Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection.
NYTimes – US NYTimes – US Pike, 50, is being held in solitary confinement and faces an uncertain future after surviving a failed lethal injection.
BBC News – World Residents have begun leaving the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky through an evacuation corridor opened during a temporary local ceasefire. Senior Ukrainian official David Arakhamia said evacuees left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation and are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus. The White House said US first lady Melania Trump helped negotiate the ceasefire and coordinate the humanitarian mission. Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the devastated frontline town, which lacks gas, electricity and running water.
NYTimes – World Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta announced it is closing, citing pressure from Russian authorities. The outlet, whose co-founder Dmitry Muratov received the Nobel Peace Prize, said the government had orchestrated its demise. Reports noted recent searches of a senior editor's home and the detention of one of its journalists. Novaya Gazeta has been openly critical of Russia's war in Ukraine and was classed as a 'foreign agent' by Moscow.
NYTimes – US The 2-1 ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel is the latest setback for the Trump administration's efforts to assert control over state-run elections.
NPR – World Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has suspended trading after a suspected cyberattack linked to North Korea. Blockchain intelligence firms tied North Korea to the breach, which Binance said affected approximately $6.3 billion and which the company described as complex. Users were left unable to trade while the suspected breach was investigated.
Sky News – Front Page Sir Patrick Stewart, the actor best known as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in "Star Trek" and Professor Charles Xavier in the "X-Men" films, has died at 86. He died in Los Angeles after living with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia, according to Al Jazeera. Tributes have been paid to Stewart, who was born in Mirfield, England.
BBC News – World Pope Leo XIV has become the first pope to vote in a U.S. general election, casting a mail-in ballot in his native Chicago ahead of the November 3 midterm elections, the Vatican confirmed. The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Donald Trump, mailed in a ballot in a contest that will decide control of the U.S. Congress.
BBC Sport Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has warned 16-year-old Max Dowman that "we are not in Disneyland" after the teenager's red card in the Carabao Cup defeat at Fleetwood. Arteta said Dowman must learn from the mistake and will be held to the same standards as other first-team players. Arsenal's appeal against Dowman's three-match suspension was rejected. It was Dowman's second red card this month, having also been sent off for England Under-19s.
NPR – Politics U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes ordered a formal ethics inquiry into government lawyers' conduct in the East Potomac Golf Links case, asking them to explain contradictory statements about their plans for the municipal golf course. The inquiry follows allegations that Trump administration officials may have misled the court.
BBC News – UK Residents have begun leaving the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleshky through an evacuation corridor opened during a temporary local ceasefire. Senior Ukrainian official David Arakhamia said evacuees left for Russia's Anapa city with a Ukrainian delegation and are expected to fly to Belarus before returning to Ukraine by bus. The White House said US first lady Melania Trump helped negotiate the ceasefire and coordinate the humanitarian mission. Several hundred people are understood to have decided to stay in the devastated frontline town, which lacks gas, electricity and running water.
