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France to deploy troops, admits to failures over weekend unrest (LINK) — 20 October 2026

French cities calm overnight after curfews imposed to quell violence, PM says: earlier Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez admitted police had "lost control" in some cities: more than 2,500 people have been arrested since the disorders broke out (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Portugal housing protests continue after police clear camps (LINK) — 20 October 2026

'We are suffocating': protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify: PM Giorgia Meloni says march in Italy was exploited by 'hooligans' — (LINK)

US: Nor'easter creating high surf and coastal flooding along the East Coast but the storm is expected to stay offshore (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Alaska: winter storm warning: up to 36 inches (1m) of snow and 40 mph gusts starting today: deepest snow for the eastern Alaska Range. (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Trump calls judge who demanded a halt to redevelopment of historic golf course in East Potomac a 'crazed lunatic' as interior official testifies on who ordered hundreds of trees cut (LINK) — 19 October 2026

Florida issues arrest warrant for Cuba's Raúl Castro, charging him with conspiracy to commit murder in the fatal downing of two civilian aircraft in 1996 (LINK) — 19 October 2026

US: 28 green card holders in California charged with election fraud (LINK) — 19 October 2026

U.N. conference on transnational organized crime (COP13) in Vienna 19-23 October: Criminal networks threaten the Amazon. Indigenous leaders want the UN to act (ground news LINK) — 19 October 2026

Guardian: Cop17 at a glance: everything you need to know about the UN's nature summit on 19-30 October in Yerevan, Armenia: 23 targets agreed in 2022 (LINK) — 19 October 2026

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UNEP sees higher global warming, even in best-case scenario (ground news LINK) — 21 October 2026

New initiative by UNIDIR on Thursday will aim to tackle the military uses of AI (ground news LINK) — 20 October 2026

Trump administration says it has revoked over 300,000 visas: State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said the Trump administration "has revoked ?more visas at a faster pace than any administration in history" (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Biodiversity COP17 Handbook urges governments to include women's environmental knowledge in biodiversity decision-making (LINK) — 20 October 2026

— Water Journalists Africa: "Women are often the first to notice environmental changes such as shrinking forests, drying rivers and declining fish stocks, yet their observations are frequently overlooked in official policies."

Elon Musk's $2-trillion SpaceX faces nationalization calls after Zelenskyy claims Starlink blocked Ukraine's defences (LINK limited) — 20 October 2026

OpenAI says its agents turned off own safeguards during two internal coding tasks (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Alberta rejects separation referendum: What's next for Canadian province? (LINK) — 20 October 2026

Biodiversity COP 17: Countries are falling behind on 22 of 23 conservation targets (LINK) — 19 October 2026

— Among the problems highlighted by scientists are pesticide use, unsustainable fishing and subsidies for activities that harm nature. Ecosystem degradation threatens food production, water security and economic stability worldwide.

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