About 2,000 civilians were reported to remain in Russian-occupied Oleshky, near Ukrainian-controlled Kherson, without reliable access to basic needs. A temporary ceasefire has opened a limited opportunity for humanitarian aid, but the agreement’s reach, evacuation prospects and continued access remain uncertain.
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Oleshky is under Russian occupation.
Ukrainian-controlled Kherson is a few kilometers from Oleshky.
About 2,000 civilians were reported to remain in Oleshky.
Essential services are disrupted, and civilians face uncertain evacuation arrangements.
A temporary cessation of attacks has created a limited opening for humanitarian operations.
The ceasefire’s geographic scope is unclear.
The prospects for evacuation and sustained humanitarian access remain uncertain.
Jens Schumacher, a field coordinator with Solidarity International, discussed the humanitarian situation.
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The Nov. 1 edition of “CBS News Sunday Morning,” hosted by Jane Pauley, will cover unidentified anomalous phenomena, the Texas campaign and the 2026 midterm elections. Other segments will examine Milwaukee’s Socialist mayors, the Broadway musical “The Lost Boys,” James Stewart’s wartime service, and a new Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit.
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The program airs on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET and streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET.
Luke Burbank reports on unidentified anomalous phenomena, or UAPs.
Robert Costa reports on the campaign in Texas, and David Pogue presents an election preview guide.
Mo Rocca examines Milwaukee’s three Socialist mayors and their focus on parks, public housing and sanitation.
Tracy Smith reports on the Broadway vampire musical “The Lost Boys” and speaks with members of its creative team.
Lee Cowan reports on the film “Jimmy,” which portrays James Stewart’s service as an Army Air Corps pilot during World War II.
The program features a new Georgia O’Keeffe exhibit at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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Top Trump administration officials are set to announce new anti-fraud measures in Minnesota on Friday. The announcement comes as the White House increases efforts to address fraud involving federal assistance and healthcare programs.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is scheduled to take part in the announcement.
FBI Director Kash Patel is scheduled to take part.
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz is scheduled to take part.
Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson is scheduled to take part.
The announcement is planned for Minnesota.
The measures target fraud involving federal assistance and healthcare programs.
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President Donald Trump has reversed his decision to cancel planned rallies in Kansas and Iowa. CBS News reported that both rallies are back on but did not provide further details in the article text.
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Trump had planned rallies in Kansas and Iowa.
Trump reversed a decision to cancel the rallies.
CBS News said the Kansas and Iowa rallies are back on.
The provided article text does not give rally dates or locations.
The page also includes unrelated segments about AI in political campaigns and Alaska's Senate race.
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Charlamagne criticizes Nicki Minaj for attacking Kathy Hochul while not applying the same scrutiny to Donald Trump. He says Minaj can hold her own political views but should explain the difference in how she judges people she opposes and supports.
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The article says Charlamagne criticized Nicki Minaj.
The criticism concerns Minaj bashing Kathy Hochul.
The headline says Minaj does not similarly criticize Donald Trump.
The article says Minaj is entitled to her political views.
Charlamagne calls for Minaj to explain why she does not apply the same scrutiny to people she supports.
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Parks Canada is ending its 55-year canine search-and-rescue program in Banff National Park, effective this month. The agency says rescue operations will continue through other means, while critics warn that removing the dog-handler role could affect public and staff safety.
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Parks Canada confirmed it will eliminate the program’s only remaining dog-handler position in Banff National Park.
The agency said the decision is part of efforts to modernize its law-enforcement branch.
The program operated for 55 years and used dogs to locate missing people and search for victims after avalanches.
The last working dog, a German shepherd named Leroy, retired in August after seven years on the job.
Parks Canada said Leroy helped track 156 people, find 57 people lost in the wilderness, and solve two murders in Banff.
A replacement dog had been trained and was ready for duty before Parks Canada announced the program’s closure.
More than 5,000 people signed a petition to restore the program, started by Conservative MP William Stevenson.
The closure comes amid C$145 million in Parks Canada budget cuts and wider federal public-service reductions.
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The Federal Reserve kept its interest rate target range at 3.75% to 4% at its recent meeting. Analysis cited in the article said energy costs, rather than broad economic pressure, were the main driver of recent inflation.
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The Federal Reserve maintained its interest rate target range.
The target range is 3.75% to 4%.
The decision came at the Fed’s recent meeting.
