Former Taunton Town chief executive Karl Lindsay, 56, pleaded guilty to offences connected to the drugging and rape of a woman by her husband and other men. The offences took place between 2015 and 2025 in the Stockport area; Lindsay will be sentenced after the trial of nine other defendants.
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Lindsay resigned from Taunton Town Football Club before he was charged.
Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard that Lindsay’s offences involved administering substances to stupefy the woman for sexual acts.
The woman’s husband has admitted 62 offences against her, including rape.
Three other men have also admitted sexually abusing the woman.
Nine other defendants deny sexual offence charges and are due to go on trial.
The court scheduled the trial to begin on Monday after several delays.
The woman attended court with a relative and watched Lindsay enter his guilty pleas.
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An international dockworkers’ strike has highlighted workers’ role in global supply chains amid Europe’s growing military investment. Economist Renaud Foucart said port workers may win concessions on automation and working conditions, but questioned whether they can influence military policy.
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The report was published on October 30, 2026.
The strike involves dockworkers in multiple countries.
The report links the strike to organized labor, technological change, and Europe’s military investment.
Renaud Foucart is a senior lecturer in economics at Lancaster University.
Foucart said dockworkers’ strategic position in supply chains gives them significant leverage.
Foucart expects dockworkers to secure concessions on automation and working conditions.
Foucart questioned whether the strike can redirect military policy.
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A grand jury in Harris County, Texas, indicted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Mario Alberto Morales for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Prosecutors allege he hit a man with a vehicle earlier this month; a conviction could carry a prison sentence of two to 20 years.
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Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare announced the indictment Friday.
The grand jury charged Morales with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Prosecutors allege Morales hit a man with a vehicle earlier this month.
The article does not provide details about the man’s injuries or the circumstances of the incident.
If convicted, Morales could face two to 20 years in prison.
The report identified the case as a breaking news story.
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The FDA said it will remove black-box warnings about cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and dementia from three more menopause-treatment patches. The agency did not convene an advisory committee or present the scientific evidence for its decision at a press briefing, drawing concerns from a researcher about transparency and patient safety.
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The FDA previously removed black-box warnings from six menopause treatments in February.
FDA officials said the agency is working with manufacturers to increase supply of menopause hormone treatments.
A federal health official said estrogen patch manufacturing had doubled over the past year.
FDA officials said demand for estradiol patches rose significantly after the February label changes, and patients in many areas had trouble finding them.
The FDA said it is working to change labels for other menopause hormone therapy products.
An FDA official said updated evidence points to a different risk-benefit profile for many healthy women under 60 and within 10 years of menopause onset than earlier warnings conveyed.
The FDA is exploring whether vaginal estrogen products could be sold over the counter.
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A Quilty Space report estimates that rocket supply outside China will fall about 150 launches short of demand through 2030. The shortage could be twice as large if U.S. military needs are included and SpaceX does not extend its Falcon rocket program; the report says the crunch may persist into the late 2030s.
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Quilty Space estimates a shortfall of about 150 launches between now and 2030, compared with demand from satellite operators and civil space agencies.
Including U.S. military demand could double the projected shortfall if SpaceX does not expand Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy service.
The report expects the shortage to become most acute in 2028, then slowly ease.
Factors include the loss of Russian rockets from Western markets, rising satellite demand, and delays to new rockets such as New Glenn, Vulcan, Neutron, Terran R, and Nova.
Quilty Space says SpaceX has been winding down Falcon 9 commercial service and has not recently affirmed Starship as a commercial launcher.
Starship could add substantial launch capacity, but its current narrow satellite dispenser may limit which customer spacecraft it can carry.
Telesat CEO Dan Goldberg said the company may consider Starship if its next-generation satellites fit the vehicle’s dispenser.
Quilty Space forecast eight New Glenn launches in 2028, 12 in 2029, and 16 in 2030.
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Rep. Haley Stevens said she will appear with Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Sunday for the first time. The appearance follows Stevens’ criticism of El-Sayed’s comments about Israel, and she said she expects an apology.
