President Donald Trump has chosen to continue economic pressure and a naval blockade against Iran rather than resume strikes or pursue a deal now, according to the article. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told G7 foreign ministers that the strategy also includes an operation to disrupt Iran’s land routes for moving weapons and technology.
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Rubio described the policy as a third option beyond restarting the war or making what he called an unacceptable deal.
Trump said a new round of strikes against Iran was “quite unlikely” and did not seem necessary.
The article says the U.S. is maintaining an economic crackdown and naval blockade against Iran.
The planned operation, called Iron Gate, aims to cut off land routes Iran uses to move advanced weapons and technology.
Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Jared Kushner reportedly favored continued pressure over renewed war.
Rubio said Iran’s economic difficulties could eventually affect its willingness to negotiate.
A U.S. official said Turkey, Iraq and Pakistan worry that pressure to limit business with Iran could cause instability in their countries.
The article says Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called for an end to the current stalemate, while continued pressure could prompt the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to consider more aggressive attacks.
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Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian property in Luban ash-Sharqiya, near Nablus. The blaze damaged a mechanic workshop and vehicle scrapyard, while firefighters worked to put it out.
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The fire occurred in the village of Luban ash-Sharqiya, near Nablus.
The property was Palestinian-owned, according to the article.
The article attributes the fire to Israeli settlers.
The fire spread through a mechanic workshop.
A vehicle scrapyard was also affected.
Residents filmed firefighters trying to put out the blaze.
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French far-right politician and author Éric Zemmour announced that he will run in France’s 2027 presidential election. He said his proposals include removing some foreign residents and reducing immigration by two million; he will compete with National Rally leader Marine Le Pen and other candidates.
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Zemmour announced his candidacy in an interview with TF1 television.
He finished fourth in France’s 2022 presidential election.
Zemmour said he would seek to expel foreign offenders serving prison sentences and foreign residents who have been unemployed for more than six months.
He said he wants two million fewer immigrants in France.
The article says Zemmour will compete with Marine Le Pen in the April 2027 election.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon of France Unbowed unveiled his programme to supporters on Saturday.
Emmanuel Macron is due to end his term as France’s president.
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France 24 interviewed Lex Paulson about Olympic judo champion Teddy Riner’s possible run for the French presidency. Paulson said Riner’s fame could help him attract attention, but questioned whether he has presented a detailed political vision; he described the interest in Riner as reflecting dissatisfaction with established political choices and a desire for leaders who listen to voters.
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The report discusses Riner entering or potentially entering France’s presidential race.
Lex Paulson is identified as a professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University and director of executive programs at its School of Collective Intelligence.
Paulson said political candidates increasingly need to capture public attention in a fragmented media environment.
He said celebrity alone does not establish political credibility.
Paulson noted Riner’s public positions against racism and xenophobia but questioned whether he has a developed political vision.
Paulson linked interest in political outsiders to voters’ sense that traditional politicians listen mainly during election campaigns.
He argued that bringing decision-making closer to citizens could help restore trust in political institutions.
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President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Manila for the ASEAN Summit from November 16 to 18 and meet Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. The planned visit comes amid protests against the U.S.-backed Pax Silica initiative, which aims to strengthen AI-related supply chains and which Philippine groups say could harm communities and weaken national sovereignty.
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The article says Trump is scheduled to travel to the Philippines next week for the ASEAN Summit.
The summit is scheduled to run from November 16 to 18.
Trump plans to meet with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Pax Silica is a State Department initiative launched in December to promote cooperation on AI development and supply-chain security.
The initiative focuses on areas including semiconductors, chip manufacturing, and critical minerals.
The State Department says more than 20 U.S. allies are involved in efforts to protect sensitive technologies and critical infrastructure.
Philippine grassroots groups have held protests against the initiative in July, August, and September, according to the article.
Student groups and GABRIELA have also protested or announced plans to protest the initiative and Trump's visit, citing concerns about land, jobs, resources, and national sovereignty.
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British authorities arrested a 41-year-old U.S. Army soldier near Gloucester on suspicion of spying linked to Russia. The soldier, whose name has not been released, was in custody in London while U.K. and U.S. agencies investigated.
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A U.S. official said the soldier is a senior officer based at Imjin Barracks in Gloucestershire.
U.K. police suspect violations of laws against obtaining or disclosing protected information and assisting a foreign intelligence service.
Police said the suspected activity relates to Russia and that they were searching two locations in Gloucestershire.
