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In one of his first interviews since the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue attack, in Manchester, England, Rabbi Daniel Walker says the Jewish community “can’t give up”.

Speaking to Radio 4 Today’s Emma Barnett, Rabbi Walker said he has no “mental space” to think about why the attacker did it.

He also said that a visit from King Charles earlier this month showed him that “society cares” about the Jewish community.

Two congregants - Adrian Daulby and Melvin Kravitz – were killed and three others seriously injured when Jihad Al-Shamie rammed a car into and stabbed worshippers.

He was later shot dead by police. The inquest into the victims’ deaths begins on 29 October.

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Emerging evidence of systematic killings in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher have prompted human rights and aid activists to describe the civil war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the military as a "continuation of the Darfur genocide".

The fall of el-Fasher, in the Darfur region, after an 18-month RSF siege brings together the different layers of the country's conflict - with echoes of its dark past and the brutality of its present-day war.

RSF emerged from the Janjaweed, Arab militias who massacred hundreds of thousands of Darfuris from non-Arab populations, in the early 2000s.

The paramilitary force has been accused of ethnic killings since its power struggle with the army erupted into violence in April 2023, but the RSF leadership has consistently denied the accusations - although on Wednesday its leader Gen Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo admitted to "violations" in el-Fasher.

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US President Donald Trump said a full US-China trade deal will be signed “pretty soon” following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.

A series of announcements on closer trade ties have been made, including the US cutting the “fentanyl tariff” on Chinese goods entering the US from 20% to 10%.

In return, China will start “the purchase of massive amounts of soybeans, sorghum, and other farm products”, Trump says.

China says it will make it easier for the US to buy rare earths and that, in return, the US will suspend an expansion of export controls on foreign firms listed on the Entity List, which had hit Chinese companies.

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Five more suspects have been arrested over their involvement in the Louvre heist, Paris' public prosecutor has said.

A main suspect was among those taken into custody, AFP reported.

The new arrests come after two men "partially recognised" their involvement in the brazen theft on Wednesday.

Three of them are thought to be part of the four-man team that carried out the heist, seen on CCTV, but the fourth person has not yet been caught.

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Four people are confirmed dead in Jamaica while at least 20 people have died in Haiti in flooding as a result of Hurricane Melissa.

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness told the BBC he gives out a message of "hope to the Jamaican people" and says that the government will "be able to mount a creditable humanitarian and recovery response."

The true extent of Hurricane Melissa is still being revealed in Jamaica. Without power or phone coverage, much of the country is isolated and so information is trickling through.

As wind and rain lashed through the night, one local official said the destruction resembled "the scene of an apocalypse movie."

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Today, President Trump has arrived in South Korea ahead of his meeting with President Xi Jinping at APEC.

The two are set to discuss a possible trade deal which could bring the US and China back from the brink of a global trade war. Adam is joined by China correspondent Laura Bicker and Americast host Anthony Zurcher, both in South Korea, to discuss TikTok, tariffs and soybeans, as they analyse how the two countries might finalise a deal.

Plus, climate editor Justin Rowlatt joins Adam to explore the role climate change is playing in making extreme weather events worse as Hurricane Melissa continues its path through the Caribbean.

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Two men arrested in connection with the Louvre theft two weeks ago have "partially recognised" their involvement in the brazen heist, according to officials.

The pair in custody are suspected of being the two who used power tools to enter the museum's Apollon gallery and steal some of the French crown jewels.

Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from the world's most-visited museum on 19 October, when four thieves wielding power tools broke into the building in broad daylight.

Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said that the jewels had not been recovered yet, and the gang involved could be bigger than the four people caught on CCTV.

The two men, both in their thirties, have criminal records and were identified by DNA found during investigations, Beccuau said.

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Hurricane Melissa made landfall on Tuesday as a category five storm in Jamaica where people remain stuck on roofs and without power.

Three-quarters of Jamaica had no electricity overnight, while the numbers of people injured - or perhaps dead - haven't even begun to be counted.

Local government minister Desmond McKenzie warned people on the island that recovery "is not going to be an easy road”.

No deaths have been confirmed in Jamaica so far but 20 people, including 10 children, are reported to have died in flooding in Haiti.

The UK government has now deployed urgent hurricane relief to the Caribbean.

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Illegal teeth-whitening treatments that can burn gums and destroy teeth are being handed over in car parks and on doorsteps in the UK, a BBC investigation has found.

Some gels, containing more than 500 times the legal limit of bleaching agent for over-the-counter products, are sold blatantly on social media

As part of the investigation, a BBC reporter was able to obtain a fraudulent teeth-whitening qualification, as well as being given "extreme" bleach and advised to "practise on friends and family".

The British Dental Association said it was "appalled" by the BBC's findings and urged the UK government to launch an urgent crackdown.

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Nvidia has hit a new milestone, becoming the first company in the world to reach a market value of $5tn (£3.8tn).

The US chip-maker has rapidly climbed from a niche graphics-chip manufacturer to an AI titan, as euphoria about the potential of artificial intelligence keeps driving demand for its chips and propelling its stock to record highs.

The company reached a market value of $1tn for the first time in June 2023 and hit the $4tn valuation mark just three months ago.

Shares in the chip-maker rose as much as 5.6% to more than $212 on Wednesday morning, boosted by investor optimism about Nvidia's sales in China, which has been a geopolitical flashpoint.

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