Europe

Russia, Ukraine and the US negotiate in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Trump says Ukraine will end up with a "little bit different shape".

Geopolitics

The 24-year-old who killed six on Krakow's main square on Saturday died of his wounds on Monday. Government and opposition clash over his ideology and the police response.

Geopolitics

Ukrainian drones set fire to Russia's Kirishi refinery overnight, and Rosneft capped fuel sales. Russian strikes hit Ukrainian substations and Dnipro bridges.

Geopolitics

France says Iran's Revolutionary Guards were behind the October cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration. Estonia separately accuses Russia of state-sponsored terrorism over hybrid attacks.

Geopolitics

Greece's coast guard recovered 12 dead migrants from a boat south of Crete on Monday, according to Reuters, while Al Jazeera reports at least 21 deaths. The coast guard also rescued more than 100 people in several operations, with Frontex aircraft joining the search, according to Politika.

Geopolitics

Data taken in a cyberattack on Russia's statistics agency Rosstat suggests more than 400,000 Russians have died fighting in Ukraine, according to The Guardian, while Politika cites more than 450,000. Le Monde reports that Belarusian and Ukrainian hackers got into Rosstat's computers and that Bloomberg published the figures.

Geopolitics

Norway's grid operator Statnett has paused new grid capacity for data centres to protect the power system, according to Reuters. The Financial Times reports that analysts see a window for China to catch up on AI if newly elected Democratic politicians take a tougher line on US data centre construction.

Technology

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said on Monday the minimum wage will rise by 1.6% from 1 December instead of January, in an effort to defuse a cost-of-living crisis. The CGT and CFDT unions called the increase insufficient, according to Le Monde.

Geopolitics

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has threatened to block the EU's 2028-2034 budget unless all member states commit to long-term financial support for Ukraine, the Financial Times reported. Meduza, citing that report, names Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic as the holdouts.

Geopolitics

UniCredit reported record profit and raised its profit guidance as it nears control of Commerzbank, according to Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal. Handelsblatt reports that the Italian bank wants to merge Commerzbank with HypoVereinsbank earlier, and Bloomberg says a Commerzbank board reshuffle is coming in early 2027.

Economy

Dutch nominee Klaas Knot says he would not hesitate to act in a debt crisis and would be ready to invent new crisis-fighting tools if required, the Financial Times reports. Euro zone finance ministers are to discuss ECB appointments but await guidance from leaders, according to Reuters.

Economy

Bloomberg reports that European power prices shot above €600 on Monday as wind generation slumped. Britain's grid operator Neso issued a rare electricity margin notice for gas plants to boost output, according to The Guardian.

Economy

The independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, the paper of Nobel Peace Prize winner Dmitry Muratov, ceased publication on Monday, citing a government clampdown. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the closure a 'normal process of turnover' and said it is wrong to say the era of independent Russian media is over.

Geopolitics

The EU is planning a crackdown on addictive features of social media and AI bots, Bloomberg reports. Meta is rolling out automated AI-powered age checks for teens globally, starting with Instagram accounts this month and later extending to Facebook and Threads, according to Al Jazeera.

Technology

Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders agreed to open two new crossing points across the island's dividing line during UN-brokered talks in Lefkoşa, according to Daily Sabah. Politika describes it as the first such step in almost a decade, and Reuters reports the leaders also agreed on future talks.

Geopolitics

Russia says it struck power substations in Ukraine and a ship off Odesa on Sunday, while 113 drones were downed over the Leningrad region overnight. US-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi are due on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Geopolitics

A 24-year-old Polish man shot six people dead on Krakow's main square on Saturday. Prime minister Donald Tusk called it an act of terrorism.

Geopolitics

France says Europeans will be at the US-mediated Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday. Trump says ending the war could change Ukraine's borders.

Geopolitics

Italian foreign minister Antonio Tajani said on Saturday that some of his personal data had been published on the dark web, and Giorgia Meloni denounced pro-Russian hackers, according to Le Monde. Defence minister Guido Crosetto called for offensive action instead of only reacting, FAZ reports.

