French President Emmanuel Macron said the navy intercepted and boarded the DF Peak on Oct. 12, about 450 nautical miles south of Reunion. The tanker was suspected of sailing under a false flag and carrying sanctioned Russian fuel, and is now under French Navy escort.

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Macron says the French navy intercepted and boarded the DF Peak tanker, described as part of the ‘shadow fleet’. Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence says the vessel transports Russian crude and is linked to shipping firm Sovcomflot.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said the navy detained the DF Peak oil tanker south of Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean on suspicion that it was sailing under a false flag. He described the move as part of the campaign against the so-called shadow fleet and said it complied with international law.

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TASS calculations based on data from Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin indicate that 417 UAVs flew toward the Moscow Region from the evening of October 12 until Tuesday morning. Sobyanin said air defenses neutralized most of them on distant approaches. He said the largest attack was repelled on September 19, when more than 1,600 UAVs were downed, including 450 targeting Moscow.

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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said 417 drones headed toward the Moscow Region from the evening of October 12 to the morning of October 13. Air defenses neutralized most at a distance, including 65 as they approached Moscow.

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Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said air defenses intercepted 13 drones bound for the capital, with emergency responders working where debris fell. Since the start of the day, 23 drones approaching Moscow have been destroyed.

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said drones struck two ships in the Black Sea. One sank, prompting emergency rescue operations.

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Three unidentified drones attacked the Maltese-flagged merchant vessel Chelsea 3 about 14 nautical miles off Bulgaria, within the country’s exclusive economic zone. Two sailors were injured, and the crew was evacuated to Varna by border patrol boats while the vessel remained afloat.

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Two vessels near Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast were struck by drones, and one sank, Prime Minister Rumen Radev said on Tuesday.

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Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two ships were hit by drones in the Black Sea and one sank.

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A cyberattack on supermarket refrigeration systems has left shelves empty across France. Hackers remotely raised temperatures to 50°C, causing fires and forcing hundreds of stores to throw away food.

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Hackers raised the temperatures of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius overnight, causing fires and spoiling food.

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Hackers remotely raised refrigerator and freezer temperatures to as high as 50 C overnight at hundreds of French supermarkets, triggering fires and leaving food spoiled.

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Major French supermarket chains said on Monday that a cyberattack drove refrigerator temperatures higher in hundreds of stores. Spoiled food had to be discarded, raising concerns about food security.

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Anthropic warns that self-replicating AI would have no central switch-off point and could work out how to operate unfamiliar devices on its own.

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Anthropic researchers say small AI models may soon be able to copy themselves on internet-connected home devices such as smart TVs and fridges, without a data centre. No model tested could yet do so reliably on a smart TV, but the researchers said one could emerge by the end of 2026 and be difficult to shut down.

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Trump said he does not believe China and Russia are helping Iran. He had warned that their involvement would be very bad for them.

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US payments firm Visa said China's central bank approved it to begin preparations for a domestic bankcard clearing institution in the country.

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The uniform Jordan wore and signed during the 1998 NBA Finals brought in $14 million. The only jersey sale to rank above it is Babe Ruth’s 1932 World Series uniform.

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Media reports said up to eight customers were injured in a stabbing at a supermarket in Incheon, South Korea, including one who suffered cardiac arrest. Yonhap reported that local police arrested a man believed to be in his 60s as a suspect.

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Onchain data shows a Bitcoin wallet moved BTC worth $378 million after six years of dormancy. It first received 4,582 BTC in March 2020, when the holdings were valued at about $40.8 million.

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