The U.S. carried out new strikes against Iran’s air defense systems, President Donald Trump said Friday, describing them as “minor.” The U.S. military had also struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, targeting an area that is home to an Iranian naval base in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Trump said the U.S. launched new strikes against Iran on Friday.
He described the strikes as defensive and “minor.”
The latest strikes targeted Iranian air defense systems.
The U.S. military had struck Iran on Monday.
The Monday strike targeted Qeshm Island.
Qeshm Island is home to an Iranian naval base.
The island is in the Strait of Hormuz.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he has a path to form the next government after early election results put his National Party narrowly ahead of Labour in the popular vote. The outcome remains too close to call.
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Christopher Luxon is New Zealand’s prime minister.
Luxon said he has a pathway to form the next government.
Early results showed the National Party narrowly ahead of Labour in the popular vote.
The article describes the election outcome as too close to call.
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New Zealand’s preliminary election results give Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s centre-right coalition a narrow path to govern, but special votes could change the balance. Official results are due on 27 November, so negotiations over the next government may have to wait.
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National won 42 seats, Act won 13 and New Zealand First won 12, giving the current coalition 67 seats in preliminary results.
Labour won 35 seats, the Greens won 16 and Te Pāti Māori won five.
The left bloc is three seats short of a majority without the seven seats won by the centrist Opportunity party.
Opportunity received 5.9% of the vote, enough to enter Parliament for the first time since New Zealand adopted its mixed-member proportional electoral system in 1996.
Special votes, including overseas ballots and votes cast outside a voter’s electorate, have not yet been counted.
In the 2023 election, special votes accounted for 21% of ballots issued and helped the Greens and Te Pāti Māori gain three seats combined.
National’s share of the party vote was 0.02 percentage points higher than Labour’s.
Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins both said the final government outcome would not be clear until votes were counted.
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon, leader of France Unbowed, has gained support among protesters and emerged as a leading left-wing contender ahead of France’s next presidential election. His proposals include higher public spending, tax increases on the wealthy, a lower retirement age and a more confrontational approach to some European Union rules; critics question their feasibility and economic risks.
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Mélenchon planned to present his programme at a rally in Le Bourget, north of Paris.
He proposes lowering the retirement age to 60 and raising the monthly minimum wage to 1,700 euros.
His programme calls for France to leave NATO and renationalise parts of the economy.
He wants the European Central Bank to turn French debt it holds into a permanent, interest-free loan.
Mélenchon says France should remain in the European Union but reject rules that conflict with its social, environmental or economic plans.
France Unbowed says higher taxes on wealthy people and corporations would fund its spending plans, including a minimum 2 percent tax on billionaires’ wealth.
The article says protests that began with students grew to include people concerned about public services, living costs and uncertain futures.
Critics warn that the proposals could unsettle investors and raise France’s borrowing costs.
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French unions and student groups planned another day of protests on Saturday, while the Yellow Vests movement planned a separate rally in central Paris despite an authorities’ ban. The demonstrations followed weeks of youth-led unrest and nationwide strikes over the rising cost of living.
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French unions planned to take to the streets on Saturday.
Student groups also planned to join the protests.
The Yellow Vests movement planned a separate rally in central Paris.
Authorities had banned the Yellow Vests rally.
The planned demonstrations followed weeks of youth-led unrest.
Nationwide strikes drew hundreds of thousands of workers protesting the rising cost of living.
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Russian drone and bomb attacks have heightened fears in villages south of Zaporizhzhia and in the regional capital, prompting residents to flee and authorities to prepare further relocations. Displaced people in a Zaporizhzhia shelter include elderly residents and people with limited mobility, while the city is installing protective nets against drones.
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Volodymyr left Preobrazhenka last week after a Russian drone attack injured him with burns while he sheltered in a basement.
He said only eight people remained in his village before he decided to leave.
The article reports that nine Russian glide bombs struck Komyshuvakha on November 2, killing at least 50 people.
Several people were reported missing after the attack on Komyshuvakha, where many people had gathered for humanitarian aid at a school.
Zaporizhzhia has installed anti-drone netting over streets and civilian infrastructure in the Cosmos neighbourhood.
A regional military administration official said authorities may move Volodymyr's shelter to another neighbourhood if conditions worsen.
Some shelter residents face barriers to evacuation, including limited mobility or missing documents.
Alina, who works in a flower shop under drone netting, said she may have to leave but does not want to.
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Rainwater is inundating displacement camps across Gaza, and makeshift shelters are collapsing. Al Jazeera reporter Nour Khaled reports on the conditions.
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Rainwater is inundating displacement camps across Gaza.
Makeshift shelters in the camps are collapsing.
The report focuses on displacement camps in Gaza.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Khaled reports on the situation.
The article describes rainwater as a threat to shelter in the camps.
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Heavy rain and strong winds flooded tents and damaged buildings across Gaza, soaking families’ belongings and exposing children to cold. Residents said they had few safe places to go, while officials reported rising water levels and hundreds of calls for help.
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Rainwater flooded tents in al-Mina camp in northern Gaza, where about 1,700 Palestinian families live.