Geopolitics

The plant lost its only remaining external power line, Ferosplavnaya-1, early on Sunday, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi said, and backup diesel generators were activated. TASS attributes the disconnection to damage to the line.

Geopolitics

More than 1,700 cost-of-living demonstrations have taken place in 31 European countries since mid-September, led by France, according to Al Jazeera. Politika reports up to 250,000 demonstrators across France and 74 arrests in Paris, with mostly peaceful protests but clashes with police in several cities.

Geopolitics

Protesters dressed in red marched through Amsterdam on Sunday, carrying signs reading "Stop the Genocide" and demanding that the Dutch government take a firmer stance toward Israel. Organisers say about 200,000 people took part, while several outlets report tens of thousands.

Geopolitics

Japan Tobacco said on Monday that all JT Group entities in Russia have been placed under temporary administration, according to Reuters. The available report gives no further details on the measure.

Economy

A man fired at random from a car on Krakow's main market square on Saturday, killing six people. Police shot and arrested the suspect, a 24-year-old Polish citizen.

Geopolitics

Russia hit Kyiv's Northern Bridge and energy sites with 172 drones and 36 ballistic missiles overnight to Saturday. Power cuts followed in five regions, days before US-Russia-Ukraine talks.

Geopolitics

Russia sends senior diplomats and officers to US-mediated talks with Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday, the first since February. Zelensky calls Trump's European security plan dangerous.

Geopolitics

Paris prosecutors are investigating whether foreign powers are behind the bomb hoaxes that disrupted European flights. Separately, Italy's Tajani says pro-Russian hackers published data on him and his family.

Geopolitics

About 146,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday, according to Handelsblatt, fewer than a week earlier, on the fourth consecutive Saturday of cost-of-living protests. Police used tear gas in Paris and Lyon, and the government has called talks with unions, employers and students for next week.

Geopolitics

ECB's Lagarde said inflation is likely to stay high in the near future and, according to Politika, could not say with certainty whether the ECB will raise rates in December. Knot and De Cos are the only two candidates for ECB president, Bloomberg reports, and De Cos says vigilance on inflation risks is needed.

Economy

Police used water cannon to disperse masked protesters in Tirana on Saturday, according to Al Jazeera. The protesters set off firecrackers and blocked roads, and Bloomberg reports that the protests turned violent as pressure on the prime minister continues.

Geopolitics

Trump announced a sweeping agreement after meeting Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev, and Europeans fear exclusion. US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks open in Abu Dhabi on 10 November.

Geopolitics

A governor raised the death toll from Monday's Russian bombing of an aid point in Komyshuvakha to 53. New Russian strikes left Kyiv and six other regions without power.

Geopolitics

Hoax bomb threats hit European flights for a third time this week, and on Friday emails also reached newsrooms in Ireland, Britain and Bulgaria. No explosives were found.

Geopolitics

Serbia's electoral commission (RIK) allocated seats on Friday: the Student List won 140 of 250, Vučić's list 103. The result ends the hold of the bloc around Vučić's Serbian Progressive Party on parliament.

Geopolitics

The European Commission said on Friday that TikTok's For You feed preliminarily breaches the Digital Services Act by drawing young and vulnerable users into repetitive content. A fine of up to six percent of global annual turnover is possible.

Technology

About 575,000 people marched across France on Thursday according to government estimates, the biggest day of protests since unrest began in September; media reports put the figure near 600,000. The Yellow Vest movement has called blockades for Friday and mass demonstrations for Saturday, while the government weighs an early minimum-wage rise, with labour minister Jean-Pierre Farandou calling it important to try to pass 1,500 euros net.

Geopolitics

Berlin has reached an agreement in principle with the family co-owner of the Franco-German arms group KNDS to buy its 50% stake, Le Monde reports. Germany would then control the group on a par with France.

Economy

The European Public Prosecutor's Office is investigating possible fraud involving EU funds meant for renovating and improving safety, signalling and communication systems on a Spanish rail line where a crash killed 69 people. According to Reuters, investigators searched the offices of Spanish rail entities.

Geopolitics

Foreign minister Sikorski accused President Nawrocki of trying to usurp power in the dispute over the Constitutional Tribunal, Politika reports. Handelsblatt reports that Prime Minister Tusk sees a way out of the crisis.

