The article says a deal President Donald Trump struck with Vladimir Putin would bring Russian diesel to the United States, but the planned shipments are too small to significantly affect fuel prices. It also reports that U.S. diesel prices rose after the deal and argues that Russia’s larger customer continues to pay Moscow more than the United States does.
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The first Russian diesel tanker under the October 9 agreement was reported idling off Skagen, Denmark, with its destination changed from New York to “for orders.”
Greenpeace Ukraine counted five tankers carrying Russian diesel linked to the agreement.
The first shipment was just over 300,000 metric tons, or about 2.25 million barrels.
The article estimates the first shipment would cover about 13.5 hours of U.S. daily distillate use.
The agreement also promised 500,000 metric tons for November and another one million tons later, but not all of the fuel was bound for the United States.
Analysts cited in the article said the shipments were too small to materially lower U.S. diesel prices.
The national average diesel price was $6.18 per gallon on October 12 and $6.35 on October 26.
The European Union’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, warned that the deal would bring Russia more money for its war in Ukraine.
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A CBS News report says Iran is watching for President Donald Trump's next moves after the U.S. midterm elections. Trump may choose to restart operations against Iran, but the article provides no further details about his plans.
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The report focuses on Iran's expectations after the U.S. midterm elections.
President Donald Trump may choose to restart operations against Iran.
CBS News correspondent Courtney Kealy reported on the issue.
The report was listed as a 3-minute, 11-second video.
The supplied article text does not describe specific operations or give further details about a possible decision.
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An Israeli court approved the government’s decision to extend the ban on Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel for another 90 days. The Qatar-based network condemned the extension, said it could not review the secret material used to support it, and called for the ban to be lifted.
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The extended ban suspends Al Jazeera broadcasts, closes its offices in Israel, and restricts access to its websites and digital platforms.
Al Jazeera said the decision threatens press freedom and the public’s access to information.
The network said it and its lawyers were not allowed to see or respond to the secret material cited to justify the extension.
Israel’s cabinet voted to shut Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel in May 2024, after parliament passed a law allowing temporary closure of foreign broadcasters deemed a national security threat.
Israeli forces closed Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah in September 2024 and confiscated equipment and documents, according to the article.
Al Jazeera said it is reviewing the extension with legal counsel and may pursue legal action.
The article says an Israeli soldier killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank in May 2022; Israel later said there was a high possibility one of its soldiers was responsible.
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Authorities in Ukraine and Russia said cyberattacks targeted their emergency alert apps. Ukrainian users received false warnings of an imminent nuclear threat, while Russia said hackers sent fake alerts through the Emergency Situations Ministry’s app.
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Ukraine reported that its emergency alert app was targeted by a cyberattack.
Some users in Ukraine received false alerts warning of an imminent nuclear threat.
Russia said hackers gained access to the Emergency Situations Ministry’s mobile app.
Russia reported that fake emergency alerts were sent through the app.
Russian authorities said they were working to restore the app’s functionality.
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A nest of narrow-headed ants was stolen from Chudleigh Knighton Heath nature reserve in south Devon, the last place in England where the species survives. Devon Wildlife Trust reported the theft to police and said the loss could set back conservation work because mature colonies take years to develop.
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Researchers discovered the theft during routine checks in mid-October, finding a hole and signs that someone had dug with a spade.
A narrow-headed ant nest can contain 1,000 to 5,000 ants and one or more queens that may live for up to 25 years.
Narrow-headed ants have declined as habitat was lost to agricultural change and building development.
The species is nationally rare and classified as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List.
Devon Wildlife Trust said the thief likely had prior knowledge of ant colonies because nest locations are not obvious.
The charity said moving ants requires expertise and that removing one nest to establish it elsewhere may not succeed.
The theft was reported to Devon and Cornwall police; deliberately disturbing or removing material from a nature reserve is against the law.
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Israel’s Arab-led parties won a record 19 seats in the election and may support opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc, which fell short of a Knesset majority. Such support could help the opposition try to form a government, but Eisenkot faces political resistance to partnering with Arab parties. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has alleged election fraud by Arab parties without providing proof; election officials say the vote stands.
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The Knesset has 120 seats, and a majority requires 61.
Netanyahu’s Likud-led coalition of conservative and far-right parties won 53 seats.
Eisenkot’s opposition bloc won 48 seats.
Ra’am won eight seats, and the Joint List won 11, bringing the Arab-led parties’ total to 19.
