President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had waited nearly a month for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to approve Patriot missile deliveries. Ukraine faces shortages as Russia continues drone and missile attacks, while the Pentagon said its policy on defense supplies provided through NATO partners had not changed.
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Zelensky said he had asked Ukrainian officials to raise the missile-delivery issue with the United States again.
Ukraine is seeking Patriot interceptor missiles from several countries, according to Zelensky.
Zelensky said Ukraine received 24 Patriot interceptor missiles over the previous three months.
He told ABC News that Ukraine needed an average of 350 Patriot interceptors per month and had asked European leaders for about 300 as part of a winter aid package.
Zelensky said Ukraine was also waiting for deliveries of NASAMS air-defense systems.
A senior Pentagon official said there had been no change to U.S. policy on capabilities provided by European countries to Ukraine, and that the PURL initiative continued unchanged.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia attacked overnight with 140 drones and three missiles; local officials reported damage to an energy site in the Khmelnytskyi region.
The article said Hegseth has urged Europe to provide most aid to Ukraine and has cited U.S. stockpiles as a priority.
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More than 60 people were killed in attacks on Christians in three areas of Ethiopia’s Oromia region, according to the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. A local official blamed a newly formed rebel coalition that includes the Oromo Liberation Army, but the group has not commented on these attacks and has denied responsibility for previous ones.
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The attacks took place in the Shirka district of Oromia.
A church statement said 20 houses were burned.
An eyewitness told BBC Amharic that five of those killed were children.
A church official said security forces arrived but could not stop the attacks.
Many residents have fled the area.
The Ethiopian Human Rights Council reported that 458 people had been killed in attacks in the area over the previous four years.
The Oromo Liberation Army denies government allegations that it carried out previous attacks on civilians and religious sites.
Reports have also documented attacks against Muslims in the area.
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Israelis are set to elect a parliament, followed a week later by U.S. voters choosing a new Congress. The article says the results could affect regional conflicts, especially the war with Iran, as well as U.S. policy and the global economy.
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The article says Israel’s parliamentary election will take place on Tuesday and the U.S. congressional election one week later.
Republicans Overseas Israel estimates that about 500,000 Israelis with U.S. passports can vote in both elections.
The group’s chairman, Marc Zell, said about 10,000 absentee ballots from Israel could be cast in Michigan’s close Senate race.
The article says a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran began in February, damaged military targets and killed much of Iran’s leadership, but did not overthrow the Iranian government.
Iran retaliated across the Gulf and took control of the Strait of Hormuz, according to the article.
During the campaign, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu raised the prospect of another attack on Iran and repeated claims about its nuclear threat without providing evidence, the article says.
U.S. President Donald Trump endorsed Netanyahu’s reelection campaign and said the two leaders should “soon finish the job” in Iran.
The article reports speculation that Trump restrained Netanyahu from attacking before the elections because higher energy prices could hurt U.S. Republicans; it also says Netanyahu could seek a unity government if he loses power.
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A France 24 arts program reports that U.S. rapper Macklemore is holding charity stadium shows to raise money for Palestine. The episode also covers music releases and news, including John Legend’s album “Muse” and the debut album by French band Chest.
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The program focuses in part on Macklemore’s charity stadium shows to raise funds for Palestine.
Jennifer Ben Brahim hosts the arts24 music program.
John Legend has released his 11th album, “Muse.”
“Muse” is John Legend’s first collaboration with Pharrell Williams, described in the article as a close friend.
French band Chest has released its debut album, “Happy, Broken.”
The article describes Chest’s sound as a blend of punk, shoegaze and industrial techno.
The episode also discusses music by Queens of the Stone Age and Sampa the Great.
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Israeli bulldozers demolished factories and nearby buildings in Hebron after a shooting attack that killed two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian attackers. The demolitions, military closures and evacuations disrupted local businesses and residents; one factory owner estimated his family’s losses at 60 million shekels ($19 million).
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The factories belonged to Sufyan al-Qawasmi’s family and produced ceramics and marble.
