Al Jazeera says it obtained rare footage, recordings and documents about Mohammed Deif, Hamas’s former military commander. The material includes previously unseen meetings and reported decisions leading up to the October 7 attacks; Deif was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza on July 13, 2024.
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Al Jazeera obtained footage, recordings and documents about Mohammed Deif.
Deif was a former Hamas military commander.
The material includes previously unseen meetings.
The documents reportedly cover decisions leading up to the October 7 attacks.
Israeli forces killed Deif in Gaza on July 13, 2024.
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At a campaign rally, President Donald Trump told voters to send Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed “back to where he came from.” El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan and is running against Republican Mike Rogers.
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Trump made the remark at a campaign rally.
Trump told voters to send El-Sayed “back to where he came from.”
Abdul El-Sayed is running as a Democrat in Michigan.
El-Sayed is running against Republican Mike Rogers.
El-Sayed was born and raised in Michigan.
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A ZeroBounce survey found that “just to be clear” was the most commonly selected passive-aggressive email phrase among respondents. The article lists other phrases used in tense workplace exchanges and ends by suggesting people pause before sending an angry reply.
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ZeroBounce surveyed desk workers about passive-aggressive email phrases.
Fifty-two percent of respondents selected “just to be clear.”
“Per my last email” received 40% of responses.
“As previously discussed” tied with “per my last email,” according to the article.
Other phrases on the survey list included “for future reference” and “kindly note.”
The author describes using phrases such as “as agreed” and “apologies for any confusion” in pointed workplace emails.
The article concludes by advising readers to take a breath and consider deleting an angry draft.
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The U.S. State Department approved the possible sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors and related support to Ukraine, at an estimated cost of $2.1 billion. The missiles are not expected to arrive until the early 2030s, and Ukraine will fund the purchase with contributions from Canada, Germany and Norway, as well as European Union-backed financing.
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The proposed package includes 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles, parts and support.
The State Department announced the approval on Friday.
People briefed on the decision said the missiles have not yet been made and deliveries are expected in the early 2030s.
Funding will come from Canada, Germany and Norway through the US JUMPSTART programme, along with funds linked to the EU’s Ukraine Support Loan.
Lockheed Martin is the principal contractor for the sale.
In July, the U.S. Army awarded Lockheed a contract worth up to $58.6 billion to produce Patriot interceptors.
Ukraine has said it urgently needs more interceptors as Russia attacks its energy and civilian infrastructure.
The article reports that the U.S. military’s weapons transfers to allies and its use of munitions in operations in Iran have raised concerns about inventories.
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Two Chinese nationals, Liren “Ryan” Lai and Yuance Chen, each received 30 months in prison and three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to acting as agents of China’s Ministry of State Security without notifying the U.S. attorney general. Court documents say they sought to recruit U.S. military personnel and arranged cash payments for information related to national security.
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Lai, 40, and Chen, 39, were sentenced by a U.S. court.
The men began acting as agents of China’s Ministry of State Security no later than May 2021, according to court documents.
Lai recruited Chen and initially relayed instructions from Chinese intelligence officers.
In 2022, they arranged cash drops of $10,000 and $20,000, according to the Justice Department.
The men also obtained photographs of a naval facility, military recruits and active-duty sailors.
Chen collected personal information about a U.S. Navy employee and details about military personnel who could be intelligence targets.
Both pleaded guilty to conspiracy and acting as agents of a foreign government without prior notice to the U.S. attorney general.
They were arrested and charged in June 2025.
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Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila has become leader of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation, an alliance linked to M23 rebels fighting the government of President Félix Tshisekedi. Kabila’s role could give the rebellion political networks and experience, but it is unclear whether the alliance can extend its campaign beyond eastern DR Congo or oust Tshisekedi.
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Kabila, 55, succeeded his father as president in 2001 and led the country for 18 years.
He handed power to Tshisekedi and later formed a coalition government with him.
Kabila was named leader of the Front for the Refoundation of the Nation earlier this month.
The article says the FRN alliance includes M23, which has seized territory including the eastern cities of Goma and Bukavu.
Kabila faces a death sentence after being convicted in absentia of treason.
The United States has sanctioned Kabila over alleged support for M23.
M23’s territorial gains have been concentrated in eastern provinces about 1,500 km from Kinshasa.
Kabila compared Tshisekedi to former ruler Mobutu Sese Seko in an interview earlier this week.
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Poland’s constitutional court faced a new confrontation after judges elected by the governing majority suspended its president, Bogdan Święczkowski, and deputy, Bartłomiej Sochański. President Karol Nawrocki entered the court during a police standoff with protesters and accused the government’s appointees of violating the constitutional order, amid a dispute over the court’s legitimacy that dates to 2015.
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The judges who suspended Święczkowski and Sochański said they were taking procedural control of the court.
The suspended judges’ appointments and the court’s legitimacy have been disputed for years.
Hundreds of protesters, including opposition lawmakers, gathered outside the court in Warsaw.
