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October 6: Black Sea Ship Strikes and Brazil’s Presidential Runoff
Jim Bakker and Jeffrey Archer
Televangelist Jim Bakker has died at 86. With his first wife, Tammy Faye, he built an evangelical broadcasting empire around The PTL Club. British novelist and former politician Jeffrey Archer has also died at 86. His career combined political disgrace and a conviction for lying with enormous commercial success, with worldwide book sales estimated at more than 300 million copies.
Schools near Yemen’s front line
Children near the front line in Yemen face sniper and mortar fire on their journeys to school, the BBC reports. During rare access to Taiz, BBC World Service journalists spoke with children, teachers and families about how the war shapes their daily lives and access to education.
Protests in Kosovo
Police used tear gas and water cannon as protesters clashed with officers outside Kosovo’s parliament in Pristina. The protests concerned moves to limit the powers of a war crimes court in The Hague.
Fort Hood execution order
President Trump has approved the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad, and the Pentagon has confirmed the order. Hasan was convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting at Fort Hood.
Suspected outbreak in Siberia
Trump has offered Vladimir Putin assistance amid a suspected plague outbreak in Siberia. Daria Shipilova, a 28-year-old assistant at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute, died on Thursday after becoming critically ill. Authorities quarantined a hospital in Shelekhov and placed nearly 200 people in isolation. Regional Governor Igor Kobzev has described the illness only as a dangerous infectious disease. The U.S. State Department says it is monitoring the situation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners.
Ship strikes in the Black Sea
Drone strikes have hit two ships off Bulgaria, sinking one. Rumen Nikolov, director of the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Varna, says the crew of one vessel is unaccounted for. The government has called an emergency meeting.
In Britain
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor has launched a judicial review against Thames Valley Police, seeking to quash search warrants used in an investigation into his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The police force is separately seeking to restrict access to court documents connected to the case.
In employment policy, parents and partners who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks will gain a legal right to take up to two weeks off work from April 2027. The new entitlement extends protection to people affected by early pregnancy loss, but the leave will be unpaid.
Brazil’s presidential runoff
Far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first in Brazil’s presidential vote and will face incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a runoff. Bolsonaro is the eldest son of former president Jair Bolsonaro. A broad far-right victory in congressional races also secured seats for Jair Bolsonaro’s wife, two sons and a brother, expanding the family’s political reach.
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