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Stop downplaying the plague of violence against women

October 25, 2026 • The Hill

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The article addresses violence against women and argues that it should not be downplayed. It describes the crimes as patterned, persistent, predictable, and preventable.

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The article focuses on violence against women.
The headline calls for people to stop downplaying this violence.
The article characterizes the crimes as patterned.
The article describes the violence as persistent.
The article says the violence is predictable.
The article says the violence is preventable.

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Venezuela's opposition leader Machado returns after months in exile

October 25, 2026 • PBS NewsHour

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to the country Sunday after months in exile, making her first public appearance there since December. She and her allies are pressing for a date for a presidential election, while acting President Delcy Rodríguez remains in office without calling one.

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Machado announced her arrival on social media and appeared at a church in Lara, where supporters welcomed her.
Machado went into hiding in Venezuela for 11 months before escaping and resurfacing in Norway in December, where she received the Nobel Peace Prize.
Acting President Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime ally of Nicolás Maduro, received backing from the Trump administration and has stayed in office beyond her initially authorized 90-day period.
No presidential election has been scheduled, and U.S. officials have emphasized economic stabilization first.
Machado won an opposition primary in 2023 but was barred from running in the 2024 presidential election; Edmundo González took her place on the ballot.
Credible evidence showed González won the 2024 election by more than a 2-to-1 margin, but the National Electoral Council declared Maduro the winner.
The article says the U.S. military captured Maduro in Caracas in January and took him to New York to face drug-related charges, which he has denied.
Trump said he hoped Machado was safe and described her as a very nice woman.

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Venezuela opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to country

October 25, 2026 • CBS News

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after nearly a year outside the country, her team said. Machado and her allies are calling for a presidential election, but no election date has been set while acting President Delcy Rodríguez remains in office.

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Machado announced her return in a post on X but did not say where she was or how she entered Venezuela.
Her adviser David Smoalnsky described the return as a step toward a democratic transition and elections.
Former opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González said he would join Machado soon.
Machado left Venezuela in December to accept the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize in Norway, according to the article.
The Venezuelan government had barred Machado from leaving the country and considers her a fugitive.
Delcy Rodríguez, a longtime ally of Nicolás Maduro, has served as acting president since Maduro's ouster.
No date has been set for a presidential election, despite calls from Machado and her allies.

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French far-right leader Le Pen kicks off presidential campaign

October 25, 2026 • France24

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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally, delivered her first official speech for the presidential campaign in Orléans. She called for a “renaissance” in France and condemned what she described as violent “Islamist ideologies,” saying they are incompatible with the country.

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Le Pen is the National Rally leader and its presidential candidate.
She gave her first official campaign speech in Orléans on October 25, 2026.
Le Pen described her vision as a “renaissance” for France and the start of a new era.
She criticized what she called violent “Islamist ideologies.”
Le Pen said those ideologies are incompatible with France.

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France: 1.314 arrested during protests across the country

October 25, 2026 • France24

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More than 400,000 people joined protests across France on Saturday over the rising cost of living and school funding. Most marches were peaceful, but violence broke out in some areas, and police reported more than 1,300 arrests nationwide.

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More than 400,000 people took part in protests across France.
Protesters raised concerns about the cost of living and school funding.
Most marches remained peaceful.
Violence broke out on the sidelines of demonstrations.
Police said more than 1,300 people were arrested nationwide.
The protests came a week after riots and looting affected several cities.

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Israel’s ‘Generation Right’ could shape Netanyahu’s future

October 25, 2026 • Al Jazeera

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The article reports that young Israelis are leaning to the political right, contrary to a broader global trend among young people. It examines how their views on security and Palestinians could affect an election and Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future.

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The article describes young Israelis as leaning politically to the right.
It contrasts this trend with a broader global tendency among young people to lean left.
The report focuses on young Israelis’ views about security.
The report also examines their views about Palestinians.
The article says these views could affect an election.
The title links the rise of a younger right-wing generation to Netanyahu’s political future.
Al Jazeera correspondent Nida Ibrahim reports on the issue.

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Conservative Landslide in British Columbia Sends Warning to Mark Carney

October 25, 2026 • Newsweek

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British Columbia voters elected a Conservative provincial government, ending nine years of New Democratic Party rule. The result may offer a warning for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s federal Liberals, though provincial and federal voting patterns can differ.

