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Spain is to hold back 12% of its olive oil production until the end of September 2027 after expectations of a bumper harvest sent prices lower and raised concerns about farmers’ profitability. The agriculture ministry ordered producers on Friday to store the supply on their farms or in third-party facilities. The measure is expected to keep about 188,000 tonnes off the market. Spain’s olive oil output is forecast to rise by 23% this season to 1.6 million tonnes, which would make it the country’s fourth-largest harvest on record. The current season began in September, following favourable spring weather that helped…

Will Estes has discussed his return to Boston Blue as Jamie Reagan, while suggesting he would be willing to reprise the role again and explore a potential spin-off with his on-screen wife, Vanessa Ray. The 48-year-old actor appeared alongside former co-star Donnie Wahlberg in Friday’s episode of the Blue Bloods spin-off. Estes said stepping back into the character was more daunting than he had expected after spending time away from acting. “Because I hadn’t done it and I knew I was out of shape for acting for a little bit,” he told TV Insider. “I don’t know where that muscle’s…

Nearly 1,200 Chicago-area parking workers have ended a four-day strike after ratifying a new five-year agreement, clearing the way for normal parking operations ahead of the Chicago Bears’ game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Soldier Field on Sunday. Members of Teamsters Local 727 walked out on Tuesday after rejecting a contract offer from the Chicago Parking Association, which represents 15 parking operators across the region. The dispute had threatened services at commercial garages and surface lots serving airports, hospitals, hotels and businesses, as well as parking facilities at Soldier Field. Chicago parking workers approve five-year deal The union said…

Donald Trump has publicly offered UFC president Dana White the job of White House press secretary, prompting the mixed martial arts executive to fly to Washington for a meeting with the US president. Trump described White as “a violent fighter and warrior” and suggested he bring fighters from around the world, including Russians Islam Makhachev and Khabib Nurmagomedov, to serve as assistants. “We need these people to defend us against the Lunatic Left,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Dana will be a Press Secretary like none other. Dana, please take the job!” The post included a mock-up of White standing…

Democrats are preparing to pursue Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor over his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein after winning control of both chambers of the US Congress. The party is also expected to renew demands for the Department of Justice to release the full, unredacted Epstein files to British police. Suhas Subramanyam, a member of the House Oversight Committee, said the panel would need to “get creative” to obtain evidence from the former prince, who has so far declined a request to testify. As a foreign national, Andrew cannot be compelled to appear before the committee. Mr Subramanyam said his refusal had been taken…

Gisele Bündchen has marked her husband Joaquim Valente’s 39th birthday by sharing a rare selfie of the couple on Instagram Stories. The 46-year-old model was pictured wearing a yellow mesh halter top, while Valente wore a green button-up shirt. Bündchen posted the image on Saturday, 7 November. Writing over the photograph in Portuguese, she said: “Today a great man was born, @joaquimvalente. How lucky I am. I love you so much!” Bündchen and Valente married in December 2025, after welcoming their first child together in February that year. The couple have kept their son’s name private, although his middle name,…

A 31-year-old man has been critically injured after a Hall County deputy shot him several times during a pursuit and armed confrontation in Lumpkin County, Georgia. Toby Paul Stoyle, of Royston, was shot on Friday morning after deputies said he drove away from a property near Mincey Mountain Road, nearly striking officers, and later pointed a gun at them following a crash. ([gbi.georgia.gov](https://gbi.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-11-07/gbi-investigates-officer-involved-shooting-lumpkin-county-ga)) Hall County sheriff’s deputies, assisted by Lumpkin County officers and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s Appalachian Regional Drug Enforcement Office, had gone to the home at about 10am on November 6 to carry out a probation search…

A major search is under way for a missing teenager who failed to return after walking a short distance from his campsite on Friday. Search efforts are focused on finding the boy, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

A New York City Department of Education employee has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of 28-year-old jogger Katie Suarez in Brooklyn, police said. Suarez was attacked on the Shore Parkway greenway on the evening of October 30. Her father found her injured on the path, and she was taken to hospital with a stab wound to her neck, but later died. The NYPD said on Saturday that Sayed Mohassib, 27, had been arrested. He faces charges of second-degree murder, tampering with physical evidence and criminal possession of a weapon. Mohassib did not answer questions as officers escorted…

Blasts have been reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz as the United States moves to block land supply routes, Iranian state media said. Explosions were also reported in the cities of Jask, Sirik and Bandar Abbas, according to the reports.