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Sunday, November 01, 2026 5:24 PM ET

BBC News - World

Just now -- Nine killed in 'horrific' Florida jet crash -- Transport Secretary Sean Duffy described the crash, which happened nine miles from President Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, as a "horrific tragedy". -- Just now

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India's opposition holds mega rally seeking election chief's resignation -- Thousands gathered in the heart of delhi, calling for the chief election commissioner to step down. -- India

4 hours ago

University of Cambridge scientist among those who died in Spanish train crash -- Marta Shahbazi was an "inspiring, talented and passionate scientist", says the laboratory where she worked.

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Shops looted as German cost-of-living protests turn violent -- The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.

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Armed police start patrols in Sydney after Bondi Beach attack -- The new police unit is a security measure in response to last year's deadly shooting attack at a Hanukkah festival.

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Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.

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Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book -- Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.

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Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials -- The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.

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Alaska Senate candidate denies knowing about alleged plot to put two Dan Sullivans on ballot -- The incumbent Republican running for re-election and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to also stand in the race.

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More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak -- Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

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Peaceful protests in Germany spiral into violence and looting -- Thousands joined largely orderly demonstrations earlier in the day, before violence erupted in Frankfurt, Berlin, Cologne and Hamburg.

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Watch: Heidi Klum as giant severed hand for Halloween bash -- The supermodel and TV host provided a gory new shock at her New York event.

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Thousands demonstrate in Paris as protests spread across Europe -- More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police.

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Emotional reunions with loved ones for Oleshky evacuees -- The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

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CCTV and zip ties: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted -- BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.

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Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide? -- The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress. -- US & Canada

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These firms you've never heard of are feeding fears the AI bubble could burst -- The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds. -- Technology

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The fight to save Canadian town threatened by Trump's tariffs -- A century-old paper mill in Témiscaming, Quebec is indefinitely closed after the US imposed 50% tariffs on its products, putting hundreds out of work. -- US & Canada

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How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán -- Defeat for Serbia's Aleksandar Vučiċ in last weekend's vote was a carbon copy of Viktor Orbán's fall in Hungary.

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'We came back from hell', say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied front-line city -- One evacuated couple says they crossed minefields in Oleshky in search of food.

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I've been stuck on a tiny Pacific island for years and can't get a transit visa to fly home -- Ruchira Ranasingha, 50, has been stranded in the Cook Islands since 2023 and wants to return to Sri Lanka.

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Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends -- A rare humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to evacuate the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky.

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Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat erupts -- Haley Stevens, who lost out on the Democratic Senate nomination to Abdul El-Sayed, endorses his opponent days before the vote.

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Lindsay Clancy is back in court - where will her case go next? -- The Massachusetts mother, accused of murdering her three children, is expected back in court as she awaits a decision on whether her case will be retried.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say -- Five officers from the Hamas-run police have been killed in Khan Younis and three people, including a child, killed in Gaza City, officials say.

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'My vote still matters' - Americans weigh in on the power of their ballot -- The BBC asked voters from across the United States what voting means to them and whether they think it matters in the midterm elections.

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