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Macklemore says ‘being human is not complicated’ as he kicked off his Free Palestine tour on Thursday night. He returned to the stage for the first time since he was dropped as Ed Sheeran’s supporting act after making pro-Palestinian comments onstage.

Syrians are protesting Israel’s occupation of parts of the country’s south, near the occupied Golan Heights. Israeli troops have bulldozed olive groves, set up checkpoints and detained residents. Al Jazeera’s Heidi Pett reports from the protests.

Across the Balkans, leaders are deepening ties with Israel through defence, surveillance, and political backing. But why?

Al Jazeera’s Aida Duratovic explains.

At least seven people were killed and 34 wounded after two masked gunmen opened fire during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan. Security forces are hunting the suspects as King Abdullah vows severe punishment and urges national unity.

President Trump says it was First Lady Melania Trump’s initiative that led to a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky, which has been under Russian occupation for four years. The ceasefire is expected to begin in a week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a “full lockdown” of the occupied West Bank following a shooting in Hebron, while National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir expands settlers’ access to firearms. Meanwhile, questions emerge over the UN’s role at Gaza’s Rafah crossing.

Al Jazeera’s Marah Rayan brings us the latest from Palestine and Israel.

Mississippi released bodycam footage of the fatal shooting of 1-year-old Kohen Wiley, who was in a moving car when a police officer on a shoplifting call opened fire. The officer was cleared of criminal wrongdoing, but the boy’s family says the shooting was unjustified.

Health workers in Gaza are participating in a breast cancer campaign
called ‘pink blooms from among the rubble’ to educate and support women with the disease amid Israel’s genocidal war. Al Jazeera spoke to breast cancer patient Hiba Musbah about her painful journey.

UK Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch says the party does not condone former member, and candidate, Jack Ross’s conduct, which was revealed in an Al Jazeera investigation. It showed Ross discussing contract killers and offering to broker the services of a far-right activist.

Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, some Michigan voters are still deciding between Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed in the race for a US Senate seat. At an event in Detroit this week, one voter questioned why El-Sayed won’t say his ‘real name.’

For more than 50 years, a group of timekeepers has been quietly sneaking extra seconds onto the world’s clocks. Now they’ve voted to stop, and the moon is getting its own clock. Al Jazeera’s Basel Ghazoghli breaks it down.

Albanian lawmakers have scuffled in parliament, throwing objects at one another and ripping microphones from desks. The chaos follows months of daily street protests, first over corruption, and now over schooling conditions.

Residents in Yemen’s Taiz are facing severe food and water shortages after a Houthi blockade cut off a key supply route. The UN warns aid can no longer reach the city, leaving an estimated 800,000 people without life-saving assistance amid escalating conflict.

US President Donald Trump praised a man who punched a protester at a midterm election rally held in Clemson, South Carolina. Trump thanked the assailant as the protester was being removed from the event.

Overnight attacks on Kyiv injured 15 people, while two were injured in Moscow as Russia said it intercepted 163 Ukrainian drones. The attacks came hours after Putin and Zelenskyy signalled willingness to resume peace talks with the US.

‘I’m tired of people denigrating Muslims for being Muslims’
Former US President Bill Clinton quoted the Quran during a speech in Koinonia Worship Centre in Florida condemning discrimination against Muslims. Clinton recalled his daughter Chelsea introducing him to the verse.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s opponents are promising to shake up Israeli politics, but how different are their policies? Is Israel’s election simply a contest between right and right?

Al Jazeera’s Mohammad Saleh examines the candidates running in Israel’s 27 October elections.

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US citizen Stephen Hubbard has been freed from a Russian prison, four years after being convicted of being a mercenary for Ukraine, a claim he denies. The 74-year-old’s release coincided with US envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to Russia to try and get Moscow to rejoin peace talks.

US President Donald Trump says Congresswoman Ilhan Omar could face jail or deportation as federal authorities investigate allegations surrounding her US citizenship. Omar denies wrongdoing and accuses the administration of political intimidation. With the midterm elections approaching, what could happen next?

Al Jazeera’s Noor Wazwaz explains.

An Iranian performer in Tehran’s busy Tajrish Square has impersonated US President Donald Trump behind bars in an art installation featuring the slogan: “It is a crime not to see this scene.”

An Israeli settler was filmed shouting at and assaulting a Palestinian child during an attack on a family east of Yatta, in the occupied West Bank, where settler violence has surged in recent years. Rights groups say perpetrators are rarely held accountable.

Colombian authorities have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the Caribbean port of Cartagena in a shipment bound for the Netherlands, marking the country’s largest drug seizure in a decade. President Abelardo de la Espriella says the operation is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking.