Schools across Italy were evacuated on Wednesday after a series of hoax bomb threats. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no concrete danger and called a meeting with security and intelligence chiefs to discuss the threats.
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Italian schools were evacuated following multiple bomb threats.
Meloni described the threats as hoaxes and said there was no concrete danger.
Meloni called a government meeting with security and intelligence chiefs for Wednesday.
Similar hoax threats were reported at schools in Britain and Ireland.
Some schools in Scotland were reportedly evacuated.
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U.S. officials say Iran has increased efforts to target American personnel since the start of the war with Iran. The article reports threats or plots involving Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, President Donald Trump, former President Joe Biden and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley; some alleged plots were stopped, while one suspect remains at large.
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent moved from his Washington-area home to a military base after threats against his life, CBS News reported.
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said in October that Iran had increased efforts to target U.S. personnel abroad and that some plots had reached advanced stages.
Pakistani national Asif Merchant was convicted in March of terrorism and murder for hire in a plot targeting U.S. officials; sources told CBS News that Trump was among the intended targets.
The Justice Department said Merchant was trained by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and had been sent to arrange political assassinations and steal documents.
Prosecutors said alleged IRGC asset Farhad Shakeri told FBI agents that an Iranian official directed him to plan Trump’s killing; Shakeri remains at large and is believed to be in Iran.
Merchant testified that his handler named Trump, Biden and Haley as possible targets.
Trump secretly changed planes before returning from a summit in Turkey after intelligence warnings of an alleged Iranian plan to target Air Force One with a surface-to-air missile.
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Labour MPs have urged the UK government to reject the Rosebank oil field, arguing that it conflicts with climate targets and will not lower bills or improve energy security. The government is expected to decide in the coming weeks, with Prime Minister Andy Burnham saying the decision will be made in due course and Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh responsible for announcing it.
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Rosebank lies off the north-west coast of Shetland.
Around a dozen Labour MPs raised concerns about Rosebank during a Westminster Hall debate.
More than 60 Labour MPs have indicated support for a letter opposing the project, though it has not yet been sent.
Labour MP Abtisam Mohamed said most of the oil would be sold on international markets and that the project would not reduce energy bills.
The UK is committed to reaching net zero by 2050 and aims to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.
Labour's 2024 manifesto pledged not to issue new licences to explore new fields.
Rosebank's licence was granted by the Conservative government in 2023, but a court ruled the approval unlawful, requiring a new government decision.
Some Labour MPs support the project, saying the UK will need fossil fuels for decades and that importing more would be a mistake.
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The U.S. has asked Russia to draft a proposal for a European security agreement that addresses Russian concerns and sets out steps to ease tensions. The request came during U.S.-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, where the parties also agreed to a prisoner exchange and discussed including European representatives in future peace talks.
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The proposal would cover Russia’s security concerns and possible steps to reassure Europe that Russia would not attack in the future.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are expected to present the request to Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
The U.S. also wants European representatives to join future Russia-Ukraine peace talks.
The Abu Dhabi meetings were the first direct meetings between Ukrainian and Russian officials with U.S. mediators present since February, according to the article.
The parties agreed to a prisoner exchange, but the number of prisoners to be released had not yet been decided.
The U.S. and Ukrainian teams briefed senior diplomats from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the European Union and NATO.
The article says many European governments are wary of the U.S. approach to a new security agreement.
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Paralympic athlete Richard Whitehead criticized Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch for citing double amputees who run marathons while arguing for proposed welfare cuts. Whitehead said individual achievements should not be used to justify removing support from people who need it and invited Badenoch to discuss disability and neurodiversity with him.
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Badenoch referred to double amputees who run marathons, people who work creatively from home, and autistic people who lead major technology companies in a speech about welfare.
Badenoch said disability benefits could enable a life of dependency and argued that many people facing serious challenges can contribute to society.
Whitehead said he was angry that his sporting success had been used to support proposed cuts to disability benefits.
Whitehead has run more than 100 marathons, set world records, and won four Paralympic medals.
Whitehead said disability should be understood through the barriers people and families face, rather than isolated examples of achievement.
The Conservatives said they would seek welfare savings by ending disability living allowance payments to families of children with milder cases of some behavioural disorders, learning disabilities, or ADHD.
Whitehead invited Badenoch to speak with him about disability and how neurodiversity and ADHD affect people.
