Good morning! Here are some of the top news headlines from around the world today, October 8, 2023:

• Hamas gunmen enter Israel after Gaza rocket barrage: Israeli forces have killed at least four Hamas militants who infiltrated the border from Gaza, following a barrage of rockets fired by the Palestinian group. The incident has raised fears of a new escalation in the long-running conflict¹.

Drake Raps up on Music

• Drake taking break from music to focus on health: The Canadian rapper has announced that he is taking a hiatus from music to focus on his health and recovery after undergoing knee surgery. He said he will be back with a new album in 2024¹.

France in Niger

• France’s departure from Niger reflects years of failure in its former colonies: News about France in Niger is only the latest of several west African countries to reject France’s long-standing attempts to interfere in its former colonies. France has announced that it will begin pulling out its troops from Niger this week, following a request from the Nigerien government². France in Niger is not a good deal in the end!

Jon Fosse and Nobel Prize

• Nobel Prize in Literature awarded to Norwegian author Jon Fosse: Fosse has been awarded the Nobel Prize “for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable and explore the human condition with poetic intensity”³. He is the first Norwegian writer to win the prize since Knut Hamsun in 1920⁴.

• Australia will pay $27m compensation to Indonesians held in adult jails when they were children: The Australian government has agreed to pay compensation to more than 100 Indonesians who were wrongly detained as adults in immigration detention centres and prisons when they were minors. The Indonesians were crew members of boats carrying asylum seekers to Australia between 2008 and 2012.

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