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- Raphaël Glucksmann wins French social-democratic primary with 66% vote
- Mexican president calls for residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon nears
- Saskatoon woman repurposes discarded saris into new clothing collections
- Chris Pappas highlights challenges and focus in New Hampshire Senate race
- Trump claims Russia and Ukraine have reached agreement to halt oil plant bombings
- Ukrainian drones attack Yandex data centre, halting operations in Russia
- Hurricane Isaias causes four deaths and widespread power outages in Florida
- Ukraine and Russia resume negotiations as energy crisis deepens across Europe
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Raphaël Glucksmann wins French social-democratic primary with 66% vote
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Raphaël Glucksmann wins French social-democratic primary with 66% vote
Primary result
French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann won the primary of the French social-democratic camp with 66.17% of the vote from 120,787 voters.
French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann won the primary of the French social-democratic camp with 66.17% of the vote from 120,787 voters.
Voter Engagement
With a turnout of 86%, the primary underscored significant engagement within the social-democratic camp, essential for building momentum against competing political forces in upcoming elections.
With a turnout of 86%, the primary underscored significant engagement within the social-democratic camp, essential for building momentum against competing political forces in upcoming elections.
Powerful Result
“A left faithful to its values can unite, govern and win,” said Raphaël Glucksmann after securing 66.17% in the primary of the French social-democratic camp.
“A left faithful to its values can unite, govern and win,” said Raphaël Glucksmann after securing 66.17% in the primary of the French social-democratic camp.
French Social democratic primary: Raphaël Glucksmann wins big in first round
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One round was enough. French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann has won the primary of the French social-democratic camp, taking 66.17% of the vote in the first round of a contest that drew 120,787 voters, the organisers announced.
The leader of the Place publique party is far ahead of Socialist Party chief Olivier Faure, who secured 14% of the vote. Ségolène Royal, a prominent Socialist figure and former presidential candidate in 2007, who had hoped to spring a surprise, finished third with less than 8% of the vote.
The two other candidates, Jérôme Guedj and Emmanuel Maurel, each took close to 6%.
A result that “says something powerful”, according to the winner, who hailed, on X (source in French), “a left faithful to its values can unite, govern and win”.
“We are not here to win a squabble on the left. We are here to win the presidential election: turn the page on Macronism, stop the far right and change lives”, Raphaël Glucksmann added.
Turnout was a crucial issue in this primary, and with 86%, this strand of the left now hopes to build momentum.
Disrupted by a cyberattack that slowed down voting, the primary, which began on Friday morning, was extended until 6 p.m. on Sunday.
Speaking to EU News on the second day of the primary, political journalist and left-wing specialist Rachel Garrat-Valcarcel, author of the “Blocs & Partis” newsletter, said a turnout of “at least 80%” would be needed for the primary to be considered a success.
Other political forces are already firmly in the race, notably the far right with Marine Le Pen and the radical left with Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Although not invited to take part in the primary, the latter nevertheless remained at the heart of the televised debates that preceded this weekend’s vote, amid discussions over an alliance with La France insoumise in the legislative elections and disagreements about possible support for the LFI candidate in the second round, should the centre-left fail to reach it.
Mexican president calls for residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon nears
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Get you up to speed: Mexican president urges residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon approaches
Hurricane Simon, a Category 4 storm, is currently affecting coastal communities in Jalisco, Mexico, prompting Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum to advise residents to remain indoors. The storm is producing winds of at least 240 km/h (150 mph) and has led to the issuance of the highest cyclone alert for 28 municipalities in Jalisco and Colima.
Hurricane Simon has prompted Mexico’s National Civil Protection Coordination to issue the highest cyclone alert for 28 municipalities in Jalisco and Colima. As of Sunday, 93 additional municipalities were placed under a high alert, and classes have been suspended in the affected areas.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has urged residents along the Pacific coast to remain sheltered until authorities declare the danger has passed, as the National Civil Protection Coordination placed 28 municipalities in Jalisco and Colima under its highest cyclone alert level. Jalisco’s Governor Pablo Navarro cautioned of “high-risk marine conditions” due to Hurricane Simon, urging residents to follow official instructions and take safety precautions amid ongoing evacuations and suspended classes in affected areas.
What remains unclear — It is not known whether the storm will make landfall or when officials will declare that the danger has passed.
Mexican president calls for residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon nears
News|WeatherMexican president urges residents to shelter as Hurricane Simon approaches
The Mexican community of Cabo Corrientes faces the risk of a direct hit as the Category 4 storm churns off Jalisco.
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has urged residents along the Pacific Ocean to stay indoors as Hurricane Simon’s powerful winds and heavy rains pound coastal communities.
As of Sunday, the hurricane’s eye was moving offshore of Mexico’s Jalisco state, with winds of at least 240km/h (150mph).
