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Swearing in of Democrat Adelita Grijalva 7 weeks after winning House election could force vote on releasing Epstein files

Adelita Grijalva will be sworn in on Wednesday by Speaker Mike Johnson, his office said on Tuesday, ending weeks of delays and likely triggering a vote in the House of Representatives around the release of the Department of Justice’s trove of files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
The speaker’s office made the announcement Tuesday afternoon, as Congress appeared to be on the brink of ending the longest federal government shutdown in history. Johnson previously said that Grijalva’s swearing-in would be delayed until the shutdown ended.
Democrats in the chamber have loudly insisted for weeks that Johnson’s real aim in delaying Grijalva’s swearing-in was to prevent a vote on a resolution co-sponsored by Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Kentucky) and Ro Khanna (D-California) which, with Grijalva’s signature, will be forced to the House floor as privileged legislation. With the votes of every Democrat in the chamber and several Republicans, it’s expected to pass in an embarrassing defeat for the Trump adm..

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US Supreme Court lets Trump continue food aid cuts, even as shutdown nears end

AdvertisementUnited StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaUS Supreme Court lets Trump continue cuts on Snap food aid, even as shutdown nears endReopening the government would restart the programme that helps 42 million Americans, but it’s not clear how soon full payments can resume
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 7:49am, 12 Nov 2025The US Supreme Court on Tuesday extended an order blocking full Snap payments, amid signals that the government shutdown could soon end and food aid payments resume.
AdvertisementThe order keeps in place at least for a few more days a chaotic situation. People who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme to feed their families in some states have received their full monthly allocations, while others have received nothing.
The order will expire just before midnight on Thursday.
The Senate has approved a bill to end the shutdown and the House of Representatives could vote on it as early as Wednesday.
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Supreme Court extends order blocking full funding for SNAP benefits with shutdown nearing end

The Supreme Court will continue to block a judge’s order requiring President Donald Trump’s administration to fully fund a critical food assistance program that helps prevent millions of Americans from going hungry.
The nation’s highest court extended a pause on that order for another two days as Congress inches closer to ending the government shutdown. Lawmakers are expected to pass a temporary funding bill this week that will effectively restart funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
A brief order from the court Tuesday night noted that liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson would have rejected the Trump administration’s request and allowed the lower-court order requiring the government to fully fund the program to stand.
The Supreme Court’s latest order remains in effect until midnight Thursday. The House of Representatives is expected to vote on a temporary funding measure to reopen the government Wednesday night, which would likely bring the legal battle to an e..

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‘There was a state of terror’: Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre

'There was a state of terror': Sudan hospital worker describes fleeing before alleged massacre7 hours agoShareSaveBarbara Plett Usher,Africa correspondent and Mohamed ZakariaShareSaveWATCH: Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed, who worked at the Saudi Hospital throughout the conflict, says he has no hope of returning to el-FasherA man who escaped the last functioning hospital in the Sudanese city of el-Fasher before a reported massacre by paramilitary troops says he has lost all hope and happiness.
“I have lost my colleagues,” Abdu-Rabbu Ahmed, a laboratory technician at the Saudi Maternity Hospital, told the BBC.
“I have lost the people whose faces I used to see smiling… It feels as if you lost a big part of your body or your soul.”
He was speaking to us from a displaced persons camp in Tawila some 70km (43 miles) to the west of el-Fasher, the regional hub which was taken over by paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the last week of October after an 18-month siege.
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Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 12, says Pakistan’s interior minister

Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 12, says Pakistan's interior minister7 hours agoShareSaveCaroline Davies,Pakistan correspondent, Islamabad and Dearbail JordanShareSavePakistan: Suicide attack outside Islamabad court kills 12A suicide attack outside a court in Pakistan's capital Islamabad has killed 12 people and injured at least 27 others, the country's interior minister said.
Mohsin Naqvi said a bomber was planning to attack the district courthouse but was unable to get inside.
Naqvi said authorities would prioritise identifying the bomber, and that those involved would be brought to justice.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has alleged that extremist groups “actively backed by India” were involved.
A spokesperson for the Indian government denied what they described as “baseless and unfounded allegations”.
In a statement, Sharif said that “terrorist attacks on unarmed citizens of Pakistan by India's terrorist proxies are condemnable”.
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‘Felt like a frat house’: Canada MP says Pierre Poilievre’s party not serious; he was yelled at, called ‘snake’

