‘No more Viktor Orbán’: EU plans 15-year probation period for new member states Enlargement commissioner Marta Kos outlines proposed safeguards to protect EU from undemocratic leaders The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
French Students Have Taken To The Streets Over Learning Conditions. Thousands Have Been Detained. The unrest is adding political pressure as France struggles with a 5.1% deficit, rising debt and a contentious push to rein in public spending. International Business Times · Oct 6
How dilapidated are French schools and how bad is inequality in the education system? France’s prime minister has promised to address ‘legitimate’ complaints raised by those taking part in protests The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Norwegian princess Märtha Louise and husband sue ex-friends for ‘betrayal of trust’ Märtha Louise and Durek Verrett launch defamation lawsuit in Los Angeles, claiming ‘coordinated series of devastating public attacks’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
New York governor declares state of emergency after spike in measles cases The deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania is its largest in more than three decades, and confirmed cases in New York are up The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Mental Health Experts State Donald Trump Is Not a 'Mentally Well Man' Following Uncensored Interview Forensic psychiatrist Bandy Lee and psychologist Vincent Greenwood offered critical views of Donald Trump's behaviour during a TIME interview, while acknowledging their opinions were not clinical diagnoses. International Business Times UK · Oct 6
Tensions Between Russia and NATO Keep Escalating. France Now Tested an Updated Nuclear Missile. The exercise involved a submarine-launched ballistic missile capable to carrying a nuclear head. International Business Times · Oct 6
Veteran conservative lawyer quits Trump’s interior department and warns of ‘assault on the rule of law’ John Murdock had been working for the agency for 18 years and his resignation comes during an exodus of longtime federal workers and scientists The Guardian - US · Oct 6
Hurricane tracker: Check latest updates on tropical storm in gulf, cyclone, typhoon Nolo, Hurricane Rachel Hurricane tracker: Nolo is no longer a hurricane. The powerful storm remains about as strong, but it changed names to a typhoon as it crossed the international dateline in the Pacific Ocean. Hurricane Rachel continued heading westward on a path away from Mexico. The Economic Times · Oct 6
First Thing: ‘Deranged’ and ‘dangerous’ Trump calls for Iran to strike US cities amid historic ratings low California’s leaders attack president after he suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Riot police fire teargas as 250,000 take part in schools protests across France Officers also carry out baton charges as students, staff and parents march in cities including Paris, Marseille and Lyon The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Germany arrests former intelligence chief over alleged spying August Hanning served as president of Federal Intelligence Service from 1998 to 2005 The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
Kilmar Abrego Garcia returns to federal court to fight deportation to Liberia He was arrested in Baltimore in March 2025 after picking up his then-5-year-old son, who has autism and other disabilities, from his grandmother’s house The Independent UK · Oct 6
Kenya confirms first Ebola case as virus ‘surges’ in DR Congo province Health minister says 28 contacts identified after death of citizen who arrived from DRC on Saturday The Guardian - UK · Oct 6
The Independent UK · Oct 6 Notorious serial killer linked to 30 more cases: ‘Wherever he went, men and women ended up dead’ Ivan Milat was convicted of seven murders and died in prison in 2019
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6 ‘This is state violence’: Paris students rage at politicians and heavy-handed policing Unprecedented protests that began in low-income suburb are turning ugly, with investigations under way into police brutality
Medical Daily · Oct 6 Broward County Confirms Its First Locally Acquired Dengue Case This Year, Placing Fort Lauderdale Area Under Mosquito Advisory Broward County confirmed a locally acquired dengue case on Oct. 5 and issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory. Here is what residents should know.
The Independent UK · Oct 6 Father-of-four collapses and dies while running first half marathon John Meise was taking part in the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon in Wisconsin when he collapsed not far from the finish line
International Business Times UK · Oct 6 'Black Death Plague' Outbreak Reportedly Predicted by Mystic Baba Vanga as Russian Hospitals Lock Down A Russian laboratory worker's death has prompted plague fears and Baba Vanga prophecy claims online, but authorities and the WHO say no plague outbreak has been confirmed.
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Democrats upbeat as unpopular Trump imperils Republican midterm hopes Polls show GOP candidates trailing Democrats in Senate races, and Republicans also struggling in House contests
Medical Daily · Oct 6 Kentucky Measles Cases Reach 94, the Highest Yearly Count Since 1991, as Christian County Climbs to 44 Kentucky's measles count hit 94 on Oct. 5, the most since 1991, with seven hospitalized. See which counties are affected and what families can do.
The Guardian - US · Oct 6 Democrats now favored in key midterm races that could give them control of US Senate, new projections find – as it happened This live blog is now closed.
Radio France Internationale · Oct 6 France earmarks a further €7m to help fight DRC's worst-ever Ebola crisis France has decided to allocate an additional €7 million this year to combat the Ebola epidemic currently ravaging the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This comes as Kenya announced its first-ever death from the disease.
Fortune · Oct 5 Texas businessman gets 13 years in federal prison as feds seize his Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Firebird and dozens more cars to pay back fraud victims Clayton Iley pitched a fake Defense Department loan program and used victims’ identities to fund 90-plus collector vehicles, prosecutors say.
The Guardian - UK · Oct 6 Trump suggests Iran could ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’