Dermatologist Elizabeth Hale discusses skin care, sun protection and treatments for sun-damaged skin. She says laser procedures may help reduce precancerous skin changes, while daily sunscreen and other skin-care measures help limit further damage.
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Elizabeth Hale is a dermatologist and senior vice president of the Skin Cancer Foundation.
Hale says skin changes can sometimes signal health conditions such as anemia or jaundice, or exposure to toxins and smoking.
Fraxel is a fractionated, non-ablative laser treatment that delivers energy through small zones while leaving most of the outer skin layer intact.
The article says research suggests Fraxel and pulsed dye laser treatment combined with photodynamic therapy may lower the chance of developing basal cell skin cancer.
Hale says patients should commit to protecting their skin before undergoing procedures to treat skin damage.
Hale recommends using broad-spectrum sunscreen with SPF 30 or higher every day to protect against UVA and UVB rays.
Hale says retinol products can slow visible skin aging, and she may prescribe retinoids to help remove precancerous cells.
Hale recommends a diet rich in colorful fruits and vegetables and protein; the article ends before giving further details.
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Barack Obama and President Donald Trump campaigned in Michigan, Ohio and Georgia ahead of the November 3 midterm election, where competitive races could affect control of Congress. A UMass Lowell/YouGov poll of likely voters found Obama had a net favorability rating of 20 points, while Trump’s rating was minus 18 points.
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Obama visited Michigan and Ohio over the weekend to support Democratic candidates.
Trump held a rally in Michigan on Sunday and also visited Georgia over the weekend.
Obama was scheduled to campaign in Georgia on Wednesday with Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms.
The three states have competitive Senate races, and Ohio also has a closely contested governor’s race.
In a UMass Lowell/YouGov poll of 1,000 likely voters surveyed October 2–4, 57 percent viewed Obama favorably and 37 percent unfavorably.
The same poll found that 39 percent viewed Trump favorably and 57 percent unfavorably.
The poll gave Obama a net favorability rating of plus 20 points and Trump a rating of minus 18 points.
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Dermatologist Dr. Elizabeth Hale discusses ways to maintain skin health and address signs of skin damage. The segment covers lasers, menopause-related skin aging, and foods that may support a more youthful appearance.
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Dr. Elizabeth Hale discusses skincare routines intended to support healthy skin.
The segment addresses ways to improve wrinkles and reduce skin damage.
Hale and Norah discuss the use of lasers for skin care.
The discussion covers how menopause can accelerate skin aging.
The segment considers foods that may help people look younger.
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Journalist Charbel A. Antoun argues that President Donald Trump’s pause involving Iran sets a date but does not define measurable diplomatic goals. Antoun says the pause lacks clear terms for uranium accounting, inspection access and shipping protocols, and could amount to a delay rather than diplomacy.
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The article discusses President Donald Trump’s pause involving Iran.
Journalist Charbel A. Antoun argues that the pause sets a date without measurable diplomatic goals.
Antoun says the pause does not specify how Iran’s uranium would be accounted for.
Antoun says the pause lacks clear terms for inspection access.
Antoun says the pause lacks clear shipping protocols.
Antoun warns that the pause could serve as a calendar delay rather than lead to diplomacy.
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Russell Brand testified at Southwark Crown Court that a 2023 documentary about allegations against him had a “devastating” effect on his relationships and life. He denies all seven charges against him, and the trial is continuing.
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Brand faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
Six women brought allegations covering the period from 1999 to 2009.
Brand answered “no” when asked whether he committed each alleged offence.
He told the jury that friends and colleagues had turned away from him after the documentary aired.
Brand said the documentary’s publication led Great Ormond Street Hospital to bar him from staying with his son during the child’s heart surgery.
Brand said he remembered meeting the first complainant at the 1999 Labour Party conference in Bournemouth and denied her rape allegation.
He told the court that consent was fundamental to him. The trial continues.
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A local ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, in southern Ukraine, held through its first 30 hours, including a day and night. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine continued elsewhere, and the truce is expected to last until Sunday.
