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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CBS News' Oct. 25, 2026, edition of Sunday Morning, hosted by Jane Pauley, featured arts, history, health, and current-affairs segments. Topics included an Israeli election, small businesses facing inflation, Houdini's death, and the Tower of London's ravenmaster.
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Jane Pauley hosted the Oct. 25 edition of Sunday Morning.
The program featured actress Parker Posey and composer Missy Mazzoli.
A segment examined the mystery of Harry Houdini's death.
The program covered an Israeli election and Benjamin Netanyahu's ability to retain power.
Other segments addressed small businesses struggling with inflation and health decisions.
The show featured the Tower of London's ravenmaster and fading signs known as ghost signs.
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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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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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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Britain should discuss whether to return to the EU’s freedom-of-movement rules as part of a broader reset in relations with Brussels. He said migration has changed since Brexit and that discussions should also consider data sharing and other forms of cooperation.
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Burnham raised the possibility of discussing freedom of movement for workers between the UK and EU.
He said the pre-Brexit arrival of EU workers posed challenges, but described migration patterns at the time as different from those today.
Burnham said freedom of movement should be considered alongside data sharing and cooperation on migration, including participation in Eurodac, an EU database used for migration-related information.
The article reports that UK long-term net migration fell to 171,000 in 2025, from 331,000 in 2024, citing the Office for National Statistics.
Immigration was a major issue in the 2016 Brexit referendum, in which UK voters narrowly chose to leave the EU.
Nigel Farage, leader of Reform UK, called Burnham’s remarks a “total betrayal of Brexit Britain.”
Burnham said at the Labour Party conference that Brexit had done “more harm than good” and urged consideration of the UK’s long-term relationship with the EU.
The article says Burnham was due to meet senior EU officials at a summit on November 20.
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President Donald Trump announced an Audi factory in Georgia during a campaign rally on Saturday. He described the project as a major auto manufacturing investment, less than a week before November’s midterm elections.
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Trump made the announcement at a campaign rally in Georgia.
The announcement took place on Saturday.
Trump said Audi had committed to invest in Georgia.
The project involves a new Audi factory and auto manufacturing.
The announcement came almost a week before November’s midterm elections.
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Algeria’s upper house unanimously approved a proposal to deploy troops to Niger. The lower house still needs to vote; Algeria’s constitution requires approval by a two-thirds majority in both chambers before the president can send military units abroad.
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The Council of the Nation, Algeria’s upper house, held an emergency session on Sunday and approved the deployment unanimously.
The People’s National Assembly, the lower house, was expected to hold a separate vote later that evening.
If both chambers approve the deployment, it would be Algeria’s first military mission outside its borders since the 1973 October War, also known as the Yom Kippur War.
The troops are expected to help secure oil facilities in Niger.
Niger’s Defence Minister, General Salifou Modi, visited Algeria last week and met President Abdelmadjid Tebboune and army Chief of Staff General Said Chanegriha.
Algeria and Niger signed a military cooperation protocol during Modi’s visit, but they did not make its details public.
Tebboune said Algeria sent fighter jets to Niger in late August to help counter an attempted coup; Algeria’s Defence Ministry said four Su-30 jets were sent.
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Researchers warn that AI tools used to predict crime hotspots can reinforce discrimination when they rely on police data shaped by past bias. They call for stronger human oversight and checks on the data, while one AI researcher says modern systems can account for historical bias but still need meaningful human control.
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The article describes an essay by British science writer Adrian Dredge that won the 2026 Young Science Writer Award.
Researchers say biased historical police data can skew predictions about where crime will occur.
More patrols in predicted hotspots can lead police to record more crime there, reinforcing future predictions.
Dr Carolyn McKay of the University of Sydney Law School calls for human oversight and scrutiny of policing systems and their data.
Sarah Brayne’s research on the Los Angeles Police Department found that crime data favored incidents in public places and reflected disproportionate police attention to Black neighbourhoods.
Brayne says predictive systems can help shape the events they forecast, creating a feedback loop.
Dr Dimitrios Kollias of Queen Mary University of London says modern AI can combine information in new ways, but its decisions still need to remain safe, reliable, and under human control.
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Israeli forces imposed a lockdown on Hebron after a Friday shooting at a checkpoint that killed two Israeli soldiers; the two Palestinian suspects were also killed. Palestinian sources and local officials say the operation has involved arrests, demolitions and displacement, while restrictions in Hebron could affect the wider Palestinian economy because of the city’s role in industry and trade.
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The Palestinian Prisoner’s Society said Israeli forces detained at least 47 Palestinians across Hebron since Friday.
The article reports that about 2,500 people have been displaced and that some Palestinian homes were turned into military posts and barracks.