Geopolitics

US traders are reportedly refusing to honour the diesel deal between Trump and Putin, leaving Russian diesel unsold, according to Al Jazeera. TASS reports that NATO chief Mark Rutte said the deal caused panic in Europe, while he declined to comment on the deal itself, citing the need to maintain unity.

Economy

Ukrainian police raised the death toll from Russia's strike on an aid site to 42. Ukrainian drones hit Ryazan overnight.

Geopolitics

Unions say 1.6 million people marched across France against living costs, far more than official counts. Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu will receive unions and employers on Monday.

Geopolitics

Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on Thursday and urged a lasting truce before Abu Dhabi talks.

Geopolitics

The Bank of England raised its key rate by 25 basis points to 4% on Thursday, its first hike in three years. It warned that further increases may follow.

Economy

Bavaria's deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger, 55, was found dead in a Berlin hotel on Wednesday. Prosecutors say a preliminary autopsy points to natural causes.

Geopolitics

Hoax bomb threats forced diversions and emergency landings of European flights on Thursday, two days after a first wave. All planes landed safely and searches found nothing.

Geopolitics

A Helsinki court on Thursday sentenced the Russian captain of the cargo ship Fitburg to three and a half years in prison over damage to two undersea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland. An Azerbaijani crew member received two years and 10 months.

Geopolitics

French bank Crédit Mutuel Arkéa is trying to recover funds after a hack on its own account caused a loss of more than €100m, according to the Financial Times and FAZ. The techniques used echo the attack on crypto exchange Binance last week, the Financial Times reports.

Economy

Bosch is cutting a further 750 jobs in Abstatt, affecting the development of brake systems, FAZ and Handelsblatt report. The group-wide total of job cuts rises to more than 30,000, according to FAZ.

Economy

Withdrawals from European storage since the heating season began are twice the five-year average, TASS reports. Gazprom says the pace may reduce deliverability, while Politika reports Germany began the season with its lowest recorded fill level.

Economy

The European Commission transferred €4.36bn to Ukraine from its €90bn loan package, according to TASS and Politika, to fund items such as drones, missiles and air defence equipment. Volodymyr Zelensky says Kyiv aims to close all negotiating clusters by the end of the year, while Hungary calls accession by 2030 unrealistic.

Geopolitics

Germany has agreed with the owner families of KNDS to buy a 50% stake in the tank maker, according to Reuters on Thursday. Handelsblatt described the deal as an agreement on a state takeover of the company.

Economy

Zelensky said on Wednesday that 40 people died in Monday's Russian strike on an aid site in Komyshuvakha. Overnight, Russian attacks cut power in Ukraine, while Ukrainian drones hit an Ozon hub and Crimea's grid.

Geopolitics

Hackers tampered with cold stores of the French blood service, which says no products were damaged. Ahold Delhaize cut its profit forecast after its own hack.

Technology

Zelensky honoured Melania Trump with a state order for the Oleshky truce, and Moscow named its envoys for a meeting she is hosting. The Kremlin hopes Donald Trump keeps mediating after the Republican midterm defeat.

Geopolitics

Eurozone inflation rose to 4.0% in October from 3.8%, a three-year high and double the ECB's target. Analysts expect another rate hike in December.

Economy

Hackers stole part of the own funds of Fortuneo, the online bank of Crédit Mutuel Arkéa, in an attack Le Monde calls unprecedented in European finance. The bank did not disclose the amount and said on Wednesday that the incident was now under control, while Le Monde puts the diversion at €118m.

Technology

The European Commission says Montenegro could become an EU member in 2028 and sign its accession treaty in June 2027, according to Handelsblatt and Koha. Koha also reports that the Commission wants Ukraine to speed up reforms, while TASS, citing a document obtained by Politico, says Brussels presses Kyiv on the rule of law and on opening new negotiating clusters.

Geopolitics

BMW has lowered its financial targets for the second time since June and now expects a profit margin of between -0.5% and 0.5% this year, according to the Financial Times and the Guardian. Handelsblatt reports that profit fell by more than a third, and the Guardian ties the warning to the costs of a plan for 8,000 job cuts and to competition from China.

