Emergency alert apps in Ukraine and Russia sent false warnings about nuclear, chemical and other attacks after hacks on Sunday night. Officials said the alerts were false, and the affected services were disabled or isolated while developers addressed the incidents.
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Ukraine’s Air Alert app began sending false notifications at 10:47 p.m. local time on Sunday.
The false Ukrainian alerts mentioned radiation, chemical threats, a nuclear attack and street fighting in Kyiv.
The Ukrainian Air Force said the notifications were false and urged people to follow official updates.
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry app sent false alerts in 33 regions at 2:45 a.m. Moscow time.
Russian messages warned of nuclear warheads and told residents to stock up on food and shelter in basements.
Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said attackers exploited a vulnerability in the app’s administrative panel and officials isolated affected services.
Air Alert’s developers said they temporarily disabled push notifications and the app after unauthorized interference.
A temporary ceasefire near the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky expired Sunday night; Ukraine’s human rights commissioner said the sides had observed it and discussed further humanitarian measures.
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The Royal Navy monitored Russian naval vessels near the U.K. during and after NATO’s Exercise Strike Warrior. The deployments included helicopters tracking the spy ship Viktor Leonov and warships monitoring two Russian frigates in the English Channel.
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Exercise Strike Warrior took place in the Outer Hebrides and involved eight warships, 19 aircraft and more than 2,000 personnel from six nations.
The Royal Navy deployed Wildcat and Merlin helicopters as part of Operation Iceblast to track the Viktor Leonov.
Merlin helicopters monitored the Viktor Leonov from September 29 to October 8 after deploying from Cornwall to Scotland.
HMS Tyne and HMS Dauntless monitored the Russian frigate Neustrashimy from October 1 to 14.
HMS Dauntless also monitored the Russian frigate Aleksandr Shabalin from October 11 to 14.
The article says both frigates escorted sanctioned cargo ships through the English Channel.
The U.K. has sanctioned more than 600 vessels, according to the article.
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Drone strikes reportedly hit three electricity substations in eastern and northern Sudan on Monday, causing widespread power outages. Sudan’s military government accused Ethiopia of helping the RSF carry out a campaign against power facilities, but the reported strikes and claims have not been independently verified.
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The reported targets were facilities in New Halfa and Aroma in Kassala state and the al-Ghazali substation in Northern State.
The attacks brought the number of reported strikes on Sudan’s electricity network to 18 over the past week.
Al Jazeera said it could not immediately verify reports or footage showing fires at the sites.
Sudan’s government said it had filed complaints against Ethiopia with the UN Security Council and the African Union’s Peace and Security Council.
Sudan’s army said a group of RSF members surrendered to its forces in Damazin, the capital of Blue Nile state.
The army said the group’s commander provided information about military operations and alleged Ethiopian support for the RSF.
Sudan’s army and the RSF have been fighting since April 2023.
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Buckingham Palace said King Charles’s role in the Commonwealth is to bring people together, not make policy, as leaders meet in Antigua and Barbuda. The King is expected to speak about slavery’s legacy, but any formal UK apology or decision on reparations belongs to political leaders.
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The Commonwealth summit is taking place in Antigua and Barbuda.
The Palace said the King’s role is to inspire and convene, rather than make policy.
The King is expected to deliver a speech on Tuesday that recognises slavery’s legacy.
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK must face its history and has left open the possibility of an apology, while ruling out financial reparations.
Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch called further discussion of apologies a distraction from current problems.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne wants reparations discussed and said slavery’s consequences remain.
The article says the UK government has never formally apologised for slavery or offered reparations.
The King speaks on the advice of ministers, and any formal apology or reparations decision would be for political leaders.
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British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he is open to considering a formal apology for the British state’s role in slavery, but rejected financial reparations. King Charles III is expected to address the issue at the Commonwealth summit in Antigua and Barbuda, though he is not expected to apologize and the U.K.’s policy has not changed.
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Burnham shared his position in an opinion article published by The Guardian.
