Six-year-old Elliot English died on Friday at a Dublin hospital, weeks after he was critically injured in a suspected arson attack on his family home in County Waterford. His parents and two siblings died in the 13 October fire; another injured child remains in hospital.
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The fire took place at a home on Birch Avenue, on the outskirts of Waterford, on 13 October.
Elliot English died at Children's Health Ireland hospital in Crumlin, Dublin.
His parents, Kim and Philip English, and siblings Callum, 12, and Jayden, 9, died in the fire.
A second child who was critically injured remains in hospital.
Irish police opened a multiple murder investigation after the fire.
People arrested in connection with the attack were released without charge.
Hundreds of people attended a prayer vigil in the days after the attack.
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Kenyan cult leader Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the deaths of 190 children who starved after he ordered them to do so. The report also covers concerns in South Africa that new data centres could strain water and electricity supplies, and Senegal’s celebration of the Youth Olympic Games.
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Paul Mackenzie was sentenced to 200 years in prison.
The sentence concerns the deaths of 190 children by starvation.
The report says Mackenzie ordered the children to starve.
Activists in South Africa warn that new data centres could add pressure to strained water supplies.
Activists also warn that the data centres could add pressure to strained electricity supplies.
Senegal is celebrating the spirit of sport at the Youth Olympic Games.
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Irish officials said a series of bomb hoaxes targeting media outlets and airlines across Europe may be part of a coordinated disruption campaign. Threats sent by email affected dozens of commercial flights, and staff at Ireland’s RTÉ broadcaster evacuated its premises.
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Irish government officials said the threats were likely part of a coordinated campaign.
Dozens of commercial flights received bomb threats by email.
RTÉ staff evacuated the broadcaster’s premises on the morning of November 6.
Several Italian airlines also reported receiving threats.
A message claimed to come from a Russian extremist group called the Fighters of the Male State.
The group denied involvement.
The threats were described as more specific than typical hoaxes.
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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Uruguay on November 6 to begin a 12-day visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. He said he felt well after recent lung cancer surgery and plans to meet political leaders and communities, including prisoners and people living in poverty.
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Leo’s tour began in Uruguay and is scheduled to include Argentina and Peru.
The pope spent nearly two decades in Peru as a missionary and holds Peruvian and U.S. citizenship.
Leo said doctors had cleared him to travel after his lung cancer surgery three weeks earlier.
In Uruguay, Leo is scheduled to meet President Yamandú Orsi and receive the keys to Montevideo.
Uruguay deployed about 5,000 police officers and 1,000 soldiers for the visit.
The article says public events in the Uruguayan cities of Paysandú and Florida drew strong interest, with Mass tickets quickly running out.
Leo said he voted by mail in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, making him the first pope known to have voted in a political election.
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The Trump administration plans to spend $25 million to $32 million to expand the U.S. consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, according to State Department documents reviewed by Newsweek. The renovated space would cover three floors and accommodate 17 staff members, as the United States seeks a larger diplomatic presence on the self-governing Danish territory.
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The planned investment is between $25 million and $32 million.
The consulate would occupy 29,969 gross square feet across three floors in the Ole’s Varehus development in Nuuk.
The site currently has four U.S. staff members; the planned capacity is 17.
Philadelphia firm KieranTimberlake has been appointed to carry out the renovation.
The consulate could issue visas to Greenlanders seeking to visit the United States.
The United States reopened a smaller consulate in Nuuk in 2020, after its previous diplomatic office in Greenland closed in 1953.
Hundreds of Greenlanders protested the larger consulate’s opening in May, and Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen declined an invitation to attend.
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U.S. authorities arrested Thomas Markle Sr., Meghan Markle’s estranged father, in Florida on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material. The Justice Department said investigators found 78 items in two Los Angeles-area storage units; the allegations have not been proven in court.
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The Justice Department announced Markle’s arrest on November 6, 2026.
Authorities said they found 78 items, including photographs, film negatives and books, in two storage units near Los Angeles.
The criminal complaint alleges that some material showed Markle with underage girls.
Investigators said information from two people led them to search the storage units under warrants.
Meghan Markle said she was deeply distressed by the allegations and that keeping her father away from her children was intended to protect them.
Markle was expected to appear in a Florida court on November 6.
The article says Markle was living in the Philippines earlier in 2026 when he suffered a stroke and had his left leg amputated, prompting his return to the United States.
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More than 3,200 migrants were rescued in the first six days of November after crossing the Atlantic from West Africa toward Spain’s Canary Islands. The arrivals are putting pressure on reception and emergency services on the islands.
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Authorities rescued more than 3,200 migrants during the first six days of November.
The migrants crossed the Atlantic from West Africa.
