Russia, Ukraine and the United States ended two days of talks in Abu Dhabi without a breakthrough on ending the war. The discussions focused on post-war security, but the sides remain divided over territory, a ceasefire and Europe’s role; U.S. negotiators are due to meet the Russian and Ukrainian presidents.
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The Abu Dhabi talks were the first round since February.
Ukraine negotiator Davyd Arakhamia called the discussions among the hardest and said he saw momentum for another round.
Russia and Ukraine said they were working on a large-scale prisoner exchange that could happen soon.
U.S. negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin.
Ukraine seeks security assurances from allies, while Russia wants limits on NATO’s influence in eastern Europe.
The sides disagree on whether a ceasefire should come before or after an agreement on security and other issues.
Russia wants Ukraine to give up the parts of Donetsk it still controls; Ukraine wants to freeze the front line.
European representatives met with U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators in Abu Dhabi, but Russia said its delegation had no contact with them.
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Leonardo Bertulazzi, a 74-year-old Italian man wanted over a 1977 kidnapping, escaped house arrest in Buenos Aires by abseiling from a fifth-floor balcony. Argentine authorities say he tampered with his ankle monitor so it would keep transmitting after he removed it, and a nationwide search is under way.
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Bertulazzi was sentenced in absentia in Italy for the 1977 kidnapping of naval engineer Pietro Costa.
Costa was held for 81 days by members of the Red Brigades, a far-left militant group.
Bertulazzi was under house arrest while awaiting extradition to Italy.
Officials grew suspicious when his ankle monitor appeared to remain stationary.
Police found the monitor in his apartment after Bertulazzi had escaped.
Italian media reported that his last appeal against extradition had been rejected.
Bertulazzi was arrested in Argentina in 2002, received refugee status in 2004, and was arrested again in 2024.
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Andy Burnham said he would want to support a bill that would add “Black English” and “Asian English” as ethnicity options on the census in England. The proposal aims to let people from minority ethnic backgrounds identify as English and follows debate over who can claim an English identity.
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Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde introduced the bill as a 10-minute rule bill.
Burnham said he had not reviewed the bill’s details but wanted to support it.
Ed Davey asked Burnham about the proposal during prime minister’s questions.
The census in England currently lists “English” only under the “White” category.
Respondents can select options such as “Asian or Asian British,” but cannot identify as “Asian English” or “Black English.”
The censuses in Scotland and Wales include options such as “Scottish Asian” and “Black Welsh.”
The bill has cross-party support, including from David Lammy and James Cleverly.
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Thousands of schools across Europe received bomb threats on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, prompting precautionary evacuations and suspended lessons at schools in Italy. Authorities reported no explosives or suspicious devices, and investigations into the messages were continuing.
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At least 6,300 schools in Italy received threatening messages, along with hundreds of schools in Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Schools in Rome, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Bologna and other Italian cities were affected.
Italian police, bomb disposal specialists and Postal Police inspected schools and investigated the messages' origin.
Italian media reported that the emails claimed to come from a person using the name Mikhail Andropov and the name of a Russian extremist group.
The same name and group were linked to a message sent to airport authorities in Rome before flight bomb threats on Nov. 5.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said there was no concrete danger and called a meeting with intelligence and cybersecurity officials.
Ireland's national police said the threat was not credible and did not advise schools to evacuate.
Authorities had not assigned blame for the school threats.
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At least 12 U.S. military aircraft left RAF Mildenhall in England on Monday, less than three weeks after about 12 aircraft departed RAF Fairford. The Wall Street Journal reported that the Mildenhall move responded to a threat from Iran; U.S. European Command said it rotates aircraft for training and operational needs and would not discuss specific force-protection measures.
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Flight-tracking data showed at least nine KC-135 tanker aircraft and three Ospreys leaving RAF Mildenhall.
The tankers were reported to have moved to bases in Germany and Spain, and to Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Scotland.
The Ospreys moved to RAF Lakenheath, a nearby base in England.
About 12 U.S. aircraft had left RAF Fairford less than three weeks earlier.
