Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Gadi Eisenkot both pledged to form a government after Tuesday’s election. Exit polls projected a close result and showed that neither bloc had won a parliamentary majority.
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The election took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
Exit polls projected Netanyahu and Eisenkot to finish close to each other.
Exit polls showed both political blocs short of a parliamentary majority.
Netanyahu pledged to form a government.
Eisenkot also pledged to form a government.
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Spain suspended high-speed rail service between Madrid and Andalusia after two trains collided in Toledo province on Wednesday. Authorities said two cars derailed and were still determining the cause and number of injuries.
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The collision occurred between the towns of Mora and Orgaz.
The trains were operated by Renfe and Iryo and were travelling from Madrid toward Seville.
A Castilla-La Mancha government spokesperson said two Iryo cars derailed.
Adif said the crash was a rear-end collision and suspended traffic on the Madrid-Andalusia line.
Authorities had not confirmed the cause or the number of injured people.
Urda’s mayor said emergency services asked him to prepare a sports hall for injured people.
The report said witnesses described numerous injuries and emergency medical teams arrived at the scene.
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The Justice Department told a federal court that a search warrant involving Representative Ilhan Omar remains only partially executed and also covers “other individuals.” In a filing opposing news outlets’ request to unseal records, prosecutors said they expect to complete the warrant soon and asked for notice before any records are unsealed.
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Homeland Security Investigations agents searched Omar’s Washington home at about 6:05 a.m. on October 12.
The Justice Department disclosed the warrant’s status in a redacted, 47-page court filing.
The filing said the warrant covers Omar and “other individuals.”
Prosecutors said they expect the warrant to be fully executed in short order.
The Justice Department opposed news outlets’ request to unseal records, citing privacy concerns.
The filing said Attorney General Todd Blanche approved the warrant and confirmed its timing was not intended to affect an election or benefit a candidate or party.
Omar has denied unproven allegations that her former husband is her brother and that their marriage was intended to obtain immigration benefits.
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A Houston Advanced Research Center assessment found that Texas data-center growth could increase air pollution by 2031, depending on how the facilities’ added electricity is generated. In a scenario where the demand is met entirely by the projected Texas grid mix, nitrogen oxide emissions would be 136 percent above the study’s no-data-center baseline.
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The assessment modeled emissions of nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds, sulfur dioxide, fine particulate matter and carbon dioxide through 2031.
From 2002 to 2024, Texas power-generation emissions fell by 67 percent for nitrogen oxides, 80 percent for sulfur dioxide, 37 percent for volatile organic compounds, 52 percent for carbon dioxide and 60 percent for fine particulate matter.
In the study’s grid-supply scenario, nitrogen oxide emissions in 2031 would approach levels last recorded around 2004.
In that same scenario, volatile organic compound emissions would exceed their 2002 level by 32 percent, while fine particulate matter emissions would reach about their 2006 level.
The study found nitrogen oxide emissions could be two to 10 times higher if data centers burn fuel to generate power than under a mix of grid electricity, solar and wind.
The study said even its cleanest energy scenario would increase emissions because data centers require large amounts of electricity.
In August, Governor Greg Abbott’s office said ERCOT was considering more than 474 gigawatts of grid connection requests, about 90 percent of them from data centers.
Abbott ordered an audit of data-center projects seeking grid connections and later directed the Texas environmental agency to halt data-center permit processing until the audit was completed.
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Yvette Cooper has dropped plans to abolish Healthwatch England and its local branches after criticism from lawmakers across parties. The government will retain and strengthen the patient watchdog so it can gather feedback and highlight recurring problems with NHS care in England.
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Healthwatch England and its 150 local branches were due to be abolished under a reorganisation of the health service in England.
Healthwatch gathers and analyses patients’ feedback about NHS services.
Cooper said the government would retain Healthwatch England and Local Healthwatch and strengthen their role.
Healthwatch has published reports on access to NHS-funded dental care, long waits for ADHD assessments and problems notifying patients about appointments.
Lawmakers from Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats criticised the proposed abolition.
The government had planned to transfer Healthwatch’s functions to regional integrated care boards and local councils.
Health minister Gillian Merron is expected to confirm the change during a debate on the health bill in the House of Lords.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Missouri’s 2026 congressional elections will use the 2022 district map, even though candidates were selected under the 2025 map. The ruling settled which map applies for now, but close results, district disputes, or a contested redistricting referendum could lead to further legal challenges.