The Canary Islands are part of Spain.
The Atlantic migration route is described in the article as one of the world’s deadliest.
The arrivals are putting pressure on reception services.
The arrivals are putting pressure on emergency services.
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Pope Leo XIV arrived in Montevideo on November 6 to begin a 12-day tour of Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. He said he felt fairly well after surgery to remove a cancerous lung tumor on October 13, and doctors cleared him to travel.
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Leo arrived in Montevideo after a 13-hour flight from Rome.
The tour includes visits to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.
His three-day Uruguay schedule includes a visit to a neighborhood affected by gang violence and Masses in Paysandu and Florida.
The visit is the first papal trip to Uruguay since 1988.
In Peru, Leo is scheduled to visit Cusco, the Amazon region and his former diocese of Chiclayo.
Leo served as a missionary in Peru for nearly two decades.
The Vatican said standard medical care for papal trips would be sufficient; no special measures were needed.
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French authorities are investigating more than 100 allegations of police misconduct linked to cost-of-living protests. In Lille, Al Jazeera’s Rosie Birchard spent a day with a woman who works as a street medic to help protect protesters.
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French authorities are investigating more than 100 alleged cases of police misconduct.
The allegations are linked to cost-of-living protests.
The report focuses on Lille, a city in northern France.
Al Jazeera correspondent Rosie Birchard spent a day with a street medic.
The street medic works to protect protesters.
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Ukraine, Russia and the United States are scheduled to hold trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Nov. 10 and 11. Ukrainian Presidential Office head Kyrylo Budanov said he was cautiously optimistic that the discussions could help advance prospects for an eventual meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin.
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The Abu Dhabi meeting will be the first trilateral talks since February, according to the article.
Budanov said the talks would focus on postwar security guarantees for Ukraine and Russia.
Ukraine’s delegation will be led by negotiator Rustem Umerov, with Budanov also taking part.
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to represent the United States.
Russia’s delegation will be led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Putin.
Budanov said recent Starshield service disruptions had been resolved and expressed optimism about Ukraine’s relationship with the United States.
Ukraine’s energy ministry said strikes this week hit energy facilities in 10 regions, leaving hundreds of thousands of households without power and disrupting water service in much of Kyiv for more than 16 hours.
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Prince Harry and five other claimants have applied to the Court of Appeal for permission to challenge a High Court ruling that dismissed their privacy claims against Associated Newspapers, publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday. They also seek to challenge an order requiring them to pay the publisher’s legal costs, which could total £34.5 million.
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The other five named claimants are Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley, Sadie Frost and Baroness Lawrence.
The High Court dismissed all the claimants’ allegations after an 11-week trial in London.
The judge found that the claimants had not proved their allegations of unlawful information gathering.
The appeal applications challenge both the dismissal of the claims and a later indemnity costs order.
The judge ordered the claimants to make an initial payment of £9.54 million while the final costs are calculated.
Sir Simon Hughes was also part of the original action, but the claimants’ spokesperson did not say whether he would join the appeal.
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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was sentenced to four years in jail. He was arrested on treason charges in April, but the court convicted him of inciting unrest in a trial widely condemned as politically motivated.
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Tundu Lissu is a Tanzanian opposition leader.
Authorities arrested Lissu in April on treason charges.
The court convicted Lissu of inciting unrest.
The court sentenced Lissu to four years in jail.
The trial was widely condemned as politically motivated.
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Police are reviewing reports and intelligence about other possible victims of Russell Brand after he was convicted of rape and sexual assaults. The Metropolitan Police say two women have reported further rape allegations, and prosecutors are reviewing case files; police have not confirmed reports that at least 10 additional women may be involved. The UK government says it will consider proposals for addressing rape myths in court proceedings.
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Brand was convicted of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others, in incidents spanning 1999 to 2009.
Police said two women have come forward with further rape allegations against Brand.
Detectives have sent files about the two allegations to specialist prosecutors for review.
Police Commissioner Mark Rowley said more potential victims may come forward but did not give an estimate.
The Guardian reported that police sources fear the number of additional potential victims could be at least 10.
The UK government said it would consider proposals from the victims’ commissioner on jury directions about rape myths.
Brand is due to be sentenced on Monday, according to the article.
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Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio has died at 52. His partner, Amalia Kassai, announced his death on Instagram but did not give a cause; Chilean media reported that he died at home in Santiago.
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Lelio was born in Argentina and moved to Chile when he was two.
His film Gloria (2013) brought him wider international recognition and won lead actor Paulina García an acting award at the Berlin film festival.
A Fantastic Woman became the first Chilean film to win the Oscar for best international feature.
