Russian army chiefs torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, report says
Investigation lists 101 superiors accused of tactics such as using drones to ‘finish’ off retreating troops and sending soldiers on death missions
Thu 30 Oct 2025 10.45 GMT
Russian commanders are executing or deliberately sending to their deaths soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, according to a new investigation by the independent outlet Verstka, which paints a bleak picture of internal violence within the Russian army.
Drawing on testimonies from serving soldiers, relatives of the dead, leaked videos and official complaint records, Verstka said it had identified 101 Russian servicemen accused of murdering, torturing or fatally punishing their own comrades. The outlet said it had verified at least 150 deaths, though they said they believed the true tally to be far higher.
Tanzania tells students to stay home after tense election
Kieran Burke with Reuters, AFP
Government workers and students have been told to stay home after violence marred voting in the East African country. President Samia Suluhu Hassan is widely expected to win a second term.
The streets of Tanzania's largest city Dar es Salaam were reported to be quiet early on Thursday, a day after a general election marred by violence.
There were protests in the East African state's capital and other cities on Wednesday over the exclusion of opposition candidates. While results are still to come, President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to cement her position for a second term in office.
Her party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), has governed since Tanzania's independence in 1961.
Israeli army says remains of two hostages handed over to Red Cross in Gaza
The Israeli army on Thursday said the remains of two hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza hours after Hamas's armed wing said it would transfer their remains as demanded under the US-brokered ceasefire agreement in Gaza.
The Israeli army on Thursday said the remains of two more hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza.
The identities of the deceased hostages have not been revealed and the IDF requested that "the public act with sensitivity and wait for the official identification, which will first be provided to the families", in a post on X.
The handover to the Red Cross came hours after Hamas's armed wing the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said it "will hand over the bodies of two Israeli prisoners" in a message on its Telegram channel.
Delhi cloud seeding fails as city covered in thick smog
WWI soldiers’ messages in a bottle found on Australian beach more than 100 years later
Story by the Associated Press
Messages in a bottle written by two Australian soldiers a few days into their voyage to the battlefields of France during World War I have been found more than a century later on Australia’s coast.
The Brown family found the Schweppes-brand bottle just above the waterline at Wharton Beach near Esperance in Western Australia state on Oct. 9, Deb Brown said on Tuesday.
Revealed: ICE violates its own policy by holding people in secretive rooms for days or weeks
Thu 30 Oct 2025 11.00 GMT
US immigration officials have been increasingly detaining people in small, secretive holding facilities for days or even weeks at a time in violation of federal policy, a Guardian investigation has found.
These holding facilities – located at ICE offices, in federal buildings and other locations around the country – are typically used to detain people after they have been arrested but before they are transferred or released. In many cases, they consist of small concrete rooms with no beds and are designed to only be used for a few hours.
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