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Conservatives led in 64 of British Columbia’s 93 electoral districts in the early official count, more than the 47 needed for a majority.
The New Democratic Party lost power after nine years in office.
Premier David Eby called the snap election on September 22, two years ahead of schedule.
Eby announced he would resign as NDP leader and said he accepted responsibility for the result.
Lorne Doerkson campaigned on affordability, lower taxes, and expanding energy production.
Carney congratulated Doerkson and said he looked forward to working with him on housing, energy, and other priorities.
Carney’s Liberals hold 20 of British Columbia’s 43 seats in the federal House of Commons, while federal Conservatives hold 19.
A Leger poll conducted October 9–12 found 48 percent support for the Liberals, 33 percent for the Conservatives, and 8 percent for the NDP.

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Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches

October 25, 2026 • PBS NewsHour

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Israeli forces continued an operation in Hebron after a gun attack killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three others. The operation has displaced thousands of Palestinians and restricted movement across the city as Israel approaches an election on Tuesday.

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The military said it operated in more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it said were affiliated with Hamas or Islamic Jihad.
The military said most Palestinian workers with permits could not enter Israeli West Bank settlements on Sunday and Monday, and crossings into Israel would remain closed until after the election.
Hebron’s municipality said more than 2,600 people had been displaced, and families had left nearly 500 apartments in and around the Deir Bahha neighborhood.
The military sealed the entrances and exits to Hebron and told residents of Deir Bahha to evacuate.
No militant group has claimed responsibility for the gun attack.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said 112 Palestinians, including the suspected gunmen, and six Israelis had been killed in West Bank attacks this year.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the attack site and vowed a forceful response.

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Machado returns after months in exile

October 25, 2026 • BBC World

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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months in exile, she and ally Edmundo González Urrutia said on Sunday. Her return comes after the United States seized President Nicolás Maduro and backed his deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as interim president, according to the report.

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Machado said on X, “I am here. With you.”
Edmundo González Urrutia confirmed that Machado was back on Venezuelan soil.
Machado had been in exile for more than 10 months.
She left Venezuela in January to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
The United States seized President Nicolás Maduro in January, according to the article.
The Trump administration backed Maduro’s deputy, Delcy Rodríguez, as leader.
Rodríguez was sworn in as interim president and later signed an oil deal with the United States.

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Jordanians mourn victims of deadly church attack

October 25, 2026 • Al Jazeera

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Crowds gathered in Jordan to bury eight of the nine people killed in a church shooting. The attack wounded 40 others, and authorities are still searching for the attackers.

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The shooting took place at a church in Jordan.
The attack killed nine people.
Crowds gathered to bury eight of the victims.
Forty people were wounded.
Authorities are searching for the attackers.

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Serbia votes as strongman Vučić faces grassroots challenge to 12-year rule – Europe live

October 25, 2026 • Guardian World

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Serbia is voting in a parliamentary election that pits Aleksandar Vučić’s ruling Serbian Progressive Party against the student-led Student List. The movement grew out of protests after a railway station canopy collapse killed 16 people in November 2024 and has focused on corruption and abuses of power.

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Vučić’s Serbian Progressive Party has been in government since 2012.
Vučić served as prime minister from 2014 and president from 2017; he resigned as president in September and is seeking to lead the government again.
The Student List is a leaderless movement with 250 candidates chosen through a democratic process, according to the article.
The protests began after the Novi Sad railway station canopy collapsed in November 2024, killing 16 people.
The movement says it aims to tackle corruption, clientelism and abuses of power.
Polling stations opened at 7am and were scheduled to close at 8pm local time.
The article says Serbia’s EU accession process is stalled and the country has fallen in international press freedom and corruption rankings.

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Israeli soldiers beat elderly Palestinian in Hebron

October 25, 2026 • Al Jazeera

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Israeli soldiers beat and injured Hijazi Shawer, a 70-year-old Palestinian shopkeeper and community leader, during a raid in Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The raid took place amid house-to-house searches and the forced displacement of more than 2,000 people.

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Hijazi Shawer is 70 years old.
Shawer is a Palestinian shopkeeper and community leader.
Israeli soldiers beat and injured Shawer during a raid.
The raid took place in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers were conducting house-to-house searches.
More than 2,000 people have been forcibly displaced.

