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Education ministry says 41 schools blockaded as students return after holiday break.
Education ministry says 41 schools blockaded as students return after holiday break.
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King tells parliament attackers ‘are not of us’ and warns that Israeli expansionism is greatest threat to the region.
<p>Trump called Democratic candidate a ‘jihadist’ as El-Sayed’s defeated primary opponent backs Republican Mike Rogers. Plus an Australian fish worth its weight in gold</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/2018/sep/17/guardian-us-morning-briefing-sign-up-to-stay-informed"><strong>Don’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up here</strong></a></p></li></ul><p>Good morning. Congresswoman Haley Stevens, who lost the Michigan Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed, has endorsed his Republican rival in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-michigan-senate">an extraordinary rebuke of her party’s nominee</a> on the eve of the midterm elections. Tensions between El-Sayed and Stevens had already led to him asking her to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/31/abdul-el-sayed-haley-stevens-disinvited-from-events">stay away from his campaign events</a>, and her endorsement of Mike Rogers comes as the US president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/01/trump-iowa-rally">unleashed a racist tirade against El-Sayed in Iowa</a>.</p><p><strong>What did Stevens do?</strong> Her endorsement came in a video posted to X after she attended an event with Rogers at the predominantly Black Perfecting church in Detroit on Sunday. Stevens’s endorsement was the culmination of an escalating feud between the former primary rivals – primarily over support for Israel – that has roiled one of the most fiercely contested Senate contests of the cycle.</p><p><strong>What did Trump say?</strong> The president bashed El-Sayed, a practicing Muslim, in brazenly racist terms, saying that Congress would have to “get a special metal detector for Abdul” if he were elected. “If you vote for this jihadist lunatic that wants to destroy you, you’re crazy. Mike Rodgers is apple pie. And you know what this country needs? A little apple pie. We don’t need the communists or jihadists, the Muslim Brotherhood. We need apple pie.”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/first-thing-stevens-defects-to-back-el-sayeds-michigan-opponent-as-trump-delivers-anti-muslim-tirade">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Mandatory evacuations in Arizona and New Mexico with Pagosa Springs warned of potentially ‘catastrophic’ deluge</p><p>Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding and mandatory evacuations in a swath of the south-west on Sunday, including in a Colorado tourist town bracing for its main river to rise to historic levels, as weary residents in the normally arid region deal with another drenching.</p><p>Officials in Pagosa Springs, a town of more than 2,000 in the Rockies located near ski resorts and known for its hot springs, warned of potentially “catastrophic flooding” as the San Juan River was forecast to crest at more than 20ft (6.1 meters) late on Sunday night.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/colorado-flash-flooding-arizona-new-mexico">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Letter from mayor tells federal agents to stay out of city-owned facilities for immigration operations</p><p>Mayor Zohran Mamdani has threatened to take legal action against Immigration and Customs Enforcement over allegations the agency’s officers at the agency are using parking lots owned by New York City for operations in the area.</p><p>In a <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/content/dam/nycgov/mayors-office/downloads/pdf/directives/2026/letter-from-mayor-zohran-kwame-mamdani-11-2-26.pdf">letter </a>to the Trump administration, Mamdani noted the agency’s use of property owned by the city was “unauthorized and is therefore illegal, endangers City residents, and sows fear among those who seek to access City property”.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/02/zohran-mamdani-ice-new-york-parking-lots">Continue reading...</a>