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Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least eight people and injured 51 over the past day, as a drone hit a residential building in Vinnytsia and attacks across the Dnipro region left four dead, according to Ukrainian authorities.
Thousands of people marched in cities across Italy on Saturday to protest the rising cost of living, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government and the wars in the Middle East. The demonstrations were largely peaceful, but tensions flared in Turin, Florence, Bologna and Rome towards evening, leading to nine arrests nationwide, according to the Department of Public Security.
Several members of the ACT Legislative Assembly have detailed the abuse they endure as politicians, from being spat at to receiving a hand-delivered death threat naming a colleague's family, in the wake of the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines outside her Victorian electorate office on Monday.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll reveals a sharpening partisan divide over U.S. support for Israel, a split that could determine which party controls the Senate. The findings come as Republican Mike Rogers and Democrat Abdul El-Sayed face off in Michigan in a race already drawing millions in outside spending from groups like the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Ukraine is using drones as flying signal repeaters to extend the range of attack drones and make them more resistant to Russian electronic warfare. Companies like Twist Robotics have repurposed existing drones for this relay function, allowing operators to fly mission drones farther while maintaining a stable connection.
Israeli opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot has accused Benjamin Netanyahu of running an "illegitimate influence campaign" aimed at delaying the publication of the election results, as a Shin Bet investigation into suspected foreign interference, which Israeli media link to Qatar, sharpened the dispute over Tuesday's vote.
Police have issued an amber alert for an 11-year-old girl who went missing from her home in Hawera on Sunday afternoon.
Australia's Alexander Volkanovski retained his UFC featherweight title with a technical knockout of Russia's Movsar Evloev in the main event of UFC 333 in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, handing Evloev his first professional loss.
Catalan interior minister Núria Parlon has described Saturday's youth unrest in Barcelona as 'a crime' and warned politicians against exploiting the violence in the run-up to Spain's 29 November general election, as the latest police figures show 128 people were arrested, 72 of them minors, and 14 Mossos d'Esquadra officers were injured, four seriously.
British police are recording a growing number of crimes linked to cocaine, including assaults, domestic abuse and dangerous driving, as figures show consumption has surged across England. A Guardian investigation has found police forces across Britain recorded a 10% rise in crime rates associated with the class A drug since 2019, while the Home Office estimates cocaine usage at sites across England has risen by 26% since 2021.
Victorian Opposition Leader Jess Wilson has pledged to criminalise the phrase 'Globalise the intifada' if a Coalition government is elected in November, linking its use to rising antisemitism and the Bondi terror attack. Speaking at a community event in Melbourne's Jewish heartland, Wilson said the phrase incites violence, but legal experts and Palestinian advocates argue a ban may violate constitutional free-speech protections.
Victoria's crime rate has hit a record high in 2025, with more than 60 per cent of Melbourne council areas and over 40 per cent of regional municipalities recording decade-high rates of aggravated burglaries, car thefts and assaults over the past two years, according to an analysis by The Age. The figures come as Labor, in power for 12 years, faces a November 28 election in which law and order is expected to be a decisive factor, with opinion polls showing erosion of the party's primary vote.
The United Nations has condemned Israel's military operation in the occupied West Bank, with the secretary general warning of a worsening coercive environment and the human rights chief accusing Israel of collective punishment and raising serious concerns of ethnic cleansing, as the crackdown in Hebron continues days before Tuesday's election.
Six people remain hospitalised, one in critical condition, after a shooting near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium left 11 people with gunshot wounds and a 12th person injured while fleeing. Tallahassee police have established a tip hotline and are asking the public for help as their Violent Crimes Unit investigates.
The deepening schism over military service for ultra-Orthodox Jews has become a defining issue in Israel's election, with Haredi parties holding significant sway over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political future amid ongoing conflicts in Gaza and the West Bank.
As Chancellor John Healey applies the finishing touches to his first Budget, families across England describe a relentless cost of living squeeze. Dawn Fazackerley-King, a self-employed Pilates instructor in Ipswich, faces her mortgage rate jumping from 1.4% to around 5.3%, adding an estimated £250 to her monthly outgoings. ‘There’s just no more fat to trim,’ she told the BBC.
