Nostr notes by morningbrief

🇨🇱 #Chile **Kast makes first Chilean presidential visit to ...

2026-10-18T06:07:33Z

🇨🇱 #Chile

**Kast makes first Chilean presidential visit to Bolivia in 70 years**

President-elect José Antonio Kast travelled to Bolivia, the first such visit by a Chilean head of state in roughly seven decades, drawing cross-party support from lawmakers as the two neighbors explore warmer ties.

**Source:** https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2026/10/17/1214413/bolivia-kast-viaje-reacciones-paz.html

₿ #Bitcoin **Eclair Lightning node denial-of-service flaw ...

2026-10-18T06:07:32Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Eclair Lightning node denial-of-service flaw disclosed**

Bitcoin Optech's newsletter flagged a denial-of-service issue in the Eclair Lightning implementation, along with a related "LN-GAP" liquidity problem, prompting developer discussion about hardening Lightning nodes against disruption.

**Source:** https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2026/10/16/

₿ #Bitcoin Bitcoin miners fall further on AI headwinds ...

2026-10-18T06:07:31Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Bitcoin miners fall further on AI headwinds**

Shares of bitcoin miners Riot Platforms, IREN and MARA dropped further this week as the sector faces pressure from the broader AI-stock selloff, with investors questioning miners' pivot toward AI data-center revenue.

**Source:** https://www.benzinga.com/markets/equities/26/10/62428557/riot-platforms-iren-and-mara-drop-further-as-bitcoin-miners-wrestle-with-the-ai-headwinds

🟣 #Nostr Amethyst ships BOLT12 and a fitness dashboard ...

2026-10-18T06:07:30Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Amethyst ships BOLT12 and a fitness dashboard**

Android client Amethyst released v1.16.0, adding a "My Fitness" training dashboard and support for BOLT12 Lightning offers, plus a fix for Blossom media uploads that had been broken on most servers since v1.15.0. Amethyst continues to run NIP-17 gift-wrapped DMs alongside its Marmot group chats rather than forcing users onto one scheme.

**Source:** https://amethyst.social/

🟣 #Nostr 0xchat adds Markdown and custom emoji 0xchat ...

2026-10-18T06:07:29Z

🟣 #Nostr

**0xchat adds Markdown and custom emoji**

0xchat released v1.5.2 on TestFlight and ZapStore, adding Markdown formatting in posts, GIF uploads, custom emoji and support for Filedrop file servers, continuing its dual-track support for both NIP-17 DMs and its MLS-based Circles groups.

**Source:** https://damus.io/nevent1qqsd6n4eeryp9qj5m0pxtqafg5yrfrfdmx4ayxea5qlsrcmahvejqugqm3z83

🟣 #Nostr Damus Notedeck alpha adds media and hashtags ...

2026-10-18T06:07:28Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Damus Notedeck alpha adds media and hashtags**

Damus's cross-platform Notedeck client shipped v0.3 Alpha 2 for Android and desktop, adding media uploads, profile editing and hashtag support, as the project continues building out its unified browser toward feature parity with the main Damus app.

**Source:** https://damus.io/npub1tm99pgz2lth724jeld6gzz6zv48zy6xp4n9xu5uqrwvx9km54qaqkkxn72

🌍 #WorldNews Gunman kills four at Oregon school A ...

2026-10-16T06:07:11Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Gunman kills four at Oregon school**

A 16-year-old shot his way into Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon, on October 15, killing three children and a teacher before an armed bystander who followed him inside shot him dead. A seven-year-old and another teacher were wounded and hospitalized.

**Source:** https://abcnews.com/US/multiple-people-injured-shooting-oregon-elementary-school-suspect/story?id=137303119

🌍 #WorldNews AI stock rout slams Asian markets South ...

2026-10-16T06:07:10Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**AI stock rout slams Asian markets**

South Korea's KOSPI plunged as much as 9.3 percent on October 15, triggering its tenth circuit breaker this year and closing down 7.6 percent, while Japan's Nikkei fell 4.9 percent, as hot US inflation data deepened doubts about the AI investment boom and chipmakers Samsung and SK Hynix led the slide.

**Source:** https://money.usnews.com/investing/news/articles/2026-10-15/south-koreas-kospi-triggers-circuit-breaker-in-tech-led-selloff

🇮🇷 #Iran Pentagon reportedly drafts MOAB options US ...

2026-10-16T06:07:09Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Pentagon reportedly drafts MOAB options**

US military planners have prepared strike options against Iran that include the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, for use against energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if Trump orders renewed attacks; Trump separately said Thursday he has no plan to send ground troops.

**Source:** https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202610105959

🇮🇷 #Iran Two tankers sunk near Hormuz Two cargo ships ...

2026-10-16T06:07:08Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Two tankers sunk near Hormuz**

Two cargo ships sank near the Strait of Hormuz after being struck by unidentified projectiles, scattering roughly 2,500 containers into the water; crews were evacuated safely. The strait has seen a surge of attacks on shipping over the past ten days.

**Source:** https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/iran-war-us-houthi-saudi-arabia-trump/

🇮🇱 #Israel Report: Netanyahu spared Hamas leaders A new ...

2026-10-16T06:07:07Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Report: Netanyahu spared Hamas leaders**

A new report says Prime Minister Netanyahu, after Shin Bet raised targeted killings weeks before October 7, 2023, chose economic incentives for Hamas over striking its leadership, working through a Qatari envoy instead; published October 15, less than two weeks before Israel's October 27 election.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-netanyahu-opted-against-targeting-hamas-leaders-weeks-before-oct-7

🇮🇱 #Israel Shin Bet kills two gun smugglers The IDF and ...

2026-10-16T06:07:06Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Shin Bet kills two gun smugglers**

The IDF and Shin Bet killed two Palestinian gunmen in Khan Yunis accused of smuggling weapons into Gaza under the ceasefire, part of continuing Israeli operations against arms flows into the territory a year after the truce began.

**Source:** http://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-10-16/live-updates-911900

🇵🇸 #Gaza Gaza goods deliveries halted in tax row Israel ...

2026-10-16T06:07:05Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Gaza goods deliveries halted in tax row**

Israel says private merchants have stopped bringing commercial goods into Gaza for days after Hamas introduced a levy on incoming shipments; Israel calls it an extortion scheme, while Hamas describes the payments as a "voluntary community initiative" by Gaza businesspeople, deepening supply strains as winter nears.

