Florida kills 77-year-old man in state’s 18th execution of year

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Vietnam veteran William Reaves executed by lethal injection despite letter from fellow veterans urging halt

Florida carried out its 18th execution of the year on Tuesday under Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term.

William Reaves, 77, was pronounced dead at 6.12pm following a three-drug injection at Florida state prison near Starke. He was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1986 shooting death of Indian River county deputy Richard Raczkowski.

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Alabama governor commutes sentence of prisoner on death row

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Toforest Johnson’s death penalty reduced to life in prison without parole over doubts about his conviction

Toforest Johnson, an Alabama death row inmate, will no longer face execution after the state’s Republican governor commuted his sentence amid increasing doubts about his conviction.

Kay Ivey, the Alabama governor, commuted Johnson’s sentence to life in prison without parole in the 1995 murder of William Hardy, a Jefferson county deputy sheriff. Johnson has long maintained he is innocent, and several former public officials, as well the local district attorney, have argued he should receive a new trial.

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Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved – Live Science

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  1. Case of mysterious medieval skeleton buried in Roman-era sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey finally solved  Live Science
  2. Mystery of Roman sarcophagus unearthed at Westminster Abbey solved at last, expert says  The Guardian
  3. Roman sarcophagus inside Westminster Abbey originally held a different body  Popular Science
  4. Mystery skeleton found in Roman sarcophagus at Westminster Abbey may finally have an identity  Phys.org
  5. Ælfwig may be buried in a Westminster Abbey sarcophagus — Live Science  UA.NEWS
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Madison earns spot on prestigious ‘Best of the World’ list – Wisconsin State Journal

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  1. Madison earns spot on prestigious 'Best of the World' list  Wisconsin State Journal
  2. Madison named one of National Geographic's must-visit destinations for 2027  WKOW
  3. Baltimore makes list of best places in the world to visit in 2027. Here's why it was chosen.  CBS News
  4. 25 must-visit destinations for 2027, according to National Geographic  CNN
  5. Baltimore named as 1 of the best places in the world to visit in coveted list  Baltimore Sun
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Poland’s government votes to ease abortion laws in challenge to conservative president – POLITICO.eu

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  1. Poland’s government votes to ease abortion laws in challenge to conservative president  POLITICO.eu
  2. Poland’s parliament votes to ease abortion ban but faces likely veto from president  The Guardian
  3. Polish lawmakers vote to ease abortion ban, but face likely presidential veto  Reuters
  4. Polish bishop defends unborn as abortion bills advance  The Pillar
  5. Polish parliament votes to liberalize abortion access  Le Monde.fr
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Italy to deploy 500 troops to Milan after days of protests and looting

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Government planning tougher security measures as France also says military forces will be deployed

Italy’s government is sending 500 soldiers to Milan and vowed a “firm response from the state” after protests against the cost of living descended into clashes with police, vandalism and looting. Further demonstrations are planned on Saturday.

The government of the far-right prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, also announced new security measures, including an offence of violent participation in ⁠a demonstration, tougher penalties for ⁠rioters, and financial liability for ​parents whose children take part in vandalism and looting.

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Pete Hegseth met with Netanyahu during unannounced trip to Israel – USA Today

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  1. Pete Hegseth met with Netanyahu during unannounced trip to Israel  USA Today
  2. Hegseth Said to Make Unannounced Visit to Israel for Talks With Netanyahu  The New York Times
  3. Hegseth makes unannounced trip and other Mideast news  AP News
  4. Hegseth meets Netanyahu as US, Israel discuss renewed Iran strikes  NewsNation
  5. Pete Hegseth, Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Israel ahead of elections  The Jerusalem Post
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Why Greece’s alliances failed to prevent eastern Libya’s maritime deal with Turkey – Middle East Eye

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  1. Why Greece's alliances failed to prevent eastern Libya's maritime deal with Turkey  Middle East Eye
  2. Egypt rejects Libyan approval of maritime deal with Turkey  Reuters
  3. Turkey-Libya maritime deal a 'troubling' threat to Israel, expert warns 'Post'  The Jerusalem Post
  4. Libya approves contentious Turkey deal over Mediterranean waters  AP News
  5. Eastern Libya parliament approves 2019 maritime deal with Turkiye  Al Jazeera
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A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections – Jewish Currents

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  1. A Jewish Currents Guide to the Israeli Elections  Jewish Currents
  2. What Could Swing Israel’s Election? Thousands Living in the U.S.  The New York Times
  3. Win or Lose, Netanyahu Has Reshaped Israeli Politics in His Image  Bloomberg.com
  4. ‘There’s a lot of racism, a lot of hatred’: Far right gains predicted as Israel heads to the polls  The Guardian
  5. A look at key parties in Israel’s Oct. 27 election seen as a referendum on Netanyahu  AP News
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US has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine about Russian strikes, says Zelenskyy

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Advance warnings of missile attacks were seemingly suspended last week by the White House, but Ukraine’s president says: ‘Now it works’

The US has resumed sharing intelligence with Kyiv about Russian missile strikes, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday after a meeting with the US envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway.

He said Ukraine was again receiving advance warnings of ballistic missile attacks, which were seemingly suspended last week by the White House. “Now it works. It’s great,” he said, adding that the US move would save lives.

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RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

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Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns

Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau raided by judicial police, who seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, officials said on Facebook.

The researchers have been at the heart of an ongoing dispute over research on African newborns, supported by $1.6m from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and matched by the Pershing Square Foundation and the Bluebell Foundation for a total of $3.2m.

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