People celebrated in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats for the Joint Arab List and United Arab List. The projection could mark a significant gain for Arab political representation in Israel.
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Celebrations took place in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe.
Israeli media exit polls projected the Joint Arab List and United Arab List would win a combined 18 Knesset seats.
The result was a projection, not a confirmed final seat count.
The projected result could mark a significant moment for Arab political representation in Israel.
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Projections from Israel’s election show opposition parties winning more seats than the coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but no bloc has enough seats to form a majority. The result could lead to a change in government, though negotiations may take weeks.
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Israelis voted in the country’s first election since the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza.
Voter turnout reached a record level, according to the article.
Projections give opposition parties more seats than Netanyahu’s coalition.
Netanyahu’s opponents do not have enough seats to form a majority on their own.
The result is expected to lead to weeks of negotiations over forming a government.
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The UK government has advised households to keep three days’ worth of emergency supplies, including water and tinned food. Low-income parents and an expert say the advice may be hard to follow without spare money, while one mother also worries that the suggested food would not suit her autistic son’s needs.
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The guidance recommends supplies such as bottled water, tinned food, baby food, torches and phone-charging packs.
The government says households do not need to buy everything at once.
Samantha Richards, a full-time worker who relies on Universal Credit and her son’s disability allowance, says buying supplies could cut into her childcare budget for the school holidays.
Richards says her autistic son relies on foods that need refrigeration and may not eat tinned food.
Richards plans to prioritise water and says she already has torches and blankets at home.
University of Glasgow professor Ruth Patrick says the guidance may seem insulting to households facing poverty; she cited an estimate of 14 million households in poverty across the UK.
Ana, founder of UK Preppers Club on Facebook, says the government should give practical advice for emergencies such as a loss of running water.
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Exit polls project that Palestinian parties will win 17 to 18 seats in Israel’s Knesset, up from 10, potentially giving them a larger role in forming the next government. Opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot may need their support to secure a majority, while negotiations could prove difficult and leave Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition in office as a caretaker government during a lengthy process.
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Exit polls give Eisenkot’s opposition bloc a narrow lead over Netanyahu’s governing coalition and its supporters.
Netanyahu’s Likud party could still emerge as the largest single party.
Projected Palestinian party representation rises to 17 to 18 seats, from 10 in the previous Knesset.
The Joint List is projected to win at least 10 seats, while Ra’am is projected to win seven.
Eisenkot has set four conditions for talks with the Joint List, including recognition of Israel as a Jewish and democratic state and condemnation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation.
Ra’am leader Mansour Abbas has said his priority is to remove Netanyahu, Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir from power.
If no candidate forms a government within six weeks, Israel’s president can ask another candidate to try.
A minority government supported through informal, issue-by-issue agreements could be unstable and lead to another election.
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The State Department said it will provide U.S. visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family after his loss in Brazil’s election. In other news, President Trump said the East Potomac Golf Course will close for renovations despite a judge’s order blocking major changes, while a humanitarian truce took effect in Oleshky and a ceasefire was holding.
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The State Department said it will provide U.S. visas to Flavio Bolsonaro and his family.
Flavio Bolsonaro lost in Brazil’s election.
President Trump said the East Potomac Golf Course will close for renovations.
A judge’s order blocks major changes to the East Potomac Golf Course.
A humanitarian truce took effect in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.
A ceasefire was holding in Oleshky.
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Israel’s Joint Arab List celebrated after exit polls projected that the Arab bloc could win as many as 18 seats in parliament. Record turnout among Arab voters raised hopes that the bloc could influence the next government; a former lawmaker said, “Ben-Gvir is out.”
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Exit polls projected up to 18 parliamentary seats for the Arab bloc.
Israel’s Joint Arab List celebrated the projections.
The article described turnout among Arab voters as record-high.
The turnout fueled optimism about the bloc’s role in forming the next government.
A former lawmaker declared, “Ben-Gvir is out.”
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Researchers reported that bots submitted 90,835 responses—76% of submissions—to a 2023 UK government consultation on tobacco and vapes. The Department of Health and Social Care identified and excluded the automated responses, most of which opposed a proposed ban on disposable vapes; the ban later became law.
