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Brazil's first-round abstention hit 21.08% (33.4M voters), the highest since 1998. Electoral Court chief Kassio Nunes Marques plans steps to cut it before the Oct. 25 runoff, Agência Brasil says. agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/en/politica/... #Brazil #Elections2026 #BrazilElection #Democracy #LatinAmerica

Officials of Brazil's Superior Electoral Court seated at a long table under an "Eleicoes 2026" screen during an election-day press conference in Brasilia, Oct. 4, 2026. Photo: Rafa Neddermeyer/Agencia Brasil (CC BY 3.0 BR).

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The Bouquet Fire near Santa Clarita, Calif., is 63% contained after burning 1,048 acres in Angeles National Forest since Oct. 3. Evacuation orders remain, InciWeb says. inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-inf... #BouquetFire #Wildfire #California #CAfire #LACounty

U.S. Forest Service fire engine CA-CNF E323 from Cleveland National Forest pumps a hose lay on the Bouquet Fire while firefighters take a water break, Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: U.S. Forest Service via InciWeb (public domain).

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NASA's Perseverance rover found a vast field of light-toned boulders at "Lac de Charmes," beyond Jezero crater's western rim. Many are gabbro, formed deep in Mars' crust; they may have eroded out of an impact breccia. science.nasa.gov/blog/a-journ... #Mars #Perseverance #NASA #Space #Geology

Light-toned, speckled gabbro boulders scattered on reddish Martian ground at Lac de Charmes, imaged by Perseverance's Mastcam-Z. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU (public domain).

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 10h

Kosovo police used tear gas and water cannon on protesters at Parliament Monday after it adjourned without a final vote on curbing the Hague war crimes court; 12 were hurt. A president must be elected by Oct. 6. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10... #Kosovo #Pristina #Balkans #WarCrimes #WorldNews

Original National Desk graphic (CC BY 4.0): Kosovo clashes over bill to curb the Hague-based war crimes court. Bill would cap sentences at 15 years, let sentences be served in Kosovo and allow appeals to Kosovo's Supreme Court. 12 injured. Timeline: Sep. 16 convictions, Oct. 5 first reading, Oct. 6 presidential election deadline.

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NASA's X-59 quiet supersonic jet flew a record six flights in one week and hit a new top speed of Mach 1.53 (about 1,010 mph), for 38 test flights in all. www.nasa.gov/blogs/quesst... #NASA #X59 #Supersonic #Aviation #Quesst

Screen capture from the eXternal Vision System aboard NASA's X-59 showing the aircraft at Mach 1.53 during a September 2026 test flight. Image: NASA, public domain.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 10h

Japan PM Sanae Takaichi opened a 69-day Diet session Oct. 5 vowing to cut the consumption tax on food from 8% to 1% for two years from April, with no new deficit bonds, Kyodo says. english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/8... #Japan #Takaichi #Tax #Economy #Inflation #Tokyo

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers her policy speech at a Diet plenary session in Tokyo, Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: Cabinet Public Relations Office, Government of Japan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 10h

Nolo crossed the date line and is now Typhoon No. 28 in Japan's zone, with 95-kt winds and 950 hPa, Weathernews says. JMA sees it weakening, then turning NW toward waters south of Japan around Oct. 10. sea.weathernews.com/resources/20... #TyphoonNolo #Typhoon #Japan #Weather #Pacific

Himawari satellite image of Typhoon Nolo, a large spiral storm with a clear eye, over the western Pacific on Oct. 5, 2026. Image: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA, public domain.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 11h

Trump signed an order at a Nebraska rally Monday letting anyone use tax-free red-dyed diesel on highways, deferring the 24.4¢/gal federal tax through 2026. Diesel averaged $6.32/gal, AAA says. thehill.com/policy/energ... #Diesel #FuelPrices #Trucking #Farmers #USNews

National Desk graphic: Red-dyed diesel opened to highway use. AAA average diesel $6.32 a gallon on Oct. 5; minus the 24.4-cent federal tax, $6.08. Federal tax deferred through end of 2026, no interest or penalties; about $60 saved per 250-gallon fill.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 11h

Artemis II astronaut Christina Koch led fans in the Eagles Fight Song on the field at Sunday's Eagles-Rams game in Philadelphia, NASA says, part of its Inspiration Tour. www.nasa.gov/image-articl... #NASA #Artemis #ChristinaKoch #Eagles #NFL

