Trump caps refugee admissions to record Low, prioritising white South Africans

• 11:09 PM

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The Trump administration on Thursday said it would slash the number of refugees admitted to the United States to a record low of 7,500 for fiscal 2026, down from over 100,000 under President Joe Biden, while prioritizing applicants from white South Afric

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Times of London duped by Bill de Blasio "imposter" critical of Mamdani

• 10:03 PM

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A Times of London story which supposedly quoted former New York mayor Bill de Blasio criticising the Democratic candidate for mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was deleted after it emerged that de Blasio had never made those comments. The British newspaper then bla

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Is New York mayor candidate Zohran Mamdani the future of US Democrats?

• 10:01 PM

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With a rent freeze, free buses, and universal healthcare among his hugely popular campaign promises, Zohran Mamdani's meteoric rise to frontrunner in the New York mayoral election has been propelled by a package of radical policy proposals. We ask Lindse

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Tale of two Bills: UK paper mistakes NY wine importer for ex-mayor de Blasio

• 9:40 PM

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British newspaper the Times of London apologised for mistaking former New York City mayor Bill de Blasio with a wine importer with a near-identical name. The exclusive article about his thoughts on Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani was deleted. T

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Netherlands nailbiter as far-right, centrists in election dead-heat

• 9:33 PM

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The Dutch election climaxed in an unprecedented cliffhanger Thursday, with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right party of firebrand Geert Wilders and a pro-European centrist party. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Nicholas Startin, Associate Professor

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UN security council condemns El-Fasher 'atrocities' in Sudan as RSF advances

• 9:19 PM

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Sudanese fleeing the RSF paramilitary's take over of the city of El Fasher on Sunday continue to carry accounts of mass atrocities with them. Hundreds were killed in the fighters' wresting of the north darfuri capital from the army, with many of the abus

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'A huge fall from grace': Prince Andrew stripped of title, residence in wake of Epstein scandal

• 9:16 PM

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FRANCE 24's Bénédicte Paviot reports from London as Buckingham Palace announces that Prince Andrew has been stripped of his remaining titles and told to leave his royal residence. She says that the Royal Family is determined to distance itself from the '

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Jamaica: IFRC launches emergency appeal in response to Hurricane Melissa

• 9:03 PM

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Hurricane Melissa smashed into Jamaica as a ferocious top-level storm, with sustained winds peaking at nearly 300 km per hour while drenching the nation with torrential rain. Melissa tied the 1935 record for the most intense storm ever to make landfall,

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'Better to go to prison': Israeli ultra-Orthodox rally against army service

• 8:34 PM

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Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men rallied in Jerusalem on Thursday to protest against military conscription in their community, an issue that has caused a major strain in Israel's right-wing ruling coalition. The vast crowd were demonstratin

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Trump-Xi meeting brought back 'relative calm' on trade, expert says

• 8:25 PM

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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Rana Mitter, S.T. Lee Chair in US - Asia relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, says that the meeting between US president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping has managed to restore 'a relative calm' in terms

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King Charles to strip Andrew of royal titles, residence: Buckingham Palace

• 7:44 PM

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King Charles III will strip his younger brother Andrew of his royal titles and long-term residence, the palace said in a statement on Thursday. "Prince Andrew will now be known as Andrew Mountbatten Windsor," it said, adding that he would also move out o

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A truce on whose terms? Trump hails pause in trade war with China

• 7:27 PM

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After launching a trade war with China, Donald Trump now declaring a deal's at hand for a one-year truce. With nothing yet signed, we'll ask about the South Korea sit-down between the U-S president and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, promises of reduced

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King Charles to remove Prince Andrew's royal titles and honours, Buckingham Palace says

• 7:14 PM

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Britain's King Charles III will revoke the remaining royal titles and honours from his brother Prince Andrew, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. The prince had earlier surrendered his use of the title Duke of York under mounting pressure due to his friends

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Sudanese missing in El-Fasher after paramilitary takeover are in ‘grave danger’, aid groups warn

• 6:00 PM

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International aid groups on Thursday warned that the trickle of people arriving at a refugee camp in Sudan from El-Fasher after it was seized by a paramilitary group is a sign of the extensive atrocities committed in the major Darfur city and the difficu

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Grokipedia, Elon Musk’s challenge to Wikipedia, offers his own version of the truth