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The ceasefire began on Tuesday, October 27, in Oleshky.
Oleshky is a city in southern Ukraine occupied by Russia.
The truce held through its first day and night.
The ceasefire is expected to remain in place until Sunday.
Fighting between Moscow and Kyiv continued elsewhere.
The report describes Oleshky as devastated.
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With the U.S. midterm elections less than a week away, the cost of living has become a key campaign issue. In Arizona, voters are criticizing the Trump administration’s cuts to food stamps, which the report says have affected low-income people.
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The article was issued on October 28, 2026.
The U.S. midterm elections were less than a week away when the report was published.
The cost of living has emerged as a key campaign issue.
The report focuses on food stamp cuts in Arizona.
Many Americans are criticizing the administration’s decision to cut food stamps.
The report says the cuts have had significant consequences for the poorest people.
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UK Chancellor John Healey is due to present the government’s first budget under Prime Minister Andy Burnham on Wednesday. The budget comes as inflation and borrowing rise, energy bills are expected to increase, and the government faces pressure to fund defence plans while meeting its fiscal rules.
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Healey is scheduled to announce the budget in Parliament at 12:30 GMT on Wednesday.
The article says the UK’s total borrowing passed £3 trillion in September and that debt interest costs about £100 billion a year.
Energy bills are expected to have their largest increase in four years in January, amid conflict in the Middle East.
Burnham said the budget would explain how the government plans to fund its previously announced defence investment plan.
The defence plan, announced in June, is backed by £298 billion in investment.
The government’s stated pathway includes NATO defence spending targets of 3 percent of GDP by 2030 and 3.5 percent by 2035; current spending is about 2.6 percent.
The Guardian reported that Healey aims to address a £4.7 billion gap in defence funding, potentially through cuts to other departments.
An economist at the Resolution Foundation expects a relatively small budget, with some measures to offset living costs and larger decisions delayed until next year.
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The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission has proposed requiring employers to share information about colleagues’ pay when workers request it. It also wants employers barred from asking job applicants about their current or previous salary, saying both changes could help reduce pay discrimination.
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Employers in the UK do not currently have to answer employees’ requests for information about colleagues’ pay.
The EHRC wants employers to provide requested information within a set timeframe.
The proposed information could include basic pay, hours worked, bonuses, overtime, shift premiums and performance-related pay.
UK employers can currently ask job applicants about their current salary, but applicants do not have to answer.
EHRC chief executive John Kirkpatrick said salary-history questions can carry past disadvantage or discrimination into future salaries.
The EHRC has previously called for employers to publish salary details in job adverts.
The Fawcett Society has said salary-history questions may perpetuate pay differences linked to gender, race and disability.
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Russell Brand testified for the defence at Southwark crown court, where he faces charges linked to allegations by six women. He denied the charges and told the court he believed he had obtained consent in an alleged 1999 encounter.
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Brand faces three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The allegations concern events between 1999 and 2009.
Brand has pleaded not guilty to all charges.
The prosecution finished presenting its case after nearly two weeks of evidence, and the defence began its case with Brand’s testimony.
Brand denied intending to carry out a non-consensual assault in an allegation involving an MTV worker in 2001.
The judge amended an indecent assault charge to attempted indecent assault, saying there was insufficient evidence to support the original charge.
Brand told police in a 2023 statement that he had never engaged in non-consensual sexual activity.
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Israeli forces continued raids in Hebron and other parts of the occupied West Bank as Hebron entered its sixth day under lockdown. UNRWA said the restrictions and incursions had displaced nearly 5,000 Palestinians in Hebron and limited access to essential services.
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Israeli forces raided neighbourhoods in Hebron and towns across the governorate on Wednesday and tightened restrictions at city entrances.
Troops searched homes in the Fawwar refugee camp near midnight.
Israeli forces detained four Palestinians in Tulkarem, including a journalist, his two brothers, and an officer with the Palestinian General Intelligence Service, Wafa reported.
