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October 28, 2025

Brazil: at least 64 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised dronesAt least 64 people...

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October 28, 2025

‘Storm of the century’: record-breaking Hurricane Melissa hits Jamaica

Government says it has done all it can to prepare for strongest hurricane in country since records began

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October 28, 2025

‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head

Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30

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October 27, 2025

Warming oceans probably fueling Hurricane Melissa’s rapid intensification

Climate scientists have long warned that warming oceans are making explosive storm development more common

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October 27, 2025

Jamaicans take shelter as Hurricane Melissa bears down as category 5 storm

Landfall is not expected until Tuesday but high winds have already felled trees and caused power cuts on the island

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October 27, 2025

Javier Milei hails ‘tipping point’ as his far-right party wins Argentina’s midterm elections

The result falls short of giving Milei a congressional majority but has been widely described as surprising by Argentinian analystsThe party of...

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October 27, 2025

Hurricane Melissa strengthens to category 4 as evacuations ordered in Jamaica’s capital

Storm could intensify further, threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in northern CaribbeanHurricane Melissa strengthened into a powerful...

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October 27, 2025

Weather tracker: Jamaica braces for its most powerful hurricane as Melissa nears category 5

Record-breaking hurricane expected to make landfall on Tuesday with 160mph winds, while New Zealand reels from storm damageThe Caribbean is

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October 27, 2025

Republican senator calls Trump’s military airstrikes ‘extrajudicial killings’

Rand Paul’s comments come days after president claimed US lawmakers wouldn’t take issue with Venezuelan strikes

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October 25, 2025

Argentina goes to polls amid economic crisis and Trump ‘interference’

Poor showing in Sunday’s election would deal hammer blow to country’s radical libertarian president, Javier MileiArgentina’s radical libertarian...

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October 24, 2025

US and Canada spar over ad of Reagan denouncing tariffs that led to derailed trade talks

Ontario premier says he plans to run ad featuring speech that sparked Trump’s ire again during World Series but campaign will end MondayAfter the US...

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October 24, 2025

Pentagon deploys top aircraft carrier as Trump militarisation of Caribbean ratchets up

Use of USS Gerald Ford along with fighter jets comes as president plots strikes against alleged cartels on landThe Pentagon said on Friday that it...

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