• 5:40 PM

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Billionaire Elon Musk this week launched Grokipedia, an online encyclopaedia aimed at challenging Wikipedia – which he considers too left-wing. Musk claims to be freeing knowledge from ideology, but the AI used to generate content for his new platform ap

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Sudanese refugees recount RSF violence in El-Fasher

• 5:06 PM

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#Refugees who fled #Sudan’s #El-Fasher recount brutal #RSF attacks, hunger and #shelling that killed their families. Aid groups call it war crimes, with around 2,000 people feared dead as the scale of atrocities committed when the RSF seized the city com

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France's evangelicals: A growing voice in a secular nation

• 5:00 PM

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Once a marginal current in one of Europe’s most secular countries, France’s evangelical Christians are becoming more visible as they expand congregations, open new churches and attract younger believers.

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Tariff cuts, soybeans, rare earths exports: Trade takeaways from Trump-Xi meeting

• 4:56 PM

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From the lowering of US tariffs on Chinese goods to an agreement by Beijing not to tighten restrictions on rare earths exports, the meeting between President Donald Trump and China's Xi Jinping Thursday was a "great success", the US leader said. While Ch

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Who is Rob Jetten, tipped to become the next Dutch prime minister?

• 4:28 PM

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The race between anti-immigration Geert Wilders' far right Party for Freedom and the centrist D66 is still neck and neck. However given all major parties have ruled out forming a coalition Wilders, it is likely the energetic Rob Jetten of D66 will become

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US Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for second time in a year

• 4:11 PM

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The Federal Reserve lowered interest rates again on October 30 as it seeks to ensure economic growth and hiring, even as inflation stays elevated. It is the first time since the Fed’s rate-setting committee was established in the 1930s that officials hav

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RSF killed hundreds at Darfur hospital, aid workers say, as thousands others flee

• 4:04 PM

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More than 36,000 civilians have fled el-Fasher since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces captured the army's last stronghold in the Darfur region. The UN and other NGOs have been warning about possible mass killings and ethnic cleansing, after hundreds

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Pokrovsk part of last major defensive arc stopping Russia from seizing Donbas

• 4:00 PM

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Ukraine's army chief said Thursday that Russian troops are intensifying its attacks on the eastern stronghold of Pokrovsk and that they are strengthening its defences to repel the attacks - but that the military's main priority is to save the lives of it

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Both US and China leaders get concessions to help domestic economy in deal

• 3:58 PM

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U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded their high-stakes meeting in South Korea with a trade-war truce. While there were no drastic changes in the relationship, the two sides did agree to a year-long extension of their cur

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"There are no winners" in the US-China deal

• 3:57 PM

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The US-China deal has prompted questions as to what each country has managed - or not - to get from the other, with the world's two biggest economy promising a year-long trade truce. But in truth "there are no winners" in the deal Peter Gries, Lee Kai Hu

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France's drug consumption: Cocaine use on the rise

• 3:23 PM

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A study released earlier this year shows that cocaine use doubled in France in 2023. The country has the seventh-highest consumption level of cocaine in Europe and ranks high in cannabis use, but this latter trend looks set to decline among the youth. Me

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Gaza: Israeli army says Hamas has transferred the remains of two hostages to the Red Cross

• 3:10 PM

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Pro-European liberal Rob Jetten could become youngest and first openly gay Dutch prime minister

• 2:51 PM

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The Dutch election has ended in an unprecedented cliffhanger - with only a few thousand votes separating the far-right Freedom Party of Geert Wilders and the pro-European liberals of Rob Jetten. With nearly all ballots counted, both are projected to win

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Rio raid draws criticism but highlights Brazil's political divide

• 2:44 PM

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After the deadly Rio police raid, the UN is asking the operation be probed as it is increasingly criticised over its use of excessive force. But there is a strong political component to everything that has happened ahead of next year's election: The Rio

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The bone-chilling story of the Paris Catacombs

• 2:36 PM

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☠️ 20 metres under the street of Paris, lie the remains of millions of Parisians... From figures of the French Revolution to antique poetry, we give you a tour in the catacombs of the French capital ⤵️    #Halloween #Pariscatacombs #CatacombesDeParis

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'Clair Obscur: Expedition 33' soundtrack turns into musical phenomenon

• 2:29 PM

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In this episode of arts24, we're at Paris Games Week, where the hit French video game "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" has gone from digital epic to musical phenomenon. Composer Lorien Testard's symphonic tour "A Painted Symphony" is taking sold-out audienc

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Has the United States gotten the deal it wanted from China?

