Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. delegations are set to hold another round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi, with discussions expected to cover security guarantees and potentially territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says battlefield gains have improved Ukraine’s negotiating position, while U.S. officials and Secretary of State Marco Rubio describe the path to an agreement as uncertain.
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The talks are scheduled for Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and will be the third round there this year.
U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are leading the U.S. delegation.
Zelenskyy said Ukrainian military gains and long-range strikes had strengthened Ukraine’s position; Russia disputes his claim that it is suffering record losses.
A U.S. official said both countries had privately shown some flexibility on a possible territorial exchange.
The U.S. official said security guarantees for Ukraine, possibly modeled on NATO’s Article 5, would be a central topic.
Russia occupies roughly 20 percent of Ukraine, including Crimea and parts of the Donbas region.
Ukraine’s delegation will be led by Rustem Umerov, while Russia’s delegation will be headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky.
Russia has said European officials will not participate in the negotiations, which it describes as a three-way format.
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Cameroon President Paul Biya announced that legislative and local elections will take place on February 7, 2027, after two postponements. The announcement comes amid opposition pressure following protests over Biya’s re-election and government restrictions on an opposition party.
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Biya announced the election date in a decree read on public radio on Monday.
Cameroon has postponed the legislative and local elections twice.
Lawmakers’ terms were extended to December 20, while municipal councillors’ terms were extended to February 28, 2027.
Biya has ruled Cameroon since 1982 and won re-election in October 2025.
Human Rights Watch lawyers said security forces detained up to 2,000 people after protests over the election; some detainees remain in custody, according to the article.
Authorities suspended the Cameroon National Salvation Front last month.
The party’s defeated presidential candidate, Issa Tchiroma Bakary, went into exile in The Gambia after claiming victory.
A constitutional reform reintroduced the vice-president post in April; its holder is expected to succeed Biya if he dies in office.
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Israel’s Shin Bet found no evidence of foreign interference in last month’s election. Allegations of interference sparked a political storm after Palestinian-Israeli parties made historic gains.
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The Shin Bet is Israel’s internal security service.
The agency found no evidence of foreign interference in the election.
The election took place last month.
Allegations of interference sparked a political storm.
Palestinian-Israeli parties made historic gains in the election.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for an October cyberattack on supermarket refrigerators in France. The attack affected refrigerators in hundreds of stores nationwide.
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Jean-Noël Barrot is France’s foreign minister.
Barrot blamed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for the attack.
The cyberattack occurred in October.
The attack affected supermarket refrigerators.
Hundreds of stores across France were affected.
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U.S. President Donald Trump said there was “positive momentum” toward ending the war on Iran after talks with Qatar’s prime minister. The Qatari leader delivered a ceasefire proposal from Tehran, while Gulf allies’ security remains a key U.S. priority, according to Al Jazeera’s report.
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Donald Trump said there was “positive momentum” toward ending the war on Iran.
Trump made the comments after meeting Qatar’s prime minister.
Qatar’s prime minister delivered a ceasefire proposal from Tehran.
The proposal was intended to help end the war on Iran.
Al Jazeera correspondent Kimberly Halkett reported on the talks.
The report said the security of Gulf allies remains a key U.S. priority.
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A Honduran court postponed its verdict in the trial of four men charged with crimes linked to Angie Peña’s 2022 disappearance. The court said it needs more time to review evidence and wait for an interpreter to return; it set November 20 as the new date.
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The verdict had been expected on Monday, when the court announced the delay.
Two U.S. citizens, Harold Green and William James Murdock, face human-trafficking charges.
U.S. citizen Gary Lee Johnston and Honduran citizen Gustavo Trejo are accused of criminal association.
The defendants’ lawyers deny their clients’ involvement and have sought acquittals.
Peña went missing on January 1, 2022, after leaving by jet ski from West Bay on the Honduran island of Roatán; the jet ski was later found in Belize.
Prosecutors allege the suspects belonged to a network involved in drug trafficking and sex trafficking of minors, and say police and at least one judge helped it. The officials were not named.
A key protected witness, Dereck McNeil, was killed in August. Before his death, he alleged corruption in a special prosecutor’s office unit; the unit’s director denied wrongdoing and said it did not investigate Peña’s disappearance.
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President Donald Trump said the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran was “effectively” over, but said the United States would maintain its naval blockade and could resume military action. His remarks followed talks with Qatar’s prime minister and came as Iranian officials rejected his account and said Iran remained open to negotiations.
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Trump said Iran’s military was “effectively over” and described the U.S. approach as maintaining the status quo.
Trump said the status quo included a naval blockade of Iranian ports and Task Force Iron Gate, which aims to restrict trade by land and through the Caspian Sea.
Trump said regional countries, including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait, preferred the current approach.
Trump and Vice President JD Vance met with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani to discuss the war.
