Russian forces expanded air attacks across Ukraine, targeting Dnipro River bridges and residential and energy infrastructure that killed dozens of civilians. Jet powered drones struck Kyiv's North and South bridges and a bridge in Zaporizhzhia in the past week, injuring people and disrupting traffic and metro service, while a Saturday attack with glide bombs on apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia killed 12 people including three children and wounded 14, Reuters reported. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Moscow had abandoned limits on striking civilians and linked the attacks to a US decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel, as the strikes strain Kyiv's air defenses, power grid and transport links ahead of winter.
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Defense secretary's plan to livestream the Dec. 3 Fort Hood execution draws backlash as platforms say it violates policy, while Hurricane Isaias shuts in 63 percent of Gulf oil output. A thin domestic day of spectacle and storm risk.
Hegseth plan to livestream Fort Hood execution faces backlashDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that Nidal Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, is scheduled to be executed on Dec. 3 and that the execution will be livestreamed. TikTok and Kick said livestreaming the event would violate their policies, The Verge reported, and Vice President JD Vance questioned whether it will be livestreamed and said he would not watch. It would be the first known public broadcast of a lawful execution, Reuters reported, ending a nearly century-long retreat from public executions in the US since the 1936 hanging of Rainey Bethea in Kentucky.3 sources
Isaias disrupts Gulf oil output and threatens refineriesHurricane Isaias disrupted US crude production in the Gulf of Mexico as it moved toward Mississippi, Alabama and Florida’s Panhandle; companies had shut in about 1.3 million barrels a day, or 63% of Gulf output, as of Thursday. The storm threatened Chevron’s refinery in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and Vertex Energy’s plant in Saraland, Alabama, which together can produce 466,000 barrels a day, or 2.4% of US refining capacity. The risk comes as Gulf Coast refineries were running at 95% capacity and diesel supplies were unusually tight; forecasters expected landfall Friday night or early Saturday.3 sources
Houthi-claimed strikes on Riyadh airport killed three and disrupted hundreds of flights while Washington pressed Kyiv over refinery attacks and the Nobel Peace Prize honored Navi Pillay amid U.S. criticism of international justice.
Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize as Trump objectsSouth African human rights lawyer and judge Navi Pillay, 85, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for decades of work to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited her service as a judge on South Africa's High Court, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Court, and as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. President Trump lashed out late Friday in a Truth Social post, saying he had settled eight wars and should have received the prize instead. The award comes as the ICC faces sanctions from the Trump administration and Pillay warned that attacks on international justice risk returning to a world where power rather than law decides.2 sources
Houthi-claimed strikes kill three at Riyadh airportThree Saudi citizens, including Saudia pilot Hamoud Ali Alkalthami, were killed Thursday in attacks on Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport that hit airport facilities and a parked passenger plane with no passengers aboard. Saudi authorities said several people of different nationalities were wounded, and at least 124 flights to and from Riyadh were canceled Friday after hundreds were canceled a day earlier, with Air India, FlyDubai, Lufthansa Group and Pakistan International Airlines suspending service. The Houthis claimed a ballistic missile strike and warned Saudi airspace is a theater of operations, prompting expanded European aviation safety guidance, while the Saudi-led coalition said it destroyed three Houthi rocket launch platforms amid continued fighting.2 sources
US warns Ukraine strikes on Russia risk intelligence sharingUS envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner warned Ukraine's negotiating team during nearly eight hours of talks Friday in Miami that Washington could cut intelligence sharing if Kyiv does not stop striking Russian oil refineries. The warning came as President Donald Trump announced a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Moscow to lift its export ban and release diesel onto world markets, a move President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized as emboldening Russia. A senior Ukrainian official said Kyiv would continue to burn Russian refineries and hours later Ukrainian forces struck the Yug Rusi oil terminal in Rostov-on-Don, while the Ukrainian team cut short its trip and skipped a second round of talks Saturday.1 source
At least four mainstream lawmakers broke ranks to elect AfD member Tobias Rausch as Saxony-Anhalt assembly speaker, testing the firewall as Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out cooperation ahead of a CDU leadership meeting.
Germany's firewall against AfD buckles after Saxony-Anhalt speaker voteAt least four mainstream lawmakers in Saxony-Anhalt apparently defied party orders this week to elect AfD member Tobias Rausch as regional assembly speaker, the party's first such post. Rausch won 48 votes, four more than the AfD and BSW hold combined, with suspicion falling on 15 CDU members who had been told to abstain; CDU deputy leader Karin Prien said there must be consequences, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz ruled out any arrangement with the AfD ahead of a CDU leadership meeting on Sunday and Monday. The vote follows the AfD's record state victory last month just short of an absolute majority and its lead over the CDU in nationwide polls for more than a year, intensifying debate over whether mainstream parties can sustain the firewall before the 2029 national election.1 source
Two officials killed in Bavaria gun check, suspect arrested after standoffTwo district administration employees, a 45-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman, were shot dead during a routine inspection of legally owned firearms in Berngau, Bavaria, on Thursday afternoon. Police said witnesses reported gunshots around 2 p.m., officers found one victim outside the house and the other inside, and special units negotiated for more than 12 hours before entering the building around 2:20 a.m. Friday and arresting the 60-year-old homeowner, who was lightly wounded in the leg. Investigators from the Regensburg criminal police department and prosecutors in Nuremberg-Fürth are expected to question him, with no motive yet established.1 source
Poland faces questions over rate-setting without its central bank governor, Ukrainian farmers plan less corn and barley as blocked exports crush prices, and Venezuela courts U.S. capital to revive decaying oil fields.
