Ukraine’s air force said the nationwide air raid alert app had probably been hacked and warned that its threat notifications did not match conditions on the ground. Ukrainian officials urged people to stay calm and follow official updates; a separate alert app for Kyiv was reported to be working normally.
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Ukraine’s air force said it suspected hostile interference with the nationwide Air Alarm application.
Air force spokesperson Yuriy Ignat confirmed to AFP that the app had been hacked.
The Ukrainian Centre for Countering Disinformation said the app’s reported threat levels did not reflect reality.
The air force said there was no radiation threat and advised people to follow its official updates.
SPRAVDI blamed Russia for the hack in a post on X.
The alert app warns people across Ukraine about possible Russian air strikes.
Kyiv authorities said the separate app for the capital was still working normally.
The suspected interference was reported shortly after a local ceasefire in the Kherson region ended.
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A collision between two high-speed trains near Urda, Spain, killed 69 people. Authorities said they had identified all but three victims and were awaiting relatives from Australia and Japan to help identify the remaining missing people.
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Four U.S. citizens and one citizen each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic were among the dead.
Authorities had previously confirmed the deaths of one French citizen, one Portuguese citizen and 54 Spanish citizens.
Three missing-person reports remained active: two for Australians and one for a Japanese citizen.
The Renfe train struck the back of a stationary train operated by Iryo.
The collision occurred near Urda, about 130 kilometers south of Madrid.
An automatic safety system stopped trains on a 63-kilometer stretch of track, but a control center authorized the Renfe train to continue while the other train was still there.
Spain had another high-speed train collision in Andalusia in January, killing 46 people.
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At least 69 people died and 58 were injured when a high-speed train struck the rear of another train near Urda, Spain, on Oct. 28. Four U.S. citizens were among those killed, and investigators are examining the crash as officials and rail unions disagree over its causes.
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The collision happened in the province of Toledo, central Spain, on the Madrid-to-Seville route.
More than 540 people were aboard the two trains, which were traveling in the same direction.
Authorities had identified all but three of the victims as of Sunday.
Officials reported victims from several countries, including the United States, Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico, Tunisia and the Czech Republic.
The two trains included a state-owned RENFE train and a privately owned IRYO train.
Investigators' initial findings indicated the RENFE train was traveling between 100 and 125 mph when it struck the IRYO train.
Transport Minister Óscar Puente blamed a traffic controller's poor judgment, while railway unions cited staffing shortages and worsening working conditions.
The crash was Spain's second major collision on the Madrid-Seville line this year; a January crash killed 46 people.
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U.S. restrictions are making it harder for Cuban hospitals to obtain food, medicine and equipment, as foreign companies fear penalties for doing business with Cuba. Doctors report shortages, unreliable power and staff losses, while Cuba’s economic and infrastructure problems predate the latest sanctions.
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Doctors at a Havana pediatric hospital said a malnourished 2-month-old needed specialized formula that was difficult to obtain.
The U.S. has maintained a trade embargo on Cuba for decades, and President Donald Trump has threatened sanctions against businesses that deal with the Cuban government.
Washington says it does not intend to restrict food and medical supplies, but some foreign companies have avoided selling them to Cuba because they fear U.S. penalties.
Cuban officials said only one oil tanker had reached the island since early January, contributing to power problems.
Hospital doctors said power interruptions can endanger patients, and reported finishing some operations by cellphone light when generators fail.
Doctors reported severe shortages of cancer drugs, anesthetics and laboratory equipment, including a 68-day wait for a component needed for a toddler’s surgery.
Cuban doctors said low pay and difficult conditions have led many medical workers to leave the profession or the country.
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Cuba faces worsening shortages, blackouts and strain on hospitals as U.S. restrictions make it harder to secure fuel and conduct trade, while the Trump administration and Havana blame each other for the crisis. Cuban officials say the restrictions have intensified, and doctors describe limited access to specialized infant nutrition and medical supplies.
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Cuba has been under communist rule since the 1960s, and the government employs most workers and runs hospitals and schools.
The U.S. has maintained an embargo on Cuba for more than 60 years; the article says the Trump administration has tightened restrictions and threatened sanctions against companies that do business with Cuba.