Pierre Poilievre's party may see more defections to the Liberal Party in a few days. Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont who recently crossed the floor of the House of Commons to the Liberals said that he felt on several occasions that he was not part of a serious political party but of a frat house. The former Conservative leader slammed the conduct of the leaders of Pierre Poilievre's party and said he crossed over to Mark Carney's party without any promise of any cabinet post.After it was speculated that d'Entremont was mulling a switch, two Conservative leaders barged into his office, pushed open the door, almost knocking down his assistant, and yelled at him about “how much a snake” he was. The Nova Scotia MP said he believed “three or four” other Conservative caucus members were considering crossing the floor — all disgruntled by Poilievre's leadership style. The Conservative Party denied d'Entremont's account and said he established himself as a ..

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Watch: The doctored Trump Jan 6 clip that toppled BBC director-general Tim Davie

The BBC has been plunged into a massive row after broadcasting a Panorama documentary that showed a doctored version of US President Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, speech. MAGA critics, including the White House, said the programme misleadingly portrayed Trump as inciting violence during the Capitol attack. The row over the clip has led to the resignations of BBC director-general Tim Davie and BBC News chief Deborah Turness.Edited remarks
In the programme, titled Trump: A Second Chance, the edited clip shows Trump saying: “We’re gonna walk down to the Capitol, and I’ll be there with you and we fight. We fight like hell and if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”The broadcast gave the impression that Trump was directly urging his supporters to storm the Capitol, inviting backlash of the BBC’s editorial choices.Unedited remarks
The unedited speech shows a very different message. Trump actually said: “We’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you..

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South Korea’s Yoon accused of goading North into conflict to justify martial law

AdvertisementSouth KoreaThis Week in AsiaPeopleSouth Korea’s Yoon tried to goad North into attacking to justify martial law: prosecutorsMemos show the ex-president’s intelligence chief contemplated strikes on Kim Jong-un’s private resort and nuclear facilities
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPPark Chan-kyongPublished: 8:00am, 11 Nov 2025South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk-yeol, removed from office and arrested earlier this year for attempting to impose martial law, is facing new charges alleging he sought to provoke North Korea to justify his failed power grab.AdvertisementProsecutors say Yoon and senior aides orchestrated risky military operations near the border to draw a retaliation from Pyongyang, which they hoped would legitimise the emergency decree Yoon signed on December 3 while still in office.
An American soldier observes a South Korean AH-64 Apache helicopter firing rockets during a live-fire exercise in Pocheon, near the inter-Korean border, on October 30, 20..

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How scandals at Britain’s BBC have rocked its leadership over the years

AdvertisementBBCWorldEuropeHow scandals at Britain’s BBC have rocked its leadership over the yearsBBC’s past blunders, from holding a report on TV host Jimmy Savile’s sexual abuse of young girls to Martin Bashir’s Princess Diana interview
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 7:59am, 11 Nov 2025The BBC’s top leader and head of its news division resigned over criticism of how the broadcaster edited US President Donald Trump’s speech before some of his supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
AdvertisementThe scandal leading to Sunday’s resignations is hardly the first controversy to hit Britain’s publicly funded broadcaster – or to topple one of its leaders.
The editorially independent British Broadcasting Corporation was founded in 1922 to be impartial, act in the public interest and be open, transparent and accountable.
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8 passengers taken to hospital after people mover hits dock at Dulles Airport

At least eight passengers have been taken to the hospital after a people mover vehicle hit a building dock at Dulles International Airport.
At around 4:30 p.m. local time, the vehicle taking travelers from an arriving flight to an airport gate crashed into the dock at an angle, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority said, per local outlet WJLA.
The eight people who were hospitalized had non-life-threatening injuries, airport officials said.
Airport operations are normal, WJLA reported, citing a Dulles spokesperson.
At least eight passengers have been taken to the hospital after a people mover vehicle hit a building dock at Dulles International Airport (AFP via Getty Images)Dulles International Airport serves the Washington, D.C., area.
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