The United Kingdom has allowed U.S. aircraft to operate from British bases for what it describes as defensive strikes on Iran.
Defense analyst Jennifer Kavanagh said moving aircraft to nearby bases may not protect them from threats and raised questions about the security of U.S. overseas bases.
U.S. European Command said aircraft move between locations for reasons that include training and operational requirements.
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Consultant doctors in England have paused planned strike action on 25 and 26 November to allow formal pay and working-conditions negotiations with the government. Health Secretary Yvette Cooper welcomed the move, which avoids disruption to routine and elective care while talks proceed.
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The British Medical Association announced the planned two-day strike after 18 months of talks failed to reach an agreement.
Consultants had voted in July to take industrial action.
The BMA says consultants’ salaries have lost about 25% of their real-terms value since 2009–10.
The doctors’ demands include a 10% reduction in working hours.
Consultants received a 3.5% pay increase this year.
If the strike had gone ahead, consultants planned to provide emergency care only, likely delaying routine and elective services.
The BMA’s consultants committee co-chairs said they welcomed formal negotiations on pay and working conditions.
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An American soldier is detained in London on allegations of spying for Russia. The soldier has not been publicly identified, and the article says he had access to sensitive information in the United Kingdom.
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The detained person is an American soldier.
The soldier is being held in London.
Authorities allege the soldier spied for Russia.
The soldier has not been publicly identified.
The article says the soldier had access to sensitive information in the U.K.
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The U.S. Justice Department alleged that Mexican cartel figure Edgar Aaron Vazquez Alvarado helped drug trafficker Ryan Wedding move cocaine and evade law enforcement before Wedding’s January 2026 arrest. Prosecutors also accused U.S. citizen Roberto Gomez of supplying drugs to criminal groups and helping Wedding avoid capture; the charges are allegations, and Wedding has pleaded not guilty.
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Prosecutors said Vazquez, known as “El General,” supplied rotating code words to help Wedding’s organization pass law enforcement checkpoints.
The Justice Department alleged that Vazquez paid Mexican public officials to hinder investigations, alter evidence and dismiss charges.
Mexican security forces killed Vazquez while attempting to serve an arrest warrant in Naucalpan, according to Mexico’s security minister.
A six-count federal indictment accuses Gomez of moving cocaine, methamphetamine and fentanyl from Central America through Mexico toward the United States and Canada.
Prosecutors said Gomez tried to arrange the sale of 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine to Wedding’s organization for about $550,000.
The Justice Department alleged that Gomez used cartel ties and law-enforcement contacts to obtain information about operations and help Wedding evade U.S. authorities from 2024 to 2026.
Wedding faces 17 felony charges related to drug trafficking and murder, has pleaded not guilty and is being held in U.S. custody without bond.
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James Campbell, a 32-year-old man from Prestwick, South Ayrshire, was identified as the British man killed in a shooting in Kraków, Poland, on 7 November. The shooting killed six people and injured another British man.
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Campbell was 32 years old.
He was from Prestwick, South Ayrshire.
Six people were killed in the 7 November shooting in Kraków.
A 24-year-old gunman carried out the shooting, according to the article.
The gunman is also suspected of killing three members of his family.
Another British man was injured.
Local officials said four of the people killed—three women and one man—were Polish.
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A CBS News report describes new details about a man accused of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship. The alleged killing occurred hours after the voyage began, and a passenger was arrested, according to the article’s headlines.
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The man is accused of killing his wife.
The alleged killing took place aboard a cruise ship.
The alleged killing occurred hours into the voyage.
A passenger was arrested in connection with the murder, according to a related headline.
Jason Allen reports on the case for CBS News.
The video segment is listed as 2 minutes and 4 seconds long.
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Andy Burnham told MPs the government will present its 10-year plan before Parliament’s Christmas recess, which begins on 17 December. He had previously said the plan could be delayed until January, while opposition leader Kemi Badenoch criticized the government’s direction and said it had outsourced the plan.
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Burnham said the 10-year plan will be presented before the Commons rises for its Christmas recess.
