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2 developments from 2 outlets in the past week. Recent evidence leans getting better.
1 story says getting better, 1 story says getting worse
Early reports
Health
Voters are about to decide if the mega-rich among them should hand over billions of dollars to pay for improvements to healthcare.
Elections
Durgesh said the YSRCP had lost public confidence and was trying to prevent an electoral defeat through legal challenges
Iran conflict
Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned in a memo to Secretary of State Rubio that Iran has "substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel," and the plots have "reached advanced stages."
Elections
Letters from federal prosecutors represent latest escalation as Trump continues to make claims of voter fraudFederal prosecutors sent letters to county registrars across California on Friday demanding that local officials set aside and verify ballots that the Department of Justice said may belong to noncitizens, accord
Elections
Lawyers for two accused officials say Department of Justice seeking to revive scandal in the run-up to midterm vote.
Elections
Kiryat Shmona, Israel's northernmost city, has long been a bastion of support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party. But that loyalty is no longer ironclad.
Elections
The agency regularly monitors polling places. But this year's effort on Nov. 3 will more than double the number of federal monitors deployed during the 2022 midterms.
Housing
Trump's executive order on housing aims to lower mortgage costs. Here's what it means for homeowners and buyers.
Ukraine
With SpaceX imposing speed limits on Starlink in Ukraine and hampering military operations, Kyiv is looking for alternatives.
Outbreaks
In tonight's programme, scramble to get through rubble to trapped survivors after a more than 10 storeys building being built in Nairobi goes down. Also, Kenya says that there's been a second Ebola death. Earlier this week it had logged 9 cases so far, all traced back to its first Ebola patient who died earlier this m
Elections
Separate entrances will be set up for polling staff and counting agents at JNTU-GV
India
The initiative of the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) seeks to provide organised spaces for street food vendors, improve food safety and hygiene, and offer better facilities to customers
India
Mr. Modi, inaugurating the Sammelan, called for every individual to connect with the resolve of a Developed India by 2047
Climate
Disaster-hit Nepal will receive $20 million from the United Nations to help the Himalayan country recover from the devastating floods that killed thousands and destroyed buildings, schools, roads and dams resulting in billions of dollars of damages
Elections
A federal court in Brazil has ordered the government to ensure Indigenous people can vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff
Iran conflict
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran on Thursday of trying to manipulate the oil market.
Ukraine
Both Putin and Zelenskyy said Thursday they were open for peace negotiations, even as they continued strikes overnight.
Outbreaks
To identify rioters across France last weekend, French authorities are calling on people who filmed scenes of looting to assist the investigation by handing the videos in. That is an unprecedented decision - one causing debate.
Iran conflict
Details by FRANCE 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Noga Tarnopolsky.
India
Jean-Emile Jammine is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC). For Tuncel, the wave of youth-led protests across France, Albania, India and Italy reveals more than a succession of localized grievances. It signals the emergence of
Iran conflict
Reza Sayah, our correspondent in Tehran Iran, has more.
Iran conflict
The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army to prepare for a full closure of the occupied West Bank Friday after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two men who the military said had launched a "terror attack" near the city of Hebron. Emergency services said five people were injured and evacua
Gaza
Russia is ready to resume three-way talks with Ukraine and the United States, but on the security parameters of a final peace d al and not a "short" ceasefire, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday.
Outbreaks
Our Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, heads to Roraima to hear what’s at stake for the rainforest and the communities that live there in the Brazilian presidential runoff on Sunday. Send your comments and questions to tif.questions@theguardian.comFor the Amazon and the communities who live there, the stakes in