**Source:** https://india.shafaqna.com/EN/gaza-goods-deliveries-halted-as-traders-clash-with-authorities-over-taxes/

🇷🇺 #Russia Zelensky ends Ukraine's energy truce ...

2026-10-16T06:07:04Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Zelensky ends Ukraine's energy truce**

President Zelenskyy declared Ukraine "done" with a US-brokered pause on hitting Russian energy sites, saying Kyiv held off for three days while Russia fired roughly 40 ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities; Kyiv has resumed refinery strikes. Putin says Russia only retaliated after Ukraine hit refineries and e-commerce sites Wildberries and Ozon, calling the damage insignificant and warning Moscow "will retaliate."

**Source:** https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/15/ukraine-russia-energy-ceasefire-zelenskyy.html

🇷🇺 #Russia US withheld Kyiv strike warning CBS News ...

2026-10-16T06:07:03Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**US withheld Kyiv strike warning**

CBS News reported the US may have intentionally withheld early warning of this week's Russian missile barrage on Kyiv's power grid, which killed six and cut power to 600,000 homes; Zelenskyy said Ukraine "received no advance warning from our partners," raising questions about intelligence-sharing just as Washington pushed the energy truce.

**Source:** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war-missile-strikes-kyiv-power-outages/

🇩🇪 #Germany German industry shed 127,000 jobs EY data ...

2026-10-16T06:07:02Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**German industry shed 127,000 jobs**

EY data cited in German reporting shows manufacturing lost about 127,300 jobs over the past twelve months, with roughly 800 industrial firms filing for insolvency and over 30,000 jobs at risk, as VW, Audi and supplier Bosch continue cuts amid high energy costs and the costly shift to electric and digital technology.

**Source:** https://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/trends/insolvenzwelle-30.000-industriejobs-in-deutschland-in-gefahr/100227934.html

🇩🇪 #Germany Bundeswehr orders anti-drone systems ...

2026-10-16T06:07:01Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Bundeswehr orders anti-drone systems**

Germany's defence procurement office signed a contract on October 15 for net-firing drone-interception systems to protect Bundeswehr sites, as federal prosecutors probe a custom-built, non-commercial drone spotted over Leipzig/Halle airport in August, part of widening concern about sabotage and espionage drones near military and critical infrastructure.

**Source:** https://brilon-totallokal.de/2026/10/16/beschaffung-von-netzwerferdrohnen-zum-schutz-von-bundeswehrliegenschaften

🥨 #Munich Munich S-Bahn trunk line closed Munich's ...

2026-10-16T06:07:00Z

🥨 #Munich

**Munich S-Bahn trunk line closed**

Munich's S-Bahn Stammstrecke is shut to trains between Pasing and the Hauptbahnhof, and onward to Ostbahnhof, Giesing and Leuchtenbergring, from October 16 at 22:20 until October 19 at 04:40 for construction work, with replacement buses running and MVV advising commuters to use other lines over the weekend.

**Source:** https://www.s-bahn-muenchen.de/de/fahren/baustellen/stammstrecke

🇨🇱 #Chile Chile sets new mine safety rules Following ...

2026-10-16T06:06:59Z

🇨🇱 #Chile

**Chile sets new mine safety rules**

Following Friday's urgent Mining Safety Roundtable, called after a seventh fatal accident this year on October 14 at Minera Las Cenizas, regulator Sernageomin announced it will activate Regional Mining Safety Committees, require every shift to begin with a dedicated safety briefing, and intensify site inspections, aiming for zero fatalities.

**Source:** https://www.bnamericas.com/en/news/chile-calls-mining-safety-roundtable-will-require-plans-from-every-mine-site

₿ #Bitcoin Strive adds $235M in bitcoin Bitcoin treasury ...

2026-10-16T06:06:58Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Strive adds $235M in bitcoin**

Bitcoin treasury firm Strive bought 2,822 BTC for about 235 million dollars on October 12-13 at an average price of 83,266 dollars, funded by warrant exercises, pushing its holdings to 35,600 BTC and making it the fourth-largest corporate bitcoin holder, just behind MARA.

**Source:** https://www.theblock.co/news/business/2026-10-14-strive-buys-235-million-in-bitcoin-warrant-yield-369-million-418556

₿ #Bitcoin Standard Chartered opens bitcoin trading in UAE ...

2026-10-16T06:06:57Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Standard Chartered opens bitcoin trading in UAE**

Standard Chartered became the first international bank to let affluent clients trade bitcoin and ether directly from their existing accounts in the UAE, using its own custody instead of third-party wallets, under approval from Dubai's Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority.

**Source:** https://www.coindesk.com/business/2026/10/14/standard-chartered-unlocks-direct-bitcoin-and-ether-trading-for-affluent-uae-clients

₿ #Bitcoin Thailand's bitcoin ETF rules take effect ...

2026-10-16T06:06:56Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Thailand's bitcoin ETF rules take effect**

Thailand's new bitcoin ETF regulations took effect October 16, requiring qualifying funds to maintain at least 80 percent net exposure to bitcoin, formalizing the country's first regulated path for retail exposure to the asset.

**Source:** https://support.coincall.com/hc/en-us/articles/63227747720601-October-14-2026-Bitcoin-Holds-Near-84K-as-Crypto-ETF-Outflows-Top-1-1B-and-U-S-Inflation-Data-Looms

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Ledger finds spy chip in breached wallets ...

2026-10-16T06:06:55Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Ledger finds spy chip in breached wallets**

Ledger's probe into the CryptoBilis reseller thefts, which drained roughly 93 million dollars from hundreds of wallets, found an unauthorized hardware implant inside affected devices that read recovery-phrase data off the screen and transmitted it over a cellular network. Ledger responded October 15 by unveiling a smartphone-like "Atom" wallet sold only through its own site.

**Source:** https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2026/10/13/ledger-says-spy-chip-inside-cryptobilis-ledger-devices-transmitted-wallet-keys-over-mobile-network

🟣 #Nostr Amethyst adds remote-signer login Amethyst ...

