Reuters World News Summary

Following is a summary of current world news briefs.

Milan luxury shops close for fear of new unrest as government prepares to deploy troops

Italy's government will dispatch 500 army troops to "defend Milan" after two days of unrest that saw demonstrators clash with police, loot shops and vandalise property, Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini said on Monday. The deployment is expected to be included in a package of security measures to be approved at a cabinet meeting ​expected on Tuesday.

France in turmoil: What might follow a weekend of riots?

France saw some of the worst unrest in years at the weekend as huge protests across the country over the cost of living and underfunded public services descended into riots and looting. Limoges town hall was torched ​and more than 3,000 shops were pillaged or damaged, according to the government, as violent groups clashed with police in cities across the country.

Killing of former anti-graft prosecutor a grim milestone in Guatemala's ‌political violence

The assassination at ​the weekend of anti-graft lawyer Juan Francisco Solorzano Foppa, who made powerful enemies by taking on Guatemala's elite, marks one of the most significant political killings in the country in recent decades, renewing concerns about the vulnerability of those who fight corruption in Central America. Family, friends and supporters held a wake for Solorzano, 43, on Monday, two days after he was shot dead by two assailants at a Guatemala City sports center. His burial is scheduled for Tuesday.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to visit Tehran on Tuesday

Pakistan's army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir is due to visit Tehran on Tuesday, according to a Pakistani official and Iranian media. Pakistan has played a key mediating role between the U.S. and Iran this year.

Ukraine's Zelenskiy says US decisions on Ukraine hard to explain

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that decisions taken by the United States on the war in Ukraine, including delays in arms shipments and restrictions on intelligence sharing, were "hard to explain." "Because it all comes down to (Russian ‌President Vladimir) Putin's refusal to end this war, and to decisions on the American side that are hard to explain between friends," Zelenskiy said in a meeting with a US congressional delegation.

US Supreme Court snubs bid to revive plea deal for accused 9/11 mastermind

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the accused mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks, to revive a 2024 agreement that would have spared him the death penalty in exchange for a guilty plea — a deal scrapped by former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The justices turned away appeals by Mohammed and two co-defendants who had also signed plea agreements of a lower court's ruling that upheld Austin's decision to void the deals. The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected an argument that Austin, who served under former President Joe Biden, had acted too late.

Alberta votes on leaving Canada, separatist movement likely to outlast expected defeat

Oil-rich Alberta was holding a nonbinding referendum on Monday on whether the western province should secede from Canada, a debate many believe will not be settled by what is widely expected to be a defeat for the separatist cause. Polls have consistently shown that a majority of Alberta voters oppose splitting from Canada. Economic grievances have fueled the independence campaign in the province, which is home to 5 million people and slightly smaller ‌than Texas but with one-sixth of the US state's population.

14 dead, 7 injured in Colombia illegal gold mine collapse

14 people were killed and 7 others injured following the collapse of an illegal gold mine in southwestern Colombia, local authorities said on Monday. The accident took place in the rural Chambero sector of the Santa Barbara de Iscuande municipality, located in the province of Nariño.

Who is Helen Haines, the Australian lawmaker targeted in vehicle attack?

Helen Haines, the Australian lawmaker left critically injured after being struck by a vehicle late on Monday, is an independent politician who had an unconventional path to parliament. The 65-year-old former nurse and midwife ‌has represented Indi, a rural electorate north of Melbourne, since 2019.

US State Department asks Americans to reconsider travel to Kenya

The US State Department has asked Americans to reconsider any travel to Kenya, citing what it called the risk of health, crime, unrest and extremism. "Reconsider travel to Kenya due to risk of health, crime, kidnapping, terrorism, unrest, and traffic safety. Some areas have increased risk," the State Department said on Monday, raising the advisory to level 3 that asks Americans to reconsider travel, from an earlier level 2 that urges increased caution.

Zelenskiy says Ukraine got no warning as Russian missiles rain in

Ukraine received no advance warning from its partners of a Russian ballistic missile strike overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday, adding that some vital deliveries from the United States were being delayed. Moscow launched one of its broadest air assaults in months overnight, cutting power to more than half a million households and damaging energy infrastructure across Ukraine.

US says immigrants from Ukraine, Sudan can keep protected status for now

Immigrants from Ukraine and Sudan can keep their temporary protected status in the United States for now, the Department of Homeland Security said on Monday, the day protections had been set to expire. In a statement, a DHS spokesperson said that announcements on Ukrainian and Sudanese TPS holders would "be made at the appropriate time" and that their immigration protections would remain in place.

Carney says cause of fire at Alberta military base still unknown

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that the cause of a fire that killed at least four military members and injured dozens of others in Alberta on Saturday is still unknown. Carney said in an address to Parliament that soldiers and ⁠reserve members were conducting live-fire exercises at ​an army base in Wainwright while a fire was burning in the training area.

Trump says Zelenskiy should get somebody else to negotiate to end war

US President Donald Trump on Monday ⁠said he thought someone other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy should negotiate on Kyiv's behalf as it seeks to end the war with Russia. "Maybe it's time for Zelenskiy to get somebody else to negotiate," said Trump, who on October 10 had called for Ukraine to replace the President.

