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The BBC reports differing turnout estimates: over 600,000 from the interior ministry and 1.57 million from CGT. The prime minister announced talks with unions and employers.
The US proposes permanent consultations and lower military risks. Kyiv wants ending the war and Ukraine’s guarantees discussed first; the EU demands a role in decisions.
After the midterms, Vance blamed Republican losses on the Iran war. Fox News interprets his remarks as an effort to attract disillusioned Trump voters.
Françoise Degois is publishing two years of exchanges with the French president. In an October 2024 message, he wrote that he missed Merkel and Draghi.
The targets for concluding talks differ: early 2028 for Moldova and the end of that year for Ukraine. Kyiv needs to accelerate rule-of-law reforms.
Armenia’s prime minister outlined possible dates for a membership application. Yerevan has yet to apply; candidate status and accession require separate decisions.
Pavlo Palisa turned down the post of Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States and asked to be returned to his brigade. The official reason is the wish to fight; the unofficial one is that nobody wants a scapegoat’s post in Washington. The author reads the refusal as a symptom of a deep crisis in Ukraine’s wartime diplomacy.
Ukrinform reports the US is preparing an investigation into an alleged diesel fuel deal between the Trump administration and Russia. The story rests on a single source, and no details of the deal have been confirmed so far.
Iran has declared that no US warships will be allowed in the Persian Gulf “under any circumstances,” and President Trump has threatened “another little Epic Fury.” Houthis attacked Saudi airports and oil facilities, while Brent crude hit $116.72 a barrel — a six-month high with consequences that reach Ukraine’s fuel prices and the West’s attention span.
410,000 people marched across France on October 24 — the second wave of protests in a week — with nearly 1,000 arrested. Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, and Albania saw simultaneous unrest as the Iran war pushed Brent crude to $116 a barrel and the cost of living ignited a continent-wide revolt.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Trump’s approval at a record-low 31%, with Democrats leading the generic ballot by 12 points two weeks before the November 3 midterms. The drop is driven by the economy and the Iran war. But would a Democratic Congress actually change U.S. policy toward Ukraine? Analysts urge caution.
Donald Trump has signed an executive order waiving the Graham Act sanctions on Russia — including 500% tariffs — two days before they were due to take effect. He then publicly accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of prolonging the war, prompting frantic calls from envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and a denial from Marco Rubio of any pause in intelligence sharing.
France's largest protests since the gilets jaunes left the historic Limoges town hall burned, 1,500 shops looted and over 2,400 arrested. On October 19, French bonds and stocks sold off sharply, and Macron is caught between the markets and the street.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a trilateral summit with Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Shenzhen, on the sidelines of APEC, to discuss ending the war in Ukraine on Moscow’s terms. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not been invited. According to The Wall Street Journal, Trump may be open to the idea.
In a Bloomberg interview, Volodymyr Zelenskyy suddenly “saw” what he had publicly ignored for two years: the United States is pressuring Ukraine to capitulate. Trump is to blame, of course. But the real question isn’t whether America is leaning on Kyiv. The question is why Ukraine ended up in a position where such pressure is even possible — and who brought the country to this point.
Donald Trump publicly urged Ukrainians to replace their president, and the Kremlin instantly called the statement “historic.” The Constitution bans elections under martial law, and 71% of Ukrainians want them only after the war. A column on why Kyiv must answer firmly — and defend its sovereignty instead of politely swallowing the insult.
An 18-year-old from Richfield, Minnesota, planned to kill up to 60 people at the Mall of America on October 24. He swore allegiance to ISIS — and bought his AK-47 from an undercover FBI agent after his parents refused to cooperate with investigators.
Darya Shipilova, 28, died at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute. Russia denies plague and scrubs its information trail, the WHO demands transparency, and Trump has announced a call with Putin. The cause of death remains unverified.
On the eve of the Nobel Peace Prize announcement, U.S. President Donald Trump declared he deserves the award. A man who is bombing Iran, hasn’t ended the war in Ukraine, and still hasn’t imposed the promised sanctions on Russia thinks of himself as a peacemaker. This isn’t politics — it’s pure theatre of the absurd. And it deserves to be taken apart with the irony it warrants.
Three years after the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023, the Middle East is locked in a multi-front war: Gaza, Hezbollah, and a direct US-Israel conflict with Iran that has killed Iran's Supreme Leader and hundreds of others. Israeli protesters still demand a state commission of inquiry — and Netanyahu's government still has not created one.
US Vice President JD Vance has publicly set Washington's condition for ending the seven-month war with Iran — a "meaningful" cut in enrichment capacity. Tehran refused within hours, leaving the diplomatic endgame deadlocked as Brent crude trades above $101.
A 15-year-old lost his left hand to a police stun grenade in Lens. Over 250,000 protesters, 6,000 arrests, 500+ schools shut: France is facing its biggest youth protests since 1968 — and the government is running out of answers.
The U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund has approved its first critical minerals deal — a $30 million platform with BGV Group, founded by ATB co-owner Hennadiy Butkevych. Officials tout investor confidence, but key terms remain secret, offshore allegations linger, and the public cannot yet judge who truly benefits.
France faces its biggest unrest since the Yellow Vests: over 900 protests, fires in high schools, 1,949 arrests in a single day — and a government blaming the far-left while teacher shortages and crumbling schools remain unaddressed.
