Israeli polls have closed, and votes are being counted. Exit polls suggest Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc may win the most seats but fall short of a majority, while Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party may be the largest single party in parliament.
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Voting has ended in Israel and ballots are being counted.
Exit polls indicate Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc could win the most seats.
The exit polls suggest Eisenkot’s bloc would not have a parliamentary majority.
Netanyahu’s Likud party is projected to be the largest individual party.
The article examines possible next steps after the election.
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Alex Pretti’s parents accused federal officials of withholding information and shielding the agents who fatally shot their son in Minneapolis in January. They called on the Justice Department to investigate and hold those responsible accountable; the department said it does not typically communicate with families during an investigation.
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Michael and Susan Pretti made their first public remarks about their son’s death at a press conference on Tuesday.
Alex Pretti, 37, was a nurse at a veterans hospital and was fatally shot by federal immigration agents on 24 January.
The Trump administration described Pretti as a domestic terrorist and said he had resisted agents.
Video footage contradicted the administration’s account, according to the article, showing Pretti holding a cellphone and not attacking agents before he was shot.
Pretti had no criminal record and had a license to carry the handgun holstered before agents removed it.
Pretti’s parents said federal officials had not shared meaningful information about the investigation, despite their attempts to meet with prosecutors.
Minnesota officials said the federal government stopped sharing information with state investigators examining Pretti’s death and the January killing of Renee Good.
The Justice Department said communications with families typically do not occur during an investigation and may come at later stages of a case.
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Sen. Jon Husted, an Ohio Republican, joked about his physique after President Trump recently commented on it during the campaign trail. At a campaign event Tuesday, Husted said Trump would visit Chillicothe the next day and noted that he had worked out that morning.
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Husted is a Republican senator from Ohio.
Trump recently made comments about Husted’s physique on the campaign trail.
Husted spoke at a campaign event Tuesday.
Husted said Trump would visit Chillicothe the next day.
Husted said the visit would be Trump’s third in Ohio in less than 30 days.
Husted said he had worked out in the weight room that morning.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized Flávio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil, as reports said he was headed to the United States. The article also says Bolsonaro fled after an election defeat and faced a Supreme Court order to surrender his passports amid a money-laundering probe, but it does not clearly identify which Bolsonaro those claims concern.
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Lula criticized Flávio Bolsonaro for leaving Brazil.
Reports said Flávio Bolsonaro was headed to the United States.
The article says Bolsonaro fled after an election defeat.
The article says a Supreme Court order required Bolsonaro to surrender his passports.
The article links the passport order to a money-laundering probe.
The article does not clearly distinguish whether the election and investigation claims refer to Flávio Bolsonaro or another Bolsonaro.
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Itamar Ben-Gvir responded defiantly after polls indicated that his Otzma Yehudit party lost seats in the Israeli election. He said he was proud of his record of demolishing Palestinian homes and tightening prison conditions.
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Ben-Gvir made his first comments after the polls indicated losses for his party.
His party is called Otzma Yehudit.
Polls showed Otzma Yehudit losing seats in the Israeli election.
Ben-Gvir described himself as proud of his political record.
He cited the destruction of Palestinian homes as part of that record.
He also cited tougher prison conditions.
The article gives no seat totals or final election results.
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China’s official figures show that dependent people aged 65 and older outnumbered children aged 14 and under in 2025, for the first time. The shift reflects a falling birth rate and longer life expectancy, and could increase pressure on pensions, health care and long-term care as China’s workforce shrinks.
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The ratio of dependent elderly people to the working-age population reached 23% in 2025, compared with 22% for children.
China had more than 223 million people aged 65 and older, nearly 16% of its population.
About 213 million people in China were aged 14 and under.
China’s one-child policy ran from 1980 to the end of 2015; the government estimates it prevented about 400 million births, though that estimate has been disputed.
China has eased family-size restrictions but has struggled to persuade couples to have more children as birth rates have fallen to historic lows.
More than 53 million elderly people received senior citizen allowances and subsidies by the end of 2025, according to official figures.
China included additional support for older people in its five-year economic blueprint announced earlier in 2026.
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A CBS News investigation found that President Donald Trump’s use of clemency wiped out at least $119 million in restitution payments owed to crime victims. The report excerpt does not provide details about the cases or how the total was calculated.
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CBS News conducted the investigation.
The investigation found that at least $119 million in restitution payments were wiped out.
The payments were owed to crime victims.
The report attributed the loss of the payments to President Trump’s use of clemency.
