Trump Says He Will Attack Nigeria, Denies Visa to Nobel Laureate

AMY GOODMAN: We turn to Wole Soyinka, the acclaimed playwright, author and poet, the first African to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. You teach at NYU Abu Dhabi. You’re not in the United States. And looks like you can’t come here because the Trump administration has revoked your visa. Can you start off by responding to President Trump saying that they’re going to strike Nigeria, guns blazing?

WOLE SOYINKA: Could you repeat what Trump was alleged to have said? I missed the latter part.

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Iraq Election Nov. 11 Under Threat from US and Iran

BAGHDAD, Nov 3 — Iraq will hold parliamentary elections on November 11, with analysts saying Iran will be watching closely as it hopes to retain influence over its neighbour after losing regional leverage during the Gaza war.

The past two years have seen Iran-backed groups including Palestinian militants Hamas, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Huthis in Yemen suffer heavy losses at Israel’s hands.

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