Ukraine war: Energy situation 'critical' after Russian attacks
Russian forces have again targeted Ukraine's energy facilities, leaving part of Kyiv and other cities with no power and water.
A presidential aide said the situation across Ukraine was now critical.
Prosecutors say two people were killed in an attack on the capital. Plumes of smoke were seen billowing from around a power station near the Dnipro river.
Power and water were cut in Zhytomyr, west of Kyiv, and two facilities were badly damaged in Dnipro.
Chinese diplomat involved in violence at Manchester consulate, MP says
Footage shows figure believed to be Zheng Xiyuan kicking down poster and pulling pro-democracy protester’s hair
Josh Halliday and Emma Graham-Harrison in Taipei
One of China’s most senior diplomats in the UK was involved in the violence against pro-democracy protesters at the Manchester consulate, a British MP has said.
Alicia Kearns, a Conservative MP, told the House of Commons that Beijing’s consul general in Manchester, Zheng Xiyuan, was seen “ripping down posters” before a Hong Kong campaigner was attacked on Sunday.
Footage posted online shows a person, believed to be Zheng, a veteran Chinese Communist party (CCP) official, kicking down a poster and pulling a protester’s hair, who was then dragged inside the consulate grounds and beaten.
Indonesia to tear down stadium after deadly stampede
Indonesia's president said the stadium would be rebuilt with the safety of both football players and fans in mind. The stampede was one of the deadliest disasters in football history.
What are the plans for the stadium and Indonesian football?
"For Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, we will demolish and rebuild it according to FIFA standards, with proper facilities that can ensure the safety of both players and supporters," Widodo told journalists after he met with FIFA head Gianni Infantino.
"We will reform and transform football in this country," Infantino said during the visit.
Bolsonaro victory would risk independence of Brazil’s Supreme Court
President Jair Bolsonaro is prompting fears for Brazil’s democratic system by threatening to appoint new judges to the Supreme Court, the central institution to the country’s young democracy. Between the two presidential rounds, Bolsonaro is blowing hot and cold on the issue – making threats to galvanise his base, then backing down to reassure undecided voters. If re-elected, however, the far-right president could well find the numbers to make changes to the court.
The outcome of the bitter contest between Bolsonaro and social democratic ex-president Lula Inacio de Silva is hard to predict, ahead of the second round of Brazil’s presidential election on October 30.
After getting 48 percent of the vote in the first round on October 2, Lula started trying to reach out to evangelical Christians and centrists in a bid to overcome his far-right rival. Bolsonaro performed much better than anyone expected with 43 percent and is more confident than ever that he will be re-elected.
90 Japanese lawmakers visit Yasukuni Shrine
A cross-party group of around 90 Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday visited the war-linked Yasukuni shrine in Tokyo for its fall festival, a move expected to irritate some Asian neighbors who view it as a symbol of Japan's past militarism.
The group, mainly composed of conservative lawmakers, has routinely visited the Shinto shrine on the occasion of its biannual festivals in the spring and fall as well as the anniversary of the end of World War II on Aug 15.
The lawmakers last visited the shrine at the time of its spring festival this year, but they refrained from offering prayers at Yasukuni on the war anniversary this summer amid a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.
Iran protesters need same western support as Ukraine, say exiles
Iranian opposition sign open letter calling for tougher measures over regime’s actions against protesters
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
A prominent group of Iranians in exile, human rights activists and families of dual-national political prisoners has called on the west to do more to help Iranians’ demands for freedom.
The EU, US and UK have imposed largely symbolic travel bans and asset freezes on a dozen security officials linked to a crackdown on people protesting in Iran after the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in mid-September. The west has not broken off talks with the Iranian regime over the 2015 nuclear deal or downgraded diplomatic relations.
An open letter, signed by 77 people, accuses the regime of attacking its citizens from within, in the same way as Russia is attacking Ukraine from the outside. Its signatories include Kylie Moore-Gilbert, the Australian academic and former political prisoner; Elika Ashoori, the daughter of the freed British political prisoner Anoosheh Ashoori; and Kazem Moussavi, the German Green party spokesperson on Iran.
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