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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Sudanese miners, including children and young people supporting relatives, take dangerous and poorly paid jobs in artisanal gold mines. Fourteen-year-old Altayeb Alhadi died in an air strike attributed to Egypt at a mining site in Sudan’s Red Sea region; the attack killed at least 72 miners.
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Altayeb’s father died in a well collapse when Altayeb was six, and his mother died two months later.
At age 14, Altayeb left his village in White Nile state to find work and support his siblings.
He first worked in transport and other jobs, then began mining gold near Jabal Al-Aigdat.
A fellow miner said Altayeb died from his injuries within hours of the October 10 air strike.
Altayeb worked with about 15 young men and children, using basic tools to remove gold from rocks.
The group could spend two to three weeks digging and sometimes earned about $100 to share after finding a gram or less of gold.
Since Sudan’s civil war began in 2023, economic hardship has pushed thousands of people toward artisanal gold mining.
Egyptian authorities have accused Sudanese miners of crossing the border and linked some to smuggling and trafficking; Sudanese authorities did not respond to the allegations described in the article.
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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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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.
CBS News’ “Sunday Morning” presents a selection of evocative photographs captured during the week of Oct. 18–24, 2026. The provided article text does not describe the individual images.
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The feature is titled “Photos of the week.”
CBS News published the feature as part of “Sunday Morning.”
The images cover the week of Oct. 18–24, 2026.
The page describes the images as evocative.
The supplied text includes links to other CBS News stories and programs.
Listed topics include the Israeli election, small businesses facing inflation, and health issues.
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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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Director Peter Berg’s film “The Mosquito Bowl,” based on Buzz Bissinger’s book, tells the story of four All-American football players who joined the Marines after Pearl Harbor and later fought in the Pacific. Berg says the film focuses on the human cost of war, including the Battle of Okinawa, and recreates the 0-0 football game played on Guadalcanal before Marines shipped out.
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The film is directed by Peter Berg and is based on a book by Buzz Bissinger.
The story follows four All-American football players who volunteered for the Marines after Pearl Harbor.
The film’s first battle sequence depicts Tarawa, where footage of American dead on the beach brought the war’s human cost to U.S. audiences.
Berg researched the film at Marine boot camp on Parris Island, South Carolina, where he wrote much of the script.
The Mosquito Bowl was a December 1944 game on Guadalcanal between two Marine regiments that ended in a 0-0 tie.
Neal McCallum, now 99, attended the game after joining the Marine Corps shortly after his 17th birthday.
Berg said his father served as a Marine during the Korean War and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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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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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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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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Andy Burnham called for an open discussion about whether the UK should consider restoring free movement with the EU. Some Labour ministers and MPs backed discussing closer ties, while others and politicians from the Conservatives and Reform UK opposed reopening the issue.
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Burnham said staying out of free movement should no longer be a red line in talks with the EU.
Deputy Labour leader Angela Rayner backed an open discussion, saying the government should consider what deal would be best for Britain.
Labour MP Stella Creasy said the debate should consider effects on supply chains and jobs for British citizens.
Some senior ministers support closer UK-EU ties that could involve joining the single market and accepting free movement.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood warned that closer EU ties would involve difficult trade-offs.
Some Labour MPs representing pro-Brexit constituencies are wary of revisiting free movement; Jonathan Hinder has urged the prime minister to rule it out.
Labour peer Richard Walker called restarting the debate a dangerous precedent and said it would not help young people who are out of work.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and Reform UK leader Nigel Farage criticised Burnham’s proposal.
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Billionaire hedge fund investor Bill Ackman urged Israelis to keep National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich out of the next government. He said their statements had harmed Israel’s international reputation, days before voters were due to go to the polls.
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Bill Ackman called for Israel’s next government to exclude Itamar Ben-Gvir.
Ackman also called for the next government to exclude Bezalel Smotrich.
Ben-Gvir serves as Israel’s national security minister.
Smotrich serves as Israel’s finance minister.
Ackman said the ministers had damaged Israel’s international reputation.
His appeal came days before Israeli voters were due to head to the polls.
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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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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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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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Leanne Gregory, 36, from Stapleford, Nottinghamshire, died in the Bahamas after entering the sea to help her two sons, who had been swept out by a current. Her husband, Nathan, said the family had taken the trip as an early celebration of their 10th wedding anniversary; the boys were rescued and returned home with him.
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The family was on holiday on the island of Bimini in the Bahamas.
Nathan Gregory said the boys had been snorkelling in shallow water before they got into difficulty.
Both parents entered the sea to try to help their sons, and Nathan said the incident lasted less than 10 minutes.
The boys were rescued from the water on Tuesday.
Police said Leanne was found unresponsive at the North Bimini Ferry Dock and later pronounced dead at a local medical clinic.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force said an autopsy would be conducted and that foul play was not suspected.
The UK Foreign Office said it was in contact with local authorities and supporting the family.
A fundraiser had received nearly £9,000 in donations at the time of the report.
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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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A University of Surrey study found that people from some ethnic minority and deprived groups in England were less likely to receive a breast cancer diagnosis through routine screening and more likely to be diagnosed through urgent referrals or emergencies. People with learning disabilities also had longer waits for diagnosis and treatment, the analysis found.
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Researchers analyzed data on 86,564 people diagnosed with breast cancer between 2009 and 2019.
People from Black, Asian and mixed backgrounds, and people from deprived backgrounds, were up to 33% less likely to be diagnosed through screening.
These groups were up to 31% more likely to be diagnosed through an urgent suspected cancer referral and up to 37% more likely through an emergency presentation.
People with learning disabilities had an 18% longer time to diagnosis and waited 10% longer for treatment than people without learning disabilities.
The study was conducted by University of Surrey academics and funded by Breast Cancer Now.
Earlier research cited in the article found that one in three people from ethnic minority backgrounds needed three or more GP visits before a cancer diagnosis, compared with one in five people across England.
The article says young Black women are under-represented in clinical research and face higher rates of aggressive breast cancer, poorer care and mortality.
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Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto, arresting 31 people in total. The protests called for action on rising housing costs and opposed proposed changes that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases.
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Police moved into the Lisbon camp in Rossio Square shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday and arrested 25 people.
Protesters had set up more than 100 tents in Lisbon after a march attended by thousands.
Police dismantled a camp of about 50 tents in Porto and arrested six people.
Police said the operation was proportionate, reported seven minor injuries across the two operations, and said those arrested in Lisbon were released and due in court Monday.
The activist group Casa para Viver said 60 people were hurt and called for a protest outside parliament on Tuesday.
Home prices in Portugal have more than doubled since 2017, while rents for new leases have nearly doubled.
The Bank of Portugal estimates the country is short 300,000 homes.
Protesters oppose a bill that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases; it passed its first parliamentary reading.
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