<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News World News</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News World News</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:39:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News World News</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dc:creator>Freddie Clayton</dc:creator><dc:contributor>The Associated Press</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:39:19 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Massive protests were sweeping Europe on Saturday as part of demonstrations driven by the cost of living and deficient public services, with police bracing for potential violence after recent looting and riots.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/europe-braces-massive-halloween-protests-cost-living-public-services-rcna606671</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/europe/europe-braces-massive-halloween-protests-cost-living-public-services-rcna606671</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261031-Germany-prtest-aa-255-b6097f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Thilo Schmuelgen</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Nationwide protest by campaign group Gen Z regelt (Gen Z takes charge) in Cologne</media:text><media:description type="plain">A protester dressed in a unicorn costume faces police in riot gear during a nationwide protest by campaign group Gen Z regelt (Gen Z takes charge) against underfunding of schools, cuts to education, social services, culture and healthcare, rising living costs, and military conscription, in Cologne, Germany, October 31, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261031-france-protest-aa-245-e2df9e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Aurelien Morissard</media:credit><media:text type="plain">France Protests</media:text><media:description type="plain">Police officers run toward protesters during a demonstration in Paris, on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261021-france-1-rs-57d9a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Kenzo Tribouillard; Kiran Ridley; Olivier Chassignole</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: A 4-part comp of protesters in France. From top left: Youth protesters on the Column in Paris shouting and waving a French flag, a masked protester wearing a period costume, a protestor holds a sign reading &#34;Generations 6-7 redoes May 68&#34; in front of a fire and an injured protester receives medical care.</media:text><media:description type="plain">France has been rocked by protests in cities across the country, some of which have turned violent.  </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261031-Brandenburg-Gate-aa-236-1a7d47.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1467" width="2200"><media:credit>Volodymyr Sindieiev</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Gen Z Protest in Berlin</media:text><media:description type="plain">People protest at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, on Saturday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-italy-protests-mb-1022-dd7c01.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Sara Monetta</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Student protests in Rome as Italy braces for disruption on Oct. 30, 2026</media:text><media:description type="plain">Demonstrators gather at the Piazza della Repubblica in Rome on Friday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261031-Germany-prtest-aa-255-b6097f.jpg" height="1467" width="2200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:39:19 GMT</pubDate><title>Massive protests sweep Europe over cost of living and strained public services</title><updateDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:35:55 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Joe Murphy</dc:creator><dc:creator>Jiachuan Wu</dc:creator><dc:creator>Melinda Yao</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:52:34 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Are gas prices declining? NBC News is tracking national, state and county prices at the pump.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/gas-prices-iran-war-state-national-cost-trump-rcna265835</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/data-graphics/gas-prices-iran-war-state-national-cost-trump-rcna265835</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/20260430-gas-price-tracker-cover-2x1-jw-a9a332.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="600" width="1200"><media:credit></media:credit><media:text type="plain">This is a line chart showing the average U.S. gas price from Feb. 22 when it was less than $3 a gallon to April 30 when it was more than $4.20.</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/20260430-gas-price-tracker-cover-1x1-jw-b44bce.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1200" width="1200"><media:credit></media:credit><media:text type="plain">This is a line chart showing the average U.S. gas price from Feb. 22 when it was less than $3 a gallon to April 30 when it was more than $4.20.</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/20260430-gas-price-tracker-cover-3x2-jw-57215c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="800" width="1200"><media:credit></media:credit><media:text type="plain">This is a line chart showing the average U.S. gas price from Feb. 22 when it was less than $3 a gallon to April 30 when it was more than $4.20.</media:text><media:description type="plain"></media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-04/20260430-gas-price-tracker-cover-2x1-jw-a9a332.jpg" height="600" width="1200"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:52:34 GMT</pubDate><title>Tracking U.S., state and county gas prices, in maps and charts</title><updateDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:55:44 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Steve Kopack</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:06 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The two largest U.S. oil companies, ExxonMobil and Chevron reported blowout profits as oil prices remain sharply elevated due to the U.S. war with Iran.