Challecious Music https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html Afternoon Update, 17 October 2026 Norway review proposes letting its wealth fund buy into Western nuclear arms makers Brent crude touches 110 dollars a barrel as Gulf and Red Sea attacks continue Students, unions and Yellow Vest activists take to the streets across France Morning Brief, 17 October 2026 Founder of India’s youth-led ‘Cockroach’ party detained again as Delhi protest goes ahead Fast-moving Norte Fire in Southern California forces thousands to evacuate White House press secretary Katie Zacharia leaves her post within a week of starting Settlers attack olive harvesters in the West Bank, injuring Palestinians and a US photojournalist Zambia’s 2025 labour survey puts unemployment at 9.9 percent, down from 12.9 percent Trump waives new Russia sanctions two days before they were due to start Amazon deforestation in Brazil falls to its lowest level since records began in 1988 Three men get 158 years each in Mexico for the murder of two Australian surfers and an American 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 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