Sunday 1 November 2026
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Police clashed with masked rioters after largely peaceful cost of living protests across France, while in Germany officers fired teargas to disperse crowds as evening fell.
In pictures: from teargas in Paris to gen Z in Germany, demonstrations over the high cost of living and inequality spread across Europe.
"He's a force": Barack Obama has answered the call to boost Democrats - and rattle Trump - with a series of blistering speeches for candidates in key midterm races, a hit with the party's progressive wing.
A judge has dismissed Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal over the Epstein birthday letter "with prejudice", meaning he cannot amend or refile it.
Haley Stevens has been advised to stay away from Abdul El-Sayed campaign events to limit distractions, as a public spat puts Democratic tensions in the spotlight ahead of a close Senate race.
More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in early voting with three days to the midterms - a record, with Democrats outnumbering Republicans in states that collect that data.
Analysis: a judge's rejection of the firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey offers hope of a check on Trump's assault on the rule of law, though an appeal is likely.
Indian forces have tightened security in Delhi ahead of a big opposition protest demanding the election chief resign over voter list changes, with hundreds of thousands expected to march.
Binance has resumed customer withdrawals after a record $6.3bn hack, saying 90% of losses are covered as the FBI blames the North Korean state-sponsored group TraderTraitor.
"What's our crime?": a Palestinian family's fight to get care for their son Kinaan, 10, left disabled by a Hamas rocket on 7 October 2023, as they struggle to fund specialist treatment.
Oleshky evacuees have been reunited with their families after a truce allowed them to cross back into Ukraine, with residents of nearby villages lining the highway to greet the convoy.
Live: John Healey says a UK apology over its historic role in the slave trade would not lead to financial reparations, after Andy Burnham wrote that Britain needs to acknowledge its complicated history.
Britain should not issue an apology over the slave trade, Kemi Badenoch says, calling it a navel-gazing distraction that would be used as a lever for financial compensation.
Jacinda Ardern, now lecturing at the University of Sydney, used a Sydney Opera House talk to advise politicians to rebuild trust by building financial security.
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Irish Olympian and European champion Ciara Mageean has died aged 34, two years after winning 1,500m gold in Rome.
A vacant Dublin house was set on fire four times on the busiest Halloween in 15 years, with increased access to illegal fireworks through online channels driving a rise in activity.
A cyclist in his 20s is in a critical condition after a collision with a car in Dublin and was taken to the Mater hospital.
Haughey was right: the art in Government Buildings is terrible. Plus Christmas wars in Limerick, UCC tempting Americans, and 3,000 first-class relics in Kilkenny.
Tech bros, expats and super-rich climate refugees are the new buyers of Ireland's priciest homes, a rarefied market of jeans-wearing hipsters and wealthy fortysomethings with family links.
Mark O'Connell: is there a better metaphor for the state of the world than Pete Hegseth's staff punching a hole in Eisenhower's WWII globe? The Pentagon says the globe is being repaired - if only it were so simple.
A nephew who lived rent-free with his uncle took a dispute to the RTB; the tribunal accepted the uncle, who changed the locks, genuinely believed there was no tenancy.
Streaming guide: 10 of the best new shows in November, with The Hunting Wives and The Rings of Power returning, a new Blade Runner series and season two of Keira Knightley's Black Doves.
"She was wronged": a new film lifts the lid on the infamous 1895 "witch burning" killing of Bridget Cleary by her husband, long a taboo subject in Tipperary.
Ross O'Carroll-Kelly: Honor has been dumped and wants to know why, and Ross suggests AI will have the answer.
Ask Roe: a man having an affair with a married man is beginning to want more, but doubts his friend will ever come out.
A woman has secured a court order against a "psychopath" ex who threatened to share intimate photographs online; in a separate case a family court judge said gardai would move an abusive son from a woman's property.
A change of flag for Irish troops in Lebanon: what the loss of the UN mandate will mean for the Defence Forces, with the new EU mission limited to training Lebanese troops.
Irish comedian Catherine Bohart, on her Borrowing Trouble tour and playing her biggest rooms, says she is surprised her following is bigger in the US and UK than at home.
The funeral of Planxty and Bothy Band musician Donal Lunny was filled with music and poetry, with his instruments and a book on mysticism presented as mementos of his life.
The evolution of the Irish funeral: cremations now account for about 70% of funerals in Dublin as rising costs and a desire for the personal touch change choices.
Fine Gael has asked the Public Accounts Committee chair to summon the Charities Regulator and others over Liberty Recycling, the charity under Garda investigation for alleged money laundering.
Can you really make your money back on a UK pension in two years and eight months? Tax and other factors alter the payback period, but for those who can, paying voluntary national insurance makes sense.
Rite and Reason: why the silence of Ireland's church leaders in these dark days of Donald Trump, as God is praised while the culture collapses?
Message from the Editor: the enduring influence of Barack Obama, as the Democrats dream of a clean sweep when US voters go to the polls on Tuesday.
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"We are heartbroken": Co Down Olympian Ciara Mageean has died aged 34 after a battle with cancer.