Economy

Thousands of young Danes protested on Wednesday under the banner "Enough is Enough" against a government plan to cut student allowances, according to the South China Morning Post. Al Jazeera reports the proposal would scrap the allowance scheme for students from wealthier families, while FAZ reports that French presidential candidates are arguing over the causes of violence ahead of a new protest day.

Geopolitics

According to FAZ, Polish prosecutors are now investigating President Karol Nawrocki, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk having the probe opened amid the power struggle over the Constitutional Tribunal. Nawrocki accuses Tusk of a "serious constitutional crisis" and of "crimes against the Constitution", Breitbart reports.

Geopolitics

Russian bombs killed at least 31 people at an aid site in southern Ukraine on Monday evening. Overnight, Moscow hit a Kharkiv hospital and the power grid, while Ukrainian drones set a Russian refinery on fire.

Geopolitics

The US, Russia and Ukraine will hold talks in Abu Dhabi on 10 and 11 November, US envoy Steve Witkoff announced. Zelensky and Merz used a Berlin meeting to demand a European role.

Geopolitics

Hackers remotely overheated freezers at supermarkets and food suppliers in over ten European countries from Monday. Germany, the UK and Greece have now reported cases.

Technology

Transport minister Óscar Puente resigned on Tuesday, a week after the Urda collision that killed 69. Spain will cut Madrid-Seville services until the European ERTMS safety system is installed.

Geopolitics

In Germany, a dispute continues over who was behind recent riots: Dobrindt defended his ‘Chaoten’ remark at the GdP congress, and a GdP official said officers confirm the perpetrator groups he named. In Madrid, police dismantled a housing protest camp that had stood since late September, police and activists said.

Geopolitics

Russian and Ukrainian attacks on Black Sea shipping threaten grain exports and could drive up food prices, Al Jazeera reports. Daily Sabah and Reuters report that the escalating naval war challenges NATO, with member states Romania and Bulgaria being drawn in.

Geopolitics

The UK and the EU have completed a deal to remove Brexit checks on food and animal products, expected to take effect in the first quarter of 2028, the Guardian reports. Reuters says a youth mobility deal is set for the summit, while the Financial Times reports that final sign-off is delayed by an EU demand for cheaper university access for EU students.

Geopolitics

Schaeffler plans to cut 3,460 jobs in Europe and close five production sites, with the reductions due by the end of 2028, Politika reports. Handelsblatt reports that thousands of the job cuts will fall in Germany.

Economy

Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that Poland has deployed special forces to the border with Russia's Kaliningrad region, citing Polish and foreign intelligence reports of planned "acts of sabotage and provocation". According to Meduza, citing RMF 24, he also said authorities prevented a possible provocation after spotting people with flashlights.

Geopolitics

A series of bomb threats on Tuesday forced flight diversions across Europe, according to Bloomberg. A flight from London made an unscheduled landing at Warsaw-Modlin airport, which was closed, and a plane from Israel was forced to land in Bulgaria after a threat received by email.

Geopolitics

An adviser to the EU's top court said on Tuesday that Google's Gemini chatbot may violate copyright rules when it uses publishers' content to generate answers. The adviser distinguished this use from AI training, in the first EU court case on the issue.

Technology

On Tuesday, the general assembly of Poland's Constitutional Tribunal ended with Prime Minister Donald Tusk's centre-right camp and the nationalist opposition holding to their positions, according to Le Monde. Politika, citing the New York Times, reports that Moscow backed accusations of a coup in Poland and that Tusk warns of a Russian campaign.

Geopolitics

Czech public broadcasters went on strike on Tuesday, showing dark studios and archive footage, to protest the abolition of licence fees, according to FAZ. Reuters reports they accuse the government of political meddling, and Politika says a new large rally is planned later this month in Prague's Letná park.

Geopolitics

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukrainian hackers carried out a cyberattack on a mobile app Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry uses to send alerts about threats, Meduza reports. According to the report, it was retaliation for an earlier attack on Ukraine's warning system.

