📹The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage showing the elimination of Ukrainian saboteurs who tried to land in Energodar from the water area of the Kakhovsky reservoir.

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🔭🎃NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory caught the Sun showcasing a very smiley jack-o'-lantern appearance.

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⚡️More than 90 people have died, as result of the cable bridge collapse in Gujart’s Morbi district, local media reports

❗️European proposals to set limits on the price paid for natural gas are “hypocritical,” Qatar’s energy minister Saad Al Kaabi said, adding that ‘the free market is always the best solution’

The minister has commented on the EU Commission's initiative to impose a cap on gas prices which could go into effect as soon as this winter.

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‼️ JUST IN: Russia Notified After Kiev, Ankara & UN Agree on Traffic of 14 Vessels in Black Sea Under Grain Deal

🇱🇧 Lebanon president leaves with no replacement

President Michel Aoun left Lebanon’s presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown.

Many fear that an extended power vacuum could further delay attempts to finalize a deal with the International Monetary Fund that would provide Lebanon with some $3 billion in assistance, widely seen as a key step to help the country climb out of a financial crisis that has left three quarters of the population in poverty.

Lebanon’s constitution allows the cabinet in regular circumstances to run the government, but is unclear whether that applies to a caretaker governmen. Under Lebanon’s power-sharing agreement, the president has to be a Maronite Christian, the parliament speaker a Shiite and the prime minister a Sunni Muslim. 

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❗️ Six vessels departed Ukrainian ports under the grain deal on Sunday but have not yet reached humanitarian corridor

🇧🇷 Bolsonaro Ahead of Lula With Over 51% in Brazil's Presidential Runoff

Incumbent Brazilian leader Jair Bolsonaro is coming ahead of Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the second round of the presidential election, according to the latest figures from the Superior Electoral Court.

With 30% of the votes counted in the Sunday runoff, Bolsonaro has 51.05%, while Lula has 48.94%.

The vote will determine if the world’s fourth-largest democracy stays the same course of far-right politics or returns a leftist to the top job. More than 150 million Brazilians are eligible to vote, yet about 20% of the electorate abstained in the first round. 

Brazil held a general election on October 2. Lula received 48.4%, while Bolsonaro won 43.2% of the votes. Since none of the candidates managed to get over 50% in the first round, a runoff was scheduled for October 30.

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🇨🇿 Czech populist billionaire Babis vows to run for president

Populist billionaire Andrej Babis has announced his intention to run for the largely ceremonial post of the Czech Republic’s president. Babis, the controversial former prime minister, made his announcement on Sunday evening in a television broadcast.

Babis’ movement lost the parliamentary election last year in October. A coalition of five parties formed a new government, and ANO ended up in opposition. Before the election, he was hit by yet another scandal that linked him and hundreds of other wealthy people to offshore accounts in findings by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists dubbed the “Pandora Papers.”

Babis will be among the front-runners in the presidential election, along with Army Gen. Petr Pavel, former chairman of NATO’s military committee, and former university rector Danuse Nerudova.

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🇩🇪 German climate activists glue themselves to dinosaur display

Two environmental activists glued themselves to a dinosaur display at Berlin’s Natural History Museum on Sunday to protest what they said was the German government’s failure to properly address the threat of climate change.

The activists were part of the group Uprising of the Last Generation, which has staged numerous demonstrations in recent months, including blocking streets and throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting.

The Natural History Museum said it filed a criminal complaint for trespassing and property damage. German officials have set a goal to become carbon neutral by 2045; no action has been taken on speed limits.

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🇦🇪 Flashy Dubai will cash in on a World Cup a short flight away

The FIFA World Cup may be bringing as many as 1.2 million fans to Qatar, but the nearby flashy emirate of Dubai is also looking to cash in on the major sports tournament taking place just a short flight away.

In the lead-up to the tournament, concerns about hotel room space and high prices for the rooms available have trailed Qatar, which lacks hotel capacity for all teams, workers, volunteers and fans at the World Cup. So Doha has created camping and cabin sites, hiring cruise ships, and encouraging fans to stay in neighboring countries and fly in for games.

Qatar has estimated it will have 45,000 hotel rooms for the tournament. Meanwhile, Dubai has over 140,000 hotel rooms, putting it easily into the top 10 destinations worldwide as far as available hotel rooms go. Dubai low-cost carrier, FlyDubai, plans as many as 30 round-trip flights a day during the World Cup.

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🇹🇷 Istanbul Center Asks Turkey, UN to Provide 10 Teams to Inspect Ships as Part of Grain Deal

The Istanbul-based Joint Coordination Center (JCC) has proposed that Turkish and UN delegations create several inspection teams to inspect vessels as part of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russia was suspending its participation in the grain deal following Ukraine's drone attack targeting vessels of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol. The ministry said that preparations for the attack were carried out under the guidance of UK specialists.

"In order to continue fulfilling the Initiative, it was proposed that the Turkish and United Nations delegations provide tomorrow 10 inspection teams aiming to inspect 40 outbound vessels. This inspection plan has been accepted by the delegation of Ukraine. The Russian Federation delegation has been informed," the JCC said in a Sunday statement.

According to the release, there are 97 loaded vessels and 15 inbound vessels registered for JCC inspection around Istanbul. An additional 89 ships have applied to join the Initiative.

"The Secretariat, in close cooperation with the Turkish delegation at the JCC, continues to engage all representatives to offer options on next steps regarding the JCC operations in accordance with the goals and provisions stated in the Initiative," the JCC said.