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Bersatu's senior leaders are mounting a rebellion to oust party president Muhyiddin Yassin, who is facing trial for alleged abuse of power and money laundering.
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Internal revolt rocks Bersatu, ahead of Sabah vote
Malaysian opposition party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is facing one of its worst internal crises as senior leaders mount a public rebellion to oust party president Muhyiddin Yassin.
Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah, one of the party’s top leaders, said on Nov 2 that he has been summoned to the party’s disciplinary board.
He had led 15 other MPs to write a letter appealing against a series of party sanctions on members pushing for deputy president Hamzah Zainudin to take over the top post.
Mr Hamzah’s faction has argued that the party needs a fresh face and that Muhyiddin has lost touch with the grassroots.
Thousands evacuated in Philippines as typhoon nears
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More than 150,000 people took shelter in coastal provinces of the Philippines on Nov 3 as powerful Typhoon Kalmaegi neared landfall in a region hit by some of the country’s deadliest storms.
The typhoon is on a collision course with the Visayas island chain, bringing with it winds of 140kmh and gusts of up to 170kmh, according to the national weather service.
In Dinagat Islands province, where Kalmaegi is expected to first make shore, 34-year-old Miriam Vargas sat in the darkness with her two children after the storm knocked out their electricity.
Rome firefighters battle to rescue trapped worker
Italian emergency services were battling on Nov 3 to rescue a Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble following the partial collapse of a medieval tower in central Rome, near the Colosseum.
“We are trying to get him out alive but the situation is complex because of the risk of further collapses,” national fire department spokesman Luca Cari told Reuters.
Parts of the 29m-high Torre dei Conti crashed to the ground
Ukraine to set up arms export offices in Berlin, Copenhagen
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Ukraine will set up offices for arms exports and joint weapons production in Berlin and Copenhagen this year, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Nov 3.
Kyiv is scaling up its burgeoning domestic defence industry with help from its Western partners as it fends off Russian forces in the fourth year of an invasion by Moscow.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv, Mr Zelensky said naval drones and artillery systems were among the weapons that Kyiv would be able to export.
Agent threatened EPL player with gun: Reports
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A soccer agent has been arrested after threatening a Premier League player with a gun, British media reported on Nov 3.
The BBC and other media reported the player, who is in his 20s but cannot legally be identified, was threatened in London on Sept 6 in a late-night incident while with a friend.
The Sun said the 31-year-old accused, also unnamed, was arrested two days later and given bail on Sept 9 on condition there was no contact with the player.