In an op-ed published on October 25, former political adviser Sean Kelly has warned that the brutal attack on independent MP Helen Haines may not lead to meaningful change in how Australian society addresses violence against women, cautioning that the same forces that silence women often reassert themselves after moments of public outrage.
The pay dispute between Australian professional rugby players and Rugby Australia is on the verge of going public, with the deadline for a new collective bargaining agreement expiring on Saturday. Negotiations have grown strained over the past months, with the Rugby Union Players' Association (RUPA) pushing for a significant pay rise and a share of the $100 million fee from co-hosting the men's World Cup next year. Rugby Australia maintains it has made a strong offer and is responsible for securing the long-term future of the sport.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has refused to set a cap on near-record government spending, challenging economists and the opposition to nominate what they would cut, while acknowledging his ambitious budget is causing concern among Labor colleagues about the party's electoral fortunes.
In the small Texas Hill Country town of Ingram, population 1,900 and 45 percent Latino, police officer Jaron Alexander used a federal partnership program to hand over at least 70 undocumented residents to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement within three months last year, including a pregnant woman’s husband and the father of a newborn. The story, reported by ProPublica and The New York Times Magazine, offers a rare window into how the Trump administration’s deportation campaign is being carried out by local law enforcement.
A joint investigation by Russian independent media outlet Mediazona and the BBC Russian Service has confirmed the identities of 282,993 Russian military personnel killed in Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022, the Kyiv Independent reports.
NSW Premier Chris Minns has labelled the federal government's plan to sell Sydney's historic Victoria Barracks a 'big missed opportunity,' as Defence sources confirm personnel have begun packing boxes for a Christmas eviction. The 176-year-old Paddington site is one of 67 Defence properties earmarked for sale nationwide, expected to generate up to $3 billion.
The cordons around the playground at Auckland's Myers Park have been taken down and police say there is no continuing threat to the public, after a child was critically injured in an alleged assault there on Sunday.
Bulgaria's presidential election is heading to a run-off on November 1 after no candidate secured a majority in Sunday's first round, with record low turnout. Acting President Iliana Iotova finished first with 34.8 percent of the vote, just ahead of pro-Western reformist and former caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov on 31.9 percent, the Central Election Committee said after counting 99.94 percent of ballots.
Drought-stricken Honduras has contracted Mexican firm Startup Renaissance to seed clouds with silver iodide from a small plane, an emergency $700,000 program launched as an intensifying El Niño threatens one of the most intense episodes on record. About 5.6 million Hondurans, practically half the population, live under some type of water alert, and the capital rationed supplies to every nine days, or every 14 when El País visited.
A Brazilian court has ordered Meta to ensure equal treatment of presidential candidates Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro in the final days of the runoff campaign, fining the company 500,000 reais ($98,700) per day for non-compliance, as internal messages reported by Folha de S Paulo reveal staff acknowledged restrictions on Lula's Instagram accounts during the election.
A wave of threats and violence against politicians in Western Australia has prompted soul-searching among MPs, with many saying it is becoming harder to balance accessibility with safety. The concerns follow an alleged attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines outside her Victorian office, which resulted in the loss of both her legs, and charges against a man for threatening staff at state Labor MP Hannah Beazley's office.
Henry Ouseley Blake Lane, an 18-year-old Union soldier who helped prevent the burning of Washington in 1864 and fought at the Battle of Opequon, was posthumously honoured last week at Brighton General Cemetery in Melbourne, more than a century after he died alone and in poverty in a St Kilda hotel. The ceremony, attended by US Consul General Colin Crosby, included the return of two medals and a pocketbook New Testament to Lane’s descendants, ending a trail that began with a 1913 probate notice in The Age.
Myanmar's former democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi appears to be in good physical and mental health but is living in near-complete isolation, her son has said after the first call with his 81-year-old mother in more than five years.
The Western Australian government has indicated it will consider reintroducing a passenger rail service between Perth and Albany following its plan to repurchase the state's freight rail network. The service, scrapped in 1978, would reconnect communities in the Great Southern region, with local leaders citing benefits for tourism, health access and workforce attraction.
Nationals MP David Littleproud has revealed that his children have been threatened with violence in the past, as Australia grapples with the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines this week.
The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to pay $800 million to settle the legal claims of approximately 1,300 people who say they were sexually abused by clergy and lay workers, with the formal signing scheduled for 6 November, Archbishop Ronald Hicks confirmed on Saturday.
