At least seven people died and more than 100 were injured when two trains collided near Giza, Egypt. Several carriages derailed, and authorities suspended trains between Giza and Upper Egypt while rescue and recovery work continued.
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The collision happened between Kafr Ammar and Al-Raqqa stations in Al-Ayyat, near Giza.
A train travelling from Giza to Fayoum struck the rear of a stationary train bound from Cairo to Aswan.
The Egyptian public prosecutor's office said the death toll could rise.
The driver of one of the trains was among those killed, according to the health ministry.
Hospitals in the area were put on heightened alert to treat the injured, including people with broken bones and head injuries.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi ordered an investigation and said anyone found negligent should be held accountable.
Cranes were sent to remove the wreckage, and train services between Giza and Upper Egypt were suspended.
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Israel’s president selected Gadi Eisenkot to try to form the next government, passing over Benjamin Netanyahu after inconclusive elections. In Gaza, the first winter storm flooded tents sheltering displaced Palestinians.
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Israel’s president picked Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government.
The president passed over Benjamin Netanyahu.
The elections did not produce a conclusive result.
The first winter storm in Gaza flooded about 70,000 tents.
The tents sheltered displaced Palestinians.
Al Jazeera correspondent Nour Hegazy reported on the developments.
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Diwali is being celebrated on November 8 across India and among its global diaspora. The festival features prayers, family gatherings, lamps, fireworks, food, and gift exchanges, and is observed by Hindus as well as Sikhs, Jains, and Buddhists.
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Diwali is also called Deepavali, meaning “a row of lights.”
Families often place clay oil lamps outside their homes.
The festival symbolizes the triumph of light over darkness and knowledge over ignorance.
Diwali follows the Hindu lunar calendar and usually falls in late October or early November.
This year, Diwali is marked on November 8.
Celebrations often include feasting, new clothes, rangoli designs, fireworks, sweets, and gifts.
More than one billion people of different faiths take part in celebrations in India, according to the article.
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The article examines how governments have been made to pay reparations, arguing that past payments generally followed coercion or military defeat rather than moral agreement. It contrasts current calls for reparations for the trans-Atlantic slave trade with examples involving Iraq, Haiti, France and Germany.
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King Charles III said the trans-Atlantic slave trade filled him with horror and expressed personal sorrow during a visit to Antigua, but did not apologize or offer reparations.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to a formal state apology but opposed financial reparations.
CARICOM chair Philip J. Pierre said an apology without repair was incomplete.
After the 1991 Gulf War, a U.N. commission awarded $52.4 billion to about 1.5 million claimants for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait; the payments came from Iraqi oil export revenue and ended in 2022.
In 1825, France demanded 150 million francs from Haiti as a condition for recognizing its independence, with the demand backed by warships.
The article cites France’s payments after Waterloo and the Franco-Prussian War, as well as postwar payments by Germany and Japan, as examples of reparations imposed after defeat.
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Russian airstrikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity on Sunday, November 8, 2026. The attacks have intensified as winter approaches, with residents in Kyiv and elsewhere facing power cuts as temperatures fall.
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Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians lost electricity on Sunday.
Residents in Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine faced power cuts.
The attacks have intensified as winter approaches.
Temperatures are continuing to drop.
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The Cockroach Janta Party, which began as online political satire, has organized protests in India over exam paper leaks, unemployment and the cost of living. The movement now demands the chief election commissioner’s resignation over allegations of voter-list manipulation, which the election commission denies.
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Founder Abhijeet Dipke says the CJP aims to promote government accountability.
The CJP mobilized thousands of young people to protest in May.
India’s education minister resigned weeks after the protests began.
The CJP and opposition parties accuse the election commission of changing voter lists to benefit Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
The election commission says it removed deceased, duplicate and ineligible voters and denies wrongdoing.
The BJP says demonstrators are sowing chaos and undermining democracy.
Several CJP leaders have been arrested, but Dipke says the movement will continue.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government. Eisenkot has up to six weeks to negotiate with potential coalition partners and secure a parliamentary majority, with a partnership with Arab Israeli parties described as mathematically easiest but politically sensitive.
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President Isaac Herzog formally gave Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form Israel’s next government.
Eisenkot is Israel’s opposition leader.
He has up to six weeks to form a coalition.
Eisenkot must secure a majority in parliament.
An alliance with Arab Israeli parties appears to be the easiest route mathematically.
Such an alliance remains politically sensitive.
Eisenkot is seeking to form a government that would replace Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a new government after Eisenkot’s coalition secured a majority. Eisenkot, a former military chief, warned that Israel faces a dangerous moment for its democracy.
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Gadi Eisenkot is an Israeli opposition leader.
President Isaac Herzog tasked Eisenkot with forming a new government.
Eisenkot’s coalition secured a majority.
Eisenkot previously served as Israel’s military chief.
