King Charles III said the transatlantic slave trade fills him with “horror” and “the most profound personal sorrow” at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda. He did not issue a formal apology or announce measures to compensate for slavery’s harms, instead pointing to education, jobs, trade and climate resilience as ways to address past wrongs.
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Charles said the slave trade still casts a shadow over Caribbean islands and other Commonwealth members.
He said the Royal Navy played a leading role in ending the slave trade.
Charles said people cannot change past actions but can learn from them.
He cited improving education access, investing in jobs, encouraging trade and strengthening climate resilience as ways to address past wrongs.
Buckingham Palace had said Charles would not issue a formal apology during his Caribbean tour, which included the Bahamas and Guyana.
Guyanese President Mohamed Irfaan Ali said an apology should be Charles’s next step.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK was open to a formal apology but ruled out financial reparations.
The Commonwealth has 56 member nations.
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Greenland’s parliament approved a security agreement with Denmark and the United States by a vote of 16-0, with seven lawmakers abstaining. The agreement permits more U.S. military activity in Greenland and will take effect only after required Danish and Greenlandic parliamentary procedures are complete.
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Greenland’s parliament passed the agreement on Tuesday.
The deal was signed in September by U.S. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen.
The agreement aims to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic.
It allows the United States to expand and modernize activities at Pituffik Space Base and paves the way for more U.S. bases in Greenland.
The agreement says Greenland will remain under Danish control, but its terms would still apply if Greenland becomes independent.
Danish lawmakers are expected to debate the agreement later this month.
No approval from the U.S. Senate is required.
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An independent Liberal Democrat panel concluded that it could not reopen the sexual harassment complaints against peer Chris Rennard without new evidence. Party leader Ed Davey said he was disappointed, while Rennard said the complaint should be published and argued that the renewed investigation should not have taken place.
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The complaints were made by four women against Rennard.
The Liberal Democrats asked three independent adjudicators, who are party members, to reassess Rennard’s conduct.
The party sought a reassessment after receiving advice that a 2013 investigation had been flawed in several respects.
The panel concluded, after taking legal advice, that it could not reopen the case without new evidence.
Davey had suspended Rennard from the party while the investigation was reopened.
Davey said the women had been let down by the earlier process and expressed frustration that the case could not be reinvestigated.
Rennard said police and independent inquiries had investigated and dismissed the allegations in 2013–14.
A 2013 review said there was broadly credible evidence of behaviour that violated the complainants’ personal space and autonomy, while assessing the case as having less than a 50% chance of being proved beyond reasonable doubt.
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King Charles III addressed the history of slavery at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua. He described Britain’s involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade as a shameful chapter and said the Royal Navy played a leading role in ending the trade.
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Charles spoke at the meeting’s opening ceremony in St John’s, Antigua.
He said the trans-Atlantic slave trade still casts a shadow over Commonwealth members.
Charles described the history as a source of profound personal sorrow.
He said the Royal Navy played a leading role in ending the international trade in enslaved people.
Charles called for modern partnerships to address past wrongs through future action.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to discussing a formal apology but opposed reparations.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch opposed an apology and reparations, saying Britain helped end the slave trade.
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President Donald Trump said the United States will stop providing Israel with about $4 billion in annual military assistance by the end of this year. CBS News reported that Trump made the suggestion in a recent interview.
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Trump said U.S. military assistance to Israel will end by the end of the year.
The article puts the annual assistance at about $4 billion.
Trump made the statement in a recent interview.
CBS News correspondent Nicole Sganga reported on the statement.
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The article says some influential Russian figures prefer Republicans to retain control of Congress because that could make it easier for President Donald Trump to pursue sanctions relief. But the Kremlin says it does not expect the midterms to transform U.S.-Russia relations and is focused mainly on dealing directly with Trump and his advisers. The supplied article text ends before it explains Ukraine’s position in detail.
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Alexander Shokhin, head of Russia’s Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, said a Democratic-controlled Congress could oppose efforts to lift sanctions.
Shokhin wants Trump to lift sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which is headed by Putin envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was watching the election closely but noted Trump would remain president and conduct foreign policy regardless of the result.
Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Moscow had no illusions that the vote would greatly improve relations, citing bipartisan opposition to Russia.
Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, and Russian officials have pursued economic discussions through direct contacts with Washington.
The article says Trump authorized transactions involving Russian diesel on October 9 and waived provisions of a new Russia sanctions law on October 16.
The supplied text introduces the question of Ukraine’s interests but ends before giving its account of them.
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Nine men are on trial at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court over the sexual abuse of a woman at her home in Stockport. Her husband, who is in his 60s, has pleaded guilty to multiple offences committed over more than 20 years; prosecutors say he drugged and raped her and involved other men in the abuse or encouraged it online.
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The husband cannot be named to protect his wife’s identity.
Prosecutors told the court that the husband met defendant Robert Stewart on Craigslist in 2015 and discussed using drugs to make his wife unconscious.
The court heard that Stewart supplied the husband with antidepressants and Tramadol and was told he could visit if the woman was unconscious.
Prosecutors said David Graves supplied tablets and received images of the abuse in return.
The court heard that Philip Wild visited the couple’s home in August 2023 and sexually touched the woman while she was unconscious.
The husband connected Wild with Graham Brougham, and the men discussed having sex with the woman on WhatsApp.
The jury heard that the husband sent images of his wife to Daniel Rayner, whom prosecutors described as a non-contact offender.
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Collins English Dictionary named “mogging” its word of the year after the slang term surged in use and spread from online communities into celebrity and everyday culture. The word once carried associations with competitive, hyper-masculine online spaces, but people now often use it playfully or ironically to mean outshining someone, while it retains a competitive edge.
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Collins defines “mogging” as the act of outshining or outperforming someone or something.
The term is often traced to “AMOG,” short for “Alpha Male of the Group.”
Language consultant Tony Thorne says the term appeared on bodybuilding and incel message boards in the 2010s.
The term gained wider attention through online posts about looksmaxxing influencer Clavicular and claims that he had been “frame mogged.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger posted old bodybuilding footage with an ironic caption referring to frame mogging.
British Vogue used “mogging” in a caption about actor Hudson Williams at the 2026 Golden Globes.
Figure skater Alysa Liu said in a 2026 interview that her main goal for a competition was to “mog.”
Thorne says many young people now use the term playfully, though it still carries a sense of competition.
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France faces a shortage of dermatologists as demand for appointments grows, including for suspected skin cancer. About 100 dermatologists are trained each year, half of current specialists are over 60, and doctors are training general practitioners to help spot dangerous skin lesions.
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Around 200,000 cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in France each year.
A patient traveled 130 kilometres from Reims to a clinic near Paris for melanoma removal.
Dermatologist Romain Prud'homme says next-day appointment slots can fill within three minutes.
France trains about 100 dermatologists annually, and the government has announced 27 additional trainees per year.
Half of France's dermatologists are over 60 and could retire in the coming years.
Charlotte Canonne struggled to get a dermatology appointment after a mole on her foot began bleeding; she was later diagnosed with stage IV melanoma.
The article says 6 million people in France do not have a regular doctor.
Dermatologists are training general practitioners to identify potentially dangerous skin lesions.
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Poland deployed additional police, counterterrorism units and GROM troops along its border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave in an operation scheduled to run through at least Nov. 8. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said suspicious activity was seen near the border and that the response may have prevented a provocation, though Polish authorities had not publicly provided evidence of a specific attack plan.
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National police chief Marek Boroń said the operation began Monday and would run at least until Nov. 8.
The deployment includes additional police, counterterrorism units and troops from the GROM special forces unit.
Polish and allied intelligence agencies had warned of possible sabotage, provocations and armed border incursions in the first half of November.
Tusk said people carrying flashlights were seen moving suspiciously near Kaliningrad overnight.
A command center at national police headquarters is coordinating the operation.
Police said the operation aims to protect the public, detect suspicious activity and prevent attacks on critical infrastructure.
Polish authorities had not released evidence of a specific sabotage or attack plan originating from Kaliningrad by Tuesday afternoon.
The Suwałki Corridor, between Poland and Lithuania, is the only land link between the Baltic NATO states and the rest of the alliance.
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Humaira Batool was sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing the death of her friend, Mohammed Shaan Hussain, in a Lamborghini crash on the M62 in West Yorkshire in December 2022. The court heard she drove at up to 140 mph in wet, dark conditions before losing control; she was also banned from driving for 10 years and must pass an extended driving test before driving again.
