Elections and politics

Albania's protests hit a sixth day as Rama said EU membership, not his government, is at stake. €709m of the EU's €922m in Growth Plan money is still to come.

Cost of living protests hit France, Italy and Portugal. Euro area inflation reached 3.8% in September, as fuel cost 31.9% more than a year earlier.

Students joined the flamingo movement and attacked government buildings for two nights. EU countries gave Albanians 68,653 first residence permits last year, and youth unemployment is 25.6%.

Official Brazil election results give Flávio Bolsonaro 47.03% of valid votes and Lula 45.16%. Neither passed 50%, so they meet in a run-off on 25 October.

The Super Intelligence Force puts Trump's spy chief, the FTC chairman and two others in charge of coordinating AI policy. It follows an industry accord.

He resigned to lead his party’s list in the election on 25 October. If it wins, he runs Serbia from the prime minister’s office. The size of the result matters as much as the winner.

The prime minister says Britain “could go all the way” back into the EU. Polls this year put support for membership at 60%. Reform UK, the party of Brexit, is level with Labour.

Five EU countries want to start sending rejected asylum seekers to countries outside the bloc next year, with Rwanda first. Rwanda also takes US deportees. Asylum claims are already down by a third.