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The news as booleans and numbers, with no opinions. Every ten minutes The BANN reads the world's news feeds, gathers the articles about the same event, and breaks it down into checkable claims: what is so, and what was counted.
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U.S. employers added 29,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.2%. Healthcare, construction and manufacturing added jobs, while financial activities lost jobs. The Labor Department revised down combined July and August payrolls.
U.S. employers added jobs in September
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed military commanders to schedule a one-day stand-down to give service members time to vote in the midterms. King County, Washington, is processing ballots from service members and Americans living abroad.
The military stand-down directed by Hegseth lasts one day.
The US announced sanctions against three individuals and two France-based charities over alleged Hamas financing, alongside six arrests. Investigators said the network moved more than $2m to Hamas through charitable fronts and cryptocurrency.
The United States sanctioned three individuals over alleged Hamas financing.
At its meeting in Hobart, the International Whaling Commission rejected Brazil’s proposal for a 21-million-square-kilometre South Atlantic whale sanctuary. Members also adopted an 80th-anniversary declaration and resolutions addressing threats to whales and dolphins.
Countries voting for the proposed South Atlantic whale sanctuary
Retired Israeli Major General Nitzan Alon said a deal to return Israeli captives could have been reached about a year earlier, without undermining Israel’s strategic goals. Other former officials and Qatar’s prime minister made similar claims about earlier negotiations.
The October 2025 prisoner exchange released nearly 2,000 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
Marine Le Pen said Mediapart should put on a “bulletproof suit” after the outlet published alleged anti-Semitic comments by National Rally president Jordan Bardella. Journalists from several newsrooms condemned the remark and alleged threats against Mediapart.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva led a campaign march in Rio de Janeiro and argued that his candidacy was necessary to prevent the Bolsonaro family and the far right from returning to power.
The Datafolha poll projected Lula’s first-round vote share at about 45%.
Crime is a leading concern among Brazilian voters ahead of Sunday’s national elections. The report examines how the two leading presidential candidates are discussing crime and tougher measures.
The report discusses two leading Brazilian presidential candidates’ positions on crime.