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How Trump’s Hero Winston Churchill Would Handle Putin and Ukraine

October 25, 2026 • Newsweek

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The article compares President Donald Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine with Winston Churchill’s diplomacy, drawing on historians’ accounts of Churchill’s dealings with Moscow. It says Churchill favored direct summit talks and could bargain over smaller nations’ interests, but argued from strength and sought a price for agreements.

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Trump has publicly described Churchill as a hero and restored Churchill’s bust to the Oval Office in 2025.
The article reports that Trump criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer by saying, “This is not Winston Churchill,” during a dispute over U.S. access to British bases for strikes on Iran.
Historian Richard Toye said Churchill continued to favor personal meetings with leaders to address major international problems until he left office in 1955.
Churchill called for a “parley at the summit” with Moscow in a 1950 speech in Edinburgh.
During a 1944 meeting in the Kremlin, Churchill proposed a division of influence that assigned Russia 90 percent predominance in Romania and Britain 90 percent influence in Greece; Stalin marked the proposal with a blue pencil.
Historian Martin Folly described the 1944 proposal as a “clear cold-blooded bargain.”
The article reports that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on October 21, 2026, and that trilateral Ukraine negotiations were expected in November.

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Seven killed in Gaza as Israel targets university campus and other sites

October 25, 2026 • Al Jazeera

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Israeli attacks killed at least seven Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, including three security guards at the Islamic University campus in Gaza City. The attacks also injured students and other civilians, as Gaza health officials reported rising death and injury totals since the October 2025 ceasefire began.

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Three security guards were killed in an Israeli air strike on the Islamic University campus in Gaza City.
An earlier drone strike on the campus injured seven female students; one was seriously hurt and taken to a field hospital.
The Nasser Medical Complex said Israeli shelling in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, killed two people and wounded several others, including a child.
Wafa reported one death in a drone strike east of Deir el-Balah and another death in an attack on al-Rashid Street near Hamad Hospital.
UNESCO estimates that nearly 95 percent of Gaza’s higher education campuses have been destroyed or damaged since October 2023.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said at least 1,551 people have been killed and 5,573 injured since the ceasefire began in October 2025.
The ministry put the total death toll in Gaza since October 2023 at 74,544, with at least 175,692 people wounded.
The article says almost two-thirds of Gaza is under Israeli military control or subject to Israeli restrictions, while crossing closures and reduced aid funding have worsened food insecurity.

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Israel to close West Bank crossings before elections amid military operation

October 25, 2026 • CBS News

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Israeli forces continued a major operation in the occupied West Bank after a gun attack in Hebron killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded three. The military sealed Hebron’s entrances and exits, while Israel said most Palestinian workers with permits would be barred from settlements and crossings into Israel would stay closed until after Tuesday’s election.

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Hebron’s municipality said more than 2,200 people, including nearly 200 children, had been displaced over the previous two days.
The Israeli military said it operated in more than 400 locations over the weekend and arrested 40 Palestinians it said were affiliated with Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
The military said most Palestinian workers with permits could not enter Israeli settlements for work on Sunday and Monday.
Crossings into Israel were set to remain closed until after Tuesday’s Israeli election.
The article said six Israelis and 112 Palestinians had been killed in West Bank attacks and violence this year, citing the Palestinian Health Ministry for the Palestinian figure.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed a forceful response to Friday’s attack and is seeking reelection in next week’s vote.
The article said roughly 3 million Palestinians and 540,000 Israeli settlers live in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in 1967.

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Ukraine disputes Elon Musk's claim that its military violated Starlink's terms of service

October 25, 2026 • PBS NewsHour

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Ukrainian officials disputed Elon Musk’s claim that Ukraine’s military breached Starlink’s terms by using the civilian service for offensive drone strikes. They said restrictions already prevented that use, while reports of Starlink and Starshield interruptions raised concerns about lost drones and disrupted missions. Starlink service was restored as diplomatic efforts to end the war continued.

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Serhii Beskrestnov, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said existing restrictions made offensive use of civilian Starlink in Ukraine impossible.
Musk said SpaceX had throttled Starlink in Ukraine and claimed the military used the civilian service for offensive drone strikes in violation of its terms.
Musk said the U.S. government controlled changes to Starshield, the military-focused service used for Ukrainian drone operations and communications.
Ukrainian commanders reported lost drones and disrupted missions after restrictions were imposed on Starshield.
The article said Starlink service was restored on Saturday after speed caps were lifted.
President Donald Trump said he did not make the decision to restrict the service, while Vice President JD Vance suggested the White House had coordinated with Musk.
Russia agreed to resume three-way negotiations with the United States and Ukraine next month, and Kyiv and Moscow agreed to a localized ceasefire near Oleshky.
Zelenskyy said Russia had launched nearly 2,300 strike drones at Ukraine over the past week and called on Western allies to speed up interceptor deliveries.

