Challecious Music https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Morning Brief, 15 October 2026 Musk says the US government decides any limits on Ukraine’s Starshield speed Albania’s student protests turn violent for a second day, with several government buildings attacked Brazil’s Senate approves a shorter working week ahead of the presidential runoff Indonesia tries dry ice to fight fires as toxic haze spreads across the region 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 EU opens more membership talks with Ukraine after Hungary drops its veto Florida confirms six deaths from Hurricane Isaias Heavy rain floods Tripoli, with at least two people reported dead Duane Davis is sentenced to at least 40 years in prison for the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur Bank of America is fined more than $1.2 billion over money laundering and sanctions failures Turkish police raid Halk TV and a state fund takes over the opposition-leaning channel Singapore’s economy grows 5.4 percent in the third quarter as the central bank holds policy steady MI5 chief says state threats to the UK have quadrupled in a decade and calls Russia ‘aggressor number one’ Berlin’s Greens and Social Democrats suspend coalition talks with the Left Party Zambia wins a seat on the UN Human Rights Council for 2027 to 2029 Moody’s expects Zambia to post one of the biggest falls in government debt in sub-Saharan Africa Kabwata petition against Danny Yenga’s election is withdrawn Millers back government plan to stop funding the Food Reserve Agency as State House outlines new crop marketing body Evening Brief, 13 October 2026 Zambia urges Great Lakes countries to work together against illegal mineral trade at a ministers’ meeting in Lusaka Zambia reaches staff-level agreement with the IMF on a new credit programme of about US$1.5 billion Formula One will return to Africa with a Grand Prix in Rwanda in the early 2030s Hungary’s parliament repeals most of the Orban-era law that targeted LGBTQ people French school protests grow again, with unions counting 480,000 marchers and the government counting 161,500 Sweden’s Social Democrat leader fails again to form a government, a month after the election El Nino reaches record strength, with floods at Iguazu Falls and fires in Indonesia Afternoon Update, 13 October 2026 Pope Leo XIV is in hospital in Rome for lung surgery Former DR Congo president Joseph Kabila launches a new coalition with the M23 rebels Spain’s king and queen visit Ceuta, months after the summer border crisis One person dies in a rollercoaster incident at Six Flags Over Georgia Zelensky says Russia has already broken Trump’s energy ceasefire as Europe waits to see it hold Thousands march in Delhi to the Supreme Court demanding the election chief resign Trump says Ukraine needs a new president as a row over Russian diesel deepens Evening Brief, 12 October 2026