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The Central Working Committee meeting of the Nepali Congress scheduled for today has been postponed. 

The next meeting will be held on November 4, said NC Party Office Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel.

The party has requested its office bearers, members, invitee members and presidents of all seven provinces to attend the meeting. 

The meeting was put off after the establishment side and factional side could not forge consensus regarding presenting a proposal to announce the date of the party's 15th general convention.  

Earlier, the meeting called for Friday was also deferred.

Former President Barack Obama touted Democratic candidates for governor in two states at campaign rallies on Saturday, urging voters in next week's election to reject what he called the “lawlessness and recklessness” of President Donald Trump's administration, Reuters reported.

Obama, the two-term president still highly popular among Democrats, laid out a biting indictment of the Trump administration at rallies for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger and New Jersey candidate Mikie Sherrill.

“Let’s face it, our country and our policy are in a pretty dark place right now,” Obama told a roaring crowd of Spanberger supporters at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, according to Reuters.

Fighters riding camels rounded up a couple of hundred men near the Sudanese city of al-Fashir at the weekend and brought them to a reservoir, shouting racial slurs before starting to shoot, according to a man who said he was among them, Reuters reported.

One of the captors recognized him from his school days and let him flee, the man, Alkheir Ismail, said in a video interview conducted by a local journalist in the nearby town of Tawila in the country's western Darfur region.

"He told them, 'Don't kill him,'" Ismail said. "Even after they killed everyone else – my friends and everyone else."

Vehicular movement along the BP Highway that had come to a standstill for the past three days due to landslides and floods has resumed from this morning.

The highway was blocked due to landslides  at different places on the Chaukidanda-Nepalthok section towards Kavrepalanchowk.. 

The traffic along the road section has come into operation after removing landslide debris as well as constructing a road diversion, said Senior Divisional Engineer at the Division Road Office, Bhaktapur,  Suman Yogesh. 

A 50-meter diversion was constructed at Roshi Rural Municipality-8 in Kavre to bring the vehicular movement into operation. 

Problems had surfaced to construct diversion and remove landslide debris due to dry landslide, he added. 

The landslides occurred at different places along BP highway following incessant rainfall from October 30 had completely obstructed Chaukidanda-Nepalthok section. 

A Spanish national has been rescued from the Makalu Base Camp at Makalu Rural Municipality by a helicopter this morning. 

The Spanish climber Jesus Martinez Novas, who was stranded at Makalu-2 due to adverse weather and snowfall, was rescued from 5,700 meters height today after six days, said Deputy Superintendent of Police at the District Police Office, Sankhuwasabha.

Novas has been taken towards Khumbug Pasang Lhamu Rural Municipality-4 in Solukhumbhu district. Around 70 foreign tourists and 60 domestic tourists were trapped at Makalu Base Camp. .

Jannik Sinner continued his quest to reclaim the world number one ranking with a ruthless 6-0 6-1 win over German third seed Alexander Zverev on Saturday, advancing to the Paris Masters final where he will face Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, Reuters reported.

Sinner's path to the top of the ATP rankings was opened up after six-times Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz suffered a shock defeat to unseeded Briton Cameron Norrie in the round of 32 on Tuesday.

A victory for the 24-year-old Italian in Sunday's showdown would see him leapfrog the Spaniard. The battle for the year-end world number one ranking will ultimately be determined at the season-ending ATP Finals in Turin from November 9, according to Reuters.

A festive holiday weekend turned tragic for families in northwestern Mexico on Saturday when a deadly blaze engulfed a discount store in the city center of Hermosillo, killing at least 23 people and injuring a dozen, Reuters reported. 

Mexico is celebrating the Day of the Dead this weekend with colourful festivities in which families honor and remember deceased loved ones.

"I have ordered a thorough and transparent investigation to clarify the causes of the accident," Alfonso Durazo, governor of the state of Sonora home to the city, said in a video on social media, adding that children were among the victims, according to Reuters.

Kylian Mbappe struck twice as Real Madrid romped to a 4-0 win over Valencia on Saturday to move seven points clear at the top of La Liga, AFP reported.

Villarreal continued their strong start to the season by thrashing Rayo Vallecano 4-0 to climb above champions Barcelona into second place provisionally.

Atletico Madrid earned a comfortable 3-0 win over Sevilla to tighten their grip on fourth and pull level on points with champions Barca, who host Elche on Sunday looking to cut Madrid's lead back to five points, according to AFP.