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Hundreds of French supermarkets saw their refrigeration systems defrosted, spoiling tons of frozen food. The unprecedented attack has raised serious questions about food security across Europe.

Tens of thousands of people in India have taken to the streets in recent days to protest the deletion of 130 million names from the voter rolls, a large majority of which are believed to be opposed to Narendra Modi’s ruling BJP party. The demonstrations, joined by leaders from India’s opposition parties, are being led by students and the youth-led ++“Cockroach” movement++. Tens of thousands of security forces, including paramilitary and police, were out on the streets over the weekend cracking down on the uprising, detaining protesters en masse, including lawyers, journalists and protest leaders.

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday urged Alberta to remain in Canada, warning that a vote next week on whether to hold a referendum on leaving Canada would begin a “long and uncertain process” at a dangerous time for the country.

Royal College of Nursing cuts ties with Israeli drug company (Guardian, 2026-10-02)

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva called on the elderly to vote for their children and underscored the importance of the youth in mobilizing for the election.

Ukrainian leader says he was surprised by Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’ announcement, which was posted as Russian drones hit Kyiv

The Saudi-led coalition said a projectile struck a terminal at Riyadh’s airport Sunday, a day after a missile attack killed 13 people and injured 309.

Spain has concluded this week a new legislature without yet addressing the recommendations of the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) - a Council of Europe body that aims to improve its members’ capacity to fight corruption - regarding the regulation of the links between political leaders, especially parliamentarians, and the so-called interest groups. This is a requirement that this body of the Council of Europe has been raising since 2014 and which is also supported by the European Commission.

UK to bring further sanctions against Tehran and IRGC after assessment Iran was likely to have coordinated incident

Yandex has been forced to pause its operations at a data centre near Moscow after the facility was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike - the third attack on the Russian tech giant’s sites this week.

Ukrainian president earlier rejected US call for Kyiv to stop bombing oil refineries, saying Moscow must first end attacks on energy infrastructure

Russia has attacked a power plant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv despite Donald Trump’s statement earlier Sunday that both sides had agreed to an “energy ceasefire,” according to Ukrainian officials.

PM says he asked question upon entering No 10 but does not reveal who gave him ‘clear answer’ that Russia meddled

China-linked company Integrity Technology Group has been exposed by the UK and international partners for enabling cyber actors to target organisations worldwide.

For 700,000 children in Gaza, tent classrooms are now the closest thing to school. But after three years of war, Ruwaida Amer reported, they cannot restore the education, routine, and community students once had.

October 9, 2026 [weekly newsletter about Cuba from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

India has launched an unprecedented crackdown on demonstrators after the election commission purged over 130 million people from voter rolls.

Saudi Arabia on Sunday extended the closure of its main international airport as Houthi rebels threatened airstrikes across the kingdom, a day after a missile attack killed 12 people and wounded more than 300.

Europe must strengthen its own defense, support the UK rejoining the European Union, and make immigration work amid aging societies as internal divisions and geopolitical tensions are threatening the continent’s future, says Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

The European Parliament adopted a recommendation on EU-China political relations that rejected China’s efforts to restrict Taiwan’s participation in international organizations and exchanges.

The messages invoked the Holocaust, Adolf Hitler and Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack on Israel. 

In the 25-minute address, Lai also described Taiwan as the “salt” and “light” of the world. Both images come from the same biblical passage as “city upon a hill”: Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation giving Donald Trump broad powers to impose sanctions on Russia and tariffs of up to 100% on countries that buy Russian oil and gas. It will now go to Trump to be signed into law.

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Thieves stole about 30,000 bottles of some of Italy’s most prized wines worth an estimated 5 million euros ($5.8 million) from a winery in Tuscany, in what the producer described Friday as the country’s largest wine theft on record.

Tesla has changed the name of its advanced driver assistance system in Europe after pushback from Germany’s transportation ministry. It’s now called “Tesla Assisted Driving,” instead of “Full Self-Driving (Supervised).”

Ethiopian minister says Eritrean troops advanced up to 60 km into Tigray

Trump said on social media he had a “highly successful” discussion with President Vladimir Putin in which they agreed that Russia will immediately supply more than 300,000 metric tons of diesel to US and ​global markets, equal to about 2.25 million barrels of fuel.

The film shatters ‘respectable’ Israelis’ illusion of moral superiority: The most prestigious, highly educated soldiers are the primary culprits of genocide.

A man named Hitler Mussolini Simeon Flores has secured a narrow victory in Peru’s local elections, exit polls show.

The European Parliament has urged this Thursday the Member States to analyze whether certain entities and individuals linked to the Islamist organization Muslim Brotherhood should be added to the European list of terrorist organizations, within a package of actions to curb the infiltration of these networks into democratic institutions and strengthen the oversight of their funding and activities in Union territory.

The Trump administration has imposed sweeping new sanctions on the International Criminal Court as part of its campaign to dismantle the tribunal that the U.S. believes has become politicized and attempted to unfairly and illegally prosecute Americans and Israelis on war crimes charges.