Repeated strikes delay Ukraine’s power repairs, energy ministry says

Russian strikes cut power to hundreds of thousands, Zelenskyy says

Zelenskyy said Russian strikes disrupted electricity supplies across 4 Ukrainian regions. Dnipropetrovsk’s governor later said most customers there had been reconnected, while repair crews continued work to restore the remaining connections.

France’s police make 779 protest and Halloween arrests, ministry says

France’s Interior Ministry puts arrests during the demonstrations and Halloween night at 779, a combined total rather than a protest-only count. Students plan further blockades, and unions have called a nationwide strike and demonstrations for 5 November.

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Spain’s identification body reports 69 train-crash deaths

Spain’s identification body confirms further foreign victims and gives a death toll below the earlier count. Missing-person reports remain active as contacted families prepare to travel for in-person identification.

European Medicines Agency starts immunoglobulin review after batch recalls

EMA has opened a safety review of human normal immunoglobulins after reports of allergic reactions linked to particular batches. Existing advice calls for monitoring during treatment and prompt medical attention for symptoms, even after previously tolerated treatment. The committee will seek company data to investigate causes and assess further precautions.

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Belgium’s tax agency shuts online portal after cyberattack

Belgium’s tax agency shut its online portal and other services after a cyberattack. It has extended the affected filing deadline while staff work to restore access safely; the agency said it had no indications of a data breach.

Armenia signs FreeBalance implementation deal, finance minister says

Armenia has signed a contract with FreeBalance to begin implementing its government financial management system, Finance Minister Vahe Hovhannisyan said. The ministry’s stated goal is to digitize core public-finance processes to improve efficiency and reporting.

Fitch revises France’s debt outlook to negative, keeps A+ rating

Fitch kept France’s rating unchanged but shifted its outlook to negative as budget pressures deepened. Economy Minister Roland Lescure responded by urging adoption of a budget by year-end aimed at reducing the deficit to 5%.

Wei Yi rises to eighth in November’s world classical chess rankings

Wei Yi moves above Vincent Keymer in the official November rankings, although subsequent draws reverse their order in live ratings. The list also sets the published standings ahead of Gukesh Dommaraju’s title defense against Javokhir Sindarov, with classical play scheduled to begin in Geneva on 24 November.

Ciara Mageean, European 1500m champion, dies aged 34

Ciara Mageean has died, her family announced on her Instagram account, saying she died of cancer. Her career included European championship medals, Commonwealth silver and Irish records, culminating in her first major title in Rome.