The article compares the reported electoral defeats of Serbia’s Aleksandar Vučić and Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, describing how opposition campaigns and election monitoring helped mobilize voters and guard against intimidation. It says activists in Hungary shared monitoring methods with Serbian students, while noting that Vučić denied speculation that he sought Orbán’s advice before conceding.
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The article says Orbán lost Hungary’s April election to Péter Magyar’s Tisza party.
It reports that Serbia’s Student List won the parliamentary election by a landslide last Sunday.
Reported turnout was 79% in Hungary and 69% in Serbia.
The article says young activists used digital tools to analyze election data, identify risks, and recruit election monitors.
A Hungarian civic group sent 70 monitors to Serbia and held workshops for Serbian student activists.
Serbian student activist Péter Klemm said volunteers filmed groups of masked men near polling stations and deployed mobile monitoring teams.
Vučić and Orbán had each held power for many years and had ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
The article says Vučić conceded defeat at 21:30 on election night and denied speculation that he had asked Orbán for advice about whether to use force.
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Anti-government protesters clashed with police in Paris on Saturday, and demonstrations also took place across Europe. The article provides no further details about the protests or any injuries or arrests.
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A new wave of violence occurred in Paris on Saturday.
Anti-government protesters clashed with police in Paris.
Demonstrations were also held elsewhere in Europe.
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Dense fog is forecast across parts of the UK on Sunday and into next week, with hazardous driving conditions and possible travel disruption. High pressure is expected to keep most areas dry, while morning fog risk shifts north and temperatures remain near average for early November.
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Parts of the Midlands, east Wales and eastern England face the greatest risk of dense fog on Sunday morning.
A yellow weather warning was issued for parts of England and Wales early Saturday, with road visibility expected to fall below 100 metres in places.
The fog risk is expected to shift north from Monday as clear skies and light winds allow mist and fog to form overnight.
Areas prone to dense fog during morning commutes include the Scottish glens, Central Belt, Cheshire Plains, Vale of York and parts of Northern Ireland.
Fog and low cloud may clear slowly and disrupt travel.
Most of the UK is expected to stay dry, though eastern and southern coastal counties could see a few showers.
Afternoon highs are forecast to range from 11 to 14°C; overnight lows could reach 2 to 3°C in the north and 5 to 8°C farther south.
The settled, dry weather pattern is expected to continue into early November, with little prospect of significant rainfall.
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Polish President Karol Nawrocki held crisis talks with political leaders after the suspension of Constitutional Tribunal chief judge Bogdan Swieczkowski deepened a dispute over the court’s independence. Prime Minister Donald Tusk accused nationalist opposition leaders of threatening democracy, while the European Commission urged Nawrocki to accept nominations for new judges.
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Nawrocki convened talks at the presidential palace on Saturday, citing a threat to Poland’s internal security.
Representatives of nationalist, far-right, and some governing coalition parties attended; Tusk’s Civic Coalition did not.
Swieczkowski was suspended on Friday after accusations that he used his position to block parliament from electing new judges.
Tusk said the removal was necessary to restore the rule of law and argued that the court’s judges were not politically neutral.
Supporters of the opposition Law and Justice party protested outside the court on Saturday.
The Constitutional Tribunal decides constitutional matters and has been at the centre of a years-long dispute over judicial politicisation.
The European Commission urged Nawrocki to accept nominations for new judges, while U.S. Ambassador Tom Rose called for calm.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets in 34 German cities, where some clashed with police. They called for better education, lower living costs and an end to compulsory military service amid rising military spending.
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Thousands of people protested across Germany.
Demonstrations took place in 34 cities.
Protesters called for better education.
Protesters demanded lower living costs.
Protesters opposed compulsory military service.
Some protesters clashed with police.
The demonstrations took place amid rising military spending.
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India’s Congress-led opposition plans a rally in Delhi to demand Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation and changes to voter-list procedures. The dispute centers on a revision that removed 130 million names from draft voter rolls; the Election Commission says it removed people who died or moved, while opposition parties allege eligible voters could be excluded.
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The rally is scheduled to begin around noon at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi.
Congress leaders say as many as one million people could attend.
Leaders from the Congress-led INDIA alliance and the pressure group Cockroach Janta Party have pledged support.
The Special Intensive Revision has removed 130 million names from draft voter rolls across India.
The Election Commission says the revision aims to remove names of people who have died or moved from their registered addresses.
Opposition parties accuse the Election Commission and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party of voter-list manipulation; both deny the allegations.
Delhi police have permitted the rally with conditions, including that it end by 5 p.m. and that no marches take place outside the designated site.
The dispute has prompted protests in Delhi and other Indian cities, including a march led by Rahul Gandhi last month.
