At least 21 people died in two separate incidents involving migrant boats near Crete, according to Greek authorities. The coastguard and EU border agency rescued survivors, while two people from one boat remain missing; authorities said strong winds may have delayed one boat from reaching shore.
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A container ship spotted a boat south of Crete early Monday, and the Greek coastguard recovered 12 bodies and rescued 18 people.
One person rescued from the Monday incident later died in hospital.
Authorities said the boat may have been at sea for days and faced strong winds.
On Saturday, the coastguard recovered eight bodies and rescued 28 people from another boat off southern Crete.
Two people from the Saturday incident remain missing.
Frontex used an aircraft and a drone to locate two other boats carrying about 47 and 40 people.
Frontex recorded about 31,800 irregular border crossings into the EU in the first three quarters of 2026, 15 percent fewer than in the same period of 2025.
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Russia struck Ukrainian electrical infrastructure, while Ukrainian drones set a fire at a major Russian oil refinery, officials said Monday. The attacks came hours before Russian and Ukrainian delegations were scheduled to begin U.S.-brokered talks in Abu Dhabi, with no sign that either side had dropped its demands.
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Russia said it targeted four electrical substations in the Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy and Vinnytsia regions.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 317 drones overnight, including 105 jet-powered drones.
Ukrainian long-range drones set a fire at the KINEF refinery near St. Petersburg, according to the governor of the Leningrad region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the European Union agreed to activate an emergency funding mechanism for power grid repairs.
The Abu Dhabi talks were planned to begin Tuesday and address security guarantees for Russia and Ukraine.
President Donald Trump said in a Sunday interview that Russia and Ukraine were “very close” to a deal, but gave no details about his remarks on Ukraine’s future shape.
The previous three-way talks in Geneva, held in February, made no significant progress toward ending the war.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is meeting union leaders and employer representatives on Monday to discuss wages and purchasing power. The talks follow weeks of social unrest, and unions are pressing for higher pay as public anger grows.
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Lecornu is meeting unions and employer federation representatives on November 9, 2026.
The meeting will focus on salaries and purchasing power.
The talks follow a wave of social unrest across France in recent weeks.
Unions are making wage demands.
The report says Lecornu faces the challenge of addressing those demands while responding to public anger.
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Three French police officers went on trial on November 9 over the 2020 beating of Black music producer Michel Zecler. The officers said Zecler was not wearing a face mask during the Covid pandemic; the assault renewed public anger over police violence in France.
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The trial began on Monday, November 9, 2026.
Three French police officers are on trial over the beating.
The incident took place in 2020.
The victim, Michel Zecler, is a Black music producer.
Zecler was 47 at the time of the article.
The officers said Zecler was not wearing a face mask during the Covid pandemic.
The case is described as a rare police brutality case to reach court.
The assault renewed debate about police violence in France.
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Three fishermen rescued a crew member from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship after the worker went overboard in the Pacific Ocean near Newport Beach, California. The article does not give further details about the worker’s condition or how the rescue unfolded.
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The rescued person was a crew member aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
The crew member went overboard miles off Newport Beach, California.
Three fishermen rescued the crew member.
The incident took place in the Pacific Ocean.
The article was published on November 9, 2026.
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A 7-year-old U.S.-born girl was fatally shot in the head by Mexican police during a drug enforcement operation in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, the state prosecutor’s office said. Her family said they had stopped their pickup and identified themselves as civilians before officers fired from a helicopter; authorities said officers were responding to an alleged attack, and an investigation is underway.
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The girl, identified as Aranza, was 7 years old and was born in the United States.
The shooting happened during a police operation in Matamoros on October 29.
The girl’s mother said the family was traveling in a pickup with five children and the girl’s father.
The mother said the family stopped and the father told officers they were civilians with children before police opened fire.
Tamaulipas Attorney General Jesus Govea said officers were responding to an attack they allegedly faced from the ground during roadblocks.
The officers who fired remain free while the state prosecutor’s office investigates.
The operation followed the arrest of Alfredo Cárdenas Rodríguez, described by Mexican authorities as linked to the Gulf Cartel’s Ciclones faction.
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President Donald Trump said U.S. allies in the Middle East should repay the United States for costs from the Iran war, but the article says no country-by-country bill has been worked out. The conflict had cost the U.S. an estimated $47 billion by the time of the report, including major expenses for air-defense missiles and other weapons.
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Trump said countries the U.S. protected during the war should pay back all related U.S. costs.
The article says Iran had attacked at least 11 countries since U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran began on February 28.
A Pentagon estimate put the war's total cost at $47 billion shortly before the midterm vote.
The Congressional Budget Office estimated costs of about $38 billion from February through the start of August.
The CBO said the U.S. spent more than $13 billion on air-defense interceptor missiles during that period.
The U.S. had used more than 1,700 Patriot interceptors and over 200 THAAD missiles in the Middle East by mid-July, according to a Wall Street Journal report citing unnamed U.S. officials.