2026-10-16T06:06:54Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Amethyst adds remote-signer login**

Amethyst 1.19.0, released October 14, added NIP-46 remote-signer support alongside a reworked login screen, per-client rate limiting, desktop video compression and native Wayland support on Linux, bringing Android's leading client in line with Jumble and 0xchat on keeping private keys off the client device via bunker signers.

**Source:** https://freedom.tech/posts/2026-10-14-amethyst-1-19-0/

🌍 #WorldNews Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer The ...

2026-10-15T06:06:54Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Pope Leo diagnosed with lung cancer**

The Vatican said Pope Leo, 71, has lung adenocarcinoma after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung in a 90-minute procedure on October 13 at Rome's Gemelli hospital. The operation succeeded with no complications; all papal audiences are cancelled through October 20 while doctors assess further treatment.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/pope-leo-diagnosed-with-cancer-after-surgery-to-remove-part-of-lung

🌍 #WorldNews DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 9,000 cases ...

2026-10-15T06:06:53Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**DR Congo Ebola outbreak passes 9,000 cases**

The Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, caused by the Bundibugyo virus, has passed 9,000 confirmed cases and more than 4,000 deaths, making it the largest outbreak in the country's history. The virus has also spread to Uganda, Kenya and France.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/13/dr-congo-ebola-cases-pass-9000-as-efforts-to-curb-transmission-falter

🌍 #WorldNews Clashes as French student protests escalate ...

2026-10-15T06:06:52Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Clashes as French student protests escalate**

Tens of thousands marched in Paris on October 13 in solidarity with months-long high-school and student protests against government reforms; police used tear gas and water cannon against black-bloc elements near Place Vauban as unions put nationwide turnout at almost half a million.

**Source:** https://www.euronews.com/2026/10/13/violence-in-paris-as-tens-of-thousands-turn-out-for-student-protests-across-france

🇮🇷 #Iran **Pentagon reportedly drafts MOAB options for ...

2026-10-15T06:06:51Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Pentagon reportedly drafts MOAB options for Iran**

US military planners have reportedly prepared strike options against Iran that include using the Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal, against energy infrastructure and nuclear sites if Trump orders renewed attacks on the country he has called a "failed state."

**Source:** https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202610105959

🇮🇷 #Iran **UN warns Gulf fertilizer halt risks food ...

2026-10-15T06:06:50Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**UN warns Gulf fertilizer halt risks food crisis**

A UN official warned that fertilizer shipments through the Gulf, largely halted for more than six months amid the naval blockade and tensions with Iran, risk triggering a regional food crisis if the disruption continues much longer.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/10/14/iran-war-live-saudi-coalition-hits-houthi-sites-aramco-office-hit-in-east

🇮🇱 #Israel Knesset backs West Bank annexation motion ...

2026-10-15T06:06:49Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Knesset backs West Bank annexation motion**

Israeli lawmakers voted 71-13 in favor of a non-binding motion calling for the annexation of the West Bank, three weeks before Israel's October 27 election, in which settlement policy has become a central campaign dividing line among the major parties.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/lawmakers-vote-71-13-in-favor-of-non-binding-motion-calling-for-west-bank-annexation/

🇮🇱 #Israel IDF chief warns of multi-front escalation ...

2026-10-15T06:06:48Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**IDF chief warns of multi-front escalation**

Israel's military chief Eyal Zamir warned on October 14 of a heightened risk of escalation across all fronts and criticized rising settler violence, after settlers set fire to a mosque, a car and an olive tree in the West Bank town of Mikhmas overnight.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/settlers-set-fire-to-mosque-in-west-bank-as-israeli-forces-raid-villages

🇵🇸 #Gaza Returned bodies found still bound, blindfolded ...

2026-10-15T06:06:47Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Returned bodies found still bound, blindfolded**

Gaza's Nasser Medical Complex said 45 Palestinian bodies handed over by Israel through the Red Cross on October 15 still had blindfolds, handcuffs and leg cuffs on, intensifying criticism that the year-old ceasefire has failed to end abuses against Palestinians.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/israeli-attacks-kill-one-in-gaza-wound-journalists-in-occupied-west-bank

🇵🇸 #Gaza Israel still blocks Gaza reconstruction start ...

2026-10-15T06:06:46Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Israel still blocks Gaza reconstruction start**

Israel has not yet allowed the US-backed Board of Peace to begin its first reconstruction contract in Gaza, barring contractors and trucks from entering, even as winter approaches and roughly 94 percent of Gaza's population lacks adequate shelter.

**Source:** https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/10/10/gaza-ceasefire-anniversary-marks-year-of-failed-promises

🇷🇺 #Russia Kyiv strike toll rises to nine dead ...

2026-10-15T06:06:45Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Kyiv strike toll rises to nine dead**

Ukrainian officials now say at least nine people were killed in Tuesday night's Russian missile and drone barrage on Kyiv's power grid and a residential building, up from the single death first reported, with hundreds of thousands left without electricity. Moscow says it hit "energy and communications infrastructure"; Kyiv says it got no advance warning.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/massive-russian-attack-on-ukraine-kills-at-least-six-cuts-power-in-kyiv

🇷🇺 #Russia Starlink limits hit Ukrainian military use ...

2026-10-15T06:06:44Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Starlink limits hit Ukrainian military use**

Ukraine says restrictions on its Starlink access are disrupting military operations just as Russia intensifies strikes on energy infrastructure, complicating the picture around Trump's recent push for a Russia-Ukraine energy-strike truce that Kyiv already accuses Moscow of violating.

**Source:** https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/14/russia-ukraine-energy-ceasefire-power-outages.html

🇩🇪 #Germany Starlink sabotage probe widens to Karlsruhe ...

2026-10-15T06:06:43Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Starlink sabotage probe widens to Karlsruhe**

German investigators arrested a woman in Karlsruhe suspected of driving the two Turkish nationals held in Nürtingen to Poland, where they allegedly set fire to a Starlink ground station in September; she is believed to have ties to organized crime, and Warsaw blames Russian intelligence for ordering the attack.

**Source:** https://www.stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/baden-wuerttemberg/festnahmen-in-nuertingen-mutmassliche-starlink-saboteure-in-haft-weitere-festnahme-in-karlsruhe-79563946.html

🇩🇪 #Germany Merz pushes EU budget cuts in Brussels At ...

