At the opening of Israel’s new Knesset, Benjamin Netanyahu called for a national unity government as opposition lawmakers heckled him and Palestinian lawmakers walked out. The article says Netanyahu’s political influence helped make Israeli politics more centered on party leaders, and that his possible loss of office could leave him facing a continuing corruption trial and scrutiny over the lead-up to the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack.
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Netanyahu called for a national unity government during the swearing-in of the new Knesset.
The opposition bloc has a majority of seats but had not yet formed a government.
Netanyahu cited Iran and accused Palestinian lawmakers of seeking Israel’s destruction; the article says he offered no evidence for that accusation.
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett heckled Netanyahu, and Palestinian lawmakers walked out during his speech.
Gadi Eisenkot, who was given the first chance to form a government, cancelled scheduled coalition talks with Netanyahu and called him unfit for office.
If Netanyahu loses office, his corruption trial could continue without the protections of the prime minister’s office.
The article says an inquiry is likely into Netanyahu’s and his government’s failings before the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack.
Political scientist Roi Zur said Netanyahu helped make Israeli politics more focused on individual leaders and turned Likud into a populist party.
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A mother told the BBC that her son was groomed by a gang at 13 and made to deliver drugs in Grimsby, sometimes for up to 36 hours. She said it took two years for North East Lincolnshire Council to move him to a safer placement; the council declined to discuss his case and said child criminal exploitation is a priority.
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The mother, identified by the BBC as Sandra, said her son has autism and ADHD.
She said her son was recruited to steal motorbikes and deliver drugs within months of being groomed.
Sandra said her son entered care at 14 after addiction and exploitation, and that his behaviour had made the family feel unsafe.
The BBC reported that the boy was moved more than 250 miles away and that his placement cost £1.66 million over two years.
Home Office data cited by the BBC showed that the number of children recognised as victims of criminal exploitation in the UK nearly doubled in five years, exceeding 3,000 in the latest financial year.
North East Lincolnshire Council data showed 153 children identified as potentially at risk of criminal exploitation in 2025/26, up 56% in five years; two-thirds were 15 or younger.
A former council care worker told the BBC she was seeing more younger children being exploited.
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Nigeria’s President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has launched a re-election manifesto ahead of the January 2027 general election, promising economic growth, more security personnel and affordable housing. His campaign seeks to rebuild public trust after reforms, including ending fuel subsidies, contributed to higher living costs, though inflation has since fallen from its 2024 peak.
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Tinubu’s party, the All Progressives Congress, launched the manifesto on 10 November.
The plan targets 6% annual economic growth by 2031, 78,000 additional security personnel and 200,000 affordable homes.
Nigeria is due to hold a general election in January 2027.
Peter Obi and former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar are among Tinubu’s main challengers.
An ICIR analysis found that imported rice prices rose 184% between May 2023 and October 2025.
Nigeria’s headline inflation was 14% in September 2026, down from a peak of 34% in 2024, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The government announced a 125 billion naira support package for small businesses, including grants and loans.
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Iran's top national security official warned that Iran would strike U.S. bases beyond the Gulf, including in Europe, if the United States resumes air strikes against Iran. The warning came one day after New York indictments accused three men of conspiring to attack U.S. Air Force planes at a base in England.
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Iran's top national security official issued the warning.
The warning was conditional on the United States resuming air strikes against Iran.
The official said U.S. bases beyond the Gulf, including bases in Europe, could be targeted.
New York indictments were announced one day before the warning.
The indictments accused three men of conspiring to attack U.S. Air Force planes.
The alleged target was a U.S. base in England.
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The article reports evidence that vital warm ocean currents are weakening. It says changes in the currents could make weather more extreme in the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest, though it gives no further details about the evidence or possible effects.
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The article reports evidence of weakening in warm ocean currents.
The article describes the currents as vital.
It links possible current changes to more extreme weather.
The Eastern Seaboard is one region mentioned.