• 2:15 PM

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As a one-year trade deal seems to have been reached between the US and China, it seems like the US has had to make concessions on some fronts and has not gotten wished results on others. FRANCE 24's Fraser Jackson was on Air Force One with US President D

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Award-winning Swedish author Linnea Axelsson on the plight of the Sami people

• 2:12 PM

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An award-winning author has spoken of her verse novel which centres around the lives and traditions of her own Sami people. The Sami are indigenous to northern Scandinavia, including Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia. Linnea Axelsson's book "Aednan: An

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Louvre heist: 5 new arrests, jewels still missing

• 2:12 PM

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Police arrested 5 new people in the #Louvre heist investigation, including a prime suspect, but the €88m #jewels are still missing, says #Paris prosecutor on the radio on October 30.

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Tough coalition talks ahead as Dutch centre left and far right tie in election

• 2:11 PM

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The centre-left party D66 and the far-right Party for Freedom are neck-and-neck in the Dutch snap election, but regardless of the winner there will have to be talks to build a coalition. Yet it is likely that the next prime minister will be D66 leader Ro

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US Halloween retailers feel brunt of tariffs on Chinese products

• 2:07 PM

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Tariffs on Chinese exports to the US are raising prices on Halloween supplies for consumers. One supply store owner in Washington DC says 95 percent of all of his wares are from China - making his business extremely sensitive to tariff increases. With bo

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Living on the Seine: Inside Paris's iconic floating houseboats

• 1:43 PM

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If you've ever visited Paris and taken a walk along the Seine, you may have noticed the houseboats – or "péniches" as we call them in French – on the banks of the river. But who lives in these iconic floating homes, and what's it like to live on one? Hil

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Donald Trump announces US to start nuclear weapons testing again

• 1:39 PM

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US President Donald Trump said he has ordered the Pentagon to start nuclear weapons testing to equal China and Russia, a significant change in the US's weapon strategy. The move comes after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the successful test o

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Louvre heist: Who are the seven suspects arrested by police?

• 1:34 PM

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Eleven days after the Louvre heist, there is a breakthrough: five new arrests were made as part of the investigation, including one person suspected to have participated at the break-in according to the Paris prosecutor. None of the jewellery, however, h

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Inside the mega farms growing cheap Moroccan tomatoes

• 1:28 PM

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French tomato producers are seeing red, angry at what they believe is unfair competition from Morocco. In one of the most arid parts of the North African country, thousands of workers pick tomatoes that will eventually be sold to French supermarkets for

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Israel receives remains of two deceased hostages from Red Cross

• 1:24 PM

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Israel received the remains of two deceased hostages from the Red Cross in Gaza, the prime minister's office said on Thursday. The handover came hours after Hamas's armed wing said it would transfer their remains as demanded under the US-brokered ceasefi

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"Trump sees he is face-to-face with someone who will not budge" when it comes to Xi

• 11:44 AM

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With a US-China deal on the table after talks between Trump and Xi, the question is who had the upper-hand in the negotiations as the world's two largest economies talk trade. FRANCE 24's Philip Turle looks at what that deal tells us about the relationsh

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'Executions', 'torture' and 'carnage' in deadly Rio de Janeiro police raid

• 11:42 AM

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PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, October 30: First, we take a look at reactions in the Brazilian press after the deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro. Next, papers discuss US, Chinese and Russian nuclear plans and a new nuclear weapon dubbed a "doomsday machine"

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Jamaica deals with never seen before levels of destruction after Hurricane Melissa

• 11:38 AM

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After making landfall on October 29, Category 5 Hurricane Melissa ripped a path of destruction through Jamaica devastating homes with torrential rain and ferocious winds of over 300kph at its peak. The government has said that over half a million Jamaica

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Rio de Janeiro: Protests erupt in favelas after deadly police raid

• 11:35 AM

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In #Rio, residents of the #favelas take to the streets after #Brazil’s deadliest police raid leaves more than 130 dead, demanding justice for the poor and Black #victims.

