After being struck by Hurricane Melissa, which came ashore as a Category 5 storm, residents of Jamaica are frantically searching for supplies and sorting through the mess of wreckage. The storm that ravaged Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba caused at least 50 fatalities.
Published On 31 Oct 2025
Strictly Come Dancing’s Dianne Buswell has confessed “I’m so upset” as she updated fans on her pregnancy journey.
The 36 year old Aussie dancer is expecting her first child with former Strictly partner and YouTuber Joe Sugg, with the couple preparing to welcome a baby boy next year.
This impending arrival has already brought about significant changes, with Dianne confessing to last year’s Glitter Ball winner Chris McCausland that she’s struggling to fit into her clothes.
She lamented: “Honestly Chris, I can’t fit into any of my jeans,” during their podcast Winning Isn’t Everything. I’m so angry. I even went to the stores yesterday because I needed to feel happy and purchase some clothes that fit. ‘
“And I just didn’t even have it in me and I was like: ‘None of this stuff is doing it for me,'” reports Wales Online.
I tried on some bits, and I was gutted. I thought I should go for a size up. In the end, I never purchased anything. When I returned, Joe asked, “What did you buy?” I said, “I bought nothing,” I was like. ‘”
Dianne and Joe, 34, first crossed paths when they were paired together on the BBC reality show in 2018, finishing as runners up to Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton.
The overjoyed pair announced their pregnancy news via an Instagram post back in September, writing: “Our little baby boy [heart emoji] we cannot wait to meet you.”
As she revealed that the little one “kicks a lot,” Dianne admitted that she is “definitely getting bigger.”
He will eventually play football, she said. Or, for the record, one of the two, an Irish dancer? He kicks a lot, loves life, and is only getting bigger.
He just seems to be coming out massive, I believe. Why, I have no idea. “
Then, comedian Chris came in and said, “And Joe is going to be like, “Who do we know that’s massive. ‘”
What’s happening here, Dianne responded. I don’t know why, but I just feel this way. He just seems to be coming out like a big heffer, in my opinion. “
The professional dancer departed Strictly earlier this month after her celebrity partner, Neighbours star Stefan Dennis, suffered a torn calf muscle during their routine the preceding Saturday.
Despite having more free time to spend and expecting a baby, Dianne insists she won’t be relaxing.
Chris inquired as to whether she is “a little pleased” that her dancing has finished. “No! “, she replied. Actually, I’m not. I’ve said before that I shouldn’t be chilling out because I’m not. And I’m going to turn this over to my parents, right.
I don’t have the ability to relax. I’ve already gone to the gym this morning, and I’ve already done it because I have to.
Because my parents were such active people, they would frequently clean up or do this or that when I was younger.
Second round of the Hong Kong Open
-15 T McKibbin (NI), -13 K Aphibarnrat (Tha), J Janewattananond (Tha), P Uihlein (US), -12 C Howell (US), L Oosthuizen (SA), T Pieters (Bel).
Selected others: -9 S Horsfield (Eng), -6 P Reed (US), P Casey (Eng), T Gooch (US), -4 G McDowell (NI).
Tom McKibbin’s impressive effort to advance to the next Masters and Open Championship was matched up with a second-round 65 to take the Hong Kong Open by two shots at halfway.
The Northern Irishman won the Asian Tour tournament at Fanling with a course record of 60.
His five-under-par bogey-free round kept him two shots clear of American Peter Uihlein and Thailand duo Kiradech Aphibarnrat and Jazz Janewattananond, who were both struggling on Friday.
McKibbin, who signed with LIV Golf earlier this year, put together his second round with two birdies in his first three holes.
At the halfway point, the 22-year-old is 15 under after three more birdies in a row from the 12th.
The top-placed non-exempt player who makes the cut will be entered for the 154th Open at Royal Birkdale in July, while the winner of the competition will advance to the 2026 Masters.
McKibbin did not make the cut at the Royal Portrush Open in July because he has never played at Augusta National.
According to a report from the United Nations agency, the number of Israeli settler attacks and damage to olive harvests in the occupied West Bank is at its highest level since 2020.
More than 4, 000 olive trees and saplings were vandalized, according to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday, according to a report from the organization on Friday.
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In the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah, Israelis from illegal settlements reportedly set two Palestinian vehicles on fire, according to Al Jazeera correspondents on Friday.
After expelling residents in the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, Israeli soldiers took possession of Palestinian farmers’ olives. Area B of the West Bank, which does not require Palestinians to coordinate with the Israeli army, is designated as a closed military zone despite the Oslo Accords’ terms for it.
A closed military zone order is a temporary, non-transferable measure that allows the army to enter a specific area. Palestinian land has been declared “state land” or “military zone” by Israel after it was seized from its owners.