Eisenkot warned that Israel faces a dangerous moment.
The article’s headline describes Eisenkot’s warning as a “point of no return” for democracy.
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Two trains collided in al-Ayyat district, south of Cairo, killing at least four people and injuring 88, Egyptian authorities said. One train derailed, and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi ordered an investigation as emergency teams worked to clear the wreckage.
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The collision happened on Sunday in Giza province, about 30 miles (50 km) south of Cairo.
A train traveling to Fayoum province struck the rear of a train heading to Aswan, according to the transport ministry.
The transport ministry said one of the trains derailed.
The health ministry reported at least four deaths and 88 injuries.
Authorities said injured people were taken to nearby hospitals.
Al-Sisi said he had ordered a prompt investigation to hold those responsible accountable.
The railway authority sent emergency teams and cranes to clear wreckage and restore normal service.
Two freight trains collided in the same district in September of the previous year, injuring a driver and his assistant.
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The UK Met Office issued a yellow fog warning from 6pm Sunday until 11am Monday for much of southern England, the Midlands, and parts of northern England and Wales. Dense fog could disrupt road, rail and air travel, while rain later in the week may bring up to 50–70mm to parts of the drought-hit south-west.
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The warning covers most of southern England except the south-west, all of the Midlands, and parts of northern England and Wales.
Fog is expected in cities including Liverpool, Sheffield, York, Cardiff and Wrexham.
Met Office meteorologist Niamh Murray said clear skies, light winds and long nights are helping fog form.
Fog could reduce visibility to 50 metres or less in some areas.
Bus and train delays, as well as flight delays and cancellations, are possible.
The fog may be densest overnight on Monday in rural parts of the Midlands, Wales and East Anglia; air frost is also possible.
The Met Office said slow-moving rain could bring 50–70mm to parts of the south-west, where severe drought has been declared.
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A collision between two trains in Egypt’s Giza province killed at least seven people and injured more than 112, the Health Ministry said. The crash derailed one train onto a rural road in al-Ayyat, and emergency crews sent ambulances, rescue teams and cranes to the scene.
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A train travelling between Giza and Fayoum struck the rear of a train on the Cairo-to-Aswan route on Sunday.
The train on the Cairo-to-Aswan route derailed in al-Ayyat district.
Authorities reported at least seven deaths and more than 112 injuries.
More than 70 ambulances took part in evacuations and transported casualties to nearby hospitals.
Egyptian National Railways said crews were working to clear the wreckage and restore train services.
Al-Ayyat was the site of a 2002 train fire that killed more than 370 people.
Egypt has invested billions of dollars in transport infrastructure, but much of its train service remains dated.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot six weeks to try to form a government after an election left no bloc with a parliamentary majority. Eisenkot must negotiate with potential partners, including Arab-led parties, while facing disagreements over military-service exemptions and other coalition terms.
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The Oct. 27 election produced no clear majority in the 120-seat Knesset, where a government needs at least 61 seats.
Netanyahu’s bloc won 53 seats, Eisenkot’s opposition bloc won 48, and Arab-led parties won 19.
Eisenkot has six weeks to form a government.
Eisenkot said coalition partners must support Israel as a Jewish and democratic state, military or national service, and recognizing Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Potential paths include a power-sharing deal with Netanyahu, support from Arab-led parties, or an agreement with ultra-Orthodox parties.
Eisenkot and his partners campaigned to end long-standing military draft exemptions for ultra-Orthodox men.
Netanyahu has claimed the election was stolen by Arab parties but has offered little evidence; election officials and Herzog said the vote was valid.
Israel’s Shin Bet security agency is investigating possible foreign interference, while officials said any wrongdoing found did not significantly affect the result.
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Two passenger trains collided and derailed in Egypt’s El-Ayyat district in Giza, killing four people and injuring 88, according to the Ministry of Health. Emergency teams responded to rescue passengers and clear the wreckage.
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The collision involved two passenger trains.
The trains collided and derailed in El-Ayyat district, Giza.
Egypt’s Ministry of Health reported four deaths.
The ministry reported 88 injuries.
Emergency teams were sent to rescue passengers.
Emergency teams worked to clear the wreckage.
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Two trains collided in al-Ayyat district, south of Cairo, on Nov. 8, killing at least four people and injuring 88, Egyptian authorities said. One train derailed, and emergency crews were sent to clear the wreckage and restore service while officials investigated the crash.
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The collision occurred in Giza province, about 32 miles south of Cairo.
A train traveling toward Fayoum struck the rear of a train heading toward Aswan, according to the Transportation Ministry.
At least four people died, including a train driver, and 88 people were injured, the Health Ministry said.
Authorities took the injured to nearby hospitals for treatment.
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said he had directed agencies to provide medical care, investigate the crash and hold anyone found negligent accountable.
The Egyptian Railway Authority sent emergency teams and cranes to the scene to remove wreckage and restore normal train service.