Burnham said the U.K. should listen to calls for a formal apology related to the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
He said he does not believe British people today should be held liable for historical wrongs through reparations.
Charles is due to speak at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua and Barbuda.
The summit brings together leaders from 56 Commonwealth countries.
Charles is Britain’s ceremonial head of state and does not set government policy.
The article says the king will speak as head of the Commonwealth, rather than as a representative of Britain.
Charles is not currently expected to apologize in his summit speech.
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Iran said it had a two-day plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks with the United States, shortening a process that had been expected to take seven days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he wanted to “finish the job” first.
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Iran announced the plan on Monday, November 2, 2026.
The plan would reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
The plan would also resume nuclear talks between Iran and the United States.
Iran’s proposed timeline was two days.
The process had originally been expected to take seven days.
Netanyahu said he wanted to “finish the job” first.
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Ukraine accused Russia of using a localized ceasefire in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky to strengthen its military positions. The truce, brokered by first lady Melania Trump, was intended to allow critical aid deliveries and ran from Tuesday until late Sunday.
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Ukraine accused Russia of using the ceasefire to shore up military positions around Oleshky.
The ceasefire applied to the town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine.
Russia occupies Oleshky, according to the article.
First lady Melania Trump brokered the localized ceasefire agreement.
The truce began on Tuesday and ended late Sunday.
The agreement was intended to allow critical aid to reach the town.
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Connor Sanderson-Doyle told a court he believed Joanne Young had agreed to sex when he responded to an advert placed by her husband. He denies sexual assault by penetration and sexual touching, while the trial continues at Winchester Crown Court.
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Sanderson-Doyle, 32, is from Swindon and denies the charges relating to an encounter in June 2016.
He told the court he had no indication that Joanne Young was drugged or acting against her will.
He said he understood the advert to have been placed by a couple who both wanted other men to take part in their fantasy.
Sanderson-Doyle said he kept a balaclava on after noticing that Young was filming with a camcorder.
Philip Young, a former Tory councillor, has pleaded guilty to 56 charges of drugging and sexually abusing his wife over 13 years.
Three other men on trial have pleaded not guilty to charges including rape, sexual touching and assault by penetration.
A sixth defendant, Dean Hamilton, has admitted charges including rape, sexual assault and assault by penetration.
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Israeli forces ended a 10-day lockdown of Hebron in the occupied West Bank. The article says Israeli forces continued to attack a school in al-Mughayyir.
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Israeli forces ended the lockdown of Hebron.
The lockdown lasted 10 days.
Hebron is in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli forces continued to attack a school in al-Mughayyir.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Saleh reported on the developments.
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Dan Harrison has resigned as leader of Leicestershire County Council after leaked remarks about council staff prompted criticism. He apologized, said staffing decisions were not based on gender, and will remain a councillor; deputy leader Kevin Crook is acting leader.
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Harrison had led the council since May 2025.
A recording from a Reform party meeting captured Harrison saying 76 council solicitors would be made redundant and calling them incompetent.
In the recording, Harrison also said he wanted to look at women in the context of staffing changes.
Harrison said he decided to step down after speaking with senior Reform colleagues.
He apologized to council staff and officers for any hurt, distress, or offence caused by the remarks.
Harrison said he had not instructed officers on staffing changes and rejected the suggestion that decisions were based on gender.
Conservative councillors had called for an emergency vote to remove Harrison as leader.
Reform remains the council's largest party and runs it as a minority administration.
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A petition to take French TV channel CNews off the air passed 500,000 signatures on the National Assembly website. Signatures rose after a 39-year-old man was charged in an October 23 racist attack near Paris that killed a Black French man of Congolese origin and wounded seven people; the suspect reportedly watched CNews, which denies promoting far-right views.
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The petition was launched in June and passed 500,000 signatures on Monday, November 2, 2026.
The signature total means the issue could be debated in France’s lower house, though a debate is not automatic.
The October 23 attack in Trappes and La Verrière killed one person and wounded seven, including a child.