Torrential rain has already battered residents living between the Sierra Madre mountain range and the ocean. Communities in hilly and mountainous areas have been warned to brace for mudslides.
Simon reached Category 4 strength, on a scale of five, on Saturday, as part of an unusually active Pacific hurricane season.
“With the approaching impact of Category 4 Hurricane Simon, we urge residents of coastal municipalities in Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit and Michoacan to remain sheltered until authorities officially declare that the danger has passed,” Sheinbaum wrote in a post on the social media platform X on Sunday.
In a midday advisory, the United States’ National Hurricane Center (NHC) warned that Simon could produce “additional rainfall totals of 8 to 16 inches (20 to 41 cm) over portions of southwestern Mexico”.
Precipitation totals as high as 76 cm (30 inches) were possible in areas of Michoacan, Colima, and Jalisco until Monday.
It’s not clear whether the storm will make landfall. But the greatest risk of a direct hit lies at the moment with Cabo Corrientes, a town that sits on a cape in Jalisco, jutting into the Pacific Ocean.
A man boards up a shop as Hurricane Simon approaches Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on October 10 [Fernando Llano/AP]
Mexico’s National Civil Protection Coordination (CNPC) placed 28 municipalities in Jalisco and Colima under its highest cyclone alert level, while another 93 municipalities were under a high alert level, according to civil protection bulletins.
Classes were suspended in the affected areas, and efforts to evacuate residents were under way.
Businesses in popular tourist destinations like Puerto Vallarta boarded up windows and placed sandbags at entrances as the storm approached.
Jalisco’s Governor Pablo Navarro warned that the high-powered hurricane was creating “high-risk marine conditions” along the coast of his state, with waves reaching as high as eight metres (26 feet).
On Sunday, he also shared video on social media of the storm surge crashing onto sidewalks and flooding waterways.
“Here is the current state of Jalisco’s beaches this morning — from Barra de Navidad to Puerto Vallarta — as Hurricane Simon passes through,” he wrote in the video’s caption.
“I ask everyone to heed official instructions, take precautions and avoid putting themselves at risk. The safety of Jalisco’s families is the top priority.”
Saskatoon woman repurposes discarded saris into new clothing collections
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Get you up to speed: Saskatoon woman transforming discarded saris, giving new purpose
Satya Muktinutalapati, based in Saskatoon, repurposes discarded saris into new clothing. She has successfully saved up to 6,000 garments from being sent to landfills.
Satya Muktinutalapati has repurposed 6,000 discarded saris from local landfills into new clothing, operating her business from her home in Saskatoon. The initiative underscores a growing trend towards sustainable fashion within the community.
Satya Muktinutalapati, a designer based in Saskatoon, emphasised her commitment to sustainability, stating she has “saved up to 6 thousand garments from the landfill.” Moving forward, she plans to expand her operations, further promoting eco-friendly fashion practices in the local community.
What remains unclear — It is not specified how many garments are still awaiting transformation.
Saskatoon woman repurposes discarded saris into new clothing collections
Satya Muktinutalapati works from her house in Saskatoon turning discarded saris into beautiful new clothes. She says she’s saved up to 6 thousand garments from the landfill.
Chris Pappas highlights challenges and focus in New Hampshire Senate race
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Get you up to speed: Democrat Chris Pappas says “we’re taking nothing for granted” amid “tough race” in New Hampshire
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas is campaigning for a Senate seat in New Hampshire, facing former GOP Sen. John Sununu. Pappas stated that his campaign is focused on engaging voters in the lead-up to the election.
Candidates have 23 days remaining until Election Day to engage with voters in New Hampshire. Pappas emphasised the importance of reaching independent and swing voters, noting the state’s historically tight Senate races, with previous contests decided by fewer than 1,000 votes.
Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas stated that his campaign is focused on reaching out to independent and swing voters as he faces a challenging race against former GOP Sen. John Sununu in New Hampshire. He highlighted the urgency of addressing economic challenges and ensuring Senate control, noting, “We have to put some wins on the board for workers and the middle class.”
What remains unclear — The exact strategies Pappas plans to employ to engage independent and swing voters in the lead-up to Election Day are not detailed.
Chris Pappas highlights challenges and focus in New Hampshire Senate race
Washington — Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas, who’s running to represent New Hampshire in the Senate, said on Sunday that “we’re taking nothing for granted” as Election Day approaches, amid a “tough race” in the Granite State.
“I’m hopeful about where we’re going to end up at the end of this thing, but we’ve got to put in the work over the next 23 days,” Pappas said on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.”
Pappas, who’s represented New Hampshire in the House since 2019, is facing off against former GOP Sen. John Sununu in a race that could be key to determining which party controls the Senate. And although Republicans have been eyeing a possible opportunity to flip the seat, after Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen announced she wouldn’t seek reelection, WTX US News rates New Hampshire as leaning Democrat.