The Midwest is another region mentioned.
The article does not identify the currents or explain how researchers found the evidence.
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The historic ocean liner SS United States sank off Florida on Wednesday night after spending many hours slowly submerging. It is intended to become the world’s largest artificial underwater reef, attracting marine life and divers.
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The SS United States sank off the coast of Florida on Wednesday night.
The ship took many hours to submerge.
The vessel is intended to become the world’s largest artificial underwater reef.
The reef is designed to attract marine life and diving enthusiasts.
The ship had not been in commission for decades.
The SS United States spent 30 years docked in Philadelphia before moving to Florida.
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Former police officer Beau Lamarre-Condon told a New South Wales court he threw Jesse Baird’s phone off a bridge after Baird and Luke Davies were allegedly killed. He pleaded not guilty to two murder charges and aggravated break and enter; the trial continues.
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Lamarre-Condon is accused of fatally shooting Baird and Davies with his police service weapon at Baird’s Sydney home on 19 February 2024.
He testified that he threw Baird’s phone off Tom Uglys Bridge in southern Sydney.
When asked whether he did so to destroy evidence that might incriminate him, Lamarre-Condon replied, “Essentially, yes.”
He said he had considered sending the phone to a friend in Western Australia to dispose of it in water, but did not mail it.
The prosecutor questioned Lamarre-Condon about whether he deleted messages and photos involving Baird after his arrest.
Lamarre-Condon denied believing that he had deleted those messages.
The trial is being heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court before Justice Natalie Adams.
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Indonesia’s Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted his resignation to President Prabowo Subianto and parliament, the head of parliament said. His departure follows court rulings questioning whether his education documents met election requirements and comes as lawmakers began a process that could lead to his impeachment.
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Gibran is the eldest son of former President Joko Widodo and had served two years of a five-year term.
The Constitutional Court and Supreme Court ruled last month that documents he submitted about his overseas education did not meet election requirements.
Critics have accused Gibran of never receiving a high school diploma.
A petition from 120 lawmakers representing eight political parties began a parliamentary process to examine whether he violated the constitution.
If the House finds sufficient grounds for the accusation, it must ask the Constitutional Court to rule on whether a constitutional violation occurred.
Indonesia’s constitution provides for the People’s Consultative Assembly to elect a replacement from two candidates nominated by the president within 60 days.
Thousands of people have protested economic hardship, corruption, perceived authoritarianism, and the government’s response to wildfires.
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A report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary warns that police may wrongly identify or arrest people if they treat retrospective facial recognition results as evidence instead of leads that need checking. It cites algorithmic bias, poor-quality images, weak follow-up inquiries and gaps in legal safeguards, and says forces need stronger oversight to maintain public confidence.
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The report covers retrospective facial recognition, which searches stored images, rather than live facial recognition used in real time.
Inspectors found that some investigators did not understand that facial recognition results were intelligence requiring further checks before enforcement action.
In a small number of cases, officers relied too heavily on possible matches and took inappropriate investigative action, the report said.
The report said the system may be more likely to wrongly flag people from ethnic minorities.
Auditors found users had submitted blurred images, unsuitable images or images with multiple faces, which reduced the reliability of matches.
Inspectors found that some custody images were retained even though they should have been deleted.
The report said there is no comprehensive statutory framework governing facial recognition and that existing legislation has not kept pace with changes in the technology.
Inspector Kathryn Stone called for stronger safeguards, national standards, governance and oversight, while keeping human judgment in decisions.
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Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal convicted Sheikh Hasina in absentia in November 2025 of crimes against humanity linked to the 2024 uprising and sentenced her to death. Bangladesh has requested her extradition from India, where she remains; the article discusses the treaty provisions relevant to the request and concerns about her political activity from India.
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The UN Human Rights Office estimated in February 2025 that up to 1,400 people may have been killed during the July-August 2024 uprising, with thousands more injured.