The U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command said the allegations were serious and the investigation was ongoing.
The arrest was not linked to other ongoing Counter Terrorism Policing investigations, according to U.K. police.
The arrest came as the United States, Russia and Ukraine began a new round of talks in Abu Dhabi.
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Russia said it expelled a member of Moldova’s embassy staff in response to Moldova’s expulsion of a Russian embassy employee on October 23. Moldova said a Russian drone had entered its airspace and crashed near homes and an energy facility; Russia disputed Moldova’s stated basis for its decision.
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Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it summoned Moldova’s ambassador, Lilian Darii, and notified him that a Moldovan embassy staff member was declared unacceptable.
Russia described its action as a response based on the principle of reciprocity.
Moldova expelled a Russian embassy employee after reporting debris from a drone carrying explosives on its territory.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu said the drone was Russian and had crashed near homes and an energy facility.
Drones have entered Moldovan territory on multiple occasions since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022.
Moldova launched a 400-kilovolt power line linking Vulcanesti and Chisinau to Romania’s electricity grid.
The new line is intended to reduce Moldova’s reliance on Russian energy and the Cuciurgan power plant in Transnistria.
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David Walliams lost his bid for a permanent injunction to stop the Guardian and ITN publishing an investigation that named him in connection with allegations of sexual misconduct. The High Court ruled that protecting his life was the responsibility of clinicians and the hospital treating him, and weighed that against the media’s right to publish a report it described as being in the public interest.
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Walliams sought a permanent injunction that would have prevented the news organisations from publishing their investigation.
The Guardian and ITN named Walliams after the court rejected his bid to remain anonymous.
Walliams said he was “not a sexual predator” and had not “broken the law.”
His lawyers argued that publishing the investigation could put his life at risk and breach his human rights.
Justice Nicklin said responsibility for Walliams’ protection lay with clinicians and the hospital where he had been detained.
The judge said the court’s role was to resolve the legal dispute, not to oversee Walliams’ psychiatric treatment or safety.
The judge found no evidence to support a claim that publication would violate Walliams’ private family life.
The court said Walliams could sue for defamation if the media’s claims were wrong.
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The U.S. Justice Department charged three men it described as Iranian operatives over an alleged September plot at RAF Fairford in England. Prosecutors say the men helped direct vans toward the base, including some carrying fuel barrels, and accuse them of involvement in other plots linked to Iran-backed groups.
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The indictment names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.
Prosecutors allege al-Hassani directed people to drive vans to the base and paid them to obtain metal objects that could be used as shrapnel.
Prosecutors say al-Saadi sent coded messages to al-Hassani and Mohajeri to coordinate before the alleged plot.
The three face charges including conspiracy to support Kataeb Hezbollah and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and conspiracy to bomb a public place.
Al-Saadi was already in U.S. custody in New York on terrorism charges; prosecutors did not disclose the whereabouts of the other two men.
The U.S. withdrew its B-1 bombers from RAF Fairford days after the incident, according to the article.
British police charged two British men last month with national security offenses related to the incident.
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Doctors Without Borders representative Frederica Venturi said the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Hebron has not ended the humanitarian crisis. She said displacement, home demolitions and movement restrictions have limited access to healthcare, while hospitals report shortages of essential medicines.
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Venturi said about 3,300 Palestinians were forcibly displaced.
Fifteen houses were reportedly demolished.
Venturi said families whose homes were demolished had nowhere to return.
Movement restrictions during a lockdown prevented medical teams from reaching some communities.
Hospitals reported shortages of essential medicines.
The report concerns conditions in Hebron and the wider West Bank.
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U.S. prosecutors charged three men in a superseding indictment, alleging they plotted nearly 20 attacks on Jewish communities in Europe and the United States and an assault on RAF Fairford, a British base used by the U.S. Air Force. One defendant is in U.S. custody; the other two were not reported to be in custody.
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The defendants are Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al-Saadi, Mohsen Mohajeri and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.
Prosecutors allege the men worked with an Iran-aligned network that included the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Kata'ib Hizballah.
Al-Saadi, whom prosecutors describe as a Kata'ib Hizballah commander, was arrested in the spring and is being held without bail.
The indictment alleges al-Saadi used coded messages from jail to direct relatives to pass money to people who could carry out attacks.
Five men were detained in Britain on Sept. 27 after three suspicious vans were seen heading toward RAF Fairford; a sixth suspect was arrested days later.
