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In this episode
- North Korea fires ballistic missiles toward the sea
- US judge orders Trump administration to end taxpayer-funded ads
- El Niño sets a Pacific temperature record
- Australian engineer allowed to leave Iraq after years in prison
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Sources
- Al JazeeraNorth Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles towards the sea
- Deutsche WelleNorth Korea fires missiles after Seoul's hypersonic test
- RechercheA landmine blast in the Demilitarized Zone injured three South Korean soldiers. A joint South Korean-UN investigation said North Korean forces had planted the mines; Pyongyang denied the claim.
- France 24North Korea fires multiple ballistic missiles off east coast, Seoul says
- RechercheSouth Korea’s military spokesperson said the launch appeared to be a show of force after South Korea’s hypersonic missile test earlier that week.
- RechercheOn October 3, North Korea tested an intermediate-range missile. Kim Yo Jong said it could change its flight path at low altitude and used artificial intelligence technology.
- Deutsche WelleUS judge orders halt to taxpayer-funded promo ads of Trump
- RechercheThe order followed a lawsuit by a coalition that included watchdog group Common Cause, which argued the ads used public money unlawfully. The administration had said the campaign was already coming to an end.
- ABC NewsJudge orders the Trump administration to cancel taxpayer-funded promotional TV ads
- CBC NewsJudge orders Trump administration to end taxpayer-funded TV ads
- CNAEl Nino sets temperature record in key Pacific zone: EU monitor
- France 24El Nino breaks Pacific temperature record as weather pattern intensifies
- RechercheNOAA’s outlook gave a 54% chance of a historic-strength El Niño for September–November, an 83% chance for October–December, and a 70% chance for November–January, using its stated threshold for a historic event.
- RechercheThe Guardian described El Niño as a recurring climate pattern in which Pacific trade winds weaken or reverse, warming the eastern Pacific and shifting weather patterns around the equator.
- RecherchePether was arrested in Baghdad in April 2021 during a dispute involving his engineering firm and Iraq’s central bank over a project to build the bank’s new headquarters.
- abc.net.auAustralian engineer Robert Pether allowed to leave Iraq five years after arrest
- RecherchePether was released from prison in 2025 after more than four years, but remained in Iraq under a travel ban.
- RechercheIn 2023, an international arbitration tribunal ruled that Iraq’s central bank had breached its contract with Pether’s firm and ordered it to pay the firm $13 million.