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Police chief calls explosion near Bucksnort, south-west of Nashville, ‘devastating’ and says ‘we have some deceased’Nineteen people are missing and feared dead following a huge explosion at a military munitions plant in Tennessee.The powerful blast ripped through the explosives manufacturing plant in rural Tennessee on Friday morning, rattling homes miles away and bringing emergency services to the scene, authorities and residents said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/tennessee-military-explosives-plant-explosion Author : Maya Yang and Associated Press Publish date : 2025-10-10 22:29:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

AFL-CIO vows to take issue to court as AFSCME union leader warns of ‘devastating effects’ for AmericansUS politics live – latest updatesThe White House announced layoffs of federal workers on Friday, making good on a threat it had made in response to the US government shutdown, which now appears set to stretch into a third straight week.Russell Vought, the director of the White House office of management and budget, wrote on social media that “RIFs have begun”, referring to the government’s reduction-in-force procedure to let employees go. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/federal-workers-pay-government-shutdown Author : Chris Stein in Washington and

Republican Winsome Earle-Sears presses Abigail Spanberger over fellow Democrat’s ‘abhorrent’ textsUS politics – live updatesDemocrat Abigail Spanberger faced off against Virginia’s lieutenant governor, Winsome Earle-Sears, in the only public debate in that state’s governor’s race on Thursday, days after the Democratic nominee for attorney general was embroiled in a texting and misconduct controversy relating to his opponents.Spanberger, a former congresswoman who left Washington to run for the governorship, which is currently held by a Republican, is leading by four points in a tightening race ahead of next month’s gubernatorial election. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/10/virginia-governor-candidates-debate-abigail-spanberger Author : Edward Helmore

Widespread support among Israelis for the ceasefire is unlikely to translate into votes for Likud, survey showsGaza ceasefire deal – live updatesBenjamin Netanyahu repeated his pledge to force Hamas to disarm on Friday in a defiant and combative speech, just an hour after a ceasefire began in Gaza.In a televised address, Israel’s prime minister said he had resisted intense domestic and international pressure to achieve his aim of ensuring “the security of Israel”, lambasted his critics and reiterated a threat to return to war if necessary. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/10/what-does-gaza-deal-hamas-mean-for-benjamin-netanyahu-future Author : Jason Burke Publish date : 2025-10-10