The edition of
Wednesday 29 October 2025
18 stories, section by section, the most important first.
International
The death toll from yesterday's police operation in Rio de Janeiro rises to at least 132 people.
Four people are killed in an American airstrike on a boat in the Pacific Ocean.
Six Pakistani soldiers and seven gunmen are killed in a shootout at the border with Afghanistan.
The JNIM carries out its first attack in Nigeria, killing a soldier and seizing ammunition and cash in Kwara State.
Peace talks held in Istanbul, Turkey, between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse and achieve no clear agreement.
Politics
In the Netherlands, a snap election is held following the collapse of the Schoof cabinet in June.
Protests and riots erupts in Dar es Salaam over electoral reforms and demands for free political activity, with demonstrators setting fire to vehicles and damaging public infrastructure. Tanzanian police use tear gas to break up the protests and impose a curfew. Internet connectivity is disrupted shortly after.
In the Canadian province of Alberta, premier Danielle Smith says legislation has been passed to end the strike, invoking the notwithstanding clause to prevent court challenges of the legislation's constitutionality.
Centrist liberal party Democrats 66, led by Rob Jetten, takes a surprise lead according to the main exit poll, just two years after the party ranked sixth in the previous vote.
Tanzanians vote to elect a president, members of the National Assembly, and ward councillors. Incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan runs unopposed after the High Court barred main opposition leaders from participating in the elections.
Frans Timmermans, the leader of the GroenLinks–PvdA alliance, steps down following a poor performance during the election.
Business
South Korea announces it has finalized a trade deal with the United States in which the U.S. agrees to 15% of tariffs on imported South Korean goods and South Korea will invest in American businesses and shipbuilding projects.
The Law
The French Senate approves amendments to the country's rape law to include a consent-based definition, clarifying that consent must be freely given and cannot be implied by silence or lack of resistance.
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs a law institutionalizing a ban on the country's offshore gaming operators and declaring their operations illegal.
Environment
At least nine people are killed and five others are missing due to floods in central Vietnam, including in major cities such as Đà Nẵng and Hội An.
Stories adapted from Wikipedia’s Current events portal for 29 October 2025, by Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.