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Donald Trump is set to hold two midterm rallies in Kansas and Iowa on Sunday, reversing a decision to cancel them less than 24 hours earlier. The reversal came after the president lashed out at a reporter; polls showed Democrats leading in several key Senate races, and the Justice Department was suing Alaska over election certification.
· 18 sourcesThe US Justice Department announced it plans to send 1,000 federal monitors across all 50 states for Election Day on 3 November, including in Alaska, where early voting is already underway with more than 58,000 ballots cast.
A 22-year-old West Australian man is set to face court on upgraded charges, with a joint counter-terrorism team alleging he sought assistance via a messaging platform to plan a terrorist attack.
US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper briefed President Donald Trump on Thursday on options for renewed strikes on Iran and on the state of the naval blockade, as Washington pursues dual tracks toward possible combat after next week’s midterm elections and toward negotiations, according to two US officials and reports.
· 2 sourcesThe chief executive of California's High-Speed Rail Authority, Ian Choudri, resigned late Wednesday, effective immediately, saying he needed to focus on “important personal and family priorities,” and the board named state Finance Director Joe Stephenshaw as interim CEO on Thursday morning.
· 2 sourcesThe Trump administration is warning Europe that a $3.4 billion loan from the European Investment Bank to Airbus could blow up the truce that ended the longest-running dispute in WTO history and put the broader U.S.-EU trade deal in the line of fire.
A review by Votebeat and Spotlight PA of the Republican Committee of Chester County’s effort to identify noncitizen voters by cross-referencing jury rejection lists with the state’s voter roll found no confirmed noncitizen voters among the 13 people who responded. The committee sent a letter to the county Board of Elections in August flagging more than 180 potential noncitizen voters, but a detailed review of a sample of those identified found that those who responded were either naturalized citizens who registered after gaining citizenship or, in one case, a U.S.-born citizen.
Veteran Sydney Swans defender Dane Rampe has announced his retirement, ending a remarkable career forged against the odds and further depleting the club's leadership and experience in defence. Rampe, 36, felt he had 'nothing left to give', compounding an exodus that has seen star back Nick Blakey traded to North Melbourne, Harry Cunningham depart as a free agent, and skipper Callum Mills expected to be sidelined for the entire 2027 season with an ACL injury.
· 3 sourcesRachel Reeves has joined three former senior European and Canadian politicians in urging the European Union to seize €210bn (£175bn) of frozen Russian sovereign assets to fund Ukraine's defence, warning that failing to act risks Europe's security.
President Vladimir Putin’s government has approved a state budget for 2027–2029 on its first of three votes, accompanied by a series of tax increases aimed at mining companies and wealthier citizens, as the budget deficit swelled to 5.8 trillion rubles ($72 billion) through August, according to the Kyiv School of Economics, due to heavy military spending and economic pressures from the war in Ukraine and Western sanctions.
The Justice Department has issued federal grand jury subpoenas to employees of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's office, ordering them to appear in court on Nov. 4, the day after the midterm election. The office confirmed to NPR that it received the subpoenas last week, the latest escalation in the Trump administration's fight with California over ballots it says may have been cast by noncitizens.
· 4 sourcesThe NSW gaming and racing minister, David Harris, will retire at the March state election, becoming the first of Premier Chris Minns' frontbenchers to quit before the March 13 poll and leaving Labor to defend his Central Coast seat of Wyong against a likely significant One Nation challenge.
· 4 sourcesPresident Xi Jinping has promoted his anti-corruption enforcer inside the military, General Zhang Shengmin, to China's powerful Politburo, while the lowest attendance rate on record since the Mao Zedong era at a key party gathering signals the sharpness of his purges ahead of an expected fourth term next year.
· 8 sourcesPalestinian worshippers face growing restrictions at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, with religious figures and employees of the Islamic trust that manages the site among those barred, according to Palestinian officials and a human rights monitoring group. Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Jerusalem, has had his exclusion from the mosque extended until April 2027, and more than 1,000 exclusion orders have been issued since the start of 2026, the Wadi Hilweh Information Center reported.