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Suspect in deadly Paris suburb shooting sent for psychiatric observation

October 25, 2026 • BBC World

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A man suspected of killing one person and injuring five in shootings near Paris was taken out of police custody for psychiatric observation, French anti-terrorism officials said. The evaluation is expected to last about 48 hours and will assess whether he can be questioned; President Emmanuel Macron described the attack as racist terrorism.

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The shootings took place Friday in Trappes and nearby La Verrière, where the suspect allegedly fired from a car.
Pengo Bossio Wangi, a 26-year-old French-Congolese martial artist, was killed.
Five people were injured; three were taken to hospital in serious condition, including a 12-year-old girl who was reported to be critical.
The National Anti-Terrorist Prosecutor’s Office said a psychiatric expert recommended the evaluation.
Officials said the evaluation will help determine whether the suspect should remain in police custody.
The suspect was found with cannabis and cocaine in his bloodstream, according to the prosecutor’s office.
French media reported that investigators found a Bible, a Quran and a copy of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf at the suspect’s home.
Local media reported that the suspect had four previous convictions that had been automatically expunged and was not known to French intelligence services.

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Portuguese police with dogs and batons dismantle housing protest camps

October 25, 2026 • Guardian World

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Portuguese police dismantled housing protest camps in Lisbon and Porto early Sunday, arresting 31 people and removing 171 structures, according to police. The raids followed days of clashes as campaigners protested rising housing costs; police and protest organizers gave differing accounts of the number of people injured and the force used.

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Officers cleared more than 100 tents in Lisbon’s Rossio Square and about 50 tents in Porto’s Dom João I Square.
Police said 31 people were arrested for disobedience and 171 structures were removed.
Police reported that 11 people were injured, including three officers; the campaign group Casa Para Viver said more than 20 people were injured.
Reuters reported that 25 people detained in Lisbon were released and ordered to appear in court on Monday.
Campaigners began setting up housing protest camps in Porto in early October, with similar camps later appearing in Lisbon.
Portuguese house prices have more than doubled since 2017, while rents have nearly doubled, according to the article.
Campaigners oppose proposed legislation that would make evictions easier and end rent caps on new leases; the proposal passed its first parliamentary reading.

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US Marine indicted in alleged Okinawa robbery homicide

October 25, 2026 • ABC News

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A Japanese court indicted 20-year-old U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard on robbery and murder charges in connection with the death of a woman in Okinawa. Prosecutors allege he strangled the 39-year-old woman at a Naha hotel on Oct. 3 and took her backpack and belongings.

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Ballard is stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa.
Authorities arrested Ballard after the Oct. 3 incident.
The woman was a 39-year-old resident of Naha City.
Prosecutors allege Ballard strangled the woman with a telephone receiver cord at a hotel.
Prosecutors also allege he stole a backpack containing her wallet and other belongings.
NHK reported the indictment, citing the Naha District Public Prosecutors Office and other sources.

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Thousands mourn victims of deadly Jordan church attack

October 25, 2026 • Al Jazeera

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Thousands gathered in Hamoud, southern Jordan, on Sunday to bury eight of the nine people killed in a shooting at a church during a funeral on Friday. Jordanian authorities called the attack extremist terrorism; the attackers remain at large, and officials have not said whether they were linked to an armed group.

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Nine people were killed and dozens were wounded in the attack at St George’s Greek Orthodox Church.
The Sunday burials took place beside the church in Karak province, southwest of Amman.
The ninth victim, Mohammed al-Qasous, was expected to be buried on Monday, according to his family.
Prime Minister Jafar Hassan attended the funeral service alongside government ministers and senior officials.
Jordan declared three days of national mourning.
King Abdullah promised a forceful response, while authorities continued to seek the attackers.
No organization had claimed responsibility, and officials had not established whether the attackers were connected to an armed group.
Muslims were among the wounded, and community members expressed solidarity across religious lines.

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