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King Charles’s trip to Kenya is likely to be tinged with sadness, as the African nation is where his mother Queen Elizabeth learned she had become monarch.

Israeli troops massing at Gaza border ‘ready to execute the mission’ The Israeli military says hundreds of thousands of troops are near the Gaza border “ready to execute the mission we have been given.” It is expected that Israel will soon launch a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip, one whose mission is to “make sure Hamas won’t have any military capabilities.” The death toll in Israel has reached 1,200 – while more than 900 people have been killed by Israeli air strikes on Gaza. Earlier this week, Israel announced a “siege” of Gaza – cutting its supplies of electricity,…

‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico’s Pacific coast A “extremely dangerous” hurricane has made landfall on Mexico’s Pacific coast. Hurricane Lidia hit Mexico as a Category 4 storm, bringing wind speeds of up to 140mph. But the storm has weakened after moving inland, with the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) downgrading it to Category 2 status. Parts of Mexico’s Pacific coastline have already seen flooding this week after Tropical Storm Max hit. Local media say two people died as a result of the storm in the state of Guerrero. Hurricanes hit Mexico every year on both its Pacific and Atlantic…

Afghanistan hit by second earthquake in days Afghanistan has been hit with a second earthquake just days after large quakes struck the same region and killed more than 1,000 people.  The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck on Wednesday, around 17 miles north of the city of Herat. More than 100 people have been injured and sent to hospital, officials said. The wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday. Aid agencies have also said there is a shortage of blankets, food and other…

‘I don’t think they get enough credit’.

Today’s news summary – Paper Talk  Paper Talk: Hamas massacred babies and Sir Keir pitches a Labour Britain Wednesday’s front pages continue to lead with Hamas attacks on Israel. Elsewhere, the Labour Party conference in Liverpool and TV presenter Holly Willoughby quitting This Morning also makes the front pages. Hamas attacks The Guardian says the bodies of victims are still being recovered, four days after the attacks began. The i newspaper reports on children being killed in the village of Kfar Aza, which headlined “massacre of innocents.” “This was a holocaust pure and simple,” says the Daily Mail. The Express…

‘It’s not like a gold diamond ring or anything like that, so who would want to take that?’

‘You might be surprised by how understanding others can be…’

CITY AM – ES-What? More Brits believe in aliens than understand ESG: new polling CITY AM SAYS THE CITY appears to be losing its battle to explain ‘ESG’ to normal Brits as precious few claim to know what the Square Mile’s favourite acronym even means, a new survey has suggested. Just 13 per cent of the British public have a ‘good understanding’ of what ESG is – up only one per cent on last year – in a sign that bosses may have failed to properly explain the term, according to a survey by City comms outfit SEC Newgate. While…

‘Extremely dangerous’ Hurricane Lidia hits Mexico’s Pacific coast October 11, 20231 Min Read Summary of the Top 6 headlines today Metro – ‘40 Babies Murdered By Hamas’  The Metro reports on claims that Hamas militants murdered “40 babies in a massacre at a kibbutz during their retaliatory assault on Israel”. The paper does not share the deaths of children in Palestine. Its biased reporting goes on to say that the infants were allegedly found beheaded in their cots with their families were shot or burned alive. ( This has not been verified). However, accounts of women and children left unharmed…