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Elections have yielded no clear winner but opposition bloc refuses to ally with Arab parties.
Elections have yielded no clear winner but opposition bloc refuses to ally with Arab parties.
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Kyaw Moe Tun - Myanmar's representative to the UN - makes an emotional appeal after saying the international community had failed the country's people.
US voters are electing a new Congress. The results will be decisive for the future of the United States, and a judgment on Donald Trump's second term as president.
<p>Effort to loosen rules on unproven peptide drugs, favored by RFK Jr, faced fierce pushback from agency scientists</p><p>A plan to give people in the United States easier access to unproven peptide drugs favored by the US health secretary, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/robert-f-kennedy-jr">Robert F Kennedy Jr</a>, was opposed by most Food and Drug Administration scientific staff members, who had limited input in drafting the policy, according to six people familiar with its development.</p><p>The document posted online on Wednesday by Kennedy’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) covers a handful of injectable peptides promoted within the wellness industry for building muscle, healing injuries and boosting energy.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/peptides-fda-health-human-services-department">Continue reading...</a>
<p>Incumbent could turn defeat into another term in office as rival parties erect confected barrier to unseating him</p><p>Hours before the final results from <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/28/israel-election-results-live-updates-exit-polls-netanyahu-likud-eisenkot-latest-news">Israel’s elections</a> were in, several things were clear. Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right coalition had lost its mandate, and the opposition had a firm majority.</p><p>But most of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/israel">Israel</a>’s Jewish opposition ruled out governing with Palestinian-led parties, in the course of a racist election campaign that saw Netanyahu painting Palestinian citizens as an enemy inside the state.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/28/israel-elections-choice-netanyahu-remaining-power-or-palestinian-backed-coalition">Continue reading...</a>