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Sophie wasn’t letting that slide!

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Pointing with Sophie - The championship game the NBA never approved.

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October 8, 2026 – She became the face of the protest against the housing crisis in Spain. Now, María del Carmen Abascal has passed away at the age of 87; she had lived in the same home for 70 years but was forced to leave due to an exorbitant rent increase.

October 7, 2026 – The Last Tango: Lionel Messi plays his final international match for Argentina (and then off to Miami).

October 7, 2026 – Ukraine War: The situation in the Black Sea is escalating; there has been a series of attacks on oil tankers and merchant vessels.

October 7, 2026 – Former German intelligence chief August Hanning (80) arrested on suspicion of espionage.

October 6, 2026 – Canada: Separatists win election in Quebec – The Parti Québécois secures a minority government and promises a third independence referendum – a new test for Canadian unity.

October 6, 2026 – Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded to two Germans and an American for work in optogenetics.

October 6, 2026 – Türkiye and Pakistan are sending troops to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to fight the Houthis.

October 5, 2026 – Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republika Srpska: Serb leader Milorad Dodik is preempting the official election results; amidst very low voter turnout (40%), he has emerged victorious in Republika Srpska and secured seats on the central state’s presidency.

October 5, 2026 – Sam Altman, the head of OpenAI, advocates accepting the side effects of artificial intelligence. In his view, the societal benefits of the technology are so great that they justify the associated risks.

October 4, 2026 – Authorities remain silent:
Plague likely outbreak in Eastern Siberia (Russia): clinic sealed off

October 3, 2026 – The World Food Programme (WFP) has warned of an “absolutely devastating” famine in light of renewed fighting in Yemen. The Iran-backed Houthi militia has controlled large parts of Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa, for years. Most recently, following a lightning offensive, the militia seized control of large sections of the coast along the strategically important Bab al-Mandab Strait. A Saudi-led military coalition is supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government in the fight against the Houthis.

October 1, 2026 – All US troops withdrawn from Iraq

September 30, 2026 – According to the Israeli government, a Flydubai aircraft narrowly escaped a terrorist attack. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the co-pilot had intended to deliberately crash the plane, which was carrying many Israelis. However, the passengers averted a “major catastrophe” through heroic action.

September 30, 2026 – The next war? Argentine President Javier Milei is demanding that Great Britain abandon a planned oil project near the Falkland Islands. The islands—known in Argentina as the Malvinas—have been a British Overseas Territory since 1833. Argentina bases its claim on legal succession to the former Spanish colonial empire. In 1982, a military conflict over the small South Atlantic archipelago resulted in hundreds of deaths; at that time, the British succeeded in repelling the Argentine invasion of the islands.

September 30, 2026 – Trump signs executive order renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’

September 30, 2026 – Wladimir Klitschko wants to manage the assets of his and Panettiere’s daughter, Kaya, following Panettiere‘s death.

September 30, 2026 – Warnings about AI are growing louder, yet US President Donald Trump remains opposed to legal restrictions. He is banking on self-regulation by the tech industry when it comes to AI.

September 29, 2026 – Chatterbox: US could topple “any government” – Trump ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle stirs up trouble in Greece.

September 29, 2026 – Following mass protests against the housing shortage, authorities in Madrid have reversed an eviction. 87-year-old pensioner Maricarmen Abascal can move back into her apartment in Madrid.

September 28, 2026 – Mount Etna is spewing ash again—much to the dismay of many holidaymakers in Sicily. Operations at Catania Airport have come to a temporary halt, with takeoffs and landings suspended.

September 28, 2026 – Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić resigning as Serbian president six months before the end of his term. With this move, he intends to switch from the presidency to the office of prime minister.

September 27, 2026 – Heavy Rain and Wind Batter Northeast, Bringing Coastal Flooding – Nor’easter storm brings coastal flooding, as New York and New Jersey declare emergency

September 27, 2026 – Iran: US financial blockade (“Operation Economic Outcast”), flight suspensions, and banking restrictions in Turkey, Oman, and the UAE. Whether China—the largest buyer of Iranian oil—will follow suit remains an open question.

September 26, 2026 – Flooded streets and overflowing canals—a state of emergency prevails in the Thai capital, Bangkok, following days of rain. The weather service is warning of further rainfall.

September 25, 2026 – Pope Leo XIV visits France and greets all French people.

September 24, 2026 – “Fatally arrogant parasites” – Milei (Argentina) attacks the UN and reaffirms Argentina’s rights to the Falkland Islands.

September 24, 2026 – In Los Angeles (California, USA), a five-story building rises up that looks like a giant white spaceship. How fitting, given that it houses various treasures from the Star Wars films. Filmmaker George Lucas has fulfilled a dream with the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.