The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 10 North Koreans and Russians accused of supporting a North Korean IT worker scheme. The department says the scheme sends earnings from fraudulent jobs to North Korea, where they help fund weapons programs.
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The sanctioned network allegedly uses stolen identities, fake résumés and fraudulent IT workers to secure jobs at legitimate companies.
Treasury says the workers send most of their earnings to the North Korean regime.
Workers who gain access to company networks may also obtain sensitive data, deploy malware or extort employers, according to the article.
Russian national Vitold Viktorovich Obertas was sanctioned for facilitating financial transactions for North Korean officials.
Treasury says Obertas processed nearly $2 million in cryptocurrency conversions and at least $1.25 million in other currency transactions for North Korean officials since January 2025.
North Korean national Kim Ki Hyok, who leads an IT worker delegation in Russia, was sanctioned; Treasury says he transferred nearly $500,000 in cryptocurrency for the delegation since 2024.
Treasury also sanctioned the Russia-based First Financial and Technical Development Center and six of its operatives.
The sanctions block U.S.-linked property of designated people and generally bar Americans and U.S. residents from dealing with them.
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Flávio Bolsonaro arrived near Miami with his family after losing Brazil’s presidential election. The U.S. State Department told the BBC it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family; Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered him to surrender his passports as part of a money-laundering investigation.
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Flávio Bolsonaro landed near Miami with his family.
He arrived after his defeat in Brazil’s presidential election.
The U.S. State Department told the BBC it would issue visas to Bolsonaro and his family.
Before he left Brazil, the Supreme Court ordered him to surrender his passports.
The passport order was part of a money-laundering investigation.
Bolsonaro has not been charged and denies the allegations.
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Clashes between forces from Ethiopia’s Somali and Oromia regions have driven an estimated 50,000 people across the border into Kenya since fighting began last week, the UN said. Many displaced people are women and children, and UNHCR is coordinating emergency assistance with the Kenyan government and aid groups.
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Local authorities estimated that up to 50,000 people had crossed into Kenya, up from 36,000 recorded by UNHCR on Tuesday.
Fighting broke out between forces from Ethiopia’s Somali and Oromia regions.
The unrest began on October 20 after a Somali regional flag was raised in Moyale, a city administered jointly by the two regions.
Several people have died in the clashes, according to sources cited by AFP.
Some people who fled are staying with relatives or host communities; others are sheltering in schools and churches.
UNHCR sent an emergency team and is working with the Kenyan government and aid organizations, including the Red Cross, to provide assistance.
UNHCR warned that the crossing estimate could change as new arrivals are recorded.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez spoke at the site of a train collision in Toledo province and expressed solidarity with victims, their families and the injured. The crash killed at least 64 people and injured 58, while rescue teams searched the wreckage.
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Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a computer malfunction disrupted the railway safety system.
Puente said a RENFE train was told to continue despite an active stop signal.
The RENFE train collided with a stationary IRYO train on Wednesday.
At least 64 people died and 58 were injured in the collision.
Rescue teams continued searching the wreckage for survivors and bodies.
The article describes this as Spain’s second deadly high-speed rail collision this year.
A January rail crash in Spain killed 46 people.
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Defeated Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on October 28, 2026, after leaving Brazil. The report says Bolsonaro had refused to concede to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and threatened to try to annul the election result.
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Flavio Bolsonaro was a defeated candidate in Brazil’s presidential election.
Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday, October 28, 2026.
The report says Bolsonaro had left Brazil.
Bolsonaro refused to concede to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Bolsonaro threatened to attempt to annul the election result.
The report describes these events as unfolding over 48 hours.
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The article says Chancellor John Healey has presented the government’s tax and spending plans in a Budget. A BBC video by Joe Pike is described as outlining the main points and how they will be funded, but the article text does not list those details.
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John Healey is identified as the chancellor.
The article says Healey presented the government’s tax and spending plans in a Budget.
A BBC video features reporter Joe Pike explaining the Budget’s main points and funding.
The article does not provide specific tax measures or spending plans in its text.
The article describes this as the first Budget since Andy Burnham became prime minister.
The article appears in the Politics section.
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A Kremlin aide said European countries would not join the next Ukraine talks with Russia and the United States, planned for Abu Dhabi from November 6 to 10. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Europe would be involved, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv wanted it included. The Netherlands and the United Kingdom also announced new support for Ukraine.
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Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said European participation was not discussed during a Tuesday phone call involving Russian President Vladimir Putin, Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store.
Ushakov said European countries would not be included in the next round of talks with Ukraine and the United States in Abu Dhabi.
Stubb told the Nordic Council that European countries would take part in the November talks.
Zelenskyy said trilateral talks with Russia and the United States were planned for November 6 to 10 in the United Arab Emirates.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine wanted Europe involved in the talks and called for unity and stronger pressure on Russia.
Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten pledged an additional 500 million euros for Ukrainian military support this winter, including drones and other equipment.
The Dutch government announced 1.2 billion euros in support for Ukraine over three years and 40 million euros for the Ukraine Energy Support Fund by year’s end.