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Oasis performed a concert at Manchester’s City of Manchester Stadium during their 2005 world tour. The 1-hour-14-minute programme was first shown on 31 October 2026 and is available to stream for 11 months.
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The concert took place at the City of Manchester Stadium.
Oasis performed as part of their 2005 world tour.
The programme runs for 1 hour and 14 minutes.
It was first shown at 10:50 p.m. on 31 October 2026.
The programme is available for 11 months.
The listing warns of strong language and flashing images.
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The episode discusses Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying he is open to a formal UK apology for the country’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, while ruling out financial reparations. It also covers King Charles III’s Caribbean tour and comments by former Chancellor Rachel Reeves and current Chancellor John Healey on UK politics and the economy.
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The episode was published on 1 November 2026 and runs for 39 minutes.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to the possibility of a formal UK apology for the transatlantic slave trade.
Burnham ruled out financial reparations.
King Charles III began a tour of the Caribbean and acknowledged the “great suffering of the past.”
The episode discusses former Chancellor Rachel Reeves writing about the UK rejoining the EU.
It includes an interview with current Chancellor John Healey after the Budget.
The programme is BBC Newscast, presented by Laura Kuenssberg and Paddy O’Connell.
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Filmmaker and war correspondent Zarina Zabrisky spoke with France 24 about events over the past 24 hours involving Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in Ukraine. Residents evacuated from Oleshky crossed into Ukraine and reunited with family members.
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Zarina Zabrisky has lived and reported in Ukrainian-controlled Kherson for three years.
Zabrisky discussed recent events with France 24 journalist Gavin Lee.
Residents of Russian-occupied Oleshky were evacuated from their hometown.
The article’s cover caption shows evacuees crossing the Belarus-Ukraine border in Ukraine’s Chernihiv region on October 31, 2026.
A related news headline says Oleshky residents reunited with family after an evacuation operation.
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Ruchira Ranasingha, a Sri Lankan woman, has been stuck in the Cook Islands for three years after leaving New Zealand on immigration advice and then losing her visa status. New Zealand and Australia have refused her transit visas, leaving her without a feasible route home to Sri Lanka, where she hopes to attend her son’s wedding.
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Ranasingha left Sri Lanka in 2018 and later worked as a caregiver in Hong Kong.
She went to New Zealand in December 2022 and applied for asylum, saying she feared threats from lenders in Sri Lanka.
New Zealand granted her an asylum seeker open work visa for one year.
After her employer sought to sponsor an employment visa, she says an immigration adviser told her to leave New Zealand and apply from overseas.
Her employment visa application was rejected, and New Zealand authorities said she had breached her existing visa conditions by leaving the country.
New Zealand rejected three applications for a transit visa; Australia also refused her a transit visa.
The Cook Islands has limited international flights, and the other available routes require biometric information in New Zealand before visas can be processed.
Ranasingha says her son is getting married in November and her mother has been repeatedly hospitalized with worry.
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King Charles plans to address the lasting effects of the transatlantic slave trade in a speech to Commonwealth leaders in Antigua on Tuesday. Buckingham Palace said he would speak with honesty and sorrow, while stressing that decisions about a formal UK apology belong to the government.
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The King is on the final leg of a Caribbean tour in Antigua.
He is scheduled to speak at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting on Tuesday.
Buckingham Palace said the speech would address the lasting pain of the transatlantic slave trade.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to the possibility of a formal UK apology for slavery.
The UK government has not formally apologized for slavery or offered reparations, according to the article.
Buckingham Palace said the King had not changed his speech in response to Burnham's comments.
The Palace said decisions on an apology are matters for the government, not the King.
During the tour, the King also visited a site linked to the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion in Guyana.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk defended his government’s move to change control of the constitutional court, saying it was needed to restore the court’s ability to operate. The dispute prompted protests and criticism from opposition figures, while legal experts questioned whether the government’s procedure was lawful.
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Government-backed judges suspended the court’s PiS-appointed chief judge and deputy on Friday.
The move sparked street protests, and riot police guarded the court building.
President Karol Nawrocki has refused to swear in five judges approved by parliament.
Tusk said the court as shaped by the former Law and Justice government was not a genuine court.
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights said the legal basis for the temporary suspension was questionable.
Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said the alternative was an unconstitutional shift to a presidential republic.
Nawrocki held talks with politicians from several parties on Saturday, but no breakthrough was reported.
The confrontation comes ahead of next year’s parliamentary election, which polls suggest could be close.
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Dutch authorities rescued 38 men from a motorless rubber boat drifting off Zeeland province. Two Sudanese men were arrested on suspicion of people smuggling; officials have not determined where the boat came from or where it was headed.
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The boat was found off the coast of Zeeland, in the southwest of the Netherlands.
None of the men aboard wore a life vest.
Thirty-six of the men were from Afghanistan, and two were from Sudan.
