A four-year-old girl died after falling from a tower block in Barking, east London, on Saturday morning. Police said the incident is not believed to be suspicious and that they are investigating how it happened.
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Police were called to an address on St Paul's Road at about 11:00 BST on Saturday.
The report said a child had fallen from a height.
London Ambulance Service paramedics gave the girl first aid and took her to hospital.
The girl later died from her injuries.
The Metropolitan Police said the incident is not believed to be suspicious.
Police asked anyone with information to call 101 and quote CAD 2424/24OCT.
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Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom is seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, drawing support and campaign spending from national Democrats. Mississippi has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1982, and ABC News rates the race solid Republican.
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Colom is a district attorney for four counties along the Mississippi-Alabama border and was previously nominated to become a U.S. district judge.
If elected, Colom would be Mississippi’s first Black U.S. senator since Reconstruction.
Mississippi is about 36% Black, according to U.S. Census data.
Donald Trump won Mississippi by about 20 points in 2024.
Kamala Harris and Sen. Raphael Warnock campaigned with Colom, and Barack Obama recorded an advertisement for him.
The Senate Majority PAC announced a $1.2 million broadcast and digital ad campaign for Colom.
Colom’s campaign made an advertisement featuring voters criticizing Hyde-Smith’s comment about having many proteins to choose from when addressing higher prices.
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A Royal Australian College of General Practitioners report says 63% of Australians were bulk-billed for all their GP care, up from 56% in 2024 and 2025. The report links the increase to government incentives, while noting that bulk-billing rates alone do not show whether patients can access good-quality care or achieve better health outcomes.
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The report surveyed 2,766 GPs, about 7% of Australia's GP workforce.
Twenty-six percent of surveyed GPs said they bulk-billed all their patients, up from 12% in 2025.
Since November, practices that bulk-bill all eligible services for all Medicare patients have been eligible for a 12.5% top-up payment, split between the practice and the doctor.
The share of Australians who delayed GP care because of cost fell from 8.8% in 2023–24 to 7.7% in 2024–25.
The share of patients bulk-billed for all GP care remains below the 70% reported in 2019.
Medicare data shows 81% of GP consultations were bulk-billed in 2025–26, up from 78% the previous year; these figures measure services, not patients.
The RACGP is calling for higher Medicare rebates for longer consultations and an independent authority to set primary care prices.
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RoseBerry Media is using an AI-assisted tool to recut Neighbours footage into phone-sized microdrama episodes, initially focusing on Margot Robbie’s character, Donna Freedman. Some former cast members have raised concerns about consent and compensation as the project highlights the growing use of existing TV footage in vertical video formats.
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RoseBerry Media plans to distribute the Neighbours microdrama on its Epis platform.
The company used its AI-assisted production tool, RedSnapper, to repurpose original episodes.
The first installment will recut two Donna Freedman storylines into about 150 minutes of content.
Stefan Dennis called the project invasive and said he had asked his agent to look into it.
Matthew Werkmeister said he had not been notified about the deal and was concerned about the use of his image without his consent.
Guardian Australia reported that residuals will be paid to writers and actors according to their existing agreements for the series.
The microdrama market, which began in China, was estimated to be worth as much as $15 billion globally last year.
Vertical microdramas typically use episodes of about one minute designed for phone viewing.
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The Western Australian government is seeking faster reimbursement from Deloitte after errors were found in its $166,000 report on possible mergers involving three universities. The report contains large cost-calculation discrepancies and AI-related citation problems; Deloitte will review and reissue it, while the government says the errors do not affect the modelling or findings.
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The study examined possible mergers involving the University of Western Australia, Curtin University and Murdoch University.
The WA government paid Deloitte $166,000 for the feasibility study.
One merger scenario listed costs of $514 million and $145 million, which total $659 million, but the report gave a combined figure of $399 million.
Another scenario listed costs of $396 million and $116 million, which total $512 million, but the report gave a combined figure of $823 million.
The report disclosed that Deloitte used generative AI to help gather research, synthesize information and proofread.