The excerpt does not identify the cases involved.
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The Pentagon selected Poland to host a maintenance center for Lockheed Martin’s Patriot interceptor missiles. The department said the center will provide maintenance, repair and overhaul services.
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The Pentagon announced the selection on Tuesday.
Poland will host the new facility.
The center will support Lockheed Martin’s Patriot interceptor missiles.
The facility will provide maintenance services.
The facility will provide repair services.
The facility will provide overhaul services.
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King Charles III began a nine-day tour of the Bahamas, Guyana, and Antigua and Barbuda, acknowledging past suffering and injustice linked to slavery. The tour includes discussions about reparations, climate threats to island nations, and a Commonwealth summit; Charles did not issue a formal apology.
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Charles began the tour in the Bahamas on Tuesday.
At a youth rally, Charles said it was right to acknowledge past suffering and injustice.
Charles is receiving treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer.
He will visit Guyana before joining Queen Camilla in Antigua and Barbuda for a Commonwealth leaders’ summit.
Commonwealth Secretary-General Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey said reparations for slavery will be discussed at the summit.
Guyana’s President Irfaan Ali described recognition of slavery’s harms as a first step and called for an apology.
Jamaica filed a petition in a London appeals court last month to advance its push for reparations.
The tour will also address climate threats facing low-lying islands.
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Progressive Twitch streamer Hasan Piker filed a defamation lawsuit against conservative CNN commentator Scott Jennings in federal court in Washington, D.C. The 38-page complaint accuses Jennings of falsely saying Piker advocated lynching Black Americans after showing an edited video of Piker’s remarks.
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Piker filed the lawsuit on Tuesday.
The complaint is 38 pages long.
The case was filed in federal court in Washington, D.C.
The lawsuit centers on an Aug. 11 episode of “The Scott Jennings…”
Piker accuses Jennings of falsely claiming that he advocated lynching Black Americans.
The complaint says Jennings aired an edited video of Piker’s remarks.
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Donald Trump said Venezuela could one day become a U.S. state while promoting an oil agreement with the country’s interim government. He pointed to a tanker he said carried one million barrels of Venezuelan oil and claimed the deal would provide billions of barrels, as critics questioned the lack of progress toward democratic elections.
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Trump made the remarks at a rally in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Trump said the tanker off the Texas coast carried one million barrels of oil from Venezuela.
Trump said the oil agreement with Venezuela’s interim government could cover billions of barrels.
Trump claimed the oil was being provided to the United States at no cost to U.S. taxpayers.
The article says U.S. forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro in January and took him to New York to face criminal charges.
The article says Venezuela has held no elections since Maduro was detained.
The article links rising U.S. fuel prices to the war with Iran and Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Exit polls from Israel’s legislative election project 50 seats for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and 52 for the opposition bloc, short of the 61 seats needed for a majority in the 120-seat Knesset. Arab-led parties are projected to win 18 seats, and negotiations may take weeks or months as President Isaac Herzog selects a candidate to try to form a government.
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The exit polls were released by major Israeli television networks on Tuesday.
The opposition bloc is led by Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party.
The Arab-led parties are projected to win 18 seats and could influence coalition negotiations.
Gideon Saar, a Likud member and foreign minister, said it was premature for the opposition to celebrate.
The article says the final vote tally is expected on November 4.
After the tally, President Isaac Herzog will consult party leaders and nominate the person he believes has the best chance of forming a government.
The candidate initially has 28 days to form a coalition, and the president can grant a 14-day extension.
A new government must pass a parliamentary confidence vote; abstentions could allow it to win with fewer than 61 votes.
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A Bournemouth University study found that women with autism reported more severe menopause symptoms, higher levels of depression and anxiety, and lower quality of life than women without autism. The researchers suggested that feeling less in control of menopause and understanding it less clearly may help explain the difference, but the study did not establish a cause.
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The study included 476 women with autism and 425 women without autism, all aged 40 to 60.
Researchers followed participants for five weeks and used standardized self-report measures.
Women with autism reported more severe menopause symptoms throughout the study period.
The autistic participants also reported higher levels of depression and anxiety and, overall, poorer quality of life.
Women with autism reported feeling less in control of menopause and having a less clear understanding of it.
The study was published in the journal Autism in Adulthood on October 27.
Study lead Eunhee Kim said higher rates of physical and mental health conditions among autistic people may have several contributing factors.
