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PoliticsOct 28The UK cuts energy bills, taxes banks and boosts defense in high-stakes budgetThe U.K. budget cuts household energy costs, raises taxes on banks and directs billions toward defense, Ukraine and artificial intelligenceCNBC
PoliticsOct 28EU set to scrap ‘associate member’ offer for CanadaA group of countries including Germany, Greece and France all objected to mentioning associate membership in a joint EU-Canada statement.Politico Europe
PoliticsOct 28RFK Jr. rebuked for derogatory claim about ‘Arabs in the world’Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing backlash for comments he made about Arabs while at a campaign stop in Michigan. “There’s 500 million Arabs in the world, and yet they don’t produce science, they don’t win the Nobel Prize, they don’t win the Fields prize, they don’t win the Wolf…The Hill
WorldOct 28Russell Brand says friends abandoned him after sex crime allegationsComedian accused of seven offences between 1999 ‌and 2009Irish Times World
DisasterBreakingOct 28REPLAY: Spanish Transport Minister gives press conference on train crashFrance 24 [en]
DisasterOct 28Worker dies in hospital after balcony collapses in Palermo areaMetalworker, 39, falls from height of six metresANSA [en]
DisasterOct 28“People were trying to get out through the windows”: in Spain, testimonials from survivors of the Toledo accidentTÉMOIGNAGES - Plusieurs passagers de l’AVE à destination de Séville racontent à El País comment s’est déroulée la collision avec le train Iryo.Le Figaro International
PoliticsOct 28Can Singapore Help Europe Rethink Its Indo-Pacific Strategy?Singapore has spent decades making itself indispensable to a global economy in which it has little control over the behavior of the major powers. Germany might be seeking to learn from that example.The Diplomat
BusinessOct 28UK Budget: Treasury offers support with energy bills amid Iran war price shockAmong the support measures announced in the early stages of Healey's budget speech was a 100-pound one-off payment this winter that will help 20 million lower- and middle-income households.newindianexpress · india
PoliticsOct 28Kremlin says Europeans have not been invited to Ukraine-US-Russia talksPutin’s aide Yuri Ushakov says trilateral technical talks will take place without European representatives, adding that Moscow has no plans to invite them.pravda_uk · ukraine
WorldOct 28Donal Lunny, the man who revolutionized Irish traditional music, dies aged 79He notably introduced the Greek bouzouki to the array of Irish musical instruments. A prolific producer for many artists, he passed away on October 23.Le Monde [en]
DisasterOct 28Spain: Dozens killed after one high-speed train slams into anotherFrance 24 [en]
DisasterOct 28Spain: At least 64 dead in high-speed train crashFrance 24 [en]
DisasterBreakingOct 28Spanish train crash leaves 68 dead, PM Sanchez declares 3 days of mourningDW News [en]
DisasterBreakingOct 28Spain: High-speed train crash kills dozens, rescue operations ongoingDW News [en]
PoliticsOct 28UK’s Healey says government will fill defense plan gap by ‘reprioritizing’Finance minister John Healey said on Wednesday "reprioritization" in other departments would fill a £4.7 billion ($6.3 billion) gap in Britain's Defence Investment Plan.Defense News
PoliticsOct 28Putin turns a half-hour call with European leaders into a 90-minute history lecture. Trump says a three-way summit could happen ‘very soon.’Trump hopes a trilateral meeting with Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky will happen soon. The U.S. president told reporters such a meeting could take place “very soon” and said he expects the summit to achieve “a lot of progress.” He did not say where or when the talks might occur.Meduza [en]
DisasterOct 28The Civil Guard interrogates the control center operator who authorized the AVE to continue its route, despite the Iryo still being stoppedLos agentes toman manifestación también al resto del personal que estaba en el puesto de control de Adif en el momento del accidenteEl País
PoliticsOct 28Germany and Japan strengthen economic ties as global tensions riseGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi agreed in Tokyo on Wednesday to deepen cooperation on economic security and high tech. It is Merz's first visit to Japan since taking office in May 2025.EuroNews [en]
MilitaryOct 28Britain to provide Ukraine with GBP 10B over three years – ZelenskyBritain will provide Ukraine with GBP 10 billion over three years, including GBP 7 billion in economic support and GBP 3 billion for weapons.Ukrinform [en]
DisasterBreakingOct 28Italian national unaccounted for after Spanish rail disaster - sourcesANSA [en]
PoliticsOct 28Anti-mafia prosecutors investigating David Rossi's deathParliamentary commission has ruled out suicide, identified two suspectsANSA [en]
DisasterOct 28Officials plea bargain less than 2 yr terms for Mestre bus disaster7 managers, functionaries convicted of vehicular homicide in deaths of 22ANSA [en]
BusinessOct 28'£97bn deal' for Swindon confirmed in Budget as drone unit details revealed - Swindon Advertiser'£97bn deal' for Swindon confirmed in Budget as drone unit details revealed Swindon Advertiser 'New powers' for Thames Valley in devolution plan BBC Surrey mayor proposal in Budget welcomed by new councils BBC Kent ‘on course’ to get a Manchester-style mayor Kent Online Joint statement: Leaders from Stevenage Borough Council, North Herts Council, Hertsmere Borough Council and Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council respond to today’s budget North Herts Councilgoogle · united kingdom