A train driver and assistant were injured in a collision involving two freight trains in the same district last September.
Egypt has invested billions of dollars in transport infrastructure, but much of its rail network remains old.
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FRANCE 24’s photo roundup covers the week of November 2–8, 2026, including Democratic victories in the U.S. midterm elections, protests and strikes in France, and events at the Dakar Youth Olympic Games. Other images show developments in Ukraine, Yemen, South Africa, Iran, India, and Pope Leo XIV’s Latin American tour.
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Democrat Abdul El-Sayed won a Michigan Senate race and became the first Muslim senator in the United States.
James Talarico won a Texas Senate race, giving Democrats their first victory in that contest in more than 30 years.
President Donald Trump reacted to his party’s midterm losses by placing a cap marked “VETO” on his Oval Office desk.
Unions called mass strikes in France on November 5, amid student-led protests.
The Dakar 2026 Youth Olympic Games included triathlon and coastal beach-sprint rowing events in Senegal.
Family members mourned police officers killed in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Khortytsia Island.
Images also showed local elections in South Africa and garbage piled in a floodway in Yemen’s city of Taiz.
Pope Leo XIV began a 12-day tour of Latin America with a visit to Uruguay.
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Israeli authorities released Palestinian journalist Abed Abou Shhadeh after detaining him for five days without charge. Abou Shhadeh and his lawyers said the detention targeted his political commentary and could intimidate Palestinian citizens of Israel; authorities suspected him of contact with a foreign agent.
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Abou Shhadeh was detained on Tuesday and released on Sunday after five days in custody.
He was held at a Shin Bet intelligence facility in Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv.
Authorities suspected him of contact with a foreign agent.
Adalah, which is part of his legal team, said the suspicion involved alleged foreign payments to support Israel’s Arab voters.
His lawyer said the case relied on a public conversation between Abou Shhadeh and Palestinian intellectual Azmi Bishara.
Abou Shhadeh had spoken on the al-Midan podcast for the Arab48 website and appeared as an analyst on Al Jazeera.
Adalah founder Hassan Jabareen said the detention was part of a campaign against Arab and Palestinian votes in Israel.
Abou Shhadeh said he would continue his work as a journalist.
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The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for dense fog across much of England and eastern Wales from Sunday evening until 11am Monday. Visibility may fall below 50 metres in places, disrupting travel; the fog should mostly lift during Monday morning, though some patches may last into the afternoon.
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The warning runs from 6pm Sunday to 11am Monday.
It covers areas including the Midlands, East Anglia, south-east and central southern England, north-west England, Yorkshire and the Humber, parts of south-west England, and eastern Wales.
London, Birmingham, Cardiff and Greater Manchester are among the affected areas.
Visibility could fall below 50 metres in some places.
Road, bus, train, ferry and air services may face delays or cancellations.
Patchy fog could develop outside the warning area in northern parts of the UK.
The Met Office advises travellers to check conditions and allow extra time; drivers should use fog lights when visibility is seriously reduced.
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A train collision in northern Egypt killed at least four people and injured dozens. Footage showed several overturned carriages, while President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said an investigation was underway.
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At least four people died in the collision.
Dozens of people were injured.
Footage showed multiple overturned carriages and people gathered around them.
One train was travelling from Giza to the Fayoum oasis, southwest of Cairo.
The other train was travelling from Cairo to Aswan.
Authorities had not yet determined the cause of the crash.
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi said investigators would hold anyone found negligent accountable.
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Egypt has reopened its embassy in Tripoli, Libya, after it remained closed for 12 years. The move follows years in which Cairo strongly supported eastern-based military commander Khalifa Haftar.
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Egypt reopened its embassy in Libya’s capital, Tripoli.
The embassy had been closed for 12 years.
Egypt had strongly backed Khalifa Haftar, a military commander based in eastern Libya.
The reopening signals a shift in Cairo’s stance toward Libya.
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The Northern Taurid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight November 11–12, 2026. A nearly dark moon should help viewing, while forecasts point to clearer skies in parts of the Southwest and central Plains; local weather may change before peak night.
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The Northern Taurids are active from October 20 to December 10, according to the article.
The moon is expected to be about 4 percent illuminated during the peak.
Forecasts call for clear skies around Scottsdale, Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Wednesday night.
Stafford and Wichita, Kansas, are forecast to have mostly clear skies; Spencer, Nebraska, may be partly cloudy.
The forecast calls for a chance of rain around Chicago and periods of rain and gusty winds in the Pacific Northwest.
NASA estimates the 2026 Northern Taurids may produce about five meteors per hour at peak, though some can appear as bright fireballs.
The meteors form when debris left by Comet Encke burns up in Earth’s atmosphere.
NASA advises watching from a dark place, allowing about 30 minutes for eyes to adjust, and scanning a broad area of sky.
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