• GENEVA (AP) -- Iran and world powers remain split on terms of a nuclear deal because of differences on ways to reduce Tehran's ability to make atomic weapons using plutonium and enriched uranium, France's foreign minister said Saturday. His comments were the first to provide some specifics on the obstacles at the Geneva talks, now in their third day.
• Laurent Fabius' remarks to France-Inter radio came as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and counterparts from Britain, France and Germany negotiating with Iran consulted in the Swiss city on how to resolve the obstacles at the talks.
• Fabius mentioned differences over Iran's Arak reactor southeast of Tehran, which could produce enough plutonium for several nuclear weapons a year once it goes online. He also said there was disagreement over efforts to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to levels that would require substantial further enriching before they could be used as the fissile core of a nuclear weapon.
• "We are hoping for a deal, but for the moment there are still issues that have not been resolved," he said.
• Any agreement would be a breakthrough after nearly a decade of mostly inconclusive talks, but would only be the start of a long process to reduce Iran's potential ability to produce nuclear arms, with no guarantee of ultimate success.
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• WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government shutdown may have affected October's jobs numbers. But not how you think.
• For weeks, the White House had been bracing for a bad report on hiring. Like pregame analysts ahead of a lopsided sports match, White House economists and aides lowered expectations and blamed October's partial government shutdown for the inevitable bad news to come.

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