Good evening. Here is what happened today, Saturday, October 24, 2026 — in France, Jordan, Taiwan and Kenya, in Washington and California, in the courts, on Wall Street, and in early voting in New York and Texas.
BREAKING / ÚLTIMA HORA
Man held after deadly shooting near Paris investigated as racist terrorism
A gunman opened fire from a car on Friday morning, October 23, in Trappes and La Verrière, two towns west of Paris. One man, 26, was killed and five other people were wounded, including a 12-year-old girl. Police arrested a 39-year-old suspect, identified only as Kevin T., about 20 minutes later in nearby Coignières.
France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor took over the case. It is investigating murder and attempted murder in connection with a terrorist enterprise, with the aggravating circumstance that victims may have been chosen because of their real or supposed race, ethnicity, nationality or religion. President Emmanuel Macron visited Trappes on Friday evening and called the shooting a “racist terrorist attack.”
On Saturday, Le Monde reported that the suspect told the first officers who arrested him that he wanted to avenge shopkeepers whose stores were looted during protests on October 17, and that he targeted Black people and Arabs. Investigators were still checking whether he would repeat those statements in formal questioning.
INTERNATIONAL / INTERNACIONAL
France: hundreds of thousands march again over schools and the cost of living
File photo: a large demonstration crowd in Paris. This is not a photo from October 24.
France held a second nationwide day of protests on Saturday. The Interior Ministry counted about 410,000 protesters across the country. The CGT trade union put the figure at about 800,000. In Paris, police counted 110,000 marchers and the union counted 250,000.
About 70,000 police officers and gendarmes were deployed across France. The movement started with high-school students protesting learning conditions. It has since drawn in unions, Yellow Vest supporters and other people angry about the rising cost of living and strained public services. Most marches were peaceful, but clashes broke out in Paris near Porte de Vincennes and in Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes. Police used tear gas and water cannon. AFP reported 65 arrests in Paris. More protests are planned for October 31.
Chart: turnout estimates for the October 24 protests in France. Sources: French Interior Ministry and CGT union figures reported by AP and CrossGlobal News.
Jordan: seven killed as gunmen open fire at a church funeral
File photo: a Greek Orthodox church in Jordan.
Gunmen opened fire on Friday during a funeral at a Greek Orthodox church in Hamoud, in Karak governorate, about 110 miles south of Amman. Seven people were killed and at least 34 were wounded. Jordan’s health minister said 27 of the wounded were still in hospital on Saturday, two of them in critical condition.
Jordan’s interior minister called the shooting a terrorist act. King Abdullah II vowed the attackers would face the harshest retaliation. No group has claimed responsibility, and the search for the gunmen was still going on Saturday. The U.S. Embassy in Amman said security had been stepped up at malls, foreign embassies and other locations across Jordan.
Taiwan: Typhoon Champi sweeps past, one dead and 527 hurt
File photo: heavy rain on a street in Taipei.
Typhoon Champi swept past Taiwan on Saturday, killing one person and injuring 527. The man who died was swept away by waves off the island of Liuqiu. Coastal areas saw gusts up to 227 kilometers per hour (141 mph). More than 288,000 homes lost power at one point, though most had power back by Saturday. Airlines cancelled 242 flights on Saturday, down from almost 1,000 on Friday.
Champi, once a super typhoon, is weakening as it turns north toward the Chinese coast and southern Japan. China sent an emergency team to Zhejiang province, where more than 3,800 fishing boats in Taizhou returned to harbour.
Kenya: second Ebola death, seven patients still in care
File photo: a street in Nairobi.
Kenya recorded its second Ebola death late Friday. A 65-year-old woman died after developing symptoms on October 13 while in quarantine. She was a close relative and direct contact of Kenya’s first Ebola patient, a man who travelled from Congo to Nairobi and died on October 5.
Kenya now has nine confirmed cases, two deaths and seven patients still receiving care in two isolation facilities. Health officials traced 135 contacts, all placed in quarantine, and said there is no evidence of community transmission. The outbreak started in the Democratic Republic of Congo and involves the Bundibugyo strain, which has no approved vaccine or treatment.
Chart: Kenya’s Ebola outbreak as of October 23, 2026. Source: Kenya Ministry of Health, via Reuters.
Ukraine: a local ceasefire for Oleshky, but the start date is in dispute
File photo: travellers at a station in Ukraine.
The White House said Friday that First Lady Melania Trump brokered a localized ceasefire in Oleshky, a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine, so aid can get in and civilians can leave through a safe passageway. About 1,700 to 2,000 people, mostly elderly, are still living there. Before the war, the town had about 24,000 residents.
The start date is not settled. The White House said the ceasefire would begin October 29. Russia’s top military officer, General Valery Gerasimov, said Russian troops would halt fire from 4 a.m. local time on October 27. The Kremlin confirmed the agreement and said the two militaries were working out the dates. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States agreed to technical-level talks in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November.
POLITICS / POLÍTICA
Justice Department presses all 58 California counties on voter rolls
File photo: an official ballot drop box in Los Angeles County.
The Justice Department sent letters on Friday to election officials in all 58 California counties, less than two weeks before the midterm elections. The letters gave counties 48 hours to help determine the citizenship status of people on federal government lists, and asked them to segregate — not cancel — the mail ballots of anyone whose citizenship cannot be confirmed, until that status is determined.