Authorities suspect the two Sudanese men of smuggling people and arrested them.
Military police said such boats are rarely found in Dutch waters.
Dutch authorities planned to open an investigation on Sunday.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in London to oppose the UK government’s ban on Palestine Action and show support for the group. Reports confirmed 139 arrests, most on suspicion of expressing support for a proscribed organisation, meaning a group banned by law.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the U.S. Embassy in London.
The protesters opposed the UK government’s ban on Palestine Action.
Protesters showed support for Palestine Action.
Reports confirmed 139 arrests.
Most arrests were made on suspicion of expressing support for a proscribed organisation.
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The U.S. Embassy in Moscow warned of a credible threat of a mass-casualty event at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve on October 31, 2026, and urged people to avoid the site. Russia’s Federal Security Service said it received information from the United States and was taking action; Canada also repeated the warning.
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The U.S. Embassy identified the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve in southern Moscow as the potential target.
The embassy said the U.S. government was coordinating with Russian authorities.
The museum reserve’s grounds were temporarily closed after the warning, according to Russian state news agency Tass.
The FSB confirmed receiving information from the United States through established cooperation channels.
Russian authorities did not publicly identify suspected perpetrators or disclose details of the potential attack.
Canada repeated the warning and advised its citizens against travel to Russia, citing the war in Ukraine and terrorism risks.
The warning follows the March 2024 attack at Crocus City Hall, which killed 149 people and injured hundreds.
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South Korean content creator and single mother Cho Seung-yeon, 37, held a ceremony with close friends to mark the end of her marriage and the start of a new chapter. She told the BBC she wants to challenge stigma around divorced women and define herself beyond marriage; her online post about the ceremony drew backlash.
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Cho Seung-yeon is a South Korean content creator and single mother.
Cho is 37 years old.
She held a ceremony to mark the end of her marriage.
She invited close friends to the ceremony.
Cho described the event as marking the start of a new chapter.
Her post about the ceremony received backlash.
Cho told the BBC she wants to challenge stigma around divorced women.
She said she wants to reclaim an identity beyond marriage.
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About 320,000 people joined protests over living costs and public services across France on Saturday, according to the interior ministry; organizers estimated nearly half a million. Most marches were peaceful, but clashes and tear gas were reported in several cities as authorities prepared for possible overnight unrest.
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The interior ministry estimated 320,000 demonstrators nationwide, including 70,000 in Paris.
Organizers put nationwide turnout at nearly half a million.
The protests were the third consecutive weekend of demonstrations.
Protesters included students, trade union members and some Yellow Vest supporters.
Demonstrators cited living costs, fuel prices, inflation and strained public services.
Police used tear gas in Lyon and Toulouse and dispersed groups in Paris.
Authorities reported tensions in Marseille, but said calm had returned by nightfall.
France’s top administrative court upheld a ban on a proposed march route between Nation and Bastille in Paris.
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Nigeria is investigating two suspected Ebola cases in the northeast. The individuals have been isolated, and health authorities are tracing contacts and conducting laboratory tests; the cases are not confirmed. The suspected cases follow an imported case reported in Nigeria on October 20, linked to the Bundibugyo strain circulating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
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Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced the two suspected cases on Saturday.
Both individuals have been isolated while authorities identify and list their contacts.
Laboratory testing is under way, and officials said suspected cases are not confirmed Ebola infections.
On October 20, Nigeria reported its first Ebola case in more than a decade, involving a Swiss woman who had traveled from Uganda and tested positive.
The woman and her husband, a Swiss diplomat, were evacuated to Switzerland on Monday.
The Bundibugyo strain has been reported in the DRC, Uganda, France, Kenya and Nigeria.
The DRC outbreak began in May and has produced more than 10,300 confirmed cases across eight provinces, according to the article.
The article says there is no approved treatment or vaccine for the Bundibugyo strain, while vaccine trials are under way.
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Qatar rejected Israeli allegations that it interfered in Israel’s election, calling them a disinformation campaign. The claims prompted a debate on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story.
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Israel alleged that Qatar interfered in its election.
Qatar rejected the allegations.
Qatar called the allegations a disinformation campaign.
The allegations prompted a debate on Al Jazeera’s Inside Story.
The article does not provide details about the alleged interference or evidence for the claims.
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A 35-year-old man was charged with explosives and firearms offences after police searched properties in north Belfast. He is due to appear at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
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The man faces two counts of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstances.
He was also charged with possessing a prohibited weapon described as a device that discharges electricity or noxious gas.
Police searched properties in the Shankill Road and Edwina Street areas on Friday and Saturday.
Officers seized suspicious devices and other items for forensic examination.
Residents evacuated as a precaution have been allowed to return home, and police have lifted all cordons.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland asked anyone with relevant information to call 101 and quote reference number 261 30/10/26.
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