Palestinian children in Jenin crawl under Israeli military gates to travel to and from school. The article says restrictions have disrupted education for 24,500 Palestinian students in the occupied West Bank this year.
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The children described are Palestinian.
The children are in Jenin.
They crawl under Israeli military gates to reach school.
They also crawl under the gates on their way back from school.
The article says restrictions have disrupted education in the occupied West Bank.
The disruptions affect 24,500 Palestinian students.
The article refers to disruptions this year.
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Serbia’s opposition Student List has defeated Aleksandar Vucic’s Serbian Progressive Party after 14 years of political dominance. Analysts cited in the article expect the new authorities to focus first on domestic institutions, with changes to foreign policy and ties with neighboring countries likely to be gradual.
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The article says the Student List won Sunday’s election, ending the SNS’s 14-year political dominance.
Presidential elections are scheduled for December.
Analyst Aleksandar Popov said the incoming authorities would need to address problems in democratic institutions, the judiciary, prosecution service, police and media.
Popov said a rapid improvement in relations with Serbia’s neighbors was unlikely.
The article describes strained ties with Croatia and Montenegro and unresolved issues with Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Popov said stronger relations with neighbors would be important for Serbia’s prospects of joining the European Union.
Analyst Vuk Vuksanovic predicted that foreign policy would change less than other areas because many forces shaping it would remain in place.
Under Vucic, Serbia did not impose sanctions on Russia, while ammunition flowed indirectly to Ukraine, the article says.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a runoff election over Flávio Bolsonaro, who said he would seek to annul the result. President Donald Trump and several MAGA-aligned figures questioned the vote or urged action, while the article notes that Brazil’s voting system is widely regarded as reliable.
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Trump said the Brazilian election looked rigged and should be indisputable.
Flávio Bolsonaro said he could not recognize the result and vowed to seek its annulment.
A two-hour voting extension approved by Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin became a focus of Bolsonaro’s claims.
Both candidates’ camps requested more voting time: Lula’s over transit problems and Bolsonaro’s over weather in some states.
MAGA-aligned figures including Steve Bannon and Benny Johnson echoed claims questioning the result; Bannon urged the U.S. administration to sever ties with Brazil.
Andrew Kolvet urged the U.S. to pressure Brazil not to accept the result and called on Bolsonaro supporters to rally.
The article links the reaction to MAGA activists’ calls for extraordinary measures if they consider a U.S. election rigged.
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France’s government said it will replace the Parcoursup university admissions platform in 2028, with changes to the current system starting in 2027. The pledges followed protests over education and living costs, but student groups said demonstrations should continue as unrest has broadened to include workers’ economic concerns.
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Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste announced changes to Parcoursup for 2027 and a replacement platform for 2028.
For 2027 admissions, institutions would publish more detailed selection criteria and explain rejections when applicants ask.
The government promised 15,000 additional higher education places across 2027 and 2028.
Student grants are set to increase in line with inflation from the start of the 2027 academic year.
Two high school student groups welcomed some concessions but called for protests to continue.
The article says about 2,400 people were arrested during unrest over the weekend of Oct. 17.
Further demonstrations were planned for Oct. 31, followed by labor-union strikes and protests on Nov. 5.
Macron cannot seek a third consecutive term in 2027, so the promised 2028 platform replacement would fall to his successor’s government.
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Doctors in South Korea removed 11 living Thelazia callipaeda roundworms from a 71-year-old farmer’s eyes after he reported two months of redness, blurred vision, and a persistent foreign-body sensation. Some female worms carried developing eggs and larvae; after removal, his symptoms resolved without antiparasitic medication.
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The farmer had symptoms in both eyes for about two months before seeking care.
Doctors used numbing eye drops and fine forceps to remove 11 adult worms, each 11 to 22 millimeters long.
Microscopic examination identified the worms as Thelazia callipaeda, a parasite found mainly in the eyes of cats and dogs.
The parasite spreads through flies that feed on eye secretions and carry larvae to another host’s eye.
