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Regulations made on 25 October set a phased timetable for leasehold reforms in England. Regulation-making powers start on 6 November 2026; substantive service-charge and litigation-cost changes follow from April 2027, with later stages in November 2027 and November 2028.
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Brazil’s 25 October runoffs elected governors in five states and the Federal District, according to the Chamber of Deputies’ news agency and O POVO. These outcomes are separate from the national presidential runoff.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina's Central Election Commission adopted its decision establishing results for the 4 October general election on 24 October, three weeks after voting. The established Presidency results return Denis Bećirović and Željka Cvijanović and award the Croat seat to Darijana Filipović. In the 42-seat state House, no two parties can reach the 22 seats needed for a majority. The commission said final confirmation would follow legal procedures; its 28 October manual-recount orders concerned specified cantonal-assembly ballots. ElectioMap's 25 October update reported no coalition agreement at that time.
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Gabon’s navy said underwater inspections found three bodies inside the sunken Prospector 5 rig on 28 October, with two people still missing. The bodies had not been identified in the checked accounts. The rig sank off Mayumba on 24 October with 115 people aboard.
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Ireland’s president signed the Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Act 2026 on 24 October. It enables mandatory gender-pay-gap submissions to a central government portal; commencement and regulations are still required.
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Ethiopia’s Orthodox Church said at least 60 Christians were killed in attacks in Oromia on 20 and 24 October. Regional authorities acknowledged the violence, but responsibility and the final toll remain disputed.
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Taiwan’s emergency authorities reported one death and 616 injuries by 17:00 local time on 24 October after Typhoon Champi swept past the island. The figures are a dated storm-impact account, rather than a live toll.
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Lorne Doerkson is set to succeed David Eby as British Columbia’s premier after the Conservatives won the 24 October provincial election. Eby conceded and announced he would resign as NDP leader.
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The Israeli military told The Times of Israel on 2 November that its 11-day Hebron operation ended and troops left the neighborhood where the attackers lived. Hebron Governor Khaled Dudin separately said forces left the entire city and Palestinian security personnel were in control; that wider claim is not independently confirmed. He said displaced families could return, while Civil Defense warned residents not to touch suspicious objects or enter damaged buildings before checks. Al Jazeera reported the mayor said schools and universities reopened. Displacement estimates use differing definitions and remain unreconciled.
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On the tenth day after the Eastleigh collapse, authorities said 11 people were still believed trapped, down from an earlier estimate of 16. The Kenya Red Cross said four people previously reported missing had been reunited with their families; they were not described as rescue recoveries. Citizen Digital reported about 10% of debris remained to be cleared. The final toll and outcome of the search remain unknown.
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French authorities brought murder and attempted-murder charges linked to a terrorist enterprise on 29 October over the 23 October shooting in Trappes and La Verrière. One man was killed and seven people were injured, including a child. The suspect has not been convicted.
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An oil spill triggered beach and coastal closures in the northern United Arab Emirates on 23–24 October. Reporting published on 28 October showed oil along Ras Al Khaimah’s Al Hamra coast as the effects continued.
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Nigeria’s emergency agency says gunmen’s 23 October attack on Binnari killed 62 people and injured 52. The figures are provisional; thousands of residents were displaced.
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The Reversionary Interest Conveyance Act became US law on 22 October. It directs Interior to offer specified federal reversionary interests over roughly 8.43 acres in Sacramento to the relevant parcel owners, subject to a request, appraisal, payment and existing rights.
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The Mystic Alerts Act became US law on 22 October. It directs the Federal Communications Commission to develop requirements for satellite emergency alerts. Providers covered by the law must later state whether they will participate; the law does not immediately switch on a nationwide satellite-alert service.
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A 22 October earthquake in Tibet’s Baqen County killed 16 people and injured 76, officials reported on 23 October. Authorities said 12,489 people had been relocated. These are dated official figures, not a live final toll.
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Former Japanese prime minister Yasuo Fukuda died on 22 October at age 90. His Liberal Democratic Party announced his death on 26 October; Jiji Press reported that he died in a Tokyo hospital.
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The License to Drill Act, signed on 20 October, extends federal drilling-permit processing fee provisions through fiscal year 2037. Public Law 119-134 also directs all fees collected under those provisions in fiscal years 2027–2037 to the BLM Permit Processing Improvement Fund.
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President Donald Trump signed the Chiricahua National Park Act on 20 October, redesignating Arizona’s Chiricahua National Monument as Chiricahua National Park. The law retains the existing boundaries.
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The Romance Scam Prevention Act, enacted October 20 as Public Law 119-129, requires online dating services to notify users who received messages from accounts suspended or terminated for a significant risk of monetary fraud. The requirements take effect October 20, 2027.
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King Mohammed VI appointed Morocco's new 32-member government, led by Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, at the Royal Palace in Rabat on 16 October. The cabinet follows the Authenticity and Modernity Party's victory in the 23 September national election.
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Australia's Universities Accord (Opening the Doors of Opportunity) Act received assent on 16 October, establishing new systems for allocating Commonwealth-supported places and funding disadvantaged students.
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CPJ documented at least 43 temporary journalist detentions during protests against India's chief election commissioner on 10–11 October. ABC's new 30 October interviews describe the detentions and press-freedom concerns. Allegations of voter-list manipulation remain disputed.
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Papua New Guinea's continuing El Niño drought is disrupting food, water and electricity supplies. An official 20 October communiqué records a national humanitarian emergency declared on 7 October, with 20 of 22 provinces affected and more than 5.5 million people at risk.
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Mexico’s Education Ministry agreement, published 22 September, takes effect 3 November. It restricts students’ personal phones and other personal devices throughout the school day in initial, preschool, primary and secondary education, with exceptions for planned teaching use, emergencies, health, disability, accessibility, inclusion and extraordinary community needs. States may adjust implementation. Upper-secondary schools and universities use different community or institutional arrangements. AP reports some parents fear they will have trouble reaching children.