Newsweek reports that Prince Harry and Meghan have moved to another home on a friend’s estate in Britain and have stopped looking for a property to buy. They have kept their California home, and the couple have not said how long they plan to remain in the U.K.
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The couple reportedly returned to Britain in August after six years in California.
They are staying at a wealthy friend’s estate near the Cotswolds; the location has not been disclosed.
The Daily Mail reported that they left the estate’s main house for another property on the grounds.
Newsweek says the couple have not sold their Montecito home and have set no public timetable for their stay.
The article says their children, Archie and Lilibet, are enrolled at a British private school.
The family reportedly changed schools after security staff raised concerns about traffic near their first choice.
Harry’s Invictus Games tournament is scheduled to take place in Birmingham in July.
The article says Harry is preparing a project marking the 30th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death in August 2027.
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Great Britain’s 2025–26 bluetongue season has recorded 3,472 cases in England, Scotland and Wales since July, more than five times the total from the previous three seasons combined. Farmers and vets told MPs the outbreak has caused animal deaths, fertility and production losses, high costs and severe emotional stress.
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Bluetongue is a viral disease that affects sheep, cattle and goats and spreads through bites from midges.
The BTV-3 strain was first detected in England in 2023.
England, Scotland and Wales have recorded 3,472 cases since July in the 2025–26 season.
Devon has recorded 1,291 cases, Somerset 373 and Cornwall 352.
Farmers have reported animal deaths, reproductive losses, reduced milk and growth, extra labour and veterinary costs.
There is no direct treatment for bluetongue, according to the British Veterinary Association president.
Some farmers did not vaccinate before the outbreak because of vaccine costs and uncertainty about infection risk.
A case counts a premises with at least one infected animal, so the number of affected animals is likely higher than the case count.
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Syria’s General Intelligence Service said security forces arrested two people it accused of preparing a plot against the Homs oil refinery and seized explosive devices. Hezbollah denied having a presence in Syria or involvement in activity that threatens the country’s security; Syrian authorities also reported arrests linked to a suspected ISIL cell in Deir Az Zor.
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Syria’s intelligence service said the refinery operation was conducted with the Internal Security Forces.
Authorities identified the two refinery-plot suspects only by the initials M S and B Sh.
The intelligence service said it seized explosive devices that had been prepared for the alleged plot.
Hezbollah denied the accusations and said it had no presence in Syria.
The Homs refinery is one of Syria’s two oil refineries, alongside the Baniyas refinery.
Syria’s intelligence service said two suspected ISIL members were arrested in Deir Az Zor.
Authorities said the two ISIL suspects were linked to assassinations, including the recent shooting of Defence Ministry member Ibrahim al-Jassem near a mosque in Mayadin.
The article also reports recent damage to Syrian energy infrastructure, including a gas-line explosion and damage to a pipeline carrying petroleum products.
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Bomb threats targeted at least 10 flights operated by European airlines on Tuesday, disrupting travel and briefly closing Warsaw airport. All affected planes landed safely, and searches found no explosives or other security issues.
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At least four Ryanair flights were among those targeted, making the airline the most affected.
Warsaw airport was temporarily closed after two threats involving flights bound for the Polish capital.
London police reported threats against four aircraft due to depart from or arrive at Heathrow, plus a warning about a flight at Manchester Airport.
Threats affected flights involving airports in Spain, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Bulgaria, Denmark and the United Kingdom.
Italian air force jets escorted a Ryanair flight from Dublin as it landed at Rome-Fiumicino.
Authorities reported that searches found no explosives, and the planes landed safely.
A flight-threat adviser listed copycat threats, one person or group issuing multiple threats, and state-linked hybrid warfare as possible explanations; the incidents' source remained unknown.
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A satellite image showed China’s aircraft carrier Fujian at sea as the U.S. carrier Theodore Roosevelt headed toward the Middle East. The article says the deployment will leave a temporary shortage of U.S. carriers in the Western Pacific while several U.S. carriers support operations related to the Iran war.
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The European Space Agency’s Earth-observation satellites photographed the Fujian in the South China Sea on Monday.
Flight-tracking data indicated that the Theodore Roosevelt was heading toward the Indian Ocean.
The article says the Roosevelt will be the fifth U.S. aircraft carrier deployed to the Middle East during the Iran war.
The Roosevelt is expected to relieve the USS George Washington, creating a period of overlap before the Washington returns to its homeport in Japan.