Technology

Russian bombs hit a school used for aid in Komyshuvakha, killing 18, Zelensky says. Kyiv and Moscow dispute how the Oleshky truce was used.

Geopolitics

Independent investigators say a series of faults, instructions and procedures led to the Urda train collision that killed 69. Polls show the disaster costing Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez support ahead of the 29 November election.

Geopolitics

Hackers remotely overheated fridges and freezers at dozens of supermarkets in six European countries on Monday. The EU calls it a deliberate attempt to disrupt food supply.

Technology

French student protests resumed on Monday on a much smaller scale, with youngsters trying to blockade a few high schools after a two-week break, Reuters reports. In Germany, unions launched a wave of strikes over cost-of-living pressures (Al Jazeera), and according to Politika, Merz announced a tough response to riots in which more than 100 police officers were injured.

Geopolitics

The European Commission has said that Poland's parliament has the right to appoint Constitutional Tribunal judges, after the removal of the court's president triggered a crisis in the country. Bloomberg reports that the clash marks the start of a brutal election campaign and that the political standoff risks paralyzing the central bank.

Geopolitics

The Wall Street Journal reports that Washington proposed letting Russia sell gas to Europe through an American intermediary, and that European officials firmly reject the idea. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that it is hardly possible to talk about Russian gas transit to the EU now.

Economy

Prime Minister Bart De Wever submitted his resignation to the king on Monday after the coalition failed to agree a budget compromise, according to Le Monde. The king has not decided and will receive him again on Friday; the government faces a yearly shortfall of ten billion euros, TASS reports.

Geopolitics

Incumbent Iliana Iotova won Bulgaria's presidential runoff on Sunday against a pro-European opponent, near-final results show (Reuters); Koha calls her the country's first woman president. She promised to be a "president of peace" and hopes Russia will play "an important role in European security architecture", Le Monde reports.

Geopolitics

Hackers hit emergency alert apps in Russia and Ukraine on Monday, sending false warnings of nuclear threats, according to Meduza and The Guardian. Russia and Ukraine accuse each other (Politika), and Ukrainian authorities say they cleared up the confusion in under an hour (Al Jazeera).

Technology

A six-day truce in Oleshky expired on Sunday evening after roughly 700 to 750 residents left. Russian strikes and Ukrainian attacks on energy sites continued.

Geopolitics

Protests over prices and youth prospects ended in clashes on Saturday night, with 779 arrests in France and over 100 injured officers in Frankfurt.

Geopolitics

A collision between high-speed trains in Spain last week killed 69 people, including 54 Spaniards, authorities said on Monday. The dead include four US citizens and one each from Canada, Japan, Argentina, Mexico and Tunisia.

Geopolitics

Incumbent Iliana Iotova won Bulgaria's presidential runoff on Sunday, exit polls show, beating pro-Western challenger Andrey Gyurov.

Geopolitics

Police sealed off Poland's Constitutional Tribunal on Friday after a judge declared its president suspended. President Nawrocki alleges a forcible takeover, while Prime Minister Tusk invokes the rule of law.

Geopolitics

Germany's gas storage facilities are only just over 61 percent full against a target of about 70 percent, according to FAZ. The Federal Network Agency considers supply secure and relies on LNG, while storage operators warn of shortages in extreme cold.

Economy

Politika reports the arrest of Marko Kričak, head of the criminal police directorate (UKP), and senior police official Boško Sekulović over suspected unlawful conduct during a murder investigation and abuse of position; Handelsblatt reports the arrest came after the election. Serbia marked two years since the Novi Sad station canopy collapse, which Al Jazeera says led to a change of government.

Geopolitics

The Wall Street Journal reports in an exclusive that the United States is pushing to restore Russian gas sales to Europe via Ukraine. Reuters and Handelsblatt relayed the report on Monday, with Handelsblatt wording it cautiously (apparently).

Economy

Around midnight into Monday, Kyiv residents received false warnings of radiation and street fighting, and Ukraine's air force said its air-raid alert app had been hacked and that there is no radiation threat. TASS separately reports a cyberattack on the Russian emergencies ministry's mobile app, as relayed by Reuters.