Rana Adnan Hmeida said her family’s bedding, blankets and clothes were soaked and her children were shivering.
Raed Abu Amsha said the storm collapsed his tent while he and nine children were inside.
Water levels rose by 30 to 40 centimeters at several camps, according to the article.
Gaza’s civil defence agency received hundreds of calls during the rain.
In Nuseirat, Nasser al-Hajj lives in a tower block damaged in an Israeli strike in September 2025.
An engineer warned al-Hajj that his apartment was dangerous because rubble could fall from the damaged building.
Al-Hajj said he had no other safe housing option because rent was expensive and he considered a tent unsafe.
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Heavy rains and strong winds flooded and damaged tents in displacement camps across Gaza. The storm is worsening conditions for Palestinians facing a fourth winter in displacement camps.
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Heavy rains hit displacement camps across Gaza.
Strong winds affected the camps.
Rainwater flooded displacement tents.
Strong winds damaged displacement tents.
The storm worsened conditions for Palestinians in the camps.
Palestinians in the camps are facing a fourth winter.
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Russia launched 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles at Kyiv and nearby regions, damaging energy infrastructure and disrupting electricity, water and heating. The attack came days before planned Russia-Ukraine-U.S. peace talks in Abu Dhabi, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine needs security guarantees and warned against leaving the country isolated.
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Ukraine said five people were injured, including a 14-year-old girl.
Strikes hit substations in five regions, including one linking two nuclear power plants to Kyiv.
Kyiv’s Northern Bridge closed while crews repaired damage to its road surface and power lines.
Residents in Kyiv had faced day-long power cuts and water interruptions during the preceding week.
Negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States were scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Zelenskyy criticized the proposed peace framework and said broader European security talks should follow an end to the war and meaningful guarantees for Ukraine.
Russia’s defense ministry said its Saturday strikes targeted energy and transport sites.
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Michel Barnier said the UK could not rejoin the EU single market on a selective basis and would have to accept all four freedoms, including the free movement of people. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he wants to explore closer economic ties with the EU, while ruling out major changes before the next election.
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Barnier led the EU’s Brexit negotiations from 2016 to 2021.
Barnier said single-market participation would require the UK to follow rules covering the movement of goods, services, capital and people.
Burnham has described rejoining the single market as one possible option for changing the UK’s long-term relationship with the EU.
Burnham said he would not restore free movement without a referendum; Downing Street said he was not currently advocating its return.
Barnier predicted EU countries would reject a new British rebate on contributions to the EU budget.
The UK and EU hope to announce agreements on food standards, youth visas and linking British industry to the EU carbon trading system at a Brussels summit.
Barnier accused Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson of making a false promise during the Brexit campaign about £350 million in weekly funding for the NHS.
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The Court of Appeal ruled that the Home Office must consider whether kidnapping for ransom can count as exploitation under trafficking rules. The decision may lead to new assessments and possible support for asylum seekers previously denied recognition as trafficking victims after being held for ransom in Libya.
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The case was brought by a 25-year-old Syrian asylum seeker who was kidnapped and held for ransom in Libya in 2021.
The man said his captors beat him and made him ask his family to pay several thousand dollars for his release.
The Home Office rejected his trafficking claim because it said he had not been forced to work.
The High Court ruled in the man’s favour, and Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood appealed.
The Court of Appeal found that the Home Office should have considered whether the kidnapping amounted to exploitation.
People whose claims were previously rejected may be able to seek a fresh assessment through the UK’s National Referral Mechanism.
The article reports that 1,778 people were confirmed as trafficking victims between July 2024 and July 2025, and 89% were forcibly removed from the UK.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in South America on Saturday in Paysandú, Uruguay. More than 30,000 people had registered, including visitors from Argentina and Brazil, as Leo began a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru and urged Uruguayans to engage with the Catholic faith.
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The Mass took place at Parque París Londres in Paysandú, a city no pope had previously visited.
People began entering the park when its gates opened at 5:30 a.m.
Leo arrived in Uruguay on Friday and was scheduled to visit a Montevideo neighborhood affected by drug trafficking and gang violence.
Church and municipal programs in the neighborhood are working to provide housing and addiction rehabilitation.
Leo was also scheduled to hold a prayer vigil at Montevideo’s Centenary Stadium.
Uruguay has a population of 3.5 million and is described in the article as South America’s most secular country.
The report said the tour had been in doubt after Leo underwent lung cancer surgery on Oct. 13.
After Uruguay, Leo’s itinerary included stops in Argentina and Peru.
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Russian overnight drone and ballistic missile attacks damaged Ukrainian energy infrastructure across 12 regions, causing power cuts and disrupting water and heating supplies. Ukrainian officials reported nine people injured and said Kyiv was hit hardest, as delegations prepare for talks in Abu Dhabi next week.
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The attacks involved more than 30 ballistic missiles and over 170 drones, according to the article.
Nine people, including one child, were reported injured across Ukraine.
Kyiv suffered damage to residential buildings, the North Bridge and a kindergarten.
