October 25, 2026
US
•25.10.2026
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Nine days out, the campaign narrowed to Michigan, where Obama's Midwest swing denouncing 'cruelty' drew Trump to Port Huron and Detroit, joined by Nicki Minaj, to stump for Rogers. Trump escalated personal attacks, calling Democrat Abdul El-Sayed a 'jihadist' who should not serve and reviving attacks on Ilhan Omar. Coverage framed the contest around economic discontent and 2024 Trump voters now disapproving, with polls showing Democrats buoyed on affordability.
Legal fights over the vote advanced alongside the rallies, with the administration defending its preemptive suit to block certification in Alaska over two Dan Sullivans and facing skeptical judges in its California voting suit.
A shooting near Florida A&M's homecoming left 12 injured, including six children, drawing sustained breaking coverage.
Legal fights over the vote advanced alongside the rallies, with the administration defending its preemptive suit to block certification in Alaska over two Dan Sullivans and facing skeptical judges in its California voting suit.
A shooting near Florida A&M's homecoming left 12 injured, including six children, drawing sustained breaking coverage.
Israel
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight coverage cited two Iranian officials calling US diplomats targets, as Trump and Netanyahu were reported weighing a final strike.
By morning attention shifted to Netanyahu's summons of the police commissioner with Ben Gvir for election preparations. The attorney general and Eisenkot demanded cancellation, and elections chief Solberg allowed a phone call barred from discussing integrity. Coverage carried a letter from over 100 economists warning Netanyahu's crypto plan to evade sanctions mirrored criminal methods and risked collapse.
Midday outlets marked the funerals of Sgts. Roitman and Suilem killed in the Hebron shooting, while Netanyahu published an AI image of a nuclear blast over Tel Aviv and pressed Trump for endorsement, described by US sources as despair. Evening closed with Trump ruling out a Sunday strike and reports of a confrontation in which IDF chief Zamir resisted an Iran operation ordered by Netanyahu.
By morning attention shifted to Netanyahu's summons of the police commissioner with Ben Gvir for election preparations. The attorney general and Eisenkot demanded cancellation, and elections chief Solberg allowed a phone call barred from discussing integrity. Coverage carried a letter from over 100 economists warning Netanyahu's crypto plan to evade sanctions mirrored criminal methods and risked collapse.
Midday outlets marked the funerals of Sgts. Roitman and Suilem killed in the Hebron shooting, while Netanyahu published an AI image of a nuclear blast over Tel Aviv and pressed Trump for endorsement, described by US sources as despair. Evening closed with Trump ruling out a Sunday strike and reports of a confrontation in which IDF chief Zamir resisted an Iran operation ordered by Netanyahu.
Germany
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Morning papers framed Audi's $4 billion U.S. plant pledge, unveiled by Trump at a Georgia rally, as a response to tariff policy. Spiegel, FAZ and Sueddeutsche cast the chief executive as a campaign helper handing over a midterm gift; Welt defended the move as overdue realism.
That coverage fed a broader U.S. midterm focus: Obama's sharp attack reviving hope, scenarios for Trump's power, doubts about a fair vote, warnings of an Iran war push and a Musk-Starlink row.
Attention shifted to Sunday's Brazil runoff between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, portrayed as a split country, with anti-feminist youth and Meta favoritism claims.
French second protest day aftermath lingered, with Le Pen seen profiting.
Late evening Serbia displaced the agenda as Vucic conceded parliamentary defeat to the student list, called a historic win.
That coverage fed a broader U.S. midterm focus: Obama's sharp attack reviving hope, scenarios for Trump's power, doubts about a fair vote, warnings of an Iran war push and a Musk-Starlink row.
Attention shifted to Sunday's Brazil runoff between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, portrayed as a split country, with anti-feminist youth and Meta favoritism claims.
French second protest day aftermath lingered, with Le Pen seen profiting.
Late evening Serbia displaced the agenda as Vucic conceded parliamentary defeat to the student list, called a historic win.
