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EU warns Russia escalating Black Sea drone attacks to cut off Ukrainian food exports

Russian President Vladimir Putin is intensifying drone attacks near European Union member states bordering the Black Sea in an effort to limit Ukrainian export routes and drive up global food prices, the EU's top foreign affairs official warned on Tuesday. Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg, EU High Commissioner Kaja Kallas said two drones were shot down in Romania over the weekend and that there had been six such attacks in 10 days, marking what she called a 'dangerous and unacceptable escalation in the Black Sea.'

Geopolitics

EU Arctic strategy puts security first, unveils maritime hub and Greenland cable link

The European Union presented its revamped Arctic strategy on Tuesday, placing security at the core of its approach for the first time and announcing plans for a maritime security hub, an expanded icebreaker fleet and a submarine cable linking Greenland directly to Europe. The shift comes as Russia rebuilds its military footprint in the High North and after US President Donald Trump's demands to take control of Greenland.

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US Politics

California state workers to strike Wednesday, potentially disrupting DMV and other services

Tens of thousands of California state government workers are expected to walk off the job Wednesday in a one-day strike that could disrupt services at the Department of Motor Vehicles, unemployment offices and state parks. Members of SEIU Local 1000, the state's largest public employee union representing about 100,000 workers, are protesting what they call bad-faith bargaining by Governor Gavin Newsom's administration as negotiations for a new contract have stalled.

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Dundee siblings at centre of viral knife-video case to appeal sentences

A brother and sister convicted over an attack on two girls in Dundee, an incident that became a viral video after Elon Musk highlighted it, are to appeal their sentences. Ilia Belov, 23, was ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid work, placed under supervision and put on the sex offenders register for 18 months. His sister Nadjedzha Belova, 20, was ordered to complete 180 hours of unpaid work after admitting assaulting another girl.

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Europe's Gen Z takes to the streets as economies fail to deliver jobs, schools fail to deliver education

Rising fuel costs, discontent with schools, shrinking public services and an unaffordable housing crisis have ignited an autumn of protests across Europe, with young people at the forefront. In France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Albania and Serbia, demonstrations have drawn hundreds of thousands, with some turning violent, drawing heavy police response and triggering early elections in Spain.

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Tommy Robinson says he hired detectives to track Daily Mail reporters

Tommy Robinson has told a court he hired private detectives to track down and photograph two Daily Mail journalists to 'put pressure' on them, in the latest development in his harassment trial at Southwark Crown Court. The 43-year-old, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, denied two charges of harassment causing fear of violence against reporters Andrew Young and Jacob Dirnhuber, saying his actions were 'totally reasonable' after the Mail published a story he claimed endangered his family.

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Youth-led ‘horizontal revolt’ shakes Albania as protests enter second week

Tirana has been rocked by days of fierce antigovernment demonstrations, with police firing tear gas on thousands of young protesters and at least 167 people arrested, as a decentralised, youth-driven movement demands the resignation of Prime Minister Edi Rama. What began in May as an environmental protest against a luxury resort has escalated into the most serious challenge to Rama’s more than a decade in power, rooted in deep-seated anger over corruption, high tuition fees, unemployment, and a political class seen as wholly disconnected from citizens’ struggles.

Geopolitics

Russian satellite shadows US-registered radar satellite in unusually close pass

A Russian military satellite has manoeuvred to within metres of a US-registered radar satellite believed to provide intelligence to Ukraine, according to space-tracking data. Cosmos 2612, one of six satellites the Russian military launched in April, closed in from more than 320 kilometres to about 4.8 kilometres last week, then spent the weekend moving between positions ahead of and behind its target, at times coming within roughly 500 metres.

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France concedes failures, deploys troops to quell worst riots in years

The French government has conceded failures in its response to devastating weekend riots, announcing it will deploy troops and impose new curfews to prevent a fresh wave of violence planned for this Saturday. Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has framed the crisis as a choice 'between violence and the Republic,' setting up a parliamentary commission of inquiry while assigning 200 investigators to track down those responsible for the looting and arson that swept Paris, Marseille and Lyon.

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Yemen displacement crisis deepens as 250,000 flee renewed fighting: UN

More than 250,000 people have been internally displaced in Yemen since the country's war reignited in July, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday. The renewed fighting between Houthi rebels and forces loyal to the Saudi-backed internationally recognised government has fallen heavily on the southwestern city of Taiz, which accounts for 76 percent of departures and hosts 52 percent of the newly displaced.

