France accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of a cyber-attack that raised temperatures in supermarket fridges and freezers last month. France said it would pursue European-level sanctions against those responsible, while Iran had not responded to the allegation as of 9 November 2026.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said the IRGC carried out the attack.
The attack affected hundreds of supermarkets in France and spoiled fresh and frozen food worth an estimated millions of euros.
Hackers gained control of refrigeration temperature software on 11 October.
More than 100 Coopérative U supermarkets and 180 Intermarché and Netto stores were hit.
Temperatures in some stores’ fridges reportedly rose to 50°C overnight.
A separate attack affected supermarkets in seven other European countries the following week; it is not known whether the incidents were linked.
The Paris prosecutor opened an investigation into the head of the IRGC-associated Shahid Kaveh cyber unit and two deputies.
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France’s 1.6% minimum-wage increase may ease unrest temporarily, but it does not address the country’s wider political and institutional crisis, according to economist Renaud Foucart. He said many protesters have lost faith that politics can bring meaningful change, as demonstrations continue ahead of the presidential election.
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France raised the minimum wage by 1.6%.
The wage increase came in response to nationwide protests.
Renaud Foucart is a senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University’s ECARES department.
Foucart said the crisis involves more than purchasing power, fiscal limits and the constraints of a minority government.
Foucart said protesters do not believe politics can achieve anything.
Mass demonstrations are continuing ahead of France’s presidential election.
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President Donald Trump called the U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz “history’s greatest” in a Sunday post on Truth Social. The article says he is weighing further strikes after the midterm elections and described Task Force Iron Gate as fully active in Iran.
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Trump made the statement on Truth Social on Sunday.
Trump described the U.S. naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz as “history’s greatest.”
Trump said Task Force Iron Gate was “in full force and effect” in Iran.
The article describes Task Force Iron Gate as a recently formed group with 20 members.
Trump is considering further strikes after the midterm elections.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said he would move a planned minimum-wage increase forward from January to December. He presented the change as an effort to ease a cost-of-living crisis that has fueled protests, but unions called the offer “crumbs.”
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Lecornu announced the change on Monday, November 9.
The planned minimum-wage increase will take effect in December rather than January.
The move comes amid protests linked to France’s cost-of-living crisis.
Unions dismissed the offer as “crumbs.”
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A London court sentenced Russell Brand to 10½ years in prison after a jury convicted him of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Judge Joel Bennathan criticized Brand’s treatment of women who refused him and his denials in court.
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Brand was sentenced Monday at Southwark Crown Court.
A jury of eight men and four women found Brand guilty of offenses against four of six accusers.
The jury cleared Brand of two counts of rape and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Brand denied the charges and testified that his sexual encounters were consensual.
The cases involved incidents dating back to 2004.
The accusers came forward after a 2023 investigation by The Times and Channel 4.
Prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones said Brand used his fame and influence to gain access to women.
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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of carrying out cyberattacks on French supermarket refrigeration units on October 11 and 12, 2026. He said France would pursue European-level sanctions against those responsible, while prosecutors in Paris opened a judicial investigation into the Iranian cyber unit Shahid Kaveh and others.
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Barrot said the attacks targeted French supermarkets on October 11 and 12.
He attributed the attacks to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Barrot said France would seek sanctions at the European level against those responsible.
The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation into Shahid Kaveh, described as an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Guards’ Electronic and Cyber Centre.
The investigation also covers two deputies of the unit’s leader and any other people identified.
The prosecutor’s office said it had requested international arrest warrants against the unit’s leader.
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British comedian Russell Brand was sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison on Monday after being convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. The offenses took place around two decades ago, according to the report.
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A court sentenced Russell Brand to 10-and-a-half years in prison.
Brand was convicted of raping one woman.
Brand was convicted of sexually assaulting three other women.
The offenses took place around two decades ago, according to the report.
The judge described Brand as a sexual predator and said he believed fame let him act without regard for rules.
