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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination came to an end on Monday. The scion of the first family of Democratic politics launched an independent bid in Philadelphia instead. He said that he wants to heal the political divide. Kennedy compared Republicans and Democrats to teenagers fighting over the steering wheel of an out-of-control car, while both follow a GPS route programmed by lobbyists, according to reports.

Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress will fight out the democratic favour in the form of votes for the upcoming elections to the 230-member assembly. The election commission on Monday announced that polling for the assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh will be held on 17 November.

Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday claimed 95 per cent of cases registered by central probe agencies CBI and Enforcement Directorate are against opposition leaders, and asserted its MLA Amanatullah Khan was being raided by the ED in a case he was granted bail in last year. The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday raided Khan's premises in Delhi as part of a money-laundering investigation against him and some others, official sources said. The 49-year-old legislator represents the Okhla constituency in the Delhi Assembly.

For currency traders, it’s hard to be a bull of anything except the dollar, it seems.

World shares are higher after Wall Street advanced on potentially encouraging news about interest rates, which have been dragging markets lower since the summer

By Paul Carsten

United Nations: Russia faces a tough fight to regain a seat in the U.N.'s premiere human rights body in Tuesday's election in the General Assembly, which voted last year to suspend Moscow after its invasion of Ukraine. The 193-member assembly will be electing 15 members to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, with candidates put forward by the U.N.'s five regional groups.

Gaza is burning as Israeli forces methodically proceed to dismantle its structures of terror. The coming retribution will be terrible, but it is necessary and just. Hamas has lost the right to rule Gaza.

Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief is set to testify as the former president’s civil trial enters its second week

Humanitarian groups are scrambling to assist civilians caught in the war between Israel and Hamas and determine what aid operations are still safe to continue, efforts that are being complicated by an intensified blockade of Gaza and the ongoing fighting

Hamas group, killing over 1,000 people so far. “Today, we — President Macron of France, Chancellor Scholz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Sunak of the United Kingdom, and President Biden of the United States — express our steadfast and united support to the State of Israel, and our unequivocal condemnation of Hamas and its appalling acts of terrorism," the statement read.

Oil prices edged down slightly on Tuesday after gaining more than 4% in the previous session as markets weighed the potential for supply disruptions as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continued. Brent crude fell 18 cents, or 0.2%, to $87.97 a barrel at 0017 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude eased 16 cents or 0.2% to $86.22 a barrel. Both benchmarks had gained more than $3.50 on Monday on news of the conflict after falling steeply in volatile trading last week. Hamas' launched the largest military assault on Israel in decades on Saturday.

Hamas movement threatened to execute an Israeli captive every time Israel bombs a Palestinian home without warning, as Israel called up an unprecedented 300,000 reservists and imposed a blockade on the Gaza Strip, raising fears it planned a ground assault. The violence, which has claimed more than 1,500 lives, prompted international declarations of support for Israel after a devastating weekend attack by Hamas, and appeals for an end to the fighting and protection of civilians. Israeli TV channels said the death toll from the Hamas attack had climbed to 900 Israelis, with at least 2,600 injured, and dozens taken captive. Among the Israeli dead were 260 mostly young people gunned down at a desert music festival, where some of the hostages were abducted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed revenge in a fiery speech accusing Hamas of executing tied-up children and other atrocities.

Oil prices climbed with worries about violence in the Middle East

Share prices have opened little changed after the the Israeli government declared war following deadly attacks by Hamas from the Gaza Strip

By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Dawn Chmielewski

By Andrea Shalal and David Lawder

Gaza are preparing for an Israeli offensive of unprecedented scale after Saturday's deadly Hamas raid, with more than 130,000 fleeing their homes and stockpiling supplies as air strikes pound the crowded enclave with 560 already dead. Amid an intensified Israeli siege cutting off water, food and power, and a sudden new assault, conditions look worse than at any point since Palestinian refugees flocked there during the 1948 fighting when Israel was founded. Israeli military phone messages have warned people to leave some areas, indicating a new ground attack that could eclipse previous bouts of destructive warfare in the dense concrete townships that grew up in Gaza's original tented refugee camps. «Where should we go? Where should we go?» asked 55-year-old Mohammad Brais.

Rachel Reeves, has made it clear that the Labour Party will fight the next General Election on the issues of economy. Delivering her speech at the Labour conference, she stepped onto traditional Conservative election ground and promised to slash waste and drive growth. She also unveiled plans to speed up projects like battery factories and 5G infrastructure.

Investing.com — Crude prices were up 4% Monday as the latest Middle East crisis  reintroduced geopolitical risk into the oil trade in a way unseen in years, resetting markets that just days ago were depressed more by concerns over the global economy.

Click here! Gaza depends on Israel largely for its basic supplies and such a decision will have far-reaching consequences for 2.3 million people living in the densely populated area, the report said. The "complete siege" of the Gaza Strip comes amid Israeli air strikes in which nearly 500 Palestinians are believed to have been killed. The streets of Gaza for the last two days have looked completely deserted, and wary commoners were seen looking to stock up basic needs speculating about the imminent harsh attack.