The article says Israeli governments and U.S. presidents change while Israeli settlement expansion on occupied Palestinian land continues. Al Jazeera’s Leila Warah and Noor Wazwaz examine what sustains that expansion.
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Israeli governments change over time.
U.S. presidents change over time.
The article says settlement expansion continues despite changes in leadership.
The article describes the settlements as being on occupied Palestinian land.
Leila Warah and Noor Wazwaz explain the issue for Al Jazeera.
The article asks what sustains settlement expansion.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized state Rep. Gina Hinojosa, the Democratic nominee for governor, over an endorsement she received from the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The article says Texas has designated CAIR a foreign terrorist organization; the provided excerpt does not include details supporting the headline’s claim about Hinojosa and Sharia law.
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Greg Abbott is the Republican governor of Texas.
Gina Hinojosa is a state representative and the Democratic nominee in the Texas governor’s race.
Hinojosa received an endorsement from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
Abbott criticized Hinojosa over the endorsement in an interview with Fox News on Sunday.
The article describes CAIR as designated a foreign terrorist organization in Texas.
The provided excerpt does not include Hinojosa’s response or evidence about the Sharia-law claim.
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Heavy rain and storms caused flooding across parts of the US south-west, prompting evacuations and water rescues. More showers were forecast for Sunday, while floodwaters began to recede in some areas but left contaminated mud, damage and power outages.
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The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for much of the Four Corners region, where Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah meet.
Rainfall had increased since Wednesday, causing rivers to swell and flood nearby communities.
About four feet of water flooded the home of San Juan County Sheriff Shane Ferrari in New Mexico.
County officials had no official count of damaged homes or evacuees and reported no known deaths as of Sunday.
Floodwaters were receding in San Juan County, but mud and silt were contaminated with sewage after waste-treatment plant failures.
Power outages affected multiple areas, and officials said it could take a few days to restore electricity.
The flooding followed two months of intermittent heavy rain linked to tropical moisture moving in from the Pacific.
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Talcott Financial Group launched three fixed annuity products in January after building a sales and service platform that links 12 systems. The company completed the effort in about a year, then moved directly into supporting the live platform; its chief information officer said sales exceeded initial expectations but did not provide figures.
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Talcott is backed by investment firm Sixth Street and had previously expanded through transactions involving existing blocks of insurance policies.
The company introduced one multiyear guaranteed annuity and two fixed indexed annuities.
Talcott began selecting its technology and architecture near the end of 2024 and aimed to have the platform ready by early 2026.
The platform connects 12 systems, including external software and Talcott-developed tools.
Talcott’s chief information officer said the technology work would ordinarily take two to two-and-a-half years.
Cognizant has worked with Talcott for about two decades and partnered on the platform effort.
Talcott’s chief information officer said the launch team had to address problems after launch while supporting live operations.
The article also describes a project to move administration of an existing insurance-policy block from another carrier to Talcott’s systems.
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Toyota Motor North America says its digital initiatives have returned $3 for every $1 invested over roughly five or six years. The work includes machine-learning tools for demand forecasting and supply planning, and the company is adding generative AI while aiming to keep its systems flexible across AI models.
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Jason Ballard, Toyota Motor North America's vice president of digital innovations, gave the return-on-investment figure.
The figure covers several operational and technology initiatives, including machine learning, and does not measure generative AI alone.
Toyota's supply-chain planning process can involve more than 75 spreadsheets each month.
The COVID-19 pandemic and semiconductor shortage led Toyota to reconsider how its supply chain worked.
Ballard said dealer inventory fell from more than 50 days' supply to levels in the teens during those disruptions.
Toyota began with machine learning and optimization to improve demand forecasting and supply planning across North America.
The company is incorporating generative AI and developing plans for AI agents.
Toyota is building its systems so it can choose among different AI models rather than depend on one provider.
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Travelport is working with Cognizant and Anthropic to use Claude in developing and testing its TripServices booking platform. The companies say AI can help generate software tests and explain rules embedded in older code, but people still need to verify the work and approve changes. The article also notes that precise bookings, traveler trust and handling disruptions remain challenges for AI travel services.
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Travelport connects airlines and hotels with travel agencies and booking platforms.
The collaboration with Cognizant and Anthropic initially focuses on TripServices, which launched in June.
Booking a trip requires exact dates, availability and conditions, details that vague requests may not provide.
Cognizant says Claude can trace business processes in existing software and generate tests as policies or data structures change.
Claude can help test scenarios involving canceled flights, rebooking, partial refunds, multiple currencies and jurisdictions.
Engineers and testers make the final decision about which AI-generated code enters production.
Cognizant says Claude can help document business rules embedded in older software by tracing logic through large codebases.
Travelport CTO Andrew Jordan identified flight disruptions and traveler trust as challenges for AI-based travel services.
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GSK is using AI and conventional automation to move drug-safety reports through its pharmacovigilance process with fewer repeated manual steps. GSK and Cognizant have pursued smaller automation projects, while a proposed system of specialized AI agents remains a longer-term plan; the article says human judgment is still important for decisions that require interpretation and regulatory expertise.
