The Denver Post

ISRAELI FIRE KILLS SIX AT PROTEST

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Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinia­ns on Friday, four of them in a single incident, in one of the deadliest days in months of mass protests along the security fence separating Gaza and Israel, Gaza’s Health Ministry said.

The ministry said four were killed in one location, where the Israeli military said it opened fire on a crowd of Palestinia­ns who breached the fence and approached an army post. No Israeli troops were harmed, the army added.

Ebola deaths increase to 125 as Congo infections accelerate.

The death toll from an Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo climbed to 125 as the number of new infections accelerate­s, the Health Ministry said. Authoritie­s in the central African nation are struggling to contain the worst epidemic of the viral illness since it killed more than 11,000 people in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.

Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac for kicking him out.

» Lindsey Buckingham is suing Fleetwood Mac for kicking him off the band’s new tour. The Hollywood Reporter says the guitarist and songwriter is seeking his share of tour revenue because he says he still wants and is able to perform. The tour began Oct. 3, with Mike Campbell and Neil Finn replacing Buckingham.

Brits unhappy to learn Trump visit cost police $24 million.

President Trump spent only four days in Britain in July, but a lot happened in that short time. Londoners flew a giant blimp depicting the president as a diapered baby above Parliament Square. Tens of thousands of people, if not more, took to the streets to protest his visit, in one of the largest demonstrat­ions London had seen since 1 million people gathered to march against the Iraq War.

And when Trump visited Queen Elizabeth II for tea, he famously walked in front of her, eclipsing the world’s longestser­ving monarch and prompting outrage on Twitter.

So not all Brits were happy to learn this week that his short stay cost police nearly $24 million, according to a recent police estimate.

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