Arab voter turnout rose to about 80 percent, according to the article.
Eisenkot and other opposition leaders had previously said they would not form a coalition with Arab parties.
Netanyahu and Likud cited several alleged voter-bribery cases, but election officials said the vote would not be undermined.
An Israeli court released one suspect in an alleged voter-bribery case, while another was ordered to remain under house arrest.
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Nearly 200 countries at the UN biodiversity summit in Yerevan agreed to speed up conservation efforts after recognizing that the world is off track to meet its 2030 nature-protection goals. The Yerevan Pathway calls for more support and better monitoring, but delegates and advocates said funding remains far below what is needed.
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The 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework set a goal of protecting about one-third of the world’s land and seas by 2030.
The COP17 biodiversity summit concluded on Saturday after two weeks of talks in Yerevan, Armenia.
The Yerevan Pathway calls for efforts to curb subsidies harmful to nature, increase support for developing countries, and strengthen monitoring and reporting.
A fund established at the previous meeting for voluntary contributions from companies benefiting from genetic materials remained largely empty.
Organizers said governments, philanthropists, and businesses announced nearly $2 billion in new commitments alongside the summit.
The Netherlands pledged $500 million to Brazil’s Tropical Forest Forever Facility, which pays countries to keep forests standing.
The article reports a 27 percent decline in environmental funding for protected and conserved areas during 2026–30.
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Karl Bushby returned to his hometown of Hull, England, after a 28-year journey on foot that covered an estimated 30,000 miles. He began in Chile in 1998 and followed rules against using machines to advance and returning home during the expedition.
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Bushby began his Goliath Expedition in Chile on Nov. 1, 1998, when he was 29.
His route took him through Central and North America, across the Bering Sea to Russia, and through Central Asia and Europe.
He swam across the Caspian Sea for 31 days and later crossed the English Channel from France.
Illness, visa restrictions, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and other obstacles delayed the journey.
Bushby arrived in Hull on Nov. 2, 2026, and walked the final stretch to his mother's home.
He said his self-imposed rules barred him from using any machine to advance the journey and from returning home during it.
Bushby estimated that he took about 75 million steps during the expedition.
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British adventurer Karl Bushby has arrived at his family home in Hull, completing a 31,000-mile journey from Chile that began in November 1998. He reunited with his mother after 28 years and said he expects to adjust to life after the journey.
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Bushby set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, in November 1998, aged 29.
He aimed to travel home without returning to the UK before the journey ended or using transport to advance.
The route took him across four continents and included the Darién Gap, the Bering Strait and the English Channel.
Bushby said about 15 of the 28 years were spent walking; visa issues, the 2007 financial crisis and Covid delayed him.
Crowds welcomed him in Hull before he completed the final miles to his mother's home in Sutton Park.
His mother, Angela, had not seen him for a decade.
Bushby reunited with his son, granddaughter, father and brothers when he crossed the Humber Bridge on Sunday.
He said he expects to struggle with adjusting to normal life after spending half his life as an adventurer.
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A Wizz Air flight from London Luton to Sofia made an emergency landing in Budapest after a bomb threat. Hungarian authorities searched the aircraft and passengers, found nothing, and the airline said the flight would depart again shortly.
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The aircraft was escorted to Budapest by a Hungarian Gripen fighter jet.
Wizz Air flight 4302 left Luton at 08:33 GMT.
Flight-tracking data showed the plane landed in Budapest at 11:09 GMT.
The flight had been scheduled to arrive in Sofia at 11:25 GMT.
Wizz Air said authorities completed security checks and found no threat.
The plane taxied to a designated stand for the checks.
The Hungarian Defence Minister said police took charge after the fighter jet returned to base.
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Ukraine and Russia said cyberattacks caused their emergency alert apps to send false warnings. Ukraine restored its app after suspending it, while Russia said it was working to restore its service; the attacks’ connection and perpetrators were unclear. Separately, Russian drone attacks were reported in Kherson after a localized ceasefire ended, injuring two people.
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Users in Ukraine received false alerts claiming there were high radiation levels, a chemical threat, public disturbances, and an imminent nuclear threat.
Ukraine said its emergency alert app was back in operation after it was suspended because of the cyberattack.
Ukraine’s air force said the attack did not affect security or defense operations because the app is separate from military command systems.
Russia said hackers used its Emergency Situations Ministry app to send a false alert in 33 of the country’s 89 regions.