NASA astronaut Christina Koch on the field at Lincoln Financial Field leading Eagles fans in the fight song, Oct. 4, 2026. Photo: NASA/Thalia Patrinos.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 11h

Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's cabinet approved a 5-day Durga Puja break, Oct. 20-24, adding Oct. 22 off; offices open Oct. 17 instead. Nov. 7 becomes a yearly holiday, Prothom Alo says. en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/g... #Bangladesh #DurgaPuja #Dhaka #Holiday #Hindu

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman presides over a cabinet meeting at the Bangladesh Secretariat in Dhaka on Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: Press Information Department, Bangladesh (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 12h

Hubble cracked a cold case: rare niobium in 1999 data on white dwarf HS 0209+0832 hints at a second-generation, Jupiter-size planet formed from the dead star's ejecta, a Nature Astronomy study says. science.nasa.gov/missions/hub... #NASA #Hubble #Astronomy #Exoplanets #WhiteDwarf #Space

Artist's concept of the HS 0209+0832 system: a dark gas-giant planet beside a white dwarf and its glowing disk. Credit NASA, ESA, L. Hustak (STScI), CC BY 4.0.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 12h

Myanmar military airstrikes on displacement camps in Rakhine's Ponnagyun township killed 8 in two days (6 Sunday, 2 Monday), the Arakan Army and a youth group said, a week after a strike near a Kyauktaw market killed 50. theprint.in/world/myanma... #Myanmar #Rakhine #Airstrikes #Asia #World

Original National Desk chart: Myanmar airstrikes on two displacement camps in Ponnagyun, Rakhine State killed 6 and injured 11 on Oct. 4 and killed 2 and injured 2 on Oct. 5, 8 killed in total; a week earlier strikes near a Kyauktaw market killed 50. CC BY 4.0.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 12h

Very strong Typhoon Choi-wan churned east of Japan's Ogasawara Islands with 95-knot winds and 925 hPa pressure, Weathernews reports, with waves up to 8 m through Tuesday before it heads into the North Pacific. sea.weathernews.com/resources/20... #Typhoon #ChoiWan #Japan #Ogasawara

Himawari satellite image of Typhoon Choi-wan with a clear eye over the Western Pacific southeast of Japan, Oct. 5, 2026. Imagery: CSU/CIRA & JMA/JAXA, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 13h

Coast Guard crews took fire from Mexico's side of the Rio Grande in Texas on Sept. 26 and returned it; no one was hurt. Hundreds of US troops are moving into the Rio Grande Valley; Mexico sent ~500 of its own. www.military.com/coast-guard-... #USNews #CoastGuard #Texas #RioGrande #Mexico

A US Coast Guard boat crew patrols the Rio Grande, Sept. 1, 2026. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA3 Perry Shirzad, public domain.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 13h

CENTCOM redirected the 130th commercial ship Oct. 5 under the US naval blockade of Iran, resumed July 14. US forces have also disabled 3 noncompliant ships and destroyed 13 tied to violations or the IRGC's shadow network. www.dvidshub.net/news/576379/... #CENTCOM #USNavy #Iran #Blockade #Military

US Navy destroyer USS Rafael Peralta shadows a tanker while enforcing the maritime blockade of Iranian ports, April 24, 2026. U.S. Navy photo, public domain, via DVIDS.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 13h

Seoul's military concluded Monday that North Korean mines planted south of the border caused the Sept. 21 DMZ blast that hurt 3 soldiers. It cleared a minefield there and wants an apology; the North denies it. en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2026... #NorthKorea #SouthKorea #DMZ #Korea #World

Original National Desk graphic: simplified DMZ diagram showing the Sept. 21 blast site south of the military demarcation line, plus a timeline from the Sept. 21 blast to Seoul's Oct. 5 finding that North Korean mines caused it. CC BY 4.0.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 14h

NASA tests supercooled large droplet icing, a rare air hazard, in its Cleveland icing tunnel: drops up to 2,000 microns can freeze behind ice protection. www.nasa.gov/image-articl... #NASA #Aviation #Icing #Science #Cleveland

Ice builds up on a drop-sizing probe in the test section of NASA Glenn's Icing Research Tunnel during supercooled large droplet testing, June 2026. Photo: NASA/Quentin Schwinn (public domain).