France
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Morning-after tallies framed the October 24 mobilization as large but calmer than October 17: the Interior Ministry counted 410,000 marchers against 800,000 claimed by the CGT, with 1,314 arrests nationally including 142 in Paris and 53 officers injured. Reports noted a bank torched in Tours, serious injuries in Toulouse and Poitiers, and accusations of ultradroite attacks in Nice, Montpellier and Rouen.
Attention then shifted to Trappes, where custody of suspect Kévin T. was suspended for 48-hour psychiatric observation after he claimed treatment for schizophrenia. Investigators cited Mein Kampf and drugs at his home as tributes were held and mayor Ali Rabeh accused Macron of failing as protector.
In barricaded Orléans, Marine Le Pen closed the RN congress by launching her 2027 bid around “renaissance” and “grande alternance,” after Jordan Bardella’s speech was interrupted by UEJF activists.
Attention then shifted to Trappes, where custody of suspect Kévin T. was suspended for 48-hour psychiatric observation after he claimed treatment for schizophrenia. Investigators cited Mein Kampf and drugs at his home as tributes were held and mayor Ali Rabeh accused Macron of failing as protector.
In barricaded Orléans, Marine Le Pen closed the RN congress by launching her 2027 bid around “renaissance” and “grande alternance,” after Jordan Bardella’s speech was interrupted by UEJF activists.
Lebanon
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight editors described the Tampa track as frozen, with framework implementation stalled and US-Iran war plans reported ready pending a green light, feeding fears of a regional blast that would catch Lebanon between confrontation and waning US attention.
By midday attention moved south to Israeli artillery, airstrikes and demolitions in villages from Kfar Tebnit and Wadi al-Hujair to Haddatha and Yahmor al-Shaqif, read as pre-election pressure. A report that Hezbollah told Speaker Berri it would not intervene in a US-Iran war circulated alongside Iranian warnings over Hormuz and claims of a downed US drone.
In the evening focus settled on Israel voting tomorrow, with Netanyahu's use of war promises, polls showing opposition gains and a reported rift with the army chief, while Trump said no strike would come that night and Beirut papers warned of very dangerous hours.
By midday attention moved south to Israeli artillery, airstrikes and demolitions in villages from Kfar Tebnit and Wadi al-Hujair to Haddatha and Yahmor al-Shaqif, read as pre-election pressure. A report that Hezbollah told Speaker Berri it would not intervene in a US-Iran war circulated alongside Iranian warnings over Hormuz and claims of a downed US drone.
In the evening focus settled on Israel voting tomorrow, with Netanyahu's use of war promises, polls showing opposition gains and a reported rift with the army chief, while Trump said no strike would come that night and Beirut papers warned of very dangerous hours.
Ukraine
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight Russia launched 153 drones, 119 of them intercepted, with damage reported through the day in Vinnytsia where six were injured in a five-storey building, in Poltava and three other cities where Epicentr stores were hit, in Kharkiv where rescuers came under fire, in Dnipropetrovsk region with three dead, in Kherson where a minibus was struck, and in Zaporizhzhia. Zelensky cited about 1,600 guided bombs, 48 missiles and nearly 2,300 strike drones over the week and appealed to allies.
The Starlink dispute continued as Musk accused Ukrainian forces of breaching terms, Kyiv rebutted, and Zelensky said full-speed restoration followed Oslo negotiations.
Evening coverage turned to November diplomacy after reports Russia was ready for exploratory talks after November 4. Zelensky named three issues for discussion, offered an energy truce as a first test, and ruled out neutrality and caps on an 800,000-strong army.
The Starlink dispute continued as Musk accused Ukrainian forces of breaching terms, Kyiv rebutted, and Zelensky said full-speed restoration followed Oslo negotiations.
Evening coverage turned to November diplomacy after reports Russia was ready for exploratory talks after November 4. Zelensky named three issues for discussion, offered an energy truce as a first test, and ruled out neutrality and caps on an 800,000-strong army.
