SocietyA substitute teacher in Missouri says she lost her job because of her account on adult-content site OnlyFans. She says the person who reported her actually did her a favor.
SocietyA substitute teacher in Missouri says she lost her job because of her account on adult-content site OnlyFans. She says the person who reported her actually did her a favor.
SocietyIn Rome, inmates and prison officers took part as athletes in a mini prison Olympics. Organised by the John Paul II Foundation for Sport, the third edition of the “Games of Hope” follows the event’s 2025 staging in the prison’s men’s wing.
PoliticsPoland’s interior ministry said a man was detained on Sunday on suspicion of plotting an attack on Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said the man, in his 60s, was arrested in Lower Silesia after online posts helped identify him. Authorities are searching his home and examining his contacts.
PoliticsWidespread protests in India have been met with detentions that the country’s Supreme Court judged “illegal.” Protesters allege foul play at the Electoral Commission.
WorldThe Houthis claimed responsibility for weekend attacks on Riyadh airport. Saturday’s death toll rose to 13, and another strike on Sunday killed one person. Flights remain suspended as Trump weighs possible US involvement.
SocietyEileen Gu discussed neuroplasticity, AI and forging her own path during a fireside chat in the KFF Inspiring Women Leadership Series at Singapore Management University. The conversation was moderated by the university’s president, Professor Lily Kong.
PoliticsThe UK Parliament’s Business, Innovation, Science and Trade Committee questioned witnesses on AI safety and security, including senior figures from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Meta.
WorldUkrainian officials said Russia attacked a power plant in Kharkiv after President Donald Trump announced Sunday that the two sides had agreed to an “energy ceasefire.” A local official said the CHP-5 thermal plant was hit at least twice and caught fire. Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed strikes on the plant and another in Kyiv, saying they came after Trump’s announcement.
Politics1:11Prime Minister Andy Burnham said in a podcast interview that Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote and warned voters in France and Germany about Moscow-backed attempts to influence their politics. He said he was the first British prime minister to state openly that there is evidence of Russian interference in the referendum.
WorldAt least 139 people, including 15 children, died while trying to travel from Djibouti to Yemen after their boat overturned off Godoria. The UN says about 300 migrants were aboard. More than 80 people, all Ethiopian, were rescued as the search continued for at least 84 others.
WorldHeavy rain from Hurricane Simon has raised the Marabasco River’s water level, putting authorities and residents in the western Mexican town of Cihuatlan on alert. Further flooding could force evacuations from vulnerable areas.
WorldA Houthi strike on an airport in Saudi Arabia killed 14 people. Former National Security Council Chief of Staff Alex Gray discussed President Donald Trump’s response to the attack and commented on Trump’s announcement of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine.
WorldOfficials say a second strike in two days on the international airport in Saudi Arabia’s capital killed one person and injured 11. A Saudi military spokesman said a projectile hit a passenger hall at King Khalid International Airport on Sunday, starting a fire. The previous day’s strike at the same airport killed 13 people and injured 308.
WorldNato Supreme Allied Commander Europe Alexus Grynkewich is due to speak at a security conference in Warsaw, warning Russia about the alliance’s ability to counter a possible attack from Moscow.
SocietyA fire gutted the historic Marché des Enfants-Rouges in central Paris early Monday. Located in the Marais and dating to 1615, it is the French capital’s oldest covered market and a listed building. Firefighters said the blaze was under control, but the premises were severely damaged.
Economy1:58The Paris Motor Show opens amid growing economic and diplomatic concerns. The EU says it has secured China’s commitment to moderate hybrid vehicle flows into the bloc, potentially cutting Chinese exports by more than half and preventing millions of cars from reaching Europe. The report asks whether European automakers can withstand the competition and their dependence on China.
WorldAn overcrowded boat sank while travelling from Djibouti to Yemen on the night of October 8-9, killing at least 139 migrants, including 15 children; 84 people were missing. The International Organization for Migration said most were Ethiopian and the vessel capsized off the coast north of Obock.
PoliticsIndia’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi and other opposition groups and civic society bodies march towards the Supreme Court, demanding action over election irregularities. Critics say a revision benefits Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party; protesters are also demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation.
WorldRussian strikes hit Ukrainian power plants on Sunday, causing outages. Zelensky said he had not known of an agreement after Trump posted that Ukraine and Russia had reached an “energy ceasefire,” but said he would welcome one. Moscow has not confirmed any accord.
PoliticsWith France’s presidential election six months away, a coalition of centre-left parties has chosen EU lawmaker Raphaël Glucksmann as its candidate. He says he represents a break with Macronism and Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s far left, and can defeat the far right. Polls suggest he would lose a second-round runoff to Marine Le Pen.
WorldUS President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine, but neither Moscow nor Kyiv confirmed it.
OtherEuronews’ midday bulletin brings together important stories from Europe and beyond on October 12, 2026.
SocietyFrench student unions call the government’s urgent deployment of about 3,000 substitute teachers to the schools most in need a major concession after more than two weeks of often violent nationwide protests. Questions remain about where the teachers will come from and whether the move can head off renewed protests, as debate over heavy-handed policing resurfaces.
WorldTourists and residents in Mexico’s Puerto Vallarta prepared on Sunday as powerful Category 4 Hurricane Simon moved north just offshore, threatening the Pacific coast with catastrophic winds, flooding and storm surge.