The article reports that shortages of fuel, food and medicine have contributed to daily blackouts, breadlines and bare pharmacy shelves.
Cuba’s deputy foreign minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío said the newer restrictions target countries and companies that trade with Cuba.
The article says Cuba lost Venezuela as its main oil supplier after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
At William Soler Hospital, a roughly two-month-old infant weighing less than five pounds was treated for dehydration and malnutrition and was described as being in critical condition.
The hospital’s ICU chief said the infant would need nutritional support, but staff had to use a mixture made from malanga and chicken rather than specialized formulas.
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Cuba is becoming more isolated from the global economy amid new U.S. sanctions, according to the article’s headline. The article says basic goods have become luxuries and that the Trump administration says the sanctions target Cuba’s government.
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Cuba has been under communist rule for decades.
The United States has maintained a trade embargo on Cuba for decades.
The article describes basic goods in Cuba as luxuries.
The Trump administration says the new sanctions target what it calls Cuba’s corrupt regime.
The headline says the sanctions are contributing to Cuba’s isolation from the global economy.
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Israel’s Central Elections Committee chief said the election results would stand even if suspicions of foreign interference were confirmed. Netanyahu’s Likud party questioned the results without providing evidence, while opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of trying to undermine them. No bloc won enough seats to form a government alone.
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Central Elections Committee head Noam Sohlberg said substantiated suspicions of foreign interference would not undermine the election results as a whole.
Netanyahu’s Likud party alleged that Arab-led parties had stolen votes and received funding from Qatar, but provided no evidence.
Qatar rejected the allegations and called them a disinformation campaign.
Police released two of three activists arrested before the election over alleged plans to bribe voters; police said the suspects were connected to the Arab-led Ra’am party.
The election results gave Netanyahu’s bloc 53 seats, the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot 48 seats, and Arab-led parties a record 19 seats in the 120-seat parliament.
A coalition of Arab-led parties and Eisenkot’s bloc could hold 67 seats, but cooperation with Arab parties is politically contentious in Israel.
The results were due to be officially certified that week, after which President Isaac Herzog would nominate a candidate to form a government.
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Iranian officials warned that a renewed war with the United States could last longer than the previous conflict and spread beyond a limited area. President Donald Trump said the United States still had targets to strike, while diplomatic efforts to restart talks continued ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
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Iranian army spokesperson Mohammad Akraminia said a future war could last longer than the previous conflict.
Trump told reporters the United States could strike one or two remaining sites in Iran quickly and mentioned the suspected underground nuclear complex at Pickaxe Mountain.
The conflict began on February 28 with U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, followed by Iranian missile and drone attacks across the region.
Iran-aligned armed groups in Lebanon and Yemen joined the fighting, according to the article.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards spokesperson Hossein Mohebbi said a conflict with the United States would have no geographical limits.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran remained prepared for both defense and diplomacy and urged the other side to choose diplomacy.
Iranian security chief Mohsen Rezaei said he had received a letter from U.S. Vice President JD Vance seeking to revive talks.
Axios reported that Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed negotiations and possible renewed military action in a Saturday call.
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French prosecutors have opened an attempted murder investigation after an incendiary device was thrown at police during protests in Paris. The officer caught on fire suffered burns to his ankle and minor hand injuries; police had not announced an arrest in the attack, according to the report.
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The attack took place during protests in Paris on Saturday.
The injured officer belongs to France’s National Gendarmerie, a national law enforcement force under the Interior Ministry.
The officer told Le Figaro that the device had greater burning capacity than a standard Molotov cocktail.
Fourteen other officers suffered injuries ranging from minor to serious, according to the officer.
France’s Interior Ministry said police made more than 770 arrests nationwide on Saturday, about half the number reported after the previous week’s protests.
The youth-led demonstrations began in late September and have called for action on the cost of living and public services, including schools.
Protests also took place in Germany and Italy over the weekend.
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Amitabh Bachchan greeted fans from a bulletproof enclosure outside his Mumbai residence during his customary Sunday greeting. The security measure followed a bomb threat and a recent shooting attempt targeting actor Tiger Shroff.
