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I'm open-minded on England smacking ban, says Education Secretary

Bridget Phillipson tells the BBC that legislation would not be introduced "any time soon".

Georgia's president says the country was the victim of a Russian 'special operation' in election

World - ABC News - October 27

Egypt's president says it has proposed 2-day cease-fire in Gaza

Egypt's proposal comes as Israel's spy chief travels to Doha for talks with CIA Director William Burns and the Qatari prime minister.

Japan’s ruling party is certain to lose a majority in the lower house, broadcaster says

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s conservative ruling party braced for a blow to its comfortable majority in the lower house of parliament in Sunday’s elections.

Iran leader says Israeli attack should not be 'exaggerated or downplayed'

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refrained from pledging immediate retaliation while President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran did not seek war.

Hochul says Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally is a 'white flag of surrender'

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) said she thinks the Madison Square Garden rally former President Trump is hosting Sunday is a “white flag of surrender.” “I think he’s waving the white flag of ...

Politics - The Hill - October 27

Harris says election will "decide fate of our nation for generations to come"

Vice President Kamala Harris, who campaigned in the Delaware Valley last week, spoke at a Philadelphia church Sunday morning before holding a rally later tonight.

Monday Briefing: A Majority of U.S. Voters Say Democracy is Under Threat

Plus, a long-lost Chopin waltz.

World - The New York Times - October 28

No E. Coli Found in Samples of McDonald’s Beef Patties, Officials Say

The company said it would put Quarter Pounders back on the menu, without the raw onions that were considered the likely source of the bacteria.

Health - The New York Times - October 28

McDonald’s says beef patties not responsible for E. Coli illnesses

McDonald’s announced on Sunday that its beef patties are not responsible for the E. Coli outbreak linked to the company’s quarter pounders. It comes after the outbreak made at least 75 people sick, ...

Budget watchdog will break impartiality, claims Hunt

The former chancellor says the publication of a review which could criticise the Conservatives on Budget day would "cross a line".

Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam

Consumption of world’s wealthiest people also making it increasingly difficult to limit global heating to 1.5C. The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and ...

World - The Guardian - October 28

Argentina ready to boost flights to Falklands, says foreign minister

Diana Mondino says airlines will have to decide ‘frequency’ in sign of warmer relations with the UK over the islands

Business - Financial Times - October 28

Ex-Bolivian president says car shot at in assassination attempt

His party said it held President Luis Arce's government responsible. Arce condemned violence in politics and pledged an investigation.

Effort to tackle climate change wildly off track, says UN

The world is wildly off track in tackling climate change, the UN says, as CO2 in the atmosphere accumulates faster than ever

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