The USS George H.W. Bush and USS George Washington were reported to be in the Arabian Sea.
The U.S. Navy has 11 aircraft carriers, while China has three.
According to the Pentagon, China aims to have at least nine aircraft carriers by 2035.
The 80,000-ton Fujian is China’s third carrier and uses electromagnetic catapults and arresting gear.
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A France 24 programme explores theatre in Paris and Versailles with actors François-Xavier Demaison and François Morel. It also features novelist Laetitia Colombani discussing the stage adaptation of her bestselling novel, “The Braid.”
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Valérie Fayolle visits the Renaissance Theatre with François-Xavier Demaison.
Demaison discusses “Laponie,” a comedy about a family holiday gathering that turns into a dispute.
François Morel appears in Versailles to pay tribute to Molière in “The School for Wives.”
Morel says classic works can reflect the concerns of different eras.
The programme’s featured pick is a stage adaptation of Laetitia Colombani’s bestselling novel “The Braid.”
Colombani discusses how to adapt the novel successfully.
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King Charles told leaders from 56 Commonwealth countries that he better understands the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and feels profound sorrow over it. He did not apologize or announce reparations, and said Commonwealth countries should address past wrongs through modern partnerships and support for education, jobs, trade and climate resilience.
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Charles called the transatlantic slave trade a shameful chapter of history that still casts a shadow over Commonwealth countries.
He said learning more about slavery had strengthened his commitment to addressing its legacy.
The Commonwealth summit opened in Antigua and Barbuda on November 3, 2026.
The United Kingdom has not apologized for its role in the slave trade or discussed paying reparations.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he was open to a British apology, and officials were discussing possible steps with national leaders at the summit.
Burnham said he wanted to discuss debt resets for smaller Commonwealth countries.
Burnham announced £40 million in investment for critical Caribbean infrastructure over three years.
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A Christie’s exhibition in Mumbai is presenting material from a private family archive connected to Rabindranath Tagore’s visits to Maitreyi Devi’s home in Mungpoo between 1938 and 1940. The manuscripts, letters, artworks, photographs and personal items offer insight into Tagore’s creative work and his ideas about education in his final years.
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Tagore was born in 1861 and died in 1941.
He became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
His collection Gitanjali won the Nobel Prize; its English translation appeared in London in March of the prize year.
The archive includes material from Tagore’s visits to Maitreyi Devi’s family home in Mungpoo between 1938 and 1940.
The exhibition includes artworks, manuscripts, letters, photographs and personal effects, including a kurta and lungi.
A 1940 manuscript appears to be a draft of Tagore’s memoir Chelebela, or My Boyhood Days.
Tagore founded Santiniketan, an experimental school that emphasized open-air learning.
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Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least 31 people at an aid facility and shelter in Zaporizhzhia, and more than 45 residents remained missing as rescuers searched the rubble. Overnight attacks also damaged power plants and medical facilities in several regions, wounded dozens of people, and caused emergency power cuts.
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The attack on the facility in Komyshuvakha killed at least 31 people, including four police officers and two rescue workers.
More than 45 residents were still missing, and at least five people were injured in the Zaporizhzhia attack.
Authorities declared three days of mourning in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine's president said Russia launched 289 attack drones, 17 ballistic missiles, and 59 cruise missiles across nine regions.
A Russian missile and drone attack in Kharkiv wounded at least 62 people and damaged a medical facility and nearby buildings.
Attacks in the Dnipro area killed one person and injured 17; rescuers pulled a woman alive from rubble.
Ukraine's energy ministry reported strikes in 10 regions, while utility DTEK said three power plants halted operations after damage.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy traveled to Germany ahead of U.S.-mediated peace talks scheduled for Nov. 10–11 in Abu Dhabi.
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A France 24 program examines anger in France and the United States amid ongoing protests in France and the U.S. midterm elections. It links public frustration in both countries to rising living costs, declining trust in institutions and concerns about the social contract.
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The program compares political anger in France and the United States.
France is experiencing ongoing protests, according to the article.
The United States is approaching midterm elections.
The program identifies rising living costs as a source of anger in both countries.
It also cites declining faith in institutions.
The article points to concerns about an eroding social contract.
The program is presented by Solange Mougin and runs for about seven minutes.
