Armed conflicts and attacks

The Ukrainian Energy Ministry declares an "emergency situation" at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant as the New Safe Confinement structure meant to prevent radioactive material from spreading into the environment experiences a three-hour power outage due to a Russian drone strike on an energy facility in nearby Slavutych, Kyiv Oblast. (The Kyiv Independent)

• https://kyivindependent.com/chornobyl-nuclear-plant-loses-power-after-russian-attack-on-nearby-town-energy-ministry-says/

Business and economy

The U.S. Department of the Treasury postpones sanctions for Serbian oil company Naftna Industrija Srbije, of which Russian state-owned companies Gazprom and Gazprom Neft hold a majority of shares, until October 8, 2025. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/serbias-nis-granted-us-sanctions-waiver-until-october-8-2025-10-01/

Disasters and accidents

Two workers are killed, several are injured and others are reported missing when the ceiling of an under-renovation serail in Damascus, Syria, collapses. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/damascus-syria-ceiling-collapse-marjeh-serail-workers-fab07a5cf003ab824615ee96279eea6f

Law and crime

At least three people are killed in Lqliâa, Souss-Massa, Morocco, as security forces open fire during nationwide protests over alleged corruption and public spending priorities. (Al Jazeera)

• https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/2/death-toll-rises-to-3-in-morocco-with-more-protests-expected

Law and crime

The Italian Carabinieri Art Squad seizes 21 paintings by Salvador Dalí suspected of being forged pieces at an exhibition at the Palazzo Tarasconi in Parma. (AP) (The Irish Independent)

• https://apnews.com/article/italy-dali-art-forgeries-69f09f67074189451d8485556be6b468
• https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/italian-police-raid-salvador-dali-exhibition-say-works-on-display-were-fake/a2118097974.html

Politics and elections

Protests in Madagascar continue and spread across the country, demanding the resignation of president Andry Rajoelina. Opposition leader Rivo Rakotovao says that his party will not join any new government under Rajoelina, asking him to step down. (Reuters)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/madagascar-protesters-demand-presidents-resignation-fifth-day-rallies-2025-10-01/

Politics and elections

A federal government shutdown occurs in the United States after a funding bill fails to be passed, the first government shutdown since January 2019. (CTV News)

• https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/us-government-headed-to-a-shutdown-after-last-ditch-vote-fails-in-senate//

Politics and elections

Thousands of people march in Athens as part of a general strike across Greece to protest against proposed changes in labor laws that could change the 8-hour work day to 13 hours, or a 48-hour workweek. (AP) (The Guardian)

• https://apnews.com/article/greece-strike-labor-f28353c37af65a9e0667f995c40ad061
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/oct/01/general-strike-against-13-hour-day-brings-greece-to-a-halt

Science and technology

A research team at the Free University of Berlin announce the detection of new organic substances within water vapour plumes erupting from the surface of Enceladus by Cassini's Cosmic Dust Analyzer, a potential biosignature of extraterrestrial life under the Saturnian moon's icy surface. (The Guardian) (Nature Astronomy)

• https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/01/prospect-life-saturn-moons-rises-discovery-organic-substances
• https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-025-02655-y