Day: October 8, 2025

Members of the Texas National Guard are gathering at an army facility outside Chicago, after orders from President Trump. Hundreds of troops have been deployed to the US’s third largest city to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. The president has called Chicago a “war zone” following protests against federal immigration authorities. Illinois state officials accuse Mr Trump of an unconstitutional overreach and say he’s using American troops to punish his political enemies. Also: the US government shutdown is putting extra strain on understaffed airports, causing travel delays. Five people have been detained after an attack on the Ecuadorian president’s car. The Japan based company using drones and artificial intelligence to detect malaria-carrying mosquitoes. An international trio of scientists is awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in physics. The couple putting their collection of 8,450 teapots up for auction, and why did so many women in a tiny Hungarian village poison their husbands? The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight.
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As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight. No negotiations, at least publicly, are underway.

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Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing has issued a recall for 393,838 vehicles across the United States due to a discovered defect. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Tuesday, “a software error may cause the rearview image to fail to display when the vehicle is shifted into reverse”, Azernews reports, citing foreign media.