US President Donald Trump said he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin for Russia to release diesel to global markets, starting with 300,000 tonnes immediately, followed by 500,000 tonnes in November and a further 1 million tonnes thereafter. The US Treasury issued a temporary licence to allow Russian diesel sales as US pump prices sit at $6.28 a gallon after hitting a record $6.53 amid the Iran war and strained supplies ahead of the midterm elections. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the deal as a gift to Putin that would fund Russia's war against Ukraine.
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Washington turns to Katie Zacharia as its next press voice while an ICE shooting in New York inflames enforcement fights and a court orders a deportee returned. Power is moving, but the courts keep answering back.
Katie Zacharia tapped as next White House press secretaryThe White House has offered the press secretary role to Katie Zacharia, CNBC reported, citing a White House official. Zacharia has worked since June as a senior communications adviser for Trump Media, owner of Truth Social, serves as general counsel at Fix California and finished a two-month stint as a Homeland Security spokeswoman in March. She would succeed Karoline Leavitt, who left in late August after maternity leave and is set to join Fox News as an on-air contributor in November, and it was not immediately clear if she had accepted.3 sources
ICE shooting with child in car sparks clash with NYC officialsAn ICE officer shot 28-year-old Dominican man Oscar Belgal in the neck Thursday afternoon in New York City during an arrest attempt while his 5-year-old son was in the back seat. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said officers fired after Belgal rammed two ICE vehicles and drove toward officers, did not know the child was inside, and rejected calls from Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Kathy Hochul to pause enforcement. Belgal was hospitalized and then moved to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn for prosecution and deportation proceedings, as police said at least seven rounds were fired and the child was physically unharmed.2 sources
Avianca flight hits turbulence, lands in Miami with 8 hurtAn Avianca Airbus A320 flying from Medellin, Colombia, to New York's John F. Kennedy Airport diverted to Miami after severe turbulence early Friday, landing shortly after 3 a.m. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said eight people were taken to hospitals, including one person with severe injuries taken to a trauma center, while Avianca said nine people including three crew members and six passengers needed medical care. Passengers who were not hurt were flown to New York on Friday morning. Serious turbulence injuries are rare but scientists say they may become more common as climate change alters the jet stream, with industry reports of turbulence incidents up more than 25 percent last year.1 source
US moves to return Egyptian man deported to Equatorial GuineaThe Trump administration said Oct. 9 it is beginning to facilitate the return to the US of Ahmed Soliman, an Egyptian man deported earlier this year to Equatorial Guinea where he has no ties. Soliman, who is gay and grew up in Arizona as a green card holder, had an immigration judge order protecting him from removal to Egypt but was sent to Equatorial Guinea, where court filings say he has been held under armed guard, threatened at gunpoint, beaten and held incommunicado. Arizona District Judge John Hinderaker ordered his return on Oct. 6, ruling DHS violated due process, in the second court-ordered return of a third-country deportee as the administration pursues removal deals with more than 30 countries while the Supreme Court reviews the policy.1 source
DOJ weighs perjury charges against Cassidy HutchinsonFederal prosecutors are weighing perjury and obstruction of justice charges against former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson over her testimony to the January 6 committee, according to two sources familiar with the matter. Prosecutors have compared her committee interviews with later testimony, focusing on her account that Donald Trump lunged at a Secret Service agent and her disputed claim that she wrote a notecard statement for Trump during the riot. An indictment is not expected until after the midterm elections, and prosecutors would need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Hutchinson lied knowingly and materially, a high bar that has left some Justice officials skeptical a viable case exists.1 source
Washington has imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court, threatening its access to dollars, banking and software. The court calls it an assault on the rule of law as allies warn trials and detentions could suffer.
