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The United Nations says drone strikes in Sudan killed at least 306 people in the first three weeks of October, hitting homes, markets, hospitals and shelters across Kordofan, Darfur, Blue Nile and Khartoum. Alex and Jordan report the UN warning, the deadliest single strikes, and the famine risk now facing 19.5 million Sudanese people.

Nigeria has convicted 653 terrorism suspects in the largest phase yet of its Abuja mass trials, with 880 of 1,060 cases decided by Friday afternoon and final figures still to come. Alex and Jordan examine how the 11th phase was run, the defence and press-access questions, and what the verdicts mean for victims and defendants.

President Emmanuel Macron has called a shooting in Trappes and La Verrière a racist terrorist attack after a gunman killed one man and wounded five people, including a 12-year-old girl, and anti-terrorism prosecutors opened a murder investigation. Alex and Jordan follow the suspect's arrest, the booby-trapped apartment found by police, and the community mourning in the Paris suburbs.

Saudi air defences intercepted a Houthi ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh early on Saturday, after civil defence alerts sounded in the capital, Najran and Wadi al-Dawasir and a drone was also downed in the Eastern Province. Alex and Jordan trace the escalation from the Riyadh airport strike to the renewed Yemen war and the regional condemnation of the Houthi campaign.

Thomas Childe, 24, has been jailed for six years and eight months for the manslaughter of Colin Starbuck, 79, who suffered a fatal heart attack after being pushed to the ground at a bus stop in Garforth on 29 October last year. Alex and Jordan report the CCTV evidence, the causal link found by detectives, and the police tribute to Starbuck's family.

Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart has resigned from the DUP's officer team after five years, saying her stand is about principle, after leader Gavin Robinson rejected her call to pull deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly out of the Stormont Executive over the Drumcree dispute. Alex and Jordan explain the parade ban, Michelle O'Neill's protest role, and what the split means for power-sharing.

Ryan Townhill and Shannon Doocey have been found guilty of murdering Danny Fowler, 37, who was stabbed in broad daylight in Market Rasen on 12 March, while Martin Doocey was convicted of manslaughter, with sentencing set for 17 November. Alex and Jordan report the six-week trial, the CCTV evidence, and the police tribute to Fowler's family.

Chancellor John Healey will give the National Wealth Fund 15.4 billion pounds and the British Business Bank 5 billion pounds more capital in Wednesday's budget, funding expected to support around 100,000 jobs by 2035. Alex and Jordan examine what the boost means for growth, households facing high energy bills, and Healey's defence spending pressures.

NASA's Swift observatory made its final observation on October 20 after detecting around 2,000 gamma-ray bursts, and it will fall back to Earth within weeks after a robotic rescue attempt failed. Alex and Jordan look back at what Swift taught astronomers about the universe's brightest explosions.

The CDC links a salmonella outbreak that sickened 27 people in 12 states to raw oysters from Virginia's Little Wicomico River, with all eight river samples testing positive in the latest state checks. Alex and Jordan explain the recall, the symptoms, and what to do if you bought the oysters.