Glapinski absence could complicate Polish rate-setting meetingsPoland's parliamentary Committee on Constitutional Accountability approved a report recommending lawmakers consider bringing central bank Governor Adam Glapinski before the State Tribunal. Monetary Policy Council member Ludwik Kotecki said the National Bank of Poland would continue to function without Glapinski, but convening rate-setting meetings could be difficult because there is no first deputy governor and the second deputy governor's term expires in November, with the next policy decision scheduled for Nov. 4. Kotecki said the council could still decide policy using its own analysis and that Ireneusz Dabrowski would preside if Glapinski is suspended, with the priority to avoid hurting the zloty or raising the risk premium on Polish assets.1 source
Ukraine farmers cut planting as blocked exports crush profitsUkraine farmers are harvesting strong wheat, barley, corn, sunflower and soybean crops but plan to scale back corn and barley planting for 2027 because blocked Black Sea exports have collapsed domestic prices. Grain and legume exports totaled 981,000 tonnes in August, down about 58 percent year on year, leaving storage full across Ukraine and Russia after drone and missile attacks made commercial shipping uninsurable; Odesa farmer Oleksandr Chumak says about 80 percent of his grain cannot be sold at a profit, and producers are shifting to rapeseed, sunflower and niche crops. Ukraine and Russia supplied more than half of the world's sunflower oil, nearly a fifth of its barley and 14 percent of its wheat before the war, so the blockage is supporting world prices amid weak corn harvests in Europe and the United States, while analysts say reopened ports would unleash large cheap stockpiles and quickly push prices lower.1 source
Venezuela looks to US investment to revive decaying oil fieldsResidents around Lake Maracaibo say they hope American investors will rebuild Venezuela's dilapidated oil infrastructure ten months after Nicolas Maduro's ouster. National production has hovered just above one million barrels a day since January, up from 500,000 in 2020 but far below more than 3.2 million in the late 1990s, and only a third of the country's 30,000 wells is active. U.S. officials pointed to recent deals involving Chevron and GE Vernova and a Caracas investor conference with more than 650 executives as signs of revival, while executives warn restoration will cost hundreds of billions of dollars and face power cuts of up to 12 hours a day, sanctions limits and a shortage of experienced contractors.1 source
NASA wants private companies to replace the space station by 2030, with bids due in December, while Spanish archaeologists cataloged 597 ancient wood remains showing Neanderthals built spears, trays and shelters.
Neanderthal wooden tools preserved in stone reveal daily life in SpainSpanish archaeologists cataloged 597 wood remains preserved as hollow travertine molds at Abric Romaní, a rock shelter in Capellades west of Barcelona, dating from 62,000 to 40,000 years ago. Thirteen were identified as Neanderthal-made tools, including a 2.45-meter spear, four juniper bark trays up to 55 by 20 centimeters, a carved club with a 16-centimeter handle, and a pole over five meters long linked to shelters. The team reported in Science Advances that the domestic context near hearths shows routine woodworking for hunting, food preparation and shelter, indicating planning in material choice and organization of living space.1 source
NASA asks companies to bid to build private space stationsNASA released a 360-page request for proposals on Oct. 9 for commercial stations to succeed the International Space Station as early as 2030. The agency set Dec. 8 for industry responses and said it plans to select two or more contractors in April, with phase one winners guaranteed at least $100 million and later phases funding development and at least four NASA astronaut missions. NASA said it will furnish crew and cargo transportation for the initial missions, estimating a four-seat crew flight in 2030 at $325 million and a cargo flight at $300 million, as it moves to sustain a human presence in low Earth orbit through privately owned stations.1 source
Atlanta swept New York 85-83 to reach its first WNBA Finals since 2013, behind Angel Reese with 22 points, leaving first-year Liberty coach Chris DeMarco without a public endorsement from his stars.
Liberty stars decline to back DeMarco after playoff sweepThe New York Liberty were swept in the WNBA semifinals after losing 85-83 to the Atlanta Dream on Friday in New York. First-year head coach Chris DeMarco said he expects to return next season, but stars Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones declined to endorse him and each said his future was not their decision. The exit followed an up-and-down season in which New York started 13-12, earned the No. 8 seed and swept No. 1 seed Minnesota before losing to Atlanta. DeMarco was hired in December to replace Sandy Brondello a year after the franchise won its first championship, and the three stars remain under contract for two more years.1 source
Dream sweep Liberty for first finals berth since 2013The Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 85-83 in New York on Friday to complete a 3-0 semifinal sweep and reach the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2013. Angel Reese scored a team-high 22 points in the clincher, while Rhyne Howard added 21 points and Jordin Canada had 19 points and 11 assists. Atlanta will face the Golden State Valkyries, who swept the Las Vegas Aces, in the Finals beginning Oct. 17.1 source
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