In Beita, Israeli troops fired tear gas at protesters opposing the demolition of two homes belonging to families of Palestinian prisoners.
A Palestinian man suffered hand fractures after Israeli forces beat him in Yasid, while troops raided homes in Burin and turned several into military barracks, Wafa reported.
Schools in southern Nablus were ordered to move to remote learning.
UNRWA said the Hebron lockdown had severely restricted movement and access to critical services and that nearly 5,000 Palestinians had been displaced.
The Israeli campaign followed the killing of two Israeli soldiers by Palestinian gunmen at a checkpoint; Israeli forces later killed the gunmen.
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African students and professionals at Moscow’s RUDN University describe Russia as a place for education, friendships and career development. They also discuss how their studies and connections could benefit African countries, while a Sudanese lecturer notes opportunities for Russia-Africa cooperation and risks to food security from the war in Ukraine.
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RUDN University in Moscow hosts students from across Africa and other regions, with campus events featuring national cultures and languages.
Zambian medical graduate Keturah Musonda said a Russian government scholarship enabled her studies and praised Moscow’s healthcare services, including paediatric care.
Musonda hopes African countries will invest more in specialist medicine.
Zambian medical student Chinyama Kazombo said he hopes to use his education to help address Zambia’s need for doctors and other specialists.
Sudanese lecturer Abobakr Mohamed Abbakar Khussein said Russia-Africa ties include training in fields such as medicine, agriculture, humanities and linguistics.
Khussein identified potential cooperation in mining and nuclear energy, including with Russia’s state nuclear company Rosatom.
Khussein said disruptions to Russian and Ukrainian grain and cooking-oil exports amid the war in Ukraine threaten food security.
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A Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted October 22–26 found Democrats ahead of Republicans nationally, while Senate races in Texas, Michigan and Kansas were close. President Donald Trump campaigned for Republicans in Texas, and Barack Obama and Kamala Harris campaigned for Democrats in Georgia.
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The poll found 47 percent of voters supported Democrats and 36 percent supported Republicans.
After accounting for undecided voters’ leanings, Democrats led 50 percent to 41 percent.
Trump’s approval rating rose one percentage point to 32 percent, while 73 percent of U.S. adults said the cost of living was going in the wrong direction.
In Texas, Democrat James Talarico and Republican Ken Paxton were virtually tied in the Senate race.
In Michigan, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers were competing in a closely contested Senate race.
In Kansas, Republican incumbent Roger Marshall faced Democrat Adam Hamilton in a close Senate contest.
The Associated Press reported that parties and allied groups had committed about $71 million to advertising in the Kansas race.
At a Texas rally, Trump said a tanker was carrying one million barrels of Venezuelan oil and announced plans to roll back Biden-era methane-emissions restrictions.
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Finland’s president and Norway’s prime minister held a 90-minute call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending the war in Ukraine. The leaders said they wanted to open a channel for dialogue and influence peace efforts, while stressing their support for Ukraine; the Kremlin’s account said peace would require Russia’s interests to be fully considered.
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Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre spoke with Putin on Tuesday.
The leaders said the call was prepared in consultation with Ukraine and the United States.
Stubb said the call followed an October 20 meeting in Oslo between U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Stubb said the leaders spoke as representatives of their own countries, not on behalf of Europe.
Støre said talking to Russia did not mean easing pressure on it.
The leaders called Zelenskyy after speaking with Putin.
The article said U.S.-brokered talks were planned for Abu Dhabi next month.
The Kremlin said a lasting peace required Russia’s interests to be fully and unconditionally taken into account.
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The page links to live coverage of the Budget and carries the headline “Everyday life is now becoming expensive.” The video content is unavailable in the provided article text, so it gives no details about the Budget or the costs discussed.
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The page says it is following live coverage of the Budget.
The headline says everyday life is becoming expensive.
The page is labeled under Politics.
The page lists HM Treasury and the UK economy among its related topics.
UK taxes and UK government spending also appear as related topics.
Cardiff appears as a related location.