British authorities linked the suspected plot to Tehran, which denied involvement, and the United States moved its bombers from RAF Fairford back to U.S. bases.
Al-Saadi pleaded not guilty in June to charges involving at least 18 alleged attacks in Europe.
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Liberal Democrat MP Josh Babarinde has introduced a bill calling for England’s census to let people identify as, for example, Black English or Asian English. The proposal has cross-party support, but it is unlikely to advance in its current form because parliamentary time is limited.
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The 2021 census offered “English” only within the White ethnic group options.
Babarinde introduced the English Ethnic Identity (census particulars) Bill through the House of Commons’ 10-minute rule process.
The bill’s supporters include Labour MP David Lammy and Conservative MP James Cleverly.
Babarinde said the census should offer options comparable to those available in Wales and Scotland.
Lammy said he and his mixed-heritage children cannot identify as Black or mixed race and English on the current form.
Babarinde asked for the bill’s second reading debate on 23 April 2027, St George’s Day.
The bill is unlikely to receive further consideration in its current form because of limited parliamentary time.
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UNIFIL said about a dozen rounds were fired at a patrol near Wadi Jilu in southern Lebanon on Tuesday. The patrol returned fire, and the shooting stopped; no one was reported hurt. G7 foreign ministers called for a new security arrangement in Lebanon before UNIFIL’s mandate expires at the end of 2026, but reported no agreement on a replacement.
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UNIFIL did not identify who fired at the patrol.
The patrol returned fire, after which the shooting stopped.
UNIFIL reported no casualties and called for an investigation.
UNIFIL said attacks on peacekeepers violate Security Council Resolution 1701 and international humanitarian law.
The UN Security Council voted last year to end UNIFIL’s mandate on December 31, 2026.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said G7 foreign ministers agreed that Lebanon should avoid a security void after the mandate ends.
The G7 ministers backed moving quickly toward a new security arrangement, but no breakthrough on replacing UNIFIL was reported.
Lebanese officials have called for UNIFIL’s mandate to be extended.
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U.S. prosecutors charged three Iran-backed operatives in an alleged plot to attack RAF Fairford, a British air base where U.S. troops are stationed. The indictment says Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood Al-Saadi coordinated the plan with two others, while U.K. authorities recovered three vans and arrested their drivers; the allegations have not been proven in court.
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A superseding indictment made public Tuesday charges Al-Saadi with attempting to coordinate the alleged RAF Fairford attack.
Prosecutors say Al-Saadi worked with Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian national, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani, an Iraqi national.
Al-Saadi is in federal custody in New York; Mohajeri and al-Hassani are not in custody, according to sources cited by CBS News.
The indictment alleges that associates prepared vans filled with fuel and researched chemical accelerants and metal shrapnel.
Prosecutors allege the vans were to be disguised as fuel-delivery or pool-supply vehicles and driven to the base.
The indictment says two vans encountered security checkpoints on September 26 and could not follow their intended route to the base.
U.K. authorities recovered three vans bearing fuel-delivery business decals and arrested the drivers, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors have also accused Al-Saadi of involvement in other alleged plots targeting U.S. and Israeli interests in the United States, Europe, and Canada.
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A U.S. federal indictment alleges that Mohammad Dawood al-Saadi, an Iranian-Iraqi national held in New York, directed a planned attack on RAF Fairford in England. Prosecutors say he used coded calls to family members to pass plans to associates, who allegedly surveyed the base and sought vehicles, fuel and materials for explosives.
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The indictment says al-Saadi plotted the attack while in custody and sent instructions through coded family calls.
Prosecutors allege al-Saadi passed plans to Mohsen Mohajeri, described as an operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and Mohammad Ali al-Hassani.
The indictment alleges associates surveyed RAF Fairford and sought vans, fuel, chemical accelerants and metal objects for use as shrapnel.
Five men from London were arrested near RAF Fairford on 27 September on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offences.
RAF Fairford hosts U.S. Air Force bombers and was used in the U.S. bombing campaign against Iran.
Al-Saadi had already faced charges over alleged links to 18 attacks in Europe and an alleged plan to bomb a New York synagogue.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in July that bases used by the United States to attack Iran, including RAF Fairford, were legitimate targets.
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James Townsend, a senior adviser at the Atlantic Council, said the G7 meeting in Paris sends a message that European support for Ukraine will continue. He said the meeting’s final communiqué will test whether U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will endorse a shared position on Ukraine, as U.S.-mediated talks take place in Abu Dhabi.
