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• Shops looted as German cost of living protests turn violent

  The protests in cities across Germany - including Berlin, Hamburg and Frankfurt - came on the same day hundreds of thousands also protested in France.

• 'We came back from hell', say Ukrainians after years in Russia-occupied front-line city

  One evacuated couple says they crossed minefields in Oleshky in search of food.

• Ukrainian evacuees reunite with family after years trapped in Russia-occupied city

  Oleshky residents had been without food, water and electricity, with many resorting to cooking garden weeds to survive.

• Judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit against Wall Street Journal over Epstein birthday book

  Trump had sued the media outlet after it published a letter to Epstein purportedly written and signed by the president as part of a birthday book.

• Crypto firm Binance covers 90% of losses after $6.3bn hack

  The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says North Korea was responsible for the hack.

• India's opposition holds mega rally seeking election chief's resignation

  It comes amid growing protests over a voter roll revision exercise feared to leave 130 million voters off rolls.

• How the downfall of Serbia's Vučiċ mirrored that of Hungary's Orbán

  Defeat for Serbia's Aleksandar Vučiċ in last weekend's vote was a carbon copy of Viktor Orbán's fall in Hungary.

• Judge orders Trump administration to stop threatening US election officials

  The order comes after election officials received letters demanding they set aside the ballots of possible non-citizen voters.

• Alaska Senate candidate denies knowing about alleged plot to put two Dan Sullivans on ballot

  The incumbent Republican running for re-election and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting a second Dan Sullivan to also stand in the race.

• More than 5,000 die from Ebola in DR Congo's deadliest outbreak

  Government data shows that more than 10,000 people have contracted the rare virus.

• Ethiopian PM puts ministers through military training

  The prime minister has previously emphasised military preparedness as central to his government's ambitions.

• Spain train disaster clouds Sánchez chances of re-election

  The Spanish PM is hit by a succession of crises just weeks before a snap general election.

• Global nature talks reach deal but money remains an issue

  Countries have been trying to get a global agreement to halt nature decline back on track.

• Police deployed during stand-off over control of top Poland court

  The escalation came after the government suspended two senior justices and moved to bring criminal charges against them.

• G20 'family photo' cancelled after protests over presence of Russian minister

  UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband confronted his Russian counterpart at the meeting and accused his government of killing innocent civilians in Ukraine.

• Watch: Heidi Klum as giant severed hand for Halloween bash

  The supermodel and TV host provided a gory new shock at her New York event.

• Thousands demonstrate in Paris as protests spread across Europe

  More than 320,000 people demonstrated across France against the rising cost of living and poor public services, with clashes between some protesters and police.

• Emotional reunions with loved ones for Oleshky evacuees

  The BBC's Dan Johnson travelled to the northern Ukrainian border with Belarus after evacuated Oleshky residents arrived in buses and ambulances following a temporary ceasefire.

• CCTV and zip ties: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted

  BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.

• What's at stake for Trump in the US midterms?

  Anthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump's presidency.

• Democrats are used to heartbreak in Texas - could Talarico turn the tide?

  The state's $500m Senate race may be the most closely watched in the US midterms, and is about far more than control of Congress.

• I've been stuck on a tiny Pacific island for years and can't get a transit visa to fly home

  Ruchira Ranasingha, 50, has been stranded in the Cook Islands since 2023 and wants to return to Sri Lanka.

• These firms you've never heard of are feeding fears the AI bubble could burst

  The amount of debt held by data centres is measured in the tens of billions of pounds.

• The fight to save Canadian town threatened by Trump's tariffs

  A century-old paper mill in Témiscaming, Quebec is indefinitely closed after the US imposed 50% tariffs on its products, putting hundreds out of work.

• He questioned Thailand's monarchy dressed as Harry Potter. Now he's in jail for 34 years

  Thailand has prosecuted 294 people since 2020 under its lèse majesté law, with sentences going up to 50 years.