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France has opened an investigation into cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration units and accused an Iranian cyber unit affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of carrying them out. The attacks caused fires and food waste, and France says it plans to pursue sanctions at the European level.
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French authorities said on Monday that they are investigating the attacks.
The attacks targeted refrigeration units in supermarkets.
The attacks caused fires and food waste.
Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said France had summoned Iran’s ambassador.
Barrot said France would seek sanctions against Iran at the European level.
The Paris prosecutor’s office requested international arrest warrants for the leader of the Shahid Kaveh cyber unit and two deputies.
The prosecutor’s office described Shahid Kaveh as an offensive cyber unit affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards.
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Alice Jill Edwards, who served as the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture from 2022 to 2026, argues that political loyalties can lead institutions to investigate and recognize allegations of torture and other atrocities unevenly. She calls for independent, impartial and prompt investigations of all allegations, regardless of the victims or accused, and says crimes by one party do not excuse crimes by another.
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Edwards says survivors often face uncertainty about whether their accounts will be believed, investigated and lead to justice.
The article says Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups killed about 1,200 people in Israel on October 7, 2023, committed rape and other sexual violence, and took 251 people hostage.
The article says about one-third of the hostages never came home alive.
Edwards says Palestinians in Gaza have suffered tens of thousands of deaths and injuries, mass displacement, and widespread destruction of homes and buildings.
The article states that international law prohibits torture absolutely and that the prohibition applies regardless of the victim or perpetrator.
Edwards says investigations into alleged torture must be independent, impartial, prompt and effective.
She warns that political pressure and investigative tunnel vision can shape whose evidence is collected and whose testimony is believed.
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French judo champion Teddy Riner announced plans to run in France’s presidential election next year. He says he is neither left-wing nor right-wing and wants to unite the country, though he still needs to collect 500 sponsorship signatures from elected officials to qualify.
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Riner is a five-time Olympic gold medallist and one of France’s best-known athletes.
He said he would focus on issues including national debt, grocery costs and divisions in French society.
Riner said France needs hope and a fair vision that can bring people together.
He has no political experience or party backing, and analysts described him as a long shot.
French law requires presidential candidates to collect 500 sponsorship signatures from elected officials.
Riner’s announcement came about six weeks after he faced racist abuse online following comments about anxiety over the far right’s rise in France.
The election is scheduled for April or May next year, when voters will choose a successor to Emmanuel Macron.
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A 24-year-old gunman who opened fire in Krakow, Poland, died in a hospital on Monday, police said. The attack killed six people and wounded at least 15 others.
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The shooting took place in Krakow, Poland.
The gunman was 24 years old.
The gunman died in a hospital on Monday.
Police said six people were killed.
At least 15 people were wounded.
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LeVar Burton spoke with CBS Mornings about his new memoir, “Take My Word For It.” Burton hosted the PBS children’s program “Reading Rainbow” and starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Roots.”
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Burton’s new memoir is titled “Take My Word For It.”
Burton discussed the memoir on CBS Mornings.
Burton hosted “Reading Rainbow” on PBS.
Burton starred in “Star Trek: The Next Generation.”
Burton appeared in ABC’s “Roots.”
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Haaretz reports that Israel’s Shin Bet investigation has found no evidence so far that foreign money or fuel cards were used to influence the October 27 election. The investigation is ongoing, and Israel’s attorney general said she had seen no evidence that would support claims of election influence or a change in the results.
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Two senior law enforcement officials told Haaretz that investigators had found no evidence of transfers from the Palestinian Authority to Arab-led parties in Israel.
Dozens of people have been questioned as part of the ongoing investigation.
Haaretz reported that Israeli fuel companies found no unusual activity involving fuel cards.
Claims of foreign election interference were made by Shin Bet chief David Zini and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Arab-led parties won 19 seats in the October 27 election, according to Israel’s election authorities.
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said she had seen no evidence that would substantiate claims of influence capable of changing the election results.
