Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 2nd of October, covering the latest developments you need to know.
1. Israel stops 13 Gaza aid boats, prompting global criticism
Israeli forces have stopped 13 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, but 30 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Strip, flotilla organisers said on Thursday, 2 October. A video from the Israeli foreign ministry verified by Reuters showed the most prominent of the flotilla's passengers, Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.
2. European Political Community Summit opens in Copenhagen tomorrow
Leaders from across Europe meet in Copenhagen on 2 October for the seventh European Political Community (EPC) summit, with security and support for Ukraine at the top of the agenda following today’s informal European Council. The EPC convenes in the Danish capital, bringing together EU and non-EU leaders for a high-level discussion on Europe’s security, resilience and continued backing for Ukraine.
3. Qarabağ FK beats Copenhagen 2-0 in UCL Round 2 clash
Qarabağ claimed their second win in the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 2-0 victory over Copenhagen at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku on Wednesday. The win gives Qarabağ six points, placing them fourth in their group. The Azerbaijani side started the group stage with a 3-2 win over Benfica in Portugal.
4. Zelenskyy blames Russia for Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia power cuts
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of deliberately cutting power to the Chornobyl and Zaporizhzhia nuclear plants, creating a risk of nuclear incidents. Zelenskyy said Moscow’s drone attack on Slavutych cut power to the decommissioned Chornobyl plant for three hours, affecting 307,000 people and leaving the new safe confinement facility without power.
5. Death toll from Philippine quake rises to 72
The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said on Thursday, 2 October. Another 294 people were injured, the agency said in a report. The latest death toll was an increase of three from Wednesday and all fatalities were recorded in the central Visayas region.
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China's national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country's eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday, up nearly 8% from...
The Trump administration plans to halt federal funding of any organisation or government that supports work overseas related to gender identity or diversity, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing a U.S. official and non profit groups informed of the policy change.
China's national railway recorded 23.13 million trips on the first day of the country's eight-day National Day holiday on Wednesday, up nearly 8% from a year earlier and setting a single-day record, state media CCTV reported.
Punjab’s rice farmers are increasingly turning to solar-powered tube wells, boosting irrigation efficiency and cutting energy costs, but the rapid shift is raising concerns over groundwater depletion and Pakistan’s long-term food security.
Snapchat will start charging users who store more than 5GB of photos and videos in its Memories feature, prompting backlash from long-time users.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
The Trump administration plans to halt federal funding of any organisation or government that supports work overseas related to gender identity or diversity, Politico reported on Wednesday, citing a U.S. official and non profit groups informed of the policy change.
The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Bualoi and the floods it triggered has risen to 36, according to a Thursday (2 October) report from the government's disaster management agency.
Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith will visit North Korea at the invitation of leader Kim Jong Un for celebrations commemorating the country's ruling party on 10 October, state news agency KCNA announced.
Punjab’s rice farmers are increasingly turning to solar-powered tube wells, boosting irrigation efficiency and cutting energy costs, but the rapid shift is raising concerns over groundwater depletion and Pakistan’s long-term food security.
The death toll from a magnitude 6.9 earthquake that struck off the central Philippines late on Tuesday has risen to 72, the civil defence agency said on Thursday (2 October).
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