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About 150,000 supporters of Serbia’s opposition student movement rallied in central Belgrade on Thursday, seeking to oust the party of veteran leader Aleksandar Vucic in crunch parliamentary elections this weekend. The Student List, a leaderless movement of student-backed candidates, wants to end more than 14 years of rule by Vucic’s rightwing populist Serbian Progressive party (SNS) in Sunday’s vote. Civil society groups have said the campaign has been marred by intimidation, arrests and misuse of public resources. “I came to support the Student List because young people finally gave me hope that it is possible to live in a normal country,” Marija Nedeljkovic Radic, 47, said as she arrived for the students’ rally. “Really, for the first time in my life, I believe that it is possible.”Crowds streamed into Belgrade’s central Slavija Square from all directions, also filling several blocks of streets around the area. Photograph: Armin Durgut/APSunday’s vote comes after nearly two years of student-led protests sparked by the 2024 collapse of a canopy at the newly renovated Novi Sad railway station that killed 16 people.

The prize comes less than two weeks after US President Donald Trump announced sanctions against the court. The European Union has awarded the International Criminal Court (ICC) its top human rights award, two weeks after US President Donald Trump vowed to dismantle the court through new sanctions. Thursday’s Sakharov Prize is the second international recognition for the war crimes tribunal this month, with former ICC Judge Navi Pillay awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote peace and international law. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Who is Navi Pillay, winner of the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?list 2 of 4Why is the US sanctioning the International Criminal Court?list 3 of 4Why is the Trump administration trying to dismantle the ICC?list 4 of 4How the ICC can be savedend of list“The European Union is built on respect for multilateralism and international institutions, and this prize recognises the important work of the court in upholding international law and justice,” said European Parliament President Roberta Metsola in announcing the award.

Tennessee execution team members failed multiple times to establish working IV lines in Christa Pike’s arms before her attempted execution and warned that some of her veins may have ruptured, or “blown,” before she was injected with pentobarbital, her attorney wrote in a court document filed Thursday.

WorldNew York City council passed a bill Thursday that would ban horse-drawn carriage rides by June 2028, pulling back the reins after the death of a teenage tourist last spring. Legislation requires mayor to develop plan to transition drivers to new jobsThe Associated Press · Posted: Oct 22, 2026 5:55 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A horse that takes people on carriage rides through Central Park drinks water at an entrance to the park on Oct. 14. (Yuki Iwamura/The Associated Press)New York City council passed a bill Thursday that would ban horse-drawn carriage rides by June 2028, pulling back the reins after the death of a teenage tourist last spring. The legislation requires Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office to develop a plan by next April to help the more than 150 remaining drivers and the rest of the industry find other jobs, though its provisions are vague and doesn't set clear benchmarks for displaced workers.

Judge says Trump must sit for questioning from a BBC lawyer by December 11 or face possible dismissal of lawsuit. A federal judge in the United States has ordered President Donald Trump to sit for a deposition as part of his $10bn defamation lawsuit against the British broadcaster BBC. On Thursday, US Magistrate Judge Enjolique Lett ruled that Trump would be required to answer questions under oath in a session with the BBC‘s lawyers. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Trump seeks to block the BBC’s attempt to subpoena Ivanka Trump, Trump Jrlist 2 of 3Trump threatens to report journalist Kristen Welker to broadcast regulatorlist 3 of 3Can Trump ban CNN, news outlets he doesn’t like from the White House?end of listThe deposition is scheduled to take place no later than December 11, or Trump could face sanctions, including the possible dismissal of the lawsuit. Trump had previously been scheduled to sit for deposition on October 16 but had cancelled due to a “matter of national importance”. Charles Tobin, a lawyer for the BBC, said that the president was in fact campaigning in the state of Georgia on that day.