“Finally, the people who decide to speak up are the ones who are being applauded rather than cancelled.”
Thousands of fans filled Dublin’s 3Arena to support US musicians Macklemore as he kicked off his “Free Palestine” tour

Nearly 5,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced as Israeli forces continue a large-scale military offensive in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron for a fifth consecutive day.

The offensive has damaged homes and vital infrastructure, disrupted businesses and led to the arrest of dozens of Palestinians. Israeli forces have also intensified raids and movement restrictions across the occupied West Bank, while illegal Israeli settlers have set fire to Palestinian vehicles in Umm Safa, west of Ramallah.

The first exit polls from Israel’s pivotal general election on Tuesday showed historic gains for the country’s Arab parties, whose supporters turned out in large numbers.

Exit polls from Israel’s main television channels projected that the two Arab political lists would win a combined 17–18 seats in the 120-member parliament, up from 10 in the 2022 election.

The headquarters of the Joint List, an alliance of several Arab parties, erupted in whistles and applause as the results were announced, while supporters of the Ra’am party were filmed celebrating.

According to exit polls published by Channel 12, Ra’am and the Joint List were projected to win seven and 11 seats, respectively, The Jerusalem Post reported.

Preliminary results suggested that Israeli voters had delivered a sharp rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with exit polls indicating that his opponents could secure a narrow majority in the next parliament.

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A high-speed train collision near Urda, south of Madrid, killed at least 46 people on October 28, according to regional Civil Protection sources, as emergency crews continued rescue and recovery operations.

The crash involved a Renfe AVE train, which was carrying 397 passengers, and an Iryo train, carrying 147, on the Madrid-Seville line. Two carriages derailed and fell down an embankment.

The cause remains under investigation and rail services linking Madrid, Ciudad Real and Andalusia have been suspended.

Government sources warned the death toll could exceed that of January’s crash near Adamuz, which killed 46 people.

A group of Code Pink activists disrupted the launch of the new iPhone Duo in Washington, DC, to denounce the tech giant’s complicity in human rights abuses in the DRC and Gaza.

The ‘Apples Against Apartheid’ group says protests were organised near multiple Apple stores around the world “to address the harm connected to its mineral supply chains in Congo and its ties to Israel.”

Turkish freediver Sahika Ercumen marked the 103rd anniversary of the Republic of Türkiye by unfurling the national flag during a dive off Türkiye’s southern Mediterranean coast. The national athlete said Turkish sportspeople “will continue to carry the flag with pride across the world”.

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Two Muslim cattle traders, Abid Qureshi and Hasan Qureshi, and a van driver were assaulted by a far-right mob allegedly linked to Hindu-nationalist outfits in Damoh, Madhya Pradesh, on October 26 after accusing them of being "cattle thieves" and "cow killers". Police registered two cases, including one against the victims for alleged animal cruelty, according to Indian media.

At least six Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in separate Israeli strikes across Gaza, according to local sources.

Four government employees were killed and 30 others wounded in a strike on an Economy Ministry post in al-Mawasi, west of Rafah, while two Palestinians were killed in a drone strike targeting a civilian vehicle near Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.

Medical staff and locals in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province dance and sing as they celebrate the discharge of the last remaining Ebola patients at a treatment centre run by the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in Mongbwalu.

According to MSF, it is the first time since May that no confirmed Ebola cases are being treated at the centre. The region continues to grapple with an Ebola epidemic as Africa's latest outbreak has passed 10,000 confirmed cases, the vast majority of them in DRC, the health authorities said on 27 October.

It is the deadliest outbreak of the disease in DRC's history, with nearly half of the infected people dying from the virus, according to health ministry.

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American political commentator Tucker Carlson released a video of masked illegal Israeli settlers violently attacking an elderly Palestinian-American homeowner and setting fire to his car in the occupied West Bank. In a social media post, Carlson slammed US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, accusing him of ignoring the victim's appeal for help despite knowing his identity. Carlson condemned Huckabee’s inaction and urged him to do his job.

Fans of Israeli football team Maccabi Tel Aviv, dressed in the team's colours, chanted "Death to Arabs" as they paraded through the streets of Al Nuzha, in Jaffa, on October 29

Protesters took to the streets across Italy during a nationwide strike, demanding higher wages and improved public services while opposing rising living costs and increased military spending.
In Milan, demonstrators marched onto the city's ring road before gathering outside Politecnico di Milano university, where some carried flares and set objects on fire.