Student-led Serbian movement ousts right-wing leader Aleksandar Vucic in seismic winMr Vucic told supporters at his party’s election night event in Belgrade: “It is now clear that we have lost and the Students’ List has won,” though he blamed the media, alleged interference by unnamed European countries and the “American deep state” for the loss. Radomir Saicic, a Students’ List candidate, said “tonight is not just about results. “It is about people who believed and continued to fight,” he said. “This is a victory over fear. It is nobody’s trophy, it is a citizen’s victory. But victory carries responsibility.”
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/student-led-serbian-movement-ousts-right-wing-leader-aleksandar-vucic-seismic-winBerlin’s Plan to Take Back Homes Will Cost Europe’s Biggest Landlord £7bnDie Linke, which won Berlin’s state elections in September, has agreed to talks with the city’s Greens and Social Democrats as part of plans to transfer ownership of flats from companies that own more than 10,000 apartments, with the legislation scheduled to be brought forward in 2028. Any apartments owned above that 10,000 threshold would have to be transferred into public ownership as part of the policy, with Die Linke proposing an average compensation of around €100,000 per apartment – around 40% below the market value.
https://novaramedia.com/2026/10/23/berlins-plan-to-take-back-homes-will-cost-europes-biggest-landlord-7bn/‘Still Just a Child’: The Russian Teenagers Fighting and Dying in Ukraine The pro-war Orthodox Christian VKontakte group Synodik, which has about 50,000 followers, carries dozens of obituaries for soldiers who were teenagers when the invasion began. In Orthodox Christianity, a synodik is a list of names of the living or the dead who are remembered in prayers and church services. Likewise, Synodik’s members pray for Russian soldiers like they would in a real church. The comments, mostly posted by women, are filled with Orthodox prayers, animated images of icons and cross emojis.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2026/10/26/still-just-a-child-the-russian-teenagers-fighting-and-dying-in-ukraine-a94045Colombia’s government claims Petro exploited 48 women as president“Forty-eight women are already speaking with us about how, through a contract and an OPS, they were trapped and exploited in order to be with President Petro,” said Rios. Former DAPRE director Angie Rodriguez, who was sacked by Petro in July, doubled down on her successor’s allegations and asked the former president to prove that the president managed a network of women, including child transvestites.
https://colombiareports.com/colombias-government-claims-petro-exploited-48-women-as-president/Brazil heads back to the future as Flavio Bolsonaro refuses to recognize Lula winRight-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro has followed his imprisoned father's lead by refusing to concede defeat to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who won a historic fourth term in Sunday's presidential election. Bolsonaro, the son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, called into question a late-Sunday decision by a Lula-appointed Supreme Court justice that extended voting by two hours over alleged public transport irregularities. The senator said he would ask for the result to be annulled.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-heads-back-future-flavio-bolsonaro-refuses-recognize-lula-win-2026-10-26/Biochemists in Paraguay Join National StrikeThe biochemists are demanding a salary increase of 2 million guaraníes, equivalent to approximately 347 US dollars at the current exchange rate. According to biochemist Laila Peña, a professional employed by the Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare earns 4.3 million guaraníes (746 US dollars), while a temporary contract worker receives between 3.2 and 3.6 million guaraníes (between 555 and 625 US dollars).
https://www.telesurenglish.net/biochemists-in-paraguay-join-national-strike/Netanyahu reportedly pressured military to attack Iran in run-up to electionIsrael’s Channel 12 news reported that the prime minister and the armed forces chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, clashed in recent days over a directive to the military which could “potentially spark an immediate conflagration with Iran at a very sensitive juncture”, by provoking a miscalculation by Iran. Zamir is reported to have requested the directive, the details of which were not specified, to be presented to him in writing.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/netanyahu-reportedly-pressured-israel-military-attack-iran-runup-to-electionFears of intimidation of Palestinian voters as Israeli election 'observers' allowed to carry gunsAdalah attorney Ariel Remez, who led the petition, told The New Arab: "by declining to intervene, the Court has left Palestinian voters exposed to intimidation and placed responsibility for any violence on Election Day on the police and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, a minister previously convicted of incitement to racism who has driven the mass arming of Israeli civilians."
https://www.newarab.com/news/fears-palestinians-israel-election-observers-allowed-guns 'No fuel to keep babies warm': shortages push hospitals in Yemen's Taiz to brink Taiz has been largely isolated since October 3, with fighting preventing humanitarian supplies from entering and civilians from leaving, following an escalation in clashes between the Saudi-backed government and the Iran-aligned Houthi movement.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/no-fuel-keep-babies-warm-shortages-push-hospitals-yemens-taiz-brinkDrone strikes cut power across southeast Sudan, operator saysThe operator accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces — which have been fighting a civil war with the army for around 3-1/2 years — of knocking out power in four states, which cover about half the territory currently held by the military. …. Power was cut in Sennar, Al Qadarif, White Nile and Gezira states, threatening the stability of the whole national grid, the operator said. The attacks hit stations in the towns and areas of Sinja, El Hawata, Al Fao and Mashkour, as well as Al-Junaid in Gezira State, causing "severe damage" and "major destruction" to equipment, it added.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/drone-strikes-cut-power-across-southeast-sudan-operator-says-2026-10-26/Japanese prosecutors charge US marine suspected of robbing and killing womanDevin Jacob Ballard, a 20-year-old lance corporal assigned to Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, is charged with fatally strangling Anna Yagi, 39, at a hotel in the city and stealing from her a backpack containing a wallet, the public broadcaster NHK reported.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/26/japanese-prosecuters-charge-marine-killingCommunist Party opposes proposed counterterror organised crime lawsThe CPSL has said it recognises the need to combat terrorism, organised crime and threats to public security, having itself suffered violence during both the civil conflict and the 1987-90 period. Full text of the statement: The Communist Party of Sri Lanka (CPSL) expresses its strongest opposition to the proposed Protection of the State from Terrorism Bill and the Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill, which together represent a grave threat to democracy, fundamental rights, and the freedoms guaranteed to the people of Sri Lanka.
https://island.lk/communist-party-opposes-proposed-counterterror-organised-crime-laws/