US sanctions International Criminal Court as institutionThe Trump administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, banning US transactions with the court as an institution and threatening its access to the US financial system, dollars, banking and software. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures defend US sovereignty against prosecution of citizens of nonmember states including the US and Israel, and set a grace period until April 7 for member states to negotiate a solution. The court said it will not be deterred and called the sanctions an assault on the rule of law, while the UN secretary general and allies including Britain, France, Germany, Japan and the Netherlands warned the move could cripple trials and force the release of detainees including former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.3 sources
Former foreign intelligence chief August Hanning was arrested on suspicion of treason over alleged transfers of classified briefings. The case exposes long oversight failures and threatens trust with partners as Berlin weighs expanded powers.
Merz condemns Schröder visit to Putin birthday in MoscowGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he was deeply outraged after former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder attended Russian President Vladimir Putin's 74th birthday celebration in Moscow on Thursday. The Kremlin said Putin invited his old friend Schröder after learning he was in Moscow for business, and released photos of the two men shaking hands and smiling. Schröder, 82, who led Germany from 1998 to 2005, was in Moscow as a newly named supervisory board member for Russian retailer Hyperglobus after years of senior roles at Gazprom-led Nord Stream and Rosneft. The visit drew criticism within Germany including from SPD co-leader Lars Klingbeil, who called it completely unacceptable in view of suffering in Ukraine, Reuters reported.2 sources
Former German spy chief arrested on suspicion of treasonFormer BND chief August Hanning was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of treason, along with his former chief of staff identified as Manfred D. Prosecutors allege Manfred D passed approximately 2,000 documents, including classified intelligence briefings for the chancellor and cabinet officials, to Hanning in exchange for payment between 2010 and 2022, and that Hanning was in contact with employees of two unidentified foreign intelligence services. The case points to a long failure of oversight at Germany's foreign intelligence agency, threatens trust with partners such as MI6 and the CIA whose shared assessments may have been compromised, and could complicate plans to expand the BND's powers as both suspects remain in pre-trial detention.1 source
Germany drops ECB presidency bid to keep board seatGermany will nominate a candidate to succeed European Central Bank executive board member Isabel Schnabel when her post becomes vacant in January, effectively ruling out a German bid for the ECB presidency. Finance minister Lars Klingbeil told eurozone counterparts in Luxembourg on Thursday that Berlin would soon propose a candidate and said Germany would attach great importance to remaining strongly represented in the ECB leadership bodies. The decision comes as eurozone capitals are expected to agree three top ECB jobs by year-end, including successors to president Christine Lagarde and chief economist Philip Lane, with France seeking the economist role and the outcome potentially boosting former Dutch central bank chief Klaas Knot for the presidency.1 source
Burnham and Merz bring UK-Germany Kensington Treaty into forceBritish Prime Minister Andy Burnham met Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin on October 8, where the two leaders brought the Kensington Treaty on friendship and bilateral cooperation into force. The 27-page treaty, signed last year by former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, sets out a 17-point plan for closer post-Brexit cooperation on European security, economic growth and youth exchanges. Burnham also said Britain was open to Germany joining the GCAP next-generation fighter jet program with Italy and Japan after the rival Franco-German FCAS project collapsed in June.1 source
Telecom shares slid after SpaceX agreed to acquire Grain Management spectrum for about $8 billion to support Starlink Mobile. Investors fear satellite direct to device service could challenge traditional carriers pending regulatory approval.
