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Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is fighting back against the Trump administration’s search of her home earlier this week – disputing its legality and demanding the return of her property seized by federal agents.

At least 11 people believed to still be missing, with rescue operations underway. The US coastguard has said it rescued 16 people from the Pacific Ocean after a boat sank off Mexico’s Baja California coast. The coastguard said on Friday it responded to a Mayday call reporting that a boat was sinking. The search is ongoing for 11 people believed to be still missing. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Two deaths reported as Hurricane Simon, storm Rachel batter Mexico’s coastlist 2 of 3Mexican court closes case against official over 2023 detention centre firelist 3 of 3ICE tactics spark debate before pivotal US midterm electionsend of listThe boat went down about 225km (140 miles) west of Ensenada, Mexico. A rescue helicopter reached the site about two hours after someone on the boat transmitted the Mayday call at about 1am (08:00 GMT) on Friday, said coastguard Lieutenant Santiago Tamburini. It took about 90 minutes for the coastguard crew, which included a rescue swimmer, to pull the 16 people from the water, Tamburini said. The people rescued were Mexican nationals, according to the Mexican consulate.

Katie Zacharia reportedly fired after five days as Trump’s White House press secretaryKatie Zacharia’s firing shows ‘more incompetence’ heading into U. S. midterm election: Ham‘If I were you, I’d reconsider’: Trump tells Zacharia to reconsider press secretary jobNew White House press secretary Katie Zacharia graduated from law school but failed bar examQuestions mount over Trump's new press secretary Katie Zacharia’s credentials

2 hours agoSarah RainsfordEastern and Southern Europe correspondent, RomeBBCDefence Minister Guido Crosetto has warned against showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir PutinItaly's defence minister has said it is a "complete mistake, a major mistake" for the US to limit access to satellite systems and intelligence used by Ukraine to defend itself against Russian attacks. In a BBC interview, Guido Crosetto warned that any such move by US President Donald Trump's administration "makes absolutely no sense" and risked prolonging Russia's full-scale invasion rather than helping to bring peace. US officials have said Trump has not asked for the slowdown of internet speeds the US provides to Ukraine and which are vital for its war effort. Trump has also denied that the US has stopped sharing early-warning alerts of incoming Russian aerial attacks with Ukraine. Crosetto's comments continue Italy's sharpening criticism of the US. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni called Trump's deal to buy diesel from Russia a "very risky choice", and said it would "grant Russia legitimacy" as it bombed cities in Ukraine.

Riot police clash with protesters for fourth day, as young Albanians protest corruption and poor university conditionsAlbanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has blamed “foreign hands” for the increasingly violent student-led protests that are calling on him to resign. Riot police clashed with protesters outside the education ministry for the fourth day in a row, as thousands of young Albanians marched through the capital, Tirana, on Friday to protest government corruption and poor university conditions. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Each country goes its own way’: How Balkan politics shape ties with Israellist 2 of 3‘Boiling point’: Why students are protesting against Albania’s Edi Ramalist 3 of 3Albania’s PM dismisses calls to resign as student protests spreadend of list“This is not a student phenomenon,” Rama said in a video address on Friday. He said there were “foreign hands that do not wish for Albania to be at peace”. Rama insisted that the protest had “absolutely nothing to do with the hardships, problems or legitimate aspirations of anyone who desires a better life”. Police officers used water cannon and tear gas as demonstrators hurled rocks.

Site searchData centre developers may build 'climate-wrecking' gas power plant next doorJust nowDavid DeansWales political reporterBBCThe proposed site for the development is surrounded by greenery on one side, and flanked by the A48 on the otherThe developer of a proposed data centre in Cardiff has said it is also seeking permission to build a gas power plant to get it up and running. Developer Curtis Hall said the plant, which could operate for up to five years, may be needed if the site cannot get on the national grid quick enough. It also said the gas turbine plan was a "worst-case scenario", and the project - planned for the site of an existing park and ride near Llanrumney - would bring significant benefits. Friends of the Earth called it "climate-wrecking" infrastructure, and almost all the area's Members of the Senedd (MSs), and a Welsh government minister, have now formally objected to the plans to build the data centre. A senior Labour councillor from Cardiff council - which has an agreement to sell the site to the developer - had also objected.

The messages, reported by a Brazilian daily, say the platform recommended Bolsonaro’s profile and his WhatsApp channel. Employees at Meta have acknowledged in internal communications that the Instagram accounts of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva were negatively affected by restrictions during the country’s election, media reports say. The messages, reported on Friday by Brazilian daily Folha de S Paulo, also acknowledged the platform recommended the profile of Lula challenger Senator Flavio Bolsonaro, as well as his WhatsApp channel. Folha, the Sao Paulo-based paper, cited messages it had reviewed. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4US records 4,410 measles cases as outbreak growslist 2 of 4How Iran messaging highlights cost of war ahead of US midterm electionslist 3 of 4White House press secretary Katie Zacharia fired after five days on the joblist 4 of 4AOC transfers $1m to Michigan candidate El-Sayed in progressive pushend of listMeta told the Reuters news agency that the technical issues cited in the report were already public and the conversations it referenced related solely to the severity of the issues, not political interference.