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Five people, including two children, were rescued Sunday near Fanning Island in Kiribati after drifting at sea for about three months in a small boat. Four others who were aboard remain missing, and authorities are working to confirm what happened to them.
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The nine people were reported missing after their skiff failed to return to Ruo Island in Micronesia on July 30.
The group had been traveling between Murilo and Ruo, a crossing that usually takes about an hour.
A 10-day search covered 33,000 square miles but found no sign of the boat or its occupants.
The survivors drifted an estimated 3,355 miles east before villagers found them near Fanning Island.
A Kiribati nursing officer said the five survivors were severely dehydrated and malnourished and were receiving treatment.
The survivors requested privacy and had not spoken publicly about their ordeal.
Chuuk state Governor Alexander Narruhn said he had begun talks with Kiribati officials to bring the survivors home.
The U.S. Coast Guard said it was still gathering and confirming information about the four missing people.
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Russia and Ukraine exchanged strikes on energy infrastructure, a hospital, and an oil refinery hours after the U.S. announced new peace talks. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said Russian, Ukrainian, and U.S. officials would meet in Abu Dhabi beginning November 10 to discuss a peace deal and de-escalation.
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Ukrainian officials said Russia attacked energy facilities in 10 regions with 17 ballistic missiles and nearly 300 drones.
Ukraine's DTEK said Russian strikes extensively damaged three of its thermal power plants, while power disruptions affected several regions.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russian strike on a Kharkiv hospital injured 73 people.
Ukrainian officials said a Russian attack on a former school used to distribute aid in Zaporizhzhia killed at least 33 people and left more than 40 missing.
The governor of Russia's Yaroslavl region said Ukraine attacked an oil refinery with about 124 drones, injuring two workers and causing a fire.
The International Energy Agency said Ukraine had targeted at least 28 Russian refineries since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
Steve Witkoff said three-way U.S., Russian, and Ukrainian talks would begin in Abu Dhabi on November 10.
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The United States carried out strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged President Donald Trump to approve more attacks. The limited strikes came as diplomatic efforts continued and the U.S. maintained a naval blockade, with reports of explosions near the Strait of Hormuz and concern about a wider return to fighting.
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A U.S. official said the strikes targeted Iranians using surface-to-air missiles against U.S. forces in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian state media reported explosions on Qeshm and Hengam islands and near Bandar Abbas.
The strikes took place on the eve of U.S. midterm elections, despite Trump previously saying the United States would not strike Iran before the elections.
Vice President JD Vance said he and Trump felt positive about the prospects for a negotiated settlement.
Iran said it had a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with the United States.
U.S. forces continued a naval blockade intended to prevent tankers carrying Iranian oil from reaching the global market.
Two regional officials and another person familiar with the matter said Netanyahu urged Trump in a weekend call to launch another wave of strikes after the U.S. elections.
Mediators were working on a framework under which Iran would stop attacks in the strait in return for the United States lifting its blockade on Iranian ports.
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Rio Tinto and Curtin University will help fund a five-year project to keep poisonous cane toads from reaching Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The A$28 million plan will restrict the toads’ access to water across a 7,500-square-kilometre area, aiming to protect native wildlife including the northern quoll, goanna and ghost bat.
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Rio Tinto, Curtin University and other partners will spend A$28 million on the project.
The project is scheduled to begin in 2027 and run for five years.
The proposed containment zone covers 7,500 square kilometres between the Great Sandy Desert and the Indian Ocean.
The plan aims to prevent cane toads from reaching dams, storage tanks and other ground-level water sources.
Cane toads produce toxins that can kill native wildlife.
The Australian government says cane toads have moved west across northern Australia at about 40 to 60 kilometres per year.
Cane toads were introduced to Australia in 1935 to control beetles in the sugar cane industry.
Curtin University professor Ben Phillips said the toads could reach the Pilbara within two decades without intervention.
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Five Israeli opposition leaders agreed to recommend Gadi Eisenkot for prime minister and begin talks on replacing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. Their bloc lacks a majority on its own, and leaders remain divided over whether to seek support from Arab-led parties.
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The five leaders met in Herzliya after an October 27 election that left no bloc with a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
The opposition leaders said they would recommend Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, to President Isaac Herzog.
The leaders said negotiating teams would begin drafting policy guidelines and coalition agreements.
The opposition bloc won 48 seats, Netanyahu’s bloc won 53, and Arab-led parties won 19; 61 seats are needed for a majority.
