Overnight editors converged on Washington after Trump froze congressionally approved Russia sanctions days before entry into force, citing national interest. The move extended the previous day's account of US curbs on Ukraine satellite links and drew warnings from researchers and Zelensky that it emboldened Russia.
By morning attention turned home to the fuel compromise from Oct 15, with Helsingin Sanomat reporting an unusually sharp exchange between Orpo and Purra over diesel prices and Left chair Koskela saying her party was ready for cuts.
Midday Yle reported Stora Enso had received timber from Google's disputed Muhos-Kajaani clearings, pressing the question of oversight.
From afternoon live coverage shifted to France, where mass protests brought tear gas in Paris, a burning building in Lyon and later reports of hundreds of thousands marching, prompting a Finnish embassy warning and accounts from Finns caught in tear gas.