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GSK receives drug-safety information through channels including email, paper mail, fax and data loggers.
GSK says repeated data entry and handoffs can slow the routing of reports to specialists.
GSK uses AI-based and conventional automation to classify incoming reports, set priorities and direct information to specialists.
Structuring information when it arrives can help retain context for later checks and reviews.
GSK’s established safety systems remain a source of truth for much of its information.
Cognizant’s Mohammad Haque described a proposed platform spanning seven connected areas of drug-safety operations.
Haque estimated that about 40 specialized AI agents could eventually support tasks across the drug-safety process.
GSK and Cognizant have pursued narrower automation initiatives, while the coordinated agent system remains a longer-term plan.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after 10 months in exile. She announced her return in a post on X, saying, “I am here. With you.”
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Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday.
She had been in exile for 10 months.
Machado announced her return on X.
Her post said, “Estoy aquí. Con ustedes,” meaning “I am here. With you.”
Machado left Venezuela under the protection of a U.S. rescue team.
The article identifies Machado as the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.
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Protests have taken place across several European countries, with some of the largest demonstrations in France. Protesters are calling for increased government investment in public services, and the article examines whether demonstrations can lead to policy changes and how long people may continue protesting.
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Protests took place in several European countries over the weekend described in the article.
Some of the largest demonstrations were in France.
Protesters in France are calling for more government investment in public services.
The article says similar demands are being made in other parts of Europe.
The article asks what would prompt governments to enact the changes protesters seek.
The article also asks whether demonstrators will stay in the streets until changes happen.
Guests include public law student Jack Eisner, French politics specialist Rainbow Murray, and European policy analyst Petros Fassoulas.
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Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is seeking safeguards for Alaska’s Senate election, including a way to preserve ballots and assess whether voters were confused by two candidates named Dan Sullivan. The department’s lawsuit seeks to block certification only if a court finds that confusion affected the result; Alaska’s Supreme Court has allowed both candidates to appear on the ballot.
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The Justice Department filed its lawsuit last week, 11 days before Election Day.
Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan is running against Democrat Mary Peltola.
Daniel J. Sullivan, a former teacher, shares the senator’s first and last name and entered the race in June.
An Alaska election official initially ruled Daniel J. Sullivan ineligible, but the state Supreme Court later allowed him on the ballot.
The senator’s name will appear with the label “(Registered Republican) Incumbent.”
Blanche said the department does not yet know whether voters will be confused and wants ballots preserved so that confusion can be assessed.
President Donald Trump told reporters he had directed that the lawsuit be filed; Blanche said he did not know whom Trump meant.
Sen. Lisa Murkowski opposed the lawsuit, while Sen. Thom Tillis said it was appropriate to examine the situation.
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Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola and her family sustained minor injuries when another driver struck their vehicle, according to her campaign. Peltola is rescheduling campaign events while she recovers; she is running against Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and two other candidates in Alaska’s general election.
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Peltola and her family were traveling to the Alaska Federation of Natives Annual Banquet when the crash occurred.
The campaign said the injuries required medical attention and that Peltola and her family were in good spirits.
Peltola is rescheduling campaign events on Sunday and Monday.
The campaign said Peltola plans to resume her Alaska Always Tour after recovering.
Peltola, 53, is seeking to unseat Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
She was the top vote-getter in Alaska’s August top-four primary.
The general election includes Sullivan and two other candidates and uses Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system.
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A senior UN official warned that unequal access to AI could widen economic and social gaps between rich and poor countries. He cited differences in infrastructure, AI use, and language support, while researchers said AI may both displace jobs and change workplace skills.
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Africa and Latin America together account for 3.3 percent of global data centre capacity, according to Tomas Lamanauskas.
About 2.2 billion people worldwide remain without internet access.
Lamanauskas said closing the digital infrastructure gap would require an estimated $2.8 trillion in investment by 2030.
About 29 percent of working-age people in developed countries use generative AI, compared with 16 percent in developing countries.
Only 7 percent of African languages are represented in AI translation tools, Lamanauskas said.
Estimates cited by Lamanauskas suggest AI could displace 90 million jobs and create 170 million new ones.
An estimated 40 percent of workplace skills could change by 2030, Lamanauskas said.
A 2026 International AI Safety Report estimated that AI could affect about 60 percent of jobs in advanced economies and 40 percent in emerging economies.
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President Donald Trump said his uncle, MIT professor John Trump, invented radar. Historical accounts credit several people with developing radar, including Robert Watson-Watt, while John Trump helped lead U.S. radar research during World War II.
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Trump made the claim to reporters on October 24 in Palm Beach, Florida.
John Trump became an assistant professor of electrical engineering at MIT in 1936.
In 1942, John Trump became secretary of the U.S. National Defense Research Committee’s Microwave Committee, overseeing radar research.
From February 1944, John Trump led the British Branch of MIT’s Radiation Laboratory and worked with British scientists, including Robert Watson-Watt.
Heinrich Hertz’s experiments demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves, which radar uses.
Christian Hülsmeyer patented a radio-wave device to detect ships in 1904, an early form of radar.