The Joint List won 11 seats and Ra’am won eight.
Eisenkot’s stated principles include recognizing Israel as a Jewish state and designating Hamas a terrorist group, conditions that could rule out some Arab-led parties.
Yair Golan supports working with Arab-led parties, while Avigdor Liberman opposes including them in a government.
Netanyahu called on Monday for a broad national government.
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Attacks on commercial ships and food-export infrastructure in the Black Sea are disrupting Ukraine’s grain trade and putting food supply routes at risk. Ukraine has shifted exports to the Danube, overland routes through the EU, and a maritime route near NATO coastlines, but the article says these routes have also faced attacks.
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In October, drone attacks targeted at least nine commercial vessels off Romania and Bulgaria, according to the article.
Russia has repeatedly attacked Ukrainian ports on the Black Sea and Danube River.
Ukraine exports grain through the Danube, overland routes through EU countries, and a maritime corridor from the Odesa region.
Ambrey reported that attacks associated with the Danube corridor occurred at 3.7 times the monthly rate in July-September compared with the first half of 2026.
The Danube’s share of cargo handled at Ukrainian ports rose from about 10 percent in January-June to 74 percent in August 2026.
Grain and vegetable oil made up about 40 percent of Ukraine’s merchandise exports in the first half of 2026.
Ukraine’s agriculture minister estimates that closed ports would cost the country at least $8 billion from June 2026 to June 2027.
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Libya’s Tripoli-based Dar al-Ifta issued a fatwa against buying, selling or wearing clothing with the Nike logo. It said the logo is linked to the Greek goddess Nike and also accused the company of supporting Israel; the ruling is not a state ban and sets no penalties.
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Libya’s Grand Mufti, Sadiq al-Gharyani, approved the religious ruling.
Dar al-Ifta said the Nike name and swoosh are linked to the Greek goddess of victory.
The institution said wearing the logo promotes symbols associated with polytheism.
The ruling repeated the committee’s call to boycott companies it considers supportive of Israel.
The fatwa does not establish a legally enforceable ban or specify penalties.
Nike has no official store in Libya, but local retailers sell Nike-branded products, including counterfeit goods.
Dar al-Ifta issued a similar ruling against Van Cleef & Arpels designs last year.
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A UK High Court judge rejected an anonymous claimant’s bid to prevent the Guardian and ITN from publishing allegations of inappropriate sexual activity, which the claimant denies. The judge said publication would substantially increase the claimant’s suicide risk but ruled that health services, rather than a publication ban, were responsible for protecting him; the claimant remains anonymous while he appeals.
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The claimant is identified in court only as PPT.
PPT denies the allegations the Guardian and ITN may publish.
PPT argued that publication could lead him to attempt suicide and sought an injunction under rights protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
Mr Justice Nicklin found that publication and its anticipation would substantially increase the claimant’s suicide risk.
The judge ruled that the hospital and mental health services had assumed responsibility for the claimant’s immediate safety.
PPT is detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and receives inpatient care, which the judge said reduces but does not eliminate the risk of suicide.
The judge granted PPT permission to appeal, and his anonymity remains in place.
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CBS News reported that the U.S. struck Iran’s Qeshm Island, which officials described as a defensive action. The report featured retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert Murrett and noted that the strikes came as Americans prepared to vote in the midterm elections.
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The U.S. struck Iran’s Qeshm Island, according to the report.
Officials described the strikes as defensive.
Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Robert Murrett discussed the strikes in the CBS News segment.
The report linked the timing of the strikes to the U.S. midterm election day.
The segment was listed as about two minutes long.
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A jury at Southwark Crown Court has begun considering verdicts in Russell Brand’s trial on seven charges of rape and sexual assault-related offences. Brand has pleaded not guilty, and the judge told the jury that any verdict must be unanimous.
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The charges include three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of attempted indecent assault.
The allegations involve six women and events said to have occurred between 1999 and 2009.
Brand told the court that his past sexual behaviour was consensual and denied committing any crime.
Prosecutors said the women described incidents in which Brand ignored their refusals and used force.
Brand’s barrister argued that the sexual encounters were lawful and said the publicity surrounding earlier allegations affected the case.
Brand’s wife, Laura, testified for the defence and described him as caring and kind.
The criminal allegations concern women different from those in a 2023 television and newspaper investigation.
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