As part of repeated Israeli government efforts to seize Palestinian land and forcefully evict residents, the Israeli military has been removing olive trees, an important cultural symbol for Palestine, across the occupied West Bank for decades.
After settlers arrived on the scene on Tuesday, Israeli soldiers used tear gas to disperse Palestinians who were picking their olives in the village of Turmus Aya, near Ramallah.
These actions go against army orders that require soldiers to protect olive harvesters. A military commander must not close locations in a way that would prevent Palestinian residents from obtaining their agricultural lands, according to Israel’s High Court of Justice ruling in 2006.
More than 3, 000 trees and saplings have been vandalized, according to OCHA, and at least 112 Palestinians have been injured since early October.
The UN agency documented 49 Israeli-occupied Palestinian attacks between October 14 and October 20. Palestinians in 25 villages and towns were the victims of the attacks, which occurred during the olive harvest season, which officially began on October 9.
According to information from the Israeli NGO Peace Now, settler violence has been pervasive in the occupied West Bank, with 757 attacks only recorded in the first half of 2025. In comparison to the same time last year, this is a 13% increase.
The International Court of Justice requested in September 2025 that the Israeli occupation be ended, but things haven’t improved.
A bill imposing Israeli rule over the occupied West Bank was approved by Israel’s parliament last week, which would amount to an annexation of Palestinian territory.
The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee will then hear it for further discussion.
The vote came a month after Donald Trump declared that he would not allow Israel to annex Palestinian territory.
As stated in numerous UN resolutions, an annexation of the occupied West Bank would effectively eliminate the possibility of a two-state solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
The Trump administration has vehemently opposed to allowing Israel to annex the occupied territory. Trump vowed to oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, and US Vice President JD Vance said it would not happen while Trump was in Israel last week. As he left Israel, Vance said, “If it was a political stunt, it is very stupid one, and I personally take some insults to it.”
Despite blatantly promoting its Gaza ceasefire efforts, the US hasn’t done anything to stop Israel’s heavy assault and crackdown on Palestinians in the West Bank.
The destruction caused by the war has now robbed Palestinian farmers of their livelihoods and destroyed most olive presses, which were once destroyed annually in the West Bank and Gaza.
As he looked after a poor crop, Mohammed Oweida, a Palestinian who fled Gaza, spoke to Al Jazeera.
He claimed that Israel’s bulldozers had caused the enclave’s olive trees to dry up or perish due to the country’s severe lack of water resources.
Owner of the Nasser Odeh Olive Press Group, Nasser Odeh, claimed that his facilities, which were used to transport olive oil from small Palestinian farms to the Gulf, had been “completely destroyed.”
He lamented that they used to produce between 15 and 20 tons per year and that they were recognized as among the largest producers in the Middle East and adhered to ISO standards.
This year’s harvest is the third farmers have lost to war, according to Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili, who is based in the Deir el-Balah enclave.
Since the start of the controversial elections on Wednesday, deadly protests have been persisted in Tanzania. Important opposition figures were prohibited from running in key elections. As violence spread to a border town in Kenya, there are reportedly several fatalities.
Published On 31 Oct 2025
Published On 31 Oct 2025
The first known attack in the Sahel by an armed group affiliated with al-Qaeda has resulted in the death of a soldier this week in central Nigeria.
A soldier was killed and ammunition and cash were taken from the attack in Nigeria’s Kwara State on Wednesday, according to a video posted on Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) in a post-mortem on its Telegram channel late on Thursday.
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One soldier was killed when JNIM attacked soldiers on patrol, according to a source from the Nigerian military. However, an official request for comment was ignored by the army.
One of the numerous armed organizations operating in West Africa and the Sahel is JNIM. It had previously stated that it wanted to abolish Western-influenced governments while creating an Islamic caliphate.
The group’s activities initially began in Mali before going on to Burkinabe and some of Niger. Additionally, JNIM has launched attacks in Ghana, Ivory Coast, Benin, and Togo’s northernmost regions.
JNIM imposed a ban on fuel imports from neighboring nations recently in Mali. This has caused damage to some areas of the nation and forced the closure of universities and schools.
The group attacked the town of Barsalogho last year, killing 200 civilians, and launched a major attack in Djibo in Burkinabe in May, killing about 200 soldiers.
The apparent group’s entry into Nigeria comes as Boko Haram and Issuzu are engaged in a separate rebellion.
In the north of the nation, more than two million people have been killed and more than two million have been internally displaced as a result of years of fighting.
President Bola Tinubu announced the appointment of new service chiefs last week, claiming that this would significantly improve the country’s military leadership.
Without giving names, Tinubu addressed the new military leaders on Thursday, expressing his concern for the recent emergence of new armed groups in parts of southern Nigeria, including the north-central region.