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/exxonmobil-chevron-profits-trump-high-oil-prices-rcna606524</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/business/energy/exxonmobil-chevron-profits-trump-high-oil-prices-rcna606524</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260826-colorado-climate-suit-ch-1108-f21780.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="2000" width="2500"><media:credit>Benjamin Rasmussen for NBC News</media:credit><media:text type="plain">An Exxon station near Superior Colorado. </media:text><media:description type="plain">An Exxon station near Superior Colorado. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260826-colorado-climate-suit-ch-1108-f21780.jpg" height="2000" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:35:06 GMT</pubDate><title>ExxonMobil and Chevron report blowout profits as Trump touts benefits of high oil prices</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:06:03 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:36:18 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>South Korea, dealing with one of the lowest fertility rates in the world, is trying to change course by offering loads of incentives for young adults to have kids. The real solution might not be only economic, but cultural too. 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The real solution might not be only economic, but cultural too. 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Images released earlier this year by the U.S. Department of Justice appeared to show the former prince, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, on a shooting trip at the estate with Epstein.</media:description><media:subTitle type="text/srt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793402848238_now_hallie_prince_andrew_balmoral_261030.srt"></media:subTitle><media:subTitle type="text/vtt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793402848238_now_hallie_prince_andrew_balmoral_261030.vtt"></media:subTitle></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_10/1793402848238_now_hallie_prince_andrew_balmoral_261030_S3_1920x1080-g6us04.jpg"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:27:34 GMT</pubDate><title>Scottish police investigate former Prince Andrew&#39;s trip to royal estate with Epstein</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:28:31 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:19:22 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from the scene of violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Rome following a day of mostly peaceful demonstrations.</description><expires>2056-10-30T23:10:30.000+0000</expires><guid isPermaLink="false">nn_ren_rome_protests_261030</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/violent-clashes-in-italy-as-demonstrators-protest-the-cost-of-living-272576581829</link><media:content url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nn_ren_rome_protests_261030/1/abs/index.m3u8" medium="video"><media:credit></media:credit><media:title>Violent clashes in Italy as demonstrators protest the cost of living</media:title><media:player url="https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/violent-clashes-in-italy-as-demonstrators-protest-the-cost-of-living-272576581829"></media:player><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_10/1793401821867_nn_ren_rome_protests_261030_S3_1920x1080-3xvg67.jpg"></media:thumbnail><media:description type="plain">NBC News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel reports from the scene of violent clashes between protestors and riot police in Rome following a day of mostly peaceful demonstrations.</media:description><media:subTitle type="text/srt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793401821867_nn_ren_rome_protests_261030.srt"></media:subTitle><media:subTitle type="text/vtt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793401821867_nn_ren_rome_protests_261030.vtt"></media:subTitle></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_10/1793401821867_nn_ren_rome_protests_261030_S3_1920x1080-3xvg67.jpg"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:10:26 GMT</pubDate><title>Violent clashes in Italy as demonstrators protest the cost of living</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:19:22 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:48:26 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Italy in protest of high prices and increased military spending. 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NBC News’ Richard Engel reports from inside a protest in Rome. </media:description><media:subTitle type="text/srt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793396865327_now_daily_b_rel_protest_261030.srt"></media:subTitle><media:subTitle type="text/vtt" lang="en-US" url="https://prodamdnewsencoding.akamaized.net/NBC_News_Digital/nbcnews/captions/2026/10/1793396865327_now_daily_b_rel_protest_261030.vtt"></media:subTitle></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/mpx/2704722219/2026_10/1793396865327_now_daily_b_rel_protest_261030_S3_1920x1080-yngozd.jpg"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:47:51 GMT</pubDate><title>Thousands protest high cost of living in Italy</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 21:48:26 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Tavleen Tarrant</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Janis Mackey Frayer</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Dawn Liu</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:42 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Wildfires in Indonesia are blanketing the country and other southeast Asian nations in toxic smog, prompting widespread protests. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/indonesia/indonesia-wildfires-toxic-smog-choke-southeast-asia-rcna605175</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/indonesia/indonesia-wildfires-toxic-smog-choke-southeast-asia-rcna605175</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-indonesia-smog-mb-1113-f6e01f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Reina</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Indonesia wild fires cause thick haze of smog </media:text><media:description type="plain">A man uses attempts to extinguish a peatland fire in Indonesia&#39;s central Kalimantan province on Oct. 22.