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More than 60 people have been killed in Rio de Janeiro’s deadliest police operation, staged in the lead-up to the city hosting COP30 summit events. Source link

Hurricane Melissa made landfall in western Jamaica as a powerful category five storm and the strongest ever to directly hit the Caribbean nation of 2.8 million people. Source link

US President Donald Trump visits Japan and signs a framework agreement for securing the supply of critical minerals and rare earths through mining and processing with Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Source link

A US judge has agreed Tyler Robinson’s case has drawn “extraordinary” public and media attention. Source link

Venezuela says it has thwarted what it calls a CIA-linked plot to attack a US warship anchored in Trinidad.  Source link

Convicted Dutch child rapist Steven van de Velde has been denied a visa to Australia to compete in the Beach Volleyball World Championships. Source link

The protester outside the cathedral could also be heard saying “have you asked the police to cover up for Andrew, sir?” Source link

Having intensified into a category five system, Hurricane Melissa looks set to be the strongest hurricane to hit Jamaica since record-keeping began in 1851. Source link

The father of one of the dead hostages still in Gaza says he does not trust Hamas’s assurances it is doing all it can to find and return the remains of Israelis. Source link

Lithuania has drawn up plans to shut its border crossings with Belarus indefinitely, after the capital’s airport was repeatedly disrupted by suspected sightings of balloons carrying contraband cigarettes. Source link