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Cuba continues to face a wave of natural disasters that are straining the island’s already fragile infrastructure and deepening economic hardships for its population.  

A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) supervisor has been dismissed after allegedly instructing hurricane relief teams to avoid assisting households displaying signs supporting Donald Trump.  

Lib Dems plan to force vote on replacing Lords with an elected upper chamber Lib Dems plan to force vote on replacing Lords with elected upper chamber. The party wants to amend government’s bill that would end tradition of hereditary peers to make reforms go further. Bill to ban Lords from inheriting The Liberal Democrats will attempt to hijack the UK government’s bill to ban Lords from inheriting their seats in parliament this week in an attempt to force a vote on an entirely elected upper chamber. The government’s hereditary peers bill, which is heading for its committee stage on…

Israeli airstrikes on northern Lebanon and Gaza have killed dozens of people, including several children, according to local officials and rescuers. In northern Lebanon, at least 23 people, including seven children were killed. In Gaza, strikes on homes killed at least 30, injured over 30 others.

Israel warns of planned attacks at large events in UK Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailPro-Palestinian groups are planning to harm Israelis at sporting and cultural events in the UK and other European nations, Israel has warned.The country’s National Security Council urged its citizens to avoid all events involving Israeli participation over the coming week, including the UEFA Nations League match between Israel and Paris on Thursday.Forthcoming cultural events in the UK this week include the annual Jewish film festival, running between 10 and 17…

Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte, the long-time leader of a notorious football hooligan gang in Argentina, was fatally shot near Rosario Central’s Gigante de Arroyito stadium on Saturday.

What is new norovirus strain sweeping the UK? Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA new strain of norovirus is sweeping across the UK, with cases of the bug reaching unusually high levels for this time of year.Norovirus is an unpleasant stomach bug with common symotoms including diarrhoea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.The number of cases have reached double the average for this time of year, with research identifying the most dominant strain as GII.17 – nicknamed the ‘Kawasaki’ strain.UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has confirmed…

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA coroner has called on the government to examine the prevalence of “cancel culture” on university campuses, after ruling that a 20-year-old Oxford student took his own life after being “ostracised” by his peers.Alexander Rogers, a third-year studying materials science at Corpus Christi College, died in January. His body was recovered from the River Thames, and he was found to have suffered a head trauma.Following an…

Hungarian police have arrested a 37-year-old Irish man in connection with the murder of Mackenzie Michalski, a 31-year-old nurse from Portland, Oregon, who went missing after a night out in Budapest.  

Pompeii will introduce a cap of 20,000 daily visitors starting November 15, following a dramatic rise in tourist numbers. This move aims to balance preservation efforts with the growing popularity of this iconic UNESCO World Heritage site.