October 2025
Mississippi drug bribery sting
14 law-enforcement officers are among 20 defendants charged in Mississippi and Tennessee with accepting bribes from drug traffickers for police protection.
Reported - 31/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2yrd6jrplo
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/fbi-mississippi-jackson-department-of-justice-b2855576.html
Rob Jetten claims election victory
Centrist liberal leader Rob Jetten has claimed victory in Wednesday's Dutch election, after vote analysis indicated his party could not be beaten by populist Geert Wilders.
Reported - 31/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq6z5e5y55eo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/31/netherlands-election-d66-rob-jetten-politics
Prince Andrew stripped of more titles
Prince Andrew is to lose his 'prince' title and leave his Windsor mansion, Royal Lodge, following weeks of intense scrutiny over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Reported - 31/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7m4yjkp74o
Mumbai police rescue child hostages
Police in Mumbai say they have safely rescued 17 children and 2 adults from a man who claimed to have taken them hostage at an acting school .
Reported - 30/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c986d9v93z4o
Ultra-Orthodox Israelis protest
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Israelis are taking part in a protest in Jerusalem against changes to a legal exemption for religious students from conscription in the military.
Reported - 30/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77zdvjrx0do
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/jews-benjamin-netanyahu-israelis-israeli-gaza-b2855424.html
Trump orders nuclear weapons testing
President Donald Trump has called on US military leaders to resume testing nuclear weapons for the first time since 1992.
Reported - 30/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzq2p0yk4o
https://www.ft.com/content/051f592c-9913-47bf-899a-91fea13bb167
Latest US boat strike in Pacific
A US attack on a boat suspected of transporting illegal drugs has left 4 men dead in the eastern Pacific Ocean.
Reported - 30/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3xq9wx5zyo
https://abcnews.go.com/International/4-killed-latest-us-strike-alleged-drug-boat/story?id=127000424
British man arrested for spying for Russia
A British man has been detained by Ukrainian security services and accused of spying for Russia.
Reported - 29/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c781z0wyzneo
Rio police raids
At least 132 people have been killed in police raids in Rio, Brasil.
Reported - 29/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8x155engwpo
Mine explosion in Australia
2 people have been killed in an underground explosion at a mine in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), the first such incident of its kind since 2015.
Reported - 28/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy5ez34yezo
Ivory Coast elections
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has secured a fourth term following an election in which two of his biggest challengers were barred from running.
Reported - 27/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddrzl9nmm2o
India-China flights
Direct flights between India and China have resumed for the first time in 5 years, as relations between the countries improve.
Reported - 27/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3rj9pe0e1wo
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/27/asia/india-china-direct-flights-resume-intl-hnk
UK signs Typhoon fighter jet deal
The UK has secured a deal worth up to £8bn to supply Turkey with 20 Typhoon fighter jets.
Reported - 27/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgk8zz7r5lo
Cameroon protests
At least 4 people have been killed during protests in Cameroon's economic capital of Douala, ahead of the official announcement of results of the presidential election.
Reported - 27/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly4x9n0yvno
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/24/deaths-arrests-amid-cameroon-election-crackdown
Argentina's Milei wins big in midterms
Argentina's President Javier Milei has led his party to a landslide victory in Sunday's midterm elections.
Reported - 27/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gw8qpyvqdo
Georgia arrests 3
3 Chinese nationals have been arrested in Georgia on suspicion of attempting to illegally purchase 2kg of uranium.
Reported - 26/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgjdgv6z3l9o
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/25/europe/georgia-arrests-chinese-nationals-uranium-intl
Jewel thieves arrested
2 suspects have been arrested over the theft of crown jewels from Paris's Louvre museum earlier in the week.
Reported - 26/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2em38pdv0do
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/26/two-men-reportedly-arrested-after-louvre-jewel-heist
New Russian nuclear-powered missile
Russia reports it has tested the nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile,which "covered a 14,000km (8,700-mile) distance, which is not the limit".
Reported - 26/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qp8ed877jo
Epping sex offender caught
Migrant sex offender Hadush Kebatu, believed to be the cause of the recent Epping protests, has been recaptured after mistakingly being released from HMP Chelmsford.
Reported - 26/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c17pez0pl57t
New Irish President announced
Independent candidate Catherine Connolly has won a landslide victory in the Irish Presidential election.
Reported - 25/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwv7w0084ro
https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-catherine-connolly-ireland-s-new-president-13456382
Mystery donor gives $130m to US military
An unnamed donor is giving $130m (£100m) to the Pentagon to help pay US troops during the government shutdown claims US President Donald Trump.
Reported - 25/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c891p1pez42o
Fatal bus crash in India
At least 19 people have died and several are injured after a bus caught fire following a collision with a motorcycle on a highway in Andhra Pradesh in southern India.