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The consultation received 118,756 responses in total.
Researchers Nason Maani and Anna Gilmore published their findings in the journal Tobacco Control.
All but two of the identified automated responses addressed the proposal to ban disposable vapes.
The department said many responses were duplicated and sent frequently from a small number of internet addresses.
The UK government passed the disposable-vape ban into law in 2024.
The researchers described the incident as a likely first documented case of large-scale automated interference in a formal UK public health consultation.
The Department of Health and Social Care said its controls identified the fake responses and that it would remain alert to future interference.
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Indonesia is facing its worst wildfires in more than a decade, with El Niño worsening conditions. Toxic haze has forced more than 12,000 schools to close, while school principal and photographer Nathaniel Undas documents the fires on social media.
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Indonesia is battling its worst wildfires in more than a decade.
El Niño has worsened the fires.
Many fires were deliberately set to clear land for farming.
Some land clearing was for palm oil plantations.
Toxic haze has led to the closure of more than 12,000 schools across Indonesia.
School principal and photographer Nathaniel Undas has documented the fires on social media.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware discussed the Trump administration’s policies toward Ukraine and Russia on CBS News’ “The Takeout.” The segment also addressed Elon Musk’s admission that he restricted Ukraine’s access to a defensive satellite system.
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Chris Coons is a Democratic senator from Delaware.
Coons appeared on CBS News’ “The Takeout.”
The interview covered the Trump administration’s policies toward Ukraine and Russia.
The segment addressed Elon Musk’s admission about restricting Ukraine’s access to a defensive satellite system.
CBS News listed the video as 6 minutes and 48 seconds long.
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Exit polls from Israel’s major television networks suggest that a majority of voters opposed incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The polls show no clear winner in the country’s first parliamentary election since the October 7, 2023 attacks and the ensuing war in Gaza.
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Israel held its first parliamentary election since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
The attacks sparked the war in Gaza.
Exit polls from major Israeli television networks suggest most voters opposed Netanyahu.
The exit polls did not show a clear winner.
CBS News senior reporter Dov Lieber reported from Tel Aviv.
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A U.S.-owned commercial satellite photographed a Chinese winged spaceplane in orbit in 2024. The Defense Intelligence Agency later released the full-resolution image in an unclassified report, which describes the vehicle’s capabilities but provides little new information about its activities.
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The satellite that photographed the spaceplane was owned by Vantor, which was known as Maxar in 2024.
The image became public when the Defense Intelligence Agency included it in a report released Monday.
The Chinese spaceplane has flown four missions since 2020, each lasting up to nine months.
The fourth mission launched in February and was still in orbit at the time of the article.
Open-source tracking data analyzed by astrophysicist Jonathan McDowell indicates the vehicle released a small satellite in June and recaptured it in July, then repeated the process in August and September.
The Chinese spaceplane has so far operated in low-Earth orbit, at an altitude of a few hundred miles.
The U.S. Space Force operates two X-37B spaceplanes in rotation, and one of their missions lasted about two and a half years.
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CBS News says it obtained images showing Ukraine’s Starlink satellite system disabled during a Russian strike that killed five people. Elon Musk has acknowledged limiting Ukraine’s access to the SpaceX service.
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CBS News obtained images related to the incident.
The images show Ukraine’s Starlink system disabled during a Russian strike.
The strike killed five people.
Elon Musk has acknowledged limiting Ukraine’s access to Starlink.
Starlink is a SpaceX satellite service.
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Voter turnout in Israel’s election was higher than it had been in decades. Exit polls showed no clear winner, leaving the outcome uncertain as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to extend his time in office.
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The election was Israel’s first since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
Voter turnout was higher than it had been in decades.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hoped to extend his tenure.
Exit polls showed no clear winner.
The election outcome remained uncertain.
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A senior U.S. State Department official said the Trump administration would issue visas to Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and his family after reports that he had left Brazil following his presidential election loss. The reports came a day after Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports in a money-laundering probe; Bolsonaro denied wrongdoing and had said he would stay in Brazil.
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Flavio Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s presidential election by more than 4.4 million votes.
