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US Vice President JD Vance has written to Iran’s security chief in a renewed effort to restart peace negotiations and avert a possible fresh American military offensive following the US midterm elections in November, which Donald Trump has hinted is the deadline for resuming the conflict, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The upcoming episode of Bigg Boss 20 promises several dramatic moments, as the show’s latest promo offers a glimpse of the captaincy task, during which Gullu and Yung DSA are seen getting into an ugly fight. JioHotstar released the promo late on October 27. Since then, fans of Gullu and Yung DSA have taken to social media to share their reactions and speculate about possible action against Gullu.

A morning gym routine has become central to a police investigation into the alleged attempt to kill Shashank Kanthariya, a 35-year-old senior accountant with the Delhi government. Police suspect his wife, Priya, and her alleged lover, gym trainer Pratap Singh, conspired to attack him after he discovered their relationship and decided to move out of the city.

Israelis awaited the final election results on Wednesday as no clear winner emerged, raising the possibility of weeks of coalition negotiations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition parties seeking to remove him from power.

In a big setback for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress has won the Nagpur graduates’ seat, the sitting MLC Abhijeet Wanjari defeated his closest rival of the BJP by 3,271 votes. The Congress candidate MLC Wanjari secured 67,231 votes, while BJP’s Sudhakar Kohale got 63,960 votes. Kohale was leading his Congress rival by 4,294 votes after the second round of counting on Wednesday. After round two of the counting with reference to first preference votes, Kohale had polled 60,924 votes while Wanjari secured 56,630. Independent candidate Nitesh Karale received 24,249 votes.

Nitesh Tiwari’s mythological epic Ramayana Part 1, titled Ramayana: Rise of a Legend, held its grand premiere in Los Angeles. The film’s lead cast, Ranbir Kapoor, Sai Pallavi and Yash, along with the team, graced the red carpet at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Pictures and videos from the event have surfaced on social media. 

The United Arab Emirates has honoured Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar and the flydubai crew for their bravery during a cockpit emergency on September 30. Despite suffering serious injuries, Machchhar managed to open the cockpit door, allowing crew members and passengers to intervene and help prevent a potential tragedy.

Brazil’s opposition leader Flavio Bolsonaro has landed in the United States after loosing the recent election, as per reports. The state department earlier granted US Visas to him and family. Bolsonaro, who had President Donald Trump’s tacit support, had been under investigation for corruption, money laundering and tax evasion in Brazil and had been ordered to surrender his passport.

Israel’s parliamentary election has produced an uncertain political picture, with exit polls indicating that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party could emerge as the largest single party, while the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot is projected to secure more seats than the ruling coalition.

Very severe cyclonic storm Arnab has begun making landfall along the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said with the storm’s centre remaining very close to the coastline. The northern spiral band of the cyclone has further entered the land and the landfall process is expected to continue for the next three hours, it said. “The centre of very severe cyclonic storm Arnab remains very close to the Andhra Pradesh coastline, and the landfall process is continuing,” the Met department said in an official press release.