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In this episode
- Restrictions on Starlink disrupt Ukraine’s military operations
- Houthis threaten further attacks after strike near Saudi oil giant’s headquarters
- US inflation climbed 3.7% over the year to September
- Protests in Albania turn violent as students join anti-government demonstrations
- Kenya confirms a second Ebola case
- Pope Leo’s recovery after lung cancer surgery is progressing as planned
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- RechercheThe Guardian reported that static Starlink terminals had not been reported cut off and that ordinary satellite communication terminals were operational; the reports therefore do not support saying all Starlink service was cut off.
- RechercheStarlink is used by Ukraine’s military for offensive and defensive operations, including long-range drone missions, interceptor air defense systems and front-line logistics.
- RechercheOn October 14, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said the group had targeted Aramco facilities in Dhahran, Riyadh airport and a refinery in the capital, and said attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities would continue. These are Houthi claims, not independently established outcomes in the report.
- Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Saudi Aramco facilities, Riyadh airport | The Jerusalem Post
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten further attacks on Saudi airports, oil facilities
- Arab News | Several injured in Riyadh from Houthi missiles interceptions, Saudi Aramco building targeted
- RechercheThe Dhahran complex houses an operations centre that helps Aramco oversee oil rigs, refineries, export terminals and pipelines.
- Aramco executives' offices damaged in Houthi attack, regional officials say
- RechercheThe damage accounts for the Dhahran Aramco complex differ: Saudi Arabia’s Energy Ministry described a limited fire, while three people with direct knowledge told Reuters it spread across several floors. The accounts remain attributed.
- RechercheThe Social Security Administration announced a 3.6% benefit increase for 2027 after the Bureau of Labor Statistics published September’s CPI.
- RechercheThe article says the Federal Reserve’s inflation target is 2%; the September core-price increase of 0.3% for one month would be above that target if sustained for a year.
- RechercheAl Jazeera reported 16 arrests following an overnight break-in at the ministry, while an Associated Press report carried by ABC reported 23 people detained overnight. These reports give different counts, so the total is not established here.
- RechercheA separate report from the Associated Press, carried by ABC News, gave a higher overnight detention count and said six officers and one journalist were injured.
- RechercheReports of fires at banks differ in their wording: Reuters reporting carried by CBC says two banks were set alight, while a Reuters witness account republished by Internazionale specifically identifies a nearby Raiffeisen Bank branch as having caught fire.
- RechercheReuters’ republished report identifies one nearby Raiffeisen Bank branch as having caught fire.
- RechercheOn Wednesday, October 14, students protesting in Tirana, Albania, over university conditions and the cost of higher education clashed with police. Police used tear gas and water cannons; a fire broke out at the Education Ministry.
- European Western BalkansStudent protests in Tirana escalate into violent clashes with police
- Fire erupts at Albania’s Education Ministry as protests enter third day | Education News | Al Jazeera
- Violent protests in Albania: Ministry of Education building set on fire
- Albanian Daily News
- Fire at Education Ministry during Tirana student protest | UA.NEWS
- IN PHOTOS | Albania's Education Ministry caught fire amid student protests
- BBC NewsKenya confirms second Ebola case as relative of country's first victim - BBC News
- The Associated Press (carried by ABC News)Kenya confirms second Ebola case, a relative of first patient - ABC News
- The GuardianPope Leo’s recovery from lung cancer surgery ‘progressing as planned’
- PBS News / Associated PressPope Leo is eating and recovering after cancer surgery, doctors say