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<blockquote data-quote="Wikipedia Current Events" data-source="post: 154061" data-attributes="member: 524">Armed conflicts and attacks<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_conflict_for_control_of_the_favelas" target="_blank">Armed conflict for control of the favelas</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Containment" target="_blank">Operation Containment</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">The death toll from yesterday's police operation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" target="_blank">Rio de Janeiro</a> rises to at least 132 people. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/more-than-40-bodies-seen-street-after-rios-deadliest-police-operation-2025-10-29/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>International relations<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations" target="_blank">Afghanistan–Pakistan relations</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_conflict" target="_blank">2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Peace talks held in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul" target="_blank">Istanbul</a> between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" target="_blank">Pakistan</a> collapse and achieve no clear agreement. <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-failed-pakistan-minister-says-2025-10-28/" target="_blank">(Reuters)</a></li>
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</ul>Law and crime<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank">Philippine</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines" target="_blank">president</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos" target="_blank">Bongbong Marcos</a> signs a law institutionalizing a ban on the country's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_offshore_gaming_operator" target="_blank">offshore gaming operators</a> and declare their operations illegal. <a href="https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1262062" target="_blank">(Philippine News Agency)</a></li>
</ul>Politics and elections<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alberta_teachers%27_strike" target="_blank">2025 Alberta teachers' strike</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada" target="_blank">Canadian</a> province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta" target="_blank">Alberta</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta" target="_blank">premier</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Smith" target="_blank">Danielle Smith</a> says teachers are expected to return to work after her government passed legislation to end their strike and invoked the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms" target="_blank">notwithstanding clause</a> to prevent court challenges of the legislation's constitutionality. <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-back-to-work-bill-9.6955558" target="_blank">(CBC)</a> <a href="https://globalnews.ca/news/11497842/alberta-passes-bill-end-teacher-strike/" target="_blank">(Global News)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Dutch_general_election" target="_blank">2025 Dutch general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">In the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" target="_blank">Netherlands</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Dutch_general_election" target="_blank">snap election</a> is held following the collapse of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet" target="_blank">Schoof cabinet</a> in June. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/netherlands-polls-geert-wilders-faces-political-isolation" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrist" target="_blank">Centrist</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal" target="_blank">liberal</a> party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrats_66" target="_blank">Democrats 66</a>, led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Jetten" target="_blank">Rob Jetten</a>, takes a surprise lead according to the main exit poll, just two years after the party ranked sixth in the previous vote. <a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/10/29/netherlands-national-elections-2025-the-results-in-pictures" target="_blank">(Euronews)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Timmermans" target="_blank">Frans Timmermans</a>, the leader of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GroenLinks%E2%80%93PvdA" target="_blank">GroenLinks–PvdA</a> alliance, steps down following a poor performance during the election. <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/frans-timmermans-quits-as-dutch-center-left-boss-after-election-debacle/" target="_blank">(Politico)</a></li>
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tanzanian_general_election" target="_blank">2025 Tanzanian general election</a><ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Protests and riots erupts in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" target="_blank">Dar es Salaam</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania" target="_blank">Tanzania</a>, after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Tanzania" target="_blank">President</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samia_Suluhu_Hassan" target="_blank">Samia Suluhu Hassan</a> bans opposition politicians from running in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tanzanian_general_election" target="_blank">general election</a>. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania_Police_Force" target="_blank">Tanzanian police</a> in Dar es Salaam use <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas" target="_blank">tear gas</a> to break up the protests. The main opposition leader, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundu_Lissu" target="_blank">Tundu Lissu</a>, is jailed on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason" target="_blank">treason</a> charges, while his party <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadema" target="_blank">Chadema</a> is boycotting the vote. <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7124p544o" target="_blank">(BBC)</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/tanzania-election-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-poised-to-retain-power" target="_blank">(The Guardian)</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_connectivity" target="_blank">Internet connectivity</a> in Tanzania is disrupted shortly after hundreds of protesters in the Kimara and Ubungo neighborhoods of Dar es Salaam set fire to a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_station" target="_blank">gas station</a> and a bus. <a href="https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-d897483abe5a34c1b02422e7adc5891a" target="_blank">(AP News)</a></li>
