42 million Americans facing hunger as shutdown enters second month
• Oct 31, 2025, 4:36 PM
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The US government shutdown barrelled towards its second month on October 31 and the pain is spreading fast -- with food aid vanishing and 42 million Americans caught in the crossfire on November 2nd. Republicans warned that millions will begin feeling the full force of the shutdown, while Democrats accuse them of weaponising hunger.
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On the trail of migrant smugglers 2/3: Shipwreck survivor to stand trial for involuntary homicide
• 7:13 AM
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Ibrahim A., a Sudanese migrant fleeing the civil war, boarded a small inflatable boat hoping to cross the English Channel in August 2023. When the boat sank, killing seven people, French authorities arrested the 31-year-old, who they suspected of pilotin
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Trump threatens to send US military into Nigeria, alleging mass killing of Christians
• 7:12 AM
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US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened Nigeria with a possible military attack after accusing the country of allowing the killing of Christians by Islamists. Trump alleged on social media on Friday that “Radical Islamists" in Nigeria were respo
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UK police arrest two suspects in mass train stabbing that leaves 10 wounded
• 1:09 AM
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UK police said ten people were taken to hospital -- nine with life-threatening injuries -- following a multiple stabbing on a London-bound train in the eastern town of Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The motives and identity of the two people arrested for t
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