The UN report described systematic repression and said its findings warranted further investigation into possible crimes against humanity; it did not issue a criminal verdict.
Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal found Hasina guilty in November 2025 and sentenced her to death in absentia.
Hasina has described the trial as politically motivated.
Bangladesh has requested Hasina’s extradition from India, where she remains.
In January 2026, Bangladesh’s Foreign Ministry accused Hasina of inciting violence to disrupt forthcoming elections after she addressed a public event in New Delhi.
The India-Bangladesh extradition treaty excludes murder, incitement to murder and related offences from its political-offence exception, while retaining other grounds and safeguards for refusing extradition.
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The UK government may require entertainment and media organizations to join the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority (CIISA) if they do not quickly improve safeguarding practices. Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy plans to tell industry leaders that they should act voluntarily, but that the government could intervene; ministers have also called for tighter limits on non-disclosure agreements (NDAs).
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CIISA membership is currently voluntary.
Nandy plans to meet leaders from broadcasting, publishing, film and entertainment next week.
The government could make industry participation in CIISA mandatory if it considers the response to allegations inadequate.
An investigation by the Guardian and ITV News reported allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of position against David Walliams; he denies them.
The allegations followed the sentencing of Russell Brand on charges of rape and sexual assault.
Women and Equalities Minister Bridget Phillipson said there was scope to strengthen laws restricting NDAs.
Zelda Perkins, a campaigner against NDAs, said CIISA membership should be mandatory.
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Russia and Ukraine agreed in principle to a large prisoner-of-war exchange after two days of U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi, but made no major breakthrough toward ending Russia’s invasion. The talks left key disputes unresolved, including occupied Ukrainian territory, security guarantees and whether European countries will take part in negotiations.
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The Abu Dhabi meeting was the first between the delegations in nine months.
The sides said they would finalize the prisoner-exchange numbers the following day.
A Russian official said the exchange could happen within two or three weeks.
The talks lasted just under two hours on Wednesday, following a four-hour session on Tuesday.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner planned to travel to Moscow to meet President Vladimir Putin, then meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Dublin.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine would not give up territory occupied by Russia in exchange for peace.
Russia opposed European countries joining the direct talks, while the United States and Ukraine discussed a possible European role.
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Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc introduced bills at the start of Israel’s legislative session that would reverse several policies of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. The proposals include a government-led inquiry into the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, limits on prime ministerial terms and restoring powers to the judiciary.
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Eisenkot is seeking to become Israel’s prime minister.
His bloc introduced a series of bills at the start of the legislative session.
One bill would establish an official, government-led inquiry into the October 7, 2023, attacks led by Hamas.
Another proposal would set term limits for the prime minister.
The bloc also proposed overturning changes made by Netanyahu’s outgoing government that limited judicial powers.
The report features an interview with Rina Bassist, an editor at Al-Monitor.
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo has passed a law expanding the conditions under which a constitutional referendum can be held, fueling political tensions. The report also says Kenya has declared its latest Ebola outbreak over and that environmental advocates at COP31 oppose waste incineration.
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A new law in the DRC expands the conditions for holding a constitutional referendum.
The law has sparked political tensions in the DRC.
Kenya has officially declared its latest Ebola outbreak over.
Environmental advocates at COP31 have warned against waste incineration.
Advocates say incineration could lock African cities into costly, polluting infrastructure.
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A 17-year-old boy missing for six days in bushland east of Melbourne was found alive and rescued on Friday morning. He had a few scratches, was described by his mother as healthy, and was taken to hospital for a check-up.
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William’s surname has not been released.
He disappeared last Friday while camping with a friend in Victoria.
The search area was about 180km east of Melbourne.
Police used dogs, divers and helicopters in the search.
Rescuers winched him to safety and gave him water and a doughnut.
His mother said he had only a few scratches and appeared fit and healthy.
Police said officers were emotional after finding him alive.
