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Ex-Fox News host makes bizarre claim on Steve Bannon’s podcast, days after saying a demon attacked him in his sleepDemons that Tucker Carlson claimed attacked him as he slept were also responsible for the invention of nuclear technology, the conservative former Fox News host said on Monday in another bizarre contention.Carlson made the claim on the War Room podcast hosted by his fellow rightwing extremist Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser in the Trump administration who was released from prison last week after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress. Continue reading...

Suspect DHL package bound for Britain that started fire in Leipzig possibly part of Russian plan to cause ‘mayhem’An incendiary device hidden in a DHL package that caught fire in Germany in July was due to be sent by air to the UK as part of a suspected Russian sabotage plot that may also have been a dry run for a similar attack on the US and Canada.The device, reported to have been secreted in shipments of massage pillows and erotic gadgets, started a fire on the ground in Leipzig that was feared to be capable of downing a plane – similar to a package that ignited at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham on 22 July. Continue reading...

One teenager found dead and one boy, 11, rescued alive after boat carrying three adults and three children capsizedThe United States Coast Guard has suspended a huge search for four boaters who went missing in northern California after their boat capsized over the weekend when search crews found an 11-year-old boy alive and recovered the body of a teenager, officials said on Monday.Crews began searching by land, sea and air on Saturday evening after the coastguard received a report that a 21ft boat carrying three adults and three children had failed to return to shore in Sonoma county, north of San Francisco, Chief Petty Officer Levi Readof the US Coast Guard said. Continue reading...

Suit, part of Newsom’s effort to push back on what he sees as defiance of state laws, alleges ban violates fair housing lawsCalifornia filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb on Monday, alleging the city’s recent moratorium on homeless shelters and temporary housing violated the state’s fair housing and anti-discrimination laws.The lawsuit is part of an ongoing effort by Governor Gavin Newsom to push back against what he sees as local resistance and defiance of state laws in the face of California’s desperate need for new housing. The crisis has prompted a surge in the homeless population in the country’s most populous state. Continue reading...

Staunchly pro-Trump Uihleins gave anonymous survey to workers at Uline, headquartered in swing state of WisconsinThe Republican mega-donors Dick and Liz Uihlein, who are the third largest donors in this year’s US presidential election, have sought information about who employees at their company Uline will be voting for in Tuesday’s ballot.A screenshot seen by the Guardian shows how employees at the private Wisconsin paper and office products distributor were asked to take part in what was called an anonymous survey to track who the employees were voting for on 5 November. Continue reading...

Sheinbaum accuses court of overstepping as it prepares to vote on reform that makes almost all judges elected by voteMexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has accused the country’s supreme court of overstepping its functions and “trying to change what the people of Mexico decided” as it prepares to discuss whether to strike down parts of a transformative judicial reform.The court is expected to vote on Tuesday whether the controversial reform violates other parts of the constitution, setting up a showdown with Sheinbaum barely a month into her government. Continue reading...

Iran’s supreme leader issues new threat after initially playing down Israeli strikes on Iranian military facilitiesIsrael is bracing itself for another Iranian attack after a crescendo of threatening rhetoric from leaders in Iran warning that the country would retaliate for Israeli missile strikes last month.Iran initially played down the impact of the 26 October Israeli strikes on its military facilities, which were in turn a response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack on Israel at the beginning of October. Continue reading...

Rumors across various social media sites are magnified through translation and dissemination to other platformsAfter Kamala Harris became the Democratic candidate, TikTok and Instagram saw the emergence of a particularly vicious kind of misinformation – that Harris stole someone’s husband, specifically Willie Brown, a former mayor of San Francisco.This is false. But these rumors were soon translated into Chinese and posted on X, with the language becoming “even more inflammatory”, according to the Chinese factchecking group PiYaoBa. One Chinese influencer, whose tweet garnered more than 60,000 views, translated “stole a woman’s husband” as “mistress”. Continue reading...

Top platforms had placed Republican ahead but Democrat is catching up and even leads on one appUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesBetting markets have narrowed significantly on the eve of Tuesday’s presidential election, eroding Donald Trump’s lead over Kamala Harris as Americans cast their vote.The former president and his allies have touted the betting market forecasts as more accurate than traditional polling in recent weeks, as the top platforms put him way ahead of Harris. Continue reading...

Court won’t hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged mapUS politics live – latest updatesThe US supreme court said Monday it will take up a new redistricting case involving Louisiana’s congressional map with two mostly Black districts.The court won’t hear arguments until early next year and the 2024 elections are proceeding under the challenged map, which could boost Democrats’ chances of retaking the closely divided US House.When do polls close?How the electoral college worksWhere is abortion on the ballot?Senate and House races to watchLessons from the key swing statesTrump v Harris on key issuesWhat’s at stake in this electionWhat to know about the US election Continue reading...