The family’s businesses employed more than 70 people and exported goods to Israel.
Al-Qawasmi said he received no warning and could not remove most of the stock before demolition.
He estimated that 1,300 square metres of property was destroyed and losses reached at least 60 million shekels ($19 million).
The demolition also destroyed a three-storey house and other commercial facilities nearby.
Israeli forces closed Hebron’s entrances, conducted raids and arrests, and evacuated more than 3,000 Palestinians from their homes.
The Hebron Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the city accounts for about 42 percent of Palestinian GDP and has more than 23,000 economic establishments.
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French President Emmanuel Macron ruled out declaring a state of emergency for now as the government sought to bring weeks of protests to a close. The demonstrations have included violence and have been driven by anger over the rising cost of living.
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Macron headed to Marseille on Monday.
The French government sought to draw a line under weeks of protests.
The protests have been marred by violence.
Anger over the rising cost of living has fueled widespread demonstrations.
Nationwide demonstrations on October 17 escalated into rioting.
The article described the October 17 rioting as among France’s worst in years.
The article was issued on October 26, 2026.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election has raised hopes among climate activists for continued protection of the Amazon rainforest. The article says deforestation fell by a record amount during his last four years in office, reaching its lowest level since 2019.
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Lula won re-election as Brazil’s president.
Climate activists in Brazil and elsewhere welcomed the result as positive for the Amazon.
The Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest.
Brazil is home to about 60 percent of the Amazon rainforest, according to the article’s caption.
Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon fell by a record amount during Lula’s last four years in power.
A related report says deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon reached its lowest level since 2019.
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The article says Israelis are preparing to vote in an election it describes as highly consequential. It focuses on last-minute efforts by Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies to remain in power, but the supplied text does not describe those tactics.
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Israeli voters are about to take part in an election, according to the article.
The article characterizes the election as one of the most decisive in Israel’s history.
The report focuses on Benjamin Netanyahu and his political allies.
It says Netanyahu and his allies are making last-minute efforts to stay in power.
Al Jazeera reporter Mohammad Saleh is identified as covering the developments.
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Richard Baines, 60, curator of Logan Botanic Garden, died after a falling tree struck him near his home in Mid Kelton during Storm Boelo on Sunday. Colleagues praised his work expanding the garden’s plant collection and his contributions to horticulture. The storm also caused flooding, travel disruption and power cuts, and mountain rescuers helped an injured runner in the Minigaff Hills.
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Baines was the long-serving curator of Logan Botanic Garden near Stranraer.
He was walking near his home in Mid Kelton, outside Castle Douglas, when a falling tree struck him.
David Knott, director of horticulture at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, said Baines was known for his warmth and support for colleagues.
Baines helped expand Logan’s plant collection and led or took part in fieldwork in China, the Canary Islands and Vietnam.
Seven plant species new to science were catalogued through fieldwork in Vietnam involving Baines.
Storm Boelo brought flooding, travel disruption and power cuts to Scotland over the weekend and into Monday.
Galloway Mountain Rescue Team helped carry an injured runner off Curleywee after severe weather prevented a coastguard helicopter from reaching the area.
The OMM spokesperson said the course was closed and all competitors were accounted for before the amber wind warning began at 21:00 on Saturday.
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President Donald Trump is reportedly considering nominating his ally, former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, for UN secretary-general. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called the possibility “funny” and noted that Orbán had recently been a candidate for president of the European Commission.
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Trump is reportedly weighing Orbán as a nominee for UN secretary-general.
Orbán is a former prime minister of Hungary.
The article describes Orbán as an ally of Trump.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk mocked the reported possibility as “funny.”
Tusk said Orbán had recently been a candidate for president of the European Commission.
The article says world leaders scoffed at the reported idea.
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Libya’s eastern parliament ratified a maritime agreement with Türkiye on October 20, reversing years of opposition. The article says Saddam Haftar, son of eastern commander Khalifa Haftar, helped secure the vote as part of a bid for the presidency and to win Ankara’s support for a possible U.S.-brokered power-sharing deal.
