USS Eisenhower carrier strike group ordered to eastern Mediterranean, says Pentagon (www.independent.co.uk)
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
VIDEO: CNN footage shows UFO using tractor beam technology on two rockets. The little UFO ship then flings the rocket and it explodes. (tiblur.com)
China’s exports and imports drop again in September (www.cnbc.com)
China reported a smaller-than-expected decline in exports in September from a year ago, while imports missed, according to customs data released Friday....
Putin expected in Beijing, more dependent than ever on China (www.france24.com)
Beijing is hosting representatives of 130 countries on October 17-18 to mark a decade of its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) – a key geopolitical project of President Xi to extend China’s global reach....
Israeli Invasion Plans Target Gaza City and Hamas Leadership (www.nytimes.com)
The Israeli military is preparing to invade the Gaza Strip in the coming days with tens of thousands of soldiers ordered to capture Gaza City and destroy the enclave’s current leadership, according to three senior Israeli military officers who outlined unclassified details about the plan....
Senior Russian diplomat found dead in hotel in Turkey (the-news.com.ua)
Open letter from Harvard employee opposing persecution of students protesting Israel’s assault on Gaza (www.wsws.org)
Russia destroyed 300,000 tons of grain since July in port, ship attacks, Kyiv says (www.reuters.com)
Russia has destroyed almost 300,000 metric tons of grain since July in attacks on Ukraine’s port facilities and on ships, the Ukrainian government said on Friday, underscoring the war’s threat to global food security....
Finland has no private schools – and its pupils perform better than British children (inews.co.uk)
Finland ranked seventh in the world in OECD’s student assessment chart in 2018, well above the UK and the United States, where there is a mix of private and state education
Iran-backed Hezbollah joining Israel-Hamas conflict would be a ‘game changer,’ Middle East expert says (www.cnbc.com)
Hezbollah operates as both a political party and paramilitary group and is designated by the U.S. as a terrorist organization....
Slitting babies’ throats is not terrorism, claims ex-BBC correspondent (www.jpost.com)
Experts warn of risk of civil unrest in UK due to food shortages | ScienceDaily (www.sciencedaily.com)
BBC journalists held at gunpoint by Israeli police (www.bbc.co.uk)
Sydney police plan to use ‘extraordinary’ powers to search pro-Palestinian protesters and demand ID (www.theguardian.com)
Japan decides to strip Unification Church's religious corporation status (japantoday.com)
Israel says no exceptions to Gaza siege unless hostages freed (www.reuters.com)
Palestinians stream south in Gaza as Israel urges mass evacuation and stages brief ground incursions (apnews.com)
Palestinians scrambled to flee northern Gaza on Saturday after the Israeli military ordered nearly half the population to evacuate south and carried out limited ground forays ahead of an expected land offensive a week after Hamas’ bloody, wide-ranging attack into Israel....
Saudi Arabia puts Israel deal on ice amid war, engages with Iran, sources say (www.reuters.com)
Saudi Arabia is putting U.S.-backed plans to normalise ties with Israel on ice, two sources familiar with Riyadh’s thinking said, signalling a rapid rethinking of its foreign policy priorities as war escalates between Israel and Palestinian group Hamas....
Philippines Hits Back at China's 'Propaganda' in South China Sea Dispute (www.newsweek.com)
China’s claim that it chased off a Philippine gunboat in the South China Sea is mere propaganda, a Philippine official has said....
Fierce fighting persists in Ukraine’s east as Kyiv reports nonstop assaults by Russia on a key city (apnews.com)
Ukrainian officials reported intense combat as Russian forces relentlessly assaulted the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka for a fifth consecutive day Saturday....
Israel tells UN to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip within 24 hours (www.axios.com)
The Israeli Ministry of Defense and the IDF notified the UN just before midnight local time that Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza should evacuate to the southern part of the Gaza Strip in the next 24 hours, according to UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric and another source with direct knowledge....
Analysis: IMF warning on China puts 'Japanization' risk in spotlight (www.reuters.com)
Australians look set to vote against Indigenous voice in parliament (www.theguardian.com)
