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(Al Jazeera Media Network) A high-speed train has crashed into the rear of another train that had stopped in central Spain, derailing two carriages and killing at least 68 people, the regional government says. Emiliano Garcia-Page, the government head for the Castilla-La Mancha region, where the crash happened, said about 80 people were injured, about 50 of them seriously and 15 critically, warning that some of the most seriously injured might not survive. Spanish Health...

(CNN) With most votes counted, Israel is facing political deadlock, with neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his main rival, ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot, within reach of a governing majority in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Recent projections have Netanyahu’s bloc taking 53 seats, a drop from the 68-seat coalition he led in the outgoing Knesset. The opposition bloc is set to take 48 seats, while Arab parties are projected to win a record 19 seats. The...

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Ethiopia has received 12 Russian Su-35 fighter jets and will also acquire four S-400 air defence batteries, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced. Abiy made the announcement on X on Wednesday during a visit to Moscow for the two-day Russia-Africa Summit, where Russia is seeking closer security and economic ties with African countries. The acquisition comes as Ethiopian forces fight renewed battles with rebels in northern Tigray and a separate rebellion in...

(CNN) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, appear short of outright victory, exit polls indicate. After the highest turnout since 1999, Eisenkot’s bloc has a slight edge but is short of a clear path to power, the polls show. The PM’s bloc is projected to collapse from 68 seats in the previous Knesset to 50 seats, according to Israel’s Channel 12 News. Eisenkot’s bloc is projected to secure...

(CNN) Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil and is headed to the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential election, two sources have confirmed to CNN. A US official told CNN that Bolsonaro is flying to Florida. It is unclear how he left Brazil. Bolsonaro said Monday that police forbade him from leaving the country. A Brazilian source close to Bolsonaro said that the politician had feared arrest in Brazil, where he is under investigation by...

(CNN) It has been a bewildering period in US-Ukraine relations, after US President Donald Trump slammed his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky for failing to negotiate an end to the war, and Kyiv accused Washington of withholding key military support. Trump then sent his envoy to Norway and Russia to try to advance the peace process – but Washington walked away with only a plan to resume trilateral talks. Meanwhile, deadly Russian attacks continue, as Ukraine raises...

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic has filed papers for what could be the biggest ever initial public offering (IPO) of stock, even as its top executive warns that advanced AI could pose an existential threat to humanity. The filing on Monday sets up the San Francisco company for a Wall Street debut next month, potentially eclipsing the SpaceX initial public offering in June that raised a record $86 billion. The filing comes weeks...

(CNN) France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week. French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across the country over the weekend, according to the interior ministry. Specialist SWAT units, helicopters, armored vehicles, police dogs and water cannons will all be part of the operation....

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran’s armed forces say they are prepared to fire on United States warships as President Donald Trump said Washington was still deliberating new attacks or continued pressure on Iran. Trump told supporters at a rally in Florida on Friday that the US military “may do another Epic Fury”, in reference to the extensive bombing campaign against Iran at the start of the war. He had earlier questioned whether to end the conflict...

Eyewitness captures moment of blast in Kyiv (CNN) Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv in a massive missile attack overnight into Thursday, hours after President Vladimir Putin said the Kremlin was ready to resume trilateral peace talks next month. At the request of US special envoy Steve Witkoff during their three-hour meeting on Wednesday, Putin said he would be willing to resume talks with Ukraine and the United States after November 10. But the latest...