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</ul><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_October_29" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wikipedia Current Events, post: 154061, member: 524"] [B]Armed conflicts and attacks[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_conflict_for_control_of_the_favelas']Armed conflict for control of the favelas[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Containment']Operation Containment[/URL] [LIST] [*]The death toll from yesterday's police operation in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro']Rio de Janeiro[/URL] rises to at least 132 people. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/more-than-40-bodies-seen-street-after-rios-deadliest-police-operation-2025-10-29/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]International relations[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_relations']Afghanistan–Pakistan relations[/URL] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Afghanistan%E2%80%93Pakistan_conflict']2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan conflict[/URL] [LIST] [*]Peace talks held in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul']Istanbul[/URL] between [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan']Afghanistan[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan']Pakistan[/URL] collapse and achieve no clear agreement. [URL='https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/afghanistan-pakistan-peace-talks-failed-pakistan-minister-says-2025-10-28/'](Reuters)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B]Law and crime[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippine[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Philippines']president[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongbong_Marcos']Bongbong Marcos[/URL] signs a law institutionalizing a ban on the country's [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_offshore_gaming_operator']offshore gaming operators[/URL] and declare their operations illegal. [URL='https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1262062'](Philippine News Agency)[/URL] [/LIST] [B]Politics and elections[/B] [LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Alberta_teachers%27_strike']2025 Alberta teachers' strike[/URL] [LIST] [*]In the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada']Canadian[/URL] province of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberta']Alberta[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_of_Alberta']premier[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danielle_Smith']Danielle Smith[/URL] says teachers are expected to return to work after her government passed legislation to end their strike and invoked the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_33_of_the_Canadian_Charter_of_Rights_and_Freedoms']notwithstanding clause[/URL] to prevent court challenges of the legislation's constitutionality. [URL='https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-teachers-back-to-work-bill-9.6955558'](CBC)[/URL] [URL='https://globalnews.ca/news/11497842/alberta-passes-bill-end-teacher-strike/'](Global News)[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Dutch_general_election']2025 Dutch general election[/URL] [LIST] [*]In the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands']Netherlands[/URL], a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Dutch_general_election']snap election[/URL] is held following the collapse of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schoof_cabinet']Schoof cabinet[/URL] in June. [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/28/netherlands-polls-geert-wilders-faces-political-isolation']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrist']Centrist[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal']liberal[/URL] party [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democrats_66']Democrats 66[/URL], led by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Jetten']Rob Jetten[/URL], takes a surprise lead according to the main exit poll, just two years after the party ranked sixth in the previous vote. [URL='https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/10/29/netherlands-national-elections-2025-the-results-in-pictures']([I]Euronews[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frans_Timmermans']Frans Timmermans[/URL], the leader of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GroenLinks%E2%80%93PvdA']GroenLinks–PvdA[/URL] alliance, steps down following a poor performance during the election. [URL='https://www.politico.eu/article/frans-timmermans-quits-as-dutch-center-left-boss-after-election-debacle/']([I]Politico[/I])[/URL] [/LIST] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tanzanian_general_election']2025 Tanzanian general election[/URL] [LIST] [*]Protests and riots erupts in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam']Dar es Salaam[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania']Tanzania[/URL], after [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Tanzania']President[/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samia_Suluhu_Hassan']Samia Suluhu Hassan[/URL] bans opposition politicians from running in the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Tanzanian_general_election']general election[/URL]. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanzania_Police_Force']Tanzanian police[/URL] in Dar es Salaam use [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tear_gas']tear gas[/URL] to break up the protests. The main opposition leader, [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tundu_Lissu']Tundu Lissu[/URL], is jailed on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treason']treason[/URL] charges, while his party [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chadema']Chadema[/URL] is boycotting the vote. [URL='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwy7124p544o'](BBC)[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/29/tanzania-election-president-samia-suluhu-hassan-poised-to-retain-power']([I]The Guardian[/I])[/URL] [*][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_connectivity']Internet connectivity[/URL] in Tanzania is disrupted shortly after hundreds of protesters in the Kimara and Ubungo neighborhoods of Dar es Salaam set fire to a [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_station']gas station[/URL] and a bus. [URL='https://apnews.com/article/tanzania-election-samia-suluhu-hassan-d897483abe5a34c1b02422e7adc5891a'](AP News)[/URL] [/LIST] [/LIST] [url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Current_events/2025_October_29"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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