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The House of Representatives in Benghazi ratified the maritime memorandum with Türkiye on October 20.
The European Union, Greece, Israel and Egypt condemned the ratification.
The article links the vote to Saddam Haftar’s effort to gain Türkiye’s support for a possible run for Libya’s presidency.
The United States is trying to broker a power-sharing arrangement between the Tripoli and Benghazi authorities, with Donald Trump adviser Massad Boulos championing the effort.
The House of Representatives removed its longtime speaker, Aguila Saleh, about two weeks before the vote.
Lawmakers chose Al-Salhin Abdulnabi, who chaired the chamber’s Libyan-Turkish friendship committee, as Saleh’s successor.
The article says Türkiye and the United Arab Emirates are lobbying for a deal that could benefit Saddam Haftar.
The article’s final sentence begins to raise Egypt as an unresolved factor but is cut off in the supplied text.
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Delegations from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey met Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday as regional governments sought to prevent renewed fighting between Iran and Israel. The talks focused on regional security and efforts to reach an agreement between Tehran and Washington, while officials exchanged warnings and denied reports of plans for an Israeli attack before its election.
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Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir and Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin met Iranian security officials and negotiators.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said the meeting’s agenda was not set, but would address major regional security threats.
Saudi Arabia said the delegations aimed to reduce tensions and strengthen regional security and stability.
Two regional officials said the talks also addressed Yemen and Houthi rebel strikes against Saudi Arabia.
Qatari mediators traveled to Tehran on Sunday and were working with the United States to reduce regional tensions, a regional official said.
Pakistan and Qatar helped broker a June agreement on the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. blockade of Iranian ports and negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program; the agreement quickly unraveled as attacks resumed.
Baghaei said Iran remained open to diplomacy and that messages were being passed to the United States through intermediaries.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Iran or its proxies could attack before Israel’s election; Israel’s defense minister denied reports that Israel intended to attack Iran before the vote.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won Brazil’s presidential runoff against Flávio Bolsonaro, securing 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%. At a rally in São Paulo, Lula pledged to defend democracy and said dictatorship and fascism would not return; leaders from several countries recognized his victory, while Bolsonaro rejected the result.
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Lula received 64.2 million votes, compared with Flávio Bolsonaro’s 59.8 million.
Lula won after trailing Bolsonaro in the first round, a reversal the article describes as unprecedented since Brazil returned to democracy.
Lula told supporters, “Democracy always, dictatorship never again. Democracy always, fascism never again.”
Flávio Bolsonaro rejected the result and called Lula’s victory “sacanagem,” a Portuguese term the article translates roughly as “bullshit.”
Leaders from Mexico, Spain, Chile and Peru, as well as the European Commission and China, recognized or congratulated Lula on his win.
The article says the United States had faced accusations of using economic and diplomatic pressure to influence the election in Bolsonaro’s favor.
The result is expected to affect environmental policy and the Amazon rainforest, according to the article.
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A UN-mandated commission reported that Israeli authorities and forces committed crimes against humanity, including extermination, torture, rape and other sexual violence, in the occupied West Bank. Israel rejected the findings, calling the report a misinformation campaign. The report covered violence since October 2023 and said conditions in the West Bank had sharply worsened.
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The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry said Israeli military operations and sustained settler violence amounted to a widespread and systematic attack on civilians.
The commission said Israeli authorities intended to collectively punish West Bank civilians after Hamas’s October 2023 attack.
The report also identified persecution based on nationality, race and ethnicity.
Israel’s mission in Geneva rejected the report and called for the commission to be dissolved.
The commission was established by the UN Human Rights Council in 2021.
The commission’s report examined killings and bodily and mental harm caused by Israeli and Palestinian security forces since October 2023.
The UN humanitarian affairs office recorded 1,143 Palestinian deaths in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, from October 7, 2023, to October 9, 2026; at least 250 were children.
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Egypt’s parliament authorised President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to provide military support to Saudi Arabia if Riyadh requests it, amid intensified Houthi attacks. El-Sisi said any Egyptian action would focus on protecting Saudi territory and borders, while Egypt’s foreign minister said Cairo supports a diplomatic settlement.