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 14h

Putin decorated teachers and mentors of troops who fought in Ukraine at a Kremlin Teachers' Day ceremony Oct. 5: "the whole country is proud" of their students. Veterans just elected to the Duma will get training, he said. en.kremlin.ru/d/80933 #Russia #Putin #Kremlin #Ukraine #TeachersDay

Putin presents a state award and flowers to a teacher at the Kremlin's St Catherine Hall on Teachers' Day, Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: Presidential Executive Office of Russia (kremlin.ru), CC BY 4.0.

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Germany's Merz, on a surprise Kyiv visit Oct. 4, pledged €1.3B: ~€1B in military aid incl. interceptor drones and IRIS-T missiles, plus €350M for energy repairs. Zelensky said 15 deals signed are worth over €8.5B. kyivindependent.com/germany-anno... #Ukraine #Germany #Merz #Kyiv #AirDefense

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky shake hands in front of German and Ukrainian flags in Kyiv, Oct. 4, 2026. Photo: Vinnytsia Oblast State Administration, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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DOJ filed cases in 19 federal courts to strip citizenship from 40 people it says hid crimes or lied to naturalize. AG Todd Blanche called it "the largest denaturalization effort in modern history." www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justi... #USNews #DOJ #Immigration #Citizenship #Denaturalization

Original National Desk graphic (CC BY 4.0): DOJ sues to strip citizenship from 40 people in 19 federal district courts, filed Aug. 21 to Oct. 2, 2026. Bar chart of country of origin: Mexico 9, Pakistan 4, Afghanistan, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and Philippines 2 each, 13 others 1 each.

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Secretary of State Rubio landed in Iceland Monday on an Oct. 5-8 tour with Greece and Portugal, pushing for more US Arctic influence after a pact with Denmark and Greenland, AFP says. www.afp.com/en/rubio-arr... #Rubio #Iceland #Arctic #NATO #USNews

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is greeted by Icelandic Foreign Minister Thorgerdur Katrin Gunnarsdottir at Keflavik Air Base, Iceland, Oct. 5, 2026. Photo: U.S. Department of State (Freddie Everett), public domain.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 16h

Three Russian guided bombs hit Kharkiv's Slobidskyi district Oct. 5, killing 5 and injuring 53, among them 3 children; an 11-year-old girl is in serious condition. Dozens of homes were damaged. www.kyivpost.com/post/86168 #Kharkiv #Ukraine #Russia #UkraineWar #GlideBombs #KAB

Firefighters work on the wrecked roof of a building in Kharkiv after the Oct. 5, 2026 Russian guided bomb strike. Photo: Kharkiv Regional Military Administration (kharkivoda.gov.ua), CC BY 4.0.

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A low in the SW Gulf (AL92) should become a tropical depression midweek, the National Hurricane Center says: 60% chance in 48 hrs, 80% in 7 days. It should drift east, then north; northern Gulf Coast interests should watch it. www.nhc.noaa.gov/gtwo.php #Hurricane #GulfCoast #NHC #Weather #USNews

NOAA GOES-19 GeoColor satellite image of the Gulf on Oct. 5, 2026, 19:36 UTC, showing disorganized clouds and storms over the southwestern Gulf where the National Hurricane Center is watching system AL92. Public domain, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 16h

The ICC unsealed arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders, incl. supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, over alleged persecution of Afghan women and girls since Aug. 2021, a crime against humanity. news.un.org/en/story/202... #ICC #Afghanistan #Taliban #WomensRights #HumanRights

Original National Desk graphic (CC BY 4.0): timeline of the ICC's Afghanistan case, from the Taliban takeover on Aug 15, 2021, to judges unsealing arrest warrants on Oct 5, 2026, for Haibatullah Akhundzada, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, Habibullah Agha and Neda Mohammad Nadim.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 16h

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games ended Sunday with 54 world records. China led with 341 medals (169 gold); host Japan won a record 83 golds and 269 medals; South Korea was 3rd with 150. Next: Doha 2030. english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/8... #AsianGames #Nagoya #Japan #China #SouthKorea

Delegations enter Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya at the 2026 Asian Games opening ceremony, Sept. 19, 2026. Photo: Aspere / Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 17h

The Navy's future USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the 2nd Ford-class carrier, reached its new homeport, Naval Station Norfolk, on Oct. 2 after preliminary acceptance. It's 99% complete; delivery is due in spring 2027. www.dvidshub.net/news/576355/... #USNavy #Carrier #CVN79 #Norfolk #Virginia

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 17h

The Coast Guard suspended its search for 6 people aboard an air ambulance jet that crashed off Nantucket en route from Bermuda to Boston, after 66 hours covering 4,445 miles. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10... #Nantucket #CoastGuard #PlaneCrash #Aviation #Boston #Bermuda

U.S. Coast Guard boat crew and two aircraft search the Atlantic off Nantucket for the missing air ambulance jet, Oct. 3, 2026. Photo: U.S. Coast Guard (public domain).

