TIL Date: 2025-10
167 headlines found.
- Government shuts down after Trump and Congress fail to reach deal
October 1, 2025 - Emily Blunt among Hollywood stars outraged over 'AI actor' Tilly Norwood
October 1, 2025 - At least 69 killed in huge Philippines quake as officials declare 'state of calamity'
October 1, 2025 - France investigates Russia-linked oil tanker suspected of launching drones
October 1, 2025 - Pro-Palestine flotilla heading towards Gaza 'harassed by Israeli naval boats'
October 1, 2025 - Donald Trump will not move World Cup matches, says Fifa vice-president
October 1, 2025 - Afghans rejoice as internet returns after Taliban blackout
October 1, 2025 - Conservationist Jane Goodall, whose work revolutionized the study of primates, has died
October 1, 2025 - Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza
October 1, 2025 - Supreme Court lets Lisa Cook stay at Federal Reserve for now
October 1, 2025 - Putin says Russia will respond quickly if it believes Europe is provoking it
October 2, 2025 - No clear path out of the shutdown as White House warns firings could be 'in the thousands'
October 2, 2025 - Hamas to demand key revisions to Trump Gaza plan before accepting, sources say
October 2, 2025 - 'Cancel Netflix': Elon Musk leads rightwing backlash over trans character in canceled series
October 2, 2025 - Japan faces Asahi beer shortage after cyber-attack
October 3, 2025 - Calls for police to shoot down drones after Munich airport disruption
October 3, 2025 - US archivist ousted after refusing to let Trump give Eisenhower's sword to King Charles
October 3, 2025 - FDA approves another generic abortion pill, prompting outrage from conservatives
October 3, 2025 - Woman appointed Archbishop of Canterbury in a historic first for the Church of England
October 3, 2025 - Keeping Up Appearances star Patricia Routledge dies at 96
October 3, 2025 - Sanae Takaichi set to become Japan's first female prime minister
October 4, 2025 - Sean 'Diddy' Combs sentenced to more than four years in prison
October 4, 2025 - Suspected drones force second Munich airport closure in 24 hours
October 4, 2025 - Donald Trump orders Israel to 'immediately' stop bombing Gaza as Hamas agrees to free hostages
October 4, 2025 - Kilmar Abrego Garcia may have been charged because of Trump administration's vindictiveness, judge finds
October 4, 2025 - Israel orders military to halt Gaza City campaign but continues strikes on the territory
October 4, 2025 - Police make almost 500 arrests at Palestine Action protest in London
October 4, 2025 - Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš wins Czech parliamentary election
October 4, 2025 - Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago
October 5, 2025 - Judge temporarily blocks Trump's National Guard deployment in Portland
October 5, 2025 - Lithuania's Vilnius airport reopens after suspension over balloons in airspace
October 5, 2025 - Trump sends troops from California to Portland after court denies deployment
October 6, 2025 - Trump authorises deployment of 300 National Guard troops to Chicago
October 6, 2025 - Rescue under way for hundreds trapped on Mount Everest slopes
October 6, 2025 - Gaza flotilla members allege beatings and insults in Israeli detention
October 6, 2025 - Starmer urges UK students not to protest as Israel marks two years since 7 October attack
October 7, 2025 - Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity
October 7, 2025 - Judge refuses to block Trump's deployment of national guard to Illinois
October 7, 2025 - Trump confirms Sean 'Diddy' Combs asked him for a pardon
October 7, 2025 - Government shutdown hits air travel, closing a control tower and causing delays across the country
October 7, 2025 - White House suggests some federal workers may not get back pay after shutdown
October 7, 2025 - Russia may be helping China prepare for Taiwan invasion, leaked documents suggest
October 7, 2025 - Israel intercepts another Gaza aid flotilla amid criticism over treatment of activists
October 8, 2025 - Delays spread to major airports across the country, as the seventh day of government shutdown impacts travelers
October 8, 2025 - Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
October 8, 2025 - At least 24 killed as army paraglider bombs Myanmar Buddhist festival
October 8, 2025 - Former FBI Director James Comey to be arraigned Wednesday
October 8, 2025 - Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo becomes the sport's first billionaire player, says Bloomberg
October 8, 2025 - Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza ceasefire plan
October 9, 2025 - Colombia's president says boat struck by US was carrying Colombians
October 9, 2025 - Putin says Russian air defenses responsible for Azerbaijani jet's crash last year, killing 38
October 9, 2025 - New York Attorney General Letitia James criminally indicted
October 10, 2025 - 'Massive' Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high-rise alight
October 10, 2025 - Israel approves plan for Gaza ceasefire and hostage release
October 10, 2025 - Peru president removed from office after string of scandals and allegations
October 10, 2025 - Venezuelan politician Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