Three people were reportedly arrested for trying to enter the building.
Nawrocki returned to Warsaw from a planned state visit to Senegal and entered the court shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday.
Nawrocki said the government-appointed judges were not constitutional court judges and called for security forces to leave the premises.
Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged to reverse controversial judicial reforms since returning to power in 2023.
Nawrocki has refused to swear in five judges elected by the current parliament. The Venice Commission said earlier this month that his refusal should not prevent them from taking office.
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Luigi Mangione’s lawyers filed a new motion seeking to dismiss his New York state charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. They argue that New York’s double-jeopardy law bars the state case after Mangione pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges; Manhattan prosecutors oppose the motion.
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Mangione pleaded guilty to two federal stalking charges on 14 August.
Thompson was killed outside a Manhattan hotel on 4 December 2024.
Mangione’s lawyers say the federal and state cases concern the same conduct and alleged killing.
New York law bars separate prosecutions for the same offense or offenses based on the same act or criminal transaction.
Manhattan prosecutors argue that the federal stalking charges and state murder charges do not overlap in a way that triggers the state law.
Prosecutors also say dismissed federal charges do not count as a separate prosecution under the relevant provision.
The state trial had been scheduled for 8 September before Mangione’s plea, and Judge Gregory Carro later set the next court date for 10 December.
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The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said investigators are working with laboratories to pursue further DNA analysis in the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie. Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her home near Tucson, Arizona, on January 31; authorities have said they believe she was taken against her will.
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Investigators traveled to Florida earlier this month to meet with laboratory scientists and discuss ways to advance the case.
The sheriff’s department said the task force continues to work with its partners on the investigation.
Guthrie is the mother of Today show co-host Savannah Guthrie.
Authorities found drops of blood outside Guthrie’s front door, according to the article.
Investigators released video showing a masked person outside Guthrie’s home on the night she disappeared.
Authorities described the person in the video as a suspect.
A ransom note that surfaced last month was deemed not credible.
The sheriff’s department asked the public to report information through 88-CRIME or 1-800-CALL-FBI.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard says four tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz after striking naval mines. The IRGC said the vessels were traveling on routes Tehran calls unauthorized.
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reported that four tankers caught fire.
The reported incidents took place in the Strait of Hormuz.
The IRGC said the tankers struck naval mines.
Iran described the routes as unauthorized.
The report attributes these claims to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
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Katie Zacharia shared details of the outfit she wore during her five days as White House press secretary and encouraged people to dress as her for Halloween. The article estimates that recreating the outfit would cost about $2,500 and reports that Trump fired Zacharia on October 16.
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Zacharia posted on X a list of clothing and shoes from her White House outfit.
She said in an interview with Newsmax that her family would dress up for Halloween and that she would wear the original outfit.
The article estimates the listed outfit would cost about $2,500.
Zacharia previously worked as a communications adviser for Trump’s Truth Social platform and the Department of Homeland Security.
She earned a law degree in 2011 and did not pass the bar exam.
Trump fired Zacharia on October 16, after five days as White House press secretary.
The article cites National Retail Federation survey data putting typical costume spending at about $37 per person.
The article says a LendingTree survey found 35 percent of consumers planned to skip buying Halloween candy because of rising prices.
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Actor Margaret Qualley and songwriter and producer Jack Antonoff filed for divorce in Brooklyn after three years of marriage. The couple separated in July, according to the Associated Press.
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The divorce case was filed Friday in Kings County Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York.
Court records list the case as an uncontested matrimonial action.
Qualley is listed as the plaintiff and Antonoff as the defendant.
Attorneys for both did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The couple began dating in 2021 and married in August 2023.
Qualley is known for films including “The Substance” and “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.”
Antonoff has won 14 Grammy Awards and is a member of the band Bleachers.
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Christa Pike, 50, said she has been in constant physical and emotional pain since a failed execution in a Tennessee prison on September 30. Her lawyers say the lethal drug may not have entered her bloodstream; Pike remains on death row while her legal team seeks changes to her confinement and sentence.
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Pike said she is struggling to speak and has not been free of pain since the execution attempt.
Pike and her boyfriend killed a 19-year-old classmate in 1995; Pike was 18 at the time and received a death sentence.
Pike’s lawyers say two doses of phenobarbital may have pooled in her arms instead of entering her bloodstream, causing burns and blisters.
Pike was hospitalized and unconscious for days after the failed execution.
Pike remains scheduled to die and is held in solitary confinement.
Her legal team asked a federal judge to let her interact with other prisoners and asked Tennessee Governor Bill Lee to change her sentence to life in prison.
Lee said he suspects Pike’s sentence will remain unchanged unless the courts determine otherwise.
Tennessee has ordered an independent review, postponed another lethal injection scheduled for this year, and seen the resignation of its corrections commissioner, Frank Strada.
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Police in Newport, Rhode Island, shot and killed a person suspected of stealing a sailboat, according to the report. Body-camera footage shows the shootout; the 40-foot boat was reported stolen in August.