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Lance Corporal Nicholas Horne, who serves with the Royal Regiment of Scotland, was charged with one count of rape on 23 October 2026. The alleged victim is a UK army servicewoman serving in British Forces Cyprus; Horne was remanded in custody pending a court-martial hearing.
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Horne was arrested on 19 October, two days after the Defence Serious Crime Command was informed of the reported rape.
The DSCC investigated the case with service police partners.
The British Army said anyone convicted of a sexual offence will be discharged from the service.
The DSCC investigates serious crimes committed by military personnel and encourages people affected by sexual offences in the armed forces to contact it.
The Ministry of Defence announced last year that specialist teams would be deployed at military locations in the UK and overseas.
A Ministry of Defence survey found nearly one in 10 full-time women in the British military had experienced an assault or other non-consensual sexual activity in the previous year.
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World BEYOND War Canada released a teaching handbook encouraging schools to include white poppies and broader discussions of war in Remembrance Day lessons. The initiative has renewed debate with the Royal Canadian Legion, which supports the red poppy as an inclusive symbol for all people affected by war.
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World BEYOND War Canada announced the handbook on November 6, ahead of Remembrance Day on November 11.
The handbook, titled Reframing Remembrance Day in Canada: A Handbook for Educators, offers activities for pupils from first grade through high school.
The materials encourage lessons on civilians’ experiences, the causes of conflict, and ways to prevent future wars.
White poppies originated in Britain in 1933 and are associated with commemorating all victims of war and expressing a commitment to peace.
Supporters say white poppies can be worn alongside red poppies rather than replacing them.
The Royal Canadian Legion says the red poppy already represents people affected by all conflicts, backgrounds, genders, and races.
Donations to the Legion’s annual red-poppy campaign support veterans and their families.
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A jury at Cambridge Crown Court heard that police and medical staff noted signs of schizophrenia and active psychosis after Anthony Williams’s arrest. Williams denies 14 counts of attempted murder linked to an attack on a train near Huntingdon and alleged earlier attacks; jurors must decide whether he intended to kill.
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Williams, 33, denies attempting to murder 10 people on a London-bound train that stopped in Huntingdon on 1 November last year.
Prosecutors also allege Williams tried to kill three people in Peterborough on 31 October and a teenager on a DLR train in east London on 1 November.
Police officers told the court Williams appeared to talk to himself, rocked and laughed, and spoke about the devil.
An officer told the court that Williams said something like “kill me, kill me” during his arrest.
Custody staff treated Williams as a vulnerable adult and arranged support from an appropriate adult.
The court heard that a healthcare worker recorded Williams appeared to respond to voices, and that a forensic psychiatrist later observed active psychotic symptoms.
The court heard Williams was not considered fit for interview and was never interviewed about the allegations.
The trial continues; jurors have been told that whether the alleged attacks took place is not in question, but they must consider intent.
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Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old former member of Italy’s Red Brigades, escaped from house arrest in Buenos Aires while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence. Argentina’s security ministry offered a $13,000 reward for information leading to his recapture; authorities have not confirmed reports that he escaped from a fifth-floor balcony using a harness.
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Bertulazzi was placed under house arrest in Buenos Aires in 2024.
An Italian court sentenced him in 1987 for joining a subversive association and an armed group.
Argentina first arrested him in 2002, released him months later, and granted him refugee status in 2004.
Authorities arrested him again in 2024 after revoking his refugee status.
Argentina approved his extradition to Italy in July 2025 after its supreme court rejected his final appeal.
Police went to his residence after his ankle monitor stopped transmitting movement data and found the device discarded.
The Red Brigades carried out attacks from 1969 to 1980 and kidnapped and killed former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro in 1978.
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A complaint filed with the IRS asks it to investigate claims that a person paid through a Fifa-affiliated entity worked as a housekeeper for Fifa president Gianni Infantino and his wife at their Miami home. Fifa says Infantino personally pays all costs for domestic staff; the IRS has been asked for comment, and it is unclear whether it will investigate.
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The complaint alleges that a person on the Fifa payroll did domestic work exclusively for the Infantino household.
It argues that using Fifa resources for household services could raise questions about private benefit, financial reporting, compensation and governance.
Fifa has tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(4), which applies to certain organisations that promote community welfare.
The complaint asks authorities to review employment, payroll, tax and immigration records.
Fifa says the costs of any domestic staff are paid personally by Infantino.
A spokesperson for Representative Jamie Raskin said the House Judiciary Committee had not requested documents about the housekeeper but was looking at developments.
The complaint was filed by Washington lawyer Abed Ayoub.
The article says an IRS investigation could take months and that the results of IRS investigations are commonly not made public.
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At the Cop31 leaders’ summit in Turkey, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine urged governments to respond forcefully to climate change, warning that exceeding the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit threatens island communities. Other speakers called for faster emissions cuts and action on fossil fuels, while Turkey and Australia highlighted their role as co-hosts.
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Hilda Heine said rising seas and floods could erode shores and damage towns, schools and hospitals in the Marshall Islands.
Heine described coral near her home island that she saw turn from bright and lush to bleached white within months.
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said current policies could lead to 2.8°C of warming, while meeting all existing pledges would still lead to 2.6°C, according to figures she cited from the UN.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres accused fossil fuel companies of distorting science and delaying climate action.
Guterres called for a tax on windfall profits from oil and gas companies to help vulnerable countries recover.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on countries to act on climate targets; he had celebrated the discovery of two oilfields estimated to contain 135 million barrels in place.
Turkey and Australia are co-hosting Cop31, with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praising the partnership.
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Iranian officials say they fear the United States may launch further strikes or tighten economic pressure, and they warn Iran could retaliate. The article reports that President Donald Trump has focused on economic pressure and a blockade of Iranian oil exports, while negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz remain stalled.
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Mehdi Mohammadi, an adviser to Iran’s chief negotiator, said the United States had proposed a roughly two-week period before Trump decides whether to take military action.
Mohammadi said Iran doubted that military action was off the table and was preparing for a possible limited U.S. strike.
Mohammadi called the U.S. response to Iran’s proposals on reopening the Strait of Hormuz deceptive and said Iran had rejected a request from Vice-President JD Vance for a direct meeting.
The article says Trump has pursued economic pressure on Iran and tightened restrictions on its oil exports while allowing other Gulf states to ship oil through the strait.
Iranian security official Mohsen Rezaei said Iran would not send any of its highly enriched uranium stockpile out of the country and warned that Iran could target U.S. bases used for attacks on Iran.
Iranian adviser Mohammad Mokhber warned Europe against helping enforce the U.S. blockade, calling such involvement an act of war.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll cited in the article found that 71% of Americans want Congress to pass legislation to end the war in Iran.
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More than one million people in Lebanon face acute food shortages, according to a joint statement from UN agencies and Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture. The agencies expect the number to reach 1.15 million by mid-2027, amid conflict-related damage, limited work, high costs and the country’s economic crisis.
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Food Programme and Lebanon’s Ministry of Agriculture issued the warning.
The number of people facing acute food shortages is expected to rise to 1.15 million by the middle of 2027.
The statement cited limited employment, depleted savings, high debt and rising costs for food, fuel and other essentials.
Lebanese authorities estimate that two wars between Israel and Hezbollah since October 2023 have caused about $27 billion in costs.
The latest war displaced more than one million people in Lebanon; about 300,000 remained displaced after violence subsided in June.
A U.S.-brokered framework deal signed in June was intended to end the fighting, but Israel continues to occupy land in Lebanon.
Lebanon is seeking an International Monetary Fund bailout but has not yet completed the reforms required to release aid.
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Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s former prime minister, says she plans to return from India in December, despite facing the possibility of execution in Bangladesh. Bangladesh denied her request for a new passport, and India has refused Bangladesh’s request to hand her over; the article examines what a return could mean for the country’s politics.
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Hasina served two terms as Bangladesh’s prime minister.
Large street protests led to her resignation and departure from Bangladesh more than two years before the article.
She has been living in India since leaving Bangladesh.
Bangladesh requested that India hand Hasina over, but India refused.
Hasina said she requested a new passport to return to Bangladesh.
Bangladesh’s government denied her passport request.
Hasina announced that she would return to Bangladesh in December.
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Maps cited by Newsweek show little change in the Russia-Ukraine frontline between May 9 and November 10. Talks in Abu Dhabi produced agreement on a large prisoner exchange, but the article reports no progress on the central territorial dispute: Russia’s demand that Ukraine withdraw from Donbas.
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Vladimir Putin said in May that he thought the war was “coming to an end.”
The article says the Abu Dhabi talks were the first between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators since February.
U.S. envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff said they would meet Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
The Atlantic Council’s maps show a slow-changing frontline between May 9 and November 10.
