Archive November 3, 2025

Thousands evacuated as Typhoon Kalmaegi approaches the Philippines

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Published On 3 Nov 2025

Before Typhoon Kalmaegi’s anticipated landfall, thousands of people have been given the order to evacuate eastern Philippine coastal regions.

The storm’s center was expected to come ashore on Monday, according to forecasters, who have warned of torrential rains, storm surges of up to 3 meters (10 feet) and wind gusts of up to 150 km/h (93mph).

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More than 70, 000 people were instructed to relocate to evacuation centers or buildings that were deemed strong enough to withstand the impact of the typhoon in the coastal towns of Guiuan and Salcedo on Samar Island and Mercedes in Camarines Norte province. In the east-central region, authorities also forbade fishermen from sailing out of the country.

Guiuan or nearby municipalities are expected to receive the storm’s approach.

Typhoons don’t happen frequently in Guiuan. One of the strongest tropical cyclones ever to strike the Philippines hit the country severely in November 2013. More than 7,300 people were killed or missing as a result of the storm, which also displaced more than 4 million people.

Climate change is being influenced by humans.

Central island provinces will be hit first on Tuesday when Kalmaegi is forecast to travel west overnight. Cebu, for example, is recovering from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in September.

Scientists are predicting that the Philippines’ population is growing more powerful as a result of human-driven climate change, which affects about 20 typhoons and storms each year.

In the island nation’s southeast, Super Typhoon Ragasa, which toppled trees, damaged buildings, and killed 14 people in neighboring Taiwan, caused a major storm to hit the island in September.

Israel arrests ex-army lawyer over leaked video showing Palestinian’s abuse

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After a former military prosecutor’s video that appeared to show soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee was leaked to Israeli police, she was detained.

Following a scandal that erupted after she leaked a video, resigned, and then vanished, Major General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, according to the nation’s national security minister, was taken into custody overnight on Monday.

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The video’s leak, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is considered to be the most “severe public relations attack” against Israel since its founding.

After revealing her resignation on Sunday, Tomer-Yerushalmi vanished for several hours, giving rise to rumors of a possible suicide.

Tomer-Yerushalmi acknowledged that her office had released the video to the media last year in a copy of her resignation letter that was released by Israeli media on Friday. Later, five reservists were accused of treating prisoners poorly.

According to National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, it was agreed that the prison service would exercise extra caution in the detention center where the detainee had been in custody in light of the events that occurred last night.

What charges did she face, according to the statement.

A Tel Aviv court reportedly extended Tomer-Yerushalmi’s stay in custody until noon on Wednesday, according to Israeli media.

According to Kan, a public servant, she is suspected of “fraud and breach of trust, abuse of office, obstruction of justice, and disclosure of information by a public servant.”

According to Israeli Army Radio, Colonel Matan Solomesh, the former commander of the military, was also detained overnight in connection with the case and scheduled to appear in court on Monday.

“Severe violence”

Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned from her position as soon as an investigation into leaked footage from the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel was released on Friday, according to the Israeli military.

Sde Teiman, a prisoner of war against Palestinians taken in Gaza, was used as a holding place for Palestinians, which was used by Israel’s Channel 12 in August 2024 as the starting point for the case.

Without explicitly revealing it, the surveillance camera footage showed that soldiers had engaged in illicit behavior behind soldiers while raising shields, which appeared to be evidence of this.

The video was picked up by a number of media outlets, which sparked protests and outcry in Israel.

Five reservist soldiers have been charged with mistreatment at Sde Teiman, according to the Israeli military’s statement from February.

They were accused of “acting against the detainee with severe violence, including stabbering the detainee’s bottom with a sharp object that had penetrated close to the detainee’s rectum.”

The detainee suffered severe physical harm, including cracked ribs, a punctured lung, and an internal rectal tear, according to the statement.

According to the indictment, the detainee was searched on July 5, 2024, for the abuse.

Bake Off’s Prue Leith opens up on dementia fears as she makes ’embarrassing’ claim

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Prue Leith, the cooking legend who became famous for her rendition of “The Great British Bake Off,” has admitted that she is becoming more forgetful as she ages and grows more frightened of her fears of developing dementia.

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Great British Bake Off star Prue Leith has voiced her fears of developing dementia as she grows older as she admitted to being “embarrassed” by one thing in particular.

The Bake Off icon, who celebrated her 85th birthday earlier this year, has often been open about her thoughts on mortality.

Prue revealed that her mother, South African actress Margaret Inglis, lived with dementia for the last 15 years of her life before passing away in 2010, and she worries about facing a similar fate.

The TV host admitted to speaking to The Times that “I am definitely becoming more forgetful.” I mean, I don’t believe I have dementia, but I might (someday)”.

She also acknowledged that she had trouble remembering names and that she had no idea how to spell names. I believe I should remember them because I’m too selfish or something. And that’s frequently embarrassing. I mean, I’ve already forgotten yours.