2026-10-15T06:06:42Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Merz pushes EU budget cuts in Brussels**

At the EU's autumn summit in Brussels on October 14-16, Chancellor Friedrich Merz pressed for cuts to the bloc's proposed budget, while the European Parliament's EPP leader Manfred Weber defended the planned size, as the 27 leaders also discussed continued Ukraine support and trade friction with China.

**Source:** https://www.turi2.de/aktuell/news-ticker-am-15-oktober-2026/

🥨 #Munich Drone spy arrested over KNDS tank plant Bavarian ...

2026-10-15T06:06:41Z

🥨 #Munich

**Drone spy arrested over KNDS tank plant**

Bavarian prosecutors arrested a 37-year-old Moldovan man on suspicion of espionage after he allegedly flew a drone over the Munich grounds of tank maker KNDS, which builds the Leopard 2, to film security-relevant footage for a foreign client. A judge ordered him held in custody.

**Source:** https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/muenchen-spionage-mann-moldau-100.html

🥨 #Munich City extends rent freeze on municipal flats ...

2026-10-15T06:06:40Z

🥨 #Munich

**City extends rent freeze on municipal flats**

Munich's city council extended the rent freeze on flats owned by municipal housing firms GWG and Gewofag through the end of 2026, while the planning department works out legally sound rules to vary rent increases by household income.

**Source:** https://www.haufe.de/immobilien/wirtschaft-politik/muenchen-mietenstopp-fuer-kommunale-wohnungsunternehmen_84342_494532.html

🇨🇱 #Chile 13 mining deaths prompt safety summit ...

2026-10-15T06:06:39Z

🇨🇱 #Chile

**13 mining deaths prompt safety summit**

Chile's government called an urgent Mining Safety Roundtable for October 16 after 13 workers died in mining accidents during 2026, matching the worst annual toll since 2023. The latest victim, a 61-year-old, died Wednesday when his bulldozer fell about 50 meters at Minera Las Cenizas in the Antofagasta region.

**Source:** https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2026/10/14/gobierno-convoca-mesa-urgente-de-seguridad-minera-tras-serie-de-accidentes-fatales-en-faenas.shtml

₿ #Bitcoin Bitcoin retests $81,000 a third time Bitcoin ...

2026-10-15T06:06:38Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Bitcoin retests $81,000 a third time**

Bitcoin fell to around $80,785, down 3.6 percent, as hotter-than-expected US inflation data revived fears the Fed will hold rates higher for longer. It has now tested the $81,000 support level three separate times this month, though on-chain data shows realized losses shrinking with each test.

**Source:** https://kucoin.com/news/flash/bitcoin-tests-81-000-support-level-three-times-amid-market-volatility

₿ #Bitcoin Binance to shut its Bitcoin mining pool Binance ...

2026-10-15T06:06:37Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Binance to shut its Bitcoin mining pool**

Binance will close Binance Pool and its cloud-mining service on November 10 after the pool's share of Bitcoin's network hashrate fell from 2.3 percent to 0.84 percent since December. The exit further concentrates hashpower among Foundry USA, AntPool and F2Pool, which together now control roughly 64 percent of mining.

**Source:** https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/10/15/bitcoin-mining-pool-once-handling-2-3-of-network-shuts-after-hashrate-falls-65

₿ #Bitcoin OpenSats funds Bitcoin Core infrastructure work ...

2026-10-15T06:06:36Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**OpenSats funds Bitcoin Core infrastructure work**

OpenSats announced four new grants and one renewal from its General Fund on October 7 for work underpinning Bitcoin Core, including support for Yuvicc, maintainer of bitcoinkernel-jdk, a JVM wrapper letting Java applications use Bitcoin Core's consensus engine directly.

**Source:** https://opensats.org/blog/supporting-the-foundations-of-bitcoin-development

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Coldcard's own X account gets hacked ...

2026-10-15T06:06:35Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Coldcard's own X account gets hacked**

Attackers hijacked hardware-wallet maker Coinkite's Coldcard account on X on October 11 and posted a fake "critical firmware vulnerability" warning for the Mk4, Mk5 and Q models, reusing the real patch version numbers from July's genuine exploit to lure panicked users to a phishing site.

**Source:** https://u.today/coldcard-bitcoin-wallet-maker-compromised-again-this-time-online

🕵️ #StolenBitcoin **CryptoBilis theft trail still being ...

2026-10-15T06:06:34Z

🕵️ #StolenBitcoin

**CryptoBilis theft trail still being chased**

Blockchain analysts at Bitquery traced roughly $93 million of the funds stolen from Ledger wallets sold by reseller CryptoBilis across six chains; about $81 million was still traceable on-chain as of October 11, down from $88 million a day earlier, while Tether has frozen $10 million of the proceeds.

**Source:** https://financefeeds.com/ledger-thief-moved-93-million-tether-froze-10-million-circle-could-freeze-5-35-million-more

🟣 #Nostr Reply-kind split proves harder to close Momentum ...

2026-10-15T06:06:33Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Reply-kind split proves harder to close**

Momentum behind moving all kind-1 replies to NIP-22's kind 1111 is running into a real fork: while Amethyst, Ditto and the Mostr bridge have switched, clients Wisp and Dark Wisp still render only kind-1 replies and skip kind 1111 entirely, so threads break for anyone mixing the two client families.

**Source:** https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2447

🟣 #Nostr Nostur 1.33.0 improves DM handling Nostur shipped ...

2026-10-15T06:06:32Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Nostur 1.33.0 improves DM handling**

Nostur shipped version 1.33.0, adding media pasting with previews inside direct messages, better GIF handling, automatic cleanup of abandoned files, and a fix for stale profile names not refreshing.

**Source:** https://freedom.tech/posts/2026-10-13-nostur-1-33-0/

🌍 #WorldNews Djibouti shipwreck kills 139 migrants A boat ...

2026-10-14T06:37:03Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Djibouti shipwreck kills 139 migrants**

A boat carrying 305 migrants from Djibouti toward Yemen capsized overnight on October 8-9 near Obock; the UN's IOM says the death toll has climbed to 139, including 15 children, with 84 still missing and only about 82 survivors from one of the deadliest shipwrecks on the Eastern migration route.