Illinois used a stingy defense, a freshman at quarterback and two critical fourth-quarter plays to knock off Oregon 21-10 on Saturday. The loss was the Ducks' first on the road in Big Ten play since joining the conference in 2024, snapping a 10-game winning streak away from home.
The Archdiocese of Chicago has cleared retired priest Rev. Kenneth Fleck of an allegation of sexual abuse of a minor and approved his return to ministry, following an investigation by the church's independent review board.
President Donald Trump hit back at Barack Obama on Sunday, labelling the former president 'incompetent' and repeating his attacks on Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed as a 'Fake Doctor' and 'Jihadist', a day after Obama headlined a Detroit rally for El-Sayed as early voting opened in Michigan.
Thousands of British and French troops have completed the largest joint airborne exercise between the two countries in twenty years, according to the UK Ministry of Defence. Conducted in Germany, the wargame was designed to demonstrate NATO's capacity to rapidly deploy and defend its eastern frontiers amid heightened fears over Russian aggression.
A Russian energy company under US sanctions secretly funded a multibillion-dollar American gas project in Alaska, the New York Times has reported, raising questions about enforcement as the Trump administration pursues energy deals with Moscow as part of its effort to end the war in Ukraine.
A massive Ukrainian drone attack struck the Russian border city of Belgorod overnight on Oct. 25, targeting the MegaGRINN shopping complex, according to local officials and eyewitness footage. One civilian was killed and 10 others injured, authorities said.
Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett has warned that heated political rhetoric is directly linked to the rising number of threats against parliamentarians, revealing that authorities are charging one person a week with criminal offences. Brendan Nugent, 43, has been arrested and charged in connection with the alleged attack on independent MP Helen Haines outside her Wangaratta office last week, according to ABC News. Haines, whose condition improved from critical to serious but stable, had both legs amputated.
Recent research from Settlement Services International (SSI) has found that migrant women in Australia are 20 per cent more likely than migrant men to be over-qualified in their jobs, with about 340,000 migrant women working below their skill level. Personal accounts highlight the difficulties in having overseas qualifications recognised and the resulting cycle of lower income and long-term prospects.
Young women in Western Australian politics are refusing to be driven out by a rise in abuse, speaking out after the attack on federal independent MP Helen Haines and incidents targeting other female politicians.
President Donald Trump voiced openness toward preemptively pardoning junior officials within his administration to shield them from potential Democratic-led congressional probes following the 2026 midterm elections. Trump made the remarks after casting his ballot at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office on Saturday.
President Bola Tinubu formally launched his campaign for a second term on Saturday in Kaduna, Nigeria, setting the stage for a January 2027 election that is expected to be dominated by the country's worsening cost-of-living crisis and persistent security threats.
BBC Scotland Editor James Cook has become the first journalist to visit the Rosebank oil field, 80 miles northwest of Shetland, just a few hours after the UK government approved the smaller Jackdaw gas field and just weeks before Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh is expected to rule on Rosebank's fate. The visit offers a rare glimpse into life on the floating production vessel at the centre of a fierce national debate over climate change, energy security, and jobs.
Cosmic Crusader has won the Cox Plate, according to reports from the Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times.
Audi chief executive Gernot Döllner faced mounting criticism at home on Monday after appearing on stage with US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Georgia, where Audi announced a $4bn factory plan. Germany's IG Metall union chief called the appearance "deeply embarrassing" and a breach of Audi's political neutrality rules, while Volkswagen's works council head said the company had been "turned into a puppet in the propaganda show of a highly dubious political figure."
Gunmen on motorcycles raided the remote village of Binnari in Taraba state on Friday, killing at least 10 people according to police, but survivors and human rights groups report a significantly higher death toll, with Amnesty International saying up to 50 people may have died.
Cricket columnist Geoff Lawson has accused Australia's Test selectors of sabotaging the national team by disregarding the Sheffield Shield, the domestic first-class competition that has underpinned Test selection for 130 years. Writing in The Sydney Morning Herald on October 25, Lawson argues that the selection of Nic Maddinson, who had not played a Shield match last season, and the continued poor form of Marnus Labuschagne prove the panel has lost its commitment to the traditional pathway.