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A Bombardier Challenger 604 landed safely in Abuja, Nigeria after its cabin door detached during takeoff.

Washington is looking to tap as much as 17 million barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to bring down fuel prices pushed higher by the war on Iran, Reuters reports.

Gazprom's Surgut Condensate Stabilization Plant is on fire after a drone strike, Ukrainian monitoring channels say. The site sits 2,400 km from Ukraine's border.

Lebanese Army reinforcements forced Hezbollah gunmen to withdraw after they surrounded criminal investigations officers at a warehouse in Galerie Semaan. The officers were carrying out a judicial order to seize unsafe medicines.

Israel's Prime Minister's Office says the circumstances of the confrontation near Abu Falah, in which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, are still unclear and under investigation. The office condemned violence against Jews, Arabs, Christians and journalists, and said those responsible would be held accountable. It added that the investigation must determine who started the violence, and that disputed incidents will not be used to demonize Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria.

A parent who pursued and shot the elementary school shooter John J. Griffin in Bend, Oregon has been identified as Kaylub Giamanco, his brother told NBC News.

Katie Zacharia is transitioning out of her role as President Trump's press secretary, a White House official told Fox News. Contributed by @AZIntel.

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The New York Post releases a photo of John J. Griffin, the 16-year-old identified as the shooter who killed three children and a teacher at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. - NYP

Several homes were reportedly engulfed in flames as 250-acre Norte Fire continues to grow in San Juan Capistrano, California.

Lebanese Army: Checkpoints and foot and vehicle patrols were deployed today in Dahiyeh, southern Beirut, to detain wanted individuals and those harming security. Footage of the operation was released by the army.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi: "In 2030, I will end my term as president. This matter is decided. We'll live and see."

Egyptian parliament meets tomorrow on Sisi's request for a mandate to back Saudi Arabia. Egyptian TV.

IRGC officers are directing Houthi attacks on the ground, helping the group take ground and seize Yemen's Bab al-Mandeb coastline. Tehran is also supplying intelligence, weapons, training and targeting help for drone and missile strikes on Saudi Arabia. WSJ.

IRGC Navy: A second supertanker hit a naval mine and caught fire, carrying over 2 million barrels of crude with its radar and tracking off on an "unauthorized route."

A liquefied natural gas tanker was fired on by a small boat with seven people aboard roughly 140 nautical miles southeast of Al Mukalla, Yemen, according to UKMTO.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the Mecca Alliance between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan: "This is a step forward. Muslims should unite. We are ready to participate in this process." "Of course, we do not know the details of their decisions." "This could be a step toward Muslims coming together and achieving Islamic unity, rather than splitting into two groups and fighting one another."

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian: "If Muslims sit down together, first of all, there is no such thing as an Arab country, a Turkish country or an Iranian country in this sense. We are Muslims. We were created from a man and a woman and made into peoples and tribes. What matters before God is piety, not whether you are Arab, Turkish or Persian. We should sit down and follow God's commandments."

European countries are working on alternatives to Starlink after concluding the U.S. can limit access regardless of contracts or agreements, Zelensky said.

Zelensky: The lifting of sanctions against Russia will continue. The diesel deal is only the first step.

Carney, drawing a line from Brexit to Alberta separatism: "What that referendum decision guaranteed and delivered was profound uncertainty and a UK economy which is much poorer, with many fewer options, much more divided than it was prior to it." "It is a dangerous bluff. This is not poker. This is the future of our province. It's the future of our country."

Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) says a blast at its unit headquarters in eastern Baghdad came from a warehouse holding faulty equipment. Footage circulating earlier showed explosions at an ammunition depot in the city.

NEW: The UAE has agreed to re-enter the Yemen conflict, resuming payments to some government forces fighting the Iran-aligned Houthis in the south. Saudi Arabia will provide air cover for the anti-Houthi force in return, sources in Yemen said. The arrangement is the first tangible sign the Saudi-Emirati rift over Yemen's future is narrowing, driven by Houthi advances that have alarmed rival Gulf rulers. The Guardian.

Netanyahu to i24NEWS on the Iranian threats: "Am I concerned for my own safety? They explicitly state that they want to eliminate me, as well as other senior officials. We will do everything necessary; and to this moment, it is we who have eliminated them, not the other way around." On the elections: "They want to disrupt and influence the elections. Everyone is saying Netanyahu must lose. All of Israel's enemies are united on this. There will also be attempts to interfere in the elections and create security incidents to undermine our achievements. If this happens, the response will be very harsh."

