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--Iranians around the world have gathered in solidarity with protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. --Amini died days after she was arrested by the morality police. --She was held for allegedly failing to observe the strict dress code of the Islamic republic. Iranians based abroad and their supporters gathered in cities around the world on Saturday in solidarity with protests sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the country's notorious morality police. A wave of street violence has rocked Iran since Amini, a 22-year-old Iranian Kurd, died days after her arrest by the morality police for allegedly failing to observe the Islamic republic's strict dress code for women. Protests were held across Iran for a 15th consecutive night on Friday, despite a bloody crackdown that a rights group says has claimed more than 80 lives. "Woman, life, freedom" and "Death to the dictator", they chanted in the streets of Amini's hometown of Saqqez, in Kurdistan province. (more) https://www.news24.com/news24/world/news/world-rallies-in-solidarity-with-iran-protests-over-mahsa-amini-death-20221001

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Rescuers searched for survivors among the ruins of Florida’s flooded homes from Hurricane Ian while authorities in South Carolina began assessing damage from its strike there as the remnants of one of the strongest and costliest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. continued to push north. The powerful storm terrorized millions of people for most of the week, battering western Cuba before raking across Florida from the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico to the Atlantic Ocean, where it mustered enough strength for a final assault on South Carolina. Now weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, Ian was expected to move across North Carolina then into Virginia and New York. At least 31 people were confirmed dead, including 27 people in Florida mostly from drowning but others from the storm’s tragic aftereffects. An elderly couple died after their oxygen machines shut off when they lost power, authorities said. (more) https://apnews.com/article/hurricanes-floods-florida-north-carolina-caribbean-f537bc6e6d9481c4680a4a7af238bc6c

Troops raise Ukrainian flag in city hours after Putin said area was Russia’s ‘for ever’, with Moscow admitting its forces have retreated Russia suffered a humiliating military defeat on Saturday when Ukrainian troops liberated the key eastern city of Lyman, with videos showing them raising a blue and yellow national flag and performing a victory dance. In a severe embarrassment for Vladimir Putin, Russia’s ministry of defence admitted its soldiers had retreated. They had been “withdrawn to more advantageous lines”, the ministry said, after their encirclement by Ukrainian forces. The debacle came hours after Putin announced on Friday that the city, which is a part of the Donetsk region, was Russia’s “for ever”. In a ceremony in the Kremlin he announced the province’s annexation, together with the territories of Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. But Putin’s high-stakes strategy appeared to be unravelling on the battlefield. (more) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/01/ukraine-forces-encircle-thousands-of-russian-troops-in-key-city

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Europe's COVID cases showed more signs of rising last week, marking the first regionwide spike since the most recent BA.5 wave, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said in a weekly update. In the past, increasing cases in Europe have come ahead of similar rises in other regions, so trends in Europe are a closely watched global indicator. Cases in people ages 65 and older rose 9% compared to the previous week, which the ECDC said was led by recent increases in 14 of 26 countries in the European Union that reported data. Deaths continued a decreasing trend. ... In the United Kingdom, most COVID indicators rose last week compared to the previous week, the Health Security Agency (HSA) said, pointing out that hospitalizations are highest in those ages 85 and older and that officials have seen a large spike in hospitalizations in those older than 80. ... Mary Ramsay, MBBS, who directs the HSA's public health programs, said, "It is clear now that we are seeing an increase which could signal the start of the anticipated winter wave of COVID-19." (more) https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2022/09/covid-19-continues-upward-trend-europe Also: https://covid19-country-overviews.ecdc.europa.eu/index.html https://covid19-country-overviews.ecdc.europa.eu/key_epidemiological_indicators.html And regarding the U.K.:

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Just wanted to say THANKS VERY MUCH! for all the time and effort you spent regularly compiling and presenting these province by province COVID case rates through the months. You did great work, and it was much appreciated by myself and many others.

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The cited article in the OP post was published in a dubious journal that is merely a front for anti-vaccine activists. --THREAD CLOSED--

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