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The House of Representatives approved the military-support mandate in a vote on Monday.
The parliamentary statement said el-Sisi could take necessary measures to support Saudi Arabia’s defense if Riyadh asks for assistance.
Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s international airport and facilities belonging to Saudi oil company Aramco disrupted flights and oil exports.
The Houthis control Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, and are fighting the Saudi-led coalition that backs Yemen’s internationally recognised government.
Egypt’s constitution requires approval from two-thirds of legislators before troops can be sent abroad for combat missions.
Houthi attacks near the Bab al-Mandeb strait have disrupted shipping and reduced revenue from Egypt’s Suez Canal.
Egypt joined a Saudi-led campaign in Yemen in 2015, mainly using naval forces to help secure shipping routes.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres met el-Sisi in Cairo and urged maximum restraint, according to the article.
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Israelis are preparing to vote for their next government in the first election since the war on Gaza began in October 2023. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh examines what the vote could mean for the Haredim, or ultra-Orthodox community, and Religious Zionism.
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The election is Israel’s first since the war on Gaza began in October 2023.
Israeli voters will choose their next government.
The article focuses on the Haredim, Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community.
The article also examines Religious Zionism.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains the potential significance of the vote for these groups.
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A WhatsApp channel called “Lula’s Army” grew to 10.8 million followers while supporting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s campaign against Flávio Bolsonaro. Lula’s allies credit the channel with helping shift the race, but political scientists say its direct effect on votes is impossible to measure and point to the campaign’s grassroots work and changed messaging as other factors.
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Congressman André Janones led the WhatsApp operation.
The channel grew rapidly between the election’s two rounds and reached 10.8 million followers.
It encouraged supporters to share videos, promote hashtags and recruit voters.
Messages gave followers ready-made posts and specific social-media tasks.
Janones hosted a 24-hour livestream on the eve of the election.
Lula thanked Janones in his victory speech and called him “our General.”
Political scientist Denilde Holzhacker said the campaign combined online activity with local, in-person efforts.
Holzhacker said researchers cannot determine how many votes, if any, the WhatsApp operation directly influenced.
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Residents in Tehran told The Associated Press they fear the United States and Israel could renew their war against Iran’s Islamic regime. The report linked their concerns to the upcoming U.S. midterm elections and Israel’s election, which could affect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.
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The Associated Press reported the concerns on Monday.
Tehran residents described growing anxiety in the capital.
Some residents feared the United States and Israel might resume military action against Iran’s Islamic regime.
The U.S. midterm elections were scheduled for the following month.
Israel’s election was scheduled for Tuesday.
The report said Israel’s election could affect Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.
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Israel is holding its first parliamentary election since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks. A CBS News segment examines the election with correspondent Matt Gutman and Yohanan Plesner, president of the Israel Democracy Institute.
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Israel is holding a parliamentary election.
It is the first Israeli parliamentary election since the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks.
CBS News published a segment about what to know about the election.
Matt Gutman contributed to the segment.
Yohanan Plesner also contributed to the segment.
Plesner is president of the Israel Democracy Institute.
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Jordanian authorities arrested three men suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on St George's Church in Hammoud during a funeral procession on October 23. Nine people died; the suspects were wounded in a shootout and taken to hospital, and authorities said they would face investigation and court proceedings.
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The attack took place at the Greek Orthodox St George's Church in Hammoud, in Karak governorate.
Authorities said the attack killed nine people.
Security forces arrested three suspects during a dawn raid at an abandoned house near the attack site.
The suspects, described by Jordan's public security chief as Islamic extremists, are two brothers and a man related to them by marriage.
All three suspects were injured; one was reported to be in critical condition.
Authorities seized weapons and a large quantity of ammunition from the suspects.
Jordan's interior minister said authorities had found no indication of foreign contacts or cooperation.
Eight victims were buried near the church on Sunday, and the ninth was buried in south Amman on Monday.
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