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Today’s Top Five: Melissa, Gun Laws, Brazil, Ukraine, Venezuela

A year after Hurricane Melissa, a new report questions the pace of relief. Plus: Jamaica's proposed 20-year gun sentence, Lula's narrow win in Brazil, a humanitarian truce in Ukraine, and María Corina Machado's return to Venezuela.

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Today’s Top Five: Jamaica & the World – October 24, 2026

Jamaica's travel freeze, a flood watch as the Hurricane Melissa anniversary nears, an ambush testing Haiti's international force, oil at a six-month high, and Europe's deadliest summer of heat: today's five biggest stories, explained with a Jamaican lens.

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Top Five, Oct. 19: Heroes Day, Crime, Inflation, Hormuz, Russia

Jamaica marks National Heroes Day as two officers are mourned after the Sligoville standoff and inflation hits 8.6%, while Iran pushes a Hormuz deal and Trump waives new Russia sanctions. Here are today's top five stories and what to watch.

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