Italy's Meloni picks Nazi-armband lawmaker as junior minister reut.rs/3DLMydk

#Greece 🇬🇷: Spying on journalists who investigated the spying on journalists? Very alarmed by the alleged physical surveillance of Anastasios Telloglou who covered #Predatorgate & tracking of 3 other reporters, RSF asked the authorities for explanation. Replies & investigation are urgent!

we turned out ok

My column this week is about the spluttering Franco-German engine at the heart of the EU.
The problem isn't that they are squabbling (they are!) it is that they aren't fighting in a way that will result in productive European compromise.
economist.com/europe/2022/10…
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Turkish and Russian officials spoke by phone about Moscow’s withdrawal from a United Nations-backed agreement that allowed the export of grain from Ukrainian ports, the Russian state media reported on Sunday. nyti.ms/3SQYY83

Brazilians today are deciding one of the most important elections in Latin America in decades.

It's Bolsonaro, the far-right president, vs. Lula, the leftist challenger.

The New York Times team is across Brazil providing live updates & analysis all day:
nytimes.com/live/2022/10/3…

#OSCE elections observers warn of “intensely divisive” rhetoric ahead of US midterm elections, noting that Republicans who have denied the 2020 election results are running for offices that directly oversee future contests.
nytimes.com/2022/10/27/us/…

Tory press coverage of Tories:🔪🔪🔪

Good to have a Home Secretary setting the example for all by ignoring the law ⁦Suella Braverman MP⁩- she ‘ignored advice’ that detaining asylum seekers was breaking the law

thetimes.co.uk/article/9f32bd…

Tomorrow Brazil will decide one of Latin America's most important elections in decades.

The vote will have global repercussions, for democracy, right-wing populism and the health of the planet.

Here's everything you need to know about Bolsonaro vs. Lula: nyti.ms/3SNJbqv

The vast wealth of Britain’s new prime minister, Rishi Sunak, is from a company that doesn’t fit neatly with his politics. nyti.ms/3NgtSFu

Climate justice will be a key theme of COP27. As Nazanine Moshiri points out here, the DRC's rainforests alone offset all annual carbon emissions from African cities even as the continent pays the highest price for emissions elsewhere. Tune in for more:

Memorials for 2 Young Women Killed in Iran Galvanize Protests

nytimes.com/2022/10/27/wor…

Europe Express:
▫️US launches new initiative to track Ukraine weapons as EU officials warn of illegal trafficking risk, via ⁦Henry Foy⁩
▫️The Ferrari exemption to CO2 emission rules (and other carve-outs), via ⁦alicemhancock⁩ enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/2e30a8c…

On Thursday November 3 Charles Michel will meet with Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Brussels.

👋 Elon Musk

In Europe, the bird will fly by our 🇪🇺 rules.

#DSA

NEW: How Rishi Sunak quietly grew his wealth from a family fortune made from an outsourcing giant notorious in America for helping firms replace workers with Indian immigrants or ship US jobs overseas –– while he rose through Westminster on a pro-Brexit/less immigration ticket.

White House & State Dept. spokespeople were asked publicly multiple times yesterday about our The New York Times story on the private deal on oil production through 2022 that Biden aides thought they had reached w/ Saudis in May. No one denied it. Here's the story: nytimes.com/2022/10/25/us/…