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How worrying is Ebola’s spread as Kenya confirms a third case?Health

Kenya’s health ministry has confirmed a third Ebola case in the country. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is also facing its worst recorded Ebola outbreak, with more than 9,000 cases reported since May and deaths nearing 4,500. Clinician and former South African Medical Association chair Angelique Coetzee offers her analysis.

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EU leaders pledge continued support for Ukraine at summitPolitics

At a summit in Brussels, EU leaders rallied behind Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as his relationship with Donald Trump reached a new low. Trump said he finds Zelenskyy harder to deal with than Vladimir Putin and suggested Ukraine may need a new leader. Political commentator John Kavulich weighed in.

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LIVE: Trump speaks at a rally in Dalton, GeorgiaPolitics

President Donald Trump is speaking at a rally in Dalton, Georgia, alongside Senate candidate Mike Collins and gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson. The appearance is part of his effort to energize Republicans ahead of an election that could shape the final years of his second presidency.

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Police identify 16-year-old suspect in deadly Oregon school shootingSociety

Investigators named 16-year-old John J. Griffin as the suspect in an Oregon elementary school shooting that killed three children and a teacher. Law enforcement officials said his mother bought the gun around the time of his birthday in August.

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Anger is a rare unifying theme for divided American votersPolitics

Candidates in this year’s US midterm elections are largely defining their campaigns by what they oppose rather than what they support, Bloomberg Television’s Tyler Kendall reports. This is amplifying voter dissatisfaction across both parties.

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Good Morning America Full Broadcast — Friday, October 16, 2026Society

A teen shooter killed three children and a teacher at an Oregon elementary school. The CDC is sending a “disease detective” to Pennsylvania amid a measles outbreak, while wildfires erupted across Southern California.

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Philippines hits back after China says it can win a confrontationWorld

Manila called the Chinese ambassador’s remarks a “thinly veiled threat,” while Beijing accused it of over-interpreting them. The program also reported that smoke from Indonesian wildfires could bring hazardous air quality to Singapore, and that Japan vowed to step up surveillance after a Chinese aircraft carrier sailed near Okinawa.

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16-year-old kills four in Oregon school shooting, is shot dead by community memberSociety

Police said a 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing four people, including three children. An armed community member who pursued the shooter into the school killed the assailant. The dead included children aged 5, 8 and 11, and a teacher.

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Why Starlink’s India ambitions are facing resistanceTech

Elon Musk’s Starlink wants to bring satellite internet to millions of users in India, but approval delays, government regulations and competition from Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Jio are shaping a high-stakes contest over connectivity in the country.

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John King reacts as 11 more House races shift toward DemocratsPolitics

The Cook Political Report revised its ratings for 11 House races in Democrats’ favor, mostly in districts Trump won by double digits in 2024. The update follows a shift in 18 contests the previous week and the report’s prediction that Democrats could gain nine to 19 seats in the midterms.

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US midterms 2026 latest: War of words in MichiganPolitics

As election day approaches, sharp exchanges have marked Senate debates in Maine and Alaska. Donald Trump is heading to Georgia on Friday, although many Republicans have written off their Senate candidate there, raising questions about whether Trump can energize Republican voters or his low popularity could hurt the party. JD Vance traded barbs with Democrats in Michigan, home to a critical Senate race.

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Katie Zacharia admits she never passed the bar examPolitics

In an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged that she had not passed the bar exam. She had faced questions about her legal career, having previously said she practiced law before entering politics; Trump had called her an attorney. Pepperdine University says she earned a law degree in 2011.

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Are we building AI that could destroy us?Tech

MI5, the UK’s AI minister and several security officials issued stark warnings this week that AI already threatens lives. Yet innovation and development continue at breakneck speed. This week, AI Decoded examines whether to accelerate the creation of ever more powerful systems or slow down before the risks become unmanageable—a question at the heart of the new film Artificial.

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Is the EU ready to expand?Politics

The Euronews EU Enlargement Summit will take place in Brussels on 3 November 2026, bringing leaders and experts together to discuss the bloc’s next steps on enlargement, European security and strategic autonomy. Participants can attend in person or online.

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Startup Battlefield finalists compete for $100,000 at Disrupt 2026Tech

Apate.ai, Flox Intelligence, Intero Biosystems, Industrial Next and Satlyt are the five finalists. Each gets six minutes to pitch and eight minutes of questions from expert judges as they vie for the Startup Battlefield Cup and $100,000 in equity-free funding.

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Open Interest: Fed rate bets, Big Tech earnings and Tesla’s RoadsterEconomy

Dani Burger hosts Bloomberg’s Open Interest, covering Fed Chair Kevin Warsh’s silence on rates, which is fueling bets that the Fed will hold steady this month. Big Tech earnings are accelerating as AI anxiety unsettles investors. The program also reveals a Tesla Roadster using SpaceX technology and examines Netflix’s major leadership shakeup.

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Mideast ally slammed for ‘playing defense’ against HouthisWorld

Hudson Institute senior fellow Rebecca Heinrichs joins Bill Hemmer to discuss rising Middle East tensions, Houthi strikes in Yemen and the latest developments in the war in Ukraine. Dana Perino also presents the latest sports news.

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