Rishi Sunak wades into debate over trans people, declaring no one can change sex (inews.co.uk)
All the news on his speech seems to be about HS2 but I think that this is important too.
Europe could become energy self-sufficient in $2 trillion push, study says (www.reuters.com)
Putin Threatens To Kill Klaus Schwab (odysee.com)
Ukraine aid is dropped from government funding bill. That raises questions about future US support (apnews.com)
Putin makes nuclear-powered Burevestnik missile test claim (www.bbc.com)
Extreme weather displaced 43m children in past six years, Unicef reports (www.theguardian.com)
At least 43 million child displacements were linked to extreme weather events over the past six years, the equivalent of 20,000 children being forced to abandon their homes and school every single day, new research has found....
Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to Kariko and Weissman, pioneers of COVID vaccine (www.reuters.com)
The ‘naive cynicism’ of Russell Brand’s hasty defenders (www.spectator.co.uk)
Ireland may pay to not accept migrants from other parts of the EU, says Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (www.independent.ie)
September sizzled to records and was so much warmer than average scientists call it 'mind-blowing' (apnews.com)
Moldova moves to bar members of banned pro-Russia party from elections (www.reuters.com)
UK says Russia plotting to sabotage Ukrainian grain tankers with sea mines (www.theguardian.com)
Based on ‘declassified intelligence’, UK says Russia targeting civilian shipping on approaches to Black Sea ports...
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall (www.theguardian.com)
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England....
Putin says hand grenade fragments found in bodies of victims in Wagner chief's plane crash (apnews.com)
China rebukes EU after formal launch of EV subsidy probe (www.reuters.com)
China voiced dissatisfaction on Wednesday at a demand by the European Union to engage within a “very short” time in consultations on the bloc’s inquiry into subsidies for electric vehicles....
EU set to announce Ukraine accession talks by December (www.politico.eu)
The European Union is gearing up to open negotiations with Ukraine on its future accession to the bloc with a formal announcement expected as soon as December....
Emotional Zelenskiy asks Europe for more help against Russia (www.reuters.com)
Mexico's president says 10,000 migrants a day head to US border; he blames US sanctions on Cuba (apnews.com)
Naval Defeat: Russia’s Black Sea Fleet Has Abandoned its Critical Crimea Base (www.kyivpost.com)
Satellite imagery indicates Russia moving navy ships to other ports after Sevastopol attacks (www.cnn.com)
Satellite imagery indicates that Russia has been relocating some naval ships from the Black Sea port of Sevastopol in Crimea after a series of Ukrainian attacks, as Moscow meanwhile announced plans for a new base in a breakaway region of Georgia....
Italy is a Reliable Ally in Support of Ukraine. Silk Road? It Didn't Work (it.usembassy.gov)
Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says (apnews.com)
China to double size of space station, touts alternative to NASA-led ISS (www.reuters.com)
China plans to expand its space station to six modules from three in coming years, offering astronauts from other nations an alternative platform for near-Earth missions as the NASA-led International Space Station (ISS) nears the end of its lifespan....
Ukraine hit Russia's most treasured air-defense system on its own soil, reports say (www.businessinsider.com)
Ukraine damaged one of Russia’s most treasured air-defense system in a drone attack, according to multiple reports....