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Amitabh Bachchan greeted fans outside his residence in Mumbai.
He used a bulletproof enclosure for the greeting.
The greeting took place on Sunday as part of his customary routine.
The security measure followed a bomb threat.
The article also cites a recent shooting attempt targeting actor Tiger Shroff.
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Members of the Rasharkin Chosen Few Orange lodge say repeated attacks on their hall have left them feeling intimidated and unable to hold some events safely at night. Police recorded 17 hate crimes against Orange and Apprentice Boys’ halls across Northern Ireland in the past year, while the PSNI says it has a plan to prevent further attacks in Rasharkin.
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The Rasharkin lodge says its hall has been targeted in 51 incidents over 30 years.
Members say attacks have included graffiti and attempted arson; the hall now has steel doors and no windows.
Police recorded 17 hate crimes against Orange and Apprentice Boys’ halls in Northern Ireland in the past year, the second-highest total in five years.
CCTV shared with BBC News NI showed masked figures painting “INLA” outside the hall on 12 July 2025, followed by paint being thrown at the building.
The lodge says CCTV showed a PSNI patrol car driving over the freshly painted road graffiti without stopping.
The PSNI said officers were in the area about 10 minutes before the reported damage and responded about seven minutes after the patrol car passed the hall.
The PSNI said it examined footage from the July 2025 and June 2026 incidents but considered it unsuitable for a public appeal.
Lodge members say safety concerns mean they hold charity events during the day rather than at night.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that hostilities could escalate in Western Sahara after the Security Council failed to renew MINURSO, the UN peacekeeping mission established in 1991. The mission entered its liquidation phase on November 1, as the United States, Russia, Morocco, Algeria and the Polisario Front expressed differing views on the failed renewal and the territory’s future.
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The Security Council did not renew MINURSO’s mandate, which expired after 35 years.
Guterres urged all parties to exercise restraint and avoid actions that could raise tensions or threaten regional stability.
MINURSO was established in 1991 to monitor a ceasefire and prepare a referendum on Western Sahara’s future.
The United States proposed a one-year extension and a framework for talks based on Morocco’s autonomy proposal; Russia vetoed the draft.
A competing Russian resolution was also defeated, leaving the mission without a new mandate.
Morocco claims Western Sahara, while the Algeria-backed Polisario Front seeks an independent Sahrawi state.
Algeria expressed regret over the mission’s non-renewal, and the Polisario Front voiced concern about the Security Council deadlock.
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Ukraine’s Air Force said the Air Alert app was apparently disrupted on Sunday after users received false warnings of radiation, nuclear, chemical and street-fighting threats in Kyiv. Ukrainian officials said there was no radiation threat and urged people to rely on official updates and other alert sources.
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The alerts began at about 22:47 local time and included messages in Ukrainian and Russian.
The app sent separate all-clear messages after the false threat alerts.
Ukraine’s Central Intelligence Agency said a radiation warning also played through loudspeakers in the Lviv region.
The Ukrainian Air Force said there was no radiation threat and advised people to stay calm and follow its updates.
The Central Intelligence Agency urged people to check official sources, phone notifications and sirens for information about air strikes.
Vinnytsia oblast governor Natalya Zabolotna described the incident as a cyberattack and warned people not to click a link in the message.
The Air Alert app, supported by Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation, informs users when air-defence alerts begin and end.
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A six-day local ceasefire in and around Russian-occupied Oleshky, in Ukraine’s Kherson region, ended Sunday night without either side reporting violations or agreeing to extend it. The pause enabled evacuations and the delivery of supplies, while Russian strikes elsewhere in Ukraine and Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia continued.
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The truce covered Oleshky and nearby areas in the Kherson region and ended at 10:59 p.m. Ukraine time on Sunday.
Ukraine’s military said it evacuated 167 people from threatened areas, including 22 children and 21 people with limited mobility.
About 2,000 civilians were estimated to be in Oleshky when the truce began; they could evacuate to Ukrainian- or Russian-controlled territory or stay with replenished food and medical supplies.