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-singapore-smog-mb-1125-614399.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Yuichi Yamazaki</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Ongoing fires in Indonesia that have blanketed parts of Southeast Asia with toxic haze have triggered the highest-level alert by the regional bloc&#39;s climate and fire monitor. </media:text><media:description type="plain">A man uses attempts to extinguish a peatland fire in Indonesia&#39;s central Kalimantan province on Oct. 22.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-indonesia-smog-mb-1117-a11dd0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Reina</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Toxic haze has covered parts of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore for weeks as Jakarta struggles to contain fires that have scorched large tracts of Borneo and Sumatra, with the smoke drifting across the region.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A man uses attempts to extinguish a peatland fire in Indonesia&#39;s central Kalimantan province on Oct. 22.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-indonesia-smog-mb-1113-f6e01f.jpg" height="1000" width="1500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:42 GMT</pubDate><title>‘Looks like Mars’: Toxic smog from Indonesia wildfires sparks health crisis, protests</title><updateDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:42 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Freddie Clayton</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:36:10 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Rioters looted stores and set fires to barricades in Frankfurt on Saturday as protests across Germany demanded 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Gen Z activists protest living costs, military service</title><updateDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 11:36:10 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Freddie Clayton</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:46:08 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said that he is open to am apology for his country’s role in the slave trade, but ruled out financial reparations.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/uk-andy-burnham-slave-trade-apology-reparations-king-charles-rcna606670</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/united-kingdom/uk-andy-burnham-slave-trade-apology-reparations-king-charles-rcna606670</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260818-andy-burnham-uk-mn-0855-aa6e18.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>James Manning</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Prime Minister Andy 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GMT</pubDate><title>Italy’s PM deploys troops as nation faces widespread strikes and port blockades</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 23:49:04 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Abigail Williams</dc:creator><dc:contributor>The Associated Press</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 22:44:38 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Trump administration approved the sale of $2.1 billion in Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine on Friday, the State Department said in a statement.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/us-approves-21-billion-sale-patriot-interceptors-ukraine-rcna606641</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/us-approves-21-billion-sale-patriot-interceptors-ukraine-rcna606641</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-Zelenskyy-aa-554-7f0133.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1470" 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width="1500"><media:credit>Evgeniy Maloletka</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Ukraine ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump in Oleshky, Ukraine</media:text><media:description type="plain">A disabled man is evacuated to a safe area in Kherson amid a local ceasefire and humanitarian aid mission in nearby Oleshky, Ukraine, on Thursday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-ukraine-mb-1104-1969cf.jpg" height="1000" width="1500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:17:45 GMT</pubDate><title>Evacuations begin in Ukraine under localized ceasefire brokered by Melania Trump</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:34:37 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Marlene Lenthang</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:19:49 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>“He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love,” McKellen said in a 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Savenok</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart seated side by side in padded chairs on stage.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen speak at John L. Tishman Auditorium at University Center on January 28, 2014 in New York City. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-patrick-stewart-ian-mckellen-ww-1747-2-87088c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1524" width="2500"><media:credit>Tim P. Whitby</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Sir Ian McKellen And Patrick Stewart Visit Foyles Bookshop</media:text><media:description type="plain">McKellen and Stewart at Theatre Royal Haymarket in London in 2009.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-patrick-stewart-ian-mckellen-xmen-ww-1746-3d0426.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1662" width="2500"><media:credit>Alamy</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A film still from X-Men</media:text><media:description type="plain">Halle Berry, Stewart, McKellen and Hugh Jackman in &#34;X-Men — The Last Stand&#34; in 2006.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-patrick-stewart-ian-mckellen-split-ww-1749-6809ec.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="3703" width="2655"><media:credit>Getty</media:credit><media:text type="plain">A diptych image showing Sir Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart together in two instances.