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, has reclaimed his title as the single biggest known political donor at the federal level, dropping more than $280 million over the summer to boost Republican candidates in this year’s midterm elections. And his biggest mission so far: to boost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in what’s become one of the most expensive contests this year, the Texas Senate race.

An online movement against rising fuel prices has gained momentum ahead of planned nationwide demonstrations on October 17 with former Yellow Vest figures set to join the protests in support of high-school students. Some are drawing parallels between the latest action and the 2018 cost-of-living protests that rattled President Emmanuel Macron's first term in office.

At least two people, including a Washington Post journalist, injured as settlers armed with clubs and guns attack. Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinians and an American journalist and set fire to olive trees in the West Bank, as pogroms in the occupied territory continue. Approximately 80 masked settlers armed with clubs charged at Palestinians in the village of Abu Falah north of Ramallah as they picked fruit on Friday. The harvest, which provides an economic lifeline in the territory, has become a regular target of Israelis from illegal settlements, who have stepped up violence amid encouragement from the government for the expansion of settlements. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Israeli plan to reopen settler ‘Route 463’ threatens to isolate Ramallahlist 2 of 3UK Green member behind anti-Zionism motion ‘receives death threats’list 3 of 3‘Trying to dominate’: In Cyprus, some fear Israel’s growing influenceend of listAs the settlers confronted them – some using slingshots – the Palestinians responded by throwing rocks. Israeli ⁠⁠military jeeps sped into the area, but the attack continued, and the soldiers fired tear gas in their direction.

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ToplineA federal magistrate judge threatened Friday to levy sanctions against President Donald Trump for failing to "participate" in his own defamation lawsuit against the BBC, after the broadcaster informed the court that Trump had backed out of a planned deposition in the case and suggested he couldn't be interviewed until next year. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he departs the White House on October 12 in Washington, DC. Key FactsMagistrate Judge Enjolique A. Lett issued an order Friday directing Trump to file a response to the BBC regarding his deposition by Oct. 22, noting the court had already "admonished" the president for his "lack of participation" in the case "to no avail. "Failing to "strict[ly]" comply with the court's schedule for discovery in the case, Lett wrote Friday, "will lead to sanctions. "Trump has sued the BBC for $10 billion, claiming the broadcaster allegedly defamed him by "deceptively" editing a video of the president's speech on Jan. 6, 2021 for a 2024 documentary, in order to falsely suggest Trump was trying to incite violence on Jan. 6 and bias viewers against him in the 2024 election.

Nairobi says 65-year-old female patient in quarantine with Bundibugyo strain; no signs of community transmission. Kenya has recorded its third case of the Bundibugyo virus disease – a strain of Ebola that has killed thousands of people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) – 10 days after reporting its first case and death in Nairobi. The latest confirmed case – a 65-year-old woman – was a “primary contact and a close relative of the first and second cases”, Kenya’s Health Ministry said in a statement on Friday, adding that the patient has been in quarantine since October 6. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Why single Ebola death in Kenya has prompted fears of wider African spreadlist 2 of 3Kenyan patient suspected of Ebola infection tests negativelist 3 of 3Ebola spreads in eastern DRC as Kenya confirms imported caseend of listAfter developing symptoms, she was isolated and then tested positive for the virus, it added in a statement. “Once she developed fever, sore throat and malaise, she was isolated and specimen collected for testing. She tested positive for Ebola,” the Health Ministry said.

Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev in Sofia, Bulgaria, on Oct. 6, 2026. (Nikolay Doychinov / AFP via Getty Images)The balancing act of Bulgaria's Moscow-friendly leader stands on shaky ground. Since taking office in May, Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev has taken a harsh line on Ukraine while adopting steps his critics say are accommodating to Moscow. Radev's course has now come under scrutiny as Bulgaria, a southeastern NATO member state, feels first-hand the spillover of Russia's war against Ukraine. Four merchant vessels were hit by drones near Bulgaria's Black Sea coast in October. Two of the vessels sank and several sailors are reported dead or missing. Under fire from opposition, Radev, a former military officer and Bulgaria's ex-president, only cautiously hints at Moscow's complicity — stopping short of a direct accusation. "Radev’s balancing act between the West and Moscow would eventually catch up with him. "

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Hurricane Trudy intensified rapidly overnight, becoming a Category 3 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific coast, as the eastern Pacific hurricane season approaches a significant milestone. Trudy is the tenth hurricane to form in the Eastern Pacific this year. It is also the first time since 2018 that the basin has seen ten major hurricanes, indicating an unusually active season. The storm is expected to intensify further through Friday, possibly reaching Category 4 status as it churns offshore. DON'T MISS: How the weather could be influencing your music tasteTrudy could strengthen before weakening near shoreTrudy is expected to maintain Category 4 strength through Saturday before gradually weakening as it approaches the coast. For the time being, a direct landfall is unlikely, as high pressure builds over Mexico, helping to steer the storm away from the coast. However, the forecast track may still bring severe weather to parts of southwestern and west-central Mexico. Even without a direct hit, a powerful hurricane passing close by can cause dangerous coastal conditions and torrential rains.