Sunday, October 25, 2026

At least 12 people, including six children as young as 11, were injured Saturday night in a shooting near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, hours after the school's homecoming football game. Police said 11 victims had gunshot wounds; one was critical, two seriously injured and eight stable. Police said a preliminary investigation indicates a fight broke out before the shooting.

Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton sent Secretary of State Marco Rubio a memo on Friday stating Iran has "substantially increased" efforts to target U.S. personnel, with lethal plots reaching "advanced stages" in the Middle East and other countries. The warning coincides with the State Department reducing staffing at embassies in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE, and ordering non-emergency staff and families to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks.

The FBI arrested Ian Brinksman, 42, an employee of a third-party company that provides services to a government agency, following a Friday search of his Washington home, the Justice Department said. He is charged with leaking classified national defense information to his girlfriend, who writes an online publication on Substack. Authorities have not detailed the specific information allegedly disclosed.

The Archdiocese of New York has agreed to an $800 million settlement with nearly 1,300 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members and lay workers in positions of leadership. Lump-sum payments will be made to those victimized. An attorney for some plaintiffs said all survivors have agreed to the settlement terms.

Ukraine's Starlink and Starshield satellite speeds were restored to normal after more than a week of restrictions that disrupted front-line military operations, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday. Elon Musk said SpaceX had imposed the limits after Ukraine's military violated Starlink's terms of service by using it for offensive drone strikes "to kill people," saying that "loophole was closed last week."

The Trump administration asked California county election officials to identify voters suspected of being noncitizens, according to a report. California election officials said they were frustrated and rattled by the demand. Separately, the Justice Department sued over Alaska's Senate election, citing a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan; Common Cause and the ACLU have moved to intervene in that case.

U.S. Central Command has prepared plans for follow-up military strikes against Iran that could be launched after the U.S. midterm elections if authorized by the White House, potentially renewing a conflict that has lasted over eight months. A Pentagon official said the department's job is to develop and present military options to the president. Iran has threatened aggressive retaliation.

President Trump said at a campaign rally in Georgia that Volkswagen's Audi division has agreed to build a new factory in the state, with Bloomberg reporting the project is valued at $4.2 billion and Reuters citing a figure of $4 billion. Audi currently imports all its cars from Europe or Mexico and has faced US tariffs. Trump defended his tariff policy at the rally, saying it has made the country richer.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on Cubans seeking what he described as "positive change" to pursue a discreet partnership with the CIA. The CIA posted a video on X outlining steps for contacting the agency. Rubio said "now is the time" for such outreach.

The number arrested in France's nationwide demonstrations rose to more than 1,300, up from nearly 1,000 reported Saturday by Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez. Hundreds of thousands protested over school funding and living costs, with demonstrations also spreading to other European cities including Milan and Madrid. In Paris, police counted 110,000 marchers versus organizers' 250,000; nationally, officials estimated 410,000 participants against unions' 800,000. Police had used tear gas and water cannon after earlier clashes.

The death toll from Friday's shooting at a Greek Orthodox church funeral in Karak, Jordan, rose to nine on Saturday, with nearly 40 others wounded; one critically injured patient remains hospitalized. Government spokesperson Mohammad Momani said the attackers subscribed to "extremist takfiri ideology." No arrests have been announced. A survivor described people crawling for their lives as gunmen returned to fire more bullets.

Israeli forces continued demolitions and closures in Hebron in the occupied West Bank, days after Palestinian gunmen killed two Israeli soldiers there; both attackers were killed. Displacement estimates vary: Reuters said about 1,200 people were displaced, UPI said thousands, and the New York Times reported hundreds of families fled. The Israeli military also announced it will restrict Palestinian workers' movement and close West Bank crossings on Tuesday's election day.

German police said Saturday that the Kehlsteinhaus, the Alpine retreat built for Adolf Hitler near Berchtesgaden, was probably not salvageable after a fire gutted it Friday night. A 33-year-old German man was arrested on suspicion of arson after allegedly fleeing on a motorcycle; authorities said he showed signs of mental illness and was taken to a psychiatric facility, but have not ruled out a political motive given the site's history.

Serbians voted in a parliamentary election on Sunday as President Aleksandar Vucic's governing party, which has dominated the country's politics for over a decade, faces a student-led protest movement. The students have been demonstrating against Vucic, and the vote is viewed as a test of his long hold on power.

President Trump endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday ahead of Tuesday's Israeli election, after weeks of hesitation, and suggested a Netanyahu defeat would have consequences for U.S.-Israel relations. U.S. officials told Axios that some Trump advisers see opportunity for his Middle East agenda regardless of outcome: a win lets Trump claim credit for Netanyahu's political survival, while a loss would still leave new Israeli leaders motivated to cultivate ties with Trump.

El Salvador sent hundreds of troops to Haiti to find four soldiers abducted six days ago, reportedly in an ambush. The New York Times reported that bodies believed to be the missing soldiers were found, but President Nayib Bukele denied the remains delivered to his troops were those of his men, saying "not our men." The soldiers' fate remains unresolved.

Clashes broke out in Tirana as protesters calling for Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation threw stones and set fires. Police responded with tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets. The demonstrations were reported as student-led anti-government protests.