Some female worms contained developing eggs and first-stage larvae, which began emerging after removal.
The farmer’s corneal cells had eroded, and blood vessels in the conjunctiva were enlarged.
At a follow-up visit two months later, his symptoms had resolved and doctors found no more worms.
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More than 10 million supporters joined a WhatsApp channel to support Lula’s campaign in Brazil’s election. His allies said the channel helped him win; the article says he received 10.3 million more votes than in his previous election.
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More than 10 million Lula supporters joined the WhatsApp channel.
The channel aimed to boost Lula’s campaign.
Lula won the election.
He received 10.3 million more votes than he had in his previous election.
Lula’s allies credited the app as a key factor in his victory.
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French student union leaders urged pupils to continue school blockades and street protests, saying the government’s education proposals did not meet all their demands. The government announced school repairs, class-size limits, more teaching posts and student places, and changes to the university application system, while authorities tightened protest restrictions after recent violence.
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The student union Les Lycéens called for continued mobilisation after meeting with the government.
The government announced a €4 billion loan to regional authorities for school repairs.
Class sizes for 15-year-olds will be capped at 28 in lower-income areas, with the cap extended to all high schools next year.
The government plans to create more teaching posts and review the French baccalaureate system.
The Parcoursup university application platform is due to change in 2027 and be replaced by a new system in 2028.
The government said it would add 15,000 higher-education places, with a focus on vocational courses.
Authorities have imposed curfews and protest restrictions after violence on 17 October; demonstrations on 31 October were described by Emmanuel Macron as a day of risk.
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Oscar-winning producer Lucie Kon says the BBC paid her £400,000 after she raised concerns about antisemitic remarks by colleagues. The BBC said it did not uphold her allegations but acknowledged shortcomings in how it treated her and said the process had a personal impact on her.
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Kon worked as a BBC commissioning editor overseeing documentaries, including “Mr Nobody Against Putin.”
She told The Telegraph that colleagues called Zionists like her “evil” after the 7 October attacks.
Kon said the £400,000 payment covered redundancy back pay and a settlement for personal injury caused by the process.
The BBC said it did not uphold the antisemitism allegations and did not specify the shortcomings it acknowledged.
Kon said a colleague told her that if she called Hamas terrorists, she also had to call Israel terrorists.
Kon helped lead a group representing Jewish BBC staff and raised concerns with then-director general Tim Davie.
Kon later told LBC that the BBC was not institutionally antisemitic; the BBC said she was a valued staff member.
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Reports say Meghan learned in 2018 or 2019 of sexual-abuse allegations against her father, Thomas Markle, in a letter from his first wife, Roslyn Loveless. The allegations have not been established in the article, and Thomas and Meghan’s half-sister Samantha have denied them; the new information has prompted fresh scrutiny of Meghan’s decision to remain distant from her father.
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Roslyn Loveless sent Meghan a letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle, which police shared with Meghan in 2019, according to the article.
A spokesperson for Prince Harry and Meghan said Meghan believed an investigation into the allegations was underway.
Thomas Markle has called the allegations lies and rejected them.
Samantha Markle also rejected the allegations and questioned the letter’s credibility.
Meghan’s distance from her father had previously drawn public criticism.
In December 2025, Thomas Markle told the Mail on Sunday that he wanted to see Meghan and meet her children.
The article says Meghan’s letter to her father during his 2025 hospital stay was understood at the time as a message of well-wishes; it now reports that she told him he would not see his grandchildren.
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Macklemore began his Free Palestine tour in Dublin after being removed from Ed Sheeran’s tour following pro-Palestinian remarks. He says tour proceeds will support organizations helping Palestinians, and has upcoming shows in Paris and London.
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Macklemore performed at Dublin’s 3Arena, which holds up to 13,000 people; tickets sold out.
Macklemore, whose legal name is Benjamin Haggerty, announced the tour after Sheeran’s promoter dropped him from the Loop Tour.
