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Poland: man arrested over a plot to attack Donald Tusk and his defence minister
Alerted by the state protection service, police and intelligence officials described a 'credible' threat against the prime minister and Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. A man of about 60 was detained in Lower Silesia.
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'Energy ceasefire': Trump announces it between Moscow and Kyiv, Zelensky learns of it and Russia strikes Kharkiv
Donald Trump proclaimed an immediate truce on energy infrastructure without giving its terms. Kyiv says it will accept it if Moscow does, the Kremlin stays silent, and a Kharkiv power plant is hit that evening.
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Djibouti: at least 139 migrants dead after a boat bound for Yemen capsizes
The boat, which left Obock with more than 300 people on board, capsized close to the coast. According to the IOM, at least 15 children are among the dead, around 84 people are missing and the survivors are all Ethiopian.
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Saudi Arabia: twelve dead and 309 injured in an attack on Riyadh airport blamed on the Houthis
The third strike in a week on King Khalid airport killed people of seven nationalities; the Riyadh-led coalition vows to retaliate and Donald Trump says he is weighing US participation in strikes on the Houthis.
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Trump says it is "time for Ukraine to get a new president" and turns on Zelensky after the Russian diesel deal
A day after his Russian diesel deal with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump called for Volodymyr Zelensky to be replaced, blaming him for strikes on Russian refineries. Moscow hailed the remarks as "historic", while Kyiv and London backed the Ukrainian president.
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Trump-Putin deal on Russian diesel: Washington eases sanctions, Zelensky condemns "a weak decision"
After a call with Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump announced massive deliveries of Russian diesel to bring prices down before the midterm elections; the Treasury authorised the imports until April 2027. Kyiv speaks of money for the war, and lawmakers from both parties say the deal runs against the sanctions law.
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Panama: buildings collapse in the centre of the country, tsunami alert lifted
The earthquake, followed by a magnitude 6.6 aftershock, hit the provinces of Herrera, Coclé, Veraguas and Los Santos: roads and buildings collapsed, a colonial church destroyed, people injured. The Panama Canal is operating normally; the tsunami alert issued for nine countries was lifted.
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Nobel Peace Prize for Navi Pillay: the South African jurist is honoured as Washington sanctions the ICC hours later
A former judge of international criminal courts and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, 85, is honoured for her work for international law. The same day, the United States sanctioned the International Criminal Court; Israel criticised the Oslo committee's choice.
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Flydubai flight: the co-pilot was targeting Ben Gurion airport's terminal, the UAE prosecutor says
According to UAE prosecutors, the Omani co-pilot of the 30 September Dubai–Tel Aviv flight intended to crash the plane into Ben Gurion's terminal, inspired by 9/11; he allegedly scouted the route on two earlier flights. His radicalisation reportedly began in Australia in 2017.
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Ukraine: at least 28 killed in Russian strikes, including five children in a Pryluky apartment block
Missiles and drones hit Kyiv and a dozen regions overnight from 6 to 7 October; in Pryluky, a five-storey building partly collapsed. Kyiv condemned a "vile" strike and called for Patriot systems, while Moscow said it had targeted military-industrial sites.
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Death penalty in the US: awake after a botched execution, Christa Pike reignites the lethal injection debate
A week after her execution by pentobarbital injection failed, the 50-year-old prisoner has regained consciousness, "angry and confused" according to her lawyers. A judge ordered evidence preserved, Tennessee has suspended executions and whether the state may try again remains open.
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