Sudan’s RSF accused of ‘PR stunt’ after arresting fighters behind civilian killings
Reports of indiscriminate violence and ethnic targeting in El Fasher have led to growing global outrage
Fri 31 Oct 2025 14.40 GMT
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces claim to have arrested several of their fighters after outrage over the extent of killing in the city of El Fasher continues to build.
But the paramilitary group’s move has been met with scepticism from human rights campaigners and the Sudanese who see it as an attempt to temper criticism over the violence.
Netherlands: D66 party beats Wilders in tight election — ANP
Richard Connor with AFP, AP, dpa, Reuters
A nail-bitting election in the Netherlands is likely to culminate with supporters of nationalist Geert Wilders losing to the centrist D66 party, led by 38-year-old Rob Jetten.
Local news agency ANP said its tally showed that Wilders' far-right Freedom Party (PVV) could no longer close the gap, despite D66 holding only a razor-thin majority of some 15,000 votes.
"I am incredibly happy that ... we have become the biggest party in this election," Jetten told reporters. "A historic result for the D66. At the same time, I feel a great responsibility."
At least 700 dead in Tanzania's post-election protests, opposition says
Hundreds of people have reportedly been killed in Tanzania after taking to the streets to protest this week’s presidential election, which saw the increasingly authoritarian incumbent, President Samia Suluhu Hassan, run unopposed for another term after her main challengers were jailed or barred from standing.
Some 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.
“As we speak the figure for deaths in Dar (es Salaam) is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-plus. Added to figures from other places around the country, the overall figure is around 700,” John Kitoka, spokesman from the main opposition party Chadema, said.
Indigenous Australians celebrate historic state treaty
Australia's state of Victoria has passed the country's first treaty with Indigenous peoples, a landmark act of recognition long denied to the nation's first inhabitants.
Cheers and applause rang through Victoria's parliament as lawmakers passed the bill late on Thursday night, a deeply symbolic moment that caused many onlookers to burst into tears.
The treaty will establish an elected assembly of Indigenous representatives, support a truth-telling process to address past grievances, and form an advisory body focused on erasing health inequalities.
'Visibility carries a risk'
Threatened with ICE raids, US communities consider cancelling Dia de los Muertos events
For 44 years, a nighttime procession has snaked through the heart of the Mission District, San Francisco's historic Latino neighbourhood.
Aztec dancers lead the way, followed by thousands of revellers, adorned in marigolds and face paint that transforms the living into a parade of colourful skulls.
The celebration marks Dia de los Muertos, a holiday celebrated in Mexico and throughout Latin America to honour the dead.
Xi Delivers Veiled Warning to Nations Not to Take the U.S.’s Side
At an Asia-Pacific summit, the Chinese leader urged countries to “resist unilateral bullying,” an appeal that seemed at odds with his country’s recent actions.
David Pierson reported from Gyeongju, South Korea, and Berry Wang from Hong Kong
China’s leader Xi Jinping, the de facto geopolitical heavyweight at an Asia-Pacific economic summit, on Friday courted countries for trade and investment, but also implicitly warned them not to join the United States in reducing the world’s reliance on Chinese supply chains.
President Trump’s departure from South Korea a day earlier meant that Mr. Xi was the sole superpower leader at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the city of Gyeongju. At the opening of the meeting, Mr. Xi could be seen smiling and shaking hands with world leaders and economic and finance ministers who came up to greet him.
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