Early Edition: November 3, 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu said on social media that religious freedom has "been a core tenet of [Nigeria's] collective identity and shall always remain so."
53% : The handover followed Israel's return of the bodies of 30 Palestinians to Gaza on Friday.
49% : ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR - POLITICAL RESPONSE "The violations [of the ceasefire] are happening every day," Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani told CNN yesterday, adding "we work together very closely with [Egypt and the United States] to make sure that the ceasefire stay intact."
48% : Hegseth said yesterday that Washington and Beijing would establish military-to-military communication channels, adding that bilateral ties have never been better.
46% : Hamas yesterday handed over the remains of three deceased hostages to Israel; forensic tests showed that the remains were those of three Israeli soldiers, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said this morning.
44% : Latest UN figures, published on Thursday, record at least 126 Israeli settler attacks in 70 Palestinian towns and villages so far this olive harvest season.
40% : The remains of three deceased individuals handed over to Israel by Hamas on Friday night did not belong to any of the hostages, Israeli media reported on Saturday.
38% : ISRAEL-HEZBOLLAH - CEASEFIRE Netanyahu said yesterday that Hezbollah was seeking to rearm and Israel would "act as necessary" if Lebanon failed to disarm the militant group.
37% : Here's today's news: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR - CEASEFIRE The Israeli military killed three people in Gaza on Friday, according to Palestinian health authorities.
37% : Hamas said in a statement that it had initially offered three samples from unidentified bodies to the Israeli authorities for testing, which Israel refused as it insisted upon full remains.
36% : Hamas "handed the bodies over to stop the claims of Israel," the statement said.
34% : FOREIGN AFFAIRS On Friday, Trump threatened possible sanctions against Nigeria, declaring it a "country of particular concern" in terms of religious freedom.

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