'Executions', 'torture' and 'carnage' in deadly Rio de Janeiro police raid
• Oct 30, 2025, 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". Also: "Russia's moral guardians" are trying to ban Halloween celebrations across the country. Finally, we take a look at a wild text exchange between a HuffPost journalist and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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"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
1 min
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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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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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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Trump orders immediate resumption of US nuclear weapons testing
• 2:15 AM
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US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he has directed the Pentagon to immediately restart nuclear weapons testing, citing the need to match the capabilities of Russia and China as he prepared to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Kor
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Maduro says Venezuela intercepted three drug planes amid US Caribbean deployment
• 1:34 AM
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday that his country intercepted three aircraft allegedly used for drug trafficking, coinciding with a major US military operation against narcotics groups in the Caribbean. Caracas has accused Washington of
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