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A loud explosion was reported at Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) in Mangaluru city, India on Wednesday, with thick black smoke seen rising from the site, local media reported.

The cause of the explosion & details about any damage were not immediately reported.

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Death toll in Toledo train collision in Spain rises to 50, and over 170 injured.

Aerial footage showing the aftermath of the incident.

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#UPDATE The death toll from Wednesday's collision between two high-speed trains near Toledo in central Spain rose to 46, according to local reports.

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#BREAKING At least 10 people have died and dozens injured after two high-speed trains collided in Toledo province in central Spain.

“The information we are receiving is not good at all. There are at least 10 dead and it is possible that the number will increase,” Esther Padilla, spokeswoman for the government of Castilla-La Mancha, told local media CMM.

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US President Trump eulogises himself for endorsing Netanyahu:

"When President Trump endorsed Bibi Netanyahu, the whole tide turned, and now, rather than a decisive defeat for a Great Prime Minister, it looks like a big come-from-behind stalemate, or even a WIN for Netanyahu."

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#IsraelElections Prime Minister Netanyahu's bloc is leading with 54 seats; With 72.4% of ballot boxes counted as of 10:03. Eisenkot-led bloc 48. The Arab parties are at 18 seats.

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#BREAKING An exit poll by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 shows that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is on track to win 50 seats, while rival Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc is on track to win 52.

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#Latest Cyclone Arnab hits India’s Andhra Pradesh state in the early hours of Wednesday, officials said, a day after tens of thousands of people were evacuated from vulnerable coastal areas in the eastern state.

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#BrazilElection Brazilian President Lula takes a swipe at Flávio Bolsonaro after he fled to the US:

"I am just finding out now that my opponent has left the country.

I lost elections to Fernando Henrique Cardoso twice, and I stayed in Brazil.

Alckmin lost to me and stayed in Brazil...

Unfortunately, the Bolsonaro family is not like that.

Brazil is Flávio’s second homeland, his first homeland is bootlicking the United States.”

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Tornado kills 4 construction workers, injures another in southern Turkey on Monday October 26, after tearing apart two containers used as living quarters, according to Anadolu news agency.

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#BREAKING An exit poll by Israeli broadcaster Channel 12 shows that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc is on track to win 50 seats, while rival Gadi Eisenkot’s bloc is on track to win 52.

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#NEWS Brazil's presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro flees to US after the country's Supreme Court ordered him to hand over his passport as part of a money laundering probe.

Bolsonaro's whereabouts is unknown following his defeat on Sunday by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

[Source France24]

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Kylian Mbappé apologises to Chinese people following a backlash after he referred to a Mao Zedong meme as depicting a Chinese dictator.

Three Chinese companies have suspended partnerships with Mbappe, while China state TV suspends La Liga broadcasts.

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#BREAKING Trump administration has suspended a programme allowing Chinese nationals to visit the US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands without a visa for up to 14 days, citing national security and immigration concerns.

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Chinese beverage company DongPeng ends their partnership with Kylian Mbappé after he referred to former Chinese Premier Mao Zedong as a “dictator”.

The company have said they have “zero tolerance” for statements that hurt their national sentiment.

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#IsraelElection "Buses are heading to the polling stations, and huge lines are being reported in the Arab settlements.

And meanwhile, the right-wing strongholds are not waking up"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is urging his supporters to go out and vote, claiming that they are trying to steal the election.

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#BREAKING Yemen Houthis says they launched an attack on Saudi Arabia’s Ras Tanura oil refinery, located on the Gulf west of the Strait of Hormuz.

The group’s military spokesperson Yahya Saree claimed that the ballistic missile attack caused a fire at the site.

The Saudi authorities have not confirmed the attack.

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Brazilian police shot a man who assaulted and threatened his partner with a fake gun in Criciuma, southern Brazil.

Video shows him striking her and attempting to use her as a human shield as officers arrived.

Both were taken to hospital for treatment.

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A powerful tornado classified as EF-2 struck Requínoa in Chile’s O’Higgins Region on Monday, October 26, 2026, around 5:30 p.m. local time.

The tornado damaged around 70 homes, knocked down at least 22 power poles, and disrupted local electrical service.

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Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane has won the 2026 men’s Ballon d’Or, becoming the first Englishman to claim football’s most prestigious individual award since Michael Owen in 2001.

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Brazil court orders defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to surrender passports, bars him from leaving.

Bolsonaro said in a social media video that he was served with the notice after visiting his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest in Brasília.

“I was ordered right on the street to hand over my passports, and I'm also prohibited from leaving the country,”.