The day’s top story from each region we cover, as reported on Kilwhiss News in the 24 hours to 20:00 UK time. Follow each link for our full summary and the original source.
UK
Retail sales in Great Britain fall 0.4% in September as warm weather hits clothing: Retail sales volumes in Great Britain dropped by 0.4% in September, a sharper decline than the 0.1% economists had forecast, according to Office for National Statistics figures reported by…
Europe
ICC registrar urges EU to give clear guidance on US sanctions against the court: The International Criminal Court's registrar, Osvaldo Zavala Giler, has urged the European Commission to issue clear guidance quickly on how companies and charities should respond to US…
Scandinavia
Orange flood warning issued for large parts of eastern Norway: Norwegian forecasters have raised the flood warning for large parts of eastern Norway east of Oslo to orange, NRK reports, citing the national warning service Varsom.
Eastern Europe
Rosneft losses from Ukrainian refinery strikes becoming unsustainable, Bloomberg reports: Officials at Russia's state oil company Rosneft have privately warned that a few more months of Ukrainian drone strikes on its refineries could cause lasting damage to the business, the…
Canada
Canadian immigration to the US up 142% as other countries fall, White House data shows: Legal immigration from Canada to the United States has risen by 142% this year, even as numbers from almost every other region have fallen, according to White House figures highlighted by…
Alaska
Anchorage double murderer Brian Smith convicted of lying to obtain US citizenship: Brian Smith, a South African-born man serving a 226-year sentence for murdering two Alaska Native women in Anchorage, has been convicted of unlawfully obtaining US citizenship, Daily…
USA
Trump officials give conflicting accounts of who limited Ukraine’s Starshield access: Members of the Trump administration and their allies have offered differing explanations for last week's restrictions on Starshield, the military version of SpaceX's Starlink service that…
Australia
Former Victoria Police officer convicted of 2006 murder of Warrnambool tenant: A former police officer has been found guilty of murdering his tenant, Christopher Jarvis, who disappeared from Warrnambool in south-west Victoria in 2006, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
New Zealand
Man charged after alleged attack on woman walking in Stanmore Bay: A 40-year-old man has been charged after a woman was allegedly attacked while out walking in Stanmore Bay, north of Auckland, early on Thursday, the NZ Herald reports.
Asia
Paper straws worse for environment than plastic, South Korean government study finds: Paper straws may do more harm to the environment than plastic ones, according to a study commissioned by South Korea's environment ministry, the South China Morning Post reports.
China
Casualties reported after magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes Tibet: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hit the Tibet autonomous region in western China on Thursday night, causing casualties, the South China Morning Post reports, citing the state news agency Xinhua…
Africa
Imo police investigate raid on Emmanuel Emenike’s Owerri hospital: Police in Nigeria's Imo State have opened an investigation after the former Super Eagles striker Emmanuel Emenike said officers and state officials raided his hospital in Owerri and…
Middle East
European and Middle Eastern ministers urge US and Israel not to strike Iran again: Foreign ministers from eight European and Middle Eastern countries meeting in Istanbul have urged the United States and Israel not to resume attacks on Iran, The Guardian reports.
Latin America
Patricia Bullrich says she is ready to be Argentina’s president: Patricia Bullrich, who leads the governing La Libertad Avanza group in Argentina's Senate, has said she is ready to be president, though she stopped short of saying she will stand in next…
AI & Technology
DeepSeek and MiniMax complete export registration under China’s new AI rules, state media says: Chinese AI firms DeepSeek and MiniMax have finished registering for export and gone ahead with open-source releases and overseas licensing, according to Chinese state media, the South…
