There's the ongoing impact of disinformation and hyperpolarization, as well as a sizable segment of the public that now questions the results of the 2020 election. Public trust in the government is at a near-historic low, polling shows, and 43 per cent of respondents in one poll said they think a civil war could be likely in the next decade.
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Inflation in the UK has surged back up to 10.1 per cent in October, the same figure recorded in July which at the time was a 40-year high.
The Office for National Statistics reported that food prices were creating the biggest upward contribution, at an annual rate of 14.6 per cent.
Eurozone inflation is also continuing to hover around record highs, with the latest estimate predicting annual eurozone inflation of 9.9 per cent - compared to 3.4 per cent a year ago.
Across the wider EU, annual inflation reached 10.9 per cent, according to the bloc's statistics body Eurostat.
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The Dutch foreign ministry said it was investigating reports that China had set up two "illegal police stations" in the Netherlands to monitor dissidents.
According to Dutch media reports, two Chinese "posts" have been operating in Amsterdam and Rotterdam since 2018.
The "police stations" allegedly claim to offer diplomatic assistance to Chinese nationals but have not been registered with the Dutch government.
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China is planning the world’s largest wind farm, a facility so huge it could power the whole of Norway.
Chaozhou - a city in China’s Guangdong province - has revealed ambitious plans for a 43.3 gigawatt facility in the Taiwan Strait.
Operating between 75 and 185 kilometres offshore, the 10km long farm will feature thousands of powerful turbines.
Because of the windy location, these turbines will be able to run between 43 per cent and 49 per cent of the time.
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Rishi Sunak will be named the U.K.‘s new prime minister, following a fast-tracked Conservative Party leadership race initiated to fill the void left by Liz Truss’ resignation.
Sunak — who will be the country’s first prime minister of color — won the role of Conservative Party leader after his sole competitor, Penny Mordaunt, dropped out of the race moments before votes from members of Parliament (MPs) were due to be announced Monday afternoon.
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US’s largest pro-Israel lobby group is backing dozens of racists, homophobes and election deniers running for Congress next month because they have pledged to defend Israel against stiffening criticism of its oppression of the Palestinians.
The powerful American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) has justified endorsing Republicans with extremist views, including members of Congress with ties to white supremacist groups and representatives who attempted to block Joe Biden’s election victory, on the grounds that the singular issue of support for Israel trumps other considerations.
But Aipac’s support for rightwing politicians has privately embarrassed some Democrats also endorsed by the powerful group and drawn accusations from more moderate pro-Israel organisations that it is attempting to stifle legitimate criticism of hardline Israeli policies.
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President Xi Jinping, China’s most powerful leader in decades, has continued his dominance after being reelected as head of the ruling Communist Party on Sunday.
Xi, who took power in 2012, was awarded a third five-year term as general secretary, discarding a party custom under which his predecessor left after 10 years.
Xi was chosen as the party's general secretary in a closed-door vote after a week-long congress in which he cemented his grasp on power.
"Confronted with new challenges and tests on the new journey, we must remain on high alert and stay sober-minded and prudent like a student sitting for an exam," Xi said after his reelection.
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The US says it agrees with Western allies that Iran's supply of explosive drones to Russia violates UN sanctions.
Kyiv was struck by so-called "kamikaze" drones on Monday, unleashed by Russia but believed to be Iranian-made.
The United States agrees with British and French assessments that Iran
supplying drones to Russia would violate a U.N. Security Council
resolution that endorsed the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six
powers, U.S. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said on Monday.
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China's ruling Communist Party is holding its five-year national congress starting Sunday, where Xi Jinping is expected to receive a third term as the uncontested head of the country's party, government and military.
The proceedings surrounding the event are shrouded in secrecy, as is typical in China's authoritarian one-party state.
But the weeklong congress — the 20th in its more than 100-year history — is expected to produce a new set of leaders handpicked by Xi, who faces no term limits and has yet to indicate a successor after a decade in the top spot.
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His comments come in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's increasingly combative rhetoric.
After signing a partial mobilisation decree to boost the Russian army ranks on 21 September, Putin warned NATO that his country had "various means of destruction" at its disposal to defend its "territorial integrity."
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Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, who is currently in jail facing charges of treason, won the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize on Monday.
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An explosion on Saturday morning hit a controversial bridge linking Crimea with Russia, causing it to partially collapse.
The blast happened at around 6 am local time, sparking a large fire and badly damaging one section of the road bridge which fell into the water.
Russia attributed the explosion to a truck bomb. Moscow has not said who it thought was behind the blast, though Russian-backed authorities in Crimea have denounced Ukrainian sabotage.
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The White House has sought to clarify remarks by US President Joe Biden who declared that the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre underscored that there are no indications "that Russia is preparing to imminently use nuclear weapons".
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Prague on Thursday for the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community to discuss the continent's challenges, with leaders insisting on common values.
The new club of nations has been billed as an opportunity for European leaders to have political discussions and was initially pitched as a community of democratic nations in response to Russia's war in Ukraine.
But some of the heads of state in Prague have questioned the presence of some of their counterparts including the Turkish and Azerbaijani leaders, according to an EU official quizzed on the issue.
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Turkey’s economy is in tatters.
Runaway inflation and a collapsing lira are pushing millions of Turks to the brink of financial ruin and slamming factories, farmers and retailers across the country.
More than two-thirds of people in Turkey are struggling to pay for food and cover their rent, according to a survey by Yöneylem Social Research Centre, fuelling a surge in mental illness and debt.
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Ukrainian troops recaptured villages along the banks of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine, creating a large front that is forcing Moscow to abandon ground it annexed only days ago.
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President Joe Biden has warned Russia that the United States will not be intimidated by reckless threats after Vladimir Putin declared the annexation of four occupied regions of Ukraine.
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