The recess is due to begin on 17 December.
Earlier this month, Burnham said the timetable could extend to December or January.
Badenoch asked whether outside consultants were helping prepare the plan; Burnham did not answer directly.
Some Labour MPs have raised concerns that the plan may lack enough detail or ambition.
Labour MPs in a re-industrialisation research group planned to meet a Cabinet Office minister to discuss the future of heavy industry.
Burnham declined to give dates for the next spending review or a decision on the Rosebank oilfield.
Badenoch criticized the government as adrift and said it had outsourced the 10-year plan.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio says U.S. economic pressure on Iran is working well enough to avoid major military operations for now. President Donald Trump has also described further strikes as unlikely while keeping the U.S. blockade in place, while Vice President JD Vance favors reaching a deal, according to a source cited by Reuters.
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Rubio made his comments after meeting G7 foreign ministers in Paris.
Rubio said the U.S. would maintain forces near the Strait of Hormuz and urged G7 allies to help protect shipping there.
Trump said there was positive momentum toward ending the conflict but that U.S. forces remained ready if circumstances changed.
Reuters reported that Vance favors a deal with Iran, while Trump does not consider one possible at present.
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Iran and is blockading Iranian ports; it is also planning to block Iran’s land-based supply routes.
Iran has sought sanctions relief, a reduced U.S. military presence in the region, restored oil waivers, and the release of frozen funds.
Officials cited by Axios said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and Jared Kushner support continuing economic pressure while avoiding a return to full-scale military action.
Officials said Pakistan, Iraq, and Turkiye worry that a prolonged U.S. pressure campaign could harm their business interests.
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A general strike over housing affordability and the rising cost of living disrupted transport and public services across Spain on 11 November. The walkout came ahead of the 29 November parliamentary election, as unions and business groups gave sharply different assessments of participation and political leaders argued over the strike’s role in the campaign.
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The strike was Spain’s first general strike in 14 years and was called by the country’s main unions.
Traffic stopped on several major roads, with substantial disruption reported in Madrid and Catalonia.
Union leaders described participation as massive or very significant, while the Spanish Confederation of Business Organisations called it low and uneven.
The interior ministry said dozens of people were arrested in connection with various incidents.
The strike followed protests over housing costs and living expenses, including public attention to the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal from her Madrid flat.
Idealista reported that an average 50-square-metre apartment in Madrid rented for €1,170 a month in October; Spain’s average gross monthly salary was about €2,460.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his government supported the strike, while the conservative People’s Party accused the government of using it for electoral gain.
Spain is scheduled to hold parliamentary elections on 29 November, after Sánchez called an early vote following parliament’s rejection of his housing reform plan.
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A France 24 program looks at how French pastry chef Georges Larnicol has reimagined kouign-amann, a traditional Breton pastry, as a bite-sized creation. Larnicol discusses what makes the pastry distinctive and its popularity around the world.
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Kouign-amann is a traditional specialty from Brittany, France.
Georges Larnicol is a French pastry chef.
Larnicol has created a bite-sized take on kouign-amann.
The program explores how he preserves the pastry’s Breton identity.
Larnicol discusses what makes the pastry special.
The program addresses the pastry’s popularity around the world.
The segment appeared on France 24’s Entre Nous program on November 11, 2026.
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Heavy rain from Gaza’s first winter storm, which began on November 6, flooded displacement camps and damaged war-destroyed areas. A sandbank collapse in Deir el-Balah killed several people, while residents struggled to rescue those buried and repair damaged tents.
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UNICEF said the heavy rain directly affected 106,000 people in Gaza.
Thousands of tents for displaced Palestinians were submerged, and latrines overflowed into camps.
A sandbank collapsed at Ard al-Ribat displacement camp in Deir el-Balah on Sunday evening, killing three children and a woman.
Residents used their hands and available tools to search for people buried under the sand and debris.
The al-Nabhan family lost eight-year-old Salah, six-year-old Maryam, and their pregnant mother, Tahrir.
