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I emailed Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for standards and trust at NYT, to ask why their story about a House report with new details of rape allegations against the President of the United States included neither those details, nor a single use of the word "rape." archive.is/1s9AM

Turnout so far highest on record as Israelis vote in pivotal election www.bbc.com/news/article...

So far, turnout is the highest it has been since 1977 www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

Two charged over alleged plot to assist Iran in RAF Fairford incident www.bbc.com/news/article...

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🚨BREAKING: Judiciary Democrats’ report details mounting evidence linking Trump to Epstein’s criminal activities and DOJ’s cover-up; specific accounts involving 11 women provide more evidence of potential sex crimes. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

Iraqi court sentences six French men to life in prison for Islamic State membership reut.rs/4i6oxSp

Grande San Paolo #GrandeSanPaolo 9253208 having troubles ? #EnglishChannel #TSS #TrafficSeparationScheme @seanews.bsky.social

The war is going so well for Russia that Putin is cutting off mobile data in downtown Moscow this week during 2 major conferences he is attending, hoping it will keep Ukrainian drones away. Spoiler alert: it won't keep Ukrainian drones away.

Zelenskyy: injured in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district rises to 12, Russia fires 16 ballistic missiles overnight #Ukraine

Neustadt: Auto fährt in Menschengruppe - mindestens vier Verletzte

Neustadt am Rübenberge: Auto fährt in Menschengruppe – Polizei schießt www.sueddeutsche.de/panorama/neu...

NEW: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated his willingness for a complete or partial ceasefire, including moratoriums on strikes against energy infrastructure or the Black Sea, but the Kremlin continues to reject a ceasefire. Read more: https://isw.pub/UkrWar102626

NEW: Senior officials from the Mecca Pact’s three signatories met with senior Iranian officials in Tehran on October 26 to discuss a new US-Iran deal in concert with ongoing Pakistani and Qatari efforts. Read more: https://isw.pub/IranUpdate102626

PLAN aircraft carrier Type 004 construction at Dalian, October 25, 2026 x.com/Tumoduss/sta...

Another PLAAF surprise: first Il-78M-90A spotted in PLAAF colours www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Ukrainian General Staff:

Justice Department charges Comey for third time edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/p...

Moscou à nouveau pointé du doigt. La Roumanie a accusé lundi 26 octobre la Russie d’avoir coordonné un réseau de sabotage impliqué dans le déclenchement en septembre d’un incendie près d’une usine d’armement dans le pays.

Russian sabotage network responsible for Romanian fire near weapons site www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Israel has committed war crimes and the crimes against humanity of extermination, persecution, torture, rape and other forms of sexual violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, intentionally targeting Palestinian civilians as it commits genocide in Gaza www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul...

Flavio Bolsonaro declares that he will lead the opposition to the Lula government

Middle Eastern regional powers jointly preparing for more chaos and bloodshed by erratic #IQ47 edition.cnn.com/2026/10/26/m...

🔴 MaritimeIncident | 8/10 Vessel on fire near Al-Faw (Iraq) UKMTO issued a warning regarding a vessel on fire 63nm southeast of Al-Faw (Iraq) on October 26. Crew status and damage are unknown; authorities are investigating. #OSINT #NewsGroup #Iraq #MaritimeSecurity #Shipping

#BREAKING UKMTO: New incident reported (183-26) on 26 OCT 2026. Multiple third-party reports indicate a vessel on fire 63NM southeast of Al-Faw, Iraq. Crew status and damage are currently unknown. Vessels in the area are advised to transit with caution. #MaritimeSecurity #UKMTO #SafetyAtSea

1/3 More news from Ukraine's overnight attack on occupied lands In Melitopol (Russia's 'capital' of Zaporizhzhia region, because they can't capture the real capital) a Russian data centre is said to have been destroyed. It was in the old UkrTelekom building in the city centre.

Near Kramatorsk today a man was killed and 10 people were injured. It happened in the Yasnohirka area north-west of the city, which was hit four times. The youngest of those wounded is a 13 year old girl. #RussiaIsATerroristState

Russia also murdered a civilian in Sloviansk today - the other major city in the free part of Donetsk. A woman's body was discovered in rubble by rescuers after the initial strike on a house. There were 4 more injury victims here too. #StopRussia

The Houthis hit Riyadh’s airport this month and threaten the Red Sea lifeline that keeps Saudi oil flowing. Time for a new coalition. My latest @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

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Mushrooms releasing spores into the wind A couple of toadstools in a car's headlights filmed in Bicol province, Philippines. [📹 Jojo Villareal] Original post

Russian Navy Morse code weather from Yug Class Hydrographic vessel Vizir, 8345 kilohertz CW, 1204 UTC RIT DE UCIC2 26121 99714 10394 41498 81605 10065 40085 58002 70222 885// 22242 00064 20201 26013 BT AR UCIC2 K 71.4N 39.4E Heading South at 6-10 Knots maps.app.goo.gl/jJhTULX3SBay...

Uganda imposes 21-day quarantine on citizens returning from DR Congo www.bbc.com/news/article...

1. BREAKING: Flávio Bolsonaro is refusing to concede Brazil's presidential election and says he will seek to have the election annulled after losing to President Lula.

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

NEW: The Houthis have fired at least 12 missiles and two drones targeting Saudi Arabia since October 24 as part of the Houthi strike campaign, which aims to impose economic and political costs on Saudi Arabia. Read more: isw.pub/IranUpdate10...

2/ Yemeni government-aligned forces continue to engage Houthi forces south of Taiz City in an effort to break the Houthi encirclement of the city and central Taiz Governorate.

4/ Ukrainian forces conducted a series of long-range strikes against industrial facilities in Russia. Russian forces conducted several high-casualty strikes on October 24 and 25, including in western Ukraine.

ISW's assessment of Russia's campaign understandingwar.org/research/rus...

Andreas Rupprecht: 'PLAAF H-6KG strategic bomber is now using a new large jammer pod ... looks almost like one the J-16D pods, namely the RKZ-930-22 or -32 albeit with a different front.' x.com/RupprechtDei...

After several decades of discontinued use Bundeswehr intends to acquire new troposcatter communication systems, in a highly portable configuration enabling broadband transmissions up to 60 km. Framework contract to cover low three digit number of sets. www.hartpunkt.de/satellitenun...

Bundeswehr tactical comms presently rely primarily on satellite or line of sight-systems. Troposcatter devices can cover tactically relevant ranges up to a few hundred km depending on power and bandwith requirements. Older systems were in widespread use during the Cold War.

Bundeswehr personnel figures released for September. Despite an official narrative (by Pistorius) of the service in October including "more than 190,000" troops September figure is 186,200, a minor reduction from August (186,356). Via "Augen Geradeaus"/@wiegold.de: augengeradeaus.net/2026/10/pers...

Obviously it will be interesting to see how Bundeswehr is accounting for the required dramatic jump in October. As the linked account notes, BMVg for September is already engaging in some questionable revision of statistics, providing rounded figures incl several errors.

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PM Benjamin Netanyahu shared an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion in Tel Aviv on X on Sunday, two days before the election, publishing statements made by right-wing political commentator Yuval Blumberg warning of an existential threat from Iran. www.i24news.tv/en/news/isra...

2 Kh-59 missiles from Novyi Buh towards Kropyvnytskyi