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Stewart and McKellen onstage at the London Evening Standard Theatre Awards in 2016 and at a &#34;Waiting for Godot&#34; photo call in 2009.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-patrick-stewart-ian-mckellen-ww-1749-86ea4e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1669" width="2500"><media:credit>Francois Durand</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Sir Ian McKellen, left, and Sir Patrick Stewart </media:text><media:description type="plain">McKellen and Stewart during a promo event for &#34;X-Men 3: The Last Stand&#34; during the Cannes Film Festival in 2006.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-patrick-stewart-ian-mckellen-ww-1748-e934a8.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:19:49 GMT</pubDate><title>Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen: A friendship that surpassed the stage and screen</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 04:19:49 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Chantal Da Silva</dc:creator><dc:contributor>The Associated Press</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:42:46 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Parties led by Israel’s Arab minority made historic gains, winning a combined 19 seats in a race in which Palestinians with Israeli citizenship headed to the polls in record numbers.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israels-final-election-results-show-neither-netanyahu-rival-can-immedi-rcna606290</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israels-final-election-results-show-neither-netanyahu-rival-can-immedi-rcna606290</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-netanyahu-mb-0743-9b4317.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Ronen Zvulun</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Israel holds first general election since October 7 Hamas attack</media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls in Jerusalem on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261027-Eisenkot-2-rs-3f6bff.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Amir Levy</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Gadi Eisenkot arrives at a polling station in Herzliya surrounded by a large crowd.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls in Jerusalem on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-Raam-2-rs-42799b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Mahmoud Illean</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Mansour Abbas casts his ballot alongside his family </media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls in Jerusalem on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261027-yair-rs-f1efb7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Gil Cohen-Magen</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Yair Golan walking down a street with a group of people.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacts to exit polls in Jerusalem on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261030-netanyahu-mb-0743-9b4317.jpg" height="1000" width="1500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 01:42:46 GMT</pubDate><title>Final election results show neither Netanyahu nor rival can immediately form government</title><updateDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:43:26 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Daniella Silva</dc:creator><dc:creator>Hernan Muñoz</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:45:48 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>What we know about the deadly high-speed train crash in 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medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Manu Fernandez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Spain Train Crash</media:text><media:description type="plain">Cranes lift wrecked train carriages Thursday near Toledo, Spain.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-train-collision-mn-1305-dda7f7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1432" width="2148"><media:credit>Andrea Comas</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Spain Train Crash</media:text><media:description type="plain">People searching for passengers gather at a temporary medical facility in Toledo on Thursday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-train-crash-vsb-2240-758f9f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Andrea Comas</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Four people sit on a pedestal in the countryside.</media:text><media:description type="plain">People searching for relatives who were traveling on the trains gather at a religious residence converted into a temporary medical facility in Toledo on Thursday. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-spain-train-collision-mn-1520-0dc103.jpg" height="3065" width="4598"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 19:45:48 GMT</pubDate><title>Audio recordings reveal decisions made moments before deadly train crash in Spain</title><updateDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:59:38 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Raf Sanchez</dc:creator><dc:creator>Michael Fiorentino</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Daniella Silva</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:51:22 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Far-right demonstrators clashed with police outside the country’s Transportation Ministry, where they had gathered to call for the prime minister’s resignation. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/spain-train-crash-far-right-protesters-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-rcna606291</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/spain-train-crash-far-right-protesters-prime-minister-pedro-sanchez-rcna606291</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-4-rs-2076f6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ananda Manjon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Rally Outside The Ministry Of Transport </media:text><media:description type="plain">Disturbances broke out during a protest outside the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility to demand accountability following the rail accident in Urda (Toledo), on 28 October, 2026 in Madrid, Spain.