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Italians will vote on a controversial constitutional reform that may determine the fate of Matteo Renzi’s government. Yet neither Italy’s membership of the EU and the common currency, nor its financial stability are at stake.

On 4 December 2016, Italians will vote on a constitutional reform proposed by the current government of Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. If accepted, the reform will change the institutional setup of the country. Most significantly, it would end Italy’s ‘perfect bicameralism’, in which the two legislative houses have nearly identical powers.

Electricians restore the power grid in front of a destroyed private house where a 14-year-old was killed in an air attack in Vyshgorod, Kyiv region on September 30, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Vladyslav Musiienko / AFP / Lehtikuva

US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to stop attacks on each other's energy infrastructure with immediate effect. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the announcement had come as a surprise but expressed support for the proposal, while Moscow had yet to confirm any agreement.

"Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine. Both parties have agreed. Do not break it!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, without providing details about the terms or implementation.

Police personnel detain supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) during a protest demanding the resignation of India’s Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over alleged voter roll irregularities linked to the "special intensive revision" (SIR), in New Delhi on October 10, 2026. Photo: Arun Sankar / AFP / Lehtikuva

Protests continued in India's capital, New Delhi, on Sunday as authorities released three leaders of a youth movement, including founder Abhijeet Dipke. Protesters are demanding the resignation of the country's election chief over allegations of electoral manipulation. Police detained thousands of demonstrators on Saturday, while security forces restricted access to parts of the city to prevent gatherings.

The demonstrations centre on demands for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to resign over a nationwide revision of electoral registers.

An air traffic control tower is seen at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on September 19, 2026. Photo: AFP / Lehtikuva

Saudi Arabia has reported 12 deaths and 309 injuries following an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, 10 October, blaming Yemen’s Houthi movement for the strike. The Saudi-led military coalition has pledged retaliation, while US President Donald Trump said Washington was considering joining military operations against the group.

The Saudi General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) said the dead included four Saudi nationals, two Bangladeshis and one citizen each from the United States, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt. Several injured passengers and airport workers remained in critical condition.

Royal Danish Air Force F-16 jets photographed flying over Riga Airport. For Ukraine, F-16 fighter jets are the best way to counter Russia’s jet-powered drones. Photo: Jevgenijs Slihto

Finland will supply ammunition for Ukraine's F-16 fighter jets within the coming days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Saturday, 10 October, following a telephone conversation with Finnish President Alexander Stubb.

The delivery forms part of Finland's 35th military assistance package to Ukraine, valued at approximately €1 million, as Russia intensifies missile and drone attacks across the country.

US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC. Photo: Kent Nishimura / AFP / Lehtikuva

Finnish Prime Minister Petteri Orpo has condemned an agreement between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply Russian diesel to American and global markets, describing the decision as a major disappointment.

Speaking to Finnish broadcaster Yle on Saturday, Orpo questioned whether the agreement would have any significant effect on fuel prices, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Washington of providing financial support to Russia during its war against Ukraine.

South African judge Navi Pillay, chair of the independent United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, photographed in 2025. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini / AFP / Lehtikuva

South African jurist Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, who spent decades pursuing accountability for war crimes and human rights violations, has won the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution to international law. The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the award in Oslo on Friday, recognising the 85-year-old former UN human rights chief.

The committee credited Pillay with helping establish legal principles used to prosecute genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. Her career spans South Africa’s apartheid era, the prosecution of those responsible for the Rwandan genocide and investigations into alleged violations of international law in Gaza.

Firefighters working at the scene where two buses were struck by projectiles in Kramatorsk, near the frontline in eastern Ukraine on October 8 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP / Lehtikuva

A Russian air strike on two passenger buses in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk killed at least 33 people and injured 18 on Thursday, 8 October, Ukrainian authorities said. On the same day, a drone attack disrupted operations at Russia's largest Yandex data centre in the Ryazan region.

The attack in Kramatorsk struck a street near a public transport stop at around 10am, setting buses on fire and leaving bodies and debris scattered across the road, according to Ukrainian police and emergency services.

Agence France-Presse's (AFP) photographer Jaafar Ashtiyeh is carried by Palestinian first responders to seek medical assistance after being beaten by several Israelis in Aqraba in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on October 6, 2026. Photo: John Wessels / AFP / Lehtikuva

Armed Israeli settlers beat an AFP photographer and took his camera equipment while he covered violence involving Palestinian olive farmers in the occupied West Bank, according to the news agency.

Jaafar Ashtiyeh, 58, suffered injuries to his head and torso during the attack near the village of Aqraba on Tuesday. Emergency workers took him to hospital in Nablus.

Ashtiyeh, a Palestinian photographer who has worked for AFP for years, was reporting alongside AFP photographer John Wessels when the incident began.

A view of an infectious diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, where an employee of the Irkutsk Antiplague Research Institute had died, in the Irkutsk region on October 7, 2026. Photo: Stringer / AFP / Lehtikuva

The World Health Organization has asked Russia for more information about the death of a 28-year-old laboratory worker at a Siberian institute that studies plague, while Russian authorities say testing has found no cases of the disease and no risk of an epidemic.

Darya Shipilova died on Friday after developing severe pneumonia from a cause that authorities have yet to establish.