A senior U.S. State Department official said the administration would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports as part of a probe into alleged money laundering.
Bolsonaro denied wrongdoing and said he would remain in Brazil and lead the opposition.
Bolsonaro initially refused to accept the election results and sought to have them annulled.
His party said on Monday that it accepted the election results.
Donald Trump questioned the result, saying it looked like another rigged election.
The article says no evidence had emerged that the vote was marred by malfeasance.
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A senior U.S. State Department official told CBS News that Brazil’s Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will receive U.S. visas. Bolsonaro lost Brazil’s presidential runoff to incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and reportedly left Brazil for the United States as a deadline to surrender his passports expired.
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A senior State Department official said Flávio Bolsonaro and his family will be allowed to enter the United States.
Lula received more than 64 million votes, while Bolsonaro received fewer than 60 million, a margin of nearly 4%.
Brazilian media reported that Bolsonaro departed for the United States after the election.
Bolsonaro had been ordered to surrender his regular and diplomatic passports by noon Tuesday; the article said it was unclear whether he complied.
Bolsonaro has not conceded defeat and has made unsubstantiated claims of election fraud.
President Donald Trump suggested that Brazil’s election was rigged but provided no evidence.
Bolsonaro’s brother Eduardo lives in Texas and was convicted in absentia in June of illegally lobbying the Trump administration; he received a four-year prison sentence.
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Exit polls from Israel’s election on Tuesday gave the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot a narrow lead over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud bloc. The polls projected Likud to remain the largest single party in the Knesset, while Arab parties made gains.
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Exit polls showed a narrow edge for the opposition bloc over Netanyahu’s Likud bloc.
Gadi Eisenkot leads the opposition bloc.
Likud was projected to be the largest single party in the Knesset.
Arab parties made gains, according to the article headline.
The election took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
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Israel held its first general election since the October 7, 2023 attacks, with turnout reported at its highest level in decades. The vote focused on Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership, the war in Gaza, Israel’s security and political direction, and the influence of different voter groups.
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The election took place on October 27, 2026.
It was Israel’s first general election since the October 7, 2023 attacks.
The report said turnout was among the highest in decades.
The election raised questions about Netanyahu’s leadership and his pledge to maintain U.S. support for Israel.
The article described Israeli divisions over prolonged conflict and the country’s future security policies.
The report highlighted the potential influence of ultra-Orthodox voters and Palestinian citizens of Israel.
Live coverage cited exit polls showing the opposition with a narrow edge but no clear majority against Netanyahu.
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The U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family after he lost Brazil’s presidential election, a senior Trump administration official told Axios. Administration officials said they would not comment further until the family is safely in the United States.
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A senior Trump administration official told Axios that the U.S. government is granting visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in the presidential election.
Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.
Administration officials declined to comment further until the Bolsonaro family is safely in the United States.
The article notes that the story is breaking and may be updated.
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The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador’s largest city as the United States expands security cooperation with the South American country. Two U.S. officials told The Hill that Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help with the effort, which is part of a broader push to combat drug cartels in the Americas.
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The Pentagon is funding a naval training facility in Ecuador.
The facility is planned for Ecuador’s largest city.
The United States is deepening security cooperation with Ecuador.
The effort is part of a broader campaign to combat drug cartels in the Americas.
Two U.S. officials familiar with the effort spoke to The Hill.
Virginia-based contractor Culmen International secured a contract to help with the project.
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Officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye met with Iranian leaders in Tehran as tensions rise over possible U.S. and Israeli attacks and Iran’s threatened response. The meeting aims to reduce the risk of wider conflict, including as fighting in Yemen spills into Saudi Arabia, but diplomacy has not produced a peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
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Officials from the Mecca pact nations—Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Türkiye—held talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran.
The talks took place amid signals of possible U.S. and Israeli attacks and Iran’s promise to respond.
Diplomacy has not secured a peace agreement between Iran and the United States.
Fighting in Yemen has spilled over into Saudi Arabia.
The discussion examines whether the Mecca alliance can work with Iran on regional security.
The program featured a Tehran-based think tank director, a Saudi political analyst and a former U.S. State Department official.
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