AnewZ Morning Brief - 3 October, 2025
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 3rd of October, covering the latest developments you need to k...
The man who carried out an attack killing two people at a synagogue where worshippers were marking Yom Kippur in Manchester on Thursday has been named. Authorities said he was believed to be Jihad Al-Shamie, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent.
Greater Manchester Police have said three people have been arrested and have declared it a "terror related" incident.
Two men were killed on Thursday when a man drove a car into pedestrians and stabbed a security guard at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in the Crumpsall district of the city in northern England.
The suspect, who was wearing what appeared to be a vest with an explosive device, was shot dead at the scene by armed officers.
Manchester attack declared terrorist incident
A video shared on social media and verified by Reuters showed police officers shooting a man inside the synagogue’s perimetre, while another man lay on the floor in a pool of blood, appearing to wear a traditional Jewish head covering.
"He has a bomb, go away!" an armed police officer shouted to onlookers, just seconds before a gunshot rang out.
Neighbour Angela Crawshaw told that she had seen three policemen aiming guns at a man in the car park of the synagogue, telling him: "Stay down, don't move or we'll shoot."
A bomb disposal unit was later called to the scene, but police confirmed the device that the suspect was wearing was not viable.
Police said they were working to understand the motivation behind the attack, and said they could find no records that the suspect had been referred previously to the country's counter-radicalisation scheme, Prevent.
Britain's most senior counter-terrorism officer, Laurence Taylor, said it had been declared a terrorist incident.
Two men in their 30s and a woman in her 60s have been arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism.
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.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
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.
Start your day informed with AnewZ Morning Brief: here are the top news stories for the 3rd of October, covering the latest developments you need to know.
The Philippines says it has completed its search and rescue operations following on powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake, killing 73 and injuring more than 200.
Syria will hold an indirect vote on Sunday to establish its first parliament since Bashar al-Assad was ousted, a key step in the transition from his rule but one that has stirred concerns about political inclusivity under the country's new leaders.
A fire has broken out at Chevron’s El Segundo refinery in Los Angeles County, California Governor Gavin Newsom’s press office announced on Thursday via X.
North Korea should consider resuming reunions of families separated during the Korean War of 1950 to 1953, as part of humanitarian cooperation measures between the neighbours, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday (3 October).
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