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 17h

Two boats collided on the Congo River in DR Congo's Equateur province Sunday night, killing at least 30; dozens are missing, officials say. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10... #DRCongo #CongoRiver #Equateur #Africa #WorldNews

Original National Desk infographic (CC BY 4.0): schematic of the Congo River showing the metal vessel 'Dieu se cache' from Kinshasa and the wooden vessel 'HB Super Victoire' from Businga colliding; at least 30 drowned, dozens missing, cause unclear.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 18h

NASA's Crew-12 is set to undock from the ISS Oct. 7 at 8:05 a.m. EDT, with a Pacific splashdown Oct. 8 after nearly 8 months. Crew-13 arrived Oct. 1. www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces... #NASA #SpaceX #ISS #Crew12 #Crew13

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral on Oct. 1, 2026, carrying NASA's Crew-13 to the ISS. Photo: NASA/Joel Kowsky (public domain).

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 18h

A 15-year-old's hand was blown off near a school in Lens, France, Monday as riot police faced student protesters, the prefect said. Police watchdog IGPN will probe it. 190+ students hurt since protests began. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #France #Protests #Lens #Police #News

High school students blocking the north-west gate of Lycée Hélène-Boucher in Paris during the 2026 French student protest blockades. Photo: Camille Hestaux, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 18h

Maryland's Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, USDA's oldest and largest lab, was due to close today but stays open amid a union lawsuit and a court stay, NPR says. Most staff reportedly declined to relocate. www.npr.org/2026/10/05/n... #USDA #Science #FoodSafety #Maryland #USNews #News

Main building of the Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, 2018. Photo: Antony-22, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Christa Pike, who survived Tennessee's botched lethal injection on Sept. 30 after two pentobarbital doses, is still on a ventilator, her lawyer told CBS. He urged the state to commute her death sentence to life. www.cbsnews.com/news/christa... #Tennessee #DeathPenalty #Justice #USNews #News

Original National Desk timeline graphic (CC BY 4.0) of Tennessee's botched execution of Christa Pike, from the 1995 killing of Colleen Slemmer to Oct. 5, 2026, when Pike remained on a ventilator and her lawyers sought a commuted sentence. Facts as reported by CBS News.

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A Madrid court refused, for now, the region's bid to evict the Puerta del Sol housing camp of about 2,000 tents, RTVE says. Campers vow to stay despite the snap election and push for a general strike, eyed for November. www.rtve.es/noticias/202... #Spain #Madrid #Housing #Protest #News

Tents fill Madrid's Puerta del Sol under the Tio Pepe sign, with a banner reading "Acabemos con el rentismo", at the housing protest camp on Sept. 30, 2026. Photo: Barcex, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Were servants of Egypt's first kings sacrificed? A Purdue study of 46 retainers' skulls from graves by King Djer, King Djet and Queen Merneith at Abydos found 18 with potentially lethal trauma, per The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/science/2026... #Archaeology #Egypt #AncientEgypt #Abydos #Science

Figure 2 from Roselyn Campbell's 2026 study (Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, CC BY 4.0): plan of the First Dynasty royal tombs and rows of subsidiary retainer graves at Umm el-Qa'ab, Abydos, including those of Djer, Djet and Merneith.

Nevada Air Guard airmen and four C-130s came home to Reno Sunday after six months in CENTCOM for Operation Epic Fury, called up on a week's notice. DVIDS says it was the unit's largest short-notice deployment since 1991. www.dvidshub.net/news/576332 #NationalGuard #Nevada #Reno #C130 #USAF

U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Adrianne Lopez (public domain, via DVIDS): a Nevada Air National Guard airman greets his family in front of a 152nd Airlift Wing C-130 at the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno, Oct. 4, 2026.

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US holiday airfares are up: Thanksgiving round trips average $402 (+31%), Christmas $452 (+23%), Hopper says. Google Flights says book Thanksgiving by Oct. 22, per CBS. www.cbsnews.com/news/when-to... #Travel #Airfare #Holidays #Christmas #Flights

Original National Desk chart: average US domestic round-trip holiday fares, Thanksgiving $402 (+31%) and Christmas $452 (+23%), with booking tips: Oct. 22 for Thanksgiving, by Oct. 31 for Christmas; jet fuel rose from $99 to $195 a barrel.

