settle a separate lawsuit brought by authors over material used to train its AI models.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine has been waiting nearly a month for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to approve missiles for its air defense systems. He named Patriot and NASAMS systems in his remarks Monday.
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Zelensky said Monday that Ukraine had waited nearly a month for approval.
The requested approval concerns missiles for Patriot air defense systems.
Zelensky also named NASAMS air defense systems.
Zelensky said Pete Hegseth needed to sign off on the missiles.
The article does not state whether Hegseth had approved the missiles.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection in a runoff against right-wing opponent Flávio Bolsonaro, according to the article. Bolsonaro is refusing to concede defeat. Lula is described as a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Lula won a runoff election in Brazil.
The article says the victory gives Lula a fourth term as president.
Lula faced right-wing opponent Flávio Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro is refusing to concede defeat.
The article describes Lula as a vocal critic of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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Tina Peters’ attorney, Peter Ticktin, told FOX31 he is preparing to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn her criminal convictions. The convictions stem from a 2021 breach of election equipment in Mesa County, Colorado.
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Peter Ticktin represents Tina Peters.
Ticktin told FOX31 he is preparing a Supreme Court bid.
Peters’ criminal convictions remain in place, according to the article title.
The convictions relate to a 2021 breach of election equipment.
The equipment was in Mesa County, Colorado.
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Rohingya refugees in Indian-administered Kashmir say they are dismantling their homes after a court order, amid a threat of eviction. Many have lived there for more than a decade and fear being sent back to Myanmar, where they face persecution.
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Rohingya refugees say they are being forced to dismantle their homes.
The homes are in Indian-administered Kashmir, a disputed region.
The reported action follows a court order.
Many of the refugees have lived in the area for more than a decade.
The refugees fear being returned to Myanmar.
The article says Rohingya face persecution in Myanmar.
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Tesla is shifting its growth strategy toward autonomous-driving software and AI services as it faces strong competition from Chinese electric-vehicle makers. Its Full Self-Driving subscriptions are growing, but the system still requires driver supervision, and regulatory approval remains a barrier to wider use.
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Tesla’s car business accounts for 75 percent of its revenue and remains important to funding its AI investments.
Tesla delivered 1.6 million vehicles last year, and its goal of selling 5 million a year has replaced an earlier target of 20 million by 2030.
BYD took Tesla’s position as the world’s largest electric-vehicle manufacturer last year.
Tesla said its North American share of new-car sales with supervised Full Self-Driving exceeded 75 percent.
Tesla reported 1.7 million active Full Self-Driving subscriptions worldwide, up 67 percent from a year earlier.
In the United States, Full Self-Driving costs $99 per month; Tesla has not disclosed the software’s recurring revenue.
Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system still requires a driver to remain attentive, and the company has not received approval for its fully autonomous version.
Tesla is seeking broader European approval for its supervised system, while competing with Volkswagen-backed Xpeng for regulatory clearance.
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Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a large presence at polling places on Election Day. They cite concerns that President Donald Trump could use federal government resources to interfere in the midterm elections, which could affect his final two years in office.
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The article says thousands of observers from the right and left are expected to monitor polling places on Election Day.
Democrats and outside watchdogs are planning a large presence at the polls.
Their plans are driven by concerns about possible federal government interference in the midterm elections.
The concern centers on President Donald Trump potentially leveraging federal resources.
The article says the midterm results could affect Trump’s final two years in office.
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Barack Obama campaigned for Democrats ahead of U.S. midterm elections that will determine control of Congress. He criticized President Donald Trump over alleged corruption, his strategy for Iran and White House renovations.
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The article was issued on October 26, 2026.
The midterm elections were ten days away at the time of the report.
The elections will determine control of a closely divided Congress.
Obama campaigned for Democratic candidates.
Obama accused Trump of corruption.
Obama criticized Trump's strategy for Iran.
Obama criticized the appearance of Trump's White House renovations.
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Iran’s hardline Paydari Front has urged parliament and the Supreme National Security Council to begin withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, a step the article says could support Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons. The move reflects a widening political split with President Masoud Pezeshkian’s camp, which favors diplomacy to end the conflict with the United States.
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The Paydari Front asked Iran’s parliament and Supreme National Security Council to initiate withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The faction said military efforts should proceed “as quickly as possible.”
The article describes an eight-month struggle between moderates who favor talks and hardliners who oppose negotiations with Washington.
Hardline supporters have held organized nighttime rallies in major Iranian cities for about 200 days.
Paydari-aligned lawmaker Amirhossein Sabeti said talks should not begin unless the United States ends its pressure on Iran’s southern ports or lifts sanctions.
