The US is reopening its borders to Europe, the global epicenter of Covid-19
Updated 1458 GMT (2258 HKT) November 8, 2021
The United States has reopened its borders to vaccinated international travelers, ending a 20-month travel ban at the same moment Europe is battling a surge of Covid-19 cases that has pushed the continent back into the epicenter of the pandemic.
Palestinian activists’ mobile phones hacked using NSO spyware, says report
Investigation finds rights activists working for groups accused by Israel of being terrorist were previously targeted by NSO spyware
The mobile phones of six Palestinian human rights defenders who work for organisations that were recently – and controversially – accused by Israel of being terrorist groups were previously hacked by sophisticated spyware made by NSO Group, according to a report.
An investigation by Front Line Defenders (FLD), a Dublin-based human rights group, found that the mobile phones of Salah Hammouri, a Palestinian rights defender and lawyer whose Jerusalem residency status has been revoked, and five others were hacked using Pegasus, NSO’s signature spyware. In one case, the hacking was found to have occurred as far back as July 2020.
FLD’s findings were independently confirmed with “high confidence” by technical experts at Citizen Lab and Amnesty International’s security lab, the world’s leading authorities on such hacks.
Poland steps up border security as migrants head from Belarus
A group of migrants has attempted to forcibly enter Poland from Belarus, according to Poland's Interior Ministry. Warsaw has accused Minsk of preparing a "provocation."
Poland accused the Belarusian government of planning a "major provocation" by encouraging a large group of migrants to cross the Polish border on Monday.
"Belarus wants to cause a major incident, preferably with shots fired and casualties," Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk told Polish public radio.
His statement came after the Polish Defense Ministry published a video of the migrant group nearing the border town of Kuznica.
Ortega faces onslaught of criticism over Nicaragua election 'farce'
WHO, UNICEF launch new polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan
The programme aims to address the 3.3 million children who have gone unvaccinated since 2018.
The World Health Organization and the United Nations children’s agency have launched a four-day effort to vaccinate millions of children in Afghanistan against polio, the first campaign in three years.
The programme, announced by the Ministry of Public Health and backed by the Taliban, aims to address the 3.3 million children who have gone unvaccinated since 2018, the last time health workers were able to access limited areas of the country.
Man arrested for bullet train arson in Kyushu; says he wanted to imitate last week's attack
A man was arrested on suspicion of attempting to start a fire on a shinkansen (bullet train) in southwestern Japan on Monday morning, in an incident that appeared to be inspired by a recent arson attack on a train in Tokyo on Halloween, police said.
Kiyoshi Miyake, 69, from Fukuoka was arrested at the scene, they said. No injuries were reported on the train from Hiroshima bound for Kagoshima-Chuo Station, which was running in Kumamoto Prefecture at the time of the incident around 8:40 a.m., according to Kyushu Railway Co, known as JR Kyushu.
Miyake was quoted as telling the prefectural police that he "wanted to imitate" the recent knife and arson attack on a train in Tokyo after seeing the news about it
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