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U.S. President Donald Trump pulls off his face mask as he returns to the White House after being hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Washington

19:47 GMT 28 October 2020 / updated: 19:47 GMT US

White House Lists ‘Ending the COVID-19 Pandemic’ as Trump Accomplishment

Afghan security personnel keep watch along a street after an attack from a building close to the Pakistan consulate in Jalalabad (File)

Amid Year of Peace Talks, Afghanistan Records Fewest Civilian Casualties Since 2012

France's President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the closing of the EU summit news conference at the European Council building in Brussels, Belgium October 16, 2020.

France's Macron Imposes Second Lockdown to Curb COVID-19 Spread

Saharawi men hold up a Polisario Front flag in the Al-Mahbes area near Moroccan soldiers guarding the wall separating the Polisario controlled Western Sahara from Morocco on February 3, 2017

Photos: Western Sahara Rebels Shutter Border Crossing, Demand UN Add Human Rights Mission

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Washington, DC, Protests Persist Outside Police Station After Pursued Man's Death on Scooter
Demonstrators demanding justice for 20-year-old Koran Hylton have taken to the streets of Washington, DC, for the second night in a row following the young man's death on Monday.
Last update: 22:39 GMT 28.10.2020
22:39 GMT 28.10.2020
US
Video: F-16 Jet Fires Flares at Civilian Plane Near Trump Rally, Viewers Mistake for Fireworks
When a civilian aircraft strayed into forbidden airspace over an election rally for US President Donald Trump in Arizona on Wednesday, a US Air Force F-16 fighter jet was dispatched to warn it off, firing defensive flares to get the pilot’s attention. However, the president and rallygoers thought they were fireworks of some kind.
Last update: 23:48 GMT 28.10.2020
23:48 GMT 28.10.2020
News
Ayanna Pressley To Attend New Hampshire Events, Becomes First 'Squad' Member to Campaign for Biden
The "Squad” is made up of four progressive Democrats - Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib. President Donald Trump has previously referred to them as "Wack Jobs", "The Four Horsewomen of the Apocalypse" and the "reason there are directions on a shampoo bottle".
Last update: 19:00 GMT 28.10.2020
19:00 GMT 28.10.2020
Middle East
US War in Yemen Worse Under Trump Than Bush, Obama Combined - Report
A new report by a British nongovernmental organization (NGO) has found that in Yemen, the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency were by far the most violent of the past three US administrations, and might have totaled more operations than his two predecessors combined.
Last update: 21:09 GMT 28.10.2020
21:09 GMT 28.10.2020
US
Videos: Hurricane Zeta Makes Landfall as Category 2 Cyclone Along US Gulf Coast
Hurricane Zeta has made landfall on the Louisiana coast on Wednesday, striking the US Gulf Coast as a Category 2 storm. Zeta is the fifth tropical storm to strike Louisiana this year.
Last update: 19:08 GMT 28.10.2020
19:08 GMT 28.10.2020
US
Video: Faulty Shuttle Service at Trump Rally Leaves Hundreds Stranded in Cold, Several Hospitalized
Hundreds of US President Donald Trump’s supporters found themselves stranded and forced to endure freezing temperatures for hours following the conclusion of the president’s rally in Omaha, Nebraska, on Tuesday due to a lack of shuttle buses.
Last update: 21:48 GMT 28.10.2020
21:48 GMT 28.10.2020
Military & Intelligence
‘Treated Like Criminals’: US Troops in Germany Slam Leadership Amid Mounting Tax-Liability Cases
Germany-based US military personnel and their families claim American leadership has left them to fend for themselves as the Kusel-Landstuhl tax office seeks to collect income tax from troops and military civilians unable to prove that they intend to return to the US.
Last update: 04:33 GMT 28.10.2020
04:33 GMT 28.10.2020
World
COVID-19 Live Updates: Merkel Says Federal and State Governments Agree New Lockdown From 2 Nov
The global death toll from the coronavirus infection has topped 1.166 million, over 43.9 million c cases have been detected, and over 29.7 million of those have recovered, according to Baltimore, Maryland's Johns Hopkins University, which tracks and compiles data from national and local authorities, the media and other sources.