The United Kingdom announced a 10 billion pound support package for Ukraine, including 500 million pounds in additional military aid for air defenses.
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The Hind Rajab Foundation has filed a criminal complaint in the United Kingdom against Israeli reservist Lidor Dafna over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The complaint alleges that Dafna took part in demolishing wheat silos in May 2025; the foundation says it used social media footage and digital investigation methods to build its case.
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The Brussels-based Hind Rajab Foundation filed the complaint with UK authorities.
Dafna is believed to be visiting the United Kingdom, according to the article.
The complaint alleges that Dafna participated in the demolition of a flour-producing facility in Gaza in May 2025.
The article identifies Dafna as having served in the Israeli military’s 603rd Combat Engineering Battalion.
The foundation says social media footage posted by Dafna shows a military bulldozer demolishing wheat silos in southern Gaza.
The foundation says its investigators follow the Berkeley Protocol for collecting and verifying digital evidence, including geolocating footage against satellite imagery.
Al Jazeera said it had contacted the UK Metropolitan Police for comment but had not received a response.
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Israel’s election remained unsettled as vote counting continued, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc nor rival Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc projected to win the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority. Arab-led parties were projected to win about 19 seats, potentially giving them influence in efforts to form a government, though cooperation with them could carry political costs for Eisenkot.
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More than 85 percent of votes had been counted when the article was published.
Neither major bloc appeared on track to secure the 61 of 120 Knesset seats needed for a majority.
The Arab-led Joint List and Ra’am were projected to win about 19 seats combined.
Voter turnout exceeded 77 percent, the highest in almost three decades, according to the article.
Arab parties won 10 seats in the 2022 election.
Netanyahu warned against forming a government that relies on Arab parties he described as anti-Zionist.
Eisenkot said his bloc represented Israel’s Zionist majority, but the article said working with Arab parties could alienate some Jewish voters.
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Israel’s election results were nearly complete Wednesday, but no clear winner had emerged. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party had lost ground since the 2022 election, while opponents weighed whether to work with Arab-led parties to form a parliamentary majority.
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Voter turnout was the highest in more than a quarter-century.
No party or bloc had secured a clear path to form a government.
Negotiations to assemble a governing coalition could take weeks.
Arab-led parties made a historic showing.
It remained unclear whether Netanyahu’s opponents would form a coalition with Arab-led parties.
Netanyahu rejected the idea of partnering with Arab parties and called it treasonous.
Netanyahu is seeking to remain Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
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Four films open in French cinemas this week, according to a France 24 arts24 program. They include Martin McDonagh’s “Wild Horse Nine,” set in 1973 Chile and starring John Malkovich as a dying CIA agent alongside Sam Rockwell.
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“Wild Horse Nine” reunites director Martin McDonagh with an ensemble cast.
John Malkovich plays a dying CIA agent in Chile in 1973, and Sam Rockwell also stars.
The program says Malkovich won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival.
The other films discussed are “Godzilla Minus Zero,” “Club Kid” and “Hope.”
“Godzilla Minus Zero” follows the Oscar-winning film “Godzilla Minus One.”
Jordan Firstman writes, directs and stars in “Club Kid,” about a hard-partying New Yorker who discovers he has a 10-year-old son.
“Hope,” directed by Na Hong-jin, is his first film in a decade and has a reported budget of about $75 million.
Arts24 critic Emma Jones calls “Wild Horse Nine” her favorite McDonagh film since “In Bruges.”
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Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday after leaving Brazil following the election results. The U.S. State Department extended their visas, according to The Associated Press.
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Flávio Bolsonaro is a Brazilian senator and failed presidential candidate.
Bolsonaro and his family landed in Miami on Wednesday.
They left Brazil after the election results.
The U.S. State Department extended their visas.
Brazil’s Supreme Court had ordered Bolsonaro’s passports returned.
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Anthony Williams, 33, denies 14 counts of attempted murder over a series of alleged knife attacks in Peterborough, London and aboard a train in November 2025. Prosecutors told Cambridge Crown Court that passengers fled or tried to protect one another during the train attack; jurors must decide whether Williams intended to kill the people he allegedly attacked.
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Prosecutors say the train made an emergency stop in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, on 1 November 2025.
Williams is accused of attempting to murder 10 passengers and staff aboard the train.
He is also accused of attacking three people in Peterborough on 31 October and a 17-year-old on a Docklands Light Railway train in east London.
Williams denies all 14 attempted-murder charges.
The prosecution says the jury must consider whether Williams intended to kill those he allegedly attacked.
The court heard that passengers fled, hid in toilets and used items from the train buffet car to defend themselves.
Train crew member Samir Zitouni allegedly tried to stop Williams with a frying pan and was stabbed multiple times.
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A student-led movement in Serbia won 140 of the 250 seats in parliament after campaigning amid protests over a deadly railway-station roof collapse and demands for accountability. The movement now faces the challenge of governing without a formal leader or hierarchy, while supporters call for changes to state institutions and public life.
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Students began protesting after a roof collapse at Novi Sad’s main railway station killed people.
The protests spread across Serbia and faced police force and accusations of treason from political figures.
