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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 969
As the war enters its 969th day, these are the main developments.
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Priest shot dead in southern Mexico after leaving Sunday service
Community remembers Marcelo Perez as outspoken champion of Indigenous, labour rights in Mexican state of Chiapas.
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Trump visits McDonald’s as Harris speaks to churchgoers in swing state push
US presidential candidates zero in on battleground states of Pennsylvania and Georgia as Election Day nears.
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Israel ‘demolished’ watchtower in latest attack on UN Lebanon peacekeepers
UNIFIL says Israeli forces 'deliberately' damaged one of its positions in southern Lebanon.
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‘Historic’: Egypt declared malaria free by the World Health Organization
Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in 2022.
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US election: Legal experts question Elon Musk’s planned cash giveaways
Plan to give $1m per day until November 5 election could violate law against using cash to induce voting, experts say.
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Gallant says Israel ‘destroying’ Hezbollah as bombing of Lebanon escalates
Israel has intensified attacks across Lebanon, leaving cities and villages devastated.
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India’s envoy to Canada rejects involvement in Sikh activist’s killing
Sanjay Kumar Verma, who is being expelled from Canada, says had 'nothing at all' to do with Hardeep Singh Nijjar murder.
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Georgians rally in support of EU membership ahead of elections
EU froze accession talks after Georgia government passed controversial 'foreign influence law' earlier this year.
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Are BRICS countries already challenging the US-led world order?
US economist Richard Wolff weighs in on BRICS, the systemic problems of the US economy, and the future of Israel.
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Sudan’s army claims first defection of senior RSF commander
The reported defection comes as Sudan's army attempts to push back its former ally, the paramilitary RSF.
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Could the US Senate flip to the right? Eight races to watch this election
Democrats hold a slim majority in Congress's upper chamber. But that lead could erode with 34 Senate seats up for grabs.
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Mandela travelled on Trump’s plane in 1990: Who paid for it?
Donald Trump chartered a 727 for Nelson Mandela's 1990 trip to the US. But it wasn’t a gift.
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Ukraine strikes key Russian explosives manufacturer, general staff says
Kyiv has also struck storage infrastructure at a military airfield, in a rare aerial attack on Russia.
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Israel releases footage of its military rounding up Palestinians in Gaza
The Israeli army has released footage showing dozens of Palestinians being rounded up in besieged northern Gaza.
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Video: See the moment a seven-storey building collapses in Nairobi, Kenya
Video shows the moment a multi-storey building collapses in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi.
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Libyan arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning Israeli embassy attack
Prosecutors said accused exchanged information with a member of ISIL and was planning to use firearms in his assault.
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‘Why shouldn’t power be Black’? How Miriam Makeba won and lost the US
The Black South African singer defied the odds to become a household name in the US. Then she was cancelled.
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Israeli massacre in north Gaza’s Beit Lahiya
An Israeli air strike hit a residential block killing close to 100 Palestinians while they slept in Beit Lahiya.
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Crowd of Palestinians helping ‘shredded child’ come under attack in Gaza
Video shows the shocking moment a crowd of Palestinians are attacked as they try to help a badly wounded person.
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