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Missouri’s Republican-led legislature adopted a new congressional map in 2025 after President Donald Trump urged Republicans to redraw maps.
The Supreme Court stayed an Eighth Circuit decision that had barred use of the 2025 map in the general election.
The Supreme Court said ballots had already been printed and mailed using the 2022 map, and voting had begun.
A USC professor estimated that about 1.4 million Missourians changed districts between the maps; about 284,000 primary voters would vote in a different district in the general election.
The Missouri Independent reported that voters in 28 counties were affected by the map changes.
The article said the map difference could affect the Kansas City-based Fifth District and potentially shift the state’s congressional delegation from a possible 7–1 Republican split to its existing 6–2 split.
Kansas City’s election board warned in September that voters might be unable to cast another ballot if courts changed the map after they voted.
Kansas City Election Board director Shawn Kieffer told Newsweek he had no concerns at that point.
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Rural and regional hospitals across the United States face financial strain, staffing shortages and reduced services, according to the article and an October 2026 American Hospital Association report. Health care leaders warn that closures or service cuts can make care harder to reach, especially for people with low incomes or limited transportation, and say policy changes affecting coverage could add pressure.
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The article says the United States has 6,100 hospitals, including 5,121 community hospitals and 1,797 rural hospitals.
The American Hospital Association report says more than 40 percent of rural hospitals operate at a financial loss.
Since 2010, more than 150 rural hospitals have closed or converted, while 331 have ended obstetric services and 448 have stopped offering chemotherapy, the report says.
Sandhills Medical in South Carolina serves about 12,000 patients each year; 85 percent live at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty line, and 65 percent are uninsured or covered by Medicaid.
Sandhills Medical's CEO says 42 percent of its patients manage hypertension and 21 percent manage diabetes, conditions she says respond well to steady primary care.
The article says low patient volumes, workforce shortages and inadequate reimbursements contribute to financial pressure on rural providers.
The article says federal policy changes affecting Medicaid and insurance coverage in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act could add to the strain.
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Peter Berg directed The Mosquito Bowl, a Netflix film based on Buzz Bissinger’s nonfiction book about college football players who served in the Pacific during World War II. The story follows the players as they take part in a morale-boosting football game before the invasion of Okinawa, while the production filmed in Australia.
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The film stars Nicholas Galitzine, Ray Nicholson, Bill Skarsgård and Tom Francis.
It is adapted from Buzz Bissinger’s book The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in WWII.
The story follows college football players whose careers were interrupted by service in the Pacific after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
The players organize a football game called the Mosquito Bowl before the Okinawa invasion.
Peter Berg directed the film.
The production filmed in a remote location in Australia.
Galitzine said the actors had to coordinate closely with camera operators during action scenes.
Francis said the cast spent time discussing the film and its scenes while filming in Australia.
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Residents across Guadalajara have reported foul-smelling, discolored tap water, and authorities shut a contaminated water source in October. Experts say the crisis reflects problems including polluted sources, aging pipes, weak monitoring and financially strained utilities, and warn that similar vulnerabilities have affected U.S. cities.
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Guadalajara is in Jalisco, in central-west Mexico, and its metropolitan region has more than 5 million people.
Residents have reported turbid water in dozens of neighborhoods since 2023, according to an expert quoted by Newsweek.
More than 1,000 formal complaints were filed across roughly 475 neighborhoods between January 2025 and January 2026.
The state government shut the Las Pintas reservoir source in early October after contaminated water entered it.
Since October 15, 627 neighborhoods have been on rotating water supply, which authorities expect to continue until March 2027.
Experts cited polluted sources, aging treatment and distribution systems, weak disinfection and monitoring, and water-service management and financing problems.
A Virginia Tech professor cited the Flint water crisis and Jackson, Mississippi, as U.S. examples of serious water-system failures.
Police used tear gas and water cannons during a Guadalajara protest; Reuters reported dozens injured and nearly 40 arrests.
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The article reports on several entertainment developments, including Apu’s return to The Simpsons, a planned five-episode revival of Girls, and a documentary about Harry Styles’s Together, Together tour. It also discusses Benson Boone’s appearance at a drink promotion and Penélope Cruz’s possible Oscar nominations in the same category.