Palestine
•25.10.2026
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•Yesterday
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Israeli forces pressed the Hebron operation into a third day, with outlets reporting raids, 20 arrests and forced displacement of hundreds of families in Deir Bahja and al-Jalda. PNN put the figure at 338 affected families as officials declared an emergency, while B'Tselem warnings and Katz cited as admitting 2,000 displaced framed coverage. The army ordered a full West Bank closure for Tuesday's election, banning worker movement, closing iron gates around Jenin and paralyzing Nablus, alongside 16 settler attacks on farmers.
In Gaza, strikes killed seven to eight people through the day, including two drone raids on the Islamic University campus that killed three security guards and wounded students. Israel claimed two Hamas operatives moving funds were killed. Hamas called the university bombing a war crime. Outlets put the cumulative toll at 74,544 and said incoming goods met less than a quarter of needs.
In Gaza, strikes killed seven to eight people through the day, including two drone raids on the Islamic University campus that killed three security guards and wounded students. Israel claimed two Hamas operatives moving funds were killed. Hamas called the university bombing a war crime. Outlets put the cumulative toll at 74,544 and said incoming goods met less than a quarter of needs.
UK
•25.10.2026
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•Yesterday
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Morning papers returned to Thomas Markle after the previous days' indecent-image claims. He admitted paying for sex in the Philippines while denying child abuse, as the Met acknowledged sitting on allegations since 2019. Later reports said the original letter came from his ex-wife, quoted his alleged claim that 12-year-olds were legal in the Far East, and detailed Meghan's final letter cutting contact. A minister was quoted calling him a possible offender of the grossest kind.
By midday attention turned to Brexit, after Angela Rayner said voters could decide on restoring freedom of movement and that nothing was off the table to undo Brexit damage, prompting Nigel Farage to allege betrayal.
By evening domestic coverage was dominated by Storm Boelo, with 80mph winds, mass flight cancellations, power cuts, flooding, scaffolding collapse in London and two deaths from falling trees.
By midday attention turned to Brexit, after Angela Rayner said voters could decide on restoring freedom of movement and that nothing was off the table to undo Brexit damage, prompting Nigel Farage to allege betrayal.
By evening domestic coverage was dominated by Storm Boelo, with 80mph winds, mass flight cancellations, power cuts, flooding, scaffolding collapse in London and two deaths from falling trees.
Iran
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Trump repeated he might 'finish the job' or reach a deal, saying the choice rested with Tehran, while repeating claims on protester killings and denying Iran a nuclear weapon. State outlets carried parliament speaker Qalibaf's vow of a response 'beyond imagination,' Araqchi's line that policy was unchanged with or without war, denial of a Hormuz-for-blockade offer to Washington, and an army claim to have downed a US drone over Bandar Abbas.
Houthi fire on Saudi Arabia intensified, with claims of strikes on oil sites and three airports and warnings that Riyadh's King Khalid airport was a military target. Explosions were heard in Riyadh as reopening was announced; Saudi Arabia said missiles and drones were intercepted and the airport resumed.
BBC Persian and Reuters reported Qatari envoys heading to Tehran amid war speculation, while Britain kept its Hormuz threat level severe.
Houthi fire on Saudi Arabia intensified, with claims of strikes on oil sites and three airports and warnings that Riyadh's King Khalid airport was a military target. Explosions were heard in Riyadh as reopening was announced; Saudi Arabia said missiles and drones were intercepted and the airport resumed.
BBC Persian and Reuters reported Qatari envoys heading to Tehran amid war speculation, while Britain kept its Hormuz threat level severe.
Russia
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight coverage shifted from the previous day's Omsk strike to Belgorod, where state wires citing the mayor and governor reported a mass Ukrainian drone raid on central residential quarters killed two and wounded 10 to 14, with 53 placed in temporary accommodation. The toll was updated through the morning alongside reports of further Ukrainian hits in Orel, Lipetsk, Bryansk and Perm, and Russian strikes on Ukrainian logistics hubs, ports and a cable bridge near Zaporizhzhia.
Editors paired the exchange with Elon Musk's claim he closed a Starlink loophole used for offensive drone strikes, which Ukrainian officials called technically impossible.
By midday attention turned to Kremlin messaging: Putin dismissed accusations of Russian involvement in European protests, while Peskov and Ushakov said Moscow was ready to resume trilateral talks after November 4 and did not rule out a new Putin-Trump meeting, a line Trump echoed with promises of coming decisions.