Technology

Police said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London in support of Palestine Action, organised by the group Defend Our Juries. The arrests come ahead of a Supreme Court challenge to the ban on Palestine Action on Wednesday.

Geopolitics

Germany's Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) informed affected politicians about spyware after a warning from Apple, FAZ reports. Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger confirmed indications of possibly compromised devices, and ARD had reported on the warnings.

Technology

Russia's FSB says it detained a minor who posted a TikTok video threatening a crime in Moscow's Tsaritsyno park, while it was checking US intelligence on a possible attack in the capital. According to the FSB, events at the museum and park were cancelled and security was stepped up during the probe.

Geopolitics

Police moved into Rossio Square in Lisbon early on Sunday and cleared housing protest camps there and in Porto, with 13 protesters arrested, according to Politika. Prime Minister Montenegro refused to withdraw the planned rent bill, but changes are possible before the vote.

Geopolitics

Hundreds of residents of Russian-held Oleshky reached Ukraine on Saturday via Belarus under a local truce. Elsewhere the war went on, with strikes on Ukraine's grid and on Russian refineries.

Geopolitics

Russia says Ukraine resumed drone strikes on refineries after a pause, while Russian attacks killed around 20 people.

Geopolitics

Russia and Ukraine began evacuating occupied Oleshky on Friday under a local truce. Europeans fear being shut out of the coming talks.

Geopolitics

Transport minister Óscar Puente says errors at Adif's Madrid control centre caused the collision near Toledo that killed at least 69. Prime minister Pedro Sánchez says trust in high-speed rail is "broken".

Geopolitics

Hundreds of thousands marched in Italy on Friday during a union strike day. Germany's 'Gen Z regelt' rallies follow on Saturday.

Geopolitics

Russia's last major independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, announced on Friday that it will shut down on 9 November. Its editors say the security services forced the closure.

Geopolitics

French GDP fell 0.1% in the third quarter after stagnating in the second and shrinking 0.2% in the first, Le Monde reports. Germany's economy grew more than expected, though only slightly, according to Handelsblatt.

Economy

Representatives of the student list "Students Win" urged employees of public institutions and enterprises to report any case of potential destruction of documents. According to Politika, voting is to be repeated on Sunday at 53 polling stations, where results could not be determined at 31 and the vote was annulled at 22.

Geopolitics

The Brčko district declared a day of mourning for four EUFOR members killed in the crash of an Italian helicopter. According to Politika, flags on the district's institutions will be lowered to half-mast.

Geopolitics

Volkswagen is suspending development of the all-electric Golf at its Wolfsburg headquarters as sweeping cost cuts reach the flagship model, according to Daily Sabah. Audi's third-quarter profit fell 87 percent, FAZ reports, and the brand cut its guidance, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Economy

Polish police entered the Constitutional Court's premises on Friday, and court president Bogdan Święczkowski was suspended, Politika reports. According to Politika and Reuters, the Polish president cut short a trip to Senegal.

Geopolitics

The Irish government will scope out the possibility of unity with Northern Ireland for the first time, Reuters reports. According to Politika, Dublin is setting up a special body to prepare an expert basis for discussing the island's future constitutional arrangement.

Geopolitics

At least 69 people died on Wednesday when a Renfe high-speed train hit a stationary Iryo train near Urda in Toledo province. Spain began three days of mourning on Thursday.

Geopolitics

A Russian drone killed at least 14 people on a train platform in Dnipro on Thursday. Russia reported intercepting a record number of Ukrainian drones overnight.

Geopolitics

ECB president Christine Lagarde announced on Thursday that she will step down on 7 February 2027, months before her term ends. The ECB left its key rate at 2.5% the same day.

Economy

A local ceasefire around Oleshky has held for over two days as an aid mission prepares. Finland and Norway's call with Putin has split the Nordic states.

Geopolitics

The Greek container ship Contship Jet sank on Wednesday after three sea drones hit it in the western Black Sea. All 18 crew were rescued.

Geopolitics

An Italian helicopter carrying members of the EU force crashed in Brcko in northeastern Bosnia on Thursday. Reports differ on the toll: Le Monde and Daily Sabah report four dead, Politika and TASS three, with 11 to 12 people injured.

