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A shooting near Florida A&M injured 12 people as political tensions and economic pressures shaped stories across the United States and beyond.
Sunday, October 25, 2026. A shooting near Florida A and M injured 12 people, while protests, campaign battles and pressure on household budgets marked a day of uncertainty on both sides of the Atlantic. In Ukraine, officials said satellite connections had returned to full speed after SpaceX restricted service.
We begin in Florida, where police said a shooting near Florida A and M University in Tallahassee injured 12 people on Saturday evening. Six of those injured were children. Eleven people had gunshot wounds, and three were seriously injured, including one person in critical condition. Police have not provided further details in the account available today. In Haiti, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele said four bodies handed to Salvadoran forces were not those of four Salvadoran technicians who disappeared after an attack. The men had been serving with the United Nations-backed Gang Suppression Force. El Salvador deployed about 450 soldiers to help search for them. The discovery of the bodies, then, did not resolve the technicians’ disappearance. France saw mass demonstrations over the cost of living and public services. More than 400,000 people marched across the country on Saturday, according to the government’s estimate. The General Confederation of Labour union put turnout at nearly twice that figure. Most demonstrations were peaceful, though clashes broke out in several cities as protests ended. French authorities said police made nearly 1,000 arrests nationwide. Separate investigations continued after a shooting in the Paris region that killed one person and wounded five. The 39-year-old suspect was transferred from police custody to a psychiatric unit for observation, expected to last up to 48 hours. Anti-terror prosecutors cited possible racist motives. They have not announced a final determination. And in Britain, Storm Boelo brought winds of 60 to 70 miles an hour across parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England. A gust of 82 miles an hour was recorded on the Isle of Tiree. The storm disrupted travel, closed attractions and events, and brought a risk of flooding. Power cuts from an earlier storm were still affecting south-west England. In the United States, the midterm campaign is increasingly focused on how candidates speak to voters outside the major cities. Democratic and independent candidates in rural states are emphasizing personal contact and economic issues, including pressure on farmers and workers. They are also raising concerns about data centers and artificial intelligence, which are changing parts of rural economies and communities. The campaign has grown rougher in other races. In Ohio, one campaign advertisement drew controversy, and a candidate told an opponent to “shut up” during a debate. Those are two of several contentious moments cited in a review of this year’s campaign season. In Texas, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton and Democratic state Representative James Talarico have made their competing views of Christianity part of the contest for the United States Senate. Paxton has highlighted his religious faith. Talarico’s faith coalition includes voters from several religions. The race has turned religious identity and political coalition-building into visible parts of the campaign. President Donald Trump’s standing in the Midwest could also matter for Republicans in close races. An October New York Times and Siena College poll found 38 percent approval and 57 percent disapproval among regional respondents. The poll’s Midwest sample was less precise, and it does not predict election results. California Governor Gavin Newsom, meanwhile, has built a nationwide small-donor fundraising and organizing network. The network could give him a substantial base if he runs for president in 2028, though he has not announced a campaign. The economic pressure on households showed up in practical ways in Britain. In Upper Teesdale, heating oil prices were reported at more than double their earlier level ahead of winter. A local buying group is combining orders to seek lower prices, while some residents said the cost had become too high and they were finding other ways to heat their homes. Families were also cutting the cost of Halloween by swapping costumes, shopping second-hand and making outfits from materials they already had. Those household pressures sit alongside questions about company failures and who bears the losses. A study of more than 1,700 administrations in England and Wales found that businesses bought back by former owners or directors were more likely to fail again than those bought by unconnected buyers. Connected-party deals also produced lower repayments to unsecured creditors, including the tax authority, HM Revenue and Customs. One example is the recruitment business Premier Group. It entered administration in September 2025 with £2.9 million in debts, including £647,000 owed to HM Revenue and Customs. A company owned by Andrew Woosnam bought Premier’s assets but did not make the promised payments and later went into liquidation. A new recruitment brand, Xpertis Talent, has since appeared, although Woosnam is not listed as its owner. In Kenya, business owner and online creator That Girl Boina said diverted customer payments and suspected employee theft contributed to falling revenue at her Nairobi waxing studio, which closed in October 2025. Her account drew responses from other business owners. A 2022 PricewaterhouseCoopers survey found that 63 percent of East African respondents said their organizations had experienced economic crime. Technology enters the news most sharply through Ukraine’s satellite connections. Ukrainian leaders said access to SpaceX’s Starlink and Starshield systems had returned to full speed on Saturday. Elon Musk said SpaceX had restricted Starlink the previous week because, he alleged, Ukraine used the civilian network for offensive drone strikes. A Ukrainian presidential adviser disputed that claim, and Kyiv had not officially responded to it in the account available today. The disruption came during a wider dispute between Washington and Kyiv over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure. The return of service restored the connection, but the competing accounts of why it was restricted remained unresolved. A separate technology warning concerns stolen session cookies. Malware can take these active digital tokens from a device, allowing fraudsters to enter accounts without typing a password and, in some cases, without triggering the usual login checks. The recommended steps include limiting downloads, logging out, clearing cookies and using a password manager. Anyone who suspects a device has been compromised should scan it, end active account sessions and change passwords. One less urgent marker of technology’s cultural reach: the video game Tomb Raider turned 30. Lara Croft became a commercial success and a prominent advertising figure, but the series also faced setbacks, including the troubled 2003 release Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. The franchise’s history includes an attempt to continue after the character’s apparent death. A few other stories offer a quieter measure of the day. In Middlesbrough, young people and youth workers pushed back against a report ranking the town as England’s hardest place to grow up. The ranking drew on 162 measures, including poverty, school exclusions and air quality. They acknowledged serious problems but said the measure missed the strength of local ties and community pride. And in Antarctica, postmaster George Clarke returned to Port Lockroy for a third season. He and a team of six will handle mail and maintain the historic site from late October through March, including work to strengthen Bransfield House.
The Milwaukee Brewers took a two-games-to-none lead in the World Series, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5, 4 in Game 2. Milwaukee came back from a four-run deficit. Sal Frelick tied the score with a home run in the sixth inning, and Cooper Pratt drove in the winning run in the seventh. In Abu Dhabi, Alexander Volkanovski retained the UFC featherweight title with a technical knockout of Movsar Evloev in the second round. Petr Yan defended his bantamweight title by unanimous decision over Merab Dvalishvili. The Australian MotoGP race at Phillip Island was cancelled because heavy rain reduced visibility and prevented safe operation of the medical helicopter. It was the circuit’s final Australian Grand Prix before the race moves to Adelaide next year. Riders completed a farewell lap for the fans. In football, Barcelona was due to face Real Madrid at Camp Nou on Sunday, with a chance to open the La Liga season with ten straight wins. Barcelona manager Hansi Flick said his side needed to tighten its defense after a 4, 2 loss to Paris Saint-Germain. Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho said the rivalry mattered more than the teams’ recent form. Liverpool’s Premier League scoring was another talking point. The club had scored nine goals in seven league matches under manager Andoni Iraola. He said opponents’ defensive approaches differed, with Liverpool often facing low blocks in the league. The team had defended better in the Premier League than in cup and European matches. Manchester United manager Michael Carrick was under scrutiny after a 4, 1 Champions League defeat by Como. No Premier League manager had left a club so far this campaign, and departures have been most common in November and December. Former manager Tony Pulis argued that United needed stability, not another managerial change, and said the problems extended beyond Carrick to recruitment, spending and the squad he inherited. That's the day. The Actual News.
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