Editors paired the exchange with Elon Musk's claim he closed a Starlink loophole used for offensive drone strikes, which Ukrainian officials called technically impossible.
By midday attention turned to Kremlin messaging: Putin dismissed accusations of Russian involvement in European protests, while Peskov and Ushakov said Moscow was ready to resume trilateral talks after November 4 and did not rule out a new Putin-Trump meeting, a line Trump echoed with promises of coming decisions.
Italy
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Morning papers stayed on Saturday's marches, reporting almost 5,000 identified and 371 stopped including 110 minors, and shifting to Youssef Siher, alleged Movimento 17 ottobre organizer, investigated for terrorism and intimidation, with his wife also under inquiry over chat administration and alleged escalation messages, while Corriere raised a link to pro-Russian NoName hackers dismissed by Putin.
Attention moved at midday to the Lega congress, where Matteo Salvini won 465 votes to Garavaglia's 146, taking leadership to 2030, unveiling a symbol without his name and vowing to ask the cabinet to halt money and arms to Ukraine.
Evening coverage turned to sport: Inter's 2-1 stoppage-time comeback over Fiorentina, Juventus 2-0 at Lecce, Musetti's Lyon title over Fritz, and Kimi Antonelli's Austin victory ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen with the title postponed.
Attention moved at midday to the Lega congress, where Matteo Salvini won 465 votes to Garavaglia's 146, taking leadership to 2030, unveiling a symbol without his name and vowing to ask the cabinet to halt money and arms to Ukraine.
Evening coverage turned to sport: Inter's 2-1 stoppage-time comeback over Fiorentina, Juventus 2-0 at Lecce, Musetti's Lyon title over Fritz, and Kimi Antonelli's Austin victory ahead of Leclerc and Verstappen with the title postponed.
Japan
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Typhoon No.30, which had left outages in Yaeyama the previous day, moved north through the East China Sea toward Kyushu. Forecasts warned of up to 200mm in Nagasaki, landslide and flood risks in northern Kyushu, and an imminent linear rainband in Wakayama with very heavy rain in Kinki. By evening it weakened into an extratropical low, but warnings for prolonged heavy rain across western and eastern Japan remained.
Incumbents won two local elections: Uchibori secured a fourth term as Fukushima governor and Chinen a second term as Naha mayor.
Polls showed Prime Minister Takaichi's cabinet flat at 45% in Mainichi and 62% in Nikkei, with many faulting her handling of the former farm minister's dismissal.
GMO's president apologized over the PHP-related breach as reports detailed ignored security warnings and attempts to hijack user PCs.
Incumbents won two local elections: Uchibori secured a fourth term as Fukushima governor and Chinen a second term as Naha mayor.
Polls showed Prime Minister Takaichi's cabinet flat at 45% in Mainichi and 62% in Nikkei, with many faulting her handling of the former farm minister's dismissal.
GMO's president apologized over the PHP-related breach as reports detailed ignored security warnings and attempts to hijack user PCs.
Netherlands
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Morning coverage centered on storm Boelo, upgraded to the first official autumn storm, with code yellow in coastal provinces, dozens of flights cancelled at Schiphol and damage reported across the country. A tree fell on a moving car in Amsterdam, and later a cyclist was killed by a falling tree on Sloterweg in Nieuw-West. By afternoon a freighter went adrift north of Schiermonnikoog with five injured on board, while high water flooded quays, trees blocked rail around Haarlem and the search for a missing watersporter was suspended.
Attention also went to Walibi Fright Nights, where fighting Saturday night required Mobile Unit intervention; the park said groups of minors had deliberately sought unrest.
The Beekse Bergen keeper mauled Saturday remained sedated, with doctors putting her chance of recovery as very small.
In the evening focus shifted to Serbia, where Vucic conceded defeat as the student list claimed victory.
Attention also went to Walibi Fright Nights, where fighting Saturday night required Mobile Unit intervention; the park said groups of minors had deliberately sought unrest.