While investigators were searching for Beau Lamarre-Condon over two missing men, the wanted police officer was picking up the phone to a fellow youth command officer, according to reports from the Brisbane Times and The Age.
· 3 sourcesA federal judge on Thursday blocked the Trump administration’s narrower definition of “medically frail” for exemptions from Medicaid work requirements, ruling that the rule unlawfully limited which enrollees could qualify for an exemption. The decision by U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns in Boston gives a partial victory to 25 states and the District of Columbia, which sued in June, but leaves the underlying work requirements and two other federal verification limits in place.
· 7 sourcesAustralia's corporate regulator failed to alert other government agencies about concerns that transcription provider VIQ Solutions had potentially sent sensitive data offshore, internal emails released under freedom of information laws reveal, despite being asked by the Australian Tax Office to assess whether other departments had been affected.
A state child protection department has reported a sharp increase in deaths of children either in direct care or who had recent contact with the system, with upwards of 25 children dying in the past year compared with nine the year before.
Seven tankers carrying an estimated 288,000 tonnes of Russian diesel are sailing toward the United States, according to tracking by Greenpeace, with the first cargo due in New York on Nov. 7, four days after the midterm elections, no buyer publicly named and bipartisan opposition to the shipments.
· 4 sourcesThe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded private prisons company GEO Group a $1.5 billion contract to continue operating the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, despite reports of inconsistent medical care, poor water quality, and reported allegations of abuse at the facility.
The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) has for the first time tested a scenario in which armed attackers try to steal a shipment of radioactive material being transported from the Dounreay nuclear power plant, working with Police Scotland and other emergency services in an exercise held late last month.
Police are appealing for information after a 33-year-old woman was sexually touched by a man who was not known to her while jogging on Bondi Road early on Thursday morning.
· 3 sourcesA woman was shot outside the offices of the Republican Party of Virginia in Richmond on Thursday afternoon, and a manhunt is underway for the assailant. The party said all staff are safe and that it had no indication the shooting was related to its operations.
· 2 sourcesTributes have poured in from across the entertainment world for Sir Patrick Stewart, the acclaimed actor who died at his Los Angeles home on Wednesday aged 86, with colleagues including Sir Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman and William Shatner remembering his talent and friendship.
· 34 sourcesRepresentative Haley Stevens, who lost to Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary in August, will campaign with him on Sunday, two days before election day, in what would be their first joint public appearance in months. The move comes amid a late rallying of Democratic figures around El-Sayed, including Barack Obama and Bernie Sanders, as President Donald Trump and Republican allies escalate personal and religious attacks on the Democratic nominee in a race that could help decide which party controls the Senate.
· 7 sourcesA court in the United Arab Emirates has sentenced eight people to life imprisonment for arms trafficking and money laundering to Sudan's army, state media reported on Thursday.
Days before the United States midterm elections, the Potter County Republican Party and its chairman, Daniel Rogers, filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to block certification of Texas's election results until every ballot in every precinct is hand-counted, citing the risk of interference by artificial intelligence or "malicious actors."
At least eight explosions were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh after the Iran-backed Houthi movement reported an initial toll of 12 citizens killed in strikes on residential areas of western Yemen blamed on Saudi Arabia, following the collapse of a fragile truce in July; more than 1,600 people have been killed in Yemen since hostilities resumed, according to United Nations figures.
Albanian opposition leader Sali Berisha and fellow lawmakers stormed parliament in Tirana on Thursday, setting off flares and smoke bombs and disrupting a parliamentary session.
The top echelon of the Chinese Communist Party held a four-day closed-door session in Beijing this week, with Xi Jinping signaling he would deepen the anti-corruption campaign and ensure party officials demonstrate more loyalty and initiative at all levels.
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced prominent human rights lawyers Imaan Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha to 10 years in prison, finding them guilty of putting the security of the touring England cricket team at risk during an incident in Islamabad in October 2024. The couple, who deny the charges of obstructing police and describe themselves as prisoners of conscience, were each also fined 200,000 Pakistani rupees.