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Stevens is a Democratic representative from Michigan.
Abdul El-Sayed is the Democratic Senate candidate referenced in the article.
Stevens confirmed the joint appearance Friday in a statement on X.
The appearance is scheduled for Sunday.
Stevens had criticized El-Sayed over his comments about Israel.
Stevens said she expects an apology.
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Novaya Gazeta said it will cease operations on Nov. 9 after Russian authorities pressured the newspaper, according to editor in chief Sergei Sokolov. Its closure leaves no major independent newspapers operating inside Russia, after the outlet lost its media license in 2022 and suspended publication following warnings over its coverage.
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The newspaper said it would stop operating on Nov. 9.
Editor in chief Sergei Sokolov said Russian authorities and security services forced the staff to stop working.
Staff learned they were being evicted from their Moscow newsroom, and the newspaper’s donation system was shut off.
The Anna Politkovskaya Museum, located in her former office, will close with the newspaper.
Novaya Gazeta was founded in 1993 with money donated by former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev from his Nobel Peace Prize award.
Journalist Anna Politkovskaya, known for reporting on the war in Chechnya, was murdered in Moscow in 2006.
The outlet suspended print and online operations after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022; a court revoked its media license that September.
Independent radio station Ekho Moskvy and TV Rain had already stopped operating inside Russia under pressure from authorities.
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Palestinian citizens of Israel voted in record numbers, giving two Arab-led parties 19 seats in the Knesset, their strongest result ever. Voters and party leaders said anger over crime, anti-Arab rhetoric and years of neglect drove the surge, which could help opposition parties form a government but may face resistance from rival leaders.
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Nearly 840,000 people voted for Ra'am and the Joint List, 64% more than in the 2022 election.
The two Arab-led parties won 19 seats in the 120-member Knesset, exceeding their previous record of 15.
Sakhnin recorded the country’s highest turnout, at 87%.
In the Bedouin village of Tarabin, turnout nearly doubled, and Ra'am received 93% of the vote.
Local leaders and voters cited violent crime in Arab communities and anti-Arab incitement as reasons to vote.
Netanyahu warned against forming a government with the Arab-led parties and said it would lead to the “Islamization of Israel.”
Only one Arab-led party has previously served in an Israeli government.
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Residents described as starving and exhausted were being evacuated from Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine, on Friday, October 30, 2026. The evacuation was part of a joint relief operation involving the opposing sides, which the report described as the first of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
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Oleshky is a town in southern Ukraine under Russian occupation.
Evacuations were under way on Friday, October 30, 2026.
The residents being evacuated were described as starving and exhausted.
The operation involved both sides in the conflict.
The report called it the first operation of its kind in four years and eight months of war.
France 24 Ukraine correspondent Emmanuelle Chaze reported on the evacuation from Kyiv.
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Pope Leo cast a mail-in ballot in the U.S. midterm elections, the Vatican said, describing it as the first known vote in a political election by a sitting pope. Leo voted in Illinois, where he was born, and said citizens have a right and duty to take part in democratic processes.
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The Vatican said Leo voted by mail in the U.S. midterms.
The Vatican said this was the first known political ballot cast by a sitting pontiff.
Leo was born in Chicago and registered to vote at an address in New Lenox, Illinois.
The article says Leo requested his mail-in ballot on October 3.
The U.S. midterm elections are scheduled for November 3 and will decide control of Congress.
Leo has criticized U.S. immigration policies and the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Leo is scheduled to make an 11-day trip to Latin America in November.
A Vatican official said a visit to the United States could take place in the not-too-distant future, and that the midterm results might affect its timing.
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Daylight saving time is scheduled to end on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2026, at 2 a.m. local time, when clocks move back one hour to 1 a.m. Most of Arizona and Hawaii, along with U.S. territories, stay on standard time year-round; a bill to make daylight saving time permanent has passed the House but is stalled in the Senate.
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Clocks in areas that observe daylight saving time are scheduled to move back one hour at 2 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2026.