Reported - 24/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pwg8qjgjo
https://www.gbnews.com/news/world/india-bus-crash-dozens-burn
NBA illegal gambling crackdown
An NBA player and coach are among dozens of people arrested as part of an FBI investigation into illegal sports betting and allegedly rigged, mafia-linked poker games.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgmpp3x5x5o
Caerphilly by-election
Plaid Cymru has won the Caerphilly by-election with 47% of the vote. Reform came 2nd on 36% and Labour came 3rd, losing the parliamentary seat that it has held for over 100 years.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cly9rlj94x1t
https://news.sky.com/story/plaid-cymru-win-caerphilly-by-election-in-humiliation-for-labour-13455893
The Pope and King Charles meet
King Charles III has become the first head of the Church of England to pray publicly with the Pope during a state visit to the Vatican.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cdjrl9z772jo
2nd US strike on alleged drug boat in the Pacific
US forces have struck a second vessel alleged to be carrying drugs in the Pacific Ocean, killing 5 in total over both strikes.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98n54ek04go
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/22/military-boat-strike-pacific-pete-hegseth
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 40 migrants, including children, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0rp5805ykzo
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/least-40-migrants-die-boat-sinks-off-tunisia-2025-10-22/
Grooming enquiry at risk
The UK government's upcoming enquiry into grooming gangs is in disarray as 4 survivors have quit the enquiry panel, in addition to the 2 front runners for leading the enquiry.
The 4 women have said they will rejoin the panel if Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips resigns.
Reported - 23/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly285e5ljyo
Nigeria fuel tanker explosion
On oil tanker explosion in Nigeria's central Niger state has killed at least 30 people, leaving at least 40 others injured.
Reported - 22/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93dnd49l0jo
Buses crash in Uganda
At least 63 people have died after 2 buses collided in Uganda, between the capital Kampala and the northern city of Gulu.
Reported - 22/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgql9lwddw5o
https://news.sky.com/story/63-people-killed-after-two-buses-crash-in-uganda-13454919
Protest outside Dublin migrant hotel
6 people have been arrested after Irish police were attacked with projectiles at a protest outside a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Dublin.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c629zg8v8jpo
Trump-Putin meeting cancelled
A meeting between US Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin that was due to be held in Budapest has been cancelled, with both sides stating that earlier talks between the countries had been sufficient.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gjp73gp41o
French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence
Nicolas Sarkozy has become the first French ex-president to go to jail, as he starts a five-year sentence for conspiring to fund his election campaign with money from late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgkm2j0xelo
Jan 6 rioter accused of threatening to kill Democrat leader
Christopher Moynihan, pardoned by US President Donald Trump for his role in the 2021 Capitol riot, has been charged with threatening to kill Democrat leader Hakeem Jeffries.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2ej7ly369o
Brazil grants oil exploration licence
Brazil's state oil firm has received a licence to conduct exploratory oil drilling in the sea off the Amazon, despite environmental concerns about the project.
Reported - 21/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2735yp75ko
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/20/brazil-greenlights-oil-drilling-amazon
America and Australia sign deals
US President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed deals for rare earth minerals and the AUKUS defence agreement.
Reported - 20/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm273vek3x3t
Bolivia elects new President
Bolivia has elected a centrist senator, Rodrigo Paz, as its next president, bringing an end to nearly 20 years of continuous rule by the Movement for Socialism (Mas) party.
Reported - 20/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmx7nw24d1o
Artillery shrapnel hits vehicles on California highway
Shrapnel from artillery that was detonated during celebrations for the US Marine Corps hit at least two vehicles on a California highway on Saturday.
Reported - 20/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c051p3981m4o
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/19/california-marines-explosion-freeway-jd-vance
Robbery at The Louvre
The Louvre museum in Paris is closed after a robbery this morning, with the thieves making off with a number of priceless pieces of jewellery.
Reported - 19/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c62lnennzgdt
https://news.sky.com/story/louvre-museum-in-paris-closed-after-robbery-13453106
Prince Andrew gives up titles
Prince Andrew is giving up his titles, including the Duke of York and his knighthood title.
Reported - 17/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgqlyw9g7weo
Donald Trump commutes sentence
US President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of George Santos, a former Republican congressman serving seven years in prison for fraud and identify theft.
Reported - 17/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy5q3439xpqo
US captures airstrike survivors
A US military attack on a ship allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela left two survivors who have reportedly been captured by US forces and are being held aboard a Navy ship.
Reported - 17/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8zd5nylpmo
Madagascar's new President sworn in
Col Michael Randrianirina has been sworn in as the new president of Madagascar, days after a military takeover fueled by protests.
