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New political alliances, a contentious A.I. video and accusations about security failures all featured in the run-up to Tuesday’s election, widely seen as one of the most consequential in Israeli history.

As Israel votes, hard-right nationalism competes with the country’s founding ideals. The outcome could shape Israel’s identity for years.

The question of accountability for the government’s failures in the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, looms over the election.

In one of the world’s least affordable housing markets, high-density housing is a backdrop for exploring superstition and socioeconomic anxiety.

The strikes were in retaliation for an attack on a church in southern Jordan on Friday, the Jordan military said. They threatened to damage relations between the two neighbors.

Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

Mississippi has the largest proportional Black population in the country. It's one reason the U.S. Senate race has seen millions in last-minute spending and high-profile campaign visits.

Democrats hold significant advantages going into Election Day, according to a new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. But lagging enthusiasm among key groups is just one indicator that gains may not come easy.

The prediction market has hired a former FBI official to make sure political insiders don't use the platform for profit from confidential election information. 

A new NPR poll reveals Democrats' advantage going into Election Day, congressional Democrats are forming a task force to protect the election, Netanyahu vies for reelection as polls open in Israel.

Mohmed Ahmad Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, both 24, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court later.

Photos shared online showed faults appearing on the screens of Apple's first foldable device.

The ceasefire in Oleshky, secured by US First Lady Melania Trump, is meant to allow aid deliveries and the evacuation of civilians.

The BBC understands the government will also freeze fuel duty again in the Budget.

Sir Tom has pushed back two concerts in the US on doctor's advice, due to "a bad case of the flu".

"We must get to truth of what happened before, during and after that awful night," the home secretary says while announcing the review.

It's the first time an English player has lifted the trophy since Michael Owen in 2001.

Removing tariffs on more than 100 products, including gherkins and baked beans, was one of five measures announced this morning before tomorrow’s budgetWhen Andy Burnham opened a debate on revising the Brexit settlement in his Labour conference speech, he did so on the basis of a simple proposition. He declared: “I cannot say to you truthfully that where we are is good enough. Brexit has done more harm than good.”The Conservatives have strongly attacked Burnham’s move – but mostly on the basis that the 2016 referendum decision should be honoured, that a new debate would be divisive and that Burnham’s initiative went against assurances he made during the Makerfield byelection. Very few Tories have challenged the proposition that “Brexit has done more harm than good”, and Kemi Badenoch has not seriously tried to take on this argument.Yes, I do. We certainly stand taller in the world. The terrible projections of doom as to what would happen to our financial sector etc haven’t happened. Our growth rates are higher than our European competitors. Our exports, particularly of services to the European Union, have actually rocketed. And we’ve now got more trade deals and more options around the rest of the world.Five months ago, Andy Burnham says … I’m not going to reopen these arguments.Two-and-a-half years ago, a Labour government got a massive majority in parliament saying we will not be re-entering the single market, the customs union, or opening up a debate on the free movement of people.These are welcome measures, especially making the uplift to mileage rates permanent, something Unison has campaigned hard for. The government’s relentless focus on the cost of living is commendable.But the cost of essentials, including food and fuel, is going to keep soaring, meaning breathing space will quickly be closed down. That’s why we need to see a bolder approach, based on making the wealthy pay their fair share and improving the lives of working-class communities in a more enduring way.These changes will provide £120 a year in additional tax savings for a worker doing 6,000 business miles, with someone driving 15,000 business miles receiving up to £300 in additional tax savings. Continue reading...

Most polling shows prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will lose its majority, with Gadi Eisenkot the leading opposition contender What you need to know about Israel’s electionAcross Israel, voting is now under way. Here are some of the latest images being sent to us over the newswires:Tens of thousands of Israelis living abroad have flown in for the elections, according to Aid Coalition, a US-based nonprofit focused on strengthening Israel’s democracy. Israeli law generally requires citizens to vote in person in the country, with narrow exceptions for diplomats and certain official emissaries abroad. Continue reading...

Business secretary says focus for November summit will be trade and youth mobility, but talks will also include ‘future options for relationship’UK politics live – latest updatesBritish officials have begun discussions with the EU about a long-term relationship that could include a return to free movement, the business secretary has said, promising the British people “are the boss” when it comes to what the UK will accept.Jonathan Reynolds said the focus for British negotiations was the EU summit in November to seal an agreement to ease some trading restrictions and a youth mobility deal. But he said that the prime minister, Andy Burnham, had made it clear he wanted to see a long-term and stable relationship with the bloc. Continue reading...

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 16 ballistic missiles were also launched overnight despite localised truce in Russian-occupied townOh, that’s interesting.There were some rumours making rounds this morning that the Finnish president Alexander Stubb and Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre who hosted the US-Ukrainian talks in Oslo earlier this month, may have been active again.“Norway and Finland have always promoted peace and security in our region. The two countries have a shared interest in stability and predictability in the Baltic Sea region and the High North. This was highlighted in the call.” Continue reading...

Two sportspeople have been executed in the past month and at least six more face the same fate, says activist groupFears are growing for more Iranian athletes facing execution after mountain climber Ali-Sina Mostafavi became the latest in a string to be killed by the regime.Mostafavi – who documented his ascents of some of the world’s highest peaks, including Mount Everest – was executed on 14 October having been arrested in April after the anti-government protests a few months earlier. His death followed the killing of Siavash Jamshidi Kheirabadi, a taekwondo athlete, at the start of October, and the mixed martial arts fighter Gholamreza Khani Shakarab, who was hanged in May. Continue reading...

