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Saudi-led coalition accuses Houthis of striking Medina power station

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis struck an electricity distribution station supplying the Prophet’s Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Medina, the Saudi-led coalition said Thursday, drawing condemnation across the Muslim world. The Houthis denied involvement in the drone attack, which came as fighting intensified between government forces and rebels in Yemen.

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British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention

Indian government issued with warning it would be in contempt of court if it failed to release Jagtar Singh Johal The British Sikh activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been released from a Delhi prison after the Indian high court warned the government it would be found in contempt of court if it continued to attempt to keep him in jail despite an 18 September court order releasing him on bail. Johal has been incarcerated for nine years without any full trial. The court order was issued after Johal’s lawyers issued a writ of habeas corpus alleging he was being detained against the express direction of the court. Continue reading...

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White House airs new taxpayer-funded ad praising Trump’s war on Iran

New ad features audio from Trump’s declaration of war and Pete Hegseth saying ‘if you kill Americans … we will kill you’ The latest in a series of pro-Trump television ads aired using taxpayer funds in the run-up to the the midterm elections is a one-minute spot that celebrates Donald Trump’s decision to go to war with Iran. The ad aired during a commercial break on Fox News on Wednesday night, according video posted online by MeidasTouch, a leftwing outlet. Continue reading...

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Tennessee governor halts executions after second botched lethal injection attempt this year – US politics live

Bill Lee pauses state’s remaining executions for the rest of the year after inmate Christa Pike survives two lethal injections Tennessee woman on death row taken to hospital after surviving two lethal injections The Trump administration has abandoned key security bodies meant to investigate direct threats to US elections by foreign actors and domestic terrorists, according to former officials and a recent report. While administration officials have been actively focused on unsubstantiated claims of widespread voter fraud by noncitizens, other credible election threats appear to have been overlooked, the officials say. The latest in a series of pro-Trump ads the Trump administration is using taxpayer funds to air on television in the run-up to the the midterm elections is a 1-minute spot that celebrates his decision to go to war with Iran. Pete Hegseth announced that Elon Musk will co-lead a government project to study the future of warfare, with Palmer Luckey, CEO of the defense tech company Anduril, and Newt Gingrich, the former Republican speaker of the House. An internal watchdog said the Federal Reserve mismanaged costs associated with a $2.4bn renovation of its Washington DC headquarters, but noted that no criminal violations occurred, according to a report released Wednesday. Trump said South Korea plans to invest about $54bn in a natural gas project in Alaska. Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California’s next governor, clashed Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state. Continue reading...

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Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra clash in testy California governor’s race debate

The candidates running to replace Gavin Newsom sparred over taxes, immigration and regulating AI Xavier Becerra and Steve Hilton, the candidates running to be California’s next governor, clashed Wednesday over taxes, immigration and regulating artificial intelligence in a testy debate held days before voters begin receiving their ballots in the heavily Democratic state. Hilton, the former Fox News host endorsed by Donald Trump, used the hourlong matchup, hosted by CNN, to argue that Becerra, a former congressman who served as health and human services secretary during the Biden administration, was not actively campaigning and instead taking voters for granted. Continue reading...

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Netanyahu says too early to tell who was behind plane incident as flydubai halts all flights to Israel

Israeli prime minister cautions against early conclusions when asked if there were any signs of Iranian involvement Benjamin Netanyahu has said it was too early to tell who was ultimately behind the apparent attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, even as Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations called the incident a “terror attack”, without apportioning blame. Danny Danon told Fox News on Wednesday night that Israel had “no doubt that it was a terror attack from a radical individual. We still cannot link it to a terror state or terror organisation, but for sure we know there was an intention to bring that plane down.” Continue reading...