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Oct 21, 2026 - World

Case in Africa’s most populous country was detected in a woman who had travelled from UgandaNigeria has confirmed an Ebola case in its capital, Abuja, after a woman who arrived from Uganda tested positive for the virus, the health ministry said.The woman began showing symptoms on 7 October and was admitted to a hospital in Abuja four days later, where she was later diagnosed with Ebola. It is unclear when she arrived in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country. Continue reading...

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Elon Musk's attempt to distance himself from a move Ukraine says put lives at risk took a major hit with a new report.The SpaceX founder personally ordered the slowdown of a military-grade version of Starlink that Ukrainian forces rely on, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday, citing U.S. officials and people familiar with the matter. The speed cap rendered some of Ukraine's attack and interceptor drones close to useless, according to the report.That account clashes with what Musk told the public. Hours after the slowdown came to light, he posted on X that "any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS."Some U.S. officials told The Journal that Musk acted on his own and that Trump never specifically ordered any retribution against Kyiv. But one person familiar with the situation said Musk spoke with several senior Trump administration officials, including the president, before imposing the cap. Ukrainian officials said the restriction allowed Russian missiles to slip past their defenses.Two people said Musk and Trump discussed the decision by phone shortly after it became public, while the president was on the campaign trail. One of them claimed the pair had also talked it over before the cap went into effect.As the uproar grew, SpaceX representatives reached out to their White House counterparts hoping to settle on a shared message that the company and the Trump administration had worked together before Musk gave the order, according to the report. Trump, meanwhile, told reporters Monday that he didn't know who was behind the slowdown, "but I would like to find out."The slowdown, which started Oct. 14, came just days after Trump lashed out at Ukraine over strikes on Russian diesel refineries, which he blames for high fuel prices.Last week, The Telegraph reported that Musk had pitched the idea of slowing the service to Trump, citing four sources familiar with the talks.Michael Kofman, a war expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the restrictions "continue to hamper Ukrainian strike operations and air defenses." Denys Sienik, Ukraine's top diplomat in Washington, said Tuesday that Kyiv was still trying "to understand whether the connection has been restored or will be restored."SpaceX did not respond to The Journal's request for comment.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

An aircraft used for President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda leaked fuel onto the runway at the Mesa Gateway Airport, temporarily closing it, and an Immigration and Customs Enforcement pilot told air traffic controllers that his plane’s fuel gauge wasn’t working, according to audio reviewed by the Arizona Mirror.“Can you send the trucks? We have a fuel leak, again,” the pilot told ground control at the airport Friday.Mesa Gateway Airport is home to the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center, or AROCC for short, a 25,000-square-foot facility that opened in 2010 to little fanfare and can house up to 157 detainees and 79 employees from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to an ICE press release from 2010.It is also the operational hub of “ICE Air,” has been the site of severe overcrowding, and has also been a frequent departure point for flights that have sent immigrants to African countries they’ve never been to. The facility made national headlines because it was set to be where two gay Iranian men were set to be deported from, ultimately to their deaths.“On October 16, there was a fuel spill at Mesa Gateway Airport involving a contract charter plane,” an unnamed U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson told the Mirror. “The fire department responded and cleared the scene. There were no injuries or damage.”The day after the leak occurred, DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin visited the facility.The airport itself said that there was a “mechanical issue resulting in a small fuel venting from the wing” which led to the aircraft returning to the ICE-operated hangar.“Mesa Fire declared the aircraft safe, and it will depart when the operator has cleared the mechanical issues,” Ryan Smith, Mesa Gateway spokesman, told the Mirror.The aircraft in question is operated by GlobalX, a charter company that plays a pivotal role in Trump’s deportation program.“Negative because our indicators are MEL’d right now,” the ICE pilot replied to ground control when asked if they knew how much fuel that they had spilled.MEL, or minimum equipment list, is a designation that allows operators to fly without certain pieces of equipment functioning temporarily from the Federal Aviation Administration. In this case, it meant that when ground control wanted to learn how much fuel the ICE jet had leaked, it couldn’t, because the aircraft did not have a functioning fuel gauge.The leak and its subsequent clean up temporarily closed one of Mesa Gateway’s runways as airport officials inspected it, cleaned it and towed the ICE aircraft back to AROCC.Ground control audio captured by liveATC.net also showed that ground control was unaware of the initial leak until Mesa Fire Department reported it as it tried to respond.“Requesting clearance to the fuel spill,” a fire department truck can be heard saying over the radio.“I’m not aware of a fuel spill,” ground control responded back.Other charter services used by ICE have come under scrutiny for cutting corners, and in the past, ICE has been sued for the conditions on its flights. ICE flights have also been increasing, with more in September than in the prior two months, according to Human Rights First.The plane that leaked its fuel has performed 2,040 total flights for ICE since 2021, according to data supplied by ICE Flight Monitor. This year, it has made 216 flights, up from the 209 it did for the entirety of 2025.Detainees are supposed to be at AROCC for no more than 12 hours while they wait to be loaded onto a plane, either so they can be deported or transferred to a different ICE facility. The Mirror’s reporting found that publicly available data shows how overcrowded the facility has become in the past year. The average length of stay in 2026 is about 36 hours, compared to the same time frame in 2025, when the average stay was about 12 hours.In 2025, the average daily population was approximately 21 people for the same timeframe. So far in 2026, there have been an average of 274 detainees each day. The Mirror found one individual in the data who stayed for 18 days, coinciding with a time when the population of the facility was near its peak of 777 individuals in a single day.Arizona Mirror is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Arizona Mirror maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Jim Small for questions: [email protected].

Oct 20, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump delivered a stark warning to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, suggesting his country faces an increasingly grim future unless he reaches a deal with Russia.Speaking in the Oval Office, Trump argued that Russia’s military advantage would only grow as the war drags on.“Ukraine has to want to settle this war. Zelensky has to want to settle this war. And if he doesn’t, I think it’s going to be a very bad thing,” Trump said.The president went on to complain about the billions of dollars the United States has spent supporting Ukraine, arguing that American taxpayers have received little in return.“We want Zelensky to make a deal. He can make a deal,” Trump insisted. The president also suggested Zelensky wasted earlier opportunities to negotiate better terms.“Could have made a good deal then. Could have made a much better deal then, probably, possibly than he can make now,” he said.Trump then pointed to Russia’s larger population while appearing to praise the country’s military’s resources as reasons Ukraine should negotiate.“And if they don’t make a deal, ultimately it’s just going to get, in my opinion, it’s just really just going to get worse.”Trump also claimed that personal animosity between Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin was a major obstacle to ending the war.

Oct 20, 2026 - World

Result is a victory for prime minister Mark Carney and supporters of Canadian unityVoters in Canada’s Alberta have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin the process of independence, delivering a decisive victory for supporters of Canadian unity and deepening divisions within the separatist movement.With nearly 1.9m votes counted, roughly 76% people supported remaining in Canada, while 24% backed beginning a process toward separation, according to unofficial results from Elections Alberta. Continue reading...