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Wycliffe Muia

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania's presidential election, securing another term amid days of unrest across the country.

Samia won 98% of the votes in Wednesday's poll, the electoral commission said. In her Saturday victory speech she said the election was "free and democratic", accusing protesters of being "unpatriotic".

Opposition parties rejected the results, calling the vote a mockery of the democratic process as Samia's main challengers had been either imprisoned or barred from running.

International observers have expressed concern over the lack of transparency and widespread turmoil that has reportedly left hundreds of people dead and injured.

The nationwide internet shutdown is making it difficult to verify the death toll.

The government has sought to play down the scale of the violence - and authorities have extended a curfew in a bid to quell the unrest
By RENATA BRITO

JERUSALEM (AP) — The remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza do not belong to any hostages, Israel said Saturday, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.

The handover followed Israel’s return on Friday of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza, which completed an exchange after militants turned over remains of two hostages earlier in the week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office on Saturday confirmed that the remains of the three people did not belong to any hostages. It was unclear who the remains belonged to.

Hamas’ armed wing said it had offered to hand over samples on Friday of unidentified bodies but Israel refused and asked for thhttp://wsx5customurl.come remains for examination.

“We handed the bodies over to stop the claims of Israel,” the statement said. Health officials in Gaza have struggled to identify bodies without access to DNA kits.

Ceasefire under strain
Since the ceasefire took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants have released the remains of 17 hostages. Eleven remain in Gaza. Militants have released one or two bodies every few days. Israel has urged faster progress. Hamas has said the work is complicated by widespread devastation and Israeli military presence in some areas.

Israel has been releasing the unidentified remains of 15 Palestinians for the remains of each Israeli hostage. The number of Palestinian bodies returned by Israel since the ceasefire began now stands at 225. Only 75 have been identified by families, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
By Reuters

GYEONGJU, South Korea, Nov 1 (Reuters) - South Korean President Lee Jae Myung sought Chinese President Xi Jinping's help in efforts to resume talks with nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea on Saturday, while Xi told Lee he was willing to widen cooperation and jointly tackle the challenges they face.

Lee hosted Xi at a state summit and dinner after an Asia-Pacific leaders' forum in the South Korean city of Gyeongju, marking Xi's first visit to the U.S. ally in 11 years.
Jaroslav Lukiv

A woman has been charged over a theft at the Louvre Museum in Paris last month, French media report.

The 38-year-old, who has not been named, was charged with complicity in organised theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime. She appeared before a magistrate, who ruled that she should stay in custody.

The woman was arrested earlier this week with four others. Two men who had previously been arrested were already charged with theft and criminal conspiracy after officials said they had "partially recognised" their involvement in the heist.

Jewels worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world's most-visited museum on 19 October.
Story by mloh@businessinsider.com (Matthew Loh)

A senior-ranking lawmaker in Russia's lower parliament defense committee said the Kremlin has sent new air defense systems to Venezuela as the latter comes under heightened military pressure from the US.

While speaking to Russian news outlet Gazeta, Alexei Zhuravlev, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Defense Committee, listed several weapons that Moscow previously supplied to Caracas, including Su-30MK2 fighters and S-300VMs.

He also mentioned the recent arrival of a system not publicly known to be in Venezuela's arsenal: the Pantsir-S1.

"According to the latest information, Russian Pantsir-S1 and Buk-M2E systems were just recently delivered to Caracas by Il-76 transport aircraft," Zhuravlev told Gazeta, which published his comments on Saturday.

If true, his remarks indicate further rapprochement between Russia and Venezuela amid Caracas' escalating tensions with the US. While it's unclear where the new air defenses were sourced, such deliveries also stand to affect Russia's military inventory amid its ongoing war of attrition against Ukraine.
Story by John Varga, Gavin Quinn

Ukraine's military launched an attack on a thermal power plant in southwest Russia late Wednesday night, reportedly using a FP-5 "Flamingo" cruise missile.

This colossal weapon can carry a payload of up to 1,150 kilograms and has a range of 3,000 kilometers. Residents in the city of Orel - situated about 368 kilometers southwest of Moscow - reported hearing explosions near the thermal power plant.

Video footage seemed to depict multiple fires raging at the plant after the aerial assault. The regional governor asserted that the city was attacked by drones, all of which were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems. He dismissed allegations that they had targeted the power station. It comes as Russia is 'starting preparations for full scale nuclear tests for first time in 35 years'.
Story by Allegra Mendelson

A Chinese official threatened to behead the Japanese prime minister after she suggested Japan could become involved in a war over Taiwan.

Sanae Takaichi, the Japanese leader, said Chinese military action against Taiwan, such as a blockade, could trigger a “survival-threatening situation”, which could force Japan to become involved.

In response, Xue Jian, China’s consul general in Osaka, threatened to “cut off a dirty neck without a moment of hesitation” in a post on X along with a news article citing Ms Takaichi’s comments.

“Are you ready for that?” he added, followed by an angry-face emoji.

The Chinese diplomat also shared several posts written by other people, including one which said that if Japan were to attack Chinese forces, “it would immediately provoke a counterattack from China”, and if Ms Takaichi wants to “casually talk about initiating war as if it’s nothing, the country is finished”.
Story by Nathan Brooks

Chinese electric buses, praised worldwide for their affordability and efficiency, are rapidly gaining a foothold in global public transportation networks. But in Norway, a startling discovery has turned vague security concerns into a tangible threat, sending shockwaves across Europe. Ruter, Norway's largest public transit operator, has confirmed the discovery of an unidentified SIM card inside its Chinese-made electric buses, raising alarms about a potential backdoor that could enable remote access.

The revelation marks a turning point. What was once dismissed as speculation about national security risks associated with Chinese infrastructure now has concrete evidence to support it. The fear that these low-cost buses might be digital Trojan horses is no longer hypothetical.

The controversy erupted during Ruter's internal security audit of Oslo's public transport system. Of the 1,300 electric buses it operates, approximately 850 are manufactured by China's Yutong, underscoring Norway's significant reliance on Chinese technology.

During the audit, Ruter's security team discovered an undisclosed Romanian SIM card embedded in several Yutong buses. The card was directly linked to the vehicles' central communication systems, enabling remote data exchange with external networks. The fact that it was both hidden and foreign only deepened suspicion.
Story by Nick Squires

Wealthy foreigners paid tens of thousands of pounds to become “weekend snipers” and shoot civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, according to allegations being investigated by Italian authorities.

An investigation has been launched into claims that gun enthusiasts and far-Right extremists travelled to the war-torn city in the 1990s with sniper rifles to pick off terrified Bosnians “for fun”.

The foreigners, from Italy, the US, Russia and elsewhere, are accused of paying Serbian forces to take part in the shooting spree during the Bosnian War.

They were allegedly motivated by sympathy for the Serbian cause, sheer bloodthirstiness or a combination of the two, investigators say.

Serbia has denied the claims.

But witnesses and Italian investigators claim there was even a price list for the targeted killings – foreigners would pay more to shoot children and men who were armed and in uniform.

The amateur snipers paid the modern-day equivalent of €80,000 to €100,000 to take part in the chilling “sport”, according to La Repubblica newspaper.

The Italians are said to have gathered in the northeastern border city of Trieste and were transported to the hills surrounding Sarajevo during the 1992-1996 siege of the city.

The battle, which killed more than 11,500 people, was the longest in modern European history, surpassing the 872-day German siege of Leningrad in the Second World War.

“War tourists” of various nationalities, including Americans and Russians, were allegedly allowed to shoot at civilians by Bosnian Serb militias under the command of the warlord Radovan Karadzic.
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