A prosecutor said the 39-year-old suspect told investigators he targeted people who appeared Muslim, African, or North African.
The suspect has been charged with murder and attempted murder.
CNews is owned by billionaire Vincent Bolloré and has faced accusations of promoting far-right, anti-immigrant views.
CNews said it would not comment on the petition and has previously said it supports freedom of expression.
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British adventurer Karl Bushby reunited with his mother and family on Monday after completing a 28-year trek from South America. The journey covered about 50,000 kilometres on foot and crossed four continents.
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Karl Bushby is a British adventurer.
Bushby arrived at his mother's home on Monday.
His trek lasted 28 years.
The journey began in South America.
Bushby covered about 50,000 kilometres on foot.
The trek crossed four continents.
Bushby was reunited with his mother and family.
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President Donald Trump said at a campaign rally in Iowa that the U.S. may carry out further strikes on Iran, saying it might have to “give them the hammer.” Broadcaster Tucker Carlson alleged on X that Trump could launch a nuclear strike against an Iranian underground site, but the article reports that Carlson provided no evidence for that claim.
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Trump said he had held back from further attacks to avoid casualties and claimed U.S. strikes had destroyed Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
Trump told reporters the U.S. still had to “take care of” one or two targets and mentioned Pickaxe Mountain, an underground site in Iran.
The article says hostilities have ceased, but no deal to end the war appears imminent.
Carlson claimed that conventional U.S. weapons could not destroy tunnels at Pickaxe Mountain and alleged that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was pressing for a nuclear strike.
Carlson’s post had received more than 48 million views as of Monday, according to the article.
The article says the claims about highly enriched uranium at Pickaxe Mountain are unproven.
Iran has warned it would retaliate if attacked.
The National Iranian American Council’s president said reports that U.S. officials might consider nuclear weapons use against Iran were alarming and called for lawmakers to seek answers.
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Danielle Brown, from North Shields, said Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary sent her home after her unborn daughter, Maisie, died at about 29 weeks and told her to book a time to give birth. Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust admitted breaching its duty of care and said Maisie would have survived if Brown had not been discharged during an earlier hospital visit; it later paid an undisclosed settlement and apologized.
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Brown was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication, in February 2023.
A consultant advised that Brown remain in hospital until she gave birth, but a different consultant discharged her on 14 February.
The next day, Brown returned to hospital after staff advised by phone that her symptoms were probably a stomach bug.
A scan showed that Maisie had died at about 29 weeks of pregnancy.
Brown said staff gave her a bereaved-parents booklet and told her to book a time to give birth on another day.
The trust admitted a breach of duty and said Maisie would have survived if Brown had not been sent home during her first admission.
The trust said it reviewed the case in 2023 and improved urgent assessments for women with unexpected symptoms or suspected complications.
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The UK Equality and Human Rights Commission wrote to Reform UK after an ITV documentary showed party councillors and candidates making racist and misogynistic remarks. The commission asked the party for information about steps it is taking to comply with the Equality Act 2010 and said it would assess complaints and act where appropriate.
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ITV broadcast Undercover: A Year in Reform in October.
The EHRC said it received complaints alleging unlawful activity under the Equality Act 2010, including concerns about racial and sexual remarks.
The documentary showed Reform councillor and Solihull deputy mayor Alan Feeney making racist and Islamophobic comments.
The programme also recorded other candidates making violent, racist, and misogynistic comments.
Reform MP Sarah Pochin described the party as chauvinistic and complained about what she called “alpha male” culture.
The EHRC asked Reform to explain what action it is taking to meet its legal obligations.
Reform said it was confident it had complied with the Equality Act and that there was no room for racism in the party.
Reform said it reported ITV and the journalists involved to police and threatened separate civil legal action against the broadcaster.
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At least seven migrants died after a storm struck a boat carrying 139 people toward the Canary Islands. Rescuers reached the boat early Monday, about 150 kilometers from Arrecife; five people were missing overboard and two bodies had been recovered.