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Archaeologists now believe a large bronze leg found in a Scottish bog in 1820 came from a gilded statue of Emperor Antoninus Pius erected near Hawick around AD 140. The leg features in a new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland, which presents evidence of a larger Roman presence in Scotland than previously thought.
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The bronze leg was found in a bog more than 200 years ago and was kept at Dalkeith House for about a century.
Earlier scholars thought the leg had been looted from York and carried north; archaeologists now believe it came from the Scottish Borders.
The leg may have belonged to a large equestrian statue of Antoninus Pius erected after Roman forces took control of southern Scotland around AD 140.
The exhibition, Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire, opens at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Curator Fraser Hunter estimates about 10,000 troops and perhaps 10,000 camp followers, wives, and enslaved people were in southern and eastern Scotland during the Antonine period.
The exhibition includes a decorated bowl from Inveresk, whose combination of animal reliefs has not been found elsewhere in Scotland or the UK.
The museum is displaying two carved stone altars from an Inveresk temple to Mithras, as well as the skeleton of a horse buried there.
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A French honour guard collapsed at the Elysee Palace in Paris as Slovak President Peter Pellegrini arrived. French President Emmanuel Macron and palace staff went to help before the guard was carried away.
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The guard collapsed during Pellegrini’s arrival at the Elysee Palace.
Emmanuel Macron and palace staff rushed to assist the guard.
The guard was carried away.
Pellegrini is the president of Slovakia.
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A person using the alias “DaggerElite” hacked the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority website and claimed to have sold 2026 VCE exam papers to students. The authority and a law firm named in the hacker’s message said they found no evidence that exam papers were accessed, leaked, or distributed; Victoria police are investigating, and exams are continuing as scheduled.
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The hacker’s message appeared on the VCAA homepage banner on Wednesday evening.
The hacker claimed to have downloaded exam papers from internal file servers and sold them to hundreds of students, but provided no verified evidence in the article.
The VCAA said the claims were fabricated and that it had no evidence any VCE exams had been accessed or leaked.
Go Ahead Lawyers said it did not access or distribute exam papers and suspected someone may have spoofed its email address.
The incident was reported to Victoria police, and the VCAA took its website offline for maintenance while it investigated.
VCAA chief executive Andrew Smith said the authority was working to restore the website and would review the cause and any needed security changes.
Victoria’s government said the VCE exams would continue as normal.
In 2024, the VCAA accidentally published 56 of 116 exam papers before students sat the tests.
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Authorities rescued more than 300 migrants off Spain’s Canary Islands amid a surge in Atlantic crossings. More than 7,400 people reached the islands during the first 10 days of November, as rising departures from West Africa drew concern over the route’s deadly risks.
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More than 300 migrants were rescued off Spain’s Canary Islands.
More than 7,400 people reached the archipelago in the first 10 days of November.
Departures from West Africa increased.
The Atlantic migration route to the islands is deadly.
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UK newspapers focus on allegations of sexual misconduct involving David Walliams, which he denies, and calls for stronger protections in the entertainment industry. Other stories include David Cameron warning against reopening the debate over EU membership, criticism of UK economic policy, and U.S. Democrat Jamie Raskin’s expected role in congressional investigations of President Donald Trump.
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The Guardian reports that ministers have warned the entertainment industry to improve protections for women and children or face a crackdown.
Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy is expected to meet entertainment industry leaders next week.
Comedian Lucy Beaumont and other female comedians are calling for better safeguarding and criticizing the use of non-disclosure agreements, according to The Times.
Walliams denied being a sexual predator and said he had not broken the law.
The Metro reports that a second celebrity has received a legal order preventing allegations of sexual misconduct from being reported.
David Cameron warned Andy Burnham against triggering another prolonged debate over whether the UK should rejoin the EU.
The Financial Times reports that Maryland Democrat Jamie Raskin is poised to lead U.S. congressional investigations into President Donald Trump.
The Mirror reports that a woman with cancer waited 48 hours for treatment in a storeroom at an NHS hospital.
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