Fires are burning in multiple French cities. City Hall in Limoges was set ablaze during protests there. In Lyon, demonstrators lit fires across the city, where a person dressed as Batman was filmed in the middle of it.

Palestinian professor at a Turkish university Khalid El-Awaisi: "You should teach your children to be conquerors." He said that if the Muslim nation had joined the October 7 attack, they would be praying the "prayer of victory" at Al-Aqsa today.

German Chancellor Merz: "We stand against anyone in Germany who believes antisemitism must once again be made socially acceptable. In the swamp of the right, in the salons of the left, in culture or wherever else. Antisemitism has no place in Germany, and that will remain the case. We will do everything to prevent it from spreading further in our country."

The Houthis say they shot down a Saudi Apache helicopter near Najran while it was carrying out offensive operations along the border. Contributed by @cym27s

Paris....... no comment.

At least 17 people were trampled to death during a religious festival in Kolkata, India, Indian broadcaster NDTV reports.

Trump: Mexico did pay for the wall… because I charged them tariffs

Trump on Google: Google wouldn't have taken my call in the first term. Now they kiss my ass.

Trump: "When I did the excursion to the beautiful Islamic Republic of Iran and we beat the shit out of them"

Trump on Iran: "We're gonna be there a little bit longer"

Trump: "Something came out, if you bought a MAGA hat, you were investigation by deranged Jack Smith. Did you see that? Yesterday it came out."

Looting..

Limoges city hall in France is collapsing as a fast moving fire spreads through the building.

French President Emmanuel Macron: "No room for violence in our Republic. Those who have broken, attacked the prefectures as well as businesses, looted even our town halls, will be prosecuted and punished. To the law enforcement forces, guarantors of the right to demonstrate, I express the support of the Nation. We will all stand united against the sowers of chaos, who seek only to bring down our institutions and prevent those who peacefully express their demands from doing so."

The Saudi Ministry of Education has extended the suspension of in-person classes at schools across Riyadh for one week, with classes continuing remotely.

Trump: "Every country that's using windmills has gone bankrupt"

Trump: "You know how much money we're taking out of Venezuela? Hundreds of billions of dollars we're taking out of Venezuela"

Trump: This guy's a jihadist. Mohammed El Sayed. He said, My name is not Mohammed. I said I'm the President of the United States. I can call you whatever the hell I want. But actually, his middle name is Mohammed, so I'm pretty close. You should have no complaint.

Jerusalem is lowering expectations on Saudi normalization, even after Trump said the Abraham Accords are back on the table following Israeli assistance to Riyadh against the Houthis. "Riyadh does not show much desire to promote normalization," an Israeli source said. A senior political official added that there is no evidence confirming a dramatic move is coming.

Trump: Massie -- the worst. What happened to him, by the way? I haven't heard about him. What a loser he is. He is the worst.

The looting in Paris today.. France riots

Looting Louis Vuitton during the “student protests” in France. This is real.

German AfD Leader Alice Weidel: There are no extremists in our party. We are not an extremist party. It's an unserious framing that doesn't work anymore.

Jerusalem is lowering expectations on Saudi normalization, even after Trump said the Abraham Accords are back on the table following Israeli assistance to Riyadh against the Houthis. "Riyadh does not show much desire to promote normalization," an Israeli source said. A senior political official added that there is no evidence confirming a dramatic move is coming. I24NEWS.

CENTCOM: USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) transits regional waters in support of the naval blockade against Iranian ports. As of Oct. 17, CENTCOM forces have redirected 138 commercial vessels to ensure strict compliance.

NOW: Initial reports of explosions in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. According to local sources, a total or 3 drones have successfully struck their targets. Contributed by: @BeamTracker_

Hegseth on Yemen: We unleashed Operation Rough Rider in Yemen for 50 days, and now the Houthis, even during Epic Fury, have not shot at our ships because they saw what America is capable of.

NOW: An air raid alert has been issued in Riyadh and Khamis Mushait according to local sources. Additionally, Saudi Civil Defense published air raid alerts as well. Contributed by: @BeamTracker_

Police: Mass casualty incident declared after driver strikes pedestrians at Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita, Kansas.