The day in brief — October 31, 2026
The stories that led the day, ranked by how many independent outlets covered each one.
While France deploys 70,000 police for a third weekend of protests, a shooting at a Spirit Halloween store in California left one dead — this year's carnival season turned grim. Meanwhile, the US-approved sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine won't arrive before 2030 — the wait outlasts even the longest horror flick.
The day's stories
- Polish president accuses PM of seizing constitutional court by force
- US approves sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, but deliveries may not start before 2030
- US Embassy warns of threat at Moscow's Tsaritsyno, museum closed
- Evacuated residents of Oleshky return to Ukraine
- Iran's supreme leader orders response to any threat without geographical limits
- France braces for third weekend of protests: 70,000 police, Paris march moved to outskirts
- California Spirit Halloween shooting: 1 dead, 6 injured; suspect at large
- Serbia revokes license of Alta Banka
- UK PM Burnham 'open' to formal apology for slavery, rules out reparations
- Nearly 300,000 households in Ukraine left without power after Russian strikes
Other stories of the day
- Mass protests in France and Germany over living costs turn violent
- Binance users withdraw nearly $5B after record hack
- Iliana Yotova becomes Bulgaria's first female president
- US Midterms: Final Push Before Congress Vote
- Judge tosses Trump's $10B defamation suit against WSJ over Epstein letter
- Trump: Flavio Bolsonaro can stay in US as long as he wants
- Poland's opposition moves no-confidence vote against Tusk government
- Zelensky ready to meet Putin in Türkiye
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