October 10, 2025 - Trump threatens 'massive' China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports
October 10, 2025 - White House says federal firings have begun as government shutdown drags on
October 10, 2025 - Lindsey Halligan didn't coordinate NY AG Letitia James indictment with Pam Bondi's DOJ
October 10, 2025 - Macron reappoints Sébastien Lecornu as French prime minister
October 11, 2025 - MIT rejects federal funding deal with Trump administration
October 11, 2025 - Luigi Mangione's lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO
October 11, 2025 - Academy Award-winning actress Diane Keaton dies aged 79
October 12, 2025 - Trump cannot deploy National Guard to Illinois, appeals court rules
October 12, 2025 - Biden starts radiation therapy for aggressive form of prostate cancer
October 12, 2025 - Israeli hostages released: all living captives freed as Trump tells Knesset 'age of terror' is over
October 13, 2025 - Tommy Robinson says Elon Musk is paying his legal costs as trial begins
October 13, 2025 - North Carolina GOP announces plans to vote on new House map amid nationwide redistricting battle
October 13, 2025 - Venezuela closes embassy in Oslo after opposition leader awarded Nobel peace prize
October 13, 2025 - Human rights groups call for France to suspend 'one in, one out' treaty with UK
October 14, 2025 - Multiple airports refuse to play Noem video that blames Democrats for the shutdown
October 14, 2025 - Elite Madagascar military unit says it has seized power
October 14, 2025 - Supreme Court rebuffs Alex Jones' effort to overturn $1.4 billion Sandy Hook judgment
October 14, 2025 - Trump meets Argentina's Milei at White House
October 14, 2025 - US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six
October 14, 2025 - Trump threatens to yank World Cup games from Boston, though it's up to FIFA to choose sites
October 15, 2025 - Trump threatens to cut US aid to Argentina if Milei loses election
October 15, 2025 - Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga dies aged 80
October 15, 2025 - Trump confirms that he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela
October 15, 2025 - Trump says Modi has agreed to stop buying Russian oil
October 15, 2025 - Journalists turn in press passes as Pentagon clamps down on access in 'unprecedented' move
October 15, 2025 - JD Vance brushes off racist texts by adults in Republican group chat as 'what kids do'
October 16, 2025 - Oscar Wilde's library card reissued 130 years after being revoked over gay conviction
October 16, 2025 - Pets on flights can be classed as baggage, top EU court rules
October 16, 2025 - French prime minister survives two no-confidence votes
October 16, 2025 - Justice Department expected to ask grand jury to indict former Trump national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday
October 16, 2025 - Putin-Trump call a curveball for Zelensky ahead of White House meeting
October 17, 2025 - Former Trump adviser John Bolton criminally indicted
October 17, 2025 - Ace Frehley, Kiss lead guitarist and band's cofounder, dies aged 74
October 17, 2025 - Bomb explodes outside home of top Italian investigative journalist
October 17, 2025 - Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
October 17, 2025 - US Navy detaining two survivors of strike against alleged drug boat
October 17, 2025 - Trump says Maduro 'doesn't want to f**k around with the United States'
October 17, 2025 - 'Have a great life!' Trump orders prison release of disgraced ex-congressman George Santos
October 17, 2025 - Trump downplays hopes he will supply Ukraine with US missiles after meeting with Zelenskyy
October 18, 2025 - Limp Bizkit bassist Sam Rivers dies aged 48
October 19, 2025 - Colombia accuses US of 'murder' after strike on boat
October 19, 2025 - Millions across all 50 US states march in No Kings protests against Trump
October 19, 2025 - 'Priceless' jewellery stolen from Louvre in raid by 'experienced' thieves
October 19, 2025 - US conducts seventh strike on boat allegedly involved in drug trafficking in the Caribbean
October 19, 2025 - Amazon services 'recovering' after outage hits major sites and apps – but US users report fresh issues
October 20, 2025 - Zelensky ready to join Trump-Putin talks after 'frank' White House meeting
October 20, 2025 - White House begins demolishing part of East Wing for Trump ballroom
October 20, 2025 - Sanae Takaichi wins historic vote to become Japan's first female prime minister
October 21, 2025 - EU criticised for pausing sanctions on Israel in response to Trump Gaza efforts
October 21, 2025 - One dead after rare tornado topples construction cranes near Paris
October 21, 2025 - Appeals court allows Trump administration to deploy National Guard in Portland
October 21, 2025 - French ex-president Sarkozy begins jail sentence for campaign finance conspiracy
October 21, 2025 - Mosquitoes found in Iceland for first time as climate crisis warms country
October 21, 2025 - Poland threatens Putin with arrest if he flies through its airspace on way to Hungary
October 21, 2025 - Plans for Trump-Putin meeting shelved days after Budapest talks proposed
October 21, 2025 - Global use of coal hit record high in 2024
October 22, 2025 - ICJ to give opinion on Israel's UN and Palestinian aid obligations
