A 39-year-old suspect in a shooting in Trappes, near Paris, was transferred to the Paris Judicial Court on Thursday and may face formal charges. The shooting killed one person and wounded five; France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor, Olivier Christen, was scheduled to address the case at 11 a.m.
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The shooting took place last week in Trappes and neighbouring La Verrière.
One person was killed and five were wounded.
The suspect was arrested on Friday with a submachine gun and tear gas grenades in his car.
The suspect was identified in part as Kevin T.
A source close to the investigation told AFP that the suspect was receiving treatment for schizophrenia.
France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office is handling the case.
President Emmanuel Macron described the shooting as a “racist terrorist attack”; most victims were from immigrant backgrounds.
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An 8-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after at least one wolf attacked her inside an enclosure at the Johannismühle Wildlife Park south of Berlin. A zookeeper intervened before two other girls in the enclosure were attacked, and the park closed while authorities investigate.
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The attack happened Wednesday during a special event for children.
The girl was flown to a hospital, according to district officials.
The enclosure housed Arctic wolves.
A zookeeper intervened before two other girls were attacked.
Officials said the wolves had been given water at the time.
Johannismühle Wildlife Park is closed until further notice during the investigation.
A wolf bit a woman in a Hamburg shopping area earlier in 2026; authorities described it as a believed first such attack since wolves returned to Germany in 1998.
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The article argues that nationalist populist politics associated with Donald Trump are losing ground in several democracies, though their underlying voter concerns remain. It points to shifts in British public opinion on Brexit and political changes in Hungary, Sweden, Italy, and Brazil, while saying U.S. midterm results could weaken Trump politically.
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The article says Trump's approval rating averages about 37 percent amid higher gasoline prices and voter concern about living costs.
It says forecasters expect Democrats to have a strong chance of winning the House and a narrower chance of taking the Senate in the November 3 midterms.
Reform U.K., led by Brexit advocate Nigel Farage, has fallen to third place in the cited polls after previously leading Labour.
Labour leader Andy Burnham has said Brexit did more harm than good and raised the possibility of Britain rejoining the European Union.
A YouGov poll cited in the article found that Britons believe by a two-to-one margin that leaving the EU was a mistake.
The article reports that Hungary's Viktor Orbán lost power after 16 years and that Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a two-thirds majority.
It says Sweden's right-wing government was voted out in September and describes a public dispute between Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
The article begins to describe a political rebuke to Trump in Brazil but ends before giving details.
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Al Jazeera reporter Leila Warah explains how Israeli settlers use outposts and violence to take Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The article says the Israeli army backs these actions.
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The article focuses on Israeli settler activity in the occupied West Bank.
It describes settlers using outposts to take Palestinian land.
It describes violence as a means of taking land.
The article says the Israeli army backs the settlers’ actions.
Al Jazeera’s Leila Warah explains the issue.
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Farmers in Argentina are moving cattle by boat to higher ground as El Niño raises water levels and reduces available grazing land. The report provides no further details about the affected areas or the scale of the evacuations.
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Farmers in Argentina are evacuating cattle by boat.
They are moving the cattle to higher ground.
El Niño is raising water levels, according to the article.
Flooded land is reducing the area available for grazing.
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Police in Tamil Nadu recaptured all 17 prisoners who escaped from a prison in Theni district after overpowering guards on Monday night. The escape prompted scrutiny of prison overcrowding and security procedures; state police suspended nine staff members and said they would audit prisons across Tamil Nadu.
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The prisoners escaped from a jail in Thekkampatti, Theni district, on Monday night.
Police said one prisoner pretended to have a seizure, prompting a guard to respond; the prisoners then overpowered staff and used stolen keys to escape.
One of the 18 men in the cell returned to the prison immediately, while the other 17 fled.
Police recaptured the men in groups during a 36-hour search, using CCTV footage analysis and drones; two surrendered on Wednesday.
The jail held 334 inmates despite having capacity for 200, and only four guards were on duty during the escape.
Tamil Nadu police suspended nine prison staff members for alleged negligence and said the escape involved a breach of security protocol.
