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02:00

02:00–03:00 Regular hour

In this hour: 1 new story

  1. NewCrime

    Oregon school shooting kills three children and a teacher

    A 16-year-old former pupil killed four people at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, on October 15. A teacher tackled the attacker before a father of two pupils fatally shot him, police said.

    5 sources, +5 in this hour Sources differ

01:00

01:00–02:00 Quiet hour

In this hour: 1 new story

  1. NewWorld

    Saudi Arabia welcomes UN condemnation of Houthi attacks

    Saudi Arabia on October 16 welcomed a UN Security Council statement calling for Houthi attacks on the kingdom to stop. The council also urged cooperation to block weapons and military support reaching the Yemeni group.

    5 sources, +5 in this hour Statement

00:00

00:00–01:00 Busy hour

In this hour: 3 updates

  1. UpdateWorld

    Zelensky asks EU for €70 billion more to support Ukraine in 2027

    • New reports confirm that the summit took place and that Zelenskyy requested an additional €70 billion for 2027.
    • Reports add Zelenskyy's €155 billion total-needs figure, a Ukrainian estimate of a funding gap above €62 billion, and the EU Commission's mandate to seek more funds.
    • Macron and Estonia's prime minister set out positions on the existing €90 billion package and possible further financing.

    7 sources, +5 in this hour Confirmed

  2. UpdateWorld

    Houthis say they strike targets inside Yemen’s Maashiq Palace

    • Yemen’s information minister said five missiles were fired toward the complex; earlier eyewitness accounts cited four.
    • New reports give casualty figures of two killed and a preliminary three killed, alongside the Council’s earlier unnumbered account.
    • Houthi sources said the target was a military operations command and weapons stores inside the complex; one report called this the first such palace attack since fighting resumed in July.

    10 sources, +5 in this hour Sources differ

  3. UpdateHealth

    Kenya confirms second Ebola case as DR Congo outbreak spreads

    • Kenya confirmed a second case on 14 October, involving a close family member of the first patient.
    • A 15 October report described two cases in North Ubangi, which would be the DRC outbreak’s eighth affected province.
    • ECDC published a higher DRC tally of 9,144 cases and 4,410 deaths, based on data through 12 October.

    10 sources, +5 in this hour Sources differ