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Helen Haines’s condition improves days after losing both legs from alleged attack
<p>Independent MP now serious but stable, according to update from Melbourne’s Alfred hospital</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>Independent MP Helen Haines’s condition has been downgraded to serious but stable after she lost both legs following an alleged attack near her electorate office in north-east Victoria on Monday afternoon.</p><p>The Alfred hospital in Melbourne provided an update on Haines’s condition on Saturday morning.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/24/helen-hainess-condition-improves-days-after-losing-both-legs-from-alleged-attack-ntwnfb">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 24, 2026The Guardian World World03
Rubio tells Cubans ‘now is the time’ to act to see political change
<p>US secretary of state makes comments after Trump tells US rally warships could intervene on return from Iran</p><p>Marco Rubio urged Cubans seeking political change in their country to act, saying “now is the time” moments after Donald Trump told a Friday rally for candidates in south Florida that US warships could intervene in Cuba on their way back from the Iran war.</p><p>The US secretary of state, in his <a href="https://x.com/SecRubio/status/2113731069518434519">social media post</a> addressed “to those who seek to create positive change”, urged Cubans to capitalize on Trump’s plans. “The disappointment of failed promises, corruption, and the privileged lives of only a few; seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete [sic] partnership with the CIA,” Rubio said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/marco-rubio-cuba-trump">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 24, 2026The Guardian World World04
WHO announces start of Ebola vaccine clinical trial in DR Congo
A clinical trial begins to test the safety, efficacy and immunogenicity of multiple vaccines.
QA Oct 24, 2026Al Jazeera English