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The head of security for the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Beltrame, stands down after a surge in drug-related violence since the end of the Olympics.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Lawyers for the main suspect in last year’s Islamist attacks in Paris, Salah Abdeslam, say they will no longer defend him.
BBC News – Europe

Labour challenges the government to provide more Brexit detail as it renews calls for a Commons vote before formal negotiations begin.
BBC News – UK

President Obama blasts Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even if applying for a job at a 7-Eleven store.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Democratic Republic of Congo is at “extreme risk” of descending into widespread violence, the UN Security Council is warned.
BBC News – Africa

The A’s have lost Ron Washington to the Braves, who hired the esteemed infield instructor as their third base coach under newly appointed manager Brian Snitker on Tuesday.
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Ryon Healy was named one of Oakland’s Prospects of the Year and Daniel Gossett was selected as MLBPipeline’s Athletics Pitcher of the Year.
OAK Homepage News

Samsung stops all sales of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone and tells owners to power down the device, after reports of replaced devices catching fire.
BBC News – Business

Saudi Arabia has privately accepted it was one of its coalition planes that bombed a funeral in the Yemeni capital Sanaa on Saturday, the BBC learns.
BBC News – Middle East

A “massive response” is required to help Haiti recover from the devastation caused by Hurricane Matthew, the UN secretary general says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Three Syrian refugees in Germany overpowered a bomb suspect who gave elite commandos the slip and sparked a two-day manhunt, police reveal.
BBC News – Europe

A mother and daughter were stabbed to death in their beds by two teenagers in a “cold, calculated and callous” killing, a court hears.
BBC News – UK

Paul Ryan, the most senior elected US Republican, says he will no longer defend Donald Trump after outrage over his remarks about groping women.
BBC News – US & Canada

Ethiopia’s information minister says Eritrea and Egypt are contributing to the unrest, which has led to a six-month state of emergency.
BBC News – Africa

There’s a youth movement happening in Oklahoma City, but to the Thunder, age has never been an indicator of expectations.
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Monday that 10 individuals have been named to the Today’s Game Era ballot, to be voted on during the Winter Meetings in December.
OAK Homepage News

Every season, there are high points and moments of adversity, and there’s no way to predict which will come when.
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UK companies will not be told to list or name foreign workers they employ, the government says – as Labour accuses it of “disarray”.
BBC News – Business

The Saudi-led coalition fighting Yemeni rebels agrees to investigate air strikes that killed more than 140 people, after the US expresses anger.
BBC News – Middle East