Qatar denied allegations that it funded or sought to influence activities related to the election.
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A British court sentenced comedian and television star Russell Brand to more than 10 years in prison for a series of sexual offences, including rape. The judge called Brand a “sexual predator” and said his fame had protected him.
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Russell Brand is a British comedian and television star.
A court sentenced Brand on Monday, November 9, 2026.
The sentence is more than 10 years in prison.
The offences include rape and assault, according to the article title.
The article describes the case as involving a string of sexual offences.
The judge said Brand’s fame had protected him.
The judge called Brand a “sexual predator.”
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A man drove an excavator into a government affairs centre in Shaanxi, China, damaging entrances and several buildings. The incident was reportedly linked to a dispute over compensation owed to villagers.
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The incident took place at a government affairs centre in Shaanxi, China.
A man drove an excavator into the centre.
The excavator demolished entrances.
Several buildings were damaged.
The reported motive was an alleged dispute over unpaid compensation to villagers.
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The Devils Hole pupfish population rose to 137 in an October 2026 survey, up from 77 in spring 2026 and 69 in fall 2025. Conservation measures, including releases of captive-raised fish and supplemental feeding, followed a sharp decline linked to earthquake-driven waves in the cavern.
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The Devils Hole pupfish lives naturally only in Devils Hole, a water-filled cavern in Death Valley National Park, Nevada.
National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff counted 137 fish on October 10, 2026.
The count was 77 in spring 2026 and 69 in fall 2025.
Earthquakes in December 2024 and February 2025 caused waves that washed algae, organic material, and eggs off the fish’s limestone shelf.
Biologists counted 38 fish in spring 2025, compared with 191 a year earlier; the 38 included 19 captive-raised fish released as part of an emergency effort.
Between March 2025 and February 2026, conservationists transferred 72 captive-raised fish from the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility into Devils Hole.
Scientists provided supplemental food while algae recovered, and biologists believe most fish in the latest count were born in the cavern.
An October 9 earthquake in Panama caused initial signs of stress among the fish, though they appeared healthier on a later visit.
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The UN’s annual climate summit, COP31, opened in Turkey on November 9, 2026, amid concerns about extreme weather. Turkey plans to launch an initiative to electrify a third of the global economy.
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COP31 opened in Turkey on November 9, 2026.
The summit is the UN’s annual climate change conference.
The article cites deadly heatwaves in Europe and deadly floods in Nepal.
A strong El Niño in the Pacific is expected to contribute to more extreme weather events.
Turkey plans to launch a global initiative focused on electrification.
The initiative aims to electrify a third of the world economy.
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Russell Brand was sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison in Britain. The sentence relates to the rape of a woman in 2009 and sexual assaults against three other people.
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Brand received a prison sentence of 10 and a half years.
The court sentenced him in Britain.
The sentence includes a rape in 2009.
The report says Brand sexually assaulted three other people.
CBS News report identifies Vlad Duthiers as its correspondent.
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Clashes in the disputed Moyale area of Ethiopia have displaced more than 50,000 people, according to a Kenya Red Cross official, with many fleeing into Kenya. The total has not been independently confirmed, and people arriving in Kenya need food, shelter, bedding and health care as aid groups and authorities respond.
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A government-led assessment estimated that 35,950 people had been displaced as of October 24.
The assessment found about 25,000 people staying with host families and nearly 11,000 in temporary displacement sites.
Kenya Red Cross regional head Malik Adan said the displaced population had since risen from about 36,000 to more than 50,000.
The assessment covered 758 households and involved government authorities, UN agencies, the Kenya Red Cross and other aid groups.
The dispute involves land and administrative control between Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regional administrations.
Tensions escalated around October 18 over the raising of the Somali regional flag in the disputed Moyale area.
Kenya has deployed a multi-agency team to Moyale and is working with UNHCR to register arrivals and assess their needs.
A refugee camp has not been established because authorities say the security situation must improve first.
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