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Armed police arrest man, 61, on murder charge after woman dies in Bridgend car crash

A 61-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman died in a car crash in Bridgend, South Wales Police said. The 47-year-old victim crashed into a wall on Coity Road on Monday afternoon, but police say her injuries were not caused by the collision. Armed officers later swooped on the Ger-y-Nant sheltered housing retirement complex nearby, where the suspect was taken into custody.

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Woman describes 'frenzied' and 'violent' alleged assault by Russell Brand at radio studio

A woman has told a jury that comedian Russell Brand sexually assaulted her in a 'frenzied' and 'violent' attack at a London radio studio in the mid-2000s. The complainant, who gave evidence from behind a screen, said Brand grabbed her, kissed her roughly and pressed his body against hers. Brand, 51, denies seven charges including rape and sexual assault against six women between 1999 and 2009.

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Aboriginal mother shackled to bed after caesarean, hospital staff raise alarm

Queensland Corrective Services has launched a review into allegations that an Aboriginal mother was shackled to her bed by her ankle and wrist following a caesarean birth at Townsville University Hospital, while her newborn baby was in the neonatal intensive care unit. Hospital staff reported the incident, describing the mother's deteriorating condition and alleging racist remarks by prison officers, prompting renewed calls for a ban on the practice.

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US Politics

Federal crackdown on alleged noncitizen voting escalates with California arrests

The US Department of Justice has charged 28 green card holders in California, accusing them of fraudulently registering to vote and casting illegal ballots. The arrests, with 11 people currently in custody, mark an escalation in federal efforts against alleged noncitizen voting, coming days after the DOJ sued California to block the state from tabulating certain ballots in the upcoming November midterm elections.

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Israel's first-time voters lean far right as Ben Gvir courts Gen Z ahead of tight election

Polls published ahead of Israel's general election next week show more than half a million first-time voters could help decide a deadlocked race, with over 16 per cent planning to back far-right parties and almost three-quarters identifying as right or centre-right. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is courting the youngest cohort aggressively, while opposition parties fight back on social media.

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Covid inquiry finds care homes were 'an afterthought' as failures led to 43,000 deaths

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry published its sixth report on Tuesday, finding that government failures allowed the virus to spread 'like wildfire' through care homes, resulting in more than 43,000 recorded deaths in care settings between March 2020 and July 2022. The 287-page report concluded that action to protect residents and staff came too late, and that the sector was treated as 'something of an afterthought'.

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Geopolitics

UK Typhoon deployment to defend Saudi Arabia approved as Houthi attacks intensify

The UK will deploy RAF Typhoon fighter jets on defensive missions over Saudi Arabia, the government announced on Tuesday, as a surge in Houthi missile and drone attacks threatens the kingdom's cities and critical infrastructure. Prime Minister Andy Burnham authorised the move, which also includes an Atlas A400M transport aircraft and military advisers, following strikes that killed 13 people at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport.

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British Airways flight intercepted by German Air Force after radio loss

A British Airways flight from Paphos to London Heathrow was intercepted by the German Air Force on 17 October after losing radio contact with air traffic control, with Vienna ATC reporting the loss of communications and triggering a quick reaction alert. The German Air Force scrambled two Eurofighter Typhoons to intercept the aircraft, but communication was reestablished and the flight was guided to the German border before continuing safely to its destination.

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Russian drone strikes kill 14 across Ukraine, including two children in park

At least 14 people were killed and 71 injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine over the past 24 hours, with two young children killed by a drone while sitting in a stroller in a Kharkiv Oblast park, local authorities reported on Oct. 19–20. The attacks drew international outrage after U.S. President Donald Trump said almost simultaneously that 'Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine.'

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Ukraine hails drone rescue of wounded soldier as start of new system for battlefield evacuation

Ukraine has carried out what its military calls the world's first aerial evacuation of a wounded soldier from the frontline using an unmanned drone. The successful extraction of an injured infantryman from a heavily mined area behind Russian lines near Kharkiv on October 19 is being hailed not as a one-off success but as the beginning of a systematic shift in how casualties are recovered on the modern battlefield.

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