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Ethiopian minister says Eritrean troops advanced up to 60 km into Tigray

Eritrea accuses Ethiopia of having declared war in bid for sea access

More explosions reported overnight near Tigray town of Adigrat

Ethiopian Airlines flights to Mekelle to resume on Sunday

ADDIS ABABA, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Ethiopia said an "all-out invasion" by Eritrean forces had left it with no option but to defend itself, in a letter to the UN ‌shared with Reuters on Friday, as blasts continued near the border between the two countries.

In response, Eritrea's information minister said his country had shown restraint since Ethiopia had declared a war of aggression against Eritrea by stating in 2023 it would acquire sovereign access to the sea.

The countries traded accusations after a reported incursion by Eritrean troops this week raised fears of outright war in the region, where the two nations have fought previous conflicts. The stakes have been raised this time around by conflicts in the Horn of Africa region and tensions across the Red Sea.

Ethiopia lost its access to all coastline when Eritrea secured independence in ⁠1993. Addis Ababa argues that restoring sea access is an existential issue but has said it would be restored through peace and dialogue.

Ethiopia has accused Eritrea of supporting a rebel alliance in Ethiopia. Foreign Minister Gedion Timothewos said in the letter that Eritrean forces had advanced up to 60 km (37 miles) into the country.

OpenAI said on Friday that it fired three safety researchers for a “breach of trust," defending the dismissals after the trio accused the company of putting its corporate interests before safety as the reason for removing them.

The ChatGPT maker said in a post on X that it “parted ways” with the researchers after an investigation found “they violated clear policies on handling sensitive information.”

The statement comes after the three researchers, Tomek Korbak, Jasmine Wang and Mikita Balesni, posted a letter to OpenAI's various safety oversight groups detailing the circumstances around their firings and their concerns about AI.

Some 78% of Americans blame Donald Trump's policies for rising prices that are outpacing their earnings, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that found majorities of Republicans and Democrats citing the cost of living as their top concern ​ahead of next month's midterm elections.

57% of Trump's Republicans said that costs have been growing faster than their paychecks, a stark example of how his pursuit of import tariffs, war with Iran ‌and other policies have clashed with a central 2024 campaign promise to kill inflation and lower prices "on day one."

Inflation instead has increased, to the point where the US Federal Reserve has pivoted to rate hikes to quell price increases policymakers have attributed to a variety of factors, including rising global energy costs following the start of the Iran war, and the administration's imposition of aggressive import taxes.

Link to case against OpenAI brought by L.A.S.S.T. in Florida court.

Florida attorney general's site:

https://www.myfloridalegal.com/sites/default/files/plaintiffs_motion_for_temporary_injunction.pdf

The title only mentions YouTube, Meta, and Twitch but the body of the article mentions that Kick, TikTok, and X (Formally Twitter) also. With Kick and TikTok saying that a livestream of an execution would violate their policies but with X (formally Twitter) being with YouTube, Meta, and Twitch in saying that they won't say whether they will or not.

He had driven nearly two hours to receive paperwork beginning the process of removing him from the military under President Donald Trump’s transgender service ban. Another lieutenant, a close friend, would hand him the documents. His battalion commander would join by video. People he considered family would help carry out a policy he is suing to overturn.

Pentagon said execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009, would be broadcast live

The US is facing worldwide condemnation over a “barbaric” plan to execute a disabled man by firing squad and livestream it to the public, with critics comparing the Trump administration to dictatorships in Iran and Afghanistan.

The Pentagon confirmed on Thursday that the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009, would be livestreamed on 3 December.

The United Nations’ office of the high commissioner for human rights warned on Friday that broadcasting the killing would amount to a public execution and “breach the absolute prohibition of torture”.

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Trump administration says US ‘doesn’t need’ ICC after accusing court of unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges

The United States imposed sanctions on the international criminal court (ICC), its latest escalation against an entity the Trump administration has accused of politicization and unfairly targeting Americans for war crime charges.

The ICC accused Donald Trump’s officials of attempting to “obstruct the course of justice” after “an assault” on the international legal order.

Just hours after a former ICC judge was awarded the Nobel Peace prize, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, announced in a video that the US would move to impose financial sanctions.

Republican Christians, how shitty can you get?

New York City has also banned AI for younger students as concerns over classroom use grow

Another school district has banned AI from being used in the classroom by students across all grades. While this isn't the first ban of its kind that we've seen, what's interesting is that it was introduced just weeks after the district started piloting Google Gemini for older students. Frederick County became the latest school district to ban AI use in the classroom this week, voting 6-1 to restrict the technology from pre-K through 12th grade. Initially, the board considered only banning AI for younger students, but eventually extended the ban through high school.

In February, a woman in Long Island, New York, went with her two children to a scheduled check-in with ICE. Officers detained them. The mother, who asked to be identified only by her initials, M.S.P., because she fears retaliation from the government, said the family was taken far from their longtime home of New York and jailed in a hotel in Texas.

M.S.P. said in Spanish that the guards told her they were private contractors hired by ICE. She said she was permitted two three-minute phone calls to her mother-in-law. She said the guards warned her that if she told anyone where she was, her children would be taken away from her.

For nine days, she said they were not allowed to leave the room or even look out the windows. M.S.P. said two guards were in the hotel room at all times. Her teenager spent much of the time crying and worrying about failing missed classes. Her other child, age 12, worried about their cat back at home.

Her attorney later wrote in court filings that he could not find them in ICE’s detainee locator and was left in the dark about their location — unable to provide legal advice.

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Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261009115908/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/ice-new-york-bronx-shooting-child/

Archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261009115053/https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/abc-news-mysteriously-deletes-report-on-trump-sons-6b-business-dealings/

Original ABC reporting archived at https://web.archive.org/web/20261007123644/https://abcnews.com/Politics/trump-sons-investments-won-billions-pentagon-contracts-election/story?id=137049598

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders demand the Thai authorities halt the deportation of Chinese journalist Bai Zhaodong as extradition proceedings against him begin on China’s request. The proceedings come the day before a hearing was scheduled to challenge the legality of his detention. The veteran reporter could face persecution, arbitrary detention and torture if returned to China.

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On 8 October 2026, Bai Zhaodong, who is known for his coverage of the Chinese regime’s corruption, contacted RSF at 2:52 p.m. to alert that he had been brought before the Ratchada Criminal Court in Thailand without prior notice. “During the arrest we were not present, nor informed of the arrest warrant,” his lawyers later told RSF. The journalist said he explicitly insisted on the presence of his lawyers — who had to rush to the court as they had not been informed in advance — and refused to be sent back to China.

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According to a court decision issued today, he will be transferred to Bangkok Remand Prison while awaiting a decision. The extradition request hearing is scheduled for 25 January 2027. Bai is due to appear in court on 9 October for a hearing on a legal challenge brought by his lawyers against the Thai authorities over his continued detention.

Bai Zhaodong also told RSF that a young Chinese national who claimed to work for the Chinese Embassy was waiting in the courtroom and attempted to pressure him to voluntarily return to China, telling him, “Go back to China now. Spending two years in prison won’t change anything, so it’s better to go back now.”

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