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The boat was carrying 139 people.
The boat was headed for the Canary Islands.
A storm hit the boat.
At least seven migrants died.
Rescuers reached the boat early Monday.
The boat was about 150 kilometers from Arrecife.
Two bodies were recovered.
Five people were missing overboard.
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France 24’s arts24 program features two European punk acts: Iceage singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt and South London band Fat Dog. Rønnenfelt is touring Europe and plans a solo appearance at Paris’s Pitchfork festival, while Fat Dog is touring France and Europe after releasing its second album.
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Elias Bender Rønnenfelt sings for Copenhagen post-punk band Iceage.
Rønnenfelt is touring Europe.
Rønnenfelt is scheduled to perform solo at the Pitchfork festival in Paris.
Fat Dog formed in South London in 2020 during lockdown.
Fat Dog has released its second album, titled “Cancel Me (I'm Tired).”
Fat Dog is touring France and other parts of Europe.
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UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood revised proposed settlement rules after opposition from cabinet ministers, Labour MPs and unions. Most care workers earning above £25,000 could apply for indefinite leave to remain after five years, while other groups face longer waits, including some refugees who may have to wait at least 30 years.
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The revised proposals replace the planned 15-year route for workers in occupations below degree level with a 10-year route, subject to strengthened requirements and possible faster routes.
An estimated 146,000 care workers and 136,000 dependants could qualify for settlement after five years.
About 100,000 skilled workers, including butchers and chefs, would face a 10-year wait.
Workers earning over £125,000 could qualify after three years; some workers earning over £50,271 and certain public-service workers could qualify after five years.
People who enter the UK in breach of immigration rules would face at least 20 years before applying for settlement.
Some refugees who enter by small boat and rely on public funds could face a minimum 30-year wait; people arriving through designated safe and legal routes are excepted.
The Home Office published its response to a consultation on the settlement proposals on Monday.
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China increased its Middle East diplomacy as Foreign Minister Wang Yi met an Iranian security official and President Xi Jinping hosted Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq. China and Oman called for safe shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and renewed US-Iran dialogue, while Beijing announced a regional visit by its Middle East envoy.
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Wang Yi told Ali Bagheri Kani that dialogue and negotiation were the only viable path forward and reaffirmed China’s support for Iran’s sovereignty and security.
China’s Middle East special envoy, Zhai Jun, is scheduled to visit Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia this month.
Sultan Haitham’s visit was the first by an Omani head of state to China since the countries established diplomatic relations in 1978.
China and Oman signed 14 cooperation documents on areas including artificial intelligence, green energy and supply chains.
China and Oman also signed a currency swap agreement.
Their joint statement called for safe navigation to resume through the Strait of Hormuz and urged the United States and Iran to restart dialogue.
Before the war restricted traffic, about one-fifth of global energy exports passed through the Strait of Hormuz.
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WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that renewed fighting and drone strikes in northern Ethiopia are pushing the country’s fragile health system closer to collapse. He said violence has killed civilians and disrupted access to medical care and supplies, while the WHO and other UN agencies are working to deliver additional aid.
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Tedros said fighting between Tigrayan rebels and Ethiopia’s government has strained medical facilities.
Sources involved in a rescue operation told Reuters that at least 15 people, including several children, died in Friday’s drone strikes on the Jaari 2 displacement camp in Amhara region.
Tedros confirmed that children were among those reported killed at the camp but did not give an overall death toll or identify who carried out the attacks.
Several people were killed while seeking food in Rama, in the Tigray region, according to Tedros.
Tedros said hospitals face shortages of health workers, medicines and equipment, and that ambulance services are severely limited.
He warned that insecurity is obstructing deliveries of life-saving medical supplies and limiting access to emergency, maternal and child health care and disease treatment.
The WHO and other UN agencies are working to deliver additional supplies, Tedros said.
Renewed fighting has nearly shattered the November 2022 peace agreement between the Tigrayan rebels and the Ethiopian government.
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