Breaking this morning: Russia says it is suspending its participation in the UN and Turkey-brokered deal reached in July that allowed Ukraine to resume exporting grain from Black Sea ports.

The assailant who attacked Paul Pelosi was in search for the Speaker of the House, a source tells Jamie Gangel. The intruder confronted the speaker’s husband in their San Francisco home shouting “where is Nancy, where is Nancy?'

There is a training program for Ukrainians to operate the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), and that “once it has been completed, the system will be ready for delivery to Ukraine,' likely 'soon,' Sabrina Singh says today.

Russia has sent “up to 1,000” mobilized personnel to the west bank of the Dnipro river in its bid to defend the city of Kherson, the Ukrainian armed forces said in a Facebook post today.

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Top Twitter execs, including CEO Parag Agrawal, policy head Vijaya Gadde, CFO Ned Segal, and general counsel Sean Edgett have been fired by Elon Musk as he takes over the company: nytimes.com/2022/10/27/tec…

Kanye West has a disturbing history of admiring Hitler, sources tell CNN
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'The failure to disperse millions in funding shows how the federal government has struggled to adapt two key grant programs ...to the physical security needs of election workers, at a time of unprecedented threats against them.' good Sean Lyngaas story:
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Russia has been “absolutely deterred from attacking NATO,” a defense official said this a.m. “President Biden has stated unequivocally that we will defend every inch of NATO territory, and it’s very clear to us...that Russia has received that message.'via Michael Conte Oren Liebermann

1. Now in their sixth week, nationwide protests in Iran continue with intensity. In the city of Mahabad--Iranian Kurdistan-- thousands of protesters chant 'woman, life freedom' (zhan, zhian, azadi)

Putin's speech ended & he's answering Qs. Many things stand out but cherry picking this. 'Russian people don't leave our own behind,' Putin says, adding this is something that makes Russians 'special.' Yet Russian troops regularly abandon their own on the battlefields of Ukraine.

a wapo reporter & editor inadvertently showing off how framing in an objectivity driven newsroom can lead readers to view the same story from radically different perspectives

Photo, used by the Russian Foreign Ministry in its Twitter post (twitter.com/mfa_russia/sta…) is an ARAO photo from 2010.

On the crackdown on protests in Iran, “We are concerned that Moscow may be advising Tehran on best practices, drawing on Russia’s extensive experience of suppressing open demonstrations,” Karine Jean-Pierre said today.

“The doctors working [in Belarus] were drafted into a war that they didn’t sign up for, unwittingly enlisted as quasi-combat medics and obliged by their hippocratic oath to provide life-saving care. Many were forced to sign non-disclosure agreements…”

EXCLUSIVE: The Ghosts of Putin’s War Machine

Drs from Southern #Belarus tell us about #Russian soldiers in their hospitals. X-rays and their stories tell us how Russia concealed the casualties

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“A source familiar with the situation told POLITICO that Jayapal personally approved the letter’s release on Monday.” politico.com/news/2022/10/2…

Jean Kuczka, a physical education teacher, stepped in front of a gunman to protect her students at the St. Louis school. She was shot and killed. stltoday.com/news/local/cri…

'In 14 days, the American people will decide whether we keep moving forward or go backwards.'

President Biden takes takes to CNN with his closing argument:

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