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Hurricane Isaias is pounding the Florida Panhandle, with conditions rapidly worsening as its powerful eye moves ashore. Monster waves and flooded streets hit Southern California, where Tropical Storm Rachel is expected to bring worse conditions over the weekend. A magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook Panama on Friday, prompting tsunami warnings in several countries.

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Category 3 Hurricane Isaias is nearing the continental United States, prompting mass evacuations and safety warnings. Another tropical storm is hitting Southern California, while President Trump eases Russia sanctions and Putin says he will release diesel to help reduce pump prices.

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Torrential rain and intense winds are hitting the Gulf Coast as Hurricane Isaias approaches. The larger-than-expected, fast-moving storm has begun coming ashore along Florida’s panhandle and Alabama’s Gulf coast. The program also updates the New York ICE shooting, in which a man was wounded while a five-year-old was in the car.

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The Kremlin says the US president welcomed Russia’s involvement in efforts to reach a settlement over Iran.

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UAE authorities say a co-pilot on a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv planned to crash the plane into the airport after attacking the captain with an axe. Prosecutors say the Omani national drew inspiration from the 9/11 attacks and studied the route on earlier flights. Most of the 174 passengers were Israeli.

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Toxic haze from forest fires in Indonesia has blanketed several Southeast Asian countries for weeks, driving up respiratory illness cases and prompting school closures and flight cancellations. Governments are under pressure to coordinate a stronger response as the episode threatens to be the worst in more than a decade.

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Panama’s president declared a major disaster after magnitude 7.5 and 6.6 earthquakes and dozens of aftershocks hit Herrera province on Friday, destroying buildings and disrupting power supplies.

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A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck southern Panama on Friday, damaging buildings and driving thousands into the streets. The country appeared to avoid widespread destruction or deaths.

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A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck southern Panama, prompting evacuations, damaging buildings and disrupting power. Journalist Mauricio Valenzuela, reporting live beside the Centenario Bridge in Panama City, said thousands were trying to leave. People ran into the streets when the quake hit; the capital has reported only minor problems and no major structural damage.

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US President Donald Trump says he discussed boosting global diesel supplies with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said Russia would provide more than 300,000 tonnes immediately, followed by 500,000 in November, then 1 million and 3 million. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the deal as “an investment in war”. Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo says it could be significant as fuel prices soar ahead of the midterms.

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Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump thanked Putin for agreeing to supply the US with large amounts of diesel. Trump said oil prices were already falling sharply and that the US needed the fuel.

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U.S. President Donald Trump says Russia will supply millions of tons of diesel after a phone call with Vladimir Putin. The move marks a sharp change in Washington’s approach to Moscow and has drawn criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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Kenneth Roth, a Yale senior fellow and former Human Rights Watch executive director, says new US sanctions on the International Criminal Court do not end the global rules-based order. He argues the Trump administration seeks to “make the world safe for American and Israeli war criminals” and notes Washington tried to exempt its nationals when the court was established in 1998. Thirteen judges and prosecutors have so far been individually sanctioned.

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Washington has subjected the International Criminal Court to a broad new sanctions package. The Trump administration links the move to its drive to dismantle the tribunal over probes concerning the U.S. and allies such as Israel.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the Fort Hood mass shooter’s death by firing squad will be livestreamed. The announcement quickly drew bipartisan outrage and questions about how the public execution will be carried out.

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Donald Trump said he has not decided whether to livestream Nidal Malik Hasan’s execution, after the Pentagon announced plans to broadcast it. Republicans and Democrats criticized the plan. Trump said Hasan deserves death by firing squad, while Vice President JD Vance said he did not know whether the livestream would happen. The execution is scheduled for December 3.

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Hegseth’s announcement that the Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be livestreamed has drawn disgust from Republicans and Democrats. Trump is being pressed on whether the public execution will actually take place.

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Manhattan prosecutors said in a court filing that Luigi Mangione should stand trial in state court for fatally shooting United Healthcare’s CEO, arguing the murder “has nothing to do” with the federal stalking charges he pleaded guilty to in August.

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US country singer Ella Langley canceled her sold-out Tulsa concert after citing a “serious security threat” to fans, venue staff and her team. Police said a caller threatened gunfire and bombs, but repeated checks of the venue found no credible threat. Langley apologized and said ticket-refund details would follow.

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