The Paydari Front has filed a motion to impeach Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi after his visit to New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
Iran’s parliament is considering a bill that would criminalize interviews with foreign media outlets.
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Sophia Bush discussed her memoir, “And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress,” and her experience on the television series “One Tree Hill” in an interview with CBS News. She also shared her thoughts about the possibility of a reboot.
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Bush’s new memoir is titled “And I Will Tell You Mine: Notes from a Life in Progress.”
Bush discussed her experience working on “One Tree Hill.”
The interview covered the possibility of rebooting “One Tree Hill.”
CBS News published the segment as part of “CBS Mornings.”
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President Donald Trump said Sunday that the trade dispute with Canada would be resolved “soon.” At a rally in Port Huron, Michigan, he repeated his claim that Canada has been taking advantage of the United States for years; the dispute is also creating political challenges for Republicans ahead of the midterms.
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Trump said the trade dispute with Canada would be over “soon.”
He made the remarks Sunday at a rally in Port Huron, Michigan.
Trump said Canada had been “ripping off” the United States for years.
The dispute has created ongoing political problems for Republicans.
The article links those political problems to the upcoming midterm elections.
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Unions suspended a planned strike at London’s V&A museums for 29 and 30 October after management made an improved pay offer. The suspension allows talks facilitated by Acas, a UK workplace conciliation service, to continue; the offer’s details have not been disclosed.
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Members of the Prospect and PCS unions had voted to strike over pay and working conditions.
The planned walkout could have closed the V&A’s main galleries in South Kensington and its East London sites.
The unions are seeking a 4% pay rise for staff earning above the living wage and for the V&A to become an accredited London living-wage employer within 12 months.
The unions also want time-and-a-half pay for bank holiday work and changes to working conditions, including heatwave measures and food at East London sites.
The London living wage is £15.45 per hour.
The V&A says all its staff receive at least the London living wage, but some outsourced contractors do not.
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The article says that Donald Trump's religious-right collaborators and enablers have damaged Christian witness. The supplied text gives no examples or further details supporting that claim.
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The article's title is “The power of faith meets the corruption of power.”
The article focuses on Donald Trump and the religious right.
The article describes some religious-right figures as Trump's collaborators and enablers.
The article claims their actions have damaged Christian witness.
The supplied text does not identify specific people or actions.
The supplied text does not provide evidence or examples for its claim.
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Protests continued in France over the weekend, with demonstrators taking to the streets. CBS News correspondent Leigh Kiniry reported on the demonstrations.
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Demonstrators took to the streets in France.
The protests continued over the weekend.
CBS News aired a report on the protests.
Leigh Kiniry reported on the demonstrations.
The video report was about 1 minute and 35 seconds long.
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AmiLynne Carroll argues that people should treat resilience as a way to survive hardship, not as a lasting identity or life goal. She says praise for enduring adversity can make people feel unable to seek help or choose a new direction, and calls for support that helps them decide what they want after a difficult experience.
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Carroll says resilience can become a label that makes people feel they must keep enduring hardship.
She describes “borrowed beliefs” as ideas people adopt about themselves from influential people in their lives.
Carroll says survival alone does not tell someone who they want to become.
She cites the World Health Organization’s estimate that depression and anxiety lead to 12 billion lost workdays globally each year.
The WHO identifies excessive workloads, limited support and job insecurity as risks to mental health.
Carroll says her experiences include quadriplegia and a stroke in 2022.
The article gives examples of workers and caregivers whose established roles can make it harder to recognize their own needs or ambitions.
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Newsweek reports that a 2013 Father’s Day post attributed to Representative Ilhan Omar, referring to her father as “Nur Said,” is no longer available at its original URL; the outlet says it has not established when or why it was removed. The post has drawn renewed attention amid scrutiny of Omar’s marriage and immigration history, allegations she denies and that the article says remain unproven.
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An online archive shows a June 2013 post from Omar’s X account wishing her father, “Nur Said,” a happy Father’s Day.
The post is no longer available at its original URL, and Newsweek says it has not determined when or why it was removed.
A recent federal court filing identified Omar as “Ilhan Nur Said Elmi, a/k/a Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar told reporters, “My name is Ilhan Abdullahi Omar.”
Omar has denied allegations that her former husband, Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, was her brother or that their marriage was fraudulent.
The Congressional Black Caucus identified Omar’s father as Nur Omar Mohamed in a statement after his death in 2020.
Newsweek reported that federal agents searched Omar’s Washington home on October 12; a source close to the matter said investigators also obtained a DNA sample.
President Donald Trump called for Omar to resign, but the article notes that the court filing alone does not establish his claim that she used a fraudulent identity.
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