Russia said it had identified the digital vulnerability and was taking steps to prevent another breach; it did not identify the attackers.
The attacks’ relationship to each other was unclear, and a claim by a hacking group to have attacked Ukraine’s system could not be independently verified.
A localized ceasefire in the Kherson region ended at midnight Monday after beginning on Oct. 27 as part of an aid and evacuation mission in Oleshky.
Kherson’s regional administration said Russian drone attacks injured a 62-year-old woman and a 73-year-old man, who were hospitalized.
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Ukraine’s emergency alert app sent false warnings about air raids, radiological danger, a chemical attack and street fighting in Kyiv on Sunday evening. Russia later reported false alerts from its equivalent app, and both countries said their systems had been hacked; who was responsible and whether the incidents were linked remain unclear.
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Ukraine’s emergency alert app issued a nationwide air raid warning on Sunday evening.
The app also warned of a radiological threat, a chemical attack and street fighting in Kyiv.
The warnings in Ukraine turned out to be false.
A few hours later, Russia said its equivalent app had issued false alerts.
Ukraine and Russia both said their alert systems had been hacked.
It remains unclear who was responsible or whether the incidents were connected.
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Labour has ended power-sharing agreements with the Green Party in 11 local councils after the Greens adopted a policy defining Zionism as racism. Labour said the councils did not meet its conditions for continued cooperation; the decision could delay some local budgets and policy votes.
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The councils include Sheffield, Warwick, Lewes, Arun, Derbyshire Dales, Havant, Runnymede, Stafford, Wealden, West Devon and West Suffolk.
Labour said Green groups in six other authorities met its conditions: Broadland, Monmouthshire, North Somerset, Rother, West Oxfordshire and West Sussex.
Labour said Coventry has no formal agreement with the Greens and that it will not make one.
The Green Party adopted the motion as party policy after members approved it at the party's October conference.
The motion described Zionism as an ideology supporting an ethnonationalist Jewish state in historic Palestine and backed a single democratic Palestinian state.
Labour demanded that local Green groups disown the motion and ask the party's national leadership to reconsider it.
Green Party leader Zack Polanski called the motion imperfect but defended its central argument.
Labour said cooperation had already ceased in Runnymede.
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Iranian military officials say the country has improved its missile and drone capabilities and would respond immediately if the United States and Israel attack again. The article reports that Iran has replenished military supplies and adopted new tactics, while noting that strikes damaged Iranian defenses and that the U.S. naval blockade continues.
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President Donald Trump said the war with Iran would end “very soon one way or the other” and urged Tehran to agree to a deal.
Former IRGC commander Hossein Kanani Moghaddam said Iran had expanded its target database and improved missile range, accuracy, warheads, and drone capabilities.
Iranian military spokespeople said the country was ready for another attack and could use asymmetric warfare to offset U.S. military advantages.
Iranian state television showed an underground drone production line and an upgraded Arash attack drone; Iranian authorities said its warhead now weighs 100 kilograms.
A Reuters investigation cited in the article reported that military agencies linked to Iran evaded sanctions and imported materials from China, Russia, and Germany to support missile and drone production.
The article says strikes damaged many Iranian missile-defense systems and radars, while Iran’s civilian population and infrastructure remain exposed.
The United States has continued its naval blockade of southern Iranian ports.
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French high school student protests resumed on Monday after a two-week autumn break, but on a much smaller scale than in previous weeks. Students attempted to block a few schools in Paris, Marseille and Rennes.
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Students returned to school after a two-week break.
Protests resumed on Monday, November 2, 2026.
The protests were smaller than those seen in recent weeks.
Students tried to blockade several high schools.
Reported protest locations included Paris, Marseille and Rennes.
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Hackers sent fabricated emergency alerts through Ukraine’s air-alert app and Russian emergency channels, causing widespread confusion. Authorities and alert services suspended or checked systems, while the identity of the attackers and whether the incidents were connected remained unknown.
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Ukraine’s alert-monitoring service counted 122 fake alert events in seven minutes, including 103 air-raid alerts.
The fabricated messages included warnings of radiation, chemical threats, and a supposed nuclear attack involving Russia’s Oreshnik missile.
More than 6.6 million people in Ukraine rely on the air-alert service, according to the article.
Some outdoor loudspeakers in Ukraine’s Lviv region broadcast a false radiation warning.