Geopolitics

Manja Grčić resigned as general director of public broadcaster RTS, and Borivoje Uskoković then replaced eight editors of its news programme, Politika reports. Fitch said the economic programme of the Student List remains unknown and that risks for Serbia persist.

Geopolitics

Volkswagen slid deep into the red in the third quarter, with FAZ reporting a loss of 5.8 billion euros and Reuters putting it at more than 6.5 billion dollars. According to FAZ, the company attributes the decline mainly to special effects, and Reuters says the result raises the stakes for its restructuring.

Economy

Reuters reports that French retailers are bracing for a bleak Christmas as protests darken the festive mood, while the New York Times describes social strains in Marseille that have fueled protests across France. New "Gen Z" demonstrations are planned for Saturday.

Geopolitics

The pound held steady after the budget, which Reuters called a "continuity budget" and the Financial Times described as modest in scale compared with recent fiscal events. According to the Guardian, Chancellor John Healey cut business rates for more small businesses and limited the rise in the minimum wage for younger workers, and MPs have reportedly asked the FCA to examine a leak that moved bank shares.

Economy

Opposition lawmakers disrupted a session of the Albanian parliament on Thursday and set off flares and smoke bombs, accusing the prime minister of downplaying the antigovernment protests, according to Al Jazeera. Politika reports that after 17 days of protests the government is toughening penalties, with fines of up to 5,500 euros for offences at protests, and introducing a register of suspects in violence.

Geopolitics

A Renfe train rear-ended a stationary Iryo train south of Madrid on Wednesday, killing at least 68 people. Transport minister Óscar Puente says a control centre wrongly sent the Renfe train on.

Geopolitics

The local ceasefire around Oleshky was still being observed on Wednesday, with the evacuation expected within days. Trump says a meeting with Putin and Zelensky will be set up soon.

Geopolitics

Zelensky said on Wednesday that the US approved a package of 12 Patriot missiles while Ukraine fired 35 in October. Drone attacks hit both countries overnight.

Geopolitics

Youth-led protests are sweeping Europe, with Generation Z demanding better education, affordable housing, economic opportunities and action against corruption, according to Daily Sabah. Politika reports that the French Senate passed a bill making rioters liable for damage, with fines of up to 10,000 euros.

Geopolitics

A Serbian policeman killed an attacker near Israel's embassy in Belgrade overnight after the attacker went for a gendarme with two knives, according to Dacic, who described the attacker as a minor not yet identified. Dacic called it a terrorist attack, and Le Monde reports that Israel's diplomatic service confirmed an attempted "terrorist attack".

Geopolitics

Three naval drones struck the Liberian-flagged container ship Contship Jet off the Bulgarian coast on Wednesday, Bulgarian Defence Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said. Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler warned Russia and Ukraine against further attacks on merchant ships in the Black Sea, according to Politika.

Geopolitics

Chancellor John Healey said he will ask Ofgem to remove standing charges on gas bills for 23m homes in 2027 or soon after, ahead of his first budget on Wednesday. The Guardian reported that he was also poised to reverse a planned cut to the cash Isa allowance, which Rachel Reeves had wanted to reduce from £20,000 to £12,000 a year from April.

Economy

Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat in Sunday's parliamentary election after 14 years, and crowds have filled the streets of Belgrade since, the South China Morning Post reports. Le Monde and the Guardian describe the win of an anticorruption movement and ask what comes next, while the SCMP expects China's ties with Serbia to face scrutiny, not severance.

Geopolitics

Vladimir Putin praised Elon Musk's "genius" and said Russia coordinates with him on satellites, Bloomberg reports. According to the Guardian, Russia plans to build its own version of Starlink to help it attack Ukraine.

Technology

A US-backed local ceasefire began around occupied Oleshky on Tuesday to evacuate civilians. Finland's and Norway's leaders also phoned Putin.

Geopolitics

Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, damaging the South Bridge and metro and killing one person. Le Monde reports power cuts in seven oblasts.

Geopolitics

Major student organisations said on Tuesday they will keep protesting and join the 5 November demonstration. The finance minister says France cannot afford further spending.

