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UNITED Nations, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Russia imposed its veto ​to a US-drafter ‌resolution that would scale back the military component of the ‌UN ​peacekeeping mission ⁠in Western ⁠Sahara and cement Morocco’s autonomy plan as the only basis ​for negotiating a political settlement ⁠to the ⁠half-century-old conflict.

Oct 30 (Reuters) – ​Democratic ‌Republic of ‌Congo ​has ⁠recorded more ⁠than 5,000 ​deaths ⁠in ⁠its ​current ​Ebola outbreak, government ‌data ⁠showed on Friday.

By Marcela Ayres and Bernardo Caram BRASILIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Less than a week after Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s re-election, members of his government and Workers Party (PT) are drawing red lines ​around potential tougher spending measures, underscoring the challenge of slowing ‌Brazil’s rising debt amid resistance from his political base.

Oct 30 (Reuters) – Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike, in her first statement after she survived a botched execution a month ago, said she was in constant physical and mental pain and largely isolated from other people in a prison hospital ward. Pike is being held in the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, ​the Tennessee prison where she has been housed for over 30 years after her conviction for a ‌1995 murder.

TRAPPES, France, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Thousands gathered on Friday evening in a poor Paris suburb to pay tribute to the victims of a shooting, a week earlier, in which the ​gunman deliberately targeted Muslim or African people. The attack in Trappes, ‌a southwestern Paris suburb, last Friday, which left one dead and seven wounded, has unleashed a bitter debate over racism in French politics and the media.

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 30 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s months-long push to prod lawmakers to end the twice yearly practice of changing the clocks — including posting the phone number of a US senator this month — ​has run out of time this year.

Oct 30 (Reuters) – The Saudi-led coalition fighting in ​Yemen said ‌on Friday it had intercepted and destroyed a ‌drone ​launched ⁠by Yemen’s ⁠Houthis over Saudi Arabia’s Medina region, home to ​one of Islam’s holiest ⁠sites ⁠and visited by ​millions of Muslim ​pilgrims each year.

Oct 30 (Reuters) – The US State Department said on Friday it had approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine for an estimated $2.1 billion. Ukraine will pay ​for the defensive interceptor missiles with contributions from Canada, ‌Germany and Norway routed through the US JUMPSTART program, along with national funds financed by the European Union’s Ukraine Support Loan, the State Department said in a statement.

BRASILIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Brazil called in Argentina’s highest diplomat in Brasilia to explain the Argentine government’s role in the departure of Senator Flavio Bolsonaro to the US after losing ​the presidential election, two sources in the Brazilian government ‌said on Friday, as Argentina denied the summoning. Brazil’s foreign ministry summoned the charge d’affaires at Argentina’s embassy, Maria Emilia Cortes, on Thursday, the sources said.

Oct 30 (Reuters) – A Texas grand jury has indicted a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer after he struck a man with his vehicle earlier this month, according to the Harris ​County District Attorney’s office and media reports. ICE officer Mario Alberto ‌Morales was charged with aggravated assault for hitting Miguel Parra Hernandez with his vehicle, according to an indictment cited by multiple US news outlets.