· 3 sourcesAn off-duty FBI agent shot and killed a man who was firing a gun at a crowd of people in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood on Monday evening, the FBI said. The agent was driving home from work in an FBI vehicle around 5:30 p.m. when he saw the man shooting at a group of innocent people near 18th Street and Union Avenue, according to the agency. The FBI said the agent intervened to stop the ongoing threat and was not injured.
James Ramm, who once trained as a gymnast with Olympic dreams, has been called into the Wallabies squad for the first time in six years as the team gathers at Sydney Olympic Park ahead of the spring tour. The 28-year-old utility back, who signed with the Western Force ahead of next year's Super Rugby season after four successful seasons at Northampton, is now in contention for his first Test cap.
· 3 sourcesGold Coast Suns defender Bodhi Uwland will contest his first triathlon in Noosa on November 1, four years after wearing a back brace for nine months due to severe stress fractures that left him unable to run for over a year.
· 3 sourcesWith less than a week until Election Day, election officials across the United States are pushing back against online misinformation about the voting process, offering explanations for claims of rigging, missing candidates, and vote flipping.
Year 12 students across Western Australia have finished their final week at school with celebrations ranging from running into the ocean in uniform to dress-up days, before many go on to sit final exams.
· 3 sourcesA former church leader and his wife have been charged with a total of 16 counts of rape, South Yorkshire Police said. Stephen Timmis, 68, and Janet Timmis, 61, each face eight counts of rape against one victim, with the alleged offences taking place between May and September 2008.
The Justice Department on Thursday announced charges against 18 noncitizens accused of illegally voting in North Carolina's 2024 election, bringing the number of people charged in the state this year to 30. The prosecutions add to a nationwide enforcement push, as federal officials warn against unlawful voting ahead of the midterm elections.
Ukraine's Navy destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber jets in a strike against the Marinovka military airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast using domestically produced Neptune missiles, the Navy reported on Oct. 29.
Japan and the United States have agreed to establish a facility in Japan for the joint production of advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles, Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced Wednesday. The joint effort, called “Operation Supercharge,” will involve a final assembly and inspection plant for the Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in Japan; Koizumi said the missiles are essential for F-35 fighter jets.
Traditional law enforcement agencies need fresh guidance on using confidential informants in cartel cases now that such groups are considered terrorist organisations, the Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General said in an audit released Wednesday.
Brčko District Mayor Siniša Milić has declared Friday a day of mourning for the four EUFOR personnel killed in Thursday's helicopter crash, as Italy named the dead as two soldiers and two Red Cross volunteers.
· 5 sourcesUkraine’s economy is set to contract for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion, the National Bank of Ukraine said on Oct. 29, revising its 2026 growth forecast to a 0.4% decline as a months-long seaport blockade and attacks on logistics and production facilities choke key sectors.
New images released by the Scottish Prison Service have revealed the extent of destruction caused during last month’s riot at HMP & YOI Polmont, which the prison service has described as the worst disorder in a Scottish jail in a decade. The release coincides with Scottish Government projections that the prison population could reach 9,450 by June 2027, 1,650 above the estate’s design capacity.
· 4 sourcesThe European Commission on Oct. 29 invited EU member states to submit proposals for €21.3 billion ($23.8 billion) in defence projects, urging them to prioritise cooperation with Ukraine, including joint procurement and addressing Kyiv's 'urgent needs' in air and missile defence, drones and ammunition.
The UK police watchdog has announced an independent investigation into the Metropolitan Police's handling of a letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle, the father of the Duchess of Sussex, after the force failed to share its contents with other law enforcement agencies in 2019.
· 14 sourcesThe United States and Finland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on a Technology Prosperity Deal, setting out intended collaboration across a broad range of strategic science and technology fields, including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, advanced semiconductors, energy, space, and Arctic capabilities.
The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwanda's defence ministry and a bank serving its security services, accusing Kigali of supporting M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo nearly a year after a US-brokered peace deal was signed.
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