Rubio’s decision not to meet Narendra Modi last week was seen by some as a snub – but by focusing on business leaders and oil, the secretary of state made American priorities clear. Plus: the artist bringing a female perspective to men’s clothing• Don’t get This is India delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWhen the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, visited India for the second time this year, headlines concentrated on who he met and where he went.The fact that Rubio bypassed New Delhi and did not meet the prime minister, Narendra Modi, during his trip last week, and instead traveled to the financial capital, Mumbai, where he met India’s foreign minister, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (pictured top with Rubio), and business leaders, did not go unnoticed. Nor did his decision to travel to Jamnagar, the small Gujarati town that is home to Reliance Industries’ colossal oil refinery complex. Continue reading...

One charged assisting a foreign intelligence service and the other with entering a prohibited place, CPS saysTwo men have been charged with national security offences after an investigation into a suspected terror plot near RAF Fairford.The Crown Prosecution Service said Mohmed Abdulkarim, 24, and Nouman Essghir, 24, were both charged under the National Security Act 2023. Continue reading...

Head of Australia’s national broadcaster says depiction of globally beloved character ramming politicians with a car breaches intellectual propertyAustralia’s national broadcaster will send a cease and desist letter to the rightwing populist party One Nation for using Bluey in a “shocking and disrespectful” cartoon which sees the beloved character repeatedly ramming politicians with an SUV.The ABC’s managing director, Hugh Marks, told Senate estimates on Tuesday he became aware of One Nation’s potential breach of intellectual property last week and sought legal advice. “We will be taking further action, I can assure you,” he said. Continue reading...

Administrator BTG says 738,144 firms struggling as calls grow for more support for private sector in budgetBusiness live – latest updatesThe number of UK businesses in financial distress has hit its highest level in more than two decades, as pressure grows on the chancellor to provide more support to the private sector in Wednesday’s budget.There were 738,144 businesses in “significant” financial distress in the third quarter of this year, up 1.6% compared with the same period last year, according to BTG. That is the highest level since the administrator’s closely watched “red flag” report began in 2004. Continue reading...

Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save familyAn Alabama driver’s unintended, GPS-directed detour in Georgia positioned him to help save a couple and a dozen children in their care from a fire that enveloped their home while they slept recently, according to the family and their rescuer.As he recounted in an interview with television station WRCB that quickly went viral among internet circles dedicated to uplifting news stories, James Burke had fallen asleep in his recliner while his wife, 12 adopted children and one grandchild slept in their beds on the night of 17 October in the community of Lyerly, Georgia. Continue reading...

Grant part of $560m invitation-only scheme transparency advocates say largely funded projects in Labor-held seatsFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has admitted he got it wrong after telling parliament a $6m grant to a golf club in his electorate was to stop “raw sewage” going into the nearby river.The grant given to Marrickville golf club in Sydney’s inner-west is under scrutiny as part of a larger $560m invitation-only grants scheme, which transparency advocates say largely funded projects promised at the 2025 election in Labor-held seats.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...

Senator Fatima Payman also criticises former colleagues over lack of staffing given to her officeFollow our Australian politics live blog for latest updatesGet our daily political email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has promised a “swift government response” to safety threats to MPs and floated the provision of duress alarms for electorate offices, saying politicians and their staff have put up with threats for too long.The prime minister’s pledge to the Labor party room came hours after Senator Fatima Payman again slammed her former government colleagues over the lack of staffing given to her office, controversially asking: “Is the prime minister waiting for something, like what happened to Dr Helen Haines, to occur to my office?” Continue reading...

Parts of Ecuador’s largest city are underwater after severe rains battered the coast.

Mbappe appears to say that the funniest internet meme he'd seen was of his face imposed on that of 'a Chinese dictator'.

Exit polls are expected soon after voting closes late on Tuesday, but a final verdict might take days.

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A captain whose cruise liner collided with container ships in strong winds is being investigated by German police.

Israelis vote as Netanyahu faces Gadi Eisenkot amid divisions over the wars in Gaza and Iran and growing isolation.

A resident says the attack took place on Monday evening at a market in the north of Nyala city in the Darfur region.

The cyclonic storm is set to make landfall on Wednesday, with 400,000 people in need of evacuation.

Qatar needs a strategy built on national resilience and diversified security guarantees.

Renewed diplomatic efforts to end the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran pushed oil prices lower

Meta on Monday announced plans to raise a total of $95 billion to support its investments in artificial intelligence infrastructure.

HSBC announced its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday.

John Healey delivers his first U.K. Budget with less fiscal room, higher spending pressures and bond investors pushing for less borrowing and more growth.

Stablecoins could enable faster payments, but slow conversions in supporting infrastructure could limit benefits, according to Mastercard executive.

As Israel votes, hard-right nationalism competes with the country’s founding ideals. The outcome could shape Israel’s identity for years.

The election forecaster Nate Silver breaks down the likelihood of a G.O.P. wipeout.

The American people have a chance to allow the nation to glimpse the end of the Trump era and the start of something brighter.

Many people left in Oleshky, where bombardment is constant, have run out of food. A truce that began Tuesday is supposed to allow aid in and civilians out.

AWS Shows Use of AI Agents to Triage Linux Kernel CVEs  infoq.com

Why a spate of gun-for-hire shootings in Toronto were likely paid for by Iran  CBC