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-2-rs-4d7a56.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Javier Soriano</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Emergency services are seen at the site of a train collision </media:text><media:description type="plain">The site of the collision between a high-speed Renfe AVE train and an IRYO train. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-3-rs-9beb68.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ananda Manjon</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Rally Outside The Ministry Of Transport</media:text><media:description type="plain">A protest outside the Transportation Ministry in Madrid on Wednesday night.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-rs-6330be.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Fernando Sanche</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Rally In Madrid Under The Slogan ‘corruption Kills’</media:text><media:description type="plain">Signs reading &#34;Corruption kills&#34; during a protest in Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-spain-4-rs-2076f6.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:51:22 GMT</pubDate><title>Protests erupt in Spain after train crash kills dozens</title><updateDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:34:58 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Mithil Aggarwal</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:09:29 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Bowing in apology before reporters, John Lee pledged to make reforms advocated in a scathing report on the residential blaze that killed 168 people last year.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/hong-kong-leader-apologizes-deadly-tai-po-fire-tested-beijings-grip-rcna606279</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/hong-kong-leader-apologizes-deadly-tai-po-fire-tested-beijings-grip-rcna606279</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-11/251128-hong-kong-rs-1b477c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Dale De La Rey</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: *** BESTPIX *** TOPSHOT-HONG KONG-CHINA-FIRE</media:text><media:description type="plain">A fire last November engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261029-John-Lee-Ka-chiu-rs-5604cd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Zulu Lo</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Government officials bow on stage behind a podium</media:text><media:description type="plain">A fire last November engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-11/251126-hong-kong-fire-ew-157p-14114e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Tommy Wang</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: People look on as thick smoke and flames rise during a major fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate</media:text><media:description type="plain">A fire last November engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-12/251201-hk-rs-877910.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Philip Fong</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: HONG KONG-CHINA-FIRE</media:text><media:description type="plain">A fire last November engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-12/251204-hong-kong-rs-0fe6aa.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Philip Fong</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: TOPSHOT-HONGKONG-CHINA-FIRE</media:text><media:description type="plain">A fire last November engulfed seven of the eight towers at Wang Fuk Court, a high-rise housing estate in Hong Kong, killing 168 people.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2025-11/251128-hong-kong-rs-1b477c.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:09:29 GMT</pubDate><title>Hong Kong leader apologizes for deadly fire that tested Beijing’s grip on city</title><updateDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2026 14:09:29 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Hernan Muñoz</dc:creator><dc:creator>Adela Suliman</dc:creator><dc:creator>Daniella Silva</dc:creator><dc:creator>Abigail Williams</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Hannah Peart</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:50:57 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Several Americans are among the injured and the U.S. is working with local authorities to provide help, the State Department said.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/spain-train-crash-high-speed-collision-toledo-rcna606070</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/spain-train-crash-high-speed-collision-toledo-rcna606070</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-spain-train-crash-mn-0950-9bf159.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1241" width="1862"><media:credit>Juanma Jiménez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">APTOPIX Spain Train Crash</media:text><media:description type="plain">Emergency services attend to the victims at the scene of a collision between two trains in Urda, Spain, on Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-train-crash-spain-rs-374b47.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1498" width="2248"><media:credit>Cordon Press</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Passengers disembarking a crashed train.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Passengers leave a crashed train after two trains collided near the city of Toledo.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-spain-train-crash-mn-0955-c5e8e7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Andrea Comas</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Spain Train Crash</media:text><media:description type="plain">Passengers leave the scene. Several U.S. citizens were among the injured.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-spain-train-collision-mn-1520-0dc103.