A reference to a World Health Organization report contained a ChatGPT metadata tag in its URL.
The WA government says Deloitte will review and reissue the report and that the errors do not affect its modelling or findings.
The report repeatedly used an outdated name for Curtin University; the institution stopped using it in 2010.
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TikTok says videos about British trains have more than doubled in the past three months, with posts tagged #UKTrains up 247%. Train staff and rail enthusiasts share travel advice, railway facts and trainspotting content, while AI-generated clips also contribute to the trend.
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TikTok reported the rise in train content at its annual trend report at its UK headquarters.
Shamal Cain, a Transport for London employee who posts as Tube Bellingham, shares advice for commuters.
Cain said followers ask him about alternative routes during service disruptions and working for Transport for London.
Rail creator Nathan Pinnock-James, known as Network Nathan, makes videos about trainspotting locations, station openings and railway features.
Francis Bourgeois gained popularity on TikTok in 2021 with videos reacting to British locomotives.
The article says AI-generated train videos, including clips depicting passengers falling from tube carriages, have also contributed to the growth.
TikTok said more than 1 billion videos containing AI were hosted on its app, a figure the company revealed in late 2025.
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Performance artist Dan Kwong helped restore a baseball field at Manzanar, the California camp where his mother and aunt were incarcerated during World War II. At the field’s reopening, he and other speakers linked the history of Japanese American incarceration to current immigration detention and racial discrimination.
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The U.S. government incarcerated about 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.
Manzanar was one of the camps where Japanese Americans were confined during the war.
Kwong, a 71-year-old Los Angeles performance artist, spent years working to restore Manzanar’s baseball field.
Players from Japanese American baseball teams took part in a double-header at the restored field.
Kwong played for the Li’l Tokio Giants, a team he has been part of for 54 years, and in an all-star game.
Kwong said the history of Manzanar should be treated as a call to action, not only as a warning from the past.
Japanese American National Museum chief executive Ann Burroughs said racism and xenophobia linked to the incarceration remain urgent concerns.
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Identical twin doctors Travan and Travis Jasper serve as co-directors of the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. They say a hospital visit when they were 12 inspired them to pursue medicine and turn a difficult experience into a career helping others.
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Travan and Travis Jasper are identical twins.
The brothers co-direct the emergency department at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.
A hospital visit when they were 12 helped motivate them to pursue medicine.
CBS correspondent Steve Hartman interviewed the twins about their path from poverty to becoming doctors.
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The Tower of London’s ravens are cared for by a dedicated Ravenmaster. Legend says the monarchy and the Tower will fall if the ravens leave; the birds are also a popular draw for tourists.
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A legend links the ravens’ presence at the Tower of London to the survival of the British monarchy and the Tower itself.
The Tower keeps the ravens at the site.
The ravens are well fed.
The birds attract tourists.
CBS correspondent Seth Doane meets the Ravenmaster, who is responsible for the ravens’ care.
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President Donald Trump criticized Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Alaska’s ranked choice voting system on Saturday. In a statement quoted in the article, he called Murkowski the Republicans’ worst senator and said he had secured billions of dollars for Alaska.
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Trump targeted Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska.
Brazilian voters are choosing between incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in a presidential runoff. The campaign has focused on corruption scandals, economic difficulties and allegations of U.S. interference, which Washington denies.
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The presidential runoff is taking place on October 25, 2026.
The candidates are incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro led the vote in the first round earlier in October, according to the article.
The article describes the runoff race as close.
Corruption scandals and economic difficulties have featured prominently in the campaign.
The campaign has included allegations of U.S. interference, which Washington has denied.
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Marine Le Pen is due to give a major campaign speech in Orléans on October 25, six months before France’s presidential election. The article’s headline says she leads polls with support of up to 38%; political scientist Gilles Ivaldi said recent violence after protests could help the National Rally present itself as a party focused on public safety and national security.
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Le Pen is scheduled to deliver her first major campaign speech at the National Rally congress in Orléans.
The speech is centered on renewal, according to the article.
The article headline reports that Le Pen leads polls with support of up to 38%.