At about 2:45 a.m. Moscow time on Monday, users of Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry app received false warnings about incoming nuclear warheads.
The fake Russian messages also appeared in regional emergency-service channels on Telegram and the state-backed MAX messaging app.
Ukraine’s air-alert service disabled push notifications and temporarily suspended its app after the interference.
The monitoring site alerts.in.ua reported a denial-of-service attack and spent more than an hour checking alerts and removing fabricated records.
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A Guardian Essential poll of 1,003 Australians found that 68% had low or no interest in the Melbourne Cup, the highest share since the poll began tracking interest in 2022. While 62% still viewed the race as part of Australia’s national identity, half said it promotes unhealthy gambling behaviour.
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The poll was conducted in late October.
Nine percent of respondents had high interest in the Cup, down 7 percentage points from 2025.
Thirty-nine percent had no interest in the race, up 8 points from 2025.
High or moderate interest was 32%, the lowest level recorded in the poll series.
Sixty-two percent agreed the Cup was a unique part of Australia’s national identity, down from 78% in 2019.
Fifty percent said the Cup promotes unhealthy gambling behaviour, while 36% said it normalises animal cruelty.
Twelve percent said they regularly bet on horse races and would bet on the Cup; 46% said they were not interested and would not bet.
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Reddit and the Digital Freedom Project are challenging Australia’s ban on social media accounts for people under 16 in the High Court. They argue the law restricts political communication, while the government says it protects young people from harmful platform features; the court will also consider whether the advocacy group has standing to bring its case.
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The hearings are scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday.
The ban requires 10 platforms, including Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, to suspend or deactivate accounts they identify as belonging to under-16s.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said more than 5 million accounts have been suspended under the ban.
Reddit says social media platforms provide news and political information and that teenagers use them to engage with political content and politicians.
The government says the ban aims to reduce risks from features such as recommendation algorithms, infinite scroll, persistent notifications and likes.
The Digital Freedom Project is led by New South Wales Libertarian MP John Ruddick.
Two teenagers who had been lead plaintiffs were withdrawn from the case in July, leaving the advocacy group as a plaintiff.
The government argues that the Digital Freedom Project has not shown how the ban impedes its activities and therefore lacks standing to sue.
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Shoalhaven City Council in New South Wales declined to host the Wall of Tears, an artwork commemorating children killed in Gaza, citing an unacceptable safety risk to gallery staff, visitors and building tenants. Organisers say the council had asked them to consider armed guards and other restrictions, and they have arranged to show the work at Berry Uniting Church instead.
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The Wall of Tears was created by American artist Phil Buehler and has been exhibited in Australia and other cities.
The artwork commemorates 18,457 children reported killed in Gaza between October 7, 2023, and July 19, 2025.
Shoalhaven Friends of Palestine planned to show the installation at Shoalhaven Regional Gallery in Nowra on Tuesday.
A council risk assessment asked organisers to investigate armed guards and raised concerns about protests, community conflict and disruption.
The council also asked organisers to shorten the exhibition from eight days to three, restrict entry to people with RSVPs and stop advertising it.
Council chief executive Andrew Constance decided not to host the exhibition, citing staff safety concerns.
The council said the installation presented an unacceptable risk but did not explain what prompted its concerns.
Organiser Annette Pham arranged for the artwork to be installed at Berry Uniting Church on Thursday.
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The family of Henry Nowak, an 18-year-old student murdered in Southampton, say police gave them changing accounts and did not initially tell them that officers handcuffed him while he was dying. Hampshire’s chief constable apologized for the police response, while a police watchdog investigation is expected to conclude early next year and the UK government has announced an independent inquiry.
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Henry Nowak was fatally stabbed in Southampton on 3 December 2025 while walking home from a night out.
Vickrum Digwa was convicted of Nowak’s murder and sentenced to life in prison, with a minimum term of 21 years.
Body-camera footage shown at trial captured Nowak saying, “I've been stabbed”; an officer replied, “Don't think you have, mate.”
Nowak’s family said they first saw the footage on the first day of Digwa’s trial.
His father said police accounts changed over time, and the family said they felt they had not been told the truth.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Chief Constable Alexis Boon apologized and said police had failed Nowak when he needed them.
The Independent Office for Police Conduct said its investigation into possible police failures is expected to conclude early next year; the family said it had previously told them no officers would face a conduct or criminal investigation.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced an independent inquiry into the murder, led by former lord chancellor Alex Chalk.
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