Port workers from France to Turkey staged a coordinated one-day strike against weapons shipments and the militarisation of ports, as a general strike brought tens of thousands onto Italy's streets.
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‘Coup d’état!’ Poland in chaos as riot police seal top court and president turns plane around mid-air
The president and vice-president of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal have been suspended for a month, prompting the court to cry 'coup', riot police to surround the building and President Nawrocki to abandon a trip to Senegal.
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‘They killed us’: Russia’s last great free newspaper Novaya Gazeta shuts down after 33 years of Kremlin pressure
Novaya Gazeta, the Nobel-winning Moscow paper that lost six journalists to murder, says Russia's security services have forced it to close, with its servers going dark on 9 November.
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G20 snub: Europe refuses to pose with Putin’s man Lavrov as Rubio scraps family photo in Atlanta
The US cancelled the G20 foreign ministers' group photo in Atlanta after European diplomats threatened to walk out rather than stand beside Russia's Sergey Lavrov.
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Trump reinstates Iowa and Kansas rallies after U-turn in final days of US midterms
A day after Republicans said Donald Trump would skip Kansas and Iowa for phone-in events, the President is back on the road, with tight Senate races and questions over his schedule hanging over the final weekend before Tuesday's vote.
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Spain rail crash: at least 69 dead as signalling failure and control-room order come under scrutiny
A Renfe train ran into a stationary Iryo service south of Madrid after a signalling system failed, in Spain's second deadly high-speed crash this year. The government is under pressure weeks before a general election.
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Maine governor Janet Mills reveals she voted for Troy Jackson after ‘shut up’ storm rocks Collins race
Janet Mills says she voted for Troy Jackson in Maine's toss-up Senate race, despite their history of tension and his 'shut up' outburst at Susan Collins in the final debate.
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Pakistan jails famous rights lawyer couple for 10 years under terror laws – over road barriers
An anti-terrorism court has sentenced Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years each over a 2024 confrontation at a security cordon in Islamabad. Human Rights Watch says the case sends a chilling message.
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Mecca alert: Saudi Arabia says it blasted Houthi drone out of the sky near Islam’s holiest city – but rebels say it’s ‘false’
The Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed a Houthi drone over the Mecca region on Friday. The Houthis call the claim false, as cross-border attacks spiral and the US pulls non-essential staff out of the kingdom.
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Revealed: Cambodian soldiers and police guarded scam compounds where victims were tortured, Amnesty claims
A new Amnesty International report says serving soldiers and police, plus five politically connected security firms, helped guard Cambodian scam compounds where trafficked workers were beaten, shocked and raped.