Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, arresting 31 people and removing 171 structures, according to police. The raids followed days of clashes as campaigners protested rising housing costs; police and protest organizers gave differing accounts of the number of people injured and the force used.
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Officers cleared more than 100 tents in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and about 50 tents in Porto’s Dom João I Square.
Police said 31 people were arrested for disobedience and 171 structures were removed.
Police reported that 11 people were injured, including three officers; the campaign group Casa Para Viver said more than 20 people were injured.
Reuters reported that 25 people detained in Lisbon were released and ordered to appear in court on Monday.
Campaigners began setting up housing protest camps in Porto in early October, with similar camps later appearing in Lisbon.
Portuguese house prices have more than doubled since 2017, while rents have nearly doubled, according to the article.
Campaigners oppose proposed legislation that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases; the proposal passed its first parliamentary reading.
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A Japanese court indicted 20-year-old U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard on robbery and murder charges in connection with the death of a woman in Okinawa. Prosecutors allege he strangled the 39-year-old woman at a Naha hotel on Oct. 3 and took her backpack and belongings.
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Ballard is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa.
Authorities arrested Ballard after the Oct. 3 incident.
The woman was a 39-year-old resident of Naha City.
Prosecutors allege Ballard strangled the woman with a telephone receiver cord at a hotel.
Prosecutors also allege he stole a backpack containing her wallet and other belongings.
NHK reported the indictment, citing the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office and other sources.
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A new CBS News Battleground Tracker analysis favors Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. CBS News elections and surveys executive director Anthony Salvanto said turnout remains a major factor.
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The article discusses the latest CBS News Battleground Tracker analysis.
The analysis favors Democrats.
The midterm elections are less than 10 days away, according to the article.
Anthony Salvanto discussed the tracker.
Salvanto said turnout is a big factor.
Salvanto is CBS News’ executive director of elections and surveys.
The analysis appeared in a CBS News segment dated October 25, 2026.
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The Justice Department sent California county election officials letters demanding information about roughly 20,000 voters it suspects are noncitizens and asking counties to set aside related ballots. County officials said they were already counting ballots, while California’s attorney general said the federal lists contained errors; a federal appeals court was set to hear arguments over the dispute.
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The letters, sent Friday, requested sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, and gave counties 48 hours to respond.
Federal officials warned that they could take legal action against officials who knowingly counted a noncitizen’s vote.
California officials said a list sent to Mendocino County included people who did not live there.
Napa County Registrar John Tuteur said his county would continue its election process; the federal letter named 42 people there.
Amador County’s letter named four people, and clerk-recorder Kim Grady was waiting for guidance from the state.
The Justice Department said it was not asking California to cancel registrations or conduct a voter purge.
The federal government sued California on Oct. 15 to stop the state from counting mail ballots from people it identified as likely noncitizens.
A panel of Ninth Circuit judges was scheduled to hear arguments Sunday on whether California must comply with the federal demands.
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AccuWeather forecasts storms across parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska on October 30, followed by showers from Texas to Iowa on Halloween. It also expects colder weather in parts of the Northwest, while much of the eastern U.S. should stay dry or pleasant.
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Storms are forecast on October 30 from southern Texas north toward southern Nebraska, including central Texas and parts of Oklahoma.
On October 31, showers are expected across much of Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, with wet weather extending to Iowa and parts of nearby states.
AccuWeather forecasts showers in southern California and along parts of the Washington and Oregon coasts.
Cold conditions are forecast around Halloween in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, northern Utah and Nevada, and parts of Washington and Oregon.
Much of the eastern U.S. is expected to have pleasant or dry weather on October 30, though showers are forecast in parts of Florida, South Dakota and the Great Lakes region.
The Old Farmer’s Almanac forecasts chilly conditions across much of the country and possible snow in the Upper Midwest and Alaska.
Meteorologists expect El Niño to contribute to wetter winter conditions in the southern U.S. and warmer, drier conditions in the north.
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Early reports showed high turnout in Serbia’s parliamentary election, with 46% of voters having cast ballots by 14:00 local time. The student-led opposition hopes strong participation will help it unseat President Aleksandar Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party, which has governed since 2012; voting was still underway, so no results were available.
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The reported 46% turnout by 14:00 was nearly one million voters higher than the comparable figure in the December 2023 election.
The snap election followed two years of student protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a train station canopy that killed 16 people.
The opposition Student List campaign says it will target corruption, political influence in public enterprises, and political control of the public broadcaster.
Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party denies corruption and attempts to influence the media.
Vučić cannot seek a third presidential term and is leading his party with the aim of becoming prime minister again.
Student organizers assigned at least two election observers to each of Serbia’s 8,210 polling stations amid concerns about fraud.
Polling was scheduled to close at 20:00 local time, with initial indications of results expected two hours later.
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Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci compared Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to the pigs in George Orwell’s “Animal Farm.” Scaramucci also predicted that Ramaswamy would lose to Democratic candidate Amy Acton.
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Scaramucci made the remarks on Sunday.
He posted on the social platform X.
Scaramucci said Ramaswamy had “disgraced himself.”
Ramaswamy is running for governor of Ohio as a Republican.
Acton is Ramaswamy’s Democratic opponent.
Scaramucci predicted Ramaswamy would lose the race.
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Hundreds of thousands of people protested rising living costs and economic inequality across France on Saturday. Most marches remained peaceful, but clashes near Paris’s Porte de Vincennes and in several other cities led police to use tear gas, water cannon and batons.
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France’s Interior Ministry estimated that 410,000 people joined demonstrations nationwide; the CGT trade union estimated more than 800,000.
Police estimated that about 110,000 people attended the main Paris march.
Police made 1,314 arrests nationwide, and 53 law enforcement officers were injured, according to France 24.
Authorities deployed about 70,000 police officers and gendarmes across France, around 10,000 more than the previous weekend.
Police used tear gas and water cannon against a group of about 500 hooded youths near the Paris march’s endpoint.
Authorities reported responding to 75 fires and said 24 shops had been looted.
Clashes were also reported in Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux and Grenoble, though most demonstrations were peaceful.
The Yellow Vests movement called for further demonstrations on October 31.
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Hundreds of demonstrations took place across France on Saturday over the rising cost of living. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said many marches passed peacefully, but members of groups he described as “ultra-left” threw projectiles and fireworks at police.
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Demonstrations took place in cities across France on Saturday.
The protests focused on the rising cost of living.
Security forces were deployed in large numbers after violence at protests the previous weekend.
Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said marches in several cities passed off well.
Nuñez said people he described as members of “ultra-left” groups threw projectiles and fireworks at police.
The article includes comments from French Communist Party spokesperson Fatima Khallouk.
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The newly introduced Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act would create a federal tax incentive for film and television production. The proposal aims to counter the movement of production overseas.
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The Motion Picture, Television, and Entertainment Revitalization Act has been introduced.
The proposal seeks to establish a federal tax incentive.
The incentive would apply to film and television production.
The proposal aims to address production moving overseas.
The article does not state whether the measure has passed or describe the incentive’s details.
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Brazilian voters went to the polls on Oct. 25 for a closely contested presidential runoff between incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump. The result could shift Brazil’s political direction and affect U.S. influence in Latin America; polls had shown the candidates neck and neck.
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The runoff required a candidate to win more than 50% of the vote.
Flávio Bolsonaro led Lula by more than 2.2 million votes in the first round earlier that month.
More than 33 million of nearly 160 million eligible voters did not vote in the first round, despite compulsory voting.
The candidates campaigned on different approaches to U.S.-Brazil relations, climate change, social welfare, security and living costs.
Bolsonaro pledged to reduce food costs and take a tough approach to crime; Lula promoted debt relief for small businesses and free weekend public transportation.
Bolsonaro is under investigation over money he accepted from former banker Daniel Vorcaro to produce a film about his father.
The next president will appoint at least three of Brazil’s 11 Supreme Court justices as vacancies arise.
Bolsonaro pledged to seek amnesty for his father, Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest for attempting a coup.
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An Al Jazeera True Crime Reports episode examines the 2006 murder of Mongolian woman Altantuya Shaariibuu in Malaysia. It explores questions about who ordered her killing and whether officials covered it up.
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The episode says Shaariibuu was abducted from an affluent Kuala Lumpur neighbourhood in 2006.
It says she was taken to a jungle, shot twice, and killed with explosives.
The episode describes the murder as part of a major political scandal in Malaysia.
Mary Ann Jolley, an Al Jazeera senior reporter, appears in the episode.
Halla Mohieddeen hosts the episode, which Ryan Gaffney wrote.
Artists used AI-powered software to help create the episode’s illustrations.
The episode is an Al Jazeera Originals production.