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The G7 meeting took place in Paris.
James Townsend spoke with France 24’s Annette Young.
Townsend said European support for Ukraine is intended to remain durable.
He said Russia should not interpret diplomatic negotiations as weakening Western resolve.
U.S.-mediated talks on the Russia-Ukraine war were taking place in Abu Dhabi.
Townsend called the final G7 communiqué a test of what Marco Rubio would agree to endorse.
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Gadi Eisenkot pledged to seek an official inquiry into the failures that preceded Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack and proposed reversing parts of Benjamin Netanyahu’s agenda. As Israel’s new parliament convened, Eisenkot and Netanyahu each called for a unity government, but neither had the 61 votes needed to form one, and cooperation with Arab parties became a point of dispute.
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Eisenkot’s Yashar party proposed an independent commission to investigate security failures before the October 7, 2023 attack.
Eisenkot’s bloc also proposed repealing Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul, which had prompted large protests in Israel.
Eisenkot’s bloc said it had enough votes to elect former senior military figure Matan Kahana as Knesset speaker.
Speaker Amir Ohana agreed to schedule a vote on his successor for the following Tuesday, despite opposing the emerging coalition’s plans.
Neither Eisenkot nor Netanyahu had the 61 seats required to form a government in the 120-seat Knesset.
Eisenkot said he would seek to form a national-emergency government quickly; Netanyahu renewed his call for a national-unity government.
Netanyahu cited Iran as a threat and said Israel could face international pressure over Iran’s nuclear program.
Iran denies seeking nuclear weapons; the article says Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump have claimed Iran’s nuclear program was severely damaged.
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Hans Brønlund, a community leader in Ittoqqortoormiit, says proposed expanded U.S. military access to Greenland could disturb narwhals and polar bears that local hunters depend on. Greenland’s parliament approved a Denmark-U.S. security agreement, but plans for additional defense areas and their operational details remain subject to further arrangements.
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Ittoqqortoormiit, in eastern Greenland, has a population of 329, according to the article.
Brønlund wrote to Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, asking that residents be consulted.
The proposed additional defense areas are at Mestersvig and Narsarsuaq; Mestersvig is an existing Danish military outpost about 150 miles from Ittoqqortoormiit.
Brønlund said military activity could disturb narwhals and polar bears, affecting hunters, but the article says harm to wildlife or hunting has not been established.
The security agreement was signed in September and provides for expanded U.S. military access, including additional rights for aircraft and vessels.
Article VI says those rights should respect Greenlandic society and traditional ways of life, including hunting and fishing, to the maximum extent possible.
Greenland’s parliament approved the agreement on November 3, with 16 votes in favor, none against, and seven abstentions.
Detailed arrangements for the proposed defense areas still need to be negotiated.
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Australia is considering changes to a UK-Australia trade deal that exempts British working-holiday visa holders from regional-work requirements. Regional businesses say fewer British backpackers are working outside major cities, while the government says it will discuss possible changes with the UK.
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The trade deal took effect in mid-2023 and exempted British working-holiday visa holders from regional-work requirements for visa extensions.
The deal also raised the age limit for British applicants from 30 to 35.
Australian government data show that visas issued to British backpackers rose from 47,200 in 2023–24 to just over 77,000 in 2025–26.
British backpackers made up almost a quarter of the 323,000 working-holiday visas issued in the previous year, according to the article.
Some Cairns businesses say fewer British backpackers now seek work in the region, with many choosing major cities such as Sydney instead.
Working-holiday visa holders from most other countries must complete 88 days of specified regional work to qualify for a second year and six months for a third year.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he had raised changing the rules with UK counterpart Andy Burnham, and that discussions would continue.
The National Farmers Federation says about 52,000 working-holiday visa holders work in horticulture each year and welcomed the talks, while noting that agricultural labor shortages extend beyond the UK deal.
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U.S. prosecutors charged three people over alleged terror plots linked to an Iran-aligned network. An indictment alleges that the plots included a September plan targeting a British Royal Air Force base that housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft.
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The U.S. charged three individuals in connection with alleged terror plots.
A federal indictment was unsealed Tuesday.
The indictment links the alleged plots to an Iran-aligned terrorist network.
One alleged plot targeted a British Royal Air Force base in September.
The base housed U.S. military personnel and aircraft.
The indictment alleges the three men worked on attacks for the network from early in the year.
It alleges that a group leader in jail sent coded messages through third parties to coordinate with the other defendants.
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