A woman in her 30s has been arrested on suspicion of being unfit to drive through drink or drugs after a child was left critically injured in a road crash in Co Armagh.
Staff at the SWELL charity shop in Enniskillen, which helps cancer victims, fear shoppers are swapping price tags on desirable items before selling them online at a profit.
Fireworks were "intentionally directed" at fire crews in attacks at different locations in Northern Ireland; no injuries or damage were recorded.
A 35-year-old man is to appear in court on explosives charges following searches of properties in the Shankill Road area of Belfast.
A Belfast church is to transform C.S. Lewis' grandfather's home - the Old Rectory at St Mark's, built in the late 1880s and fallen into disrepair - into an exhibition, library and cafe.
"I've seen people go from broken to better": Aidan Malone on how his Divis Mountain Men walking group, meeting every Tuesday evening, is helping people deal with mental health issues.
A 23.6-stone Co Tyrone man is taking on a six-stone weight-loss mission to improve his mobility, raise money for Dementia NI and fulfil his dream of getting back behind the wheel of a rally car.
Max Hastings: "Ireland deserves some happiness after a century of unhappiness".
In pictures: thousands gathered in Derry for Halloween celebrations as the weekend festival transformed the city during its 40th anniversary.
Patrick Murphy: unionism has to learn that reaction is not a strategy.
Hospital staff "concerns" were behind the decision to refuse a campaign group's 12,000 consultation responses, the Trust says.
Brian Feeney: the "profound consequences" will only be for the DUP - and Stormont.
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DUP mutiny: the looming Lockhart exit is fuelling a leadership plot, with a "Lisburn Mafia" of Givan, Poots and Buckley said to favour Givan replacing Gavin Robinson as the party faces a 25-year low in MPs.
A notorious east Belfast paedophile who brainwashed a young "bride" into helping him abuse vulnerable girls has died. "His victims deserve to know he's gone," says a source.
James Bond actor Ben Whishaw says the franchise "needs to be reinvented".
An Ash shirt collaboration with an Irish League team is attracting fans from across the world.
Cash woes threaten the future of Orange Order-owned Brownlow House, on the verge of closure after a raft of resignations left an ex-UVF gunman as sole director.
Murder in Belfast: Robert McCartney's family speak out about a film on their campaign for justice - a story of courage and sisterhood in the face of a shocking IRA code.
Fears of a new loyalist feud after a bandsman was kneecapped by the UDA in a fourth gun attack in six months, amid renewed tensions between rival factions in Dervock and Ballymoney.
"I love going to the pub... I can't think of a better job": a former Co Down newsagent on his mission to find the perfect pint of Guinness, touring the island in a motorhome.
The UUP leader has hit out as an unapologetic Jeffrey Donaldson is to be freed halfway through his sentence, with Justice Minister Naomi Long confirming remorse is not considered under the 50% remission rule.
"Toxic culture": abuse and threats are scaring off potential candidates for next year's council elections, with over one in three admitting making security modifications to their home.
How Margaret Thatcher signed off the SAS operation that led to the killing of three IRA men, and why the case is heading to the UK's highest court - new details revealed by a former SAS major in a podcast.
Comment: the DUP's double trouble - Carla Lockhart will now be a nightmare for a party leadership squeezed on both sides.
A fake nun is back behind bars after walking down Garvaghy Road wearing a union flag headdress while "shouting and waving her arms erratically".
Paedophile ex-DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson has been exposed over a bogus Trinity College history claim in a pre-sentence report.
"It's a privilege to bring these stories to life": a Belfast actress stars in an NI-shot film telling the forgotten tragedy of the Roma Holocaust.
A domestic abuse victim has spoken out after a QUB student who lured her into his car and drove into the countryside screaming at her avoided jail.
James McClean says he would wear a poppy if it was only for the fallen of the two world wars, and revealed he needed police protection after being told he would be shot on live TV.
Comment: if it's any consolation for Lockhart, Bryson and the frustrated Orangemen languishing on Drumcree hill, there's no chance of a united Ireland happening either.
Executive business could grind to a halt due to the Sinn Fein/DUP row.
Police are preparing files on 18 people for prosecutors following the Drumcree parade dispute.
"Only credible option is to remove First Minister from office": Carla Lockhart warns she will take her "own course" if the DUP tries to "gaslight" voters.
There have been fewer than three convictions for race-hate crimes this year despite another summer of anti-immigrant violence, as reported race-hate incidents hit their highest ever level.
Heidi Klum has revealed her Halloween costume as her annual party marks 25 years.
Meet the Tyrone father-of-three opening up on divorce, loneliness and mental health through an online community: "I got some slagging but the same people then told me I had helped them."
"It's everything that is wrong with the industry": The Answer frontman Cormac Neeson and fellow musicians have recorded an album as a riposte to the rise of AI-generated music.
There's something missing from Belfast's pedestrianisation plans: it's not enough to designate streets for walking without attractions and events to draw people in.
The Fifty Shades author and her NI-born husband, married almost 40 years and reportedly worth GBP120m, are selling their GBP5m LA home as they turn their backs on Trump's US.