Macklemore said “Free Palestine” at two concerts and described deaths in Gaza from Israel’s military campaign as genocide; Israel rejects that claim.
Sheeran said the decision to remove Macklemore was made by the tour’s promoter, not by Sheeran himself.
Macklemore said proceeds from the Free Palestine tour will go to organizations supporting Palestinians.
The tour is scheduled to continue in Paris on Thursday and London on Friday.
The article reports that more than 70,000 people have been killed in Gaza, citing figures from the Hamas-run health ministry that the UN considers reliable.
The article says about 1,200 people were killed and 251 were taken hostage in the Hamas-led attack on southern Israel on 7 October 2023.
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A bus collided with a car and plunged down an embankment near Barcelona. The crash injured 80 people, including four who were seriously hurt; no deaths were reported.
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The crash happened near Barcelona.
A bus collided with a car.
The bus plunged down an embankment.
Eighty people were injured.
Four people were seriously injured.
No fatalities were reported.
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A student-led movement defeated Aleksandar Vucic’s party in Serbia’s snap election, prompting celebrations in Belgrade. Residents also cleaned a park after Vucic supporters who had camped there for more than a year left.
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The election was a snap election in Serbia.
A student-led movement’s list defeated Vucic’s party.
The winning list appeared on the ballot as number three.
People celebrated in Belgrade by honking horns and displaying movement symbols.
Residents cleaned a park between parliament and the presidency.
Vucic loyalists had camped in the park for more than a year before leaving.
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Independent senator Jacqui Lambie said Pauline Hanson has not personally apologised to her over a One Nation cartoon mocking Lambie’s medical condition. In a separate incident in Victoria, police charged a 59-year-old man after the husband of a Liberal election candidate was allegedly assaulted while retrieving campaign signs.
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Hanson publicly apologised for the cartoon, which was later removed from online platforms.
Lambie told ABC’s 7.30 that Hanson had not contacted her personally to apologise.
Mark Nicholson, the One Nation candidate who co-founded the cartoon studio, said he would not apologise at this time.
Lambie called on Nicholson to withdraw from the Victorian state election.
The husband of Amanda Dow, a Liberal candidate for Yan Yean, suffered facial injuries and was taken to hospital; he has since been discharged.
Police charged a 59-year-old Mernda man with recklessly causing injury, criminal damage and unlawful assault over the alleged incident.
The accused man was bailed to appear at Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on 1 February 2027.
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Jordanian authorities arrested three relatives in connection with an attack on a church in Karak. The attack killed eight people and wounded 40; officials say the suspects were injured in a three-hour shootout and investigators have found no links to outside groups.
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Authorities arrested three suspects who are relatives.
The attack targeted a church in Karak, Jordan.
Eight people were killed.
Forty people were wounded.
Officials say the suspects were injured in a three-hour shootout.
Authorities say they have found no links between the suspects and external groups.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won the 2026 presidential runoff against far-right candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, reversing a 2.2 million-vote deficit from the first round into a 4.4 million-vote victory. The program examines Lula’s campaign turnaround, including its use of WhatsApp, and considers Brazil’s foreign-policy balancing act and the wider significance of the result.
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Lula won the presidential runoff against Flavio Bolsonaro on October 25, 2026.
Lula went from trailing by 2.2 million votes in the first round to winning by 4.4 million votes in the runoff.
The article says Lula became the first candidate since Brazil returned to democracy in the 1980s to win a runoff after trailing in the first round.
The campaign was bitter, and Lula sometimes appeared to show his age, according to the article.
Congressman André Janones organized campaign activity on Meta-owned WhatsApp during the runoff campaign.
The program discusses Brazil’s relationship with the United States, China and other countries.
The article notes that conservative and far-right candidates had performed well in many federal and state races three weeks earlier.
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Reports say Benjamin Netanyahu pressured Israel’s military to consider action against Iran and urged Donald Trump to renew attacks, as Netanyahu’s coalition trails ahead of Israel’s close election. Netanyahu denied one report, and the Defense Ministry said it had no intention of launching operations against Iran; polls suggest neither bloc is set to win a parliamentary majority.