The presidential election is six months away, according to the article.
The first day of the congress passed without major incidents, the article reports.
Le Pen’s speech is taking place under heavy police surveillance.
Gilles Ivaldi said recent violence after protests could help the National Rally frame itself as capable of restoring public safety and national security.
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Saudi forces intercepted missiles and drones aimed at several parts of the kingdom, including Riyadh and areas near Mecca, according to Saudi and coalition statements. The interceptions came amid renewed fighting between Houthi forces and Yemen’s internationally recognized government, while a rights group warned that a siege of Taiz was affecting medical care.
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Saudi Civil Defence said shrapnel from two intercepted ballistic missiles fell in Jeddah, Taif, Rabigh, and Wadi Al-Mughammas in Mecca province.
Coalition forces said they intercepted a drone and a ballistic missile over Riyadh, as well as a cruise missile aimed at Khamis Mushait.
The article says coalition forces intercepted 10 ballistic missiles directed at Saudi Arabia’s southern region.
Houthi spokesman Yahya Saree warned civilians away from King Khalid International Airport and said the group had carried out seven operations targeting Saudi oil facilities and military bases.
Riyadh said international flights at King Khalid International Airport would resume from Terminal 2 on Sunday, with Terminal 1 reserved for domestic flights.
Yemen’s armed forces said they carried out 736 strikes on Houthi positions in the preceding 24 hours and reported 307 people killed or otherwise taken out of action.
The Rasd Organization for Rights and Freedoms said a Houthi siege of Taiz had put dialysis patients and other people needing medical care at risk.
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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 war in Gaza has disrupted schooling and specialist support for children with hearing and visual impairments. Kenan al-Sabaa, 13, now attends a temporary learning space for only a few hours a week, while shortages of hearing-aid parts and batteries and the risk of attacks add to the barriers he faces.
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Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children’s Gaza City building was partly destroyed and became a shelter for displaced people.
Atfaluna later opened temporary learning spaces, but Kenan’s school operates three days a week for no more than two hours a day.
Kenan missed school during the first year of the war, and his father says he has fallen far behind in his studies.
Kenan’s hearing aid needs repairs, but replacement tubing, ear moulds, and batteries are unavailable, according to the article.
Fadel Kuraz of Atfaluna said field assessments indicate about 35,000 people developed total or partial hearing loss from explosions since October 2023, in addition to about 20,000 people registered with hearing disabilities before the war.
Kuraz said shortages of hearing aids and barriers to hearing tests and treatment limit support for children.
The article says electricity and communications outages make it harder for children to access visual learning materials.
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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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Marine Le Pen is launching her presidential campaign in Orléans, where she is scheduled to give her first campaign speech to about 10,000 National Rally members. Police controlled traffic entering the city after thousands of people joined an anti-far-right demonstration there on Saturday.
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Marine Le Pen leads the far-right National Rally.
Le Pen is scheduled to deliver her first campaign speech in Orléans.
The event is expected to draw about 10,000 party members.
Police controlled traffic entering Orléans on Sunday morning.
Thousands of protesters marched in Orléans on Saturday.
The protesters chanted anti-fascist slogans.
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Audi plans to invest $4 billion in its first U.S. factory, in Macon, Georgia, where it aims to build 200,000 SUVs a year and create 4,500 jobs. The plant would make the Q7, Q8 and Q9, shifting some production from Slovakia, as Volkswagen faces U.S. import tariffs and cuts jobs in Germany.
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Audi says the factory will be its first in the United States.
The planned investment is $4 billion.
Audi aims to produce 200,000 SUVs a year at the Georgia factory and create 4,500 jobs.
The plant is expected to build the Q7, Q8 and Q9 SUVs, with some production moving from Bratislava, Slovakia.
Volkswagen says U.S. tariffs have cost it as much as €5 billion a year, before accounting for lower sales.
Volkswagen has begun plans to cut as many as 100,000 jobs and close factories in Germany.
Audi chief executive Gernot Döllner announced the plan alongside President Donald Trump at a rally.
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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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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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