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Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on island of Flores spews thick brownish ash into the airAt least 10 people have died amid a series of volcanic eruptions on the Indonesian island of Flores, the country’s national disaster management has said.The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on Monday night spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2km (1.24 miles) into the air and on to several villages, burning down houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Lewotobi Laki-Laki monitoring post. Continue reading...

Adam Coy, who is white, convicted in murder of Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when killedA former police officer was convicted of murder on Monday in the shooting of Andre Hill, a Black man who was holding a cellphone and keys when he was killed.Officer Adam Coy, who is white and served nearly 20 years with the Columbus police force, shot Hill four times in a garage nearly four years ago. Coy was fired after the shooting. He later told jurors that he thought Hill was holding a silver revolver. Continue reading...

Indian prime minister blames Sikh activists for clash in Brampton over which three people have been arrestedIndia’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has condemned a “deliberate attack” on a Hindu temple in Canada, blaming Sikh activists for the violent clash at a time of escalating diplomatic tensions between the two countries.Videos on social media showed demonstrators protesting outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir temple in the city of Brampton, where Indian diplomats were visiting ahead of Diwali celebrations. Some protesters held yellow Khalistan flags, representing a region of India they hope to one day carve out as a Sikh homeland. Continue reading...

Residents warned of ‘potentially life-threatening conditions’ including tornadoes and severe thunderstormsA day after tornadoes injured at least 11 people while downing trees, power lines and gas lines, communities in Oklahoma on Monday were navigating fresh warnings of destructive weather.Six or more tornadoes hit the state overnight into Sunday – and more “tornadoes (some strong), large hail, and severe thunderstorm gusts, are expected today into tonight from the Southern Plains into the Ozarks and mid Mississippi Valley”, the US’s National Weather Service (NWS) said on Monday. Continue reading...

Strike called after negotiations between the guild and Times management failed to yield a contract agreementThe New York Times Tech Guild, which represents hundreds of the outlet’s tech staff workers, went on strike Monday morning – one day before the US presidential election.The threat of a strike has existed within the company for months, raising questions over a potential disruption of election coverage. The newspaper giant confirmed in a statement that members would begin protesting outside the Times headquarters daily, beginning at 9am Monday. Continue reading...

Broadcaster says ex-president’s address to voters after Nascar race on Sunday complied with federal fairness rulesUS election live – follow updatesNBC on Sunday filed notice that the broadcast network had provided Donald Trump equal time to Kamala Harris’s surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live, by providing him a chance to directly address voters following a Nascar race.A US government communications regulator had claimed that Harris’s surprise appearance on the comedy program violated “equal time” rules that govern political programming. Brendan Carr, a commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), had called Harris’s appearance “a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule”.Don’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

Storm will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and Cayman Islands before strengthening into hurricaneA new tropical storm was expected to form on Monday in the Caribbean and eventually threaten parts of the US south-east, forecasters said.Expected to be named Rafael, the storm will bring heavy rain to Jamaica and the Cayman Islands before strengthening to a hurricane and probably hitting Cuba. Forecasters are predicting that it will bring heavy rainfall to parts of the US along the Gulf of Mexico, according to advisories from the Miami-based National Hurricane Center (NHC). Continue reading...

Decision comes after military concludes projects would complicate defending Nato’s newest member against attackSweden has vetoed plans for 13 offshore windfarms in the Baltic Sea, citing unacceptable security risks.The country’s defence minister, Pål Jonson, said on Monday that the government had rejected plans for all but one of 14 windfarms planned along the east coast. Continue reading...

RFK Jr, an anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist, says Trump promised him control over public health policy if he winsDonald Trump suggested vaccines could be banned if he becomes president, in the clearest sign yet of a radical shake-up in public health policy should he put his ally Robert F Kennedy Jr in charge of it.Trump on Sunday told NBC that Kennedy, the anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and former independent candidate who dropped out and endorsed Trump, would have a “big role in the administration” if wins Tuesday’s presidential election. Trump said he would talk to Kennedy about vaccinations. Continue reading...