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Wednesday, October 21
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● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’ ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ukraine thankful that intelligence on missile strikes ‘works now’, says Zelenskyy – as it happened ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president ● ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers ● Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway. ● Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive ● Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services ● Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks ● Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines ● Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says ● Odds of fifth interest rate hike this year likely to shorten as RBA deputy warns inflation outlook ‘worsening’ ● Amelia Earhart researchers leave remote atoll empty-handed after ‘plane debris’ found to be a clump of trees ● Ukraine thankful that intelligence on missile strikes ‘works now’, says Zelenskyy – as it happened ● The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time preview – Link faces his scariest challenge yet: the 4K era ● Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say ● Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president ● ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers ● Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway. ● Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive ● Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say ● Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar. ● Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine ● Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump ● Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation ● Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected? ● Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space ● Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services ● Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks ● Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines
Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says✓
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Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says

Dan Mackenzie initially defended his father but now says he felt he had to report his own grandmother
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Ex-OpenAI worker accused of bugging offices planned to 'flee' to Saudi Arabia, prosecutors say

A former OpenAI engineer charged with secretly installing a recording device at its offices was "mere days" away from fleeing to Saudi Arabia before his arrest, prosecutors allege
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Cornell responds to Jane Doe's letter saying she felt 'unsupported' by university president

A woman known as Jane Doe who accused seven men at Cornell University of sexual assault at a fraternity house sent a letter to the school saying she “felt unsupported and…
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‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers✓

‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers

Our dependence on internet services of a few key tech companies leaves us vulnerable to cloud failures, bugs and more, experts say. It happened again. A power outage hit a…
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Wright calls Trump's diesel deal a peace incentive. Rubio says Russia would sell anyway.

President Trump's top aides offered sharply different explanations this weekend of his Russian diesel deal amid a barrage of bipartisan criticism calling the move a gift to…
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Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive✓

Nigeria confirms an Ebola case in Abuja as a woman arriving from Uganda tests positive

Nigeria is the latest country to report an Ebola case as the outbreak spreads across the region. Kenya confirmed its first case earlier this month and has since recorded nine…
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Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say✓

Houthi missile strike on Yemen camp kills 73 security recruits, local authorities say

Three missiles hit a camp in government-controlled Shabwa province on Monday that was being used as a training centre, Yemen's army says
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Trump once questioned Obama's citizenship. Now Obama is speaking out for Ilhan Omar.

Former President Barack Obama issued a forceful denunciation of the Trump administration's legal pursuit of Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar over suspicions she fraudulently obtained…
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Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine✓

Trump makes Russia-friendly moves as he looks for a way to end the war with Ukraine

President Trump's up and down relationship with Russia is back on as he presses to find an end to the war in Ukraine amid high energy costs ahead of the U.S. midterms
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Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump✓

Alberta's decisive decision to stay in Canada gives Carney backing to take on Trump

The overwhelming vote by Alberta to stay in Canada gives Mark Carney political capital to focus on remaking the country's economy, writes the BBC's Lyse Doucet
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Ukraine's Starlink restrictions raise suspicions of Musk, Trump retaliation

The rupture between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over last week's diesel deal deepened Wednesday after an Elon Musk -owned satellite system used by…
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Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?✓

Severe drought declared and hosepipe bans in force - is your area affected?

Parts of southern England have entered "severe drought", while about 30 million people are under hosepipe ban
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Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space✓

Inside the race between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for control of outer space

The Atlantic writer Josh Tyrangiel says Musk and Bezos each want to colonize the moon, mine its resources and launch thousands more satellites. He says their only real competition…
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Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services✓

Ebola cases in Kenya highlight US failures amid Trump cuts to key services

Opposition to US-led quarantine center in Kenya follows sweeping funding cuts and withdrawal from WHO. An eighth person in Kenya has tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of…
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Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks✓

Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks

Mounting anxiety as Russia’s war on Ukraine reaches Nato’s borders with targeting of vessels transporting agricultural cargo. Nato is deploying additional military assets to the…
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Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines✓

Andy Burnham outlines new rules to outlaw ‘rip-off’ private parking fines

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China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports✓

China’s economy grows faster than forecast after AI boom boosts exports

Third-quarter GDP up by 4.5% compared with last year as industrial output is buoyed by electronics demand. Roaring exports lifted China’s economic growth in the third quarter of…
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Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum✓

Alberta voters overwhelmingly reject plan to leave Canada in referendum

Result is a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unity. Voters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin the process of…
74% agreement · 2 independent sources
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US food importer sues Trump over 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods✓

US food importer sues Trump over 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods

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UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks✓

UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi attacks

RAF Typhoon fighters to fly defensive missions over cities and infrastructure in extension of UK support for Riyadh. RAF Typhoon fighters are to be used in efforts to protect…
77% agreement · 2 independent sources
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Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs✓

Paddy Power owner blames tax rises for plan to shed up to 1,400 jobs

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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media✓

Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media

The spire of the clock tower at Limoges city hall dramatically collapsed as it was engulfed in flames on Saturday
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Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery✓

Pope Leo XIV thanks wellwishers in first event after cancer surgery

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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

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US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance✓

US bans China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance

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Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast✓

Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast

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World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey✓

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Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight - French media

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World's oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey

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Kenya cult leader's children still being starved weeks before trial, son says

✓ 81% agree · 3 sources
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Swimmer, 65, killed in shark attack off South Africa's east coast

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‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers

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Japan launches mission to Mars to bring back samples from its moon

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