A Ukrainian official told AFP that Russia reportedly refused Kyiv’s offer to extend the ceasefire.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow viewed the Oleshky operation and coordination between the countries’ human rights commissioners positively.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian strikes elsewhere in Ukraine left hundreds of thousands of households without power.
Russian authorities reported major damage to an industrial site in the Nizhny Novgorod region after Ukrainian drone attacks.
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French presidential candidate Édouard Philippe said he would not take part in a proposed centre-right primary to choose one candidate for the 2027 election. He argued that a primary would cause division and confusion, and said candidates should decide by February how to proceed.
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Philippe is the candidate for the centre-right Horizons party.
Gabriel Attal proposed a centre-right primary the previous week.
Philippe said candidates should take responsibility for their plans by February; his remarks suggested weaker contenders could withdraw.
Philippe served as prime minister under President Emmanuel Macron from 2017 to 2020.
The article says Marine Le Pen leads the polls, while Jean-Luc Mélenchon is also performing strongly.
The election’s first round is scheduled for April 18, 2027, with a runoff on May 2.
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An Israeli military siege in Hebron in the occupied West Bank has displaced almost 5,000 people. The operation began on October 23, after two Palestinians shot two Israeli soldiers and injured three others.
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Almost 5,000 people have been displaced.
Israel’s military is carrying out a siege in Hebron.
Hebron is in the occupied West Bank.
The operation began on Friday, October 23.
Two Palestinians shot two Israeli soldiers before the operation began.
The shooting also injured three other people.
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Nationals leader Matt Canavan says he will run for the Queensland lower-house seat of Capricornia at the next federal election. His candidacy could set up a contest with James Ashby of One Nation after sitting MP Michelle Landry announced she would retire.
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Canavan announced his plan in an interview with the Courier-Mail.
Capricornia is a regional Queensland seat currently represented by Michelle Landry.
Landry said last month that she would retire and not run at the next election.
James Ashby, Pauline Hanson’s chief of staff, may contest the seat for One Nation.
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie urged One Nation to target Labor-held seats instead of Coalition-held seats.
Canavan said he wanted to help retain the seat and change the government.
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Eighteen-year-old violinist Sofia Demetriades won the 2026 BBC Young Musician competition after performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. The event was the first all-female final in the competition’s 48-year history.
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Demetriades is from Leicestershire and is in her first year of undergraduate study at the Royal Academy of Music.
The judges were Joanna MacGregor, Ben Gernon and Errollyn Wallen.
The final took place at Bristol Beacon, with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Alpesh Chauhan.
The other finalists were 18-year-old saxophonist Kezia Colton and 17-year-old recorder player Alma Nunez Debretzeni.
The competition began in 1978 and is held every two years.
Demetriades receives a £3,000 prize toward music studies, along with recording and broadcast opportunities on Radio 3.
All three finalists will work with Young Classical Artists Trust on managing their future careers.
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Al Jazeera marked 30 years since its first broadcast in 1996 at a ceremony in Doha attended by Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani. Director General Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani called for renewal to protect the network’s independence and values.
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Al Jazeera’s first broadcast was in 1996.
The network marked the 30th anniversary with a ceremony in Doha.
Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attended the ceremony.
Director General Sheikh Nasser bin Faisal Al Thani called for renewal.
Al Thani said renewal should protect the network’s independence and values.
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Exit polls put Bulgaria’s acting President Iliana Iotova ahead of Andrey Gyurov in the presidential run-off, with about 51 percent of the vote to his 44 percent. The election took place amid concern over drone attacks on ships off Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast that left 21 people missing and were suspected of being linked to spillover from Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Three exit polls reported Iotova leading with about 51 percent of the vote and Gyurov with about 44 percent.
Exit polls estimated voter turnout at 27 to 29 percent, up from 23 percent in the first round.
Official results were expected on Monday as ballots were counted.
The Bulgarian presidency has largely ceremonial powers.
If confirmed, Iotova would become Bulgaria’s first elected female president.
Iotova took over as acting president in January after Rumen Radev resigned to run in a parliamentary election.
Gyurov, backed by the pro-Western opposition, criticized Iotova for not explicitly blaming Russia for the Black Sea attacks.
Both candidates condemned the attacks and called for a diplomatic end to the war in Ukraine.
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