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British newspapers on Tuesday discuss the unrest in France with the introduction of a curfew, £2 billion cuts to army spending, expectations for Chancellor John Healey's budget, the abolition of the two-child benefit limit, the fate of Thames Water and other topics.
Otabek YusupovYasmin Ferrigan, who runs Hadeel, an Edinburgh shop selling Palestinian Fairtrade goods, was detained at Ben Gurion Airport and deported. According to her, she was accused of supporting Hamas and of membership in Palestine Action. She had arrived to meet Palestinian partners.
Otabek YusupovProtests by Italian truckers over rising diesel prices have spread across the south of the country: roads and the port of Naples have been blocked, and several regions report empty shelves in supermarkets. Transport Minister Matteo Salvini expressed confidence in the possibility of dialogue; a meeting between the ministry and industry associations is scheduled for Tuesday.
Otabek YusupovNew regulations to be introduced in parliament on Tuesday will cancel universal credit payments (up to £800 a month) to murderers and dangerous sexual offenders being treated in hospitals at NHS expense. The measure will affect around 2,500 people and, according to the government's estimate, will save tens of millions of pounds a year. The initiative was backed by victims' families, including relatives of those killed in Nottingham in 2023.
Otabek YusupovThe Vente Venezuela party announced a mobilization for October 22 in all 23 states demanding the safe return of its leader and 2025 Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado. The party also demanded a date for presidential elections, the release of political prisoners, and the lifting of bans on opposition figures.
Otabek YusupovAccording to ProPublica, political appointees at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, after Trump's return to the White House, demanded that CISA secretly acquire a voting machine and attempt to hack it, passing the results to the White House and concealing vulnerabilities from the manufacturer. Agency staff said the task was unfeasible, partly due to staffing cuts. The appointees ultimately abandoned the idea.
Otabek YusupovGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz said at the Invest in Germany summit that the country has begun the largest modernization in its recent history: investments in infrastructure, green energy and defense. According to him, more than 500 billion euros will be allocated to strengthening defense capability by the end of the decade. At the same time, according to a ZDF poll from October 8, 59% of Germans consider the coalition's social reforms mistaken.
Otabek YusupovUS President Donald Trump has once again called for renaming the state of New Mexico to 'New America,' claiming it would boost the state's prestige, real estate values, and residents' incomes. He previously made this proposal in September, and the state's governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, rejected it. The president cannot unilaterally rename a state — a state constitutional amendment would be required.
Otabek YusupovUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US Senators Richard Blumenthal and Thom Tillis. He said Ukraine received no warning from partners ahead of a wave of Russian ballistic missile strikes, and that speed restrictions on Starlink and Starshield remain in place in frontline areas without explanation from the US.
Otabek YusupovUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Shahed drone strike on a park near a café in the Kharkiv region on October 19 killed six people and wounded 14, including children. A one-year-old girl, Angelina, was killed; her mother Inna died in hospital. Zelenskyy called on the US to pass Graham's sanctions bill and reported strikes on energy facilities, Pentagon delivery delays and Starlink problems.
Otabek Yusupov21-year-old Ana Eliza Santos, who won half a million votes in the October 4 Chamber of Deputies elections, has become one of President Lula's social media advisers ahead of the October 25 runoff. According to Datafolha, Lula trails Flavio Bolsonaro but is closing the gap.
Otabek YusupovAccording to Iranian media reports, Pakistan's army chief of staff Asim Munir will visit Iran on Tuesday for talks on Islamabad's mediation efforts between Tehran and Washington. The US and Iran previously signed the Islamabad memorandum, but negotiations stalled over disagreements on security guarantees and shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Otabek YusupovTurkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan held a meeting with Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Maxime Prévot in Brussels, diplomatic sources said. The visit takes place within the framework of the 4th meeting of the foreign, justice and interior ministers of the two countries.
Otabek YusupovRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Tehran on October 19, where he held talks with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, and Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei. The discussions covered bilateral partnership, energy, transport and trade, as well as the situation in the Middle East, the Persian Gulf, the South Caucasus and the Caspian region.
Otabek YusupovIran's Foreign Ministry summoned German Ambassador Axel Dittmann in response to the summoning of Iran's ambassador in Berlin, where Tehran was accused of planning attacks on pro-Israeli figures. Iran called the accusations unsubstantiated.
Otabek YusupovIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, speaking at a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Tehran, said that Iran supports any initiatives to ensure security based on the region's own capabilities without the presence of foreign forces. He also noted that Tehran and Moscow share aligned positions on the Caspian Sea and Afghanistan.
Otabek YusupovJensen Huang believes AI development in Europe is held back by hesitation and endless analysis, and urged a faster move to practice. At the Invest in Germany summit in Berlin, he and Chancellor Friedrich Merz intend to present a joint AI pact. The government is preparing several hundred million euros, with about a dozen companies joining the project, including Siemens and Audi, as well as the startup Black Forest Labs. The funds will go mainly to computing capacity of Deutsche Telekom's Industrial AI Cloud with the chip
Otabek YusupovAfter a weekend of unrest and looting across France, authorities imposed overnight curfews in parts of central Paris and several cities. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu did not rule out a state of emergency and promised a law on damage compensation. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez tried to resign, but Macron refused to accept it.
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