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Author: bbc.co.ukPublished on: October 31, 2026Country: Ukraine

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The BBC News homepage leads with Ukrainian residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky reuniting with their families. Residents had gone without food, water and electricity, and some survived by cooking weeds from their gardens. Other headlines include a dispute over the minimum wage for younger workers, Binance covering losses after a $6.3bn hack, and Keir Starmer saying Europe can no longer rely on the US to bankroll its defence.

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