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Watch: Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers clash in US Senate debate.A no-holds-barred televised debate between Michigan Senate rivals Abdul El-Sayed and Mike Rogers has highlighted how ugly personal attacks are ramping up in the US midterms elections race.In Thursday evening’s duel, Rogers questioned whether someone in his Muslim opponent’s family might be on a “watchlist”. El-Sayed, a Democrat, called the Republican “a sock puppet for the Trump administration”.Moderator Rick Albin said the barbs continued off camera, spilling into the commercial break – something Albin said he has never seen in 30 years of doing debates.On the morning after…
Super Bowl-winning player and coach Ditka dies aged 86NFL icon Mike Ditka, who coached the Chicago Bears to the Super Bowl XX title in 1986, dies aged 86.4 hrs agoAmerican Football
“I’m not going to be watching it” – JD Vance on possible livestreamed executionUS Vice-President JD Vance has cast doubt on the Pentagon’s plans to livestream a firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter. Talking with reporters, Vance expressed doubt that it would happen as planned, saying: “I don’t know that that’s actually going to happen”. He added, that “if it’s through live stream, I’m not going to be watching it”. Vance described the actions by former US Army major Nidal Hasan as “the worst terrorist attack on American soil outside of 9/11”. Hasan fatally shot 13 unarmed US…
New York Police DepartmentFootage from a NYPD officer’s body cam shows the scene after Oscar Belgal was shot by ICE agentsUS immigration officials have defended the actions of officers who shot and wounded a man in his car in New York on Thursday while his five-year-old son was in the back seat.Markwayne Mullin, the head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which runs the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), said officers fired their weapons while trying to arrest a man with a criminal history. “We weren’t aware the child was in the car,” Mullin added at a news conference…
Watch: ‘I am Jane Doe’ protests across US call for end to sexual violenceProtests against sexual violence took place across more than 40 US states on 8 October.50 mins agoUS & Canada
LIVEHurricane Isaias strengthens to category three as evacuations orders issued along US Gulf CoastStates of emergency have been issued in parts of Alabama, Florida and Georgia, with evacuation orders in place for some in those coastal communities.
AFP via Getty ImagesPillay was told of the award in Nuremberg’s Palace of JusticeFormer UN human rights chief and International Court of Justice judge Navi Pillay has been awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.The South African judge was recognised “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, which paved the way for a “more comprehensive global legal order”, the Nobel committee said.Pillay, 85, has taken part in high-profile work considering allegations of human rights violations during a decades-long career, including in Rwanda, Myanmar and Gaza.Her early work included defending anti-apartheid activists in South Africa, and on Friday she became…
Getty ImagesNeha Bora is a PhD student at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru UniversityWhen India’s Gen Z-led protesters return to Delhi this weekend for demonstrations seeking the resignation of the country’s top election official, one of the prominent faces at the forefront will be that of a 29-year-old PhD student.Neha Bora is a theatre artist and activist who has been with the All India Students’ Association (Aisa), a Left-wing organisation known for campus politics, for the past decade and been its president for the past two years.But Neha’s – who uses “they” and “them” as personal pronouns – visibility is no longer…
NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThousands gathered at the Bastille in Paris hours before the French government made its first concession to the studentsThe French government has made its first sign of giving ground to teenage protesters, with a promise of 3,000 extra supply teachers in the coming days.Education minister Edouard Geffray made the offer in a television interview on Thursday evening, at the end of another day of sometimes violent demonstrations by high-school students.The government says 6,877 people have been arrested, 86% of whom are under the age of 18, since protests began centred around demands for more resources in secondary…
Getty / ReutersElon Musk (right) has accused the Ambanis of blocking Starlink’s entry into India Elon Musk has questioned whether billionaire Mukesh Ambani is the “real boss of India” as his satellite internet company Starlink struggles to secure final approval to launch in the country.The remark came a day after Musk accused unnamed powerful business interests of trying to block Starlink’s entry into India. He then singled out Ambani, whose Reliance conglomerate owns Jio, India’s biggest mobile network operator.India has rejected Musk’s allegations, saying its satellite communications rules are fair and non-discriminatory.Ambani and Reliance Group have not responded to Musk’s…