As Israelis head to the polls on October 27, the anti-Netanyahu pact races to outflank the prime minister on the right. While a new cabinet might ease minor restrictions under foreign pressure, the core architecture of Israel’s genocidal war on Palestine’s Gaza remains untouched. For Palestinians under bombardment, replacing Netanyahu offers no end to the occupation, only a swap in leadership

Egypt's President Sisi calls for a just settlement of the Palestinian issue and comprehensive UN Security Council reform during talks with UN chief Antonio Guterres, the Egyptian presidency says trtworld.com/article/8785419…

#BREAKING: Egyptian parliament approves military support to help defend Saudi Arabia – MPs and local media

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has launched her campaign for next year’s French presidential election, promising to restore order and national confidence

Brazilians have re-elected Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in a high-stakes vote that will see the 80-year-old president return for a fourth and final term. He defeated far-right Senator Flavio Bolsonaro who says he will seek to have the results annulled

Two people have been killed in the UK as storms Austen and Boelo battered northern Europe with winds reaching 135 km/h, heavy rainfall, and widespread flooding. The storms disrupted roads, railways, ferries and flights across the region, with injuries also reported in Belgium and the Netherlands. Authorities have warned of continuing flood risks and further unsettled weather

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan receives Nobel laureate scientist Prof. Dr. Aziz Sancar at the Presidential Complex in Ankara

Turkish archaeologist’s childhood fascination leads him to discover the world’s oldest shipwreck 🔗trt.world/c5zv

Pakistan’s central bank raises its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 12 percent, its first increase since April, as inflation stays above target amid high energy costs linked to the Gulf conflict trtworld.com/article/c10da33…

Trade resumes between Pakistan and Iran but trucks remain stranded as backlog continues as top officials meet in Tehran to discuss ways to end US-Israel war on Iran trtworld.com/article/62442c9…

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan meets Unal Ustel, Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, in Ankara

More than 2,200 Palestinians have been forced from their homes since Israel launched its siege of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, on October 23. Buildings have been demolished and hundreds of businesses forced to close. Residents accuse Israeli authorities of exploiting last week’s deadly gunfight to tighten restrictions ahead of Israel’s October 27 elections. The offensive comes amid a surge in Israeli military and illegal settler attacks across the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, since Israel launched its genocidal war on Gaza in October 2023. The violence has involved killings, arrests, home demolitions, the destruction of agricultural land, and the forced displacement of Palestinian communities, as Israel continues to expand its illegal settlements on Palestinian land

Syria will soon launch its first map showing the distribution of mines across the country as part of a three-year strategy to address landmines and remnants of war, Emergency and Disaster Management Minister Raed al Saleh says trtworld.com/article/4836530…

Israel kills four Palestinians, including a 7-year-old girl, in attacks on Gaza as Tel Aviv continues its policy of tormenting displaced people trtworld.com/article/0ae1d98…

A monorail slammed into a construction crane that had collapsed onto an elevated track in Sao Paulo, Brazil on October 24, sending the crane crashing onto the busy highway below. The crane operator was injured and several vehicles were damaged in the incident

YBS, an offshoot of PKK terrorist organisation, in Iraq’s Sinjar region will disarm and integrate into the Iraqi army under the supervision of Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi, an Iraqi official says trtworld.com/article/0ffb742…

French police officers were seen throwing tear gas towards young children during student-led protests in Rouen, France on October 24. The grenade exploded near the children’s feet, with other people nearby. No confirmed serious injuries or official statement have been reported

Hardline anti-Palestinian rhetoric dominates Israel’s election campaign as Gaza faces worsening hunger, threatened hospital services, expanding Israeli military control over the occupied territory and continued deadly attacks despite the ceasefire deal trtworld.com/article/b8b201d…

Iran has accused the US of lacking seriousness in negotiations, saying Washington repeatedly confuses diplomacy with imposing demands on Tehran trtworld.com/article/59a2fc9…

"I don’t think this war is ever going to end unless we kick out the Arabs from there (Gaza) ... Or we’ll kill them"  A young American woman from Texas, who is now an illegal Israeli settler, spoke about killing the "Arabs" who refused to leave Gaza, saying they should be expelled because Gaza was "our land", during an interview outside a rally for Israel’s far right National Security Minister Ben-Gvir’s party ahead of Israel’s October 27 election. She added that they should not be allowed to go to Jordan, Lebanon or Syria, claiming those countries also belonged to Israel