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As he stressed that his country will continue its military operations in Gaza until it defeats Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed speculation Sunday on a possible deal to free more than 200 hostages kidnapped by the militant group on October 7. VOA’s Veronica Balderas Iglesias has the details.

Evacuations are underway in Iceland as civil defense authorities prepare for a possible volcanic eruption. The decision follows increased seismic activity indicating the flow of partially melted rock now underneath a fishing community. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has more.

Five U.S. service personnel were killed Friday when their aircraft crashed into the Mediterranean Sea during a routine air refueling training mission, the U.S. Defense Department said Sunday. The U.S. European Command gave no further details of the incident or where it occurred but said the crash did not involve hostile fire. It said the names of those killed would not be released until 24 hours after their relatives had been notified. The U.S. military has deployed two aircraft carriers, their... Читать дальше...

A look at the best news photos from around the world.

Tens of thousands of people attended the “great civic march” from the Quai d’Orsay, on Paris’s Left Bank to the Luxembourg gardens in central Paris on Sunday, protesting the surge in antisemitism in France, amid Israel's ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza.  French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that she would be marching along with the people in the fight against antisemitism. Borne, whose Jewish father was deported during WWII, said that this “combat is vital... Читать дальше...

English soldier Ken Hay was trapped behind German lines and captured while on night patrol in 1944, days after joining the Allied invasion of Normandy, a turning point in World War Two. The ambush near the bitterly contested "Hill 112" came during weeks of fighting after the largest seaborne assault in history, which began the liberation of France from Nazi German occupation. "Thirty of us went out, 16 including my brother got back, five of us got captured and nine got killed," Hay said. As... Читать дальше...

Pope Francis reiterated his plea Sunday for an end to hostilities between Israelis and Palestinians, and called for "much more" humanitarian aid for Gaza. "Enough, enough brothers, enough," Francis said, adding the wounded in the Gaza Strip needed to be taken care of immediately and the protection of civilians assured. He also said hostages held by Hamas must be freed. Addressing the crowds in St. Peter's Square after his weekly Angelus prayers, Francis said arms would never bring peace and that the conflict must not widen. Читать дальше...

Part of an under-construction road tunnel in a mountainous north Indian state popular with tourists collapsed after a landslide Sunday, trapping more than 30 workers, officials said. Rescue work is in progress and oxygen is being pumped through a pipe into the collapsed section of the tunnel to help workers breathe, said Manohar Tamta, an Uttarakhand state relief official. "It will take some time to bring them out," Tamta said. The workers have sent out signals indicating that they are safe,"... Читать дальше...

Lebanese Hezbollah militants fired antitank missiles at an Israeli community just over the border on Sunday, Israeli officials said, badly wounding utility workers as multiplying attacks from Lebanon threatened to escalate into another front in the Mideast's latest war.   The Israeli military said it was striking the origin of the launch with artillery fire. The Israel Electric Corp. said workers in the rural community of Dovev were wounded while repairing lines damaged in a previous attack. Israeli... Читать дальше...

Australia has signed a security, climate change and migration accord with Tuvalu, a grouping of several low-lying coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean. Analysts say the Australia-Tuvalu Falepili union also highlights Canberra’s attempts to counter China’s growing influence in the region.  For the first time, the Canberra government is offering residents facing displacement from global warming in other countries the opportunity to resettle in Australia. Tuvalu’s government says rising sea levels... Читать дальше...

Tens of thousands of people marched through the streets of Amsterdam on Sunday calling for more action to tackle climate change, in a mass protest just 10 days before a national election.  Organizers claimed that 70,000 people took part in the march and called it the biggest climate protest ever in the Netherlands.  Activist Greta Thunberg was among those walking through the historic heart of the Dutch capital. She and former European Union climate chief Frans Timmermans, who now leads a center-left... Читать дальше...

A lion prowled the streets of an Italian seaside town for several hours Saturday after escaping from a local circus, before being sedated and captured. Alessandro Grando, mayor of Ladispoli, near Rome, had warned residents to stay at home while police and circus staff sought to catch the animal. Videos later published by Italian media, apparently taken by locals but not confirmed by AFP, showed the adult lion walking through dark and deserted streets. In a Facebook post around 10:30pm (2130 GMT)... Читать дальше...

King Charles and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led Britain in remembering the country's war dead on Sunday, seeking to unify communities a day after a large pro-Palestinian march was marked by skirmishes between far-right counter-protesters and police. At a solemn ceremony at the Cenotaph war memorial on Whitehall in central London, Charles, Sunak, other politicians and senior members of the royal family held a two-minute silence and then laid wreaths to honor those killed in war. On Saturday, the... Читать дальше...