But Pappas said given New Hampshire’s status as a purple state generally and the state’s lack of early voting options, his campaign is taking nothing for granted. The focus now is on “how we get to those independent, swing voters, how we energize the base, how we reach out to Republicans over the next 23 days to win a tough race,” he said.
Pappas noted that the 2016 Senate race in New Hampshire came down to just over 1,000 votes, and acknowledged how his opponent’s family has been dominant in Granite State politics.
“I’m up against a candidate with a very famous political pedigree in New Hampshire. He’s been a U.S. senator before,” Pappas said. “But this isn’t about going back to the failed politicians with failed ideas from the past, it’s about looking ahead to the future.”
Sununu, the son of former Gov. John H. Sununu and brother of former Gov. Chris Sununu, represented New Hampshire in the House and Senate until he lost his reelection bid to Shaheen in 2008. And with a record of breaking with President Trump, he’s distanced himself from the president as he campaigns to return to the upper chamber amid an unpopular war with Iran and high gas prices.
But Pappas tied Sununu’s campaign to the president’s agenda more broadly, and positioned the contest as a larger fight for the Senate majority.
“The fact is, Donald Trump has said this, that ‘pretend I’m on the ballot,'” Pappas said. “He’s on the ballot through candidates like John Sununu, who will maintain his majority in the U.S. Senate, will make it harder for us to hold this administration to account to address the culture of corruption in Washington and fight to lower costs for New Hampshire families.”
Asked about Democrats’ priorities should they win control of the House and Senate, Pappas said “we have to focus like a laser on the economic challenges that people are living right now.”
“We have to put some wins on the board for workers and the middle class,” he said. “We can do that by building on the success of the housing bill that we passed to invest in the affordable housing stock that we need, to work to end this war and lower energy prices, to restore the cuts to healthcare that are kicking thousands of Granite Staters off of their health insurance and making it harder for people to access the care that they need.”
On immigration enforcement, Pappas has emphasized the need for reforms, while other Democrats have called for Immigration and Customs Enforcement to be disbanded entirely.
“We have to be realistic — Donald Trump’s going to be president for the next two years. We got to find every point of leverage we possibly can to rein in the disgusting abuses we have seen from ICE,” Pappas said. “We have to make sure that we are going after the worst of the worst criminals that are violating the law, while also respecting due process rights and making sure that immigrants are part of our extended American family. And people in New Hampshire support that.”
Trump claims Russia and Ukraine have reached agreement to halt oil plant bombings
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Get you up to speed: Trump says Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop bombing oil plants | News US
A huge fire engulfed an oil tanker off Sochi, reportedly ignited by a Ukrainian marine drone attack. The situation has resulted in black smoke billowing over the Russian resort city, with immediate details about casualties unconfirmed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that Ukraine fully supports measures aimed at de-escalation and is awaiting further details regarding the energy ceasefire from the American side. Russia has not yet provided any comment regarding the truce or its implications.
President Donald Trump announced an “energy ceasefire” between Russia and Ukraine to prevent rising global oil prices, with the White House confirming the agreement is effective immediately. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed support for the ceasefire, stating, “We are awaiting details from the American side,” while Russia has yet to comment on the truce.
What remains unclear — It is not confirmed whether Russia has agreed to the proposed energy ceasefire.
Trump claims Russia and Ukraine have reached agreement to halt oil plant bombings
Huge fire engulfs a burning oil tanker off Sochi, as black smoke blankets Russian popular Black Sea resort after a reported Ukrainian marine drone attack (Picture: east2west)
President Donald Trump has claimed an ‘energy ceasefire’ has been struck between Russia and Ukraine to stop world oil prices surging.
He wrote on Truth Social: ‘Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!’
The White House added: ‘Effective Immediately: An ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine.’
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said he supports the ceasefire before stressing that Russia must also agree to the terms.
‘We are awaiting details from the American side,’ Zelensky says.
‘For our part, Ukraine always FULLY supports steps toward de-escalation, the protection of lives, and the decisions needed to end the war and guarantee lasting peace.’
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Russia is yet to comment on the truce.
Trump has previously said ‘it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president’ and accused Volodymyr Zelensky’s of ‘making problems for the world’ after a shocking fallout over the US-Russia diesel deal.
Mr Zelensky was ‘blindsided’ when Mr Trump announced an agreement to buy almost two million tonnes of Russian oil. Kyiv fears the move could add over £3billion to Vladimir Putin’s war effort.
Trump has hit out at Zelensky, blaming Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s oil refineries for surging worldwide prices.
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Ukrainian drones attack Yandex data centre, halting operations in Russia
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Ukrainian drones attack Yandex data centre, halting operations in Russia
Russian Strikes
On 11 October, the Russian army struck two blocks of flats in Sloviansk, resulting in four confirmed injuries, according to the city’s mayor, Vadym Liakh.