The change makes the local time 1 a.m. standard time and gives people an extra hour on the clock.
Most of Arizona and Hawaii do not observe daylight saving time.
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands also stay on standard time year-round.
The Navajo Nation observes daylight saving time, unlike most of Arizona.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 passed the House by a vote of 308 to 117.
The bill was sent to the Senate in July and has stalled there.
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Independent candidate Bill Hill is challenging Republican Rep. Nick Begich for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat in the Nov. 3 election. Hill has focused his campaign on rising living costs, while Begich may benefit from the state’s four-way ranked-choice contest and the presence of a Democratic candidate who is serving time in federal prison.
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Hill is an Alaska Native, commercial fisher, and first-time candidate who has also worked in education and construction.
Hill says fuel prices in his hometown of Naknek rose from $6.70 to nearly $9 per gallon, and heating fuel prices nearly doubled.
The article says gas prices in some remote villages, including Ambler and Shungnak, have exceeded $25 per gallon.
The Cook Political Report shifted the race from “likely Republican” to “leans Republican”; the article says the district favors Republicans by 6%.
Recent polls cited in the article showed Hill trailing Begich by single digits.
Hill has not said whether he would caucus with Democrats if elected, and national Democrats have supported his campaign.
Alaska uses ranked-choice voting in the four-way general election; Democrat Eric Hafner is serving a federal prison sentence in New York.
Begich narrowly defeated incumbent Democrat Mary Peltola in 2024 by 2.4 percentage points, despite Donald Trump winning Alaska by 13 points.
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The article discusses the film “You Can See Everything,” by Fielder and Oppenheim. It argues that seeing everything does not necessarily mean understanding it, and says the film recognizes this distinction.
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The article is about a film titled “You Can See Everything.”
The article names Fielder and Oppenheim in connection with the film.
The article distinguishes seeing from knowing.
The article says the film’s effectiveness comes from recognizing that distinction.
The headline frames the film as a way to examine manufactured reality in the modern age.
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Andy Burnham’s Manchester-based Number 10 North office has advertised 50 jobs, with basic salaries totaling an estimated £2.8 million. The government says the hires will support work with mayors and councils and will be funded from existing budgets; the office is due to move to a new Manchester location in spring 2027.
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The job advertisements cover strategy, communications, engagement, private office and policy roles.
A deputy director role focused on “rewiring the state” has a listed salary range of £86,000 to £117,000.
The £2.8 million estimate covers basic salaries and excludes civil service employer pension contributions.
Number 10 North has 120 staff, compared with 280 staff at Number 10 in London.
The government says some jobs will be relocated and some vacant roles closed, with no civil service redundancies resulting from the hiring.
The office expects most staff to work in person at least 60% of the time, according to the job advertisements.
The office will move from Heron House to a government building on First Street in Manchester in spring 2027.
Conservative politicians criticized the hiring, calling the office a source of extra bureaucracy and raising questions about its funding and transparency.
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Thousands gathered in La Verrière, a Paris suburb, on Friday to protest a week after a racist terrorist attack killed one person and injured five. The suspect, identified as Kevin T., admitted targeting people because of their appearance or religion and was transferred to a Paris court.
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Thousands attended the rally in La Verrière.
The protest took place on Friday, one week after the attack.
The attack killed one person and injured five others.
Authorities identified the suspect as Kevin T.
The suspect admitted targeting people based on their appearance or religion.
The suspect was transferred to a Paris court.
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A federal judge barred ICE agents from detaining people in Los Angeles and six nearby counties based solely on perceived Latino ethnicity or working-class status. The preliminary order requires reasonable suspicion of an immigration-law violation before a detention, with exceptions for ports of entry and border checkpoints; the Trump administration has appealed.
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Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong issued the injunction on Oct. 23, and it became public Thursday.
The judge cited body-camera footage, agents’ messages containing racial slurs, and evidence of patrols without specific targets.
The court heard accounts of Latino U.S. citizens and workers being detained, including one worker who said an agent would not let him retrieve his passport.