The Beekse Bergen keeper mauled Saturday remained sedated, with doctors putting her chance of recovery as very small.
In the evening focus shifted to Serbia, where Vucic conceded defeat as the student list claimed victory.
India
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight editors stayed on Washington and Riyadh, carrying Trump's warning of a possible strike on Iran as early as tomorrow alongside Houthi denials of targeting Mecca and Medina, and reports of looting and arrests across protests in France, Spain and Italy.
By morning attention turned home to Varanasi, where Narendra Modi held a 7-km roadshow and watched the IAF's 'Wings Over Ganga' display with Rafale, Sukhoi and Tejas aircraft, while reports from Arunachal described violent protests against the Siang dam with police posts and NHPC offices torched, prompting the Centre to send 250 RAF personnel.
From midday coverage converged on Patna, where Mallikarjun Kharge's retort to a heckler about Modi leaving power drew BJP accusations of degrading discourse, a rebuke from Amit Shah, a police complaint and a call for nationwide BJP protests on October 26.
By morning attention turned home to Varanasi, where Narendra Modi held a 7-km roadshow and watched the IAF's 'Wings Over Ganga' display with Rafale, Sukhoi and Tejas aircraft, while reports from Arunachal described violent protests against the Siang dam with police posts and NHPC offices torched, prompting the Centre to send 250 RAF personnel.
From midday coverage converged on Patna, where Mallikarjun Kharge's retort to a heckler about Modi leaving power drew BJP accusations of degrading discourse, a rebuke from Amit Shah, a police complaint and a call for nationwide BJP protests on October 26.
Poland
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Following Saturday's expulsion, wPolityce stayed with the Poland 2050 breakup all day, from Hołownia's explanation for removing Pełczyńska-Nałęcz to claims of a hunt against her. TVN24 stayed away until evening, leading with scam warnings, forecasts, then high winds that toppled trees and triggered IMGW alerts, alongside German red alerts and a brief evacuation at Chopin Airport over luggage.
By evening both titles converged on what wPolityce called sensational tapes of a plot to remove Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, quoting participants saying the government was not heading in a good direction. TVN24 carried the counter-accusation that she was responsible for destroying Poland 2050, while wPolityce asked via Czarnek whether the recordings could topple the government.
TVN24 also kept a Ukraine thread, with Sikorski tying the war's future to surviving winter and urging more pressure on Putin as Musk said Kyiv violated Starlink terms.
By evening both titles converged on what wPolityce called sensational tapes of a plot to remove Pełczyńska-Nałęcz, quoting participants saying the government was not heading in a good direction. TVN24 carried the counter-accusation that she was responsible for destroying Poland 2050, while wPolityce asked via Czarnek whether the recordings could topple the government.
TVN24 also kept a Ukraine thread, with Sikorski tying the war's future to surviving winter and urging more pressure on Putin as Musk said Kyiv violated Starlink terms.
Spain
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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Overnight unrest in central Barcelona dominated coverage as the toll rose from around 100 to 128 arrests, 72 of them minors, with 14 officers injured, some 20 shops looted and barricades burned. Police described very young looters mobilized through TikTok and WhatsApp groups and surprised by extreme violence.
Feijóo turned the riots into campaign material, accusing Sánchez of playing with fire and resisting leaving power with violence, a claim other outlets flagged as unproven. Sánchez, in an interview, warned a PP-Vox government would set Spain back 50 years and called the Ábalos case his biggest error, while Madrid government delegate Francisco Martín resigned after being left off PSOE lists for 29-N.
Thousands joined the Mujeres Caballas march in Madrid demanding normality in Ceuta, as a bus plunged down an embankment in Fogars de Montclús leaving some 80 injured.
Feijóo turned the riots into campaign material, accusing Sánchez of playing with fire and resisting leaving power with violence, a claim other outlets flagged as unproven. Sánchez, in an interview, warned a PP-Vox government would set Spain back 50 years and called the Ábalos case his biggest error, while Madrid government delegate Francisco Martín resigned after being left off PSOE lists for 29-N.
