NEW - EU releases LGBTIQ+ Equality Strategy 2026-2030, encouraging self determined gender "free from age restrictions," and exploring new legislation under Article 83(1) to create an EU definition for "hate offences committed online."

Source: https://commission.europa.eu/document/b4952371-4308-47ad-b995-02c539b75dda_en

BREAKING - Thousands of Gazans begin heading north as ceasefire announced: AFP

BREAKING - Israel army says Gaza ceasefire came into effect at 0900 GMT

BREAKING: The United States is deploying around 200 troops to Israel to assist in supporting and monitoring the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

BREAKING: White House says 'substantial' shutdown layoffs have begun - AFP

JUST IN - Trump to impose 100% tariff on China starting November 1st on top of all current tariffs.

BREAKING: Magnitude 6.0 earthquake hits off southern Philippines: USGS

Hackers release 5 million Qantas customer records, after the ransom deadline passed.....

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AI breakthrough detects hidden hardware trojans, exposing a critical flaw in the global chip supply chain

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BREAKING: An Air Force C-32 plane transporting Pete Hegseth reportedly declared an in-flight emergency while flying over the Atlantic Ocean.

Russia has allocated more than 5,000 study places to African countries at the expense of the Russian government, the head of Rossotrudnichestvo, Yevgeny Primakov, said. He added that five years earlier this figure was almost twice as low, and also noted that interest in Russian education in Africa is growing avalanche-like.

JUST IN - Candace Owens denied visa to Australia by country’s highest court — Politico

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia has lost 1.5 million people, soldiers mostly," - President Trump.

Uruguay's Senate overnight approved a law allowing euthanasia, the first in South America to legalize the procedure in law. Colombia and Ecuador had previously authorized euthanasia through supreme court decisions.