The order applies to Los Angeles and six surrounding counties.
The injunction is preliminary and is not a final finding that the government maintained an unlawful policy.
The Trump administration appealed the decision.
The Department of Homeland Security denied racial profiling allegations and said its agents follow the law.
The judge said the case included new evidence not considered in an earlier legal challenge to immigration stops.
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The report says Israel’s siege on Hebron has displaced at least 4,969 people. It also reports that a settler opened fire near children at a playground, Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians returning to Gaza, and Israel announced final election results.
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The report says at least 4,969 people have been displaced through Israel’s siege on Hebron.
Israel has tightened its siege on Hebron, according to the report.
A settler opened fire on a group of children at a playground near Hebron.
Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians returning to Gaza.
Israel announced its final election results.
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Prosecutors told jurors at Russell Brand’s trial that six women had been haunted for years by alleged sexual offenses and had little to gain by coming forward. Brand denies seven charges involving alleged rape, sexual assault and attempted indecent assault; the trial is continuing.
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The trial is taking place at Southwark Crown Court in London.
Brand faces three rape charges, three sexual assault charges and one charge of attempted indecent assault.
Prosecutor Reil Karmy-Jones KC said the six complainants do not know one another and had not sought publicity.
The prosecutor said the women had to relive their experiences during the trial.
Brand’s lawyer, Polly Dyer, told jurors he had pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis in 1995 and received a fine.
Dyer said Brand has no other convictions, cautions, reprimands or warnings.
Brand’s wife, Laura, testified that he is a kind person and a wonderful father; the prosecutor said she was not with him during the periods connected to the charges.
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The Trump administration imposed visa restrictions on more than 15 people it accused of organizing, facilitating, or promoting migrant caravans traveling through Central America and Mexico toward the U.S. The State Department did not identify the targets or say which caravans they were linked to; the restrictions follow a visa policy announced by Secretary of State Marco Rubio in March 2025.
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The State Department said investigations found that the targeted individuals recruited, coordinated, or directed large groups of migrants.
The department did not disclose the targets’ names, nationalities, or locations.
The State Department said caravan participants and alleged organizers who seek U.S. visas or try to travel to the country may face extra scrutiny, visa refusals, or visa revocations.
The policy announced on March 5, 2025, targets foreign officials and others accused of knowingly facilitating illegal immigration into the United States.
A Rice University Baker Institute study identified 30 migrant caravans from 2017 through 2022 and said they represented a small share of overall migration.
One caravan, Fe y Esperanza, left San Pedro Sula, Honduras, on September 20 and reached southern Mexico; more than 600 people were reported in Tapachula on September 27.
A second caravan left San Pedro Sula on October 13, with groups entering Mexico from Guatemala on October 15 and October 17.
Mexican authorities intervened with the first caravan near the Oaxaca border, and some members accepted transfers to complete immigration procedures.
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Political experts say Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s limited campaigning in the final days of his Senate race could hurt him, as polls show him narrowly trailing Democrat James Talarico. Paxton has made brief appearances at rallies and canceled some campaign stops, while President Donald Trump has visited Texas several times to support him.
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Southern Methodist University professor Cal Jillson called Paxton’s low-profile approach dangerous for a candidate who appears to be narrowly behind.
Recent polls cited in the article showed state lawmaker James Talarico narrowly ahead of Paxton.
Texas has not elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate since 1988, and Trump carried the state by nearly 14 points in 2024.
Paxton spoke for less than 15 minutes at rallies with Trump and for less than five minutes at a rally headlined by Vice President JD Vance, according to the article.
Paxton’s campaign canceled the scheduled November 1 stop of his “Come and Take It” bus tour in El Paso, citing schedule changes and logistics.
The campaign also canceled a stop in Tyler so Paxton could appear with Vance in Weatherford.
Trump had visited Texas four times since Labor Day to encourage support for Paxton, while also criticizing Paxton’s appearance, the article reported.
Talarico said Paxton was canceling events because few people were attending; this was Talarico’s claim, not an independently established reason for the cancellations.
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