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Ahead of Wednesday’s UK Budget, Plaid Cymru ministers are seeking more funding for Welsh railways and public services. The Budget’s spending decisions in England could lead to additional funding for devolved services in Wales, while people interviewed in Swansea said rising living costs and energy bills were major concerns.
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Welsh Finance Minister Elin Jones asked Chancellor John Healey to bring forward £1bn of the £14bn promised for long-term rail funding in Wales.
Jones also called for extra funding to help the Welsh government set its 2027–28 budget, which faces a real-terms cut in day-to-day spending.
Labour MP Nia Griffith called for greater Welsh government borrowing flexibility for investment projects.
Spending increases in England on services such as healthcare, schools and roads could lead to additional funding for Wales.
Shoppers and traders at Swansea Market identified the cost of living and energy costs as key concerns ahead of the Budget.
Typical energy bills are forecast to rise by 16% in January, according to the article.
Healey has announced plans to remove import taxes on heating oil and described planned cost-of-living measures as “everyday fixes.”
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Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich celebrated at his campaign headquarters after exit polls suggested support for his far-right party had declined. He had called for a full-scale war in the Occupied West Bank.
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Bezalel Smotrich is Israel's finance minister.
Smotrich celebrated at his campaign headquarters.
Exit polls suggested support for Smotrich's party had declined.
The article describes Smotrich's party as far-right.
Smotrich had called for a full-scale war in the Occupied West Bank.
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Three brothers, including two luxury real estate brokers, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for running a sex trafficking ring. The ring victimized dozens of women.
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A court sentenced each of the three brothers to 30 years in prison.
Two of the brothers worked as luxury real estate brokers.
The brothers were convicted in connection with a sex trafficking ring.
The ring victimized dozens of women.
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Israeli exit polls showed opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc narrowly ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, 52 seats to 50, but neither side appeared to have a clear route to a majority. Turnout reached 77.7%, the highest in more than two decades, while final results and coalition negotiations remained uncertain.
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Israel’s three major television networks’ exit polls gave Eisenkot’s bloc 52 seats and Netanyahu’s Likud-led camp 50 in the 120-seat Knesset.
The exit polls assigned 18 seats to Arab parties not aligned with either bloc.
Eisenkot has largely ruled out forming a government with the Arab parties, making it harder for his bloc to reach a majority.
The Central Elections Committee reported voter turnout of 77.7%, about seven percentage points above the 2022 election.
Some Israeli media outlets, including Channel 14, projected that Netanyahu’s parties could win 60 seats.
The election was Israel’s first since the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and the wars that followed in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
Final results could take days, and smaller parties could influence coalition negotiations.
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People celebrated in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe after Israeli media exit polls projected a combined 18 Knesset seats for the Joint Arab List and United Arab List. The projection could mark a significant gain for Arab political representation in Israel.
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Celebrations took place in Lod, Kafr Manda and Tayibe.
Israeli media exit polls projected the Joint Arab List and United Arab List would win a combined 18 Knesset seats.
The result was a projection, not a confirmed final seat count.
The projected result could mark a significant moment for Arab political representation in Israel.
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Projections from Israel’s election show opposition parties winning more seats than the coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but no bloc has enough seats to form a majority. The result could lead to a change in government, though negotiations may take weeks.
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Israelis voted in the country’s first election since the Oct. 7 attacks and the war in Gaza.
Voter turnout reached a record level, according to the article.
Projections give opposition parties more seats than Netanyahu’s coalition.
Netanyahu’s opponents do not have enough seats to form a majority on their own.
The result is expected to lead to weeks of negotiations over forming a government.
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The UK government has advised households to keep three days’ worth of emergency supplies, including water and tinned food. Low-income parents and an expert say the advice may be hard to follow without spare money, while one mother also worries that the suggested food would not suit her autistic son’s needs.
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The guidance recommends supplies such as bottled water, tinned food, baby food, torches and phone-charging packs.
The government says households do not need to buy everything at once.
Samantha Richards, a full-time worker who relies on Universal Credit and her son’s disability allowance, says buying supplies could cut into her childcare budget for the school holidays.
Richards says her autistic son relies on foods that need refrigeration and may not eat tinned food.
Richards plans to prioritise water and says she already has torches and blankets at home.
University of Glasgow professor Ruth Patrick says the guidance may seem insulting to households facing poverty; she cited an estimate of 14 million households in poverty across the UK.
Ana, founder of UK Preppers Club on Facebook, says the government should give practical advice for emergencies such as a loss of running water.
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