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📌 Israel’s 38 parties submit candidate lists for Oct. 27 Knesset election ⤷ Opinion polls indicate 13 parties could win seats in the 120-member parliament, with Netanyahu’s bloc trailing the opposition in recent surveys ⤷ Ben-Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party files a petition seeking to disqualify the United Arab List and its leader Mansour Abbas 🗳 The election is set to be Israel’s first held on schedule since 1988
US trial begins in New Mexico to determine Facebook’s liability in Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal ⚖ State alleges data of 350,000 New Mexicans was exposed and users were misled over privacy protections 📌 Scandal involved unauthorized harvesting of data from tens of millions of Facebook accounts for targeted political advertising in 2016 US election and Brexit referendum
📌 Eastern and western Libyan military leaders agree steps toward unifying armed forces 🤝 The sides agree on joint exercises and training, weapons and equipment upgrades, sharing military supplies and cooperation between military academies
🚨 Israel violated US-brokered framework deal with Lebanon around 7,700 times since agreement was signed in June, Lebanese army says 📌 Violations include firing near Lebanese troops and patrols, with latest attack in Kfar Remman killing at least 12 people, including women and children
Italian opposition slams government for not joining countries imposing trade restrictions on illegal Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank Five Star leader Giuseppe Conte urges government to ‘show a shred of dignity,’ while Democratic Party leader Elly Schlein calls Italy’s absence ‘shameful’
German-Palestinian activist Ramsis Kilani slams Adidas campaign featuring retired Israeli soldier who lost leg while serving in Gaza 🗣 Kilani calls campaign an attempt to ‘whitewash’ Israeli crimes and ‘improve its rightly poor reputation around the world’ 🚫 He says boycott of Adidas is ‘entirely legitimate,’ accusing company of supporting Israel, ‘whitewashing its actions’ and becoming ‘complicit in these crimes’
⚽ Lionel Messi reaches agreement in principle to acquire 100% of Spanish second-division club Eldense, Spanish media reports Deal remains subject to due diligence, legal procedures and authorization from Spain’s High Council for Sports
Finland backs EU efforts to restrict trade in illegal Israeli settlement products, saying it ‘would like to make progress’ Helsinki says support aligns with country’s long-term foreign policy objectives, including support for international law, two-state solution and Palestinian Authority 📌 Finland joined 12-country declaration ‘firmly’ opposing annexation of Palestinian land and forced displacement of Palestinians
South Korean court orders gaming tycoon Kwon Hyuk-bin to transfer $1.8B in shares and cash to former wife in record divorce settlement ⚖ Smilegate founder’s marital assets divided 65%-35%, with court citing former wife’s role in company growth and family life
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham defends sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements, warning two-state solution risks ‘dying before our eyes’ 🗣 Burnham says Britain must stand ‘against injustice’ as Palestinians are ‘bullied out of their homes’ and intimidated in occupied West Bank
Senior safety researcher at Anthropic publicly backs departing colleague's warning that artificial intelligence could pose existential threat to humanity 📌 Evan Hubinger estimates odds of such catastrophe at over 10% within next decade
BRICS leaders to gather in New Delhi for two-day summit as expanded bloc seeks stronger global role in global political and economic affairs 🔷 Leaders from across Asia, Africa, Middle East, Latin America expected to attend including China's Xi, Russia's Putin and Iran's Pezeshkian 🔷 Agenda could include Iran-US conflict, de-dollarization, India-China relations