The National Crime Records Bureau’s 2023 prison report put India’s national prison occupancy rate at 120.1%.
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The article says Brazilians are divided over Flavio Bolsonaro’s departure for the United States. It links his departure to his refusal to concede the election to President Lula and an investigation into money laundering.
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The article reports divided reactions in Brazil to Flavio Bolsonaro’s departure.
It says Bolsonaro went to the United States.
It says Bolsonaro refused to concede the election to President Lula.
The article says Bolsonaro’s departure came amid a money-laundering investigation.
The article repeats its description of Bolsonaro’s departure and the divided reaction.
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Cyclone Arnab struck India’s southeastern coast on Wednesday, killing at least three people before weakening, officials said. The storm brought strong winds and heavy rain to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, and authorities ordered nearly 98,000 people to move to safer areas.
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The cyclone made landfall in Andhra Pradesh as a very severe cyclonic storm.
The India Meteorological Department reported sustained winds of 125–135 km/h, with gusts up to 150 km/h.
Some areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha recorded as much as 30 centimetres of rain.
The storm weakened into a deep depression on Wednesday afternoon.
Authorities told about 50,000 people in Andhra Pradesh to move to safer areas.
Another 48,000 people in neighbouring Odisha were told to move to safer areas.
Officials reported at least three deaths.
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A report by Global Rights Compliance says a Russian broker network used student visas and bogus college enrolments to recruit North Koreans for work in Russia. The report alleges the workers faced long hours and that their wages helped fund North Korea’s military programmes; the broker’s operations director rejected the allegations.
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The report identifies the platform KNDR.su, operated by Russian businessman Vladimir Sokolov, as a recruiter for jobs in agriculture, construction, industry and IT.
Investigators posing as employers say operations director Ruslan Zhukov told them workers were enrolled in colleges they did not attend to avoid labour laws.
The report says workers were expected to work 12 hours a day, six days a week.
A 2017 UN Security Council resolution prohibits member states from hosting North Korean workers.
A sanctions-monitoring team estimated that 35,600 to 101,280 North Korean workers were overseas in 2025, generating $450 million to $800 million for Pyongyang.
Russia granted more than 36,000 visas to North Koreans in 2025, four times the previous year’s total; almost all were officially for education.
Global Rights Compliance said Sokolov promoted at least two work sites linked to Russia’s military-industrial complex.
Zhukov denied the report’s allegations and said the workers were students taking part in an educational and practical-training exchange.
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The EU has removed references to Canada becoming an “associate member” from a draft joint statement, according to Reuters and dpa. The draft instead calls for closer ties, including cooperation on undersea cables, a study of Canadian liquefied natural gas exports to Europe, and opportunities for young people to work across the Atlantic.
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Reuters and dpa reported that the terms “associate member” and “associated membership” were removed from the draft Canada-EU statement.
Officials planned to make the statement public on Friday, according to the agencies.
The change comes ahead of an EU-Canada summit in Montreal hosted by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised the idea of associate membership in September.
Diplomats said German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and other EU leaders pushed to remove the membership terms during negotiations.
The draft calls for an “ever closer association” and proposes a joint initiative on undersea cable infrastructure linking Europe, Canada and Asia.
The draft also proposes a feasibility study on Canadian liquefied natural gas exports to Europe and work opportunities for young Canadians and Europeans across the Atlantic.
Carney said the summit would launch formal EU-Canada negotiations that could take another year.
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Ethiopia has received 12 Su-35 fighter jets from Russia, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said, describing the delivery as part of a deal agreed several years ago. Abiy also said Ethiopia plans to acquire four S-400 air defence systems, as fighting has resumed in Tigray and tensions with Eritrea continue.
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Abiy said the 12 Su-35 jets arrived ahead of schedule.
Ethiopia plans to acquire four S-400 air defence systems from Russia, according to Abiy.
Abiy said the aircraft and air defence systems are intended to strengthen Ethiopia’s ability to respond to external threats.
Ethiopia and Russia signed a military training and technology agreement in 2021.
Fighting restarted last month in Tigray between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Ethiopia accuses Eritrea of supporting the TPLF; Eritrea denies the accusation.
Tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea have also grown over Ethiopia’s lack of direct access to the sea.
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A collision involving a Madrid-to-Seville high-speed train killed at least 68 people and injured 77 in rural central Spain. Authorities launched investigations as survivors described the wreckage, and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez declared three days of national mourning.
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About 500 passengers were aboard the Renfe train travelling from Madrid to Seville.
The crash happened shortly before 9 a.m. between Urda and Los Yébenes, south of Toledo.
Rescuers searched wreckage from three carriages at the front of the train.
Transport Minister Óscar Puente said a Renfe train was cleared to proceed despite an active red signal after a communications failure; he described the order to move as inexplicable.
Puente said train engineers were not to blame.
A judicial investigation was expected to begin, and Renfe launched an investigation.
The crash renewed debate about rail safety after a separate crash at Adamuz nine months earlier killed 46 people.
Opposition leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo called for a complete, independent review of Spain’s rail network.
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Russia is using security ties, political support and selected resource projects to strengthen relations with African governments, but its trade and investment offers are smaller than those of China and the European Union. The article says some governments value Moscow’s support, while Russian-linked forces face allegations of abuses and African recruits have died fighting in Ukraine.
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Russia’s Africa Corps, controlled by Russia’s Ministry of Defence, has replaced Wagner in the Sahel.
An investigation by Journalists for Justice documented 502 African deaths in Russia’s war in Ukraine by June 2026.
The Kremlin expects delegations from 48 countries, including 22 heads of state, at this year’s Russia-Africa Summit.
Russia delivered free grain to six African countries after President Vladimir Putin pledged it at the 2023 summit.
Russia-backed projects include a gold refinery in Mali, Rusal’s bauxite and alumina operations in Guinea, and uranium discussions in Niger.
Human Rights Watch has accused Africa Corps forces in Mali of killing civilians and torturing detainees; the allegations are attributed to the organization.
Russia’s trade with Africa was about $28 billion in 2025, compared with China’s $348 billion; EU-Africa goods trade totaled nearly €355 billion in 2024.
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The article argues that the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran remains paused rather than ended, and says both governments’ aims make renewed fighting likely. It points to reported strike planning, a continuing U.S. naval blockade, and political statements by Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu as signs of escalation.
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The article says Israel and the United States began the war against Iran on February 28, and that major combat has paused while diplomacy has stalled.
It says U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth visited Israel to discuss possible renewed joint strikes.
Israeli sources cited in the article say potential targets include Iranian petrochemical facilities and nuclear sites.
The article says the U.S. naval blockade of Iran’s ports had passed its 100th day.
It reports that Trump rejected an Iranian proposal for a seven-day ceasefire in September, although Iran says the offer remains available.
Trump endorsed Netanyahu on October 18 and said the United States would “finish the job” against Iran only with Netanyahu in charge.
Netanyahu said at an October 21 rally that ending the Iranian threat required overthrowing Iran’s government, and that he had directed Israeli security agencies accordingly.
The article says Israel’s October 27 election and the U.S. November 3 midterm elections could affect the timing and prospects of renewed fighting.
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El Salvador plans to send more than 2,000 soldiers to Haiti to help search for four missing Salvadoran aviation technicians and fight armed gangs. Haiti postponed its first-round presidential and parliamentary elections to July 18, 2027, citing security challenges that have hindered preparations for voting.
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Four Salvadoran technicians disappeared on October 18 after armed men ambushed their vehicle in Croix-des-Bouquets, east of Port-au-Prince.
The technicians were serving with an international security mission that supports Haitian police.
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele spoke with Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, and the prime minister’s office said they agreed to strengthen cooperation on rescue efforts and security operations.
It is unclear whether the additional Salvadoran troops will join the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force or operate separately.
Haiti scheduled the second round of voting and local elections for October 4, 2027.
Fewer than 900,000 people had registered to vote by Wednesday, out of 6.5 million Haitians with the identification cards needed to enrol, according to the Miami Herald.
