Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky reach Ukrainian-held territory

This is the morning edition of the One News Page Global Briefing, for Sunday, the first of November, twenty twenty-six. Here is what matters now.

Residents evacuated from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian city of Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-controlled territory after a localized humanitarian operation. The civilians traveled by bus and plane through Russia and Belarus following a temporary truce that the White House said U S First Lady Melania Trump helped negotiate and coordinate. Oleshky has been under Russian occupation since twenty twenty-two, and intense fighting left residents starving and unable to leave. Several hundred people decided to remain in the devastated frontline town despite the absence of gas, electricity and running water.

In U S legal news, U S District Judge Darrin Gayles in Miami dismissed Donald Trump's defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal with prejudice, ending the president's legal challenge over the newspaper's reporting on an alleged birthday letter to Jeffrey Epstein. The ruling means Trump cannot amend or refile the suit. Judge Gayles found the president did not prove the defendants made defamatory statements with actual malice, the standard required in such cases. The ten billion dollars action was Trump's second attempt to make that claim.

Meanwhile, in Washington, Washington, D.C., and Virginia have filed suit to block construction of President Trump's proposed Triumphal Arch, the latest legal effort to stop his remaking of the capital. U S District Court Judge Tanya Chutkin ordered both sides to confer and agree on a proposed briefing schedule for a motion for a temporary restraining order by Saturday evening.

In sport, Chelsea beat Manchester United two-zero at Stamford Bridge in the Premier League. Morgan Rogers put Chelsea ahead with a stunning solo run and finish, and the Blues went on to complete the victory. The defeat left United facing a possible drop into the bottom three depending on later results. United manager Michael Carrick criticized his side's defending, particularly for the first goal conceded, after a match in which his team had been wasteful during a first-half spell of dominance.

In France, France is bracing for a third weekend of youth-led protests, part of a wave of youth-led rallies across Europe. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez warned of a very high risk of disorder, especially after dark on Halloween, as some three hundred and twenty thousand people took to the streets nationwide. About seventy thousand police and gendarmes were deployed, and shops boarded up amid fears of a repeat of the violence seen on seventeen October. The demonstrations began over the cost of living and poor school conditions and have since broadened to wider demands.

Elsewhere in Asia, India's main opposition parties and the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party held a mega rally in New Delhi on Sunday demanding the resignation of the country's election chief. Critics say voter-list revisions favour Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, and the opposition fears a roll revision could leave one hundred and thirty million voters off the rolls. Security was tightened, with law enforcement officials carrying batons and shields surrounding the rally site.

In California, one person was killed and six others were wounded in a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store inside the Solano Town Center in Fairfield. Police said all seven victims had gunshot wounds and are searching for the shooter.

At the United Nations, the United Nations is demanding an investigation into the death of Mohammad el-Shami, a Yemeni staff member of the U N Human Rights Office, in Houthi custody. El-Shami had been held since June twenty twenty-four, when he and many other U N and N G O workers were accused of being spies. The U N human rights chief said he had been arbitrarily held for more than two years.

In U S politics, Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee in Michigan's closely contested U S Senate race, has asked Democratic Congresswoman Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign events. El-Sayed told reporters after a rally, quote, I don't want any distractions, as tensions flared between the nominee and his former primary rival. The public spat has highlighted Democratic divisions in the final stretch of the race.

In Britain, police arrested one hundred and thirty-nine people during protests in central London and Edinburgh in support of Palestine Action, with the majority detained for expressing support for the proscribed organisation. The demonstrations came days before a U K Supreme Court appeal challenging the group's proscription.

Also in the United States, the U S Justice Department is seeking to isolate Alaska ballots amid a criminal probe into a Senate race candidate. The move comes amid allegations that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up contest between two-term Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Representative Mary Peltola. The ranked-choice general election is due Tuesday, and the race is among a handful expected to determine control of the Senate.

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