October 22, 2025 - Bessent calls $20 billion lifeline to Argentina a 'mission-critical' function of Treasury during shutdown
October 22, 2025 - US 'Night Stalkers' seen in Caribbean as fears of regime change rise in Venezuela
October 22, 2025 - Trump says he'd have final say on $230m in damages for past investigations
October 22, 2025 - US strikes alleged drug boat in the Pacific
October 22, 2025 - Trump says Putin talks 'don't go anywhere' as he imposes new sanctions
October 23, 2025 - US kills three in second strike on alleged drug boat in the Pacific
October 23, 2025 - No camera covered Louvre wall where jewel thieves broke in, director says
October 23, 2025 - NBA stars and mafia among 31 arrested in illegal gambling crackdown, FBI says
October 23, 2025 - Trump says trade talks with Canada 'terminated' over anti-tariffs advert
October 24, 2025 - Zelenskyy to meet Starmer and 'coalition of the willing' to discuss further military support and how to pressure Russia
October 24, 2025 - US airstrike on 'drug boat' kills six as aircraft carrier sent to South America
October 24, 2025 - Venezuela's Maduro says US 'fabricating war' as it deploys world's largest warship
October 25, 2025 - Ontario to stop running anti-tariff advert that angered Trump
October 25, 2025 - Thailand's former queen Sirikit dies aged 93
October 25, 2025 - Ousted Madagascan president stripped of citizenship
October 25, 2025 - Leftwinger Catherine Connolly to be Ireland's next president after landslide election victory
October 25, 2025 - Mystery donor gives $130m to US military for paying troops during shutdown
October 25, 2025 - Trump raises tariffs on Canada by 10% in retaliation for anti-tariff TV ad
October 26, 2025 - British Airways pulls Louis Theroux podcast sponsorship after Bob Vylan interview
October 26, 2025 - Two arrested over theft of jewels at Louvre museum in Paris
October 26, 2025 - US reaches a 'substantial framework' with China to avert tariffs
October 26, 2025 - Javier Milei hails 'tipping point' as his far-right party wins Argentina's midterm elections
October 27, 2025 - ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour
October 27, 2025 - Björn Andrésen, Swedish actor who starred in Death in Venice, dies aged 70
October 27, 2025 - Man pleads guilty to killing Japan's former PM Shinzo Abe
October 28, 2025 - Russian drones hunt civilians in crime against humanity, UN inquiry finds
October 28, 2025 - humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
October 28, 2025 - Fawlty Towers star Prunella Scales dies aged 93
October 28, 2025 - Von der Leyen says EU 'cannot tolerate' disruption of airspace, calling balloons over Lithuania a 'provocation'
October 28, 2025 - Elon Musk launches encyclopedia 'fact-checked' by AI and aligning with rightwing views
October 28, 2025 - Texas attorney general sues Tylenol makers, claiming links to autism
October 28, 2025 - GOP-led Oversight Committee says Biden pardons signed by autopen are 'void' in final report
October 28, 2025 - US military strikes 4 boats in the Pacific killing 14 in ramp up of campaign against alleged drug trafficking
October 28, 2025 - Half of US states sue Trump administration over halting food stamps
October 28, 2025 - US kills 14 in strikes on four alleged drug boats in Pacific
October 29, 2025 - Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down amid global Microsoft outage
October 29, 2025 - US military to reduce number of troops in Romania as start of European drawdown
October 29, 2025 - Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret 'wink' to sidestep legal orders
October 29, 2025 - Nigeria's Nobel-winning author Wole Soyinka says his US visa was revoked
October 29, 2025 - Trump directs nuclear weapons testing to resume for first time in over 30 years
October 30, 2025 - US military strikes another boat in the Pacific, killing 4
October 30, 2025 - Democratic contender for Congress indicted over Chicago ICE protests
October 30, 2025 - Donald Trump says rare earths dispute 'settled' after Xi Jinping meeting in South Korea
October 30, 2025 - Five new suspects arrested over Louvre jewellery theft
October 30, 2025 - Illinois deputy found guilty of murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey, a Black woman who called 911 asking for help
October 30, 2025 - Trump caps refugee admissions at 7,500 – mostly white South Africans
October 30, 2025 - US lifts sanctions on Putin-backed Bosnian Serb strongman after Trump allies' lobbying
October 30, 2025 - King Charles' brother Andrew to be stripped of 'prince' title and evicted from royal mansion
October 30, 2025 - US Senate votes to end Trump's global tariffs on more than 100 countries
October 30, 2025 - Red Cross outraged over killing of eight medics in Gaza
October 31, 2025 - Elon Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race
October 31, 2025 - Greenland's new PM rejects Trump's latest threat: 'We do not belong to anyone else'
October 31, 2025 - Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office for five years and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial
October 31, 2025 - Donald Trump refuses to say whether he's planning to leave office after second term
October 31, 2025