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Jamaica
Streets flood in Kingston as Hurricane Melissa slams Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm with winds up to 295 km/h, the strongest in 174 years. Streets in Kingston were flooded and power cuts hit a third of the island.
Officials warn of a four-metre storm surge as Melissa heads toward Cuba.
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Culture news
Singer Nelly Furtado announces indefinite break from performing
Furtado, who won a Grammy award for her debut single ‘I’m Like a Bird’, returned to music in 2024 after a seven-year break but her decision to step back from performing has raised fears among fans that she's reacting to bodyshaming bullies online.
Jamaica
Satellite imagery shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying near Jamaica
Satellite video shows Hurricane Melissa intensifying into a massive Category 5 storm near Jamaica, with towering clouds and powerful lightning flashes signaling its growing strength.
The strongest hurricane ever to hit the island is set to bring catastrophic flooding, landslides, and severe damage.
USA
Trump urges Putin to end war in Ukraine ‘instead of testing missiles’
The Russian president announced a “successful test” of a new nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile in what the US president called an "inappropriate" step, calling on Putin to end his war in Ukraine instead of testing rockets.
Argentina
Watch as Milei celebrates victory in Argentine midterm elections
Milei emerged triumphant in Argentina’s midterm elections, bursting onstage in Buenos Aires to belt out his death-metal anthem, “I am the king of a lost world!” Beaming before cheering supporters, he hailed the results as proof that Argentina has turned the page on decades of debt-ridden Peronism.
Argentina
Milei's governing party triumphs in Argentina's midterm elections
A key ideological ally of Trump, Milei's governing party won over 40% of votes in national elections to renew almost half of the lower house of Congress, according to tallies in local media using numbers from electoral authorities.
USA
US government announce it will stop paying for food aid from November
The new notice comes after the Trump administration said it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, (SNAP), used by one in every eight Americans.