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• Polish prosecutors open terrorism investigation into Kraków shooting
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Polish prosecutors opened a terrorism investigation after a deadly shooting in Kraków, as authorities examined a possible extremist motive.

• Poland: Gunman kills 6 in Krakow main square, police say
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  A gunman killed six people in Kraków’s main square, according to police, prompting a major criminal investigation.

• Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Protesters break into Microsoft data centre site in Amsterdam. Data centres face protests across Europe due to the massive amounts of computing power and water they use.

• Israel closes Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinians for Jewish holiday
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Contested West Bank holy site is reopened exclusively for Israelis, deepening tensions over control of the mosque.

• Armed men kill at least 33 in village in Ebola-hit eastern DRC
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Armed men kill at least 33 in village in Ebola-hit eastern DRC. Locals blame ADF armed group, which pledged allegiance to ISIL in 2019, for the deadly raids on North Kivu villages.

• Iran war: Gulf tanker attacked, 1 seaferer killed
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Iran is stepping up attacks on shipping in the Persian Gulf and Strait of Hormuz. A Greek-owned tanker believed to have been struck with a missile, and Iran said two other vessels were on fire.

• US midterm results spark fears in Israel over future of two countries' ties
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

  Staunch US support of Israel has been raised as one of the reasons why Republicans performed so badly.

• Israel’s Herzog yet to decide on who should form government as Eisenkot secures significant backing
  Source: The Guardian - World

  President says he will make a decision on Sunday about who should try to build a government as Netanyahu rival is endorsed by 67 lawmakers Gadi Eisenkot, the main rival to Benjamin Netanyahu, secured endorsements on Thursday from a majority of lawmakers to try to form a government but Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, said it was still unclear who could break the deadlock and that he would decide on Sunday which of the two men should try first. Of the Knesset’s 120 elected lawmakers, 67 had ​endorsed Eisenkot through several days of talks with Herzog, while 46 endorsed Netanyahu. Herzog said on Thursday that while the “results ‌of the consultations may appear clear”, there were “mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs themselves” that make it difficult to say who has the ‌best shot to form a government. Continue reading...

• Germany’s Gen Z protests spark debate on integration, bias
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Political debate about the recent Gen Z riots have raised the question: Can Germany talk about problems with integration without putting entire groups of people under suspicion?

• The midterms were a thumping rebuke of the US-Israel relationship
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same Q&A: Ask your questions about Democrats’ win in the midterms Track live results from all 50 states On the eve of a midterm election that ended in an unequivocal rejection of his brand of politics, even Donald Trump seemed to recognize that the US-Israel relationship had become a political liability. Trump’s 11th-hour suggestion, on election morning, that he would cut military aid to Israel at the end of the year because, as he put it, “they don’t need it”, was condemned across the board – with pro-Palestinian advocates dismissing it as “desperate” and pro-Israel ones as “unserious”. Continue reading...

• Iran unveils ‘We will kill Trump’ banner – but US president may now be tempted to resume bombing
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Iran celebrates its claimed role in ‘regime change’ amid pressure on Trump to ‘finish the job’ with attack US midterms live – latest updates Iran this week unveiled a huge billboard and banners over Enqelab Square in central Tehran. The billboard pledged in English: “We will kill Trump” – elevating the degree of personal animus with which Donald Trump is viewed in official Iranian circles. The poster depicts the US president behind bars with his head bowed. And in a sense, given the US midterm election results on Tuesday, Iran has indeed killed Trump, or at least the second term of his presidency. Trump’s reverse is all the more piquant because it comes on the day Iran’s leadership celebrates the anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, an event that ensnared Jimmy Carter, and a reminder of how Iran has ruined the prospects of more than one US president. Continue reading...

• Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Bomb threats disrupt flights across Europe, no explosive devices found
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• Reform UK councillor charged with 12 counts of rape and multiple other offences
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Seven flights across Europe targeted by suspected bomb threats
  Source: BBC News - World
• Yemen: Houthi clashes near Taiz leave residents in a 'state of panic'
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Multiple flights to European airports targeted by bomb threats
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say
  Source: BBC News - Middle East
• Tens of thousands protest against Narendra Modi regime in Delhi
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Germany's Gen Z protests disrupted by violence on Saturday
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Gen Z protests in Germany: Is France-style violence looming?
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Serbian shot dead after attacking officer outside Israeli embassy, minister says
  Source: BBC News - Middle East
• Serbian police shoot dead assailant at Israeli Embassy
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

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