Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Tuesday that 500 troops would be sent to Milan to support police after clashes there. She said the cabinet had also approved measures to make it easier to detain minors and fine their parents for any damage.

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Italy is sending 500 troops to Milan under a new security decree after violent clashes. Meloni said nearly 200 police officers were injured and 330 people detained, around half of whom she said were of “foreign origin.”

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Russian drones killed one person in Kyiv on the morning of October 21, including in a strike that set fire to a 24-story apartment building, city officials said. Overnight attacks in Kharkiv region killed two people and wounded 11. A drone strike on a university building in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, injured three people, according to preliminary reports.

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A Russian drone attack on Kyiv on the morning of Oct. 21 killed at least two people and injured two others, local authorities said. A drone struck a 24-story residential building in Sviatoshynskyi District, setting its 20th floor ablaze. Debris also fell in Desnianskyi and Solomianskyi districts.

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Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said the first tanker, carrying 40,000 tons of Russian diesel, is scheduled to leave port for the United States on October 22. He said further shipments would follow and Russia would meet US needs within its capabilities, as agreed by the two leaders.

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Independent committees are evaluating a potential SpaceX-Tesla tie-up. Strong SpaceX earnings have lifted shares ahead of Tesla’s results.

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SpaceX and Tesla may merge. Meanwhile, investors are growing increasingly wary of the massive sums being poured into AI data centers.

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Elon Musk supports a merger between SpaceX and Tesla as SpaceX reports a profit of $4.4 billion. Musk is chief executive of both companies and also chairs SpaceX and serves as its chief technology officer.

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Elon Musk said Tesla and SpaceX had formed special committees to discuss a merger, which he called a “good idea,” while cautioning that it was too early to assume a deal would happen. Shareholders would need to approve it, including at least 50% of Tesla shareholders.

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Elon Musk signalled support for a possible merger of SpaceX and Tesla. SpaceX also reported a sharp revenue increase and its first quarterly profit since going public.

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Elon Musk says there is “a lot to be gained” from combining Tesla and SpaceX. Special committees are assessing a possible deal, but no agreement has been reached and a merger is not guaranteed. It would be the biggest merger in history and would require shareholder backing. Analysts point to complementary technology businesses, while warning Tesla shareholders could own a smaller share of a larger, more complex company.

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Russia has released retired U.S. teacher Stephen Hubbard, according to U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff. The Michigan man had been imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine and was sentenced in 2024 to nearly seven years in prison.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin said Stephen Hubbard, a U.S. citizen who fought on Ukraine’s side and was convicted by a Russian court of mercenary activity, has been released. Putin announced the release as he began a meeting with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, adding that Hubbard was already at Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg.

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US envoy Steve Witkoff said Russia had released a retired American teacher who was imprisoned on charges of fighting as a mercenary in Ukraine.

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Russian state media report that Stephen Hubbard, an American held in Russia for more than four years, has been released following US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s visit to St. Petersburg.

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Russian state news agencies reported that 74-year-old American Stephen Hubbard was released on Wednesday. The release came as a Trump envoy met with Putin and was described as the latest sign of warmer ties with the Kremlin, while Washington pressures Kyiv to accept a deal to end Moscow’s war.

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President Vladimir Putin said Russia had agreed to release Stephen Hubbard, an American jailed on allegations that he fought for Ukraine. Putin said Hubbard had been taken to Pulkovo Airport during talks with US envoy Steve Witkoff in St Petersburg.

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Russia’s Federal Security Service says law enforcement detained a German citizen who allegedly signed a contract with Ukraine’s military and deserted after not receiving promised pay. The FSB said a criminal case was opened against him on mercenary-activity charges and listed previous combat service in several conflicts.

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Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau searched the premises of National Bank chief Andriy Pyshnyi on Oct. 21, a law enforcement source told the Kyiv Independent. The search follows other high-profile NABU investigations involving Energoatom, former presidential officials Andriy Yermak and Iryna Mudra, and the Prosecutor General’s Office leadership.

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Independent lawmaker Helen Haines had both legs amputated after a car struck her outside her electoral office in Wangaratta, her husband said. She is stable. Brendan Nugent, 43, appeared in court charged with three offences, while police continue to investigate the motive.

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Federal lawmaker Helen Haines had both legs amputated after a driver allegedly rammed her repeatedly outside her electorate office on Monday, her husband said.

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Independent MP Helen Haines has lost both legs after being struck by a car, her husband said, adding that she is in good shape mentally and her heart is sound. Brendan Nugent, 43, faces multiple charges. Police say the investigation is continuing and the motive has yet to be established.

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According to her husband, Helen Haines is now a double amputee. On Monday, a motorist allegedly struck the federal lawmaker multiple times near her electorate office.

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Australian independent MP Helen Haines had both legs amputated after being struck by a car in what police allege was a targeted attack in Wangaratta. Her husband said she was alive and stable. Brendan Nugent has been charged over the incident.

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Brendan Nugent, accused of driving into independent MP Helen Haines, remains in custody after appearing in Wangaratta and did not seek bail. Haines has lost a leg and is in critical but stable condition. Police said they had no intelligence indicating Nugent posed an immediate threat, while the AFP commissioner warned of rising abuse and intimidation of MPs.

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The UK government approved the Jackdaw gas field, a contentious move that could alienate some left-leaning voters whom Prime Minister Andy Burnham has brought back to Labour.

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Britain approved the Jackdaw North Sea gas field on Wednesday, bringing years of legal and political disputes to an end. The dispute had set the Labour government’s climate commitments against its drive to strengthen energy security.

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Media reported that Yemen’s Houthi movement fired a ballistic missile at an area near Aden International Airport, where the Saudi-led coalition has a headquarters. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saria said the missile directly hit a Saudi headquarters at Badr camp. No information on damage or casualties was available.

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