The cited analysis attributed recent inflation primarily to energy costs.
The analysis said inflation did not reflect widespread economic pressure.
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Russia’s independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced on Friday that it would stop publishing after more than three decades. The newspaper said a Kremlin crackdown and a ban on the outlet had made it impossible to continue its work.
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Novaya Gazeta announced it was ceasing publication on Friday, October 30, 2026.
The newspaper had published for more than three decades.
Novaya Gazeta described itself as an independent newspaper.
The outlet said a Kremlin crackdown had made its work impossible to continue.
The newspaper said it had been banned by Russian authorities.
Novaya Gazeta was known for investigative journalism.
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Supporters of ending the time change say it would provide more daylight in the afternoon. The excerpt asks about the effort’s status in Congress but does not give details about its progress.
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Supporters argue for ending the time change.
Supporters say ending the time change would provide more daylight in the afternoon.
Supporters describe the afternoon as the time when Americans are most active.
The article title asks where the effort stands in Congress.
The provided excerpt does not describe congressional action on the issue.
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UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham met Scotland and Wales’s first ministers and Northern Ireland representatives in Glasgow to discuss economic growth and further devolution. He called for the four nations to move together, while Scottish First Minister John Swinney and Welsh leader Rhun ap Iowerth described the meeting positively; Burnham ruled out another Scottish independence referendum.
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The Glasgow meeting was the first National Economic Council for the UK’s nations.
The participants discussed giving regions more control over employment support and funding for reindustrialisation.
Burnham said the UK government would examine further devolution of employment support for young people in Scotland and Wales.
Burnham urged the Scottish and Welsh governments to work with the UK government on a model of deeper devolution.
Swinney said he would work with Burnham on devolving more powers from Westminster, linking proposals to economic growth and living standards.
Ap Iowerth called the meeting positive.
Northern Ireland was represented by officials amid political fallout from the Drumcree parade dispute.
A Downing Street spokesperson said the government’s review of issues raised would not include a second Scottish independence referendum.
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A three-year global cruise ended after the company behind it ran out of money, leaving customers stranded in Cambodia, according to a CBS News report. One passenger said the cruise may have been “too affordable” in hindsight.
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The cruise was planned as a three-year trip around the world.
The company behind the cruise ran out of money.
Customers were stranded in Cambodia.
CBS News said internal documents showed the company’s financial problems.
A passenger described the cruise as possibly “too affordable” in hindsight.
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Republican strategist Kevin Sheridan and Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha discuss expectations for the midterm elections. The article says Americans are only days away from voting, but provides no details about their predictions.
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Kevin Sheridan is identified as a Republican strategist.
Chuck Rocha is identified as a Democratic strategist.
The two strategists discuss expectations for the midterm elections.
The article says Americans are only days away from voting.
The provided article text does not include the strategists’ specific predictions.
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Vice President JD Vance answered a young voter’s question about housing costs and starting a family by saying he had been asked only one question about Ohio Senator Jon Husted’s body. The exchange took place at a Fox News town hall in Fort Worth and drew reactions on social media.
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The voter, Kate White of Texas Christian University, asked how young people could afford to start families when homes and family expenses are costly.
White cited an average U.S. home price above $415,000 in her question.
Vance said he had been asked four or five questions and only one about Husted’s body, which he said had come from host Jesse Watters.
Watters replied that Husted’s body was what people were talking about.
Earlier in the town hall, Watters asked why President Donald Trump had repeatedly commented on Husted’s physique.
Journalist Aaron Rupar posted a 54-second clip of the exchange on X; Newsweek reported it had received more than 6.9 million views and 4,400 shares.
The town hall was filmed in Fort Worth, Texas, and aired Thursday on Jesse Watters Primetime.
Husted, a Republican, is facing Democrat Sherrod Brown in an Ohio Senate election.
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The Justice Department charged five people in a federal investigation into a scheme that used stolen identities and AI to obtain student aid for fake college students. Officials said investigators identified more than 830,000 potentially fraudulent aid accounts and tied over $32 million in actual losses to the people charged.
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The Justice Department said the scheme used stolen personal information to apply for federal student aid in Americans’ names.
Fraudsters allegedly enrolled fake students at colleges and received aid refunds after schools deducted tuition and fees.
Officials said perpetrators used AI to complete applications and coursework and to simulate attendance in virtual classes.