The page says JavaScript must be enabled to play the video.
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A plant-based butter sold in 10 states has been recalled over concerns about yeast, mold and E. coli. The FDA assigned the product a risk level and issued a warning.
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The recalled product is a plant-based butter.
The article describes the butter as popular.
The recall involves concerns about yeast.
The recall involves concerns about mold.
The recall involves concerns about E. coli.
The product was sold in 10 states.
The FDA assigned the product a risk level.
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The U.S. military said it struck a boat accused of drug smuggling in the eastern Pacific on Tuesday, killing five people. The military provided no evidence that the vessel carried drugs; the strike brings the reported death toll from U.S. boat strikes to at least 240 across more than 70 attacks.
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U.S. Southern Command said intelligence indicated the boat was involved in drug trafficking.
A video posted on X showed the boat before an explosion destroyed it; the vessel did not appear to be moving beforehand.
The Trump administration began targeting people it calls “narcoterrorists” in September 2025.
President Donald Trump has described the United States as being in an “armed conflict” with Latin American cartels.
Critics and some lawmakers have questioned the strikes’ legality and effectiveness.
The Pentagon’s watchdog plans to review whether the military followed its targeting framework, but not whether the strikes were legal.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States would seek regional allies’ approval for such operations while retaining the option to act unilaterally.
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Authorities found a Ford F-350 stolen after convicted murderer Jacob Morley escaped from Northwest Correctional Complex in Tennessee on October 26. The truck was located in Marion, Illinois, but Morley’s whereabouts remained unknown as of the article’s latest update on October 27.
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Prison staff discovered Morley was missing late on October 25, and security footage showed him breach the facility’s perimeter fence.
Authorities said a white 2008 Ford F-350 was stolen from a lot near the prison after the escape.
The truck was reported seen in Hornbeak and Troy, Tennessee, before authorities found it behind a shopping center in Marion, Illinois, about 120 miles from the prison.
Tennessee authorities added Morley to the state’s Most Wanted list and said he should be considered dangerous.
Officials offered up to $2,500 for information leading to Morley’s arrest and advised people not to approach him.
Morley was convicted of first-degree murder in February 2025 for killing his co-worker Cody Wayne Birchfield and received a life sentence.
A 2023 audit found a 61 percent vacancy rate for correctional officers at Northwest Correctional Complex during that fiscal year.
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Qatari mediators delivered Iran a draft proposal to end the war on Sunday, and Tehran is considering it. Reuters reported that Iran plans to respond by the end of the week. The article also reports on the war’s estimated cost to the U.S. military and Israel’s election results, which exit polls indicated could leave both political blocs short of a majority.
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Qatari mediators handed Iran a draft deal to end the war on Sunday, according to Reuters, citing an official briefed on the talks.
Iran is considering the proposal and is expected to respond by the end of the week, Reuters reported.
A source cited by Reuters said Tehran had concerns that Israel might resume bombing Iran this week.
U.S. Central Command estimated the war had cost the U.S. military about $47.1 billion by mid-October; the estimate excludes damage to U.S. bases in the Middle East.
About $29 billion of the estimated U.S. military cost is for replacing used munitions.
Israel’s election exit polls projected that neither Netanyahu’s bloc nor the opposition had a clear majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
Exit polls showed Netanyahu’s Likud party as the largest party, while Israel’s two Arab parties won more seats than in any previous election.
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Early election results in Israel were increasingly favorable to Benjamin Netanyahu and his bloc, but they had not secured a clear victory. Final results were expected later on October 28 or the following morning, and Netanyahu needs 61 parliamentary seats for a majority.
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Netanyahu’s bloc appeared to be gaining ground in the early results.
Netanyahu still lacked a clear victory at the time of the report.
A majority requires 61 seats in Israel’s parliament.
Final election results were expected that night or the next morning.
Netanyahu addressed supporters at the National Congress Centre at about 3 a.m. local time.
The report was filed from Jerusalem by France 24 correspondent Clovis Casali.
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