The death toll from yesterday's police operation in Rio de Janeiro rises to at least 132 people.
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October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
The JNIM carries out its first attack in Nigeria, killing a soldier and seizing ammunition and cash in Kwara State.
Business and economy
South Korea announces it has finalized a trade deal with the United States in which the U.S. agrees to 15% of tariffs on imported South Korean goods and South Korea will invest in American businesses and shipbuilding projects.
Disasters and accidents
International relations
Syria officially recognizes Kosovo as an independent and sovereign state.
Peace talks held in Istanbul, Turkey, between Afghanistan and Pakistan collapse and achieve no clear agreement.
Law and crime
The French Senate approves amendments to the country's rape law to include a consent-based definition, clarifying that consent must be freely given and cannot be implied by silence or lack of resistance.
Philippine president Bongbong Marcos signs a law institutionalizing a ban on the country's offshore gaming operators and declaring their operations illegal.
Politics and elections
Centrist liberal party Democrats 66, led by Rob Jetten, takes a surprise lead according to the main exit poll, just two years after the party ranked sixth in the previous vote.
Frans Timmermans, the leader of the GroenLinks–PvdA alliance, steps down following a poor performance during the election.
In the Canadian province of Alberta, premier Danielle Smith says legislation has been passed to end the strike, invoking the notwithstanding clause to prevent court challenges of the legislation's constitutionality.
Tanzanians vote to elect a president, members of the National Assembly, and ward councillors. Incumbent president Samia Suluhu Hassan runs unopposed after the High Court barred main opposition leaders from participating in the elections.
Protests and riots erupts in Dar es Salaam over electoral reforms and demands for free political activity, with demonstrators setting fire to vehicles and damaging public infrastructure. Tanzanian police use tear gas to break up the protests and impose a curfew. Internet connectivity is disrupted shortly after.
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