Disasters and accidents

At least 42 people are killed and 52 others are injured when a tanker truck transporting gasoline crashes and explodes in Bida, Nigeria. (BBC News) (AP)

• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c93dnd49l0jo
• https://apnews.com/article/nigeria-truck-explodes-gasoline-residents-killed-923f073a0cf0436e4ff73bfb15d6081f

Law and crime

A Slovak court sentences 72-year-old Juraj Cintula, the perpetrator in the attempted assassination of prime minister Robert Fico in 2024, to 21 years in prison. Cintula continues to deny the accusations, saying he aimed away from vital organs. (AP) (BBC News)

• https://apnews.com/article/slovakia-trial-fico-assassination-verdict-5f1c61fe91750bed7eb4b193366b93d1
• https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c051mj72ddjo

Law and crime

Rioting takes place in Dublin, Ireland, with several thousand anti-immigration protesters attempting to storm a hotel housing asylum seekers in the city after the alleged rape of a 10-year-old Irish girl by an asylum seeker. A police vehicle is set on fire during the unrest. (BBC News)

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c629zg8v8jpo

Law and crime

A Ukrainian citizen is detained in Poland and two others are arrested in Romania for allegedly working for Russian intelligence agencies and preparing acts of sabotage on Ukrainian shipping routes. (AP)

• https://apnews.com/article/poland-sabotage-war-ukraine-hybrid-russia-b62581c88b125d18b6f962c0c0b83b2f

Law and crime

A Colombian court overturns a bribery conviction against former president Álvaro Uribe, who had been sentenced to 12 years of house arrest in August 2025. The court is still considering further appeals on a fraud charge. (Reuters) (DW)

• https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/colombian-court-strikes-down-former-presidents-bribery-conviction-2025-10-21/
• https://www.dw.com/en/colombia-court-overturns-uribe-witness-tampering-conviction/a-74448191