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'Who is the Israeli army really fighting in Gaza?'

Threats of 'retaliation' after the release of nothing more than simple kites highlight Israel's ongoing struggle to even identify an enemy within the Palestinian enclave.

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People search through the rubble of a building destroyed by an airstrike in Nuseirat, in the Gaza Strip, on October 23, 2026.
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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three

Over the past six days, 10 students and educators were killed by the Israeli army, according to Gaza's education ministry.

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Mourners grieve next to the bodies of three Palestinians during their funeral at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on October 25, 2026.
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Venezuelan opposition leader Machado returns from exile

Maria Corina Machado covertly left her homeland in late 2025 to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. While based in Panama, she has tried at least seven times to return but has been blocked by Venezuelan authorities, according to her party.

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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado arriving at the Church of Santa Rosa in Barquisimeto, Venezuela on October 25, 2026.
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Storms batter Europe hitting power supplies, flights and phones

More than 82,000 homes in Britain, nearly 60,000 in France and at least 10,000 in Germany had power cuts inflicted by the passage of storms Boelo and Austen.

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A car drives on the flooded A8 in Port Glasgow, Scotland, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026, after Storm Boelo passed through the area.
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In Israel, 'Haaretz' fights for its independence and the freedom to report

Amid Israel's heated election campaign, the progressive newspaper is one of the last news organizations openly critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's policies. It has published investigations into the right-wing and far-right coalition. The government has accused it of treason and taken retaliatory measures over its coverage of the war in Gaza.

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Editors and copy editors at the newspaper Haaretz at work, September 27, 2026.
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Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro neck and neck after bitter runoff campaign

Trailing far-right Flavio Bolsonaro after the first round of the presidential election on October 4, President Lula has since benefited from a massive turnout from supporters. He has also taken a few last-minute measures in an attempt to secure a fourth term.

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Towels bearing the likenesses of presidential candidates Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro for sale in Brasília on October 22, 2026.
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Obama delivers scathing criticism of Trump's 'chaos and cruelty' while campaigning for Democrats

'The current president chose to make a series of bad decisions [...] he decided to start an unnecessary war that nobody asked for,' said the former US leader, encouraging voters to cast early ballots for the upcoming midterm elections.

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Former US President Barack Obama at a rally in Detroit, Michigan, US October 24, 2026.
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Yemen's Houthis launch new attacks on Saudi Arabia after accusing the kingdom of strikes that killed 17

The Saudi-led coalition said it had intercepted two missiles targeting Saudi cities Taif and Yanbu on Saturday morning while Yemeni fighters said they targeted three Saudi airports including the international airport in Riyadh, energy installations, a pipeline and an air base.

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A man inspects damage at the site of an airstrike that targeted Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa on October 24, 2026.
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'Donald Trump goes further than the eccentric scientist from 'Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.' He is shrinking America'

The US president's decision to assist Vladimir Putin in his war against Ukraine – most notably with the diesel fuel deal – marks the latest chapter in his ongoing campaign to dismantle America's superpower status, analyzes Le Monde columnist Alain Frachon.

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Donald Trump at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, October 21, 2026.
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Thousands protest in Italy despite heavy security

Meloni's hard-right government approved tough security measures and police carried out dozens of searches and arrests in advance of the planned rallies.

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Riot police face demonstrators during a protest against the rising cost of living in Bologna, Italy, October 24, 2026.
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Israeli forces displace hundreds of Hebron families after deadly attack

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was planning an operation on a scale not seen since Israel first occupied the West Bank in 1967, after Palestinian militants killed two Israeli soldiers on Friday at a checkpoint.

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Palestinians look on at their empty homes after the Israeli army forced them to evacuate the Ein Deir Baha neighborhood in occupied West Bank city of Hebron on October 24, 2026.
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Fire tears through Hitler's mountain retreat, suspect detained

Firefighters and police heading to the Eagle's Nest on Friday night saw 'a rider on a red motorcycle with no license plate' and stopped him, a Bavarian police official told a press conference on Saturday.

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The burnt mountain guesthouse Kehlsteinhaus, known as the Eagle's Nest, after a large fire had broken out, October 24, 2026.
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Israel's legislative campaign caught in deadlock

Israeli voters will go to the polls on October 27. Gadi Eisenkot, the centrist opponent of Benjamin Netanyahu, has rejected the E1 settlement project, which would split the largest Palestinian territory in two. But he remains just as firmly opposed as the prime minister to the creation of a Palestinian state.

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Campaign poster for Gadi Eisenkot, from the Yashar party, in Tel Aviv, on October 22, 2026.
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25,000 rally in Madrid demanding state pension guarantees

The rally comes amid a political row over the sustainability of Spain's pension scheme and the cost of living, ahead of a parliamentary election next month.

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Pensioners and supporters march to defend their retirement rights in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026.
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Saudi forces launch deadly airstrikes on Yemen

These strikes come as the Saudi-led military coalition announced that, since Saturday morning, it had intercepted two missiles fired by the Houthis towards Taif and Yanbu, in the kingdom's west.

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People ride motorbikes on a street in Sanaa, Yemen September 30, 2026.
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Cuba mocks US 'desperation' calling on Cubans to work with CIA

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday, called for Cubans to make 'discreet' contact with the American intelligence services as Washington seeks to force an end to the island's communist government.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks with members of the media at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel in Mumbai, India, October 21, 2026.
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Argentine judge dismisses case against Milei over alleged crypto scam

Argentine President Javier Milei and his sister were accused of promoting a suspected cryptocurrency scam that resulted in at least $100 million in losses for investors. In a ruling reviewed by Agence France-Presse (AFP), the judge wrote that investor losses and the rise and fall in the currency's price were insufficient to establish fraud.

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Argentina’s President Javier Milei (R) raises his clenched fist as the Secretary General of the Presidency Karina Milei waves during the oath ceremony at the Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires on December 3, 2025.
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Ebola vaccine trial begins in DR Congo

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X: 'Science gives us hope. Today, in Bunia DRC, the first participants were vaccinated in a new Ebola vaccine trial called Tumaini, which means 'hope' in Swahili.'

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A health workers administers a dose of the Tumaini vaccine against Ebola virus, in Ituri, Congo, October 23, 2026.
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