Reported - 17/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7mn1n53jno
Chinese Communist Party expels top generals
The Chinese Communist Party has expelled nine top generals as part of an anti-corruption crackdown.
Reported - 17/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwy7528ekzro
Houthis military chief of staff killed
Mohammed al-Ghamari, the Yemen based Houthi rebel's military chief of staff, has been killed.
Reported - 16/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gpvx4qydvo
Trump to meet Putin again
Donald Trump says he will meet Vladimir Putin in Hungary for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Reported - 16/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cy85d9613zxt
French PM survives 2 confidence votes
France's new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has won two no-confidence motions tabled by the opposition.
Reported - 16/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clykve1xnn6o
Uruguay legalises euthanasia
Uruguay has legalised euthanasia, becoming the first country in Latin America to pass a law that allows assisted suicide.
Reported - 16/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c7v8336zmvro
US defence secretary's plane forced to land
US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth's plane made an unscheduled landing in the UK due to a cracked windscreen.
Reported - 16/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd67qe0255vo
Syria's Sharaa meets Putin
Syria's interim President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow for the first time.
Reported - 15/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c201p2dd6r4o
Bangladesh garment factory fire
At least 16 people have died after a huge fire broke out at a garment factory in Bangladesh.
Reported - 15/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crexjqpw557o
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/dhaka-bangladesh-united-states-europe-china-b2845187.html
Charges dropped in China spying case
Prosecutors have dropped charges against two men who had been accused of spying for China.
Reported - 15/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpd94le39e7o
Shooting at South Carolina bar
A mass shooting at a crowded bar in the southern US state of South Carolina has left 4 people dead and at least 20 injured.
Reported - 12/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c87y79y8g4qo
Mali imposes $10,000 visa bond
Mali has announced that US nationals visiting will be required to post a bond of up to $10,000 (£7,500) for business and tourist visas, in response to a similar requirement the Trump administration has imposed on its citizens.
Reported - 12/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2729glzx8o
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/12/mali-imposes-retaliatory-visa-bond-fees-on-us-travellers
Afghanistan attacks Pakistan
Afghanistan, controlled by The Taliban, have killed 58 Pakistan military personnel in what it called "an act of retaliation".
Reported - 12/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgmzmn4971zo
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/11/heavy-clashes-erupt-along-pakistan-afghanistan-border
Rail operator transfers to public ownership
Greater Anglia has become the latest rail operator to enter into public ownership as part of the government's renationalisation of the network.
Reported - 12/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36kg2lzjgno
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/greater-anglia-services-transferred-to-public-ownership
Singer Ian Watkins dies in prison attack
Convicted paedophile and Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died after being attacked in jail, 2 men have been arrested.
Reported - 11/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2d2me0eljo
Devestating Mexico floods
At least 27 people have died and others are missing after floods in Mexico triggered landslides and swept away homes, vehicles and bridges.
Reported - 11/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89d9vp1djyo
Mass shooting in Mississippi
4 people have been killed and 12 others injured after a mass shooting in the US state of Mississippi.
Reported - 11/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gvgr7w2yko
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/4-dead-12-injured-in-mississippi-shooting-officials-say/
Peru's president removed from office
Peru's Congress has voted to remove President Dina Boluarte from office, hours after a late-night session was called to debate her impeachment.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1edw3x6vl2o
Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM
French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Sébastien Lecornu to return as French prime minister only four days after he stood down from the post.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4j9zz54ypo
Explosion at Tennessee munitions factory
18 people are missing after a blast at a military explosives manufacturing facility in Bucksnort, Tennessee.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89d4zw8704o
Qatar to build air force facility in America
The US has finalised an agreement that will allow Qatar to build an air force facility in Idaho.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c75q2y92090o
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/10/politics/qatar-air-force-facility-idaho
Earthquake hits southern Philippines
A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the southern coast of Philippines, with tsunami warnings now in place for.
Reported - 10/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cjr5e0jrqnyo
Hospital shelled in Sudan
At least 13 people have been killed after an attack on one of the last remaining hospitals in el-Fasher, Sudan, by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Reported - 09/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gw1gj4kk7o
Colombia's president says US attacks killed Colombian citizens
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has said that a boat recently bombed by the US was "Colombian with Colombian citizens inside", an allegation the White House called "baseless", insisting it had targeted and killed drug smugglers.
Reported - 09/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c89dz920p0do
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/09/gustavo-petro-colombia-boats-us-military
New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted
New York Attorney General Letitia James, who led a fraud investigation against President Donald Trump in 2023, has been criminally indicted on federal charges of bank fraud.
Reported - 09/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g9n4xj904o
https://www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/news/new-york-attorney-general-letitia-james-b2842988.html
Paraglider drops bombs at Myanmar festival
At least 24 people were killed and 47 others wounded while protesting Myanmar's military government after a motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd.
