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It wasn’t as calamitous as his first Oval Office encounter in February, said The Guardian, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s latest visit to the White House last Friday did not go well.

Ukraine’s president had hoped that Donald Trump, who has taken a tougher line against Russia in recent weeks, might agree to sell Kyiv long-range Tomahawk missiles. But Trump, who had shared a two-hour phone call with Vladimir Putin the previous day at the Russian leader’s request, not only ruled that option out but lectured Zelenskyy on the need to make territorial concessions. He apparently tossed aside maps of Ukraine during the ill-tempered meeting, warning Zelensky to accept Putin’s terms or be “destroyed” by Russia.

Trump’s harsh tone should concentrate the minds of European leaders as they explore the idea of using frozen Russian assets to secure a £122 billion loan to Kyiv. It’s now clear that the US can’t be relied on. This makes Europe’s support for Ukraine more important than ever. Trump’s rejection of Ukraine’s request for Tomahawks has been presented as a concession to Moscow, said Jennifer Kavanagh on UnHerd, but that’s “unfair”.

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The Federal Aviation Administration said flights departing for Los Angeles International Airport were halted Sunday morning due to a staffing shortage at a Southern California air traffic facility.

The FAA issued a temporary ground stop at one of the world’s busiest airports soon after U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted that travelers would see more flights delayed and canceled in the coming days as the nation’s air traffic controllers work without pay during the federal government shutdown.

During an appearance on the Fox News program “Sunday Morning Futures,” Duffy said more controllers were calling in sick as money worries compound the stress of an already challenging job.

“Just yesterday, ... we had 22 staffing triggers. That’s one of the highest that we have seen in the system since the shutdown began. And that’s a sign that the controllers are wearing thin,” he said.

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At just 13 years old, Kevin Tang is establishing himself in the world of science and senior care − all with the goal of keeping his grandma safe.

The Southern California eighth grader just won $25,000 and the title of "America's Top Young Scientist" for his fall detection invention, a monitoring device for seniors. It's different from Life Alert and other brands that offer devices seniors wear around their necks, in their pockets or on their wrists. Kevin's invention, FallGuard, is a camera monitoring system with an algorithm he programmed to identify falls and alert caregivers.

Kevin's device isn't wearable. Instead, users set up FallGuard cameras around their home that connect to a small computer to monitor for falls.

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Russia has successfully tested its nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, a nuclear-capable weapon Moscow says can pierce any defense shield, and will move towards deploying the weapon, President Vladimir Putin said on Oct. 26.

The test, alongside a nuclear drill last week, sends a message that Russia, in Putin's words, will never bow to pressure from the West over the war in Ukraine, as President Donald Trump takes a tougher stance against Russia to push for a ceasefire.

Russia's top general, Valery Gerasimov, chief of the general staff of Russia's armed forces, told Putin that the missile travelled 8,700 miles and was in the air for about 15 hours when it was tested on Oct. 21.

Russia says the 9M730 Burevestnik (Storm Petrel) — dubbed the SSC-X-9 Skyfall by NATO — is "invincible" to current and future missile defenses, with an almost unlimited range and unpredictable flight path.

"It is a unique ware which nobody else in the world has," Putin, dressed in camouflage fatigues at a meeting with generals overseeing the war in Ukraine, said in remarks released by the Kremlin on Sunday.

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President Donald Trump warned Israel would lose its crucial backing from the United States if it annexes the occupied West Bank, as visiting Secretary of State Marco Rubio voiced confidence that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza would hold.

Trump's remarks were made to Time magazine by telephone on 15 October - just days after the Gaza truce plan he spearheaded took effect - but were only published on Thursday.

"It won't happen," Trump said when asked about calls in Israel to annex the Palestinian West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967. "It won't happen because I gave my word to the Arab countries."

He added: "Israel would lose all of its support from the United States if that happened."
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Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday advanced two bills paving the way for West Bank annexation, leading to condemnation Thursday from US Vice President JD Vance, who was in Israel at the time and who echoed Trump's comments.

When asked on Thursday if he was concerned by the votes, Trump told reporters at the White House: "Don't worry about the West Bank. Israel's not going to do anything with the West Bank."

The United States remains Israel's most important military and diplomatic supporter.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party boycotted and criticised the vote, though members of his ruling coalition support annexation.

Arab and Muslim countries, which the US has been courting to provide troops and money for a stabilisation force in Gaza -- a key element of Trump's ceasefire plan - have warned that annexation of the West Bank is a red line.

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Maybe one day, they will be able to put a name to the Palestinians buried side by side this week in the Gaza soil.

Palestinian health authorities told NBC News that each plot at the mass burial site in Deir-al-Balah would be clearly marked, so that a rebuilt health system might eventually help identify the remains — decomposing and in some cases apparently mutilated — that were returned by Israel as part of the ceasefire with Hamas.

The 54 unidentified bodiesBut for hundreds of families who had flocked to Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, where the remains were delivered, the mass burial brought little closure in their quest to confirm whether missing loved ones were indeed killed. were laid carefully in a long line of white shrouds as Palestinians gathered around the grave site.

But for hundreds of families who had flocked to Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, where the remains were delivered, the mass burial brought little closure in their quest to confirm whether missing loved ones were indeed killed.

Israel said all the returned bodies belonged to combatants in Gaza, without providing evidence to support the claim.

“Their loved ones’ bodies were so deformed and beyond recognition that they couldn’t even identify them and lay them to rest,” Moureen Kaki, a Palestinian American aid worker from the medical nongovernmental organization Glia, said in an interview Thursday.

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Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 20, officials said, and prompted fresh pleas from Ukraine’s president for Western air defense systems.

In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and 13 were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Kyiv’s police said.

A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service wrote on the message app Telegram.

“Explosions in the capital. The city is under ballistic attack,” Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram during the onslaught.

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It was, on occasion, used by presidents to rehearse important speeches such as the State of the Union address; and at other times, as a spot for visitors to dump their hats, bags and coats. But for more than 80 years, the White House movie theater was mostly a place where the first family and their guests went for entertainment.

Demolition began this week of the White House Family Theater — along with the rest of the White House's East Wing where the snug, shoe-box-shaped auditorium was located — to make way for a new $300 million ballroom. It marks the end of an era in American movie theater history.

Since its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942, the private, 40-ish-seat theater has screened everything from newsreels and documentaries to westerns and musicals. It has been through several facelifts, most recently ditching cream and red floral curtains, and beige walls and seating for all-round "movie-palace red" ornamented with goldSince its conversion from a cloakroom by Franklin Roosevelt in 1942, the private, 40-ish-seat theater has screened everything from newsreels and documentaries to westerns and musicals. It has been through several facelifts, most recently ditching cream and red floral curtains, and beige walls and seating for all-round "movie-palace red" ornamented with gold molding and dark wood trim following a renovation overseen by first lady Laura Bush in 2004. molding and dark wood trim following a renovation overseen by first lady Laura Bush in 2004.

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