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Israel’s Channel 12 reported that Netanyahu and military chief of staff Lt Gen Eyal Zamir clashed over an unspecified military directive concerning Iran.
Channel 12 said Zamir asked for the directive to be presented to him in writing.
Netanyahu denied the report about the directive, and the Defense Ministry denied plans to carry out military operations against Iran.
CNN reported that Netanyahu had tried to persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to launch renewed attacks on Iran; the report echoed an earlier Financial Times account.
CNN reported that Trump ruled out such action until after the U.S. congressional elections.
Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image showing a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv and warned voters about the risk of Iran’s nuclear program.
Polls cited in the article show the opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot ahead of Netanyahu’s coalition, but neither bloc is expected to reach the 61 seats needed for a majority.
Eisenkot said his bloc would not allow the military to become a pawn in Netanyahu’s effort to stay in power.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection to an unprecedented fourth term, defeating Flávio Bolsonaro on Sunday. U.S. Democratic lawmakers and world leaders congratulated Lula, who is an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is commonly known as Lula.
Lula won reelection as Brazil’s president.
The win gives Lula an unprecedented fourth term.
Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro.
Flávio Bolsonaro is the son of former Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro.
Jair Bolsonaro is serving a 27-year prison sentence.
U.S. Democratic lawmakers and world leaders congratulated Lula.
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Brazilian voters reelected President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who defeated Flávio Bolsonaro with 51.8% of the vote to 48.2%. The result blocks a conservative victory in Latin America’s largest country and complicates U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to secure Brazil’s cooperation on regional security and access to critical minerals, though both governments have reasons to pursue ties.
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Lula won 51.8% of the vote, while Flávio Bolsonaro received 48.2%.
The result ended a run of seven consecutive conservative presidential victories in Latin America over 18 months.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and called for the result to be annulled.
As of Monday morning, Trump had not publicly acknowledged Lula’s reelection, according to the article.
The Trump administration has sought Brazil’s participation in a U.S.-led security coalition against cartels.
Washington wants access to Brazil’s rare earths, while Lula’s government seeks foreign investment and tariff relief for Brazilian exporters.
Lula has pursued ties with China and greater influence through BRICS while supporting Brazil’s tradition of nonalignment.
Trump imposed tariffs on some Brazilian goods in response to Brazil’s prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged coup plot.
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The Vatican said Pope Leo will make his South American trip as planned from 6 to 17 November, visiting Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. He had surgery on 13 October to remove a localized tumour from his right lung and has been gradually resuming work while recovering.
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The 71-year-old Pope underwent a 90-minute operation in Rome on 13 October.
Doctors discharged him from Gemelli hospital on 17 October.
The Pope's surgeon said his condition was satisfactory and there were no clinical reasons to cancel the trip.
The Vatican said Leo would visit 10 cities during the tour.
The itinerary includes stops in Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Lima, Chiclayo, Cuzco and Pucallpa.
Leo lived and worked in Peru for several years and holds Peruvian citizenship.
The Vatican said Leo would cancel a planned visit to Assisi on 27 October on his doctors' recommendation.
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Walter Koenig, the actor who played Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series and films, died Sunday in Los Angeles at age 90, his agent confirmed. He also appeared in Babylon 5 and other screen productions, and received a 2026 Independent Shorts Awards honor for his performance in Mr Fleischmann.
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Koenig played Chekov on Star Trek from its second season in 1967 through the series finale in 1969.
He reprised Chekov in six original-cast Star Trek films released from 1979 to 1991 and appeared briefly in Generations in 1994.
He voiced President Anton Chekov in Star Trek: Picard in 2023.
In Babylon 5, he played Alfred Bester, a telepath associated with the Psi Corps.
Koenig was born in Chicago and grew up in Manhattan; his parents were Lithuanian immigrants.
He married Judy Levitt in 1965. She died in 2022.
Koenig is survived by his daughter, Danielle Koenig.
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