Thousands joined the Mujeres Caballas march in Madrid demanding normality in Ceuta, as a bus plunged down an embankment in Fogars de Montclús leaving some 80 injured.
Turkey
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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The fund investigation continued with former AKP deputy Ertan Aydın first facing an arrest warrant, then re-detained and finally jailed, alongside the detention of Türkiye Sigorta’s deputy general manager and Gürol Sami Özer in capital-markets probes.
Accountability in the Zonguldak grizu explosion advanced a day after earlier arrests were reported, with three suspects jailed over the deaths of three miners.
The Istanbul Bar Association vote, interrupted by a brawl the previous day, concluded with voting, counting and the election of Ümit Kocasakal from nine candidates, drawing coverage across pro-government and independent outlets.
Elsewhere nearly three million candidates sat the KPSS secondary-school exam, while meteorology and the Interior Ministry warned of heavy rain for Istanbul, the Aegean and eastern regions.
Accountability in the Zonguldak grizu explosion advanced a day after earlier arrests were reported, with three suspects jailed over the deaths of three miners.
The Istanbul Bar Association vote, interrupted by a brawl the previous day, concluded with voting, counting and the election of Ümit Kocasakal from nine candidates, drawing coverage across pro-government and independent outlets.
Elsewhere nearly three million candidates sat the KPSS secondary-school exam, while meteorology and the Interior Ministry warned of heavy rain for Istanbul, the Aegean and eastern regions.
China
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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State outlets moved from Long March anniversary exegesis to a synchronized campaign on comprehensive strict party governance under Xi, republishing the “stay sober for the exam” retrospective and follow-ups on leadership capability and reading discipline in three dimensions, interspersed with a return to Long March “by numbers” glosses including the half-quilt anecdote.
Secret China and SCMP read the same sequence as pre-plenum positioning, reporting shifting delegate lists for an early Politburo meeting and fifth plenum and profiling next-generation and regional personnel clues.
Away from the lockstep, SCMP led Taiwan coverage on the anniversary of the end of Japanese rule, with Beijing pledging support for pro-unification patriots, alongside Xi’s congratulatory exchange with Belgium’s king and notes on exports topping 8 trillion yuan, graduate internship spending and million-yuan AI salaries.
Secret China and SCMP read the same sequence as pre-plenum positioning, reporting shifting delegate lists for an early Politburo meeting and fifth plenum and profiling next-generation and regional personnel clues.
Away from the lockstep, SCMP led Taiwan coverage on the anniversary of the end of Japanese rule, with Beijing pledging support for pro-unification patriots, alongside Xi’s congratulatory exchange with Belgium’s king and notes on exports topping 8 trillion yuan, graduate internship spending and million-yuan AI salaries.
Kenya
•25.10.2026
•Sunday
•Yesterday
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The Mtito Andei crash dominated the day: a bus and lorry collided head-on on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway, with tolls rising from 20 to 24 dead (Daily Nation, People Daily, The Star). NTSA blamed improper overtaking, urged the state to declare road safety a national disaster, and noted 40 highway deaths in three weeks (Citizen, Eastleigh Voice). CS Chirchir ordered a crackdown and Ruto directed thorough PSV inspections.
The Eastleigh collapse entered its third day, with four survivors rescued (The Star, Eastleigh Voice). Governor Sakaja dismissed approval documents as fake and demanded answers over suspects released on bail, while the engineer denied responsibility (TV47 Digital, People Daily).
A fugitive police inspector was arrested over the Mbobu and Mutiso murders after trying to sell his car (Daily Nation, Kenyans). Ruto dismissed claims of an election livestreaming ban, and Justina Wamae launched a presidential bid (Citizen, The Star).
The Eastleigh collapse entered its third day, with four survivors rescued (The Star, Eastleigh Voice). Governor Sakaja dismissed approval documents as fake and demanded answers over suspects released on bail, while the engineer denied responsibility (TV47 Digital, People Daily).
A fugitive police inspector was arrested over the Mbobu and Mutiso murders after trying to sell his car (Daily Nation, Kenyans). Ruto dismissed claims of an election livestreaming ban, and Justina Wamae launched a presidential bid (Citizen, The Star).