The letters warned counties they could face “significant federal scrutiny” if they refused. The lists were described as a subset of more than 20,000 people in California the administration identified last week as possible noncitizens who may have received ballots. A separate letter to Contra Costa County listed 407 people. California officials rejected the move, saying the federal government has not shown enough about how it identified the people on the lists. Secretary of State Shirley Weber accused the administration of trying to unlawfully access protected voter data and purge voter rolls. The Justice Department had already warned Los Angeles County on October 16 that officials could be liable as abettors of a federal crime if they counted ballots from the people on the list.
IMMIGRATION / INMIGRACIÓN
Fifth Circuit: no constitutional right to a bond hearing for some detainees
The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled 10-7 on Friday that the Constitution does not require bond hearings for detained immigrants who entered the country without inspection and were never lawfully admitted. Judge Cory Wilson wrote the majority opinion.
The ruling reverses three lower-court orders that had freed detainees in Texas, and it binds federal courts in Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi — the states that house the largest numbers of immigration detainees. The case involved two Mexican citizens and one Honduran. The Supreme Court is separately considering whether federal law, as opposed to the Constitution, requires such hearings. That question is still open.
Ukraine TPS extended; visa slowdown claim; protests at a Vermont ICE center
Note: this story is single-sourced — it comes from NPR’s October 24 immigration briefing. No second independent source was found before publication.
NPR reported Saturday that the Department of Homeland Security extended Temporary Protected Status for Ukrainians. The same briefing reported accusations that the department is deliberately slowing down hundreds of thousands of immigrant visa applications for people from 75 countries, in defiance of a federal court order. It also reported protests in Williston, Vermont — a town of about 10,000 — outside an ICE Law Enforcement Support Center, which NPR described as the country’s only ICE tip line and a hub that coordinates ICE pickups nationally.
CORPORATE WATCH / EMPRESAS BAJO LA LUPA
Cloudera pays $2 million over claims it shut U.S. workers out of jobs
File photo: office workers at computers.
The Justice Department and the Labor Department announced a settlement on October 16 with Cloudera Inc., a data management company based in Santa Clara, California. The government alleged Cloudera discriminated against qualified U.S. workers during recruitment for jobs tied to the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) program, which lets employers sponsor foreign workers only after recruiting U.S. workers.
Cloudera will pay $600,000 in civil penalties and fund $1.4 million in back pay for eligible U.S. workers — $2 million in total. It is also barred from the PERM program for two years and must follow compliance, monitoring and reporting requirements.
Chart: the Cloudera settlement breakdown. Source: U.S. Department of Justice / Department of Labor announcement, October 16, 2026.
MARKETS / LA BOLSA
Stocks fall Friday as oil jumps above $116
U.S. markets are closed on Saturday, so these are Friday’s closing figures. The S&P 500 fell 0.52% to 7,623.68. The Dow fell 1.23% (652.82 points) to 52,215.16. The Nasdaq fell 0.21% to 25,955.34. The Russell 2000 fell 0.29% to 2,775.90.
Oil moved the other way. December Brent crude settled at $116.72 a barrel, up $3.55 (3.14%). December West Texas Intermediate settled at $103.27, up $3.80 (3.8%). The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 4 basis points to 5.00%, but finished the week 9 basis points lower. The University of Michigan’s final consumer sentiment reading was 48.0. The Federal Reserve’s next policy decision is due Wednesday, October 28.
Chart: Friday’s market moves. Source: AP closing table via WXYwaves market brief, October 24, 2026.
OTHER STATES / OTROS ESTADOS
New York: early voting opens, and Mayor Mamdani casts his ballot
File photo: voters at a New York City polling place.
Early voting began Saturday in New York. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani voted at the Metropolitan Museum of Art polling site on the Upper East Side at about 10 a.m. He voted for Governor Kathy Hochul on the Working Families Party line and brought donuts for poll workers. One onlooker heckled him, shouting “Communist!” Hochul faces Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman in her re-election race.
Texas: early voting under way in a Senate race both parties are watching
File photo: the Texas State Capitol in Austin.
Early voting is under way in Texas, where the tight race for U.S. Senate will help decide the balance of power in Washington. Democrat James Talarico, a state representative, faces Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. At a rally Friday at the University of Texas at Austin, Talarico said “Texas is not for sale” and accused billionaire Elon Musk of bankrolling the effort to put Paxton in the Senate. He called Paxton the most corrupt politician in the state’s history and said, “I have a legislative record; Ken Paxton has a criminal record.” Paxton was impeached by his own party over corruption accusations.
Sources / Fuentes
Le Monde; CrossGlobal News; AP via TMJ4 and Scripps News; NY Post (AFP photos); Reuters; AP via Fox News and PEOPLE; Petra (Jordan state news agency) via PEOPLE; AFP via phys.org; Kenya Ministry of Health via Reuters and Health.Life.Science.Plus; USA Today; The Times; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit via Reuters; NPR Weekend Edition Saturday immigration briefing (single source for the TPS/visa/Vermont story, as noted above); U.S. Department of Justice and Department of Labor settlement announcement via Reddy Neumann Brown PC and CRWE World; AP closing table via WXYwaves market brief and TradingJournalEdge; NY Post; NPR Texas early voting report via KRVS/WUOT; The Guardian via World Right Now.
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