**Source:** https://www.iom.int/news/death-toll-djibouti-shipwreck-climbs-139-un-migration

🌍 #WorldNews Houthi missile hits Saudi Aramco HQ A Houthi ...

2026-10-14T06:37:02Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Houthi missile hits Saudi Aramco HQ**

A Houthi missile struck Saudi Aramco's executive headquarters in Dhahran on October 13, sparking a fire, hours after Saudi-led forces hit a Yemeni fuel depot; the strike follows the barrage that already shut Riyadh's main airport and marks a sharp escalation in the Saudi-Houthi exchange.

**Source:** https://www.cnn.com/2026/10/13/middleeast/saudi-strikes-houthi-fuel-depot-latam-intl

🌍 #WorldNews Tagged man stabs eight at Korean mall A ...

2026-10-14T06:37:01Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Tagged man stabs eight at Korean mall**

A 59-year-old man wearing a court-ordered electronic ankle tag stabbed eight people, mostly women, at a shopping mall in Incheon, South Korea on October 13; bystanders barricaded him with chairs until police arrived. One victim, a woman in her 20s, underwent emergency surgery after cardiac arrest and remains critical.

**Source:** https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/13/south-korea-incheon-stabbing-mall/2e6c659c-c6db-11f1-aefb-abe4112d087e_story.html

🇮🇷 #Iran **Trump says Iran decision coming "very ...

2026-10-14T06:37:00Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Trump says Iran decision coming "very soon"**

US President Trump said on October 13 his administration would "make a decision on Iran very soon," describing Iran's economy as collapsed and calling it a "failed country" under the ongoing US naval blockade, as speculation mounts over a possible resumption of the war that paused earlier this year.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-13-2026/

🇮🇷 #Iran Iran executes mountaineer over wartime attacks ...

2026-10-14T06:36:59Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Iran executes mountaineer over wartime attacks**

Iran executed Ali-Sina Mostafavi, a 38-year-old professional mountaineer and Himalayan climber from Kerman, after his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme Court in September. He was convicted of shootings in Kerman during the war with the US and Israel that wounded several civilians and conscripts.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/iran-executes-man-accused-of-carrying-out-attacks-in-support-of-israel-exiled-crown-prince/

🇮🇱 #Israel Netanyahu urged Trump to restart Iran war ...

2026-10-14T06:36:58Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Netanyahu urged Trump to restart Iran war**

Israeli Channel 12 reported Netanyahu pressed Trump last week to renew fighting against Iran before Israel's October 27 election and the US midterms, citing Iranian nuclear steps; his office denies it, and the IDF chief of staff has warned renewed war could force Israel's election to be postponed.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-reportedly-pressed-trump-to-renew-iran-fighting-before-israeli-and-us-elections/

🇮🇱 #Israel Journalists wounded in West Bank strike An ...

2026-10-14T06:36:57Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Journalists wounded in West Bank strike**

An Israeli strike wounded journalists in the occupied West Bank on October 14, part of intensifying Israeli operations there as Netanyahu has vowed to extend control over the territory, three weeks ahead of Israel's legislative election.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/israeli-attacks-kill-one-in-gaza-wound-journalists-in-occupied-west-bank

🇵🇸 #Gaza Egypt names 15 technocrats for Gaza Egyptian ...

2026-10-14T06:36:56Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Egypt names 15 technocrats for Gaza**

Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on October 14 that 15 Palestinian technocrats have been agreed by all factions, including Hamas, and vetted by Israel, to lead a post-war interim administration for Gaza under the US-backed peace plan's next phase.

**Source:** https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/egyptian-fm-15-palestinian-technocrats-approved-to-manage-postwar-gaza/

🇵🇸 #Gaza Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza Israeli ...

2026-10-14T06:36:55Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Israeli strikes kill seven in Gaza**

Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians in Gaza on October 14, five in an aerial strike on Shuja'iyya in Gaza City and one in a drone strike in Khan Younis. Hamas called the strikes a ceasefire violation; Israel says it targets Hamas military infrastructure.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/14/israeli-attacks-kill-one-in-gaza-wound-journalists-in-occupied-west-bank

🇷🇺 #Russia Missiles hit Kyiv power plant, flats Russian ...

2026-10-14T06:36:54Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Missiles hit Kyiv power plant, flats**

Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv's CHP-4 power plant and a nine-story residential building late on October 13, killing at least one person and injuring 13. Zelensky says Ukraine again received no advance warning from Western partners, the second straight night missiles reached the capital undetected.

**Source:** https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/ukraine-had-no-intelligence-from-partners-about-missiles-headed-to-kyiv-zelenskyy-says

🇷🇺 #Russia Senators urge Trump to scrap Putin deal ...

2026-10-14T06:36:53Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Senators urge Trump to scrap Putin deal**

Twelve US senators, six Republicans and six Democrats, wrote to Trump on October 13 urging him to rescind his October 9 diesel arrangement with Putin, calling it a betrayal of Ukraine; Russia has not confirmed any related energy truce and says it will not halt operations during talks.

**Source:** https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-throws-more-troops-into-ukraine-and-suffers-even-bigger-losses-23261

🇩🇪 #Germany Nord Stream sabotage trial opens in Hamburg ...

2026-10-14T06:36:52Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Nord Stream sabotage trial opens in Hamburg**

The trial of Serhij K., a former Ukrainian military intelligence officer accused of organizing the September 2022 Nord Stream pipeline bombing, opened October 14 at Hamburg's Oberlandesgericht on war-crime charges; he denies all allegations. Sixteen trial dates are scheduled through December 17.

**Source:** https://www.tagesspiegel.de/internationales/prozess-um-nord-stream-anschlag-beginnt-diesen-vorwurfen-muss-sich-serhij-k-vor-gericht-stellen-16151830.html

🇩🇪 #Germany Arrests over Starlink sabotage in Poland ...

2026-10-14T06:36:51Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Arrests over Starlink sabotage in Poland**

German police arrested at least two Turkish nationals in Nürtingen and a third suspect in Berlin on October 13, accused of involvement in a September arson attack on a Starlink ground station in Poland that Warsaw blames on Russian intelligence services.

**Source:** https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/id_101478344/starlink-in-flammen-mutmassliche-saboteure-festgenommen.html

🇨🇱 #Chile Red alert floods Santiago again Chile ...

