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Moo deng who? Meet Haggis Edinburgh Zoo’s new pygmy hippo Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the worldSign up to our free Morning Headlines emailA new social media sensation has been born at Edinburgh Zoo – meet Haggis the pygmy hippo.After Moo Deng sent the internet wild after playfully biting and headbutting keepers in Thailand, the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland was delighted to announce the birth of their own endangered calf to parents Otto and Gloria. The tiny girl was born on Wednesday and has since been named Haggis by the wildlife conservation…

At least 10 people were killed when Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Flores Island in Indonesia early Monday, officials reported. The eruption began just before midnight, sending lava and rocks toward nearby villages, and causing significant damage to homes.

“I don’t think the ref knew what to do. The linesman didn’t help him and he’s made a human error. I think he said it’s gone in the side of the net, but it’s clearly a goal. “If we’d lost 2-1 it would have been talked about a lot more but I wouldn’t have used it as an excuse – we’d have lost the game for the way we defended for the first few minutes.” Peterborough are currently 13th in League One, but their goals against total of 26 is the highest in the division. And they soon found themselves…

Injury forces dancer Amy Dowden to leave this year’s Strictly Spokesperson says Dowden will not take part in the rest of the competition owing to foot injury. The professional dancer Amy Dowden will not be continuing with this year’s season of Strictly Come Dancing to recover from a foot injury. The development was revealed on the spin-off show Strictly It Takes Two on BBC Two on Monday and comes after a period of absence from the show for Dowden. Continue reading… https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/nov/04/injury-forces-dancer-amy-dowden-leave-strictly

Latino voter says expensive groceries and low salaries are main concern Latino voter says expensive groceries and low salaries are main concern in the swing state of Michigan. A young Ecuadorian-American who lives nearby. Like many Latinos, they are supporting Harris. Salazar predicts an extremely close race. But hopes Harris will ultimately prevail. “The economy is pretty much it I’d say,” he told me. “Life is expensive. Groceries are expensive. Salaries are low. People are unemployed. That’s it. People also mention the border sometimes, but not as much.” Young Americans want jobs and opportunities to make money, they don’t want…

What seems like a last minute thing, Anti-Trump protesters picket in Michigan during Trump rally to distract the Trump campaigners and his millions of supporters. Anti-Trump protesters picket in Michigan A few protesters have turned up outside where Donald Trump will hold his final rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They said they were confident that Michigan – one of the key swing states – would go blue in large part because of women’s reproductive rights and, in their words, some former Republicans finding Trump’s behaviour “vile.” When they walked past the crowd, his supporters started chanting Trump, booing, and some…

Just one day to go until the US Presidential election and the US front pages are firmly focused on the last day of campaigning. Both Harris and Trump will spend their final day of campaigning in the battleground states trying to win over voters, and with the latest polling suggesting the race is still too tight to call, it looks set that the election will go to the wire. 

We pick out the best shows on TV this week with some insightful documentaries and a great Christmas movie on the cards.

England’s top flight football returns on Monday night as Fulham face Brentford.

Richard Madeley has revealed he and his wife Judy Finnigan sleep in separate beds, after 38 years of marriage. The Good Morning Britain presenter, 68, shared an insight into his marriage with his former This Morning co-host, 76, in a recent podcast. The couple married in 1986 and welcomed their son that year, and daughter Chloe the following year, before hosting the ITV programme together from 1988 for more than a decade. They quickly grew to become one of TV’s strongest couples, but Richard has now shared what happens behind closed doors. Speaking to Kate Thornton on her White Wine…