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Hussain, 20, died after the rented Lamborghini crashed into a motorway barrier, overturned and caught fire.
Batool, 26, was found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in September.
The crash happened within eight seconds of Batool taking the wheel from Hussain.
The jury rejected Batool’s claims that Hussain touched the controls and that mechanical failure, aquaplaning or tampering caused the crash.
Batool suffered serious injuries in the crash, including burns and a shattered tibia.
The judge said Batool’s driving was the sole cause of the collision and described her speed and the road conditions as especially dangerous.
Batool was sentenced to 10 years in prison, disqualified from driving for 10 years and ordered to pass an extended driving test.
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Al Jazeera journalist Montaser Nassar was detained during raids near Hebron, according to the article. It also reports that evidence emerged Israeli forces shot and assaulted a prisoner who had been threatened by Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.
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Montaser Nassar is an Al Jazeera journalist.
Israeli forces detained Nassar during raids near Hebron.
The article says evidence emerged that Israeli forces shot a prisoner.
The article says Israeli forces assaulted the prisoner.
The prisoner had been threatened by Israeli Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, according to the article.
Al Jazeera correspondent Hala Al Shami reported on the developments.
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Russian strikes on Dnipro hit residential areas, killing two people and injuring 20. The strikes damaged medical facilities, including a hospital and a hospice caring for nearly 50 terminally ill patients.
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The strikes hit residential areas in Dnipro.
Two people were killed.
Twenty people were injured.
Several medical facilities were damaged.
A hospital was among the damaged facilities.
A hospice caring for nearly 50 terminally ill patients was also damaged.
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UK aid to Commonwealth countries with bilateral programmes is projected to fall from £546 million in 2024–25 to £131 million in 2028–29, according to figures reviewed by the Guardian. The reductions come as King Charles attends the Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Antigua, where reparations for slavery were kept off the agenda, and affect several countries among the world’s poorest.
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The projected £131 million in 2028–29 includes £68 million for Nigeria, leaving £63 million for other countries.
Aid to Sierra Leone is projected to drop from nearly £30 million in 2024–25 to £5 million in 2028–29.
Aid to Rwanda is projected to fall from nearly £30 million in 2024–25 to £5 million in 2028–29.
Aid to Tanzania is projected to decline from £60 million in 2025–26 to £5 million in 2028–29.
Nigeria is scheduled to receive £68 million in 2028–29, down from £137 million this year.
Funding for the Caribbean Development Team is set to fall from more than £98 million in 2025–26 to £45 million in 2026–27.
At least 26 Commonwealth countries have been barred from applying to the Darwin Initiative, a nature-protection fund worth about £40 million a year.
The UK government did not contribute financially to the Commonwealth Nature Initiative, according to the Campaign for Nature’s UK lead.
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Russian households face rising financial pressure as the war in Ukraine continues. Utility bills have increased by more than 50% since the war began in 2022, including a rise of over 13% this year.
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Russia's utility bills have risen by more than 50% since 2022.
Utility bills rose by over 13% in 2026, according to the report.
The increases add to financial strain for Russian households.
Moscow continues to launch strikes across Ukraine.
Russia is also grappling with drone attacks originating from Ukraine.
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King Charles called the transatlantic slave trade a “shameful chapter” that fills him with “profound sorrow” in an address opening the Commonwealth leaders’ summit in Antigua and Barbuda. He did not issue a formal apology, but said he was committed to addressing past wrongs through future action and modern partnerships.
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The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting brings together leaders from 56 member states every two years.
The summit’s theme is “Accelerating Partnerships and Investment for a Prosperous Commonwealth.”
Charles said the slave trade still casts a shadow over Caribbean islands and other Commonwealth members.
He said learning more about the history had strengthened his commitment to addressing its legacy.
Some people have called for the UK to make a formal apology for its role in the slave trade.
Andy Burnham said he was open to a formal apology but did not consider financial reparations the right answer.
The King’s Caribbean tour has renewed debate about the UK’s colonial legacy; he also visited a site of a slave rebellion in Guyana.