2026-10-14T06:36:50Z

🇨🇱 #Chile

**Red alert floods Santiago again**

Chile declared a red alert for the Santiago Metropolitan Region on October 13 as hail and an electrical storm flooded roads in Las Condes, Providencia and Ñuñoa and cut power to about 36,000 customers, days after a deadly mudslide hit the same area.

**Source:** https://www.publimetro.cl/noticias/2026/10/13/inundaciones-granizos-y-cortes-en-el-metro-decretan-alerta-roja-en-la-region-metropolitana-por-fuerte-tormenta-en-santiago/

₿ #Bitcoin Bitcoin rebounds to $83,300 on Fed remarks ...

2026-10-14T06:36:49Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Bitcoin rebounds to $83,300 on Fed remarks**

Bitcoin bounced from a low near $81,000 back toward $84,000 after Fed official John Williams signaled no US rate hikes through 2027, before momentum faded; it now trades around $83,300 with resistance at $85,000 and the $87,000-90,000 band next in sight.

**Source:** https://www.kucoin.com/news/articles/crypto-daily-market-report-october-14-2026

₿ #Bitcoin Bitcoin ETFs snap back to inflows US spot ...

2026-10-14T06:36:48Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**Bitcoin ETFs snap back to inflows**

US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in a net $175.62 million on October 13, led by Fidelity's FBTC and BlackRock's IBIT, reversing a stretch of heavy redemptions that had totaled $678.9 million the prior week.

**Source:** https://www.kucoin.com/news/flash/us-bitcoin-spot-etfs-see-175-62m-net-inflow-on-october-13

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Trezor, OneKey cut ties with CryptoBilis ...

2026-10-14T06:36:47Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Trezor, OneKey cut ties with CryptoBilis**

Following reports Ledger devices sold by Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis carried a hidden chip that stole recovery phrases, Trezor dropped CryptoBilis as an authorized reseller and OneKey terminated its dealership outright, offering free replacements for any OneKey device bought there between March 1 and October 13.

**Source:** https://www.cryptotimes.io/2026/10/12/onekey-drops-cryptobilis-replaces-wallets-sold-since-march-1-after-ledger-implant-find/

🟣 #Nostr Clients converge on unified reply kind Support is ...

2026-10-14T06:36:46Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Clients converge on unified reply kind**

Support is building behind the open proposal to make all kind-1 replies use kind 1111 instead, the format NIP-22 reserves for replies to non-note content: Amethyst, Ditto and the Mostr bridge already emit only kind 1111, and a developer who wanted a kind-1 opt-out has now dropped that objection.

**Source:** https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2447

🟣 #Nostr A scattered round of client point releases ...

2026-10-14T06:36:45Z

🟣 #Nostr

**A scattered round of client point releases**

Amethyst shipped 1.18.0 with new Crowdin translations and a UI fix; the rx-nostr library pushed a 4.0.0 beta with breaking changes, replacing its relay-list get()/set() methods with toArray()/replace(); and wallet client Mostrix 0.3.7 added order-ID copying. No scheme or standard moved.

**Source:** https://freedom.tech/posts/2026-10-12-bitcoin-daily-brief/

🌍 #WorldNews Riyadh airport shut until October 17 Saudi ...

2026-10-13T07:38:29Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Riyadh airport shut until October 17**

Saudi Arabia extended the closure of King Khalid International Airport after this week's Houthi missile and drone barrage killed at least 13 people, as officials now investigate why Saudi air defenses failed to intercept weapons that flew more than 1,000km from Yemen before reaching the capital.

**Source:** https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/riyadh-airport-shut-till-october-17-as-saudis-probe-how-defence-systems-failed-in-houthi-attack-updates-2026-10-13-1056785

🌍 #WorldNews Teen shoots two at French school A ...

2026-10-13T07:38:28Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Teen shoots two at French school**

A 14-year-old opened fire with a shotgun hidden in a guitar case at a middle school in Aubagne, southern France, on October 12, wounding the principal and a teacher before a staff member disarmed him. Police found no link to recent high-school protests or radicalization.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/10/12/france-school-shooting-police-detain-pupil-after-two-injured

🌍 #WorldNews Czech opposition tops Senate first round In ...

2026-10-13T07:38:27Z

🌍 #WorldNews

**Czech opposition tops Senate first round**

In the first round of Czech Senate elections on October 9-10, opposition parties collectively placed 26 candidates into next week's runoffs against 13 for PM Andrej Babiš's ANO movement, in the first electoral test since Babiš returned to power a year ago. Runoffs are October 16-17.

**Source:** https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/10/11/czech-republic-senate-local-elections-babis/4d5ccb30-c556-11f1-aefb-abe4112d087e_story.html

🇮🇷 #Iran Pentagon raises US-Iran war toll The Pentagon ...

2026-10-13T07:38:26Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Pentagon raises US-Iran war toll**

The Pentagon revised its official casualty count for the war with Iran to 21 American service members killed and 865 wounded, up from a prior tally of 19 dead, after earlier denials by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that casualties were higher than reported.

**Source:** https://www.newarab.com/news/pentagon-raises-us-iran-war-toll-21-killed-over-800-wounded

🇮🇷 #Iran IRGC battles armed group in southeast Clashes ...

2026-10-13T07:38:25Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**IRGC battles armed group in southeast**

Clashes broke out before dawn on October 13 between Revolutionary Guard forces and an armed group in the mountains of Taftan county, Sistan-Baluchestan province, with both sides using light, medium and heavy weapons. No casualty figures have been confirmed, part of recurring unrest in the restive border region.

**Source:** https://www.iranintl.com/en/202610118708

🇮🇷 #Iran Iran admits throttling internet for war ...

2026-10-13T07:38:24Z

🇮🇷 #Iran

**Iran admits throttling internet for war**

Government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said on October 13 that Iran deliberately slows internet speeds because of "wartime conditions," telling reporters "we are in the middle of a war" that extends beyond the battlefield. Iran's 2026 shutdown has been the longest nationwide internet blackout ever recorded.

**Source:** https://www.iranintl.com/en/liveblog/202610105959

🇮🇱 #Israel **Mandelblit finishes Netanyahu trial ...