The Education Department identified more than 830,000 potentially fraudulent federal student aid accounts created with stolen U.S. citizens’ information.
If all of those accounts were fraudulent, the Justice Department estimated losses could approach $130 million.
Investigators linked more than $32 million in actual losses to the people charged and said the total could be higher.
The Justice Department said it seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency from a network associated with Kenyan nationals.
In one example cited by the department, a defendant received about $1.44 million through more than 700 fraudulent student aid refund deposits.
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A CBS News segment says Alphabet, Google’s parent company, lost $428 billion in value after a sharp stock decline. It also claims hackers stole $6.3 billion from cryptocurrency exchange Binance, but the supplied text gives no details to support or explain that claim.
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The segment describes Alphabet’s stock decline as historic.
It says Alphabet lost $428 billion after the decline.
The segment identifies Alphabet as Google’s parent company.
It claims hackers stole $6.3 billion from Binance.
The segment calls the alleged Binance theft the largest bank heist in history.
The supplied text does not give the date, cause, or further details for either event.
Threadneedle founder Ann Berry is identified as a contributor to the segment.
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The Vatican said Pope Leo XIV, a U.S. citizen born in Chicago, cast a mail-in ballot in Illinois ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The pope has previously voted in U.S. elections, and the article reports that he has requested both Democratic and Republican primary ballots.
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The Holy See said Leo voted as a U.S. citizen and has voted whenever he was eligible.
Leo also holds Peruvian citizenship and lived in Peru for more than 20 years.
The article says U.S. law allows citizens living abroad, including people working for foreign governments, to vote by absentee ballot.
Illinois voters will choose a governor and fill an open U.S. Senate seat.
Records show that Robert Prevost requested Democratic primary ballots in 2008 and 2010 and Republican primary ballots in 2012, 2014 and 2016.
The records show that he submitted ballots in every general election since 2000 except 2020 and 2022.
The article says Prevost requested a mail-in ballot on Oct. 3 through an address in New Lenox, Illinois.
It is unclear how Leo returned the ballot.
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Actor Patrick Stewart has died at 86. Fandango managing director Erik Davis discussed Stewart’s work and legacy in a CBS News segment, which said his impact went beyond science fiction.
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Patrick Stewart died at age 86.
CBS News featured a segment about Stewart’s science-fiction legacy.
Erik Davis, managing director of Fandango, discussed Stewart’s work and legacy.
The article headline says Stewart’s impact was greater than his science-fiction legacy.
CBS News also listed a video about Stewart’s career.
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Court of Justice of the European Union President Koen Lenaerts said the International Criminal Court deserves the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. In an interview, he also discussed rule-of-law issues within the EU and legal questions raised by stricter migration policies across the bloc.
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The interview was published on October 30, 2026, as part of France 24’s Talking Europe program.
Koen Lenaerts is president of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU).
The CJEU ensures that EU law is interpreted and applied across the bloc’s 27 member states.
The European Parliament awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the International Criminal Court.
Lenaerts said the ICC’s work is important as autocratic leaders gain influence around the world.
The interview also addressed rule-of-law issues within the EU.
Lenaerts discussed legal aspects of the apparent hardening of migration policies across the EU.
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The Pentagon removed Lt. Gen. Brett Sylvia from his Joint Staff post amid an investigation into alleged leaks of classified information. A Pentagon official’s statement that Sylvia failed three polygraph tests may have violated the federal Privacy Act, according to legal experts; the Pentagon did not respond to questions, and CBS News could not independently verify the leak allegations.
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Sylvia served as director of strategy, plans and policy for the Joint Staff, known as the J5.
A Pentagon official said Sylvia failed three polygraph examinations and accused him of leaking classified information about Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war.
The official described Sylvia’s removal as related to severe misconduct and said the investigation had been referred to the Justice Department.
The Privacy Act of 1974 generally restricts federal agencies from disclosing certain personal information in government records without consent or legal authorization.
Attorney Brad Moss said public disclosure of polygraph results and related file details could violate the Privacy Act; courts have found that verbal disclosures can also be covered.
CBS News said it could not independently verify the allegations, and the Pentagon did not respond to its questions about the disclosure.
Two Pentagon sources told CBS News the firing was related to polygraph tests but disputed the accusation that Sylvia leaked classified information.
Axios reported that an internal investigation report said Sylvia admitted leaking classified information to two reporters, but CBS News said it had not seen or verified that report.
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