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Survivors of the Rapid Support Forces’ April 2025 assault on Sudan’s Zamzam displacement camp described starvation, killings and sexual violence as they fled. A United Nations Human Rights Office report documented at least 1,013 civilian deaths in the attack; the camp had been home to generations of people displaced by conflict in Darfur.
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Zamzam camp, near el-Fasher in North Darfur, was established in 2004 and once sheltered hundreds of thousands of people.
Famine was confirmed in Zamzam in August 2024, and survivors said restrictions on goods left residents short of food.
The Rapid Support Forces captured Zamzam in April 2025 after months of attacks.
The RSF launched a three-day assault on the camp on April 11, 2025, burning homes and health facilities.
A United Nations Human Rights Office report documented at least 1,013 civilians killed, including 319 who were summarily executed.
The report also documented rape, gang rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, particularly against the Zaghawa community.
The attack forced tens of thousands of people to flee Zamzam, with many going to Tawila and Dar al-Salam.
The RSF captured el-Fasher on October 26, 2025; more than 6,000 people are believed to have been killed in the attack and along escape routes.
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Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 38 civilians and injured many others in the 24 hours before 3 November, according to Ukrainian officials. Strikes hit a humanitarian aid distribution site in Zaporizhzhia region, a hospice in Dnipro and a hospital in Kharkiv, while attacks on energy facilities disrupted water, heating and power services.
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At least 33 people were reported killed in a glide-bomb attack on Komyshuvakha in Zaporizhzhia region; officials said more than 50 people might be trapped under rubble.
Residents were gathering for humanitarian aid when bombs hit the distribution site, located at a local school.
Russia’s defence ministry said the attack targeted Ukrainian military units and killed 25 servicemen; the article reported no credible evidence that the site was used by the military.
A missile destroyed a hospice in Dnipro, where nearly 50 terminally ill patients were moved to other facilities.
A separate strike in Dnipro killed two people and wounded 18, while strikes in Donetsk region killed five.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 73 people were wounded in an attack on a hospital in Kharkiv, most of them elderly patients.
Attacks on energy infrastructure in nine regions affected water and heating; Kyiv’s water supply was cut off and the city’s metro network was suspended.
The UN human rights monitoring mission said the attack on the aid distribution site seemed to violate fundamental principles of international humanitarian law.
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Ukraine has begun using disused gas pipelines and tunnels to fight Russian forces near Kupiansk, adopting a tactic Russia has used for years to move past Ukrainian defenses. Kyiv says Operation Veles helped Ukrainian troops secure a pipeline and kill or capture Russian soldiers; analysts say the tactic is limited to existing underground networks and has become more common over the past year.
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Ukraine launched Operation Veles in October in the Kupiansk region.
Ukrainian troops advanced about 15 kilometres through a gas pipeline roughly 1.2 metres in diameter, according to the article.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian forces killed about 100 Russian soldiers and captured more than 30 during the operation.
Analysts cited in the article said Russian troops used underground routes earlier, including near Avdiivka in 2024.
The article says Russian forces also used pipeline tunnels in efforts to retake Kursk and in the Kupiansk region.
The underground routes include Soviet-era gas pipelines and other tunnels built to carry Russian natural gas through Ukraine to Europe.
Analysts said underground operations are constrained by the routes that already exist, but have become more intensive over the past year.
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Israel’s October 27 election left both major blocs short of the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority, leaving coalition talks deadlocked ahead of certification of the results. Opposition leaders say they will seek to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition, but their path to a majority remains unclear because Arab-led parties’ support is contentious and other potential partners have their own political interests.
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Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition won 53 seats, while the opposition alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot won 48.
The Joint List and Ra’am, the two Arab-led lists, won the remaining 19 seats.
A majority in Israel’s 120-seat Knesset requires 61 seats.
The election results are due to be certified on Wednesday, after which formal coalition talks can begin.
Police investigated and discounted allegations of irregularities in the Arab vote; a separate Shin Bet inquiry remains ongoing.
President Isaac Herzog will consult the parties and choose which Knesset member gets the first chance to form a government.
An initial government-forming mandate lasts 28 days and may be extended by 14 days.
Opposition leaders said they would act to replace Netanyahu’s coalition, but did not explain how they would secure a parliamentary majority.
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