2026-10-13T07:38:23Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Mandelblit finishes Netanyahu trial testimony**

Former attorney general Avichai Mandelblit concluded testimony in Netanyahu's corruption trial after two days, telling the defense he had not personally approved every police investigative action against the prime minister, though he insisted he authorized all the principal ones. Testimony resumes October 18.

**Source:** https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/article-911282

🇮🇱 #Israel Islamic Jihad cell arrested in West Bank The ...

2026-10-13T07:38:22Z

🇮🇱 #Israel

**Islamic Jihad cell arrested in West Bank**

The IDF said it arrested four operatives of Palestinian Islamic Jihad during overnight raids in the West Bank, accusing them of planning an attack. The arrests come three weeks before Israel's October 27 legislative election.

**Source:** https://www.jpost.com/israel-news

🇵🇸 #Gaza Israel strikes weapons sites across Gaza The ...

2026-10-13T07:38:21Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Israel strikes weapons sites across Gaza**

The IDF and Israel Security Agency said they struck three weapons storage facilities, a rocket launch site and an observation post across Gaza over the past 24 hours, saying the sites held rockets, mortars and rifles. Israel says such strikes target Hamas military infrastructure it considers a ceasefire violation.

**Source:** https://www.aawsat.com/arab-world/5327888-year-ceasefire-israel-wages-scaled-down-war-gaza

🇵🇸 #Gaza Hamas raises ceasefire death toll claim Hamas ...

2026-10-13T07:38:20Z

🇵🇸 #Gaza

**Hamas raises ceasefire death toll claim**

Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said on October 13 that Israeli ceasefire violations since the October 2025 truce have killed around 1,500 Palestinians and wounded nearly 5,000, an increase from the 1,400 killed figure cited by rights groups days earlier. Israel disputes characterizing its strikes as violations.

**Source:** https://palestineuncensored.org/hamas-israel-evades-obligations-continues-gaza-ceasefire-violations-2026

🇷🇺 #Russia Energy truce dispute deepens Ukraine's ...

2026-10-13T07:38:19Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Energy truce dispute deepens**

Ukraine's Zelensky said Russia struck six energy facilities and wounded 33 people on October 12-13, calling it proof Moscow is ignoring the "energy ceasefire" Trump announced days earlier without consulting Kyiv. Russia's Lavrov has not confirmed any such deal and said Moscow will not halt operations during talks.

**Source:** https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/10/13/trump-insists-energy-ceasefire-holds-as-ukraine-reports-new-russian-strikes

🇷🇺 #Russia Ukraine claims record Russian losses ...

2026-10-13T07:38:18Z

🇷🇺 #Russia

**Ukraine claims record Russian losses**

Ukraine's General Staff said Russian troop losses hit a 2026 record of 46,230 in September as Moscow threw more soldiers into offensives around Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka. The figure is Kyiv's own estimate; Russia does not publish comparable casualty data.

**Source:** https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/russia-throws-more-troops-into-ukraine-and-suffers-even-bigger-losses-23261

🇩🇪 #Germany Bas quits as minister and SPD chief Labor ...

2026-10-13T07:38:17Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**Bas quits as minister and SPD chief**

Labor Minister and SPD co-chair Bärbel Bas announced her immediate resignation from both posts on October 12, citing her stepdaughter's death and sustained public attacks on her, including from coalition partner CDU/CSU. Former Rhineland-Palatinate premier Alexander Schweitzer is set to succeed her as minister.

**Source:** https://www.zdfheute.de/politik/deutschland/baerbel-bas-spd-ruecktritt-100.html

🇩🇪 #Germany IMF nearly doubles German growth forecast ...

2026-10-13T07:38:16Z

🇩🇪 #Germany

**IMF nearly doubles German growth forecast**

The IMF raised its 2026 growth forecast for Germany to 1.3 percent, up from 0.7 percent in July, pointing to a stronger-than-expected economic outlook as Chancellor Merz's coalition pushes a reform package on pensions, care and income tax through parliament.

**Source:** https://www.news.de/panorama/860085448/13-oktober-2026-news-themen-des-tages-was-passiert-heute-in-deutschland-und-der-welt-das-ist-heute-am-13-10-2026-wichtig-in-den-nachrichten-aus-politik-wirtschaft-sport-und-co/1/

🥨 #Munich Council advances Mathäser cinema demolition ...

2026-10-13T07:38:15Z

🥨 #Munich

**Council advances Mathäser cinema demolition**

Munich's city council moved plans to demolish the Mathäser Filmpalast, Germany's most commercially successful cinema, one step further without a debate on the floor, angering preservation-minded council members who say the loss has not been properly discussed.

**Source:** https://abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/eklatanter-verlust-deutschlands-erfolgreichstes-kino-ist-in-muenchen-und-soll-abgerissen-werden-art-1165191

🥨 #Munich Freiham growth outpaces U-Bahn plans Residents ...

2026-10-13T07:38:14Z

🥨 #Munich

**Freiham growth outpaces U-Bahn plans**

Residents and officials are voicing growing concern that Freiham, billed as Europe's largest new urban development area on Munich's western edge, is filling with new housing faster than the planned U-Bahn extension needed to connect it to the city.

**Source:** https://www.abendzeitung-muenchen.de/muenchen/europas-groesstes-neubaugebiet-kein-u-bahn-anschluss-hier-wachsen-die-sorgen-in-muenchen-art-1165260

₿ #Bitcoin OpenSats backs Bitcoin Core maintainers ...

2026-10-13T07:38:11Z

₿ #Bitcoin

**OpenSats backs Bitcoin Core maintainers**

OpenSats' General Fund awarded four new grants and one renewal on October 7: to Futurile for deterministic Guix builds, Yuvicc for the libbitcoinkernel validation library, Pol Espinasa for wallet fee and descriptor work, Pablo Martin for wallet, GUI and P2P testing, and a renewal for janb84.

**Source:** https://opensats.org/blog/supporting-the-foundations-of-bitcoin-development

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Hidden chip found in Ledger wallets Ledger ...

2026-10-13T07:38:10Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Hidden chip found in Ledger wallets**

Ledger confirmed an unauthorized hardware implant, reportedly a microcontroller with an LTE/eSIM chip, tapped onto the screen wiring of devices sold through Southeast Asian reseller CryptoBilis, transmitting newly generated 24-word recovery phrases to attackers. Researchers estimate $93 million drained from over 300 wallets across six chains.