The article says it is unclear how to assign defense costs to individual countries, including because interceptors may be used in different numbers and some costs are difficult to attribute.
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Russian investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta began winding up its operations on November 9, 2026, and prepared to leave its central Moscow office. The newspaper said state pressure had made it impossible to continue reporting.
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Novaya Gazeta held what it described as its final editorial meeting on November 9.
The newspaper prepared to leave its central Moscow office.
The newspaper attributed its closure to a campaign of state pressure.
Novaya Gazeta is an independent Russian newspaper known for investigative reporting and criticism of Vladimir Putin.
A related report dated October 30 said the newspaper would cease publication amid a Kremlin crackdown.
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Paraguayan authorities raided a mansion linked to former President Santiago Peña as part of an ongoing investigation into a banking scandal. They found a vault hidden behind a false wall.
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The investigation concerns Peña’s alleged role in a banking scandal.
Authorities raided Peña’s mansion.
The search uncovered a vault concealed behind a false wall.
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The UN’s two-week COP31 climate conference opened on November 9 in Antalya, Turkey. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders to act on climate change after a year of destructive weather extremes, while participants faced an early dispute over funding.
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COP31 began Monday, November 9, 2026.
The conference is taking place in Antalya, a city on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.
The UN climate conference is scheduled to last two weeks.
Thousands of participants gathered at an expo centre in Antalya.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged world leaders to take climate action seriously.
Funding was an early point of contention at the talks.
Guterres linked his appeal to a year of devastating weather extremes.
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A France 24 press review reports that Russia’s independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta is closing after being forced to leave its office and losing access to reader donations. It also covers leaked Russian war-death figures, NASA’s astronaut recruitment for future Moon work and unconfirmed contenders for the next James Bond role.
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Novaya Gazeta received an eviction notice requiring its staff to leave their office by November 10.
The article says banks blocked readers’ donations to Novaya Gazeta, leaving the paper without an income source.
Leaked figures attributed to Russia’s state statistics agency suggest more than 450,000 Russians have died in the war in Ukraine; the figures have not been officially confirmed.
Russia has not officially disclosed its battlefield losses since September 2022, according to the article.
NASA is recruiting astronauts for future missions involving living and working on the Moon; applications are due December 3.
Applicants must be U.S. citizens and meet education or pilot-training requirements, along with having three years of related professional experience.
Jack Lowden, Jacob Elordi and Callum Turner are named as possible James Bond candidates, but no actor has been officially confirmed.
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Heavy rain has soaked makeshift camps in Gaza, leaving some displaced Palestinians without shelter as winter approaches. More than three years after the war began, many people displaced by the conflict remain in temporary accommodation.
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Torrential rain hit Gaza this week.
Rain left tents in makeshift camps submerged, according to the report’s title.
Many displaced Palestinians were left without shelter.
Winter is approaching.
The war in Gaza began more than three years ago.
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Flash floods killed two people in northern Iraq on Saturday, with Erbil among the hardest-hit areas. The article also reports forecasts of severe weather in Portugal and Japan, and unusually warm conditions in Peru linked to strong El Niño conditions.
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Two people died in floods in northern Iraq.
Erbil suffered extensive damage to homes and businesses after heavy rain inundated streets.
Erbil received an estimated 80 mm of rain, compared with a forecast of 30 mm.
Storm Bruna is forecast to bring Portugal strong winds, thunderstorms and up to 200 mm of rain by the end of the week.
Tenerife recorded an 80 mph wind gust on Saturday night.
Further snow is forecast in Hokkaido and parts of Honshu, while temperatures in Sapporo are expected to fall well below seasonal averages.
At the peak of strong El Niño conditions in late October, equatorial Pacific sea surface temperatures were about 3.5°C above the climatological average.
Peru has experienced air temperatures 5–10°C above the seasonal average, with unusually warm conditions expected to continue into next week.
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French judo champion Teddy Riner announced on Monday that he will run for president in France’s election next year. The article did not provide further details about his campaign.
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Teddy Riner is a French judo champion.
Riner announced his presidential bid on Monday, November 9, 2026.
He plans to run in France’s presidential election next year.
The article gave no details about his campaign.
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A landslide in Deir el-Balah killed five displaced Palestinians after heavy rain hit Gaza, and two people remained missing. Gaza authorities criticized what they described as international inaction, while aid groups and officials reported widespread flooding and severe shelter shortages.
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Four children and a woman died when a sandbank collapsed onto their tent on Sunday, according to the article.
The first winter storm of the year brought heavy rain to Gaza beginning Friday, flooding displacement camps and weakening buildings damaged in earlier air raids.
Residents used their hands to search for survivors because specialist rescue equipment was in short supply, the article reported.
About 70,000 tents were flooded during the storm, according to the article.
Save the Children said more than half a million children in Gaza face critical or catastrophic shelter conditions.