Robert Watson-Watt developed a system that could reliably locate aircraft in 1935; it led to Britain’s Chain Home radar network.
MIT said it has no record that Ted Kaczynski attended the university, contrary to a previous claim by Trump about his uncle teaching him there.
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A 60 Minutes archive feature revisits Frances Haugen’s 2021 interview about her experience as a Facebook employee and whistleblower. Haugen said she saw conflicts between the public interest and Facebook’s interests.
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Frances Haugen is identified as a former Facebook employee and whistleblower.
Haugen spoke with 60 Minutes in 2021.
She said she saw conflicts between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.
The page presents the segment as part of the 60 Minutes Archive.
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Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado announced that she had returned to Venezuela, nearly a year after leaving the country. Her ally Edmundo González confirmed her arrival, and social media footage showed her with supporters in Barquisimeto; it remained unclear how she entered the country.
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Machado announced her return in a post on X on Sunday.
Edmundo González, who is in exile, confirmed Machado had arrived in Venezuela.
Social media footage showed Machado among supporters at a church in Barquisimeto, in Lara state.
Machado left Venezuela last December, weeks before Nicolás Maduro was captured in January.
The article says the Trump administration had reportedly opposed Machado’s return, fearing it could complicate relations with interim president Delcy Rodríguez.
After Maduro’s capture, President Donald Trump backed Rodríguez rather than Machado, despite claims that Machado’s movement had won the 2024 presidential election.
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Al Jazeera reports that more than 2,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in Hebron amid an Israeli lockdown of the occupied West Bank lasting more than 50 hours. The report says the military operation is taking place days before Israel’s elections.
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The report says more than 2,000 Palestinians have been forced from their homes in Hebron.
Israel’s lockdown of the occupied West Bank had lasted more than 50 hours at the time of the report.
The report describes the operation as a sweeping military operation.
The operation was unfolding days before Israel’s elections.
Al Jazeera’s Nour Hegazy reported on the situation.
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Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s National Rally, addressed about 10,000 supporters in Orléans on Sunday to launch her presidential campaign. The event came a day after cost-of-living protests across France turned violent in some places, while polls showed Le Pen benefiting from weeks of unrest.
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Le Pen launched her presidential campaign in Orléans on October 25, 2026.
About 10,000 supporters attended her campaign event.
Nationwide protests over the cost of living flared into violence the day before.
The article describes Le Pen as the frontrunner in the presidential race.
The article says polls show Le Pen benefiting from weeks of unrest.
Andrew Smith, a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London, provided analysis in the video.
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Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado said she returned to Venezuela on October 25, 2026, after more than 10 months in exile. Her return comes as the country’s political future remains uncertain, with interim president Delcy Rodríguez still in office and no election scheduled.
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Machado announced her return in a post on X.
She left Venezuela secretly in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.
Her party said Venezuelan authorities had blocked at least seven attempts to return.
Machado’s ally Edmundo González Urrutia welcomed her return and said he planned to join her.
U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro about a month after Machado left Venezuela and took him to New York to face criminal charges.
Delcy Rodríguez, Maduro’s deputy, is serving as interim president beyond the authorized period, according to the article.
Machado and her allies are pressing for a date for a presidential election, while U.S. officials have prioritized economic stabilization.
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Pope Leo XIV called for an end to hostilities in Yemen and prayed for people killed or wounded in an attack on Orthodox worshippers in Jordan. He is gradually resuming public duties after surgery for lung cancer, which doctors said had not spread.
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Leo said people in Taiz, Yemen, face shortages of food, water and medical care.
The U.N. said more than 250,000 people had been displaced in Yemen by renewed fighting since August.
The Houthis closed the only supply route linking Taiz to Aden, according to the U.N.
The World Health Organization said 42 health facilities in Taiz faced acute shortages of fuel, oxygen, medicines and medical supplies.
Nine people were killed and about 40 wounded in a shooting during a funeral at an Orthodox church in Hamoud, Jordan.
Leo expressed solidarity with the victims and praised Jordan’s tradition of peaceful coexistence among religious communities.
Doctors removed the lower lobe of Leo’s right lung less than two weeks before his remarks and said no further treatment was planned.
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A federal appeals court will hear arguments Sunday in the Trump administration’s lawsuit against California over alleged noncitizens on voter rolls. The administration wants California to segregate ballots linked to people on its list; state officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
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The hearing is scheduled for 1 p.m. PDT before a three-judge federal appeals court panel.
The panel includes two judges appointed by President Donald Trump and one appointed by former President Joe Biden.
The Trump administration says the voter-roll list contains about 20,000 potential noncitizens and argues that a district judge did not address its claims quickly enough.
California officials say the list is unverified and includes lawful voters.
Los Angeles officials reviewed 200 names from the list and said nearly 40% indicated U.S. birth and 71.2% had no voting history.
The Justice Department filed suit earlier in October, alleging California failed to review a list of potential noncitizens who had been sent mail-in ballots for the November midterm election.
The Justice Department recently announced charges against about 28 people from the list for alleged voting and immigration-related crimes.
The Justice Department asked every California county to help identify which people on its list are citizens.
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