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New Zealand faces the prospect of weeks or even months of political wrangling after a knife-edge election that produced no clear winner ➡️ u.afp.com/SyCn
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Boasting K-pop and Bangladeshi beatboxing, Eurovision stages its first Asia edition this Saturday, bringing the European song contest's unique brand of kitsch and geopolitics to the world's most populous region ➡️ u.afp.com/SyCe
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Lewis Hamilton says he and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc have "squashed" the tension between them that followed their first lap tangle in Mexico ➡️u.afp.com/SyCs
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Pope Leo XIV on Saturday slammed the deaths of children in areas of wealthy Uruguay gripped by drug violence as he visited the most crime-ridden neighborhood in the South American country. u.afp.com/SyCA
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Iran said on Saturday its military had grown stronger since the outset of the war with the United States, as mediators including Qatar worked to prevent any return to fighting after months of deadlock in the conflict u.afp.com/SyCw
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🏎️ 🇧🇷 McLaren's outgoing world champion Lando Norris grabbed pole position for the Sao Paulo Grand Prix with a brave and well-judged drive in Saturday's rainswept qualifying at Interlagos. u.afp.com/SyCN
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Israel's president announced he would task Gadi Eisenkot with forming the next government following last week's election, in what Netanyahu's rivals see as a first step to remove the country's longest-serving prime minister u.afp.com/SyCM
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Manchester City suffers a third straight Premier League defeat at the hands of Nottingham Forest on Saturday, allowing Arsenal to stretch their lead at the top of the table to six points u.afp.com/SyCU
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US President Donald Trump says he is offering a press secretary role to mixed martial arts executive and "violent fighter" Dana White u.afp.com/SyC3
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Heavy rain on Saturday flooded tens of thousands of displaced people's tents in war-devastated Gaza, Palestinian authorities said, leaving them without shelter u.afp.com/Sy9F
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Argentina's football association has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against the sanctions FIFA imposed over World Cup final incidents. Midfielder Leandro Paredes was hardest hit, with a 10-game ban and $90,000 fine u.afp.com/Sy9D
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Six people were killed and a dozen others wounded on Saturday when a gunman opened fire in the landmark historic center of Poland's second city of Krakow, in the country's deadliest shooting in decades u.afp.com/Sy9j
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The son of the ousted shah of Iran on Saturday received a "Freedom Prize" in Frankfurt awarded to the Iranian people in a ceremony that critics said was illegitimate u.afp.com/Sy9a
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A Guatemalan opposition lawmaker, Julio Portillo, and three police officers were killed in an armed attack on Friday u.afp.com/Sy9E
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#BREAKING Gunman in deadly Krakow shooting acted alone, is Polish: police
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Screengrab from AFPTV video filmed on November 7, 2026 shows police officers and emergency services deployed near the site of a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland's second-largest city

ALT Screengrab from AFPTV video filmed on November 7, 2026 shows police officers and emergency services deployed near the site of a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland's second-largest city

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🏉 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇳🇿 Beauden Barrett struck twice to become just the second player to score 50 Test tries for New Zealand as the All Blacks beat Scotland 43-21 in their November Nations Championship opener at Murrayfield on Saturday ➡️ u.afp.com/Sy9u
New Zealand full-back Beauden Barrett (R) celebrates with teammate, wing Josh Moorby (L), after scoring a try during the Nations Championship match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on November 7, 2026

ALT New Zealand full-back Beauden Barrett (R) celebrates with teammate, wing Josh Moorby (L), after scoring a try during the Nations Championship match at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh on November 7, 2026

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🇵🇱 ⚠️ Police in Poland said on Saturday that five people were killed and around a dozen wounded after a gunman opened fire in the historic centre of the country's second city of Krakow ➡️ u.afp.com/Sy9B
Screengrab from AFPTV video filmed on November 7, 2026 shows police officers and emergency services deployed near the site of a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland's second-largest city

ALT Screengrab from AFPTV video filmed on November 7, 2026 shows police officers and emergency services deployed near the site of a deadly shooting in Krakow, Poland's second-largest city

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🇫🇷 🪧 Thousands of people protested across France on Saturday in a new show of anger against the government with Paris police moving to prevent an unauthorised gathering near the president's Elysee Palace office and residence ➡️ u.afp.com/Sy9w
Protesters with an effigy depicting Marianne, the female symbol of the French Republic, holding a French flag take part in a demonstration in Bordeaux, southwestern France on November 7, 2026 as part of a nationwide day of protests over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students

ALT Protesters with an effigy depicting Marianne, the female symbol of the French Republic, holding a French flag take part in a demonstration in Bordeaux, southwestern France on November 7, 2026 as part of a nationwide day of protests over the rising cost of living and inequality organised by Yellow Vest movement, labour unions and high school and university students

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#BREAKING Five dead in shooting in Polish city of Krakow: police to AFP
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of intensifying strikes across the country to put pressure on Kyiv at upcoming talks after an overnight barrage triggered power cuts as temperatures drop ➡️ u.afp.com/Sy97
An employee stands among the ruins of a kindergarten in Kyiv damaged following a Russian mass missile attack on November 7, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

ALT An employee stands among the ruins of a kindergarten in Kyiv damaged following a Russian mass missile attack on November 7, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine

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