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Iran's oil minister Mohsen Paknejad resigned as inflation hits 85% and food inflation 130%, The Guardian says. The rial is at a record low; GDP fell 10% in Q1. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o... #Iran #Oil #Economy #Inflation #MiddleEast

Original National Desk graphic: Iran's oil minister resigns. Inflation 85%, food inflation 130%, GDP down 10% in first quarter; US blockade cuts oil exports, oil trust owes ~$2bn, dollar at record 269,000 tomans, Tehran freezes prices of 12 items.

Lionel Messi, 39, plays his Argentina farewell Tuesday vs Benin before 85,000 fans at Buenos Aires' Monumental. He exits as record scorer: 125 goals in 207 games. www.aljazeera.com/sports/2026/... #Messi #Argentina #Football #Soccer #Benin

Graphic: Messi's farewell for Argentina vs Benin; 207 caps, 125 goals, 68 assists; timeline 2005 debut, 2022 World Cup win, July 2026 final loss, Oct. 6 farewell.

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Ex-White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, 29, joins Fox News as a contributor on Nov. 1, the network said Monday. She left in late August; Trump has yet to name a replacement. www.cbsnews.com/news/karolin... #FoxNews #WhiteHouse #PressSecretary #Media #Politics

Timeline graphic: Karoline Leavitt became White House press secretary in Jan. 2025, left in late August, Fox News announced her as a contributor Oct. 5, and she starts Nov. 1.

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PepsiCo recalled about 122,000 cases of 28-oz Gatorade sold in 37 states over undeclared Yellow No. 5 and/or No. 6 dyes, the FDA says. Class II recall. www.cbsnews.com/news/gatorad... #Gatorade #Recall #FDA #FoodSafety #PepsiCo

Original National Desk graphic summarizing the Gatorade recall: about 122,000 cases in 37 states, undeclared Yellow No. 5 and 6 dyes, recall started Sept. 25, FDA Class II on Oct. 2.

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Nigerian police say drones found the camp where gunmen hold 19 youth service recruits seized in Imo state, but it is mined with IEDs. One family was asked for a 50m naira ransom. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Nigeria #Kidnapping #NYSC #Imo #Africa #Security

Timeline graphic: Nigeria, 19 youth service recruits held in a mined camp in Imo state, per BBC News.

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Nobel Prize in Medicine: Karl Deisseroth, Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel win for optogenetics, using an algae protein and light to switch brain circuits on and off. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #NobelPrize #Nobel2026 #Optogenetics #Neuroscience #Science

Original CC BY graphic: timeline of the optogenetics research behind the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 22h

Ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert, the longest-serving GOP speaker, died at 84, a coroner said. He was jailed in 2016 in a hush-money case tied to abuse of boys he coached. www.cbsnews.com/news/dennis-... #Hastert #Congress #Illinois #USPolitics #USNews

Timeline graphic: Dennis Hastert served in the U.S. House 1987-2007, was speaker 1999-2007, pleaded guilty in a banking case in 2015-2016, and died in October 2026 at 84.

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Arizona's appeals court tossed a 10-year manslaughter sentence because an AI video of the slain victim "forgiving" his killer was played in court. It ruled the video unreliable. www.cbsnews.com/news/sentenc... #Arizona #AI #Deepfake #Courts #USNews

Timeline graphic: Nov 2021 road-rage shooting of Christopher Pelkey in Chandler, Arizona; May 2025 AI video played at sentencing; appeals court tosses the 10-year sentence; resentencing ordered. Original National Desk graphic, CC BY 4.0.

National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 22h

Supporters of jailed ex-PM Imran Khan march from Lakki Marwat toward Islamabad after talks collapsed. Authorities blocked key capital routes with shipping containers. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Pakistan #ImranKhan #Islamabad #PTI #WorldNews #Asia #Breaking #Politics

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National Desk @nationaldesk.bsky.social · 22h

Spain's PM Pedro Sánchez called a snap election for Nov. 29 after parliament rejected his housing decrees amid mass tenant protests. Polls favor the conservative People's Party. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Spain #Sanchez #SpainElection #Housing #Europe #WorldNews

Timeline graphic: Spain's Sánchez calls snap election for Nov. 29, from the Sept 23 Madrid eviction to rejected housing decrees and tenant protests. Original CC BY 4.0 graphic, details per BBC News.