Reuters World News - UK train stabbings, Nigeria and Dodgers take World Series

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, I'm Christopher Wal Jasper in Chicago. It's Sunday, November 2nd. Today, two men are in custody after a series of stabbings on a train in the UK. President Trump threatens to cut off U.S. aid to Nigeria, warning of military action over alleged Christian killings. While in Sudan, videos verified by Reuters reveal the atrocities in El Fosher. And the Dodgers win the World Series in a dramatic Game 7, claiming their third title, in a decade. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes,

Starting point is 00:00:38 seven days a week. Nine people are critically injured after a series of stabbings on a train near Cambridge, England. British police say that the knife attack is not being treated as a terrorist incident. Two British men have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Follow Reuters.com for the latest as this story develops. U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to cut all U.S. aid and assistance to Nigeria. He's accusing the country of failing to stop the killing of Christians. In a post on Truth Social, Trump warns of fast, vicious, and sweet military action if Nigeria

Starting point is 00:01:26 doesn't address what he calls Islamic terrorists. Trump hasn't provided evidence of specific treatment. of Christians in Nigeria that might have motivated the post. Before Trump's post, Nigerian president, Bola Ahmed Tanubu, defended his country's religious freedom efforts. He's calling claims of intolerance inconsistent with Nigeria's reality. Abuja hasn't responded, nor has the White House commented on possible military plans. This comes as the U.S. adds Nigeria back to a list of nations accused of violating religious

Starting point is 00:02:00 freedom. The LA Dodgers have defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, winning the World Series for the second time in a row and the third time this decade. Our senior sports reporter Frank Pingway was at the game. It was an incredible game. Toronto fans were on their feet hanging on every pitch all night long and they were ready to celebrate. Then all of a sudden, one swing of the bat, Miguel Rojas, ninth inning, ties the game for the Dodgers and the crowd just went silent. They got back on their feet. Two innings later, it's Will Smith, who hits a go-ahead solo home run,

Starting point is 00:02:38 and the Blue Jays just couldn't answer. Alejandro Kirk, with the season on the line, hits into a double play to end the game. It was Yoshinobu Yamamoto who got Kirk to hit into the double play, and it was Yamamoto who later got named the World Series MVP. The other big contest coming up this week? Tuesday is Election Day for many across the U.S., and Democrats are at an inflection point.

Starting point is 00:03:02 There's no clear successor to lead the party, and a number of elections this week could offer insight into where the party goes next. One contest with national implications is New York's mayoral race. Former Governor Andrew Cuomo is struggling to compete with 34-year-old Zoran Mamdani, a self-described Democratic Socialist. Over the weekend, former President Barack Obama called Momdani. He's offered support and to serve as a sounding board if, Monson. Maldani wins on Tuesday.

Starting point is 00:03:34 It's the latest sign that Mammani's campaign could reshape the political map, not just in New York, but nationally. Our political reporter, James Oliphant, says Mammany's double-digit lead in the polls reflects a growing consensus for many voters across the country. What he's really leaned into is something very basic, and that's affordability. And in that way, his platform is more similar to those of the two moderates in New Jersey and Virginia than different. all of them are focusing on the price of food, on the price of health care, on the price of energy, the price of housing. They may have different ways to get there, but they're all saying the same thing. And the biggest takeaway from Tuesday, if all three win, is that Democrats need to stay

Starting point is 00:04:18 trained on these cost of living issues. All of our polls have shown us that that is the number one issue for both Democrats and Republicans. And the candidates that can most effectively address those concerns are going to have a leg up. In Sudan's Darfur region, verified videos obtained by Reuters show men in RSF uniforms shooting captives, leaving bodies behind in trenches after the city of Alfashir was seized last week by the paramilitary rapid support forces. Eyewitnesses told Reuters that RSF fighters rounded up hundreds of unarmed men near a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before opening fire. Aid workers report thousands of displaced women, children, and elderly men arriving in nearby towns with many describing horrific violence and loss. Speaking to Reuters, a high-ranking RSF commander dismissed the claim that killings took place and said soldiers pretending to be civilians were detained for interrogation. RSF leader Mohammed Hamdan Daghalo promised investigations into any violations. He says several fighters have already

Starting point is 00:05:32 been arrested. The UN says hundreds may have been killed in what could constitute war crimes, which marks a major turning point in the country's two-and-a-half-year-long civil war. Here in the U.S., retailers are running out of pennies faster than expected. That's after President Trump ordered the end of new penny production. That could potentially cost high-volume businesses significant money. Our reporter, Jarrett Renshaw, says retailers like, gas stations, fast food chains, and big box stores are suddenly facing pricing and legal challenges when handling cash transactions. The big issue is there is no national approach to this.

Starting point is 00:06:14 So we have a lot of state laws in states like California, Illinois, that require retail outlets to give exact change. Obviously, if you don't have pennies, you can't give exact change. So what retail outlets have decided to do is to round down in the consumer favor. What I think retail outlets want is them to round up or down depending on where it is. But they need some national legislation to give them the authority to do it. In the absence of a national strategy, retailers are coming up with their own ways to resolve this coin conundrum. We have a sheets in Pennsylvania that's offering customers who come in with a roll of pennies to swap out for a dollar bill, a free drink.

Starting point is 00:06:58 Other retailers, you're seeing them posting signs, explaining the penny shortage, asking customers when they can to use exact change. We should at some point get some guidance from the U.S. government and how retailers should do this. And now for a bit of forensic history. Our source for all things science here at Reuters is our editor Will Dunham. He's back to tell us about a Napoleonic ghost story that blends DNA evidence with imperial ambition, namely a hunt for the pathogens which made a 19th century military disaster even worse. The retreat from Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and his French army in 1812 marked the beginning of the end for his personal dominance in Europe.

Starting point is 00:07:43 Out of an army of roughly half a million soldiers, about 300,000 perished. New research is offering a deeper understanding of the misery that Napoleon's army experienced. Scientists extracted DNA from the teeth of 13 French soldiers who were buried in a mass grave in Lithuania along the root of the retreat. They detected two deadly pathogens that beset troops already enfeebled by cold, hunger, and exhaustion. These were the bacterium that causes paratyphoid fever and the bacterium that causes Laosborne relapsing fever. Previous research had identified the pathogens behind typhus, and trench fever in men buried in the same grave. Together, these findings show that several dangerous infections were circulating among Napoleon's troops.

Starting point is 00:08:36 The researchers say the study illustrates how the steadily improving science of ancient DNA analysis can provide new insight into historical events. And for today's recommended read, Egypt opens the Grand Egyptian Museum near the Pyramids of Giza. They house Tutankhamun's treasures and a statue of Ramsey's II in a sleek, one billion dollar complex aimed at reviving tourism and showcasing Egypt's cultural sovereignty. We'll drop a link in the show notes. For more on any of the stories from today, check out Reuters.com or the Reuters app. Don't forget to follow us on your favorite podcast player.

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Reuters World News - UK train stabbings, Nigeria and Dodgers take World Series

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