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="3065" width="4598"><media:credit>Alejandro Martinez Velez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Two Trains Collide At Urda Station (toledo)</media:text><media:description type="plain">Emergency personnel working at the scene Wednesday night.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261028-spain-train-crash-mn-0950-9bf159.jpg" height="1241" width="1862"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:50:57 GMT</pubDate><title>Spain train crash leaves at least 68 dead in second major collision this year</title><updateDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:52:00 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Mithil Aggarwal</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Erin Tan</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Dawn Liu</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Sara Mhaidli</dc:contributor><dc:contributor>Reuters</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:54:10 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The scale of the backlash prompted the French captain to apologize “to everyone my words have upset,” saying that his “comment was ill-judged.”</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/china-kylian-mbappe-mao-zedong-memes-brands-la-liga-rcna605873</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/china-kylian-mbappe-mao-zedong-memes-brands-la-liga-rcna605873</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261027-Mbappe-bottles-rs-77affb.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Pedro Pardo</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Kylian Mbappe&#39;s face on Dongpeng electrolyte drink bottles.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Kylian Mbappé during the World Cup in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261027-mbappe-bus-rs-1bf22e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Jade Gao</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Mbappe&#39;s face on a bus in Shanghai, as part of a Dongpeng advertisement. </media:text><media:description type="plain">Kylian Mbappé during the World Cup in East Rutherford, N.J., in June.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261027-Mbappe-bottles-rs-77affb.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:54:10 GMT</pubDate><title>Mao, memes and Mbappé: Chinese brands drop soccer star in fury over ‘dictator’ joke</title><updateDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:42:05 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Yuliya Talmazan</dc:creator><dc:contributor>Larissa Gao</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:42:33 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The agreement would “temporarily stop all military action in Oleshky to allow for humanitarian aid to enter and to prepare a civilian evacuation,” the White House said. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ceasefire-brokered-melania-trump-comes-effect-russian-occupied-town-br-rcna605667</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/ukraine/ceasefire-brokered-melania-trump-comes-effect-russian-occupied-town-br-rcna605667</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-Oleshky-rs-1a501e.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade via AP</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: An aerial view of smoke rising from a residential neighborhood in Oleshky.</media:text><media:description type="plain">In this undated image from video provided by the Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade &#34;Borysfen&#34; on Sept. 22, 2026, smoke rises from a residential neighborhood in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky in the Kherson region of Ukraine.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261023-Oleshky-ukraine-ew-1026a-9e0a8b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Ukrainian 34th Separate Marine Brigade &#34;Borysfen&#34; via AP</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Russia Ukraine Civilians Trapped</media:text><media:description type="plain">Destroyed cars on a highway from Oleshky on Sept. 30.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-Oleshky-rs-1a501e.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:42:33 GMT</pubDate><title>Melania Trump-brokered ceasefire goes into effect in Ukrainian town ‘on brink of disaster’</title><updateDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:27:53 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Freddie Clayton</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:40 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Bulldozers tore down Palestinian businessman Riyad Mureish’s home in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday, as Israeli officials launched a fresh crackdown on residents there.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/bulldozers-tear-home-israel-cracks-west-bank-rcna605365</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/bulldozers-tear-home-israel-cracks-west-bank-rcna605365</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261023-west-bank-mb-1739-6fc0cc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1000" width="1500"><media:credit>Hazem Bader</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Israelis demolish houses in the West Bank</media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli bulldozers demolish a Palestinian building in the West Bank city of Hebron on Oct. 23, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261023-west-bank-mb-1739-6fc0cc.jpg" height="1000" width="1500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 20:00:40 GMT</pubDate><title>Bulldozers tear down home as Israel cracks down in the West Bank</title><updateDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:23:37 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Matt Bradley</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:10:02 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The Trump ally faces one of the most significant electoral tests of his decadeslong political career in the first election since the Oct. 7 attacks. </description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israel-election-netanyahu-eisenkot-oct-7-west-bank-likud-trump-rcna604972</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/israel/israel-election-netanyahu-eisenkot-oct-7-west-bank-likud-trump-rcna604972</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-election-isr-rs-12e530.