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What's at stake as Israel holds its most important election in years

Getty Images When Israelis go the polls on October 27, they will face a familiar question: Should Benjamin Netanyahu, the countrys longest-serving prime minister, stay in power? Nearly every recent election has been a referendum on Netanyahu. This time, many Israelis say the choice is more consequential than ever: not only about who will lead the country, but about where it is heading. It is the first national vote since the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023, the deadliest security failure in

26 Oct 2026 2:41 pm
9th Circuit panel questions basis for feds' request to block 20,000 California ballots

A voter casts her ballot in Boyle Heights on Saturday, the first day of early voting in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) In a rare Sunday hearing, a federal appeals court judge appointed by President Trump questioned how the Trump administrations request to intervene in Californias ongoing midterm election in order to force state officials to set aside 20,000 ballots from voters whose citizenship it questions squares with the U.S. Constitution. Judge Mark J. Bennett said that while

26 Oct 2026 4:24 am
Serbia's veteran ruler concedes defeat to student-led movement in snap election

Vucic is a relentless campaigner (SASA DJORDJEVIC) The dominant force in Serbian politics for over 14 years, Aleksandar Vucic, who conceded defeat in a snap parliamentary poll on Sunday, rose from the wreckage of strongman Slobodan Milosevic's cabinet to the centre of power using his brand of populist nationalism. For supporters, the 56-year-old represented stability, development and patriotism in a country scarred by the bloody wars of the 1990s and ensuing international isolation. But opponent

26 Oct 2026 2:50 am
U.K. police didn't share claims about Meghan Markle's father with other agencies

Meghan says she was informed of disturbing allegations about her father via a letter [PA Media] A letter making a number of claims relating to the Duchess of Sussex's father was received by the Metropolitan Police in 2019, Scotland Yard has confirmed. The Met said it passed the information relating to allegations outside the UK to the office of the Duke and Duchess but did not share it with other law enforcement agencies. It was reported on Friday that images of child sexual abuse allegedly belo

24 Oct 2026 6:57 pm
U.S. intelligence warns Iranian plots to kill Americans are in 'advanced stages'

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton warned Friday that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel abroad, with plots to kill Americans reaching advanced stages in the Middle East and other countries. The warning, contained in an unclassified memo that was sent to Secretary of State Marco Rubio and obtained by CBS News, comes as the State Department adjusts staffing at diplomatic posts across the Middle East , and the U.S. military pares back its footprint in the

24 Oct 2026 8:43 am
'There's babies in there': Hero dad who stopped Oregon school shooter shares his story

Kaylub Giamanco, the man praised as a hero for fatally shooting a gunman at a school in Bend, Oregon, last week, is speaking out for the first time about the moments leading up to the shooting and how he is grappling with the aftermath. The 36-year-old carpenter, whose two daughters attend Silver Rail Elementary School, told Oregon Public Broadcasting that it was happenstance that he was passing by the school at that moment. He said he had decided to go home for lunch that day instead of eating

24 Oct 2026 5:18 am
Ukraine says Starlink restrictions remain despite Trump's claims they're lifted

Watch: Who controls Ukraine's access to Starlink? Ukraine is still recording issues with the Starlink internet network, sources within the defence ministry say, after Donald Trump said limits had been reversed by Elon Musk who owns the satellite system. The sources told the BBC that instances of drones experiencing connection loss at speeds of 161km/h (100mph) were being recorded, hampering military operations. The US president had denied instructing the tech billionaire to restrict connectivity

24 Oct 2026 4:04 am