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Apu Nahasapeemapetilon returned to The Simpsons in a recent episode after nearly 10 years without a speaking role.
Sunil Malhotra now voices Apu; Hank Azaria voiced the character previously.
Lena Dunham announced a five-episode revival of Girls, with production set to begin in 2027.
Girls ran for six seasons, beginning in 2012.
Penélope Cruz is generating awards attention for The Invite and La Bola Negra, and could receive two nominations in the same Oscar category under a new Academy rule.
A documentary about Harry Styles is planned, with a focus on his Together, Together tour.
Benson Boone appeared at an event promoting Caliwater’s new Dragon Fruit flavor, alongside co-founder Vanessa Hudgens and Demi Lovato.
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The article describes a recent expedition that investigated a satellite-image anomaly while searching for Amelia Earhart’s missing Lockheed Electra, but found only trees. It uses the unresolved disappearance to argue that political debate in the United States would benefit from greater willingness to question assumptions and admit mistakes.
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Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared nearly 90 years ago.
A recent expedition investigated a mysterious object seen in satellite photographs on a remote Pacific island.
The expedition found a collection of trees rather than the aircraft.
The article says possible explanations for the disappearance include fuel exhaustion, navigational error, a safe landing, or capture by Japan.
A Survey Center on American Life poll found that 58 percent of Americans became more certain of their political views after talking with people who disagreed with them.
A Pew Research Center survey published in March 2026 found that 53 percent of Americans considered fellow citizens morally or ethically bad.
The author argues that aviation investigations rely on examining evidence and identifying mistakes, while political debate often treats admitting error as weakness.
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E!’s The Golden Life follows original The Real Housewives of New York City cast members Sonja Morgan, Luann de Lesseps, Dorinda Medley, Ramona Singer and Kelly Bensimon as they spend time in Palm Beach and the Hamptons. The women say the new series shows their friendships and lives beyond their roles as wives and mothers on RHONY.
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The Golden Life features Morgan, de Lesseps, Medley, Singer and Bensimon.
The series follows the women in Palm Beach, Florida, and the Hamptons, New York.
The article describes the cast as being at a stage of life with adult children and, for most, former husbands.
The cast members say they have genuine friendships and rely on one another off camera.
The women say the new series differs from RHONY by focusing on their lives outside the roles of wives and mothers.
Medley has appeared on two seasons of The Traitors and has a book titled I Know a Thing or Two About a Thing or Two coming out.
De Lesseps has developed a cabaret career.
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Hakeem Jeffries could become the first Black speaker of the House if Democrats win control in the midterm elections, according to forecasts cited in the article. The article says that, like recent Republican speakers, he may face pressure from ideological factions within his party as he tries to lead a narrow or divided caucus.
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John Boehner resigned as House speaker in 2015 and later described negotiating without reliable support from his own party as difficult.
Paul Ryan faced threats from conservative Republicans before his party lost the House majority in the 2018 midterms.
Kevin McCarthy needed 15 ballots to become speaker in January 2023 and was removed after 269 days.
Eight Republicans joined Democrats in voting to remove McCarthy, the first time the House had ousted a speaker by vote.
After McCarthy’s removal, House Republicans spent three weeks and considered four nominees before choosing Mike Johnson as speaker.
Hakeem Jeffries leads House Democrats and represents Brooklyn, New York.
Jeffries told reporters at an October campaign event in Pennsylvania that Democrats were on the verge of regaining control of the House, while saying they were taking nothing for granted.
The article links the rise of Republican internal opposition to the Tea Party and the House Freedom Caucus, and describes current Democratic grassroots energy as coming from groups including Democratic Socialists of America.
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A Talent for Murder stars Helen Mirren as crime novelist Patricia Highsmith and Alden Ehrenreich as a young editor who asks her to write another Tom Ripley novel. The actors discuss Highsmith’s relationship with Ripley, her writing and the process of researching her life for the psychological thriller.
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Helen Mirren portrays a fictionalized Patricia Highsmith, author of the Tom Ripley series.
Alden Ehrenreich plays Edward, a young editor who seeks to persuade Highsmith to write another Ripley book.
The film follows the tense exchanges between Highsmith and Edward as they question each other’s motives.