Geopolitics

Two men, named by the Financial Times as Mohmed Abdulkarim and Nouman Essghir, were charged under the National Security Act on Tuesday. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, one is accused of assisting a foreign intelligence service and the other of entering a prohibited place; Reuters links the case to helping Iran.

Geopolitics

The Student List won Sunday's parliamentary election with 52.65 percent against 39.22 percent for the United Serbia list around Aleksandar Vučić, according to the electoral commission's count of 8,135 polling stations. Zagreb demands that the new authorities acknowledge responsibility for the wars of the 1990s; Politika reports that SNS offices in Bajina Bašta were wrecked during celebrations of Student List supporters, and the SNS says it recognised one participant.

Geopolitics

French consumer confidence fell by 5 points to 80 in October, its lowest level since June 2013, according to statistics agency INSEE, amid nationwide protests. The CCI France chamber network says more than 2,500 shops were damaged around recent demonstrations and calls for a ban on protests until the end-of-year holidays.

Economy

Serbia's student-led list won Sunday's snap parliamentary election, and Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat. Turnout was the highest in more than 30 years, according to Al Jazeera.

Geopolitics

The French government offered smaller classes, more university places and a new admissions system on Monday. Student leaders rejected the package and plan more protests from 31 October.

Geopolitics

Ukrainian missiles and drones killed two people in Voronezh, Russia's governor says. A UN commission called Russian attacks on Ukraine's grid war crimes.

Geopolitics

Moody's kept France's rating at Aa3 on Friday despite the country's failure to correct its budget trajectory, Le Monde reports, and French yields remain elevated. The ECB is expected to leave its key rate unchanged at its meeting on Thursday, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Economy

Zelensky says peace talks with Russia and the US will resume and Kyiv wants them brought forward, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says resuming them implies no restrictions on combat. Ahead of a local ceasefire around Oleshky (Alyoshki in Russian), Russia says Ukraine has repeatedly struck the town, and Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova rejects Kyiv's demand for forced evacuation of children.

Geopolitics

Attacks in the Black Sea have cut Ukrainian wheat exports to Indonesia and Bangladesh, Nikkei Asia reports, and the Financial Times, cited by Meduza, reports that at least 40 sailors have died there as Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine has made it the world's most dangerous waters for commercial shipping. Russia is reviewing proposals for safe grain transport and is in contact with Türkiye, Interfax reports, according to Daily Sabah.

Geopolitics

The defence ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland and the UK (E5) met on Monday, and The National reported they would name Russia the greatest threat to Europe. The Financial Times reports that Germany plans to buy Ukrainian Bars cruise missiles, with an agreement on a first batch expected in the coming weeks.

Geopolitics

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on Monday that Brexit has damaged the economy and failed to deliver the promised benefits, and that they would like to rejoin the EU. Burnham agreed with the principle of migration reform, and Downing Street clarified that free movement would require a referendum.

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Two people died as Storms Boelo and Austen hit Britain with gusts of up to 135 km/h, causing flooding and travel disruption. The Guardian reports about 90,000 properties in northern parts of the UK are still without power, while Politika says around 800,000 households lost electricity.

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Audi's chief executive appeared alongside US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Georgia and drew heavy criticism on Monday. The head of IG Metall called the appearance "deeply embarrassing", according to Reuters.

Economy

The EU plans to impose more import restrictions on China in early 2027, according to Bloomberg. A Chinese expert quoted by Global Times called the EU's new parcel fee protectionism in disguise.

Economy

Serbia's student-led list won Sunday's snap parliamentary election, and Aleksandar Vučić conceded defeat. Turnout was the highest since 1992.

Geopolitics

French police arrested 1,314 people after a second weekend of cost-of-living and school protests. Unrest also hit Barcelona and Italian cities.

Geopolitics

Russia's Defence Ministry said it downed 532 Ukrainian drones overnight into Sunday. Zelensky said Russia fired nearly 2,300 drones and 48 missiles at Ukraine in a week.

Geopolitics

Zelensky confirmed on Sunday that Russia, Ukraine and the US will meet in November. A local ceasefire in occupied Oleshky is due to begin on Tuesday.

Geopolitics