Challecious Music https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Evening Brief, 22 October 2026 South Africa beat Australia by an innings and 31 runs to level the Test series Serbia’s student movement makes its final push before Sunday’s snap election Macron says only union marches will be allowed in France on Saturday Meta shares fall about 6% as AI spending turns its cash flow negative Meta strikes a deal so Zuckerberg can stay in California if a billionaire tax passes ZEMA board puts all senior directors on leave and names an interim director general Judge orders Trump to answer questions under oath in his lawsuit against the BBC by 11 December Musk says he is considering a merger of Tesla and SpaceX Zambia and Japan sign a grant of about US$6 million for railway maintenance Afternoon Update, 22 October 2026 Chongwe health director convicted over contracts with a company he had an interest in Austrian and Swiss women held in Niger for over a year are freed in Libya Pope Leo needs no further treatment after lung cancer surgery, Vatican says Two leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party freed from Tihar jail after a week Fighting around Taiz in Yemen has displaced nearly 260,000 people, UN says International Criminal Court wins the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize Hichilema at the COMESA summit in Harare as Mnangagwa takes over the chair Hichilema re-appoints his team of presidential advisers Morning Brief, 22 October 2026 Como beat Manchester United 4-1 in the Champions League as Carrick faces questions US orders some diplomats out of Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate North Korea says it will restart propaganda broadcasts at the South Korean border El Salvador launches rescue operation for four soldiers missing after gang attack in Haiti Zambia and Botswana explore mining and coal deals as three countries pledge closer ties at the Insaka Paris bans protests at key sites as Macron and Trump trade words over the unrest New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $25 billion over deceiving users Russia and Ukraine trade large strikes hours after US envoy meets Putin Evening Brief, 21 October 2026 Musk pledges a SpaceX share for every US child, a gift that could top 10 billion dollars Zambia plans health services around El Nino as UN warns it could be the strongest on record Alberta voters overwhelmingly choose to stay in Canada in independence referendum Macron adds a surprise stop in Riyadh to show solidarity after Houthi attacks US congressional candidate Brad Lander freed with a warning after West Bank olive harvest detention Russia says its first diesel tanker for the US sails Thursday, as analysts doubt the full deal can be met EU prosecutors search far-right group’s offices at the European Parliament in funds probe Government sites go offline as developers release fixes for two critical PHP flaws Kremlin says it is ready to resume three-way Ukraine talks next month, possibly in Abu Dhabi Zelensky says freezing the front line is the real way to start ending the war Afternoon Update, 21 October 2026 Russia frees US teacher Stephen Hubbard as Putin meets Trump envoy Witkoff Gambia gets US$2.5 million from sale of Jammeh’s US mansion for victims of his rule PSG beat Barcelona 4-2 but lose Kvaratskhelia, Dembele and Marquinhos to injury Egypt’s parliament delays vote on sending military support to Saudi Arabia against the Houthis French PM promises ‘massive’ police deployment as union calls strike for 5 November Hichilema tells mining licence holders to stop sitting on idle tenements as Lusaka Insaka pushes value addition Morning Brief, 21 October 2026 Italy sends 500 soldiers to Milan and tightens penalties after a weekend of riots US regulator clears Boeing’s 737 Max 10 for passenger service after years of delay UK inflation rises to 3.5 percent as fuel prices climb ahead of the Budget