University of North Carolina settles federal probes by Trump administration

President Donald Trump's administration has reached a settlement deal with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to close 18 federal probes over alleged race discrimination and antisemitism at the university. Trump has targeted universities with probes and funding-suspension threats over pro-Palestinian protests against US ally Israel's assault on Gaza, diversity initiatives, transgender policies and climate programs, leading to free speech, due process and academic freedom concerns.

Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil asks US Supreme Court to hear case seeking to avoid re-arrest

Columbia ⁠University graduate Mahmoud Khalil on Monday asked the US Supreme Court to overturn a ruling that opened the door for President Donald Trump's administration to re-arrest and deport the Palestinian activist. Khalil's lawyers asked the justices to take up his case after the Philadelphia-based 3rd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal immigration law barred a lower-court judge from ordering his release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

Houthi attack kills 58 at Yemen government training camp, governor says

Fifty-eight people were killed and more than 200 were injured after an attack on Monday by the Iran-aligned Houthis on a government security forces training camp in Yemen's Shabwa province, Governor Awad al-Wazir said, as fighting in the impoverished country intensifies. Video verified by Reuters from Shabwa province showed injured people ​and bloodied bodies scattered across the ground. Wazir also said that 14 other people remained missing after the Houthi bombardment of the Al-Alam camp.

Analysis-France's unrest lays bare 'slow agony' of Macron's twilight months

France’s worst bout of civil unrest in years has plunged President Emmanuel Macron’s final months in office deeper into turmoil, exposing the powerlessness of a leader struggling to contain social anger with little money to spend, scant political capital and an increasingly fragile grip on public order. The rioting that swept across France on Saturday, leaving a trail of looted shops, torched buildings and defaced public institutions, presents Macron ⁠with perhaps the most explosive challenge of his twilight presidency: a country demanding more from a state that can no longer afford to give much.

Exclusive-Trump approval falls to record low of 31% as midterms near, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds

President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to a record low as Americans worried about high gasoline prices and appeared ready to punish his Republican Party in the November 3 congressional elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Monday. Some 31% of Americans approve of Trump's performance in office, down a percentage point from two weeks earlier and the lowest level in either of his presidential terms, the four-day poll showed.

Paul Mackenzie, the Kenyan preacher who led hundreds to starve to death

More than three years after Kenyan police unearthed mass graves linked to a starvation cult led by evangelist Paul Mackenzie, the preacher was convicted of murder ⁠for ​the deaths of 190 children and one adult. Mackenzie's case has gripped the East African nation since officers found human remains in a forest near the Indian Ocean town of Malindi in April 2023, kicking off an investigation that would eventually unearth over 400 bodies, nearly half of them children.

Brazil's government says $4 billion budget reshuffle needed for Lula measures in 2027

Brazil's Planning Ministry said on Monday that the budget reallocations needed to accommodate measures recently announced by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as he seeks re-election in next Sunday's vote amount to about 20 billion reais ($3.95 billion) in the 2027 budget. In a statement, the ministry said the amount represents just over 1% of total primary expenditure subject to spending limits under Brazil's fiscal framework, adding such adjustments will be made while preserving both the overall spending cap and the government's primary budget target.

Germany summons Iranian envoy over plot to kill Jewish community leader

Germany summoned the Iranian ambassador on Monday, the Foreign Ministry said in a post on X, after a German court sentenced two men for planning to kill the leader of a Jewish organisation in Germany. The court said last week that one of the men had been steered by Iran's intelligence service.

Trump administration has not approved interceptor missile transfer to Ukraine, Washington Post reports

The Trump administration has not approved the transfer of interceptor missiles ⁠to Ukraine, the Washington Post reported on Monday.

Kremlin hawks savour Trump-Zelenskiy rift — if it lasts

Kremlin hawks are savouring a public rift between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy after a damaging week for Ukraine's president and a beneficial one for Russia, but the champagne is still on ice in Moscow. While welcoming strains in Kyiv's relationship with its most important ally, Moscow regards the US president's behaviour as unpredictable and European leaders rallied behind Zelenskiy at a summit last week.

Famous Siberian cave yields remains of yak-like Ice Age mammal

A Siberian cave already famous for yielding the first remains of an extinct human lineage called the ⁠Denisovans, who once roamed widely in Eurasia, has now produced evidence of a previously unknown large Ice Age mammal closely related to today's yak. Researchers said they discovered small bone fragments of the animal ⁠in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia in Russia, and obtained DNA that showed these remains belonged to a bovine species distinct from others already known, living and extinct.

Trump open to idea of joint meeting with Xi, Putin next month

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he is open to three-way arms-control talks with the leaders of China and Russia as soon as next month, raising the prospect of an unprecedented meeting and a major diplomatic gambit for the US president. "We would have it to talk about nuclear weapons and denuclearization," Trump told reporters outside the White House. "If President Xi wants to have it, I'd have it. I'm sure we'd talk about other things like trade too."

US officials plan to travel to Norway, Russia for Ukraine talks, sources say

US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to travel to Norway this week for the next round of negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine, according to three people ‌familiar with the matter. Two of the people said they expected Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to attend the meetings. Another person ‌familiar with the matter said Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was expected to take part in the talks, was sick and would attend virtually.

Hegseth meets Netanyahu in unannounced visit to Israel, reports Axios

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday, Axios reported, citing two ​sources with knowledge. Reuters could not immediately confirm the visit. The Pentagon declined comment, while Israel's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.