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European governments are warning against renewed US-Israeli attacks on Iran as the war disrupts oil supplies and raises energy costs. Their calls for restraint mark a shift from the response at the start of the conflict, though European countries remain divided and continue to oppose Iran’s nuclear program.
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The United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on February 28, according to the article.
Britain, France and Germany initially condemned Iran’s retaliatory strikes but did not condemn the opening US-Israeli attacks in their joint statement.
On Friday, the foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany and Italy met officials from Turkiye, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Egypt in Istanbul to discuss the war and the Strait of Hormuz.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot warned that further escalation could have serious effects on hydrocarbon prices and urged both sides to show restraint.
The article says disrupted energy supplies and rising oil prices are increasing household costs as winter approaches in Europe.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has opposed the US-Israeli campaign and called it illegal, unjust and unjustified.
European warnings against renewed attacks do not mean governments have dropped their opposition to Iran’s nuclear program or regional activities.
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Sources told the article that Benjamin Netanyahu asked President Donald Trump for more public support before Israel’s Tuesday election. Final polls from three major Israeli television networks projected Netanyahu’s coalition well short of a majority, though Channel 14’s poll offered a more favorable result.
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A U.S. source and an Israeli source said Netanyahu spoke with Trump twice in three days and sought stronger public endorsements.
An Israeli source said Netanyahu proposed that Trump speak with Israeli reporters; a U.S. source said Netanyahu suggested wording for further statements.
A spokesperson for Netanyahu’s Likud party denied that he asked Trump for campaign support in recent days or before Trump’s endorsement.
Trump endorsed Netanyahu the previous Sunday and suggested that Netanyahu’s defeat could affect U.S.-Israel relations.
Three major Israeli television networks’ final pre-election polls projected 50 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc in the 120-seat Knesset.
Those polls projected 52 to 56 seats for Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc and 14 to 16 seats for two Arab Israeli parties.
Channel 14, described as pro-Netanyahu, projected 60 seats for Netanyahu’s bloc and 30 for Likud in a poll earlier that week.
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Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said several Southern statewide races could be competitive for Democrats in the November 2026 midterms. He said Democrats erred by failing to invest in the region earlier and predicted a strong election for the party.
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Moore named Florida, Mississippi and South Carolina as states where he believes Democratic candidates could compete.
He said Democrats had underinvested in the South, not only during this election cycle but over a longer period.
Moore said he had personally invested in Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gina Hinojosa’s campaign.
He described winning and improving health care, reducing child poverty and raising wages as candidates’ main goals.
Moore said he sees an energized and enlarged Democratic base while campaigning in Maryland and elsewhere.
The article said the 2026 midterm election was nine days away as of October 25.
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States may lose some federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) if they do not reduce their error rates. The article excerpt does not identify which states face cuts or how much funding is at risk.
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The funding at risk is federal funding for SNAP.
States must reduce their SNAP error rates to avoid possible cuts.
The article describes the funding at risk as sizable.
The excerpt does not name any states facing cuts.
The excerpt does not give a funding amount or a deadline.
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Gabon’s High Communication Authority announced on Saturday that it had restored access to social media, ending a ban imposed on 17 February. The regulator had said online content was fueling conflict and divisions; the ban drew criticism from the opposition and prompted many users to turn to virtual private networks (VPNs).
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The social media ban lasted about eight months.
The High Communication Authority announced the restoration in a televised statement.
The ban covered popular platforms including Facebook, TikTok, YouTube and Instagram.
Many Gabonese users relied on VPNs to access social media during the ban.
The suspension began amid social unrest, including strikes by teachers and civil servants over pay and working conditions.
The opposition described the suspension as an abuse of power.
President Brice Oligui Nguema won last year’s election with more than 90% of the vote, two years after his coup ended more than five decades of Bongo family rule.
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Former President Barack Obama campaigned in Ohio and Michigan ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections, criticizing President Donald Trump and Republican allies over campaign attacks. He defended Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton and Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed against personal attacks.
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Obama spoke at campaign events in Cleveland and Detroit on Saturday.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said President Donald Trump believes Alaska’s Senate race is unfair because another candidate on the ballot has the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan. Blanche said the shared name could confuse voters and potentially cost Republicans the seat.
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Blanche made the remarks Sunday on CNN.
The race is for Alaska’s U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Dan Sullivan.
A candidate with the same name as Sullivan is also on the ballot.
Blanche said the name could confuse voters.
Blanche said the situation could potentially cost Republicans the seat.
Trump views the contest as unfair, according to Blanche.
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