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1666" width="2500"><media:credit>Jewel Samad</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Girls walking past a pro-Netanyahu billboard in Jerusalem.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Girls walk past an electoral campaign billboard for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&#39;s Likud party in Jerusalem on October 20, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-netanyahu-rs-687017.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="3750" width="2500"><media:credit>Jack Guez</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: A protester wearing a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an elongated nose, evoking the literary character Pinocchio, poses with a placard during an anti-government demonstration.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A protester wears a mask of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin at a demonstration calling for an inquiry into the Oct. 7 attacks in Tel Aviv&#39;s Hostages Square.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261025-Gadi-Eisenkot-israel-elections-ww-1613-a3b7e2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Erik Marmor</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Gadi Eisenkot  standing outdoors in front of a group of memorial plaques.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot at the Nova music festival memorial site in Re&#39;im on Oct. 7.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-09/260929-gaza-rs-ea2a01.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Mahmoud Abu Hamda</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Mass funeral for Palestinians recovered from rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza</media:text><media:description type="plain">Palestinians gather for a mass funeral service for dozens killed by Israeli airstrikes outside Al-Awda Hospital in Gaza&#39;s Nuseirat Refugee Camp in September.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261016-westbank-rs-d59510.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Leo Correa</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: Israeli soldiers stand beside a wounded Palestinian man lying on a road, holding his chest with an expression of pain.</media:text><media:description type="plain">A wounded Palestinian man after soldiers shot him after an Israeli settler attack in the occupied West Bank village of Abu Falah on Oct. 16.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-isr-rs-a029ed.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Jewel Samad</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Image: A woman flying an Israel flag</media:text><media:description type="plain">A HaDemokratim (The Democrats) party supporter in Tel Aviv on Sunday.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2023-11/231107-isaac-herzog-jm-1250-92fd70.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Kevin Dietsch</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Washington.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Israeli President Isaac Herzog.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261026-election-isr-rs-12e530.jpg" height="1666" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:10:02 GMT</pubDate><title>What to know about the Israeli elections as Netanyahu faces a battle for survival</title><updateDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:10:02 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Richard Engel</dc:creator><dc:creator>Marc Smith</dc:creator><dc:creator>Doha Madani</dc:creator><dc:contributor>The Associated Press</dc:contributor><dateTimeWritten>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:15:06 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>American football fans told NBC News their trips were mostly unaffected by demonstrations, giving Parisians a rare compliment for their welcoming demeanor.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/france/nfl-fans-visiting-paris-high-spirits-saints-vs-steelers-game-undeterre-rcna605520</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/world/france/nfl-fans-visiting-paris-high-spirits-saints-vs-steelers-game-undeterre-rcna605520</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261025-steelers-saints-paris-mn-1435-b1f057.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Bruno Thevenin</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Fans gather outside Stade de France ahead of historic NFL Paris game</media:text><media:description type="plain">NFL fans outside the Stade de France near Paris ahead of the NFL regular-season game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the New Orleans Saints on Oct. 25, 2026.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261025-paris-protest-mn-1445-1c847a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1670" width="2500"><media:credit>Clement Souchet</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Tear Gas And Police Deployment During Paris Protest Over Education And Living Costs</media:text><media:description type="plain">Although the demonstrations were largely peaceful Saturday, some clashes broke out, prompting French security forces to use tear gas and water cannons in several cities.</media:description></media:content><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261025-paris-protest-file-mn-1450-ac2abc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit>Aurelien Morissard</media:credit><media:text type="plain">France School Protests</media:text><media:description type="plain">A demonstration at the Place de la Bastille in Paris this month. The unrest began weeks ago, when students at a high school in a Paris suburb began protesting a lack of resources and poor conditions at their school. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-10/261025-steelers-saints-paris-mn-1435-b1f057.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 18:15:06 GMT</pubDate><title>NFL fans in Paris for Saints vs. Steelers game were undeterred by protests</title><updateDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2026 19:23:10 GMT</updateDate></item></channel></rss>