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Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Thursday, including the US government shutdown becoming the longest in history, hitting 36 days with no resolution, US President Donald Trump saying that South Africa should be removed from the G20 and that he will skip its upcoming summit, and Hamas handing over the remains of another Israeli hostage to the Red Cross.

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• Government shutdown hits 36th day, becoming longest in US history

The US government shutdown became the longest in history, hitting 36 days with no resolution in sight as Republicans and Democrats in the Senate remain deadlocked over restoring funding to closed federal agencies.

The shutdown surpassed the previous 35-day record set during President Donald Trump’s first term between December 2018 and January 2019 after the upper chamber rejected a House-passed Republican funding bill for the 14th time to end it.

The measure failed on a 54-44 vote, with no additional Democrats breaking ranks to support its advancement.

• Trump says South Africa should not be in G20, refuses to attend summit in Johannesburg

US President Donald Trump said South Africa should be removed from the G20 and that he will not attend the country's upcoming summit.

"South Africa shouldn't even be in the G's anymore, because what's happened there is bad," Trump told the American Business Forum in Miami.

"I'm not going...I'm not going to represent our country there. It shouldn't be there," he added, referring to the G20 Johannesburg Summit planned for Nov. 22-23.

Trump has repeatedly accused South Africa of confiscating land and treating "certain classes of people very badly," calling it "a massive human rights violation."

• Hamas transfers another Israeli hostage’s remains under Gaza ceasefire deal

The Palestinian group Hamas handed over the remains of another Israeli hostage to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) under its ceasefire agreement with Israel.

A statement by the Israeli military said a coffin of a deceased hostage had been transferred to the ICRC and was on the way to Israeli troops in Gaza.

Hamas earlier said in a brief statement that the remains would be transferred at 9 pm local time (1900GMT) after they were found under the rubble east of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood.

NEWS IN BRIEF

• The Hind Rajab Foundation filed a criminal complaint in Germany accusing former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of war crimes for Israel's 2008 - 2009 military offensive in the Gaza Strip, known as Operation Cast Lead.
• More than 81,000 people have fled the city of El-Fasher and nearby villages in Sudan’s North Darfur state since Oct. 26 due to ongoing fighting and insecurity, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said.
• Turkish Intelligence Chief Ibrahim Kalin met with a delegation from the Palestinian group Hamas in Istanbul and discussed the Gaza ceasefire.
• The UN announced the launch of an integrated "catch-up" campaign for routine immunization, nutrition and growth monitoring in the Gaza Strip, targeting 44,000 children who have been cut off from life-saving services.
• The foreign ministers of Tunisia, Egypt and Algeria are scheduled to meet in Algiers on Thursday as part of a tripartite consultation mechanism on the situation in Libya.
• Somalia's Defense Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi announced that 220 precision airstrikes have been carried out against terrorists, killing 868 of them since February of this year.
• Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa will take part on Thursday in the COP30 climate summit in Belem, Brazil from Nov. 6-21, the presidency said.
• The European Commission has postponed the payment of €215 million ($246.8 million) to Bulgaria over the failure to meet the target of ensuring a politically independent Anti-Corruption Commission.
• US President Donald Trump said that Democrat Zohran Mamdani's victory in New York City's mayoral election was unexpected and not beneficial for his party.
• At least 12 people were killed after a cargo plane crashed after takeoff from the international airport in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Japan began conducting a survey for the construction of a potential nuclear power reactor for the first time since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011.
• Belgium's Prime Minister Bart De Wever called an emergency meeting of the National Security Council after multiple drones were spotted over Brussels Airport and two military air bases, forcing flight suspensions.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

• Algeria, Azerbaijan sign deal to establish joint commission

Algeria and Azerbaijan signed a deal to establish a joint commission for trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation.

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune received Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov at the El Mouradia Palace in Algiers, said a statement from the Algerian presidency.

Following the meeting, Bayramov announced the signing of an agreement to establish a joint commission between the two countries, emphasizing that representatives from both countries will be appointed to begin the commission's work shortly.

• China to suspend some tariffs on US imports

China said it will suspend additional 24% tariffs imposed on certain US imports for one year, state media reported.

The move comes after Chinese President Xi Jinping and his US counterpart Donald Trump held a summit last month in South Korea, with the two sides deciding on a one-year deal in trade and tariffs.

China will, however, retain the 10% levies, said the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council.

The new measures will take effect at 1.01 pm (0501GMT) on Nov. 10, it added.