Save the Children said Israeli authorities have repeatedly blocked the entry of caravans intended as a more durable alternative to tents.
Gaza’s Government Media Office blamed Israel, the United States and the international community for what it called inaction and restrictions on shelter supplies and equipment.
The article says more than 74,600 people have been killed since the war began on October 7, 2023, and that more than 1,600 Palestinians have been killed since a ceasefire took effect in October 2025.
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EU-Lisa, the EU agency that manages large-scale justice and security IT systems, filed a lawsuit against IBM, Atos and Leonardo over delays in delivering the bloc’s Entry/Exit System. The system launched in October 2025 and has faced outages, malfunctioning kiosks and long queues, but EU officials say the lawsuit concerns its development and does not affect its current operation.
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EU-Lisa submitted its claim to a court in Estonia on 22 December 2025.
IBM, French IT company Atos and Italian defence contractor Leonardo were members of the consortium hired to deliver and maintain the system.
EU-Lisa said it used contractual and legal remedies after delays in the system’s delivery.
The Entry/Exit System began operating in October 2025 and records photos and fingerprints of many travellers entering the Schengen area from outside it.
Airports have reported kiosk malfunctions and system outages, with waits of up to three hours during peak periods.
EU-Lisa said the legal case has no impact on the system’s operation, which it described as fully operational across Europe.
The European Commission said it is not a party to the case and that the claim concerns delays during system development.
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Three children and one woman were killed when a sand embankment collapsed onto tents at a camp for displaced families in central Gaza on Sunday night, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. The collapse followed heavy rain that flooded tents across Gaza; aid officials say overcrowding, inadequate shelter and limited assistance are leaving displaced people exposed to further danger.
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The health ministry reported that five people were injured and rescued after the collapse south of Deir al-Balah.
The Civil Defence initially reported two women among the dead, but the health ministry later said one woman and three children had died.
Heavy rain on Saturday reportedly flooded tens of thousands of tents across Gaza.
Civil Defence said water reached up to 1.5 metres in some areas and responders could attend to only 10% of 2,100 distress calls.
Rescuers used their hands to dig people from sand and rubble; the article said a lack of heavy machinery made the operation harder.
The International Organization for Migration said Gaza’s 2.1 million people were confined to about 30% of the territory.
The agency and its partners are working to provide tents, tarpaulins and better drainage, but its regional crisis coordinator said current aid was insufficient.
UN agencies have called on Israeli authorities to allow in specialist equipment and materials to improve conditions for displaced families.
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Saudi Arabia said it intercepted missiles launched from Yemen by Houthi rebels on Sunday, November 8. Falling debris damaged a building belonging to state-owned oil company Aramco in Riyadh’s financial district.
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Saudi Arabia intercepted incoming missiles on November 8.
The missiles were launched from Yemen by Houthi rebels.
The targets included Riyadh and other regions of Saudi Arabia.
Falling debris damaged an Aramco building in Riyadh’s financial district.
Aramco is a state-owned oil company.
The report was issued on November 9, 2026.
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French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu was set to meet representatives of employers’ groups and private-sector unions on November 9, 2026. The talks aim to address cost-of-living concerns linked to major unrest in France.
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Lecornu planned to meet employer representatives and private-sector unions on Monday, November 9.
The discussions focus on cost-of-living concerns.
The article links those concerns to some of France’s worst civil unrest in years.
The article was issued on November 9, 2026.
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Okinawa Governor Genta Koja said he would seek a fundamental review of the 1960 U.S.-Japan Status of Forces Agreement after a U.S. Marine was indicted in connection with the alleged murder of a Japanese woman. The case has renewed criticism of the agreement and the U.S. military presence on Okinawa, where local officials have long raised concerns about crimes and limits on Japanese authorities’ powers.
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Japanese prosecutors indicted Lance Cpl. Devin Jacob Ballard last month on suspicion of murdering 39-year-old Anna Yagi and stealing her wallet and backpack.
Police said the alleged killing took place at a hotel in Naha early on Oct. 3, 2026; Japanese media reported that Ballard denied the allegations.
Koja said he would seek changes to the Status of Forces Agreement, including prompt transfer of detained suspects to Japanese authorities before indictment and applying Japanese laws such as the Aviation Act to U.S. forces.
The agreement gives U.S. military authorities the primary right to investigate and punish service members in Japan when they are on official duty.
Okinawa hosts about 70% of U.S. military facilities in Japan, while about 54,000 U.S. military personnel are stationed in the country.
Okinawa lawmakers adopted a resolution last month calling for revisions to the agreement, which is to be submitted to the U.S. embassy.
Japan and the United States agreed on Friday to measures aimed at preventing crimes by U.S. service members on Okinawa, including talks on community relations and Japan’s legal system.
Koja also said he would seek the swift return of U.S.-used land in Okinawa’s commercial center under a 2013 agreement.
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