Hebron municipality data cited in the article says nearly 500 Palestinian families were uprooted from a targeted area covering 350 dunams, or about 35 hectares.
Israeli forces closed entrances to Hebron and began demolishing dozens of Palestinian buildings after the shooting at a military checkpoint in Farsh al-Hawa.
The shooting killed two Israeli soldiers, and the two Palestinian suspects were also killed.
Hebron accounts for about 40 percent of Palestinian industrial output and 30 percent of exports, according to the article.
The article says about 40 percent of the occupied West Bank’s 89 main checkpoints are concentrated in Hebron’s most restricted zones.
Economic researcher Ahmed Abu Qamar said closures and movement restrictions could disrupt supply chains, raise production costs and affect businesses across the West Bank.
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An oil slick has reached the UAE shoreline, and authorities closed beaches in Umm Al Quwain and Ras Al-Khaimah. Reports say a crude oil tanker struck an Iranian-laid naval mine near the Strait of Hormuz in early October.
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Footage showed an oil slick washing up on the UAE coast.
Authorities closed beaches in Umm Al-Quwain.
Authorities also closed beaches in Ras Al-Khaimah.
Reports say a crude oil tanker struck a naval mine near the Strait of Hormuz.
The reported mine was laid by Iran.
The incident reportedly happened in early October.
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Financial markets price in at least four Bank of England rate increases by next summer, taking the bank rate from 3.75% to 4.75%, with some pricing pointing to 5% by December 2027. Several City economists say that path is unlikely, citing limited evidence that higher energy costs are spreading sharply to other prices and the possibility that market pricing includes a premium for uncertainty.
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Market-implied expectations point to at least four rate increases over the next year, from 3.75% to 4.75% by the end of July.
James Smith of ING said the market pricing of four increases and no future cuts is unlikely to match the Bank of England’s eventual path.
Smith said the Bank could signal by spring that inflation risks have eased and could cut rates again by the end of next year.
Sanjay Raja of Deutsche Bank said a rise to 5% by the end of next year seems less likely based on current projections.
Raja estimated that, after removing risk premiums from market pricing, investors have priced in about half a percentage point of rate increases.
Deutsche Bank’s base case is for the bank rate to reach 4.25% by next February and stay there through the end of 2027.
The Bank of England is widely expected to raise rates to 4% at its 5 November meeting, following UK inflation of 3.5% in September.
Morgan Stanley expects rate increases in November and February, but said a larger-than-expected rise in the national living wage could prompt further increases.
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The U.S. Space Force has granted SpaceX access to a restricted, high-accuracy catalogue used to track possible collisions in space. The move comes as the Trump administration and Congress debate funding for the government’s space traffic program, Traccs, and has raised concerns about competition and national security.
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SpaceX and the Space Force signed a contract allowing the company to access parts of the military’s controlled, unclassified tracking catalogue.
The Space Force said it is working with several companies to exchange commercial data for access to catalogue sections when that benefits the government.
Traccs tracks satellites, debris and spacecraft and helps manage as many as 50,000 potential close encounters a day.
The Trump administration proposed sharply cutting Traccs funding in fiscal years 2026 and 2027; Congress restored funding in both budget processes described in the article.
Industry observers have warned that growing government reliance on SpaceX could limit competition and create a vendor lock-in risk.
A former NOAA official said SpaceX has responded to space safety concerns, while criticizing the government for not establishing a clear space governance framework.
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Bird flu has spread for two months at a Utah mink farm that raises thousands of animals, according to reporting by ProPublica. Infectious disease experts raised concerns about limited information, delayed culling and a lack of worker monitoring, while one expert said there were no signs of wider spread described in the article.
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The farm is about an hour from Salt Lake City.
Utah state veterinarian Amanda Price sought help from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, which reportedly said it did not regulate mink and had no vaccine approved for them.
ProPublica reported that CDC officials spoke with Utah health department staff but did not communicate with Price.
Veterinarians told ProPublica the farm should have culled its mink; a fur trade representative warned that culling could harm the business and industry.
The article says officials reportedly did not monitor farm workers for symptoms, despite CDC guidance to do so.
ProPublica found two people who worked at the farm; one had a red eye, a symptom for which the CDC urges testing.
Nearly 10,000 mink in Utah died from coronavirus during the Covid-19 pandemic, and nine farms were quarantined.
Jennifer Nuzzo said the risk was greatest for people exposed to sick animals and that she saw no signals of the virus spreading.
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Children’s laureates Chris Haughton of Ireland and Nicola Davies of Wales said they will donate royalties to Sally Rooney in solidarity after she stopped UK book sales because she said she would direct proceeds to Palestine Action. The UK proscribed the group under terrorism law, and the Supreme Court is due to hear a challenge to the ban on 4 and 5 November.