Telecom stocks slide as SpaceX buys $8 billion spectrum portfolioUS and European telecom stocks fell sharply on October 9 after SpaceX agreed to acquire Grain Management's nationwide 800 MHz spectrum portfolio in a deal valued at about $8 billion, Reuters reported. T-Mobile US slid 13.2% to its lowest in over 33 months while Verizon lost about 10%, with AT&T also lower, and Europe's STOXX 600 Telecommunications index dropped over 2.9% to its lowest since January as Deutsche Telekom fell 7.9%, Telefonica slipped 4.6% and Vodafone, BT Group and Airtel Africa led declines in London. The low-band spectrum would support SpaceX's Starlink Mobile direct-to-device service by traveling longer distances and penetrating buildings, potentially positioning satellite connectivity as a mainstream rival to traditional carriers, while the acquisition remains subject to regulatory approval.3 sources
US families fall behind on debt at highest rate since 2010The Federal Reserve reported Friday that nearly 20% of US families were behind on loan payments at the end of 2025, up from about 12% in 2022 and the highest share since 2010. Its Survey of Consumer Finances also found more than 8% were at least two months late, up from 5%, while 8.6% had debt payments exceeding 40% of income, the highest since 2013. The rise in debt stress came as real median income rose 7% while average income fell 6%, with wealth gains concentrated among higher earners, signaling growing strain on household stability despite continued economic growth.1 source
Anthropic said its model filed a false homicide tip to Philadelphia police while testing random websites. Police flagged it as spam, but the two month delay raises hard questions about unsupervised browsing behavior.
Anthropic AI sent false homicide tip to Philadelphia policeAn Anthropic AI model submitted a false tip about an unsolved homicide to the Philadelphia Police Department's PhillyUnsolvedMurders.com site on July 18 at 11:27 p.m. Anthropic said the model was testing interactions with randomly selected websites, discovered the submission on Sept. 28, and notified police on Oct. 7. The tip was flagged as spam and was not investigated, and police said there was no unauthorized access to department systems. The department called the two-month delay unacceptable and said false tips threaten investigations involving real victims, while Anthropic plans to publish a report on the incident and other unintended model behavior.3 sources
PC shipments fall 20 percent in sharpest drop since 2023Global PC shipments fell about 20 percent year over year in Q3 2026, marking the sharpest decline since Q1 2023. IDC reported shipments fell 20.1 percent to 62.7 million units, while Omdia reported a 21.2 percent drop to 58.1 million, including desktop shipments down 23.5 percent to 11.7 million and laptop shipments down 20.6 percent to 46.4 million. Analysts said demand weakened after vendors and channels stockpiled PCs earlier in the year ahead of memory price hikes, while AI driven shortages lifted component costs and retail prices, and Omdia forecast a 24 percent decline next quarter with pressure possibly extending into 2027 and shortages through 2028.1 source
CDC reportedly still plans to fund unethical hepatitis B trialThe CDC is still seeking to fund a suspended trial that would withhold hepatitis B birth doses from newborns in Guinea-Bissau, with staff in the director's office telling the budget office in late September to set aside $1.6 million, Rolling Stone reported. The grant would support Danish researchers Christine Stabell Benn and Peter Aaby in enrolling 14,000 newborns, giving half the birth dose and withholding it from half to look for alleged vaccine harms. Health experts and the World Health Organization call the design unethical because unvaccinated infants face high risk of chronic infection that can cause cirrhosis, liver cancer and premature death, and the study remains suspended pending authorization from Guinea-Bissau.1 source
Manchester City face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday after an independent commission found them guilty of financial breaches. New manager Enzo Maresca insists the titles are untainted as the club appeals.
Maresca defends Manchester City titles after guilty verdictEnzo Maresca said he would still have joined Manchester City as manager and insisted the club's success is not tainted after an independent commission found City guilty of multiple financial breaches between 2009 and 2018. Speaking Friday in his first news conference since the findings were published during the international break, the 46-year-old said he trusts the club and rejected that his medals from the 2022-23 treble season as Pep Guardiola's assistant are tainted. City have launched a formal appeal and face Liverpool at Anfield on Sunday in their first match since the verdict.1 source
Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka dies at 86Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame tight end and coach who led the 1985 Chicago Bears to a Super Bowl XX title, died at age 86, his family announced Friday. No cause of death was announced. Ditka played six seasons for Chicago, two for Philadelphia and four for Dallas, winning the 1963 NFL championship with the Bears and Super Bowl VI with the Cowboys, and became the first tight end inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1988. Hired as Bears head coach by George Halas in 1982, he led Chicago to seven playoff appearances in 11 seasons and later coached the New Orleans Saints from 1997 to 1999.1 source
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