ClimateFinland
A regulator ordered work stopped at Muhos and Kajaani while environmental assessments run. The Guardian put the felling at roughly 250,000 trees; Oulu police have opened a preliminary investigation.
SocietyFrance
Five union confederations and four rail unions have called action for Thursday. Train timetables and the Paris march route are not yet confirmed.
SocietyIran, United States
Science & techNorth Korea, World
If the attribution holds, one $6.3 billion attack equals more than 90% of what Chainalysis had tallied over years. Pyongyang denies such claims in general, and the US links the money to its weapons.
SocietyAnalysisGreece
Parliament passed the law in a sitting on 22 and 23 October with only the governing party's votes. Brussels is letting it proceed, and age verification, one of the points that stopped a similar French law, is its real test.
SocietyGermany
The blaze on 23 October gutted the Nazi-era building in the Bavarian Alps. A suspect is in provisional psychiatric care, with no formal charge known and presumed innocent, and Bavaria wants to rebuild.
SocietyCongo - Kinshasa
The EU health agency counts 10,274 confirmed cases and 4,992 deaths up to 28 October, eight affected provinces and no vaccine of proven efficacy against this virus.
CultureUnited Kingdom, United States
He died on 28 October aged 86. Before the Enterprise came 16 years at the Royal Shakespeare Company and, afterwards, three Olivier Awards and a steady return to the stage.