Reported - 08/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cge2l1xj2zdo
Renewables overtake coal
Renewable energy overtook coal as the world's leading source of electricity in the first half of this year for the first time.
Reported - 07/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2rz08en2po
Lithuanian airport forced to shut
Balloons carrying thousands of packs of cigarettes have disrupted flights in Lithuania, as Vilnius Airport was forced to close for hours when dozens of them floated into the country's airspace.
Reported - 06/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0r0ezjzwpno
https://edition.cnn.com/2025/10/05/europe/balloons-smuggled-cigarettes-over-lithuania-latam-intl
Eswatini accepts 10 US deportees
The US has deported 10 people to Eswatini despite rights groups in the southern African state mounting legal action to block the plan.
Reported - 06/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn5qdx260lzo
Israel deports flotilla activists
Israel has deported 171 activists who were detained when Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla trying to breach its naval blockade of Gaza to deliver aid last week.
Reported - 06/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg7dk52l1jvo
US Supreme Court rejects Maxwell appeal
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Ghislaine Maxwell against her sex-trafficking conviction.
Reported - 06/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn83e6q7lq4o
https://news.sky.com/story/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-request-from-ghislaine-maxwell-13445879
French PM quits
French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned after 26 days in the role.
Reported - 06/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cewn9k0w9rxo
Syria holds first elections since Assad
Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections on Sunday since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, but some provinces will not be eligible to vote at this time.
Reported - 05/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czrpx1vvr45o
Trump authorises troop deployment
US President Donald Trump has authorised the deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago, Illinois.
Reported - 05/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dnk0ee6pyo
Militants storm Somali jail
7 Al-Shabab militants, who dressed as as soldiers to attack a high-security prison in Somalia's capital, have all been killed.
Reported - 05/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp3v0px28j8o
Japan's first female prime minister
Japan's ruling conservative party has elected Sanae Takaichi as its new leader, which would make her Japan's first female prime minister.
Reported - 04/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pmy7m72lo
https://news.sky.com/story/japan-set-for-first-female-prime-minister-13443998
Czech parliamentary election
Andrej Babis' ANO party has won parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic, although they have fallen short of an overall majority.
Reported - 04/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c62qezmr92lo
Next Archbishop of Canterbury named
Dame Sarah Mullally has been named as the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate - the first woman to be chosen for the role.
Reported - 03/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2lxyxqzxkdo
Russia targets UK military satellites
Russian satellites have been stalking British military satellites, according to the head of the UK Space Command.
Reported - 03/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gkyl1j6n9o
Fire at Chevron refinery
There has been a massive overnight fire at a jet fuel production unit at Chevron's El Segundo refinery near Los Angeles.
Reported - 03/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2zj84vwe9o
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15158133/huge-fire-los-angeles-chevron-refinery.html
US strike another alleged drug vessel near Venezuela
US forces have killed 4 people in an attack on a boat off the coast of Venezuela that was allegedly trafficking drugs.
Reported - 03/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0xvpxk9dqo
Manchester synagogue attack
2 people have been killed and 3 others injured in a terror attack on a synagogue in Manchester.
The attacker, identified as Jihad Al-Shamie, was shot dead by police on the scene.
Reported - 03/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx2703lnww4t
France charge tanker captain
The captain of an oil tanker believed to be part of Russia's "shadow fleet" of vessels used to evade sanctions has been charged by French authorities.
Reported - 02/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqxz1wvqvzqo
Protests in Morocco
At least 2 people have been killed in Morocco after police opened fire to prevent protesters from storming a police station in Lqliaa, following days of protests against the government.
Reported - 02/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrqpekyxpvo
Indonesia school collapse
59 people are still missing under rubble after a school collapsed in Indonesia, which has left 5 confirmed dead so far.
Reported - 02/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8d783yjvpyo
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/indonesia-police-java-b2837738.html
Israeli naval ships intercept Gaza-bound flotilla
The Israeli navy has intercepted boats carrying aid to Gaza and detained the activists aboard, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg.
Reported - 02/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0lk292jww4o
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/israeli-gaza-foreign-ministry-barcelona-jerusalem-b2837811.html
Ethiopia church crush
At least 30 people have died and more than 200 others been injured after scaffolding collapsed at a church in Ethiopia.
Reported - 01/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly9p9p6lz0o
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/ethiopia-addis-ababa-red-cross-b2837527.html
US government shuts down
The US government has shut down, after senators fail to agree on funding bill.
Many government workers will be sent home without pay until the funding is agreed.
Reported - 01/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/clylje0rmp2t
Philippines earthquake
At least 69 people have been killed in a 6.9 magnitude earthquake in the central Philippines.
Reported - 01/10/25
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4gq591q939t