Dozens of students rode bicycles from Serbia to Strasbourg to seek European support and draw attention to concerns about democracy.
The article says more than 50% of voters backed the student movement in an election with the highest turnout since Yugoslavia broke up in 1992.
The movement won 140 of 250 parliamentary seats, giving its candidates a majority.
Candidates on the movement’s slate included academics and athletes, and student assemblies selected them before the election.
The article describes the movement as having no hierarchy or leader and says it must now take on the work of governing.
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A RENFE high-speed train struck a stopped IRYO train in Spain’s Toledo province, killing at least 68 people and sending 58 others to hospital, according to regional authorities. Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a computer failure disabled a safety system and that a central command center then ordered the RENFE train to move without speed restrictions; investigators were still examining the crash.
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The collision happened Wednesday morning between Urda and Los Yébenes in Castilla-La Mancha.
Both trains were traveling from Madrid toward Seville and carried hundreds of passengers.
The RENFE train hit the rear of the stopped IRYO train, knocking two cars off the track.
Rescue workers searched the wreckage for survivors and victims, while emergency crews took injured passengers to hospitals.
Puente said a safety system stopped working because of a computer malfunction on a 63-kilometer stretch of track at 8:30 a.m.
Puente said the central command center ordered the RENFE train to resume without speed limits, and the collision occurred at 8:53 a.m.
Rail service was suspended between Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia.
The collision was Spain’s second deadly rail crash of the year, according to the article.
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Governments in many countries advise people to keep emergency supplies, often including food, water, medicine, batteries, a flashlight and a radio. France and the U.K. recommend supplies for 72 hours, while some European countries recommend longer periods; U.S. guidance says to prepare supplies for several days.
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France and the U.K. have advised people to keep emergency supplies for 72 hours.
Japan, Mexico and the Netherlands also recommend a 72-hour emergency kit.
Sweden and Norway advise keeping supplies for about one week, while Germany recommends up to 10 days.
Ready.gov says people in the United States should have food, water and other supplies to last several days.
Canada recommends an emergency kit for 72 hours.
India advises households to keep a disaster emergency kit but does not set a specific timeframe.
The European Commission announced its Preparedness Union Strategy in March 2025, citing geopolitical tensions, conflicts and climate-related natural disasters.
Commonly recommended supplies include non-perishable food, water, medicine, batteries, a flashlight and a radio.
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At least 64 people died when two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Rescue workers searched the wreckage for more victims; the crash was Spain’s second deadly rail accident this year.
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Two high-speed trains collided in Spain on Wednesday.
At least 64 people died in the crash.
Rescue workers searched the wreckage for more victims.
The crash was Spain’s second deadly rail accident this year.
The article was issued on October 28, 2026.
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Lebanese expect little change in Israeli policy after Israel’s election, according to a France 24 report. Votes were still being counted, and no clear winner had emerged at the time of the report.
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The report focuses on Lebanese expectations for Israeli policy after the election.
Lebanese people interviewed or described in the report expect little change in Israeli policy.
Votes were still being counted in Israel.
No clear winner had emerged at the time of the report.
France 24 correspondent Renée Davis reported on the story.
The report was issued on October 28, 2026.
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A review of 600 years of happiness research found that close social connections are among the most reliable predictors of wellbeing. Researchers also linked happiness with meaningful activities and habits such as gratitude and volunteering, while noting that financial security matters more than extra income once basic needs are met.
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The findings appeared in the Journal of Happiness Studies in August.
Researchers identified relationships and having someone to rely on as strong predictors of happiness.
More social relationships and a sense of community may add to wellbeing, co-author Lara Aknin said.
Financial security supports wellbeing, but income beyond basic needs had less effect on overall happiness.
Researchers linked greater happiness with work and activities that align with personal values.
The article reports that life circumstances account for about 10 percent of overall happiness, while how people spend their time accounts for about 40 percent.
The experts cited gratitude, savoring positive experiences, attentive listening, volunteering, and social engagement as intentional habits associated with wellbeing.
Research cited by Jan-Emmanuel De Neve found that people who shared at least one meal with others reported greater happiness and lower stress, sadness, and pain.
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With 85 percent of votes counted, Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc leads Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc, but neither is on track to win the 61 seats needed for a majority. Israel faces talks over forming a government, and President Isaac Herzog will consult the parties next week; if no bloc can secure a majority, another election could take place as early as April.
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Netanyahu’s bloc is projected to win 53 seats, while Eisenkot’s bloc is projected to win 48.
Arab parties are on track to win 19 seats, a record, but their support for an Eisenkot-led government is described as highly unlikely.
About 500,000 votes remain to be counted, including ballots from soldiers, diplomats and prisoners.
The remaining votes could shift seat totals but are not expected to change the overall balance between the blocs.
President Isaac Herzog plans to consult the parties next week before asking Netanyahu or Eisenkot to form a government.
Netanyahu has called for a strong right-wing government, while opposition leaders publicly pledged not to join his bloc.
The opposition is expected to take key positions in the Knesset after the new parliament is sworn in next week.
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