Prue has penned a new book titled Being Old and Learning to Love It, set to be published in February. The book is a collection of essays discussing love, grief, work, fashion, and fame, reports the Manchester Evening News.

She claims that even after her death, her mother never lost her mind and never gave up until the very end. The mother-of-two added that she was okay despite being “horrible for the rest of us.”

Prue was previously married to South African author and developer Rayne Kruger, who passed away in 2002, and is now married to her second husband, retired clothing designer John Playfair. Following the agonizing passing of her brother David to bone cancer in 2012, which she described as “absolute agony,” she has been a vocal advocate for assisted dying.

Prue’s worries about her passing don’t seem to have an impact on her way of life.

She admitted to two months of weight-loss experimentation, but she never shed a single pound.

The famous person revealed that she would stop using them as soon as possible.

And Prue, who first appeared on Great British Menu before taking over from Dame Mary Berry on The Great British Bake Off, admits to enjoying two or three glasses of wine each evening and struggles to balance her drinking habits with her husband.

He hardly drinks now, and she claimed that I’m a great boozer. He’ll only consume half a glass of wine, which he’ll probably not finish, if I give him two or three glasses of wine each night. It’s a pity”.

In 1960, Prue relocated to London to study at the Cordon Bleu Cookery School after being born in South Africa.

Leith’s, her Michelin-starred eatery in Notting Hill, was founded in 1969 by her mother.

Before making her television debut as a judge on the BBC’s The Great British Menu in 2006, she transitioned into the food industry while managing her own business.

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Although her popularity on Bake Off increases her, her husband is obviously irritated by one aspect of the program.

She continued, “People think I’m just a cake maker, so it irritates my husband.” particularly because I don’t actually bake.

Anambra Poll: ADC Pledges Better Infrastructure, Environmental Reforms

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If elected, John Nwosu, the governor of Anambra State, has pledged to give environmental management and infrastructure development priority.

Nwosu made the promise while campaigning in the Idemili North Local Government Area’s Ogidi headquarters.

Thousands of supporters gathered to hear his plans for the state, and the ADC campaign train roared along.

Ogidi residents urged the upcoming administration to address their issue, pleading for poor road networks and frequent flooding.

Nwosu assured the audience that his administration would give environmental management the care it deserves.

He stated that his administration would concentrate on long-term solutions to community maintenance of roads, drainage, and erosion.

Read more about Amupitan’s first major test, Theodo, in Anambra Election.

The ADC continues to build up its support base in the 21 local government areas with only four days until campaigns are over.

Joash Amupitan, INEC Chairman, addresses journalists following his swearing-in on Thursday, October 23, 2025.

Meanwhile, Professor Joash Amupitan, SAN, the head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has assured voters that the upcoming off-cycle governorship election in Anambra State will be peaceful and credible, citing extensive preparations and a shared commitment to non-violence.

During the ongoing signing of the Peace Accord, which was overseen by former head of state General Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd), Professor Amupitan reportedly assured the audience in a statement released by INEC on Monday.

The INEC Chairman praised the NPC for its “unwavering commitment to fostering peaceful elections in Nigeria,” noting that the inclusion of the Peace Accord initiative in off-cycle governorship elections has had a significant impact on reducing electoral tensions and violence in the nation.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo

On November 8, 2025, the Anambra Governorship Election is expected to draw 16 political parties and 2.8 million voters.

Deadly earthquake hits northern Afghanistan

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A health official claims that northern Afghanistan has been shaken by a magnitude 6. 6.3 earthquake, which has caused at least 20 fatalities and more than 500 injuries.

The quake’s epicentre was 22 kilometers (14 miles) west of the town of Khulm on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey, and it struck at 12:59 am (21:29 GMT on Sunday) at a depth of 28 kilometers (17 miles).

According to Sharafat Zaman, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Public Health, 534 injured people and 20 dead were transported to hospitals in the provinces of Balkh and Samangan. He continued, “There were rescuers on the scene, and the figures were changing.”

According to Ihsanullah Kamgar, a provincial police headquarters spokesperson, the earthquake in the nearby province of Badakhshan damaged or destroyed 800 homes in a village in the Shahr-e-Bozorg district.

There were still no reliable casualty figures, he continued, citing the remote area’s lack of internet access.

Most of the injured, according to Yousaf Hammad, a spokesperson for the Afghan National Disaster Management Authority, had minor wounds and were discharged after receiving treatment.

The Ministry of Defense announced that rescue and emergency teams had reached the quake-affected Balkh and Samangan areas, which had suffered the most damage, and were moving the injured and assisting others in Kabul, the country’s capital.

A main mountain highway connecting Kabul and Mazar-i-Sharif was briefly blocked by a rockslide, according to the Defense Ministry, but the road was later reopened. Some people who had been harmed and trapped along the highway were taken to a hospital, according to the statement.