Challecious Music https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Evening Brief, 16 October 2026 Vatican releases first pictures of Pope Leo XIV since his lung surgery Data network fault cuts Italy’s air traffic capacity by half and disrupts flights Argentine university funding march ends in clashes outside parliament Germany and France agree a joint plan to back Europe’s car industry and soften 2035 emissions rules Trump calls Ukraine’s refinery strikes a disgrace as US senators ask for a Starlink inquiry ECZ says it had to give vacant proportional seats to the UPND after NRPUP missed the list deadline Ethiopia appoints a six-month interim administration in Tigray and promises elections Afternoon Update, 16 October 2026 Zambia wins a seat on the UN Human Rights Council with 177 of 181 votes Istanbul floods kill at least two as city sees its heaviest rain in 84 years Student protests turn violent in Tirana as an education ministry building is set on fire Maduro and his wife plead not guilty to new torture conspiracy charges in New York DR Congo objects to Formula One’s plan to race in Rwanda Ship attacks near the Strait of Hormuz reach a record weekly high Morning Brief, 16 October 2026 Four people die fighting a wildfire in East Java as Indonesia’s worst fires in over a decade spread haze Infantino apologises to FIFA critics but German and English football chiefs reject it Zelenskyy joins EU summit in Brussels seeking support as US ties strain Constitutional Court lets three paramount chiefs join the petition on Chief Mukuni’s status Ukraine says its Starshield access is back after brief, sudden limits AI-linked shares slide worldwide as inflation fears and AI debt worries grow Delhi closes a park as youth-led ‘Cockroach’ movement plans another rally over voter lists Minibus hits train at the French entrance to the Channel Tunnel, injuring 19 Trump calls off plan to livestream the execution of Fort Hood attacker Nidal Hasan Evening Brief, 15 October 2026 Albania’s prime minister rejects calls to resign as student protests enter a third day Zelensky says Ukraine will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries School uniform rules that bar headscarves spark rare protests in Azerbaijan and a row with Turkey China and North Korea open New Yalu River Bridge after a 12-year delay Zambezi River Authority cuts Kariba water for power generation to 23 billion cubic metres in 2027 IRH and ZCCM-IH reaffirm partnership and US$1.1 billion pledge for Mopani Copper Mines Copper Queens beat Uganda 4-1 in Ndola to reach third round of Olympic qualifiers Morning Brief, 15 October 2026 Brazil’s Senate approves a shorter working week ahead of the presidential runoff Singapore-flagged container ship sinks in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by a projectile Foreign Affairs Minister says Zambia has arrangements to extradite lawbreakers from the UK, the US and other countries EU leaders meet in Brussels with the 2028 to 2034 budget, China trade and Ukraine on the agenda North Korea says it test-fired two types of submarine-launched cruise missiles Evening Brief, 14 October 2026 US inflation rises to 3.7 percent in September as petrol prices jump US Social Security payments will rise 3.6 percent in 2027 Netflix to cut about 1,000 jobs, its biggest layoffs since 2022 Afternoon Update, 14 October 2026 Health ministry sends 123 officers out of its Lusaka headquarters and will audit staff qualifications Trump says ‘massive’ oil, gas and mineral exploration is about to begin in Greenland Ukrainian suspect goes on trial in Hamburg over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts Twelve US senators urge Trump to cancel a deal letting Russia export diesel Morning Brief, 14 October 2026 Taiwan says it is making progress on buying Alaska gas after Trump claims it will take 30 percent