Fighting resumed Sunday between the Malian army and Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in the country's northern region, military officers and elected officials said. Since seizing power in a coup in 2020, the African country's military rulers have made a priority of re-establishing sovereignty over all regions and Kidal could become a key battleground. One military officer told AFP that the Mali army has "resumed operations on the ground to secure the entire national territory." A local elected official... Читать дальше...

China will hold a joint military exercise with five south east Asian countries in mid-to-late November, state media outlet Xinhua reported on Sunday.  The exercise, to be held in China's southern Guangdong province, will include Cambodian, Lao, Malaysian, Thai and Vietnamese forces.  The drills will be focused on counterterrorism and maritime safety, Xinhua said.

The latest developments: Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Palestinian Authority will not govern Gaza after the war. The Israeli military will help evacuate babies trapped in Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital on Sunday. Four patients and a premature baby at Al-Shifa die as generator runs out of fuel. Thousands flee north Gaza after strikes on its largest hospitals. Israel Foreign Ministry lowered the death toll from Hamas’ October 7 terror attack from 1,400 to about 1,200. The... Читать дальше...

Millions of Indians celebrated Diwali on Sunday with a new Guinness World Record number of bright earthen oil lamps as concerns about air pollution soared in the South Asian country. Across the country, dazzling multicolored lights decked homes and streets as devotees celebrated the annual Hindu festival of light symbolizing the victory of light over darkness. But the spectacular and much-awaited massive lighting of the oil lamps took place — as usual —at Saryu River, in Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh state... Читать дальше...

The nation's top accident investigator said Thursday that a surge in close calls between planes at U.S. airports this year is a "clear warning sign" that the aviation system is under stress. "While these events are incredibly rare, our safety system is showing clear signs of strain that we cannot ignore," Jennifer Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, told a Senate panel on Thursday. Homendy warned that air traffic and staffing shortages have surged since the pandemic. She... Читать дальше...

“Creole isn’t about a specific skin tone or country, it’s about a culture,” said Mona Lisa Saloy, author of the poetry collection Black Creole Chronicles.    “It’s food, it’s music, it’s architecture, it’s style and it’s traditions,” she told VOA. “There are millions of Creole people in countries across the world and, still, we are all so much more alike than we are different. We create beautiful cultures everywhere we go, and I think that’s evident here in Louisiana.” Linguists estimate as many... Читать дальше...

The human species has topped 8 billion, with longer lifespans offsetting fewer births, but world population growth continues a long-term trend of slowing down, the U.S. Census Bureau said Thursday. The bureau estimates the global population exceeded the threshold Sept. 26, a precise date the agency said to take with a grain of salt. The United Nations estimated the number was passed 10 months earlier, having declared Nov. 22, 2022, the "Day of 8 Billion," the Census Bureau pointed out in a statement. Читать дальше...

As Israel continued its military operation in the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas for its Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, Arab and Islamic leaders met in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, blasting the Israeli operation and its heavy toll on Palestinian civilians and infrastructure. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, who hosted Saturday's summit, used strong language to condemn Israeli military operations on Gaza. He spoke against the war and its heavy toll on women, children and the elderly and on hospitals... Читать дальше...

Mali's army drove closer Saturday to the town of Kidal clashing with Tuareg separatist and rebel groups in what could signal the start of fighting for the strategically important northern crossroads. Since seizing power in a coup in 2020 the African country's military rulers have made a priority of reestablishing sovereignty over all regions and Kidal could become a key battleground. Military, political and rebel sources all reported the clashes. But details such as a casualty toll or tactics... Читать дальше...

On a bright day this fall, tractors crisscrossed Gayle Goschie's farm about an hour outside Portland, Oregon. Goschie is in the beer business — a fourth-generation hops farmer. Fall is the off-season, when the trellises are bare, but recently, her farming team has been adding winter barley, a relatively newer crop in the world of beer, to their rotation, preparing barley seeds by the bucketful. In the face of human-caused climate change impacting water access and weather patterns in the Willamette Valley ... Читать дальше...

Former U.S. President Donald Trump, if re-elected in 2024, would expand his first-term immigration crackdown to include sweeping roundups of people who would be held in large camps to await deportation, The New York Times reported Saturday.  The report was based on interviews with several advisers, including Stephen Miller, who oversaw Trump's first-term immigration policies, the Times said.  It described Trump's plans as "an assault on immigration on a scale unseen in modern American history"... Читать дальше...

An American military aircraft crashed after suffering a "mishap" during training in the eastern Mediterranean, the U.S. European Command (EUCOM) said Saturday.  It did not specify the type of plane or where it was flying from, but the United States has deployed a carrier strike group to the area as part of efforts to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a regional conflict.  "On the evening of November 10, a U.S. military aircraft conducting training operations in the eastern Mediterranean... Читать дальше...