Substations were damaged in the Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, Rivne, Kharkiv and Dnipro regions.
Ukraine's energy minister said power cuts affected five regions but did not specify how many homes lost electricity.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city's water system was operating normally and about 60% of apartment buildings had heating.
Ukrainian and Russian delegations are due to take part in trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi next week.
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A 17-year-old boy suffered a superficial wound in a suspected sword attack near St Peter’s High School in Gloucester on Friday morning. Police arrested a 19-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, while a woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender was released on bail. Two nearby schools went into lockdown, and police said they did not believe there was a wider threat.
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Police were called to Chalford Road in Tuffley shortly after 8:50 a.m. Friday.
Witnesses reported two men chasing two 17-year-old boys, with one man carrying a sword.
One boy sustained a superficial wound believed to have been caused by the sword; the other was not physically injured.
A 19-year-old man was arrested overnight, and an 18-year-old man turned himself in on Saturday morning.
Both men are from Gloucester and remain in police custody for questioning.
A woman arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender was released on police bail pending further inquiries.
St Peter’s High School and nearby Willow Primary Academy went into lockdown after the incident.
Police used armed officers, a drone unit and the National Police Air Service to search and are asking witnesses to share information or footage.
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Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani said cybercriminals had published his personal data on the dark web and were seeking more information about him and his family. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni blamed pro-Russian hackers, while Tajani said Italy’s support for Ukraine may have made him a target and that the Foreign Ministry was coordinating its response with allied countries.
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Tajani said his personal data had been published on the dark web for several days.
He said the people behind the leak were seeking more information about him and his family.
Meloni expressed solidarity with Tajani and attributed the activity to pro-Russian hackers.
Meloni called efforts to sell confidential information about government officials a serious concern.
Tajani said Italy’s position in support of Ukraine may be a reason he was targeted.
Tajani did not specify what information had been published.
The Foreign Ministry was coordinating its response with allied countries.
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The United States struck Iran’s Qeshm Island after attacks on vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz, while mediators sought to prevent a wider conflict. Iran said it had shot down U.S.-made drones and warned that it had lifted limits on the range of its ballistic missiles.
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Two projectiles hit Qeshm Island on Friday night in strikes targeting Iranian air defences and launchers.
President Donald Trump described the strikes as “minor.”
Iran’s army said it destroyed a U.S.-made MQ-9 drone; the IRGC separately claimed it intercepted an MQ-1 drone.
UKMTO reported attacks on at least 11 ships in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the week ending November 6, with three ships sinking.
UKMTO recorded 170 outbound and 155 inbound Strait of Hormuz transits, about 65 percent below pre-conflict levels.
Iran’s military said a tanker with its transponder switched off caught fire after hitting a naval mine in the eastern Strait of Hormuz; Washington said the mines had been cleared.
IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said Iran had lifted its self-imposed limit on ballistic missile range, previously about 2,000 kilometres.
Mohebbi said the IRGC planned to reveal another underground missile facility and might display some combat systems in public spaces.
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Paraguay’s Senate unanimously voted to remove President Santiago Peña over a banking scandal, and he was placed under house arrest. The collapse of Ueno Bank left nearly three million customers unable to access their savings. Peña denies wrongdoing, while his successor, Pedro Alliana, has promised compensation for those affected.
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The Senate unanimously voted to remove Santiago Peña from office.
Peña was placed under house arrest after his removal.
The case centers on the collapse of Ueno Bank.
Nearly three million Ueno Bank customers could not access their savings.
Peña denies any wrongdoing.
Pedro Alliana succeeded Peña as president.
Alliana pledged to compensate customers affected by the bank’s collapse.
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Bantu-speaking communities began expanding from western Africa about 6,000 to 4,000 years ago, spreading farming, livestock raising, pottery-making, and metalworking across much of eastern and southern Africa. Their migration reshaped the region’s languages, cultures, and populations, though researchers still debate details of its origins and routes.
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Great Zimbabwe was the capital of a southern African kingdom between about 1000 and 1700 AD.
Iron-smelting furnaces near Great Zimbabwe used natural-draft designs that drew air through the furnace without bellows.
Researchers say the furnaces’ size and number point to intensive iron production.
Bantu-speaking communities expanded across the continent’s southern half beginning about 6,000 to 4,000 years ago.
The migration introduced farming, livestock raising, pottery-making, and metalworking to areas previously dominated by hunter-gatherer communities.
Around 350 million Africans speak one of roughly 500 Bantu languages, including Zulu and Swahili.
Researchers use evidence from linguistics, archaeology, and genetics to investigate the migration.
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Russia launched a large overnight strike on Kyiv as Ukraine prepared for another round of talks with Russia and the United States next week. At least five people were injured, and the strikes damaged buildings and disrupted services and transport.
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Russian missiles struck Kyiv overnight.
At least five people were injured in the city.
The strikes damaged residential and commercial buildings.
Authorities closed a bridge over the Dnipro River.
The attack caused new power and water outages.
Ukraine is preparing for another round of talks with Russia and the United States next week.
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