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Voters, parents, and campaigners share the spotlight in a crucial election set to reshape US political direction.
Voters, parents, and campaigners share the spotlight in a crucial election set to reshape US political direction.
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Indian authorities have confirmed a new border "face-off" between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh, raising questions about the still fragile thaw in relations between New Delhi and Beijing.
<p>Person arrested after fire at police department where officer who shot and killed one-year-old Kohen Wiley had worked</p><p>In the early hours of 31 October, a fire broke out at the Senatobia police department in Mississippi, which has been embroiled in controversy recently after one of its officers shot and killed Kohen Wiley, a one-year-old. Though the cause of the fire has not been reported, it is being investigated as arson by agents with the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.</p><p>In June, then Senatobia police sergeant Hunter Foster shot Kohen as he sat in his mother’s arms in a Walmart parking lot. Foster, who is white, was responding to a report of an alleged shoplifting; Kohen, his mother and the driver of the vehicle, are Black.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/03/mississippi-police-department-fire-kohen-wiley">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Nations in the group fare worse than others, with funding for nature projects especially hard hit even as climate crisis intensifies global need</p><p>The UK government has slashed overseas aid to Commonwealth countries, the Guardian can reveal, in contrast to the warm words for the group from the king and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/02/andy-burnham-ask-countries-affected-uk-role-slavery-shape-formal-apology">prime minister, Andy Burnham</a>, this week.</p><p>Amid sharp cuts in the UK’s aid budget overall, the Commonwealth has fared poorly, an analysis of the most recent and projected aid figures, seen by the Guardian, has shown.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/03/uk-cuts-aid-commonwealth-countries-despite-warm-words-at-chogm-summit">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Budget retailer and 12,000 jobs at risk after US owner fails to accept buyout offers</p><p>MPs have called on the government to protect <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/poundland-discount-retail">Poundland</a> and other high street stores from “predatory capitalism” and asset-stripping.</p><p>The fate of the retail chain and its 12,000 staff remains uncertain after it <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/29/poundland-brink-administration-12000-jobs-at-risk">filed a notice</a> of intention to appoint administrators at the high court last Thursday. The US restructuring specialist Gordon Brothers, which controls Poundland, has lined up the advisory company AlixPartners to run the process.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/nov/03/protect-poundland-mps-tell-government-retail">Continue reading...</a>