The Qatari prime minister said the talks focused on reaching a deal and bringing peace to the region.
Trump did not promise a long-term ceasefire and said U.S. forces were ready to resume action if needed.
Iranian official Mohsen Rezaei dismissed Trump’s remarks as a distraction and denied that talks were taking place.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran was open to negotiations but would not surrender to pressure.
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Pope Leo XIV met privately in Buenos Aires with five survivors of clergy sexual abuse during his visit to Argentina. The Vatican said he listened to their accounts and proposals for healing, and reiterated his pledge to strengthen safeguarding in the Catholic Church.
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The meetings took place on Monday, the second day of Leo’s visit to Argentina.
The Vatican said Leo spoke individually with each of the five survivors.
The private meetings lasted more than an hour.
The Vatican said the meetings aimed to support healing and help make the Church a safe place.
The meetings followed an open-air Mass in Buenos Aires that drew an estimated 2.5 million people.
The article says the Mass was Argentina’s first papal liturgy in nearly 40 years.
Argentina is the second stop on Leo’s 12-day Latin America tour, which began in Uruguay and is due to end in Peru.
The article says Leo’s visit is the first by a pope to Argentina since John Paul II visited in 1987.
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Hungarian police reportedly detained Aron Orban, younger brother of former Prime Minister Viktor Orban, on suspicion of people smuggling and other offenses. Viktor Orban called the reported arrest political persecution and said he was the real target; police have not confirmed whether Aron was among those detained.
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A press report shared by Prime Minister Peter Magyar said police arrested Aron Orban.
Police reportedly raided businesses linked to Aron Orban’s associates.
Authorities said they detained four people suspected of people smuggling, but police did not confirm whether Aron was among them.
Viktor Orban accused the government of using his brother’s reported arrest to divert attention from other issues.
An investigation published last year by Telex linked Aron Orban and business associates to an alleged visa scheme involving foreign guest workers.
Peter Magyar won Hungary’s April election, ending Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power.
Magyar had pledged to investigate alleged corruption and abuse of power by the previous government.
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Saudi state media reported that an attack targeted the East-West oil pipeline in the Medina region on Monday, causing a small fire that officials said was extinguished. The report said no one was injured and operations continued; it did not identify who was responsible.
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The Saudi Ministry of Energy official said the pipeline was targeted in the Medina region.
The attack caused a limited fire, which was extinguished.
Saudi state media reported no injuries or deaths.
Officials said pipeline operations were unaffected.
The 1,200-kilometer pipeline runs across the Arabian Peninsula to Yanbu on the Red Sea.
Saudi Arabia has rerouted about 4 million barrels of crude oil per day through the pipeline since Strait of Hormuz disruptions.
The article says the pipeline was shut for several days in September after drone attacks that Saudi Arabia said came from Iraq.
The report did not name those responsible for Monday’s attack.
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COP31 has opened in Turkiye amid war-related energy disruptions and renewed reliance on fossil fuels. Delegates are discussing electrification and climate action, while activists outside the summit are calling for an end to greenwashing and a move away from industrial agriculture.
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COP31 has opened in Turkiye.
The summit is taking place amid war-driven energy disruptions.
The disruptions have prompted renewed reliance on fossil fuels.
Delegates are discussing electrification.
Delegates are also discussing climate action.
Activists outside the summit are demanding an end to greenwashing.
Activists are calling for a shift away from industrial agriculture.
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Malaysia’s king has warned the government not to challenge his authority over an order to transfer jailed former prime minister Najib Razak to house arrest. The move was suspended after the attorney general asked a court to clarify the order, leaving a dispute over how it should be carried out.
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Najib Razak is a former Malaysian prime minister serving a prison sentence.
Najib was expected to leave prison after his party paid a $12 million fine under the conditions of his royal pardon.
The transfer to house arrest was suspended after the attorney general sought clarification from the court.
Malaysia’s king warned the government against challenging his authority over the order.
Najib is appealing a separate 15-year sentence for abuse of power and money laundering.
The dispute centers on the monarchy’s authority and the government’s role in implementing the order.
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Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman agreed to open two crossings, coordinate emergency responses and share archival materials. The UN-backed agreement aims to build confidence and restart reunification talks, which have been stalled since the last official round collapsed in 2017.
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The leaders met with UN special envoy Maria Angela Holguin in the UN-controlled buffer zone.
The UN described the meeting as positive and said the leaders would meet again in the coming weeks with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
The two new crossings would raise the number of open crossings on the island to 11, according to Cypriot media.
Cyprus was divided in 1974 after Turkey invaded and took control of the island’s northern part in response to a coup.
A UN peacekeeping force has monitored the ceasefire line between the two sides since the 1963 collapse of a power-sharing administration.
Turkey is the only country that recognizes the northern part of Cyprus as an independent republic.