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The incident took place in Newport, Rhode Island.
Police shot and killed a person suspected of stealing a sailboat.
Body-camera footage shows the shootout.
The sailboat was 40 feet long.
The boat was stolen in August.
The report was published October 30, 2026.
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Russia’s investigative newspaper Novaya Gazeta says it is closing after decades of pressure. Staff say the government succeeded in shutting it down; the paper says six of its journalists were killed, including Anna Politkovskaya, whose death was 20 years ago this month.
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Novaya Gazeta is closing.
The paper is described as one of Russia’s most prominent investigative newspapers.
Staff accuse the Russian government of succeeding in killing off the newspaper.
The paper says six of its journalists were killed.
Anna Politkovskaya was among the journalists killed.
The article marks 20 years since Politkovskaya’s death.
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Former Obama adviser David Axelrod said Representative Haley Stevens’s criticism of Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed could signal support for Republican candidate Mike Rogers. Stevens called on El-Sayed to condemn a political ad connecting U.S. support for Israel with grocery prices; El-Sayed said the ad was not affiliated with his campaign and accused Stevens of reopening a settled primary dispute.
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Stevens and El-Sayed were expected to appear together at a Detroit church with Representative Jim Clyburn, but it was unclear whether the event would proceed after their dispute.
Stevens called the Rebellion PAC ad antisemitic and urged El-Sayed to reject it, apologize for related remarks, and remove a campaign ad featuring Tucker Carlson.
El-Sayed said his campaign focused on gas prices, grocery costs, and access to medical care.
El-Sayed campaign spokesperson Roxie Richner said the Rebellion PAC ad was not affiliated with his campaign.
Rogers praised Stevens’s criticism of El-Sayed and called her a courageous leader.
Stevens lost the Democratic Senate primary to El-Sayed in August and said earlier in the week that she planned to vote for him.
Axelrod said Stevens’s recent comments seemed aimed at undermining El-Sayed’s campaign, while also calling the Rebellion PAC ad offensive.
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham said the UK should hold a structured dialogue with communities affected by the transatlantic slave trade and that he is open to calls for a formal state apology. He rejected financial reparations, saying people in Britain today should not be held liable for historical wrongs.
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Burnham will attend a Commonwealth leaders summit in the Caribbean next week.
Caribbean nations have renewed calls for the UK to apologise and provide reparations.
Burnham called the transatlantic slave trade a brutal violation and said Britain must face its past.
The UK government has never formally apologised for slavery or paid reparations.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley welcomed Burnham's statement and said she would engage in good faith while continuing to seek reparatory justice.
The founder of The Repair Campaign said the statement fell short and called for a full formal apology.
Under the 1833 law abolishing slavery, British plantation owners received payments for the loss of enslaved people; the UK finished paying the resulting debt in 2015.
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A California federal judge ordered the Trump administration to stop threatening election officials with criminal prosecution as it pursues efforts to address noncitizen voting. Judge Trina Thompson issued a temporary restraining order after unions representing California election workers filed a lawsuit.
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U.S. District Judge Trina Thompson issued the order on Friday.
The order is a temporary restraining order.
It bars the Trump administration from threatening election officials with criminal prosecution in connection with its efforts targeting noncitizen voting.
Unions representing California election workers brought the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed earlier on Friday.
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Villa Vie Residences said it could no longer afford to operate the MV Odyssey after fuel costs surged during the conflict in Iran. The ship’s passengers were told to leave in Cambodia, ending a planned continuous voyage that had been marketed as a way to live at sea for a presidential term or longer.
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The Odyssey began its voyage from Belfast in October 2024.
Villa Vie Residences marketed the ship as a residential cruise offering long-term life at sea.
A couple could buy a four-year package for $319,998, with monthly fees also applying.
The Odyssey was previously the cruise liner MS Braemar and was about 30 years old.
Villa Vie said fuel costs per cabin in parts of Asia rose to as much as $8,000 a month from $1,800.
The company said it had tried to reduce fuel use by slowing the itinerary and spending more time in port.
Passengers were told to disembark at Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and the company said it was arranging temporary living options.
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Ebola has killed more than 5,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where the outbreak has infected more than 10,000 since it was declared in May. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccine or treatment, and the outbreak has spread to several African countries, prompting travel restrictions.
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Government data released Friday put the DRC Ebola death toll above 5,000.
More than 10,000 people in the DRC have been infected since the outbreak was declared in May.
The outbreak has reached eight of the DRC’s 26 provinces.
The outbreak involves the Bundibugyo strain, for which there are no approved treatments or vaccines.
Nigeria became the fourth African country to report an Ebola case last week; Kenya and Uganda have also reported cases.
The outbreak is the second largest on record, after the 2014–2016 epidemic in West Africa, which infected more than 28,600 people and killed more than 11,000.
Saudi Arabia suspended travel to and entry from Kenya on Friday, including visas for travellers from Kenya and entry for people who recently stayed in Kenya or another affected country.
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