The article says Ukraine’s late-May Operation Vivaldi targeted a Russian salient north of Lyman in Donetsk Oblast.
It reports that Russian forces made net territorial gains only in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions during September and October, while losing territory in other sectors.
Military analyst Giorgi Revishvili said Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistics, command centers and other rear positions disrupted Russia’s frontline operations.
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Australian parents Kiarah and Jai Blaby learned during pregnancy that their twins faced health risks: Tilly had slowed growth, and Coen had a heart defect. After the twins were born by C-section at 35 weeks, Tilly needed special care, and her parents spent five days apart from her before she and Coen were reunited. At seven months old, both babies are thriving and meeting developmental milestones.
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Kiarah Blaby, 22, and her husband Jai, 23, already had a 1-year-old daughter, Harper.
Doctors classified Kiarah’s twin pregnancy as high risk and monitored it with scans and appointments.
At the 20-week scan, doctors found that Tilly had lost more than half her body weight in two weeks; Coen had a heart defect.
Kiarah delivered the twins by C-section at 35 weeks after her water broke.
During the C-section, doctors accidentally cut Kiarah’s right ovary, causing a hemorrhage.
Tilly was taken to a special-care nursery because she was not feeding or maintaining a stable body temperature.
Tests found a maternal-fetal blood transfer, in which some of the mother’s blood crossed into the baby’s circulation.
The twins spent five days in the neonatal intensive care unit before being reunited; at seven months old, both were meeting developmental milestones.
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Author Chloe Combi says publishing industry contacts warned her in 2015 about concerns over David Walliams’s behaviour around young female staff. A Guardian and ITV News investigation has reported allegations of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behaviour by Walliams, which he denies; HarperCollins says it will publish no new titles by him and has stopped publishing his back catalogue.
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Combi said a senior publishing figure told her not to book Walliams for a school event and to warn schools he was not an appropriate booking.
Combi said she had heard similar rumours from people in publishing, writing, television and celebrity circles, but had never met Walliams.
The Guardian and ITV News investigation reported allegations from several women, including claims involving women who were teenagers at the time.
The investigation also reported allegations involving junior HarperCollins employees and women at ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent.
Walliams said he was not a sexual predator, had not broken the law and had never abused his power.
Walliams said he regretted behaving thoughtlessly toward people with whom he had casual sexual relationships.
HarperCollins said it had decided not to publish new Walliams titles and had stopped publishing his back catalogue.
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Ireland is concerned that undersea cables near its waters could face sabotage or accidental damage, amid increased Russian vessel activity. The country’s location makes it important to transatlantic communications, while its limited maritime monitoring capacity has raised questions about how well it can protect the infrastructure.
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About 75 percent of transatlantic subsea cables pass through or near Irish waters, according to the Irish government.
Ireland hosts major U.S. technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Meta, and has a growing concentration of data centres.
In November 2024, Ireland monitored the Russian vessel Yantar near undersea infrastructure in the Irish Sea and escorted it out of Ireland’s exclusive economic zone.
The UK Ministry of Defence said Yantar was later seen near critical undersea infrastructure in UK waters.
Ireland has limited capacity to monitor its waters, has no submarines and is not a member of NATO.
Ireland’s navy has recently gained authority to board and inspect suspicious vessels.
Defence Minister Helen McEntee has identified vessels linked to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet as a concern for Irish waters.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry says Ambassador Alexander Darchiev died suddenly at age 66 on Wednesday. A specialist in Russia-U.S. relations, he was appointed ambassador to the United States in March 2025 and had held several senior diplomatic posts.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Darchiev’s death but did not give further details.
The ministry described Darchiev as an experienced diplomat and leader.
Darchiev became Russia’s ambassador to the United States in March 2025.
He entered Russia’s diplomatic service in 1992 and worked in the Foreign Ministry’s North America department.
He served at Russia’s embassy in the United States as an adviser in 1997 and as a minister-counsellor from 2005 to 2010.
Darchiev was Russia’s ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021.
In 2022, he called Russia’s offensive against Ukraine a “necessary measure.”
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that Ambassador to the United States Alexander Darchiev died suddenly on Nov. 11, aged 66. The statement did not give a cause of death.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced Darchiev’s death on Wednesday.
Darchiev was Russia’s ambassador to the United States.
He died on Nov. 11 at age 66.
The ministry’s statement did not state a cause of death.
The ministry said it felt “profound sorrow” over his death.
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