The two sides disagree over the ground rules for talks and Turkey’s role in a possible settlement.
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An explosion at an iron and steel plant in Izmir province, Turkiye, killed at least 16 workers and injured 13 others, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Search and rescue operations are continuing, and local officials said some workers remain trapped beneath rubble.
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The explosion occurred at an iron and steel plant in Izmir province, Turkiye.
At least 16 workers were killed.
Thirteen people were injured.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan confirmed the reported deaths and injuries.
Search and rescue operations are continuing.
Local officials said some workers remain trapped under rubble.
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Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The offenses took place between 2004 and 2009.
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Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison.
He was convicted of raping one woman.
He was convicted of sexually assaulting three other people.
The offenses occurred between 2004 and 2009.
The judge said Brand abused his celebrity status.
The judge described Brand as a sexual predator and said he showed casual disregard for women.
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The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, a cyber unit linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The probe concerns cyberattacks that targeted French supermarket refrigerators in October, which the prosecutor described as unprecedented.
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The Paris prosecutor announced the investigation on November 9, 2026.
The investigation focuses on Shahid Kaveh, described in the report as a cyber unit of the IRGC.
The attacks targeted refrigerators at French supermarkets in October.
The prosecutor characterized the attacks as unprecedented.
The article says little is publicly known about Shahid Kaveh.
Analysts have observed the IRGC expanding its cyber warfare activity in recent years.
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Jemima Goldsmith accused Russell Brand of violence, coercive control and abuse during their relationship in 2014. Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after being convicted of rape and three counts of sexual assault.
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Goldsmith said she called police to remove Brand from her home during a violent incident in 2014 but did not press charges.
She said she avoided legal action because she worried about the effect of press attention on her teenage children.
Goldsmith said she had not seen or spoken to Brand since 2014 and had helped journalists investigating allegations against him.
She said a woman, Szilvia Berki, visited her home in June 2014 to give Brand a massage, but the massage did not take place.
Goldsmith said police reviewed her statement and CCTV footage and concluded there was no case to answer in relation to Berki's allegations.
Goldsmith said she pursued an injunction to prevent harassment after receiving threatening messages and facing allegations on social media.
Brand was convicted of raping a woman at his home in 2009 and sexually assaulting three other women.
At sentencing, the judge said Brand showed disregard for women's right to refuse him.
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Israeli pollster and political analyst Dahlia Scheindlin discussed Gadi Eisenkot’s effort to form a government after President Isaac Herzog tasked him with the job. She said coalition arithmetic, reluctance to work with Arab parties, and strained U.S. ties could limit the opposition’s chances and deepen Israel’s political crisis.
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President Isaac Herzog tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government.
Eisenkot has 45 days to try to assemble a parliamentary majority.
Scheindlin said Israel’s opposition leaders remain reluctant to cooperate with Arab parties.
Scheindlin described that reluctance as a self-imposed constraint on efforts to replace Benjamin Netanyahu.
The discussion linked the erosion of bipartisan support for Israel in Washington to Netanyahu’s focus on one U.S. political party and leader.
Scheindlin said the immediate result could be parliamentary deadlock or a fragile minority government.
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Tommy Walsh, the builder and television presenter known for the BBC gardening show Ground Force, has died aged 69 after a long illness. He appeared on Ground Force from 1997 to 2005 and later presented programmes including Clean It, Fix It and Homes Under the Hammer.
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Walsh’s agent, Debbie Schiesser, said he died peacefully surrounded by his family.
He rose to fame on Ground Force with Alan Titchmarsh and Charlie Dimmock.
At its peak, Ground Force attracted 12 million viewers.
Walsh began his career as a professional builder and ran a property business before working in television.
He joined Homes Under the Hammer in 2021.
Walsh was from Hackney in east London and attended Parmiter’s grammar school in Bethnal Green.
He was married to Marie Walsh and had three children: Charlotte, Natalie and Jonjo.
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An explosion at the HABAS steel plant in Aliaga, western Turkiye, killed at least 16 people and injured 13. Local officials said an overhead crane fell into an industrial furnace during boiler replacement work; President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced an investigation.
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The blast occurred at 11:46 a.m. local time on Monday at the plant in Aliaga, about 60 kilometers north of Izmir.
At least 16 people died and 13 were injured; two of the injured were in serious condition, according to Erdogan.
Izmir’s governor said an overhead crane fell into a large furnace while workers were replacing a boiler.
Izmir Mayor Cemil Tugay said the full toll would be known after workers cleared the rubble.
An eyewitness described seeing thick black smoke and a fire near the factory chimney after the blast.
The Izmir chapter of Turkiye’s Labour Party said the explosion was the factory’s third fatal incident in three weeks and cited seven employee deaths in accidents there over the past 10 years.
The European Union and Azerbaijan sent condolences.
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