Ehrenreich describes Edward as a fictional character who learns from the Ripley story.
The article says Highsmith’s diaries confirmed her romantic relationships with women.
Mirren and Ehrenreich said they researched Highsmith while preparing for the film.
Mirren said the Ripley stories continue to reveal new elements to readers across generations.
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A survey of 1,115 U.S. adults who shop at least every few weeks found that many have changed their purchases because of companies’ political positions. Researchers and marketing experts said the findings show reported behavior and intentions, but do not establish that politics outweighs factors such as price and quality.
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The online survey was conducted October 7 by SmartCustomer and Goods Unite Us.
Fifty-one percent of respondents said they stopped buying from a company because of its political stance in the past year.
Forty-seven percent said they bought from a company specifically to support its political position; 83 percent of this group also reported boycotting a company.
Thirty-nine percent said they intended to align their spending more closely with their political beliefs.
Sixty-four percent of Democratic-leaning respondents reported a political boycott, compared with 47 percent of Republican-leaning respondents and 32 percent of respondents who leaned toward neither party.
Sixty percent of respondents in households earning at least $100,000 reported a boycott, compared with 35 percent in households earning under $50,000.
A 2024 survey found that 30 percent reported boycotting a brand over politics, but its respondents had to be at least 21; the 2026 survey included adults 18 and older.
Marketing professor Timothy Calkins cautioned that reported intentions do not prove politics outweighs product quality and price in actual purchases.
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Canada and the United Arab Emirates signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement to reduce trade barriers and expand investment. The deal supports Prime Minister Mark Carney’s effort to grow Canada’s trade with markets beyond the United States amid tensions over U.S. tariffs.
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The agreement aims to cut tariffs, reduce red tape and improve market access for businesses in both countries.
Canada says the deal will reduce or eliminate tariffs on more than 99 percent of its current exports to the UAE once fully implemented.
The agreement is expected to take effect in 2027.
Canada and the UAE also signed preliminary agreements on energy, diplomatic and defence cooperation.
Two-way trade between the countries was worth 3.5 billion Canadian dollars, or about $2.48 billion, last year.
The UAE is the largest Middle East market for Canadian exports and a major buyer of Canadian vehicles, parts and machinery.
The UAE committed up to $50 billion in investment in Canada last year.
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French senators are debating a bill that would make people pay for damage caused during riots. It could also hold members of the same group collectively liable, a proposal that has divided lawmakers.
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The bill concerns damage linked to recent riots in France.
The proposal would extend liability beyond people who directly caused damage to others in their group.
The bill uses the idea of collective civil liability, which can make multiple people responsible for damages.
Opponents say the proposal could infringe on the right to protest.
Critics warn that people might avoid demonstrations for fear of being held responsible for others’ actions.
The debate is taking place in the French Senate.
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The article page links to live coverage of the Budget and a video titled “Octopus Energy boss on standing charges.” It does not provide the video’s remarks or further details.
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The video is titled “Octopus Energy boss on standing charges.”
The page directs readers to live Budget coverage.
The page lists HM Treasury, John Healey and the UK economy as related topics.
The page says it was published 22 minutes ago.
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Rami Khouri, a public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut, argues that a strong Israel-Arab bloc result does not show a positive shift in Israeli society. He says Israel will not change and describes Zionism and the state of Israel as racist.
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The article discusses a strong result for an Israel-Arab bloc.
Khouri argues that the result does not signal a positive shift in Israeli society.
Khouri is identified as a public policy fellow at the American University of Beirut.
Khouri says Israel will never change.
Khouri calls Zionism and the state of Israel a racist enterprise.
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U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Secretary of State Marco Rubio signed paperwork to expel a Cuban diplomat accused of shoving and trying to assault an American diplomat. Waltz said the diplomat would be sent to Havana within 24 hours, following a confrontation at the United Nations during Waltz’s speech.
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Waltz announced the expulsion during an appearance on Fox News’ Hannity.
Waltz said Rubio had signed the paperwork to expel the Cuban diplomat.
Waltz accused the diplomat of shoving and trying to assault an American diplomat.
Waltz said the diplomat would be sent back to Havana within 24 hours.
Waltz accused Cuban officials of trying to disrupt his speech at the United Nations.
Waltz said Cuban representatives rushed the stage as he criticized the Cuban government.
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