World News: 11 October 2022

India village goes offline daily to help people talk
A village in India's Maharashtra state has declared "independence" from two modern-day addictions - television and mobile internet. At least, for a couple of hours every day. A siren goes off at 7 PM every evening in Vadgaon village in Sangli district, an indication to all residents to switch off their TV sets and mobile phones. The two instruments of "addiction" can be switched on when the village council sounds the siren again at 8.30 PM.

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Ukraine leader to ask G7 for air defence weapons after Russian strikes
New missile strikes killed at least one person in the southeastern town of Zaporizhzhia and left part of the western city of Lviv without power, officials said, after Ukraine woke up to the wailing of air raid sirens for a second day. Other parts of the country remained blacked out after the cruise missile attacks on Monday, which officials said killed 19 people in the biggest air raids since the start of the war.

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Lula remains ahead of Bolsonaro in Brazil runoff -poll
Lula's voter support reached 51% against 42% for Bolsonaro, compared with 51% and 43%, respectively, in the previous poll. The survey by IPEC interviewed 2,000 people on Oct. 8-10 and has a margin of error of 2 percentage points up or down. IPEC was one of several polling firms criticized for underestimating support for Bolsonaro in the first-round vote early this month.

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Asia chipmaker shares slide after US curbs on China
Under the regulations US companies must apply for a licence to supply Chinese chipmakers with equipment that can produce more advanced chips. Washington said the rules were aimed at curbing Chinese military and technological advances. The measures, some of which take effect immediately, mark one of the biggest shifts in US policy toward exporting technology to China in decades.

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Bank of England in fresh emergency move to calm markets
The Bank of England has warned of a "material risk" to financial stability as it made a fresh emergency move to try to calm investors. It said it would buy more government bonds to try to stabilise their price and prevent a sell-off that could put some pension funds at risk of collapse. It is the third time the Bank has had to step in since the government's mini-budget sparked alarm among investors.

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Israel announces sea deal with Lebanon, but doubts remain
The agreement would mark a major breakthrough in relations with the two countries, which formally have been at war since Israel's establishment in 1948. But the deal still faces some obstacles, including key legal and political challenges in Israel. There was no immediate confirmation by Lebanon that a deal had been reached. At stake are rights over exploiting undersea natural gas reserves in areas of the eastern Mediterranean that the two countries — which do not have diplomatic relations — claim.

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