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Firefighters pump floodwater out of a tunnel where vehicles are piled up, after heavy rains in Alfafar, in Valencia, November 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

Spain flood death toll hits 205 as Valencia opens temporary morgue

People check the devastation in the aftermath of Israeli strikes in the neighbourhood of Haret Hreik in Beirut’s southern suburbs on November 1, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah. — AFP pic

WHO ‘deeply concerned’ about ‘rising attacks’ on Lebanon healthcare

Two people died and six were injured in a shooting in the downtown area of Orlando, Florida in the midst of Halloween festivities. ― Reuters file pic

Halloween horror in Orlando: 17-year-old suspect arrested after shooting leaves two dead

A participant wearing wings in the rainbow colours attends the yearly Christopher Street Day (CSD) parade in Berlin on July 22, 2023. Germans will be able to change their legal gender more easily from November 1, 2024  thanks to a new law hailed as a ‘historic’ step for the LGBTQ community. — AFP pic

Germany eases legal gender change with new law, removing psychological assessment requirement

Footage from Metro TV showed flames and billowing black smoke coming out of a building in the centre of an industrial complex in Bekasi, a city on Jakarta’s eastern edge. The report said roads had been closed around the factory. — Reuters pic

Jakarta cooking oil factory fire leaves eight dead, authorities investigating cause

In a June paper reviewed by Reuters, six Chinese researchers from three institutions, including two under the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) leading research body, the Academy of Military Science (AMS), detailed how they had used an early version of Meta’s Llama as a base for what it calls ‘ChatBIT’. — Reuters pic

Chinese military uses Meta’s Llama to advance AI capabilities, analysts reveal

Pedestrians walk near the India gate amid smoggy conditions after Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, in New Delhi on November 1, 2024. — AFP pic

India’s capital chokes in smog after firework ban flouted during Diwali 

Surrogacy is illegal in China and authorities said last year they would ‘severely crack down’ on illegal activities related to the use of assisted reproductive technologies such as the buying or selling of sperm or eggs and surrogacy. — AFP Relaxnews pic

Surrogacy scandal in Chengdu: Pregnant woman left in the lurch after agency abandonment sparks outrage and probe

Smoke billows over Beirut’s southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 1, 2024. — Reuters pic

Beirut’s southern suburbs rocked by Israeli strikes after evacuation orders, says Lebanon news agency

The allegations follow the airing of a BBC documentary in September that detailed multiple claims of rape and sexual assault by the former owner of the upmarket London department store. — AFP pic

Over 400 come forward with sexual misconduct claims against late Harrods owner Al-Fayed, say UK lawyers

Socks depicting Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump are displayed for sale in a gift shop in Washington, US, October 31, 2024. — Reuters pic

High US early voter turnout gives both sides hope as opinion polls show Harris, Trump running neck-and-neck 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk jumps on stage as he joins former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally at site of his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on October 5, 2024. — AFP pic

How Musk’s millions power Trump’s White House bid: From financial backing to social media influence

People bury a victim of Israeli bombing in the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip on October 31, 2024. — AFP pic

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 46 Palestinians, including 16 in central camp; hospital hit as military alleges Hamas activity

Wreckage of cars pile up on the on the railway on October 31, 2024 after flash floods ravaged the town of Alfafar, in the region of Valencia, eastern Spain. Rescuers raced on October 31, 2024 to find survivors and victims of once-in-a-generation floods in Spain that killed at least 95 people and left towns submerged in a muddy deluge with overturned cars scattered in the streets. — AFP pic

Spain’s deadliest floods leave 158 dead, scores missing as nation mourns

Palestinians queue to receive medicine at the UNRWA Japanese Health Center in Khan Yunis on the southern Gaza Strip on October 29, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Israel faced a mounting international backlash on October 29, after its parliament approved a bill banning the main UN aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip. — AFP pic

What legal grounds does the UN have to oppose Israel’s ban on UNRWA and what could it mean for Gaza?