Four-year-old Habiba was killed when the neighbouring al-Zein family’s tent was struck; her mother and brother were in intensive care.
Residents said the collapse site was exposed to the weather and on unstable ground.
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Ecuadorian journalist Tomás Beltrán was shot dead outside his home in Calceta on Sunday night. Authorities have not said whether the killing was connected to his reporting, but press freedom groups say threats, violence and pressure on the media have made journalism increasingly dangerous in the country.
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Beltrán ran a Facebook page covering news in Calceta, in the coastal province of Manabí.
He had previously reported allegations of corruption involving local authorities.
Reporters Without Borders said Beltrán had told the group about threats and fears, and had been placed in a protection programme.
The public prosecutor’s office and police have released little information about the killing; the attackers were armed and fled.
The article says six journalists were killed in Ecuador last year, and the killings remain unpunished, according to Fundación Periodistas Sin Cadenas.
Fundación Periodistas Sin Cadenas reported that at least 19 journalists have gone into exile since gang violence escalated in 2023.
Journalists have reported death threats, interference while covering military operations and pressure on media outlets, according to the article.
Ecuador has become a major drug-trafficking hub, particularly through its Pacific coast, amid gang violence.
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A Burnet Institute report found that alcohol-related hepatitis admissions in Victoria rose sharply during Covid lockdowns and remained above pre-pandemic levels through June 2024. The report also found that young people made up a notable share of admissions, while researchers said the data cannot establish what caused the increase.
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The study analysed 4,111 hospital admissions from January 2017 to June 2024 and clinical data from January 2010 to June 2024.
Admissions for alcohol-related hepatitis rose sharply after lockdowns began in March 2020 and eased somewhat after restrictions ended in late 2021.
Admissions remained well above pre-pandemic levels, according to the report.
Men accounted for 62.5% of alcohol-linked hepatitis admissions; researchers also reported a sharp increase among women.
Fourteen percent of people admitted with alcohol-associated hepatitis in Victoria were under 35.
Researchers said home alcohol delivery and lockdown-related stress may have contributed to the rise, but the study could not identify specific causes.
A hepatology professor said clinicians were seeing patients in their 30s with severe liver disease, but described the trend outside Victoria as anecdotal.
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Finland’s embassy in Canberra unexpectedly attracted global attention after an Instagram post said it would close for a staff training day on 10 November 2026. The post gained millions of views and inspired response videos, and the embassy reopened the next day.
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The embassy said it would be temporarily closed on Tuesday, 10 November, and resume regular hours on Wednesday, 11 November.
Its closure announcement used video of the northern lights.
By the time of the article, the post had received 622,000 likes and 405,000 shares, with up to 10 million views.
Ambassador Arto Haapea said the team was surprised by the post’s reach.
Haapea suggested the post may have benefited from the same Instagram algorithm that boosted an earlier embassy video about a competition for a Finnish dinner date.
The dinner date video received 8 million views and 163,000 likes, according to Haapea.
Social media users, Finnish officials and diplomats posted jokes or videos about the temporary closure.
The embassy reopened on Wednesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
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A U.S. soldier based in the United Kingdom is accused of spying for Russia, according to a CBS News report. The provided article excerpt gives no further details about the accusation or the soldier.
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The person accused is an American soldier.
The soldier is based in the United Kingdom.
The accusation involves spying for Russia.
CBS News reported on the accusation.
Ramy Inocencio reported the story for CBS News.
The provided excerpt does not describe the evidence or charges.
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Donald Trump Jr. is defending British comedian and conservative influencer Russell Brand after Brand was convicted of rape and sexual assault. Brand was sentenced Monday in London to more than 10 years in prison for offenses involving four women over a five-year period beginning in 2004.
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Donald Trump Jr. defended Russell Brand after his conviction.
Brand is a 51-year-old British comedian and conservative influencer.
A court in London sentenced Brand on Monday to more than 10 years in prison.
The sentence concerns the rape of one woman and sexual assaults against three others.
The offenses took place over a five-year period beginning in 2004.
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