Lelio made his English-language debut with Disobedience, starring Rachel Weisz and Rachel McAdams.
He directed Gloria Bell, a remake of Gloria starring Julianne Moore, and The Wonder, starring Florence Pugh.
His final film was The Wave, a musical protest drama that premiered at Cannes in 2025.
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Israeli forces closed Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinian worshippers during a Jewish religious observance and restricted movement in the Old City. The closure was scheduled to last until 10pm Saturday, while Israeli authorities expected about 20,000 visitors to the site.
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The Palestinian Ministry of Religious Endowments said worshippers and mosque employees were barred from entering and the call to prayer was suspended.
Mosque director Moataz Abu Sneineh said Israeli authorities planned to open the prayer halls and courtyards exclusively to Israelis.
The annual observance commemorates Sarah, who is traditionally believed to be buried at the site.
Israeli forces tightened checkpoints and restricted movement in Hebron’s Old City, affecting some residents’ ability to enter or leave their homes.
The 1997 Hebron Agreement gave Israel security control over the Old City and Hebron’s Palestinian municipality planning and construction powers.
In June, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced a takeover of the municipality’s planning and construction powers, according to the article.
The closure followed a 10-day Israeli siege of Hebron that ended days earlier; the article says it involved hundreds of arrests, 15 home demolitions and the displacement of more than 3,300 Palestinians.
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Armed men believed to be from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) killed at least 33 people and burned more than 50 houses in an overnight raid on Cantine in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The attack also forced 180 patients, including people with suspected or confirmed Ebola, to flee a health facility, raising concerns about disease transmission.
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The attack took place in Cantine, about 50 km west of Beni in North Kivu province.
Local authorities and civil society leaders attributed the raid to the ADF, an armed group linked to ISIL.
A local civil society leader reported 33 bodies and more than 50 houses burned.
A hospital medical director said 180 patients fled, including suspected Ebola cases and one confirmed case.
The hospital director said high-risk contacts and other people being monitored also fled.
North Kivu accounts for almost half of new infections in the DRC’s Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, according to the article.
Africa CDC has recorded more than 10,000 Ebola cases and 5,300 deaths across the DRC.
The ADF has roots in Uganda and pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2019.
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Prince Harry and five other claimants have applied to the Court of Appeal for permission to challenge a judge’s decision dismissing their unlawful information-gathering claims against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers. The judge ruled that they had not proved their allegations, and ordered them to make an initial payment of more than £9.5 million toward the publisher’s legal costs.
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The claimants are Prince Harry, Doreen Lawrence, Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley and Sadie Frost.
They allege that Mail journalists and others used methods including voicemail interception, landline tapping and deception to obtain information.
Associated Newspapers said its stories came from legitimate sources, including contacts, press officers, freelance journalists and other news outlets.
Mr Justice Nicklin dismissed the claims in July after an 11-week trial.
The judge said the claimants had not proved that information was obtained unlawfully.
The claimants filed applications for permission to appeal both the dismissal of their claims and the costs order.
In August, the judge ordered the claimants to pay £9,544,355 within seven days as an initial contribution to the publisher’s costs.
The article reported that their total legal bill could exceed £50 million.
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Paraguay is facing political turmoil after the collapse of digital lender Ueno left millions unable to access their savings. President Santiago Peña faces impeachment proceedings over allegations of negligence and involvement in a cover-up of the bank’s insolvency; Congress rejected his resignation.
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Ueno is described as a fast-growing digital lender.
The lender’s collapse has left millions unable to access their savings, according to the article.
The scandal has put President Santiago Peña and major institutions under scrutiny.
Congress rejected Peña’s resignation.
Congress is proceeding with impeachment proceedings against Peña.
The allegations against Peña include negligence and complicity in an alleged cover-up of Ueno’s insolvency.
The article raises questions about whether political influence compromised financial regulators.
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Democrats’ victory in the U.S. midterm elections could open the way for more congressional support for Ukraine, but it is unlikely to bring an immediate change in U.S. policy. President Donald Trump retains significant control over foreign policy, while Ukraine and European officials await the outcome of planned U.S.-mediated talks with Russia.
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Democrats won a sweeping victory in the midterm elections and gained control of Congress.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to secure more U.S. funding and defense aid.
Democratic lawmakers may push for renewed U.S. support for Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, but their ability to change policy is limited by the president’s foreign policy powers.
Trump said a deal to end the war was close and could involve all of Europe.
U.S.-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine were scheduled to take place in Abu Dhabi the following week.
The European Union said substantial work remained and that the EU would decide matters affecting its security.
Ukrainians interviewed by FRANCE 24 were cautiously optimistic but did not expect a drastic, immediate shift in U.S. policy.
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