An international food security assessment found that 5.94 million Haitians face acute hunger, including 1.8 million in emergency conditions; it projected the total would reach 6.35 million by mid-2027.
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A court in the Philippines is expected to issue a warrant allowing police to examine materials taken from Thomas Markle’s home. The materials are alleged to include child pornography, which Markle has denied possessing. BBC reporter Jonathan Head is reporting from outside Markle’s former home in Cebu.
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The court is expected to issue the warrant later today.
The warrant would authorise police to examine materials taken from Markle’s home.
The materials are alleged to include child pornography.
Markle has strongly denied possessing child abuse material.
Markle returned to the United States earlier this year.
BBC reporter Jonathan Head is in Cebu, outside Markle’s former residence.
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North Korea fired about 10 short-range ballistic missiles from near Wonsan into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s military said. The launch came amid rising tensions over a landmine blast that injured three South Korean soldiers and as Seoul seeks military talks with Pyongyang.
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South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles launched at about 12:30 p.m. Thursday from North Korea’s east coast.
Japan’s Defence Ministry confirmed a possible ballistic missile launch and said it fell outside Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, Kyodo News reported.
A landmine explosion in the Demilitarized Zone injured three South Korean soldiers on September 21.
A South Korea–United Nations investigation concluded that North Korea planted the mines more than a year earlier; Pyongyang rejected the finding.
North Korea’s UN representative accused South Korea of fabricating the incident and warned that violations of North Korean sovereignty could prompt self-defence.
South Korea has invited North Korea to military talks about the border dispute and restoring communication channels.
North Korea has not indicated whether it will accept the talks, and leader Kim Jong Un has suspended most dialogue and cooperation with Seoul.
The missile launch followed President Donald Trump’s suggestion that he might meet Kim Jong Un this year.
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Australian coroner David Ryan found actor Richard Norton suffered cardiac arrest after injecting the unapproved peptides CJC1295 and ipamorelin, and died in March 2025. Ryan recommended that Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration review the peptides’ benefits and risks and consider restricting them to clinical trials or other experimental use.
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Norton was 75 and worked as an actor, stuntman and fight choreographer.
A doctor prescribed Norton CJC1295 and ipamorelin in March 2025.
Norton told a nurse he had been using twice the prescribed doses.
The coroner said the safety and therapeutic benefits of the peptides remain uncertain.
An independent expert found insufficient evidence that CJC1295 or ipamorelin is safe, effective or beneficial for human use.
The Medical Board of Australia required the prescribing doctor to complete individual training in clinical record keeping and management.
The doctor accepted criticism of his practice and said he would not prescribe peptides without robust clinical evidence.
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A 19-year-old woman died after masked gunmen fired into a crowd outside Fitzy’s Loganholme pub in Brisbane’s south on Saturday night. Three men were also injured, and police are investigating the shooting.
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Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, from Jimboomba, was hit in the head and neck.
She died at Princess Alexandra Hospital on Thursday morning.
Three men, aged 27, 37 and 38, were taken to hospital; one had surgery, and two were released.
The shooting happened while the pub was hosting a boxing event.
Police said about 80 officers were involved in the murder investigation.
Police are seeking information from people who know who was involved or why the shooting happened.
Schuster-Togiatau’s family asked for privacy.
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The article describes how Serbian students built an independent protest movement after a 2024 train-station canopy collapse killed 16 people. It says the students organized university occupations, public demonstrations, and student-run services, and that their movement later dealt the government an unprecedented electoral setback.
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The protests began after a canopy collapsed at a renovated train station in 2024, killing 16 people.
The movement remained separate from Serbian opposition parties and from Russia, China, the European Union, and the United States.
Students occupied universities and organized peaceful protests and vigils across Serbia.
At the Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad, students arranged security, food, medical supplies, lectures, and administrative services.
Student-organized discussions on political and economic issues drew 300 to 400 people and lasted five or six hours.
The article says the students’ organization helped them withstand police efforts to evict them.
By March 2025, students called for citizens’ assemblies modeled on student plenaries to support their pursuit of justice for those killed.
The article says the movement dealt the government an unprecedented electoral blow, but the provided text does not identify the election or give results.
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