**Source:** https://thehackernews.com/2026/10/ledger-finds-unauthorized-hardware.html

🔓 #BitcoinHacks Bitget recovers almost nothing from hack ...

2026-10-13T07:38:09Z

🔓 #BitcoinHacks

**Bitget recovers almost nothing from hack**

Bitget has frozen just $1.1 million of the $388 million stolen in September's hot-wallet breach, with CEO Gracy Chen telling CNBC she is "not expecting to recover a lot," citing the poor track record of past exchange-hack recoveries.

**Source:** https://qz.com/bitget-frozen-funds-crypto-hack-recovery-100226

🕵️ #StolenBitcoin Mt. Gox shifts $988M in bitcoin The ...

2026-10-13T07:38:08Z

🕵️ #StolenBitcoin

**Mt. Gox shifts $988M in bitcoin**

The Mt. Gox trustee's cold wallet moved 10,608 BTC (about $988 million) on October 12, sending 185 BTC to an address linked to Kraken and the remainder to a fresh wallet, a pattern that preceded past creditor payouts. The trustee now expects repayments by the end of October.

**Source:** https://www.theblock.co/post/379197/mt-gox-956-million-bitcoin

🟣 #Nostr Amethyst pushes to merge reply kinds A pull ...

2026-10-13T07:38:07Z

🟣 #Nostr

**Amethyst pushes to merge reply kinds**

A pull request open since August 24 from Amethyst maintainer Vitor Pamplona proposes changing NIP-10 so kind-1 replies to notes should become kind-1111 comments, the format NIP-22 currently reserves for replies to non-note content. Ditto, Wisp and Dark Wisp still reply with kind 1, leaving clients split on how replies render across apps.

**Source:** https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/pull/2447

🇷🇺 Russia – Monday, 12 October 2026 **Trump's ...

2026-10-12T06:07:40Z

**🇷🇺 Russia – Monday, 12 October 2026**

**Trump's energy truce disputed**

Trump announced an immediate Russia-Ukraine "energy ceasefire" on October 11; Zelensky told Axios the announcement was "news to him." Ukrainian officials said Russia struck a power plant in Kharkiv after the announcement, while Moscow has not confirmed, denied or otherwise commented on the claimed truce.

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/11/trump-russia-ukraine-energy-ceasefire-zelensky

**Previously:**

quoting
nevent1q…8vjd
**🇷🇺 Russia – Sunday, 11 October 2026**

**Trump calls for Zelensky to be replaced**

A day after announcing the Russian diesel deal, Trump said Ukraine should "get a new president who can make a deal," blaming Zelensky for not settling the war. Zelensky's office called the diesel deal "not fair," saying it funds Russia's war; Moscow has not commented on Trump's remark.

https://www.axios.com/2026/10/10/trump-ukraine-zelensky-replace-putin-diesel

**Zaporizhzhia strike kills 20, including 3 children**

A Russian guided-bomb strike on a Zaporizhzhia apartment building on October 10 killed 20 people, including three children, and injured 18, Ukrainian officials said, partially destroying the building and damaging 26 others nearby. Russia has not commented on the strike.

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/russian-strike-on-zaporizhzhia-kills-20-including-1791648679.html

**Previously:**

nevent1q…eqsc

🇩🇪 Germany – Monday, 12 October 2026 **BDI warns of ...

2026-10-12T06:07:39Z

**🇩🇪 Germany – Monday, 12 October 2026**

**BDI warns of Russian sabotage risk**

Germany's top industry federation, the BDI, warned on October 12 of growing Russian sabotage threats against companies, critical infrastructure and defence-relevant supply chains. Deputy chief Holger Lösch said the biggest gap is turning official security warnings into concrete action, and called for faster, coordinated government-industry procedures.

https://www.finanznachrichten.de/nachrichten-2026-10/69808824-bdi-warnt-vor-russischen-sabotageakten-gegen-deutsche-industrie-003.htm

**Previously:**

quoting
nevent1q…33ef
**🇩🇪 Germany – Sunday, 11 October 2026**

**Hanning allegedly analysed leak for Azerbaijan**

Der Spiegel reported investigators suspect ex-BND chief August Hanning used information from his alleged source, former BND office manager Manfred D., to draft an analysis for an Azerbaijani intelligence contact; whether it reached its intended recipient is still being probed. Hanning remains in pretrial detention.

https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/ex-bnd-chef-festgenommen-hanning-stand-offenbar-mit-aserbaidschanischem-agent-in-kontakt-16134267.html

**Previously:**

nevent1q…t7sv

🇮🇱 Israel – Monday, 21 September 2026 **Washington ...

2026-09-21T06:04:59Z

🇮🇱 Israel – Monday, 21 September 2026

**Washington readies sweeping ICC sanctions**
The Trump administration is preparing to sanction the International Criminal Court as an institution, not just individual officials, sources say, aiming to force it to drop arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant. The move would block most ICC transactions after a six-to-seven-month grace period, hitting IT services, insurance and staff pay.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/21/trump-administration-readies-sweeping-sanctions-against-icc-reports-say

**West Bank shooting kills father of six**
Netanel Shakron, 36, was shot dead at a spring near the Neve Tzuf settlement while visiting with his son; commandos captured the gunman hours later at a Ramallah-area hospital. Ben Gvir called for applying Israel's death penalty law to the attacker as security forces mount "extensive" Yom Kippur operations in the West Bank.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-september-20-2026/

Previously:

quoting nevent1q…5ksf
🇮🇱 Israel – Sunday, 20 September 2026

**Netanyahu targets Gaza-AI documentary makers**
Since the Israeli documentary NAZA, on military AI targeting in Gaza, won a Venice jury prize and a 25-minute ovation, Netanyahu has called its makers antisemitic and moved to draft a bill stripping citizenship from people who "defame IDF soldiers," while the army vows to identify soldiers who spoke to the filmmakers.
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260917-gaza-documentary-naza-sparks-political-storm-in-israel

Previously: nevent1q…vgpq

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🇷🇺 #Russia **Kyiv strike toll rises to nine dead** ...

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₿ #Bitcoin **Binance to shut its Bitcoin mining pool** Binance ...

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