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Trump-Xi summit yields tariff cut, one-year deal on rare earth minerals

• 11:18 AM

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A rare meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea has brought a 10 percent reduction in US tariffs and a one-year postponement of China's rare-earth export controls, a limited de-escalation of the two countries

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Deal could benefit Chinese economy by stabilising the global flow of trade

• 11:04 AM

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After Trump hailed an "amazing" meeting with XI Jinping, China confirms it found "consensus" with the US. The deal could lead to a year-long trade truce between the world's two largest economies. By bringing more stability into the global flow of trade,

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Donald Trump will be visiting China in April following talks with Xi Jinping

• 10:38 AM

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Speaking aboard Air Force One, US President Donald Trump said a deal had been reached with Xi Jinping. Trump is also set to visit China in April. It was the first time the two leaders were shaking hands again since 2019, with hopes it will ease tensions

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A year on, families of Spain's flood victims voice sorrow and rage at memorial ceremony

• 10:35 AM

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Spain commemorated the anniversary of last year’s massive floods that killed over 230 people. A year later, citizens continue to express frustration over what they consider to be a botched government response, saying there could have been less deaths had

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Dutch centrist D66 party wins big in election as far right loses support

• 10:31 AM

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In the Netherlands, the centrist D66 party looks on course to beat the far right in the national election. Exit polls have predicted Rob Jetten's party will claim victory, which could lead him to become the country's youngest ever prime minister. Dutch f

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Protests erupt in Rio after deadly raid, denouncing use of excessive force

• 10:27 AM

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Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state’s government headquarters shouting “assassins!” and waving Brazilian flags stained with red paint, a day after Rio's deadliest raid. Protesters are denouncing excessive force and call for the Rio

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Paris and Marseille drop points again in Ligue 1

• 10:24 AM

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Ligue 1 matchday 10 was full of surprises. With nine matches scheduled on Wednesday, the day promised to be intense. Heavily favoured against Lorient, PSG could only manage a 1-1 draw. The European champions still retained the top spot in the league, ahe

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Ukraine tries to fend off intensifying Russian attacks on strategic eastern city

• 10:23 AM

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Ukrainian forces are struggling to fend off intensifying Russian advances around the eastern city of Pokrovsk. Moscow's troops have in recent weeks closed in on the key logistics hub after more than a year of grinding advances, which Kyiv says have come

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Donald Trump hails "amazing" meeting with Xi Jinping

• 10:14 AM

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US President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on October 30, 2025, as a roaring success, saying he would cut tariffs on China by ten percentage points. He also said Beijing had agreed to allow the export of rare eart

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Five new arrests made in Louvre heist after first two charged

• 10:11 AM

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After two suspects were charged with the Louvre heist, five more people have been arrested in the investigation, but the treasures remain missing. One is suspected of being part of the four-person team that robbed the Louvre, leaving one member still to

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Russia batters Ukraine’s energy grid with wave of deadly drone, missile attacks

• 10:11 AM

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Russia on Thursday launched a wave of drone and missile attacks targeting Ukraine’s energy grid, cutting power to thousands of households as winter approaches, Kyiv said. At least two people were killed and several children were wounded in the strikes. “

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Lebanese president orders army to 'confront any Israeli incursion' after raid kills worker

• 9:49 AM

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The Lebanese army has been ordered to confront any Israeli incursion on the country’s southern border, President Joseph Aoun announced on Thursday. The ramped-up rhetoric comes after an overnight attack in which Israeli soldiers crossed the border and en

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Five new suspects arrested over Louvre crown jewellery heist

• 7:23 AM

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Five new suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the brazen robbery of €88 million worth of French crown jewellery at the Louvre museum in Paris, the Paris prosecutor said on Thursday. The theft shocked the world as it took place in front of

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Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba assess the devastation left by Hurricane Melissa

• 7:23 AM

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Hurricane Melissa left a trail of death and destruction after tearing through the Caribbean nations of Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, cutting power, ripping the roofs off thousands of homes and, in some places, sweeping children away.

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Tanzania under curfew, Internet blackout a day after tense elections

• 6:53 AM

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Trump hails ‘success’ of trade talks with Xi

• 3:32 AM

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US President Donald Trump met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Busan on Thursday, aiming to end years of trade conflict and restore stability between the world’s two largest economies. The talks, their first face-to-face meeting since 2019, come as both nati

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