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Haughton said he would donate royalties from his UK book sales to Rooney.
Davies said she would donate the royalties from her book The Day War Came.
Rooney has said she would use proceeds from her book sales to support Palestine Action.
The UK proscribed Palestine Action under the Terrorism Act in July 2025, according to the article.
The article says providing money that someone knows or reasonably suspects may be used for terrorism carries a maximum prison term of 14 years.
Haughton said he had twice been arrested over placards allegedly supporting Palestine Action.
Andy Burnham said he would not comment further on the ban because a Supreme Court challenge is scheduled for 4 and 5 November.
The legal challenge argues that the ban disproportionately interferes with freedom of expression and protest.
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Jessica Sanchez, 40, had persistent constipation, heavy bleeding, night sweats and extreme fatigue for about five years before a colonoscopy found a tumor. Biopsies showed rectal adenocarcinoma, and she is awaiting scans to determine the cancer’s stage and whether it has spread.
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Sanchez said doctors had repeatedly dismissed her symptoms as minor issues.
A colonoscopy revealed a tumor, and biopsies identified rectal adenocarcinoma.
Rectal adenocarcinoma is a cancer that develops in glandular cells lining the rectum.
Sanchez was told she would receive the biopsy results at a follow-up appointment the next week.
She is undergoing CT and MRI scans to check the cancer’s stage and whether it has spread.
Sanchez said support from friends and family has helped her cope with the diagnosis.
She shared her experience online to encourage others to speak up when they feel dismissed.
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The article compares the political strategies of the Trump and Bolsonaro families, arguing that both have built anti-establishment brands while placing relatives in positions of influence. It focuses on Brazil’s presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who has promised to seek his father Jair Bolsonaro’s release.
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The article says Brazilians are voting in a presidential runoff between Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro has promised to pardon his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup after the 2022 election.
The article describes Flávio’s campaign as emphasizing law and order, smaller government, and opposition to Lula’s Workers’ Party and the judiciary.
Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump formed a political alliance around nationalist messaging and criticism of established political leaders.
The article notes that Jair Bolsonaro served nearly three decades in Brazil’s Congress and that his sons also built political careers.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner served as senior White House advisers during Trump’s first term, according to the article.
The article says Kushner is involved in negotiations concerning Ukraine and the Middle East, while his firm manages investments from Saudi, Qatari, and Emirati investors.
The article reports that several of Trump’s relatives and in-laws have held political or diplomatic roles, including Charles Kushner as ambassador to France and Massad Boulos as a senior adviser.
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The article says that 13 years after the Supreme Court weakened federal oversight under the Voting Rights Act, states have adopted new voting restrictions. It argues these restrictions have reduced minority voting power, particularly in states that were part of the Confederacy.
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The article describes the Supreme Court's decision as weakening federal oversight under the Voting Rights Act.
The article says 13 years have passed since that change.
It says states no longer subject to federal oversight adopted new voting restrictions.
It says many of those states were part of the Confederacy.
The article says the restrictions have diluted minority voting power.
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President Donald Trump criticized Alaska Republican Senator Lisa Murkowski over ranked-choice voting and urged voters to support a ballot measure repealing the system. His remarks come as the Justice Department challenges Alaska’s Senate election procedures and Republican Senator Dan Sullivan faces Democrat Mary Peltola.
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Trump called Murkowski one of the Senate’s worst members and accused her of opposing the Justice Department’s lawsuit to help Democrats.
Trump described ranked-choice voting as a scam and urged Alaskans to vote yes on Ballot Measure 2, which would repeal it.
Trump is backing Dan Sullivan in his reelection contest against Democrat Mary Peltola.
Trump alleged that a second Republican candidate with a similar name could divert votes from Sullivan; the article says he provided no evidence for that claim in his posts.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s Senate election results under certain circumstances.
The lawsuit concerns whether votes for Daniel J. Sullivan, a retired schoolteacher and former Forest Service employee, could affect the contest under ranked-choice voting.
In ranked-choice voting, voters rank candidates, and votes for candidates who are eliminated can transfer to voters’ next choices.
Voting-rights experts cited in the article questioned the administration’s legal arguments and the ability to determine voters’ intentions after ballots are cast.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro held their second and final debate on Friday, ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff. They discussed the cost of living and security and traded allegations of corruption.
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The presidential runoff is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, 2026.
Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro took part in the candidates’ second and final debate on Friday.
The candidates focused on the cost of living and security.
The candidates exchanged allegations of corruption.
The report was filed from Rio de Janeiro.
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