Donald Trump has ruled out fresh American military strikes against Iran before the 3 November midterm elections. The decision follows preparations for a potential new offensive and comes as Washington and Tehran remain divided over uranium enrichment and sanctions. With the Strait of Hormuz under pressure, attention is shifting to what happens immediately after the vote.

An armed man was fatally shot by security at Nashville's Fred D. Thompson Federal Courthouse on 8 October 2026 after police say he attempted to fire a pistol that failed to discharge. The man then produced a knife. Investigators are now examining the deadly confrontation, the courthouse's security arrangements and the still-unknown motive behind the incident.

Spain's largest trade unions are backing a 24-hour general strike on 11 November 2026 as the country's housing crisis sparks nationwide anger. The death of an elderly woman following her eviction has intensified protests over rents, property speculation and tenant protections. With a snap election approaching, the strike could become a defining confrontation over housing affordability.

Two men have been arrested inside RAF Molesworth after security patrols discovered an abandoned vehicle and a breach in the military base's perimeter fence. The Cambridgeshire installation supports sensitive US and NATO intelligence operations. Counter-terror police are now investigating under Britain's National Security Act, days after a separate security incident near RAF Fairford.

The FBI has arrested an 18-year-old Minnesota man accused of planning an ISIS-inspired mass shooting at the Mall of America on 24 October 2026. Prosecutors allege he wanted to kill up to 60 people during a Hmong cultural celebration. An undercover operation ended in his arrest after he purchased an inert rifle and ammunition. Here is what investigators have disclosed.

Poland is confronting a series of school knife attacks after a 15-year-old allegedly killed a caretaker and injured two teachers, just one day after another teenager attacked a vocational school. With a third suspected plot uncovered, officials are investigating possible copycat behaviour, online influences and the warning signs behind the violence.

Maricarmen Abascal, 87, has died two weeks after being evicted from her Madrid home of 71 years, reigniting nationwide protests over Spain's housing crisis.

At least 33 people have been killed and 18 injured after a Russian guided bomb struck a street where two passenger buses were operating in Kramatorsk, eastern Ukraine. The devastating morning attack set vehicles ablaze, forced public transport to be suspended and prompted a suspected war-crimes investigation, as President Zelenskyy accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilians.

WHO is pressing Russia for more information after a 28-year-old worker at a Siberian anti-plague institute died from pneumonia of unknown origin. Nearly 200 contacts were initially monitored. Pneumonic plague can be deadly within hours if untreated, but antibiotics are effective and there is currently no evidence of sustained transmission.

Texas has become one of the most unexpected battlegrounds of the 2026 midterms. Donald Trump is returning for his third visit in a month as Democrat James Talarico leads Republican Ken Paxton in several Senate polls. A Democratic victory would end a Texas Senate drought stretching back to 1988 and shake the national fight for Congress.

Emergency blackouts have been imposed in five Ukrainian regions after Russia launched a massive missile and drone assault targeting energy infrastructure. Ukraine says 70 missiles were fired, many of them ballistic, while residential buildings and industrial sites were also hit. The attack raises fresh fears over the resilience of the country’s power grid as colder weather approaches.

A 19-year-old student has been detained after seven people were wounded in an attack at a vocational school in Ostrołęka, Poland. Two victims were reported seriously injured. Authorities have closed the school, tightened access at other city schools and begun investigating what triggered the violence, with no motive yet established.

Turkey is sending military equipment, intelligence, drone operators and defensive support to Saudi Arabia as Riyadh confronts renewed Houthi attacks. The move is the first major test of the new Mecca defence alliance and comes as Saudi-backed forces fight for control around the strategically vital Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

At least 19 people, including four children, have been killed after Russia unleashed around 70 missiles and waves of drones across Ukraine, devastating Pryluky and striking Kyiv.

Russia has confirmed a “massive strike” on Kyiv and other Ukrainian regions after an overnight assault killed two people in the capital and damaged infrastructure in several cities. The attack came only hours after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian intelligence had warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale operation.

Former German intelligence chief August Hanning has been arrested in a major espionage and attempted-treason investigation. Prosecutors allege a former BND aide supplied him with roughly 2,000 documents over several years, with classified material later used in work connected to foreign intelligence officers. The case could trigger a wider reckoning over security inside Germany’s spy service.

A seventh man has been arrested in the RAF Fairford terrorism investigation as police examine suspicious activity near the strategically important US-operated airbase. This explainer separates what police have confirmed from speculation over Iran, possible proxy activity and drone threats, while examining why American bombers were moved and what the case could mean for UK security.

France’s school revolt has become a national crisis, with hundreds of teenagers, school staff and police injured, more than 6,500 arrests and widespread disruption. This explainer examines the worst documented incidents, the damage to schools, why students are protesting, how Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu is responding and what could happen next.

Houthi forces have launched two missiles at Aden International Airport as Yemen’s renewed war intensifies around Bab Al-Mandeb. No casualties were reported, but the attack comes during a major Saudi-backed counteroffensive, expanding Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia and worsening displacement across Yemen.

Eva Marie Saint has died aged 102 after one of Hollywood’s most remarkable careers. She won an Oscar for her film debut in On the Waterfront, became unforgettable opposite Cary Grant in North by Northwest and continued acting across seven decades while deliberately putting family ahead of superstardom.