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El Salvador’s ‘cool dictator’ boasts country would be ‘a one-party system’ after election win (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Nayib Bukele claims landslide victory and says Spanish democracy is a colonial fraud in impassioned speech to supporters...

Egypt official tells Europe to take in 1m Gazans if ‘you care about human rights so much’ (www.middleeastmonitor.com)

Benjamin Netanyahu failed Israel (www.vox.com)

Ocean Heat Has Shattered Records for More Than a Year. What’s Happening? (www.nytimes.com)

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Israel again massacres Palestinian civilians who had gathered to obtain humanitarian aid in Gaza (euromedmonitor.org)

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Germany’s doner kebab becomes symbol of angst over rising costs (www.politico.eu)

“I can still remember when doner kebabs were sold for €3.50,” reminisced one teenager amid calls for a price brake to stop rising kebab costs....

‘I am starting to panic about my child’s future’: climate scientists wary of starting families (www.theguardian.com)

A fifth of female climate scientists who responded to Guardian survey said they had opted to have no or fewer children...

To Fight ‘Shrinkflation’ France Will Force Retailers to Warn Shoppers: Merchants will be required to put signs in front of all products that have been reduced in size without a corresponding price cut (www.nytimes.com)

Israel appears to be in breach of ICJ orders on Gaza, senior UN official says. (amp.theguardian.com)

Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)

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Biden tells donors Israel is losing support, Netanyahu must change his government | CNN Politics (www.cnn.com)

President Joe Biden said Tuesday Israel’s prime minister needs to change his hardline government and support for the country’s military campaign is waning amid heavy bombardment of Gaza. … “This is the most conservative government in Israel’s history,” Biden said, adding that the Israeli government “doesn’t want...

EU charges Elon Musk’s X for letting disinfo run wild (www.politico.eu)

The tech mogul’s platform is the first to get hit with charges under new EU social media law....

Boeing sales tumble as the company gets no orders for the 737 Max for the second straight month (abcnews.go.com)

Survey finds that 60 firms are responsible for half of world’s plastic pollution (www.theguardian.com)

Three Arrested After Spanish Tourist Gang-raped In India. An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day in 2022, according to data by the National Crime Records Bureau (www.barrons.com)

Evidence of Israel's unlawful use of white phosphorus in southern Lebanon as cross-border hostilities escalate (www.amnesty.org)

The Israeli army fired artillery shells containing white phosphorus, an incendiary weapon, in military operations along Lebanon’s southern border between 10 and 16 October 2023.

U.S. ambassador to Japan will publicly eat Fukushima fish amid radioactive water release outrage (fortune.com)

This month is the planet's hottest on record by far – and hottest in around 120,000 years, scientists say | CNN (edition.cnn.com)

The Palestinian activists fighting for LGBTQ+ rights against a neverending backdrop of war (www.lgbtqnation.com)

Hamas Police Officer Fatally Shoots Boy Approaching Humanitarian Aid Truck to Keep Others Away: (themessenger.com)

White House warns Congress the US is out of money, nearly out of time to avoid 'kneecap' to Ukraine (apnews.com)

The Biden administration on Monday sent Congress an urgent warning about the need to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine, saying Kyiv’s war effort to defend itself from Russia’s invasion may grind to a halt without it....

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