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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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Trump lifts some Canada tariffs ahead of midterms

Friday's action will apply to tariffs on certain goods, such as 'plywood sheets, some paper products, certain machinery and refrigeration equipment,' the White House said, but imposes levies on new ones, including carpets, certain valves and waste products. The new measures will take effect on October 30.

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Gantry cranes used to load and unload cargo containers from ships sit idle at Global Container Terminals at Deltaport, during a strike in Delta, British Columbia, July 7, 2023.
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