On 11 October, the Russian army struck two blocks of flats in Sloviansk, resulting in four confirmed injuries, according to the city’s mayor, Vadym Liakh.
Operational disruption
Widespread outages across Yandex’s services affected navigation and taxi operations in multiple Russian cities, significantly impairing transport and communications for millions of users.
Widespread outages across Yandex’s services affected navigation and taxi operations in multiple Russian cities, significantly impairing transport and communications for millions of users.
Emergency Measures
“Everyone is receiving medical treatment,” Sloviansk’s mayor, Vadym Liakh, confirmed following the Russian strike on residential blocks, which injured four people.
“Everyone is receiving medical treatment,” Sloviansk’s mayor, Vadym Liakh, confirmed following the Russian strike on residential blocks, which injured four people.
Russian army strikes Sloviansk and Kyiv as Ukrainian drones hit third Yandex data centre
By Ядвига Полозова
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On the morning of 11 October, the Russian army struck two blocks of flats in Sloviansk in the Donetsk region.
“At this point, four people are known to have been injured”, said the city’s mayor Vadym Liakh. “Everyone is receiving medical treatment”.
There may be people trapped under the rubble, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Warehouses are on fire outside Kyiv following an overnight Russian attack. Storage facilities at an industrial plant in the Bucha district of the Ukrainian capital caught fire, and firefighters are still working to extinguish the blaze.
A paramedic and a driver were injured when a Russian drone hit an ambulance in the Sumy region. According to the head of the regional military administration, Oleh Hryhorov, the medical workers managed to get out of the damaged vehicle on their own.
Emergency power cuts were introduced on Sunday in several regions of Ukraine because of the difficult situation in the energy sector caused by Russian shelling, the press service of the national energy company Ukrenergo said.
Previously published schedules for hourly power cuts are currently not in force. The emergency outages will be lifted once the situation in the power system stabilises.
Ukrainian drones hit Yandex, third data centre targeted
Overnight into Sunday, Ukrainian drones attacked Russian technology giant Yandex’s data centre in Vladimir, east of Moscow in the third reported attack on the firm in days.
The company said the centre’s infrastructure had been damaged and its operations completely halted. According to the latest information, there were no casualties in the attack.
Yandex added that it is continuing to assess the state of the infrastructure and cannot yet say how long repairs will take. This is already the company’s third data centre to be attacked in October.
Yandex, often dubbed “Russia’s Google”, runs the country’s most popular search engine, as well as food-ordering and taxi apps used by tens of millions of people.
Governor Aleksandr Avdeyev confirmed (source in Russian) the UAV attack in Vladimir and the ensuing fire. He said residential areas had escaped destruction. Residents of the houses closest to the attack site have begun to be evacuated.
In Vladimir, two substations supplying electricity to 5,000 residents were switched off. An hour later, the governor said that 80% of the power supply had been restored and heating and water supplies were back to normal.
Preliminary reports suggest that a supercomputer housed at the Vladimir data centre was damaged. An identical machine is located at the Yandex data centre in Ryazan that was also targeted.
Taxi and navigation disruption
In the wake of the attack, users experienced widespread disruptions to the company’s services. People were unable to order taxis in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Perm, Krasnoyarsk, Vladivostok, Ulan-Ude, Yekaterinburg and other Russian cities.
“I can’t get anything to work at all”, said Yevgeny, a 69-year-old sitting behind the wheel of a Yandex-branded taxi near Moscow.
“I’ve never seen anything like this before. It hasn’t happened in the last five years. Now I don’t know what to do”, he said.
Similar problems were reported in Serbia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia. Drivers say they cannot log into the app or are facing navigation failures, while passengers see no available cars. There have also been reports of outages across many of the company’s other services.
On 9 October, drones attacked (source in Russian) Yandex’s data centre in Kaluga. On the morning of 8 October, the Ukrainian armed forces struck (source in Russian) a Yandex data centre near Ryazan. After that, malfunctions began in the internal systems of major Russian companies. Websites of major Russian media outlets also stopped loading.
Ukrainian monitoring channels reported strikes on Sunday on a movable railway bridge (source in Russian) in Rostov-on-Don, near the Black Sea. The regional authorities have not yet reported it.
In early October, Russia repeatedly carried out (source in Russian) strikes on key bridges in Kyiv. According to The Telegraph, against the backdrop of military setbacks, Putin decided to switch to attacks on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure and the bridges in Kyiv.
The crisis centre of the Krasnodar region reported that “fragments of drones” had fallen on the grounds of Sochi airport. A fire broke out in one of the administrative buildings, with no casualties. Debris also fell in a residential area.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said that overnight air defence forces had shot down 479 Ukrainian drones over 17 regions of Russia and the annexed Crimea.
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