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Large-scale youth demonstrations have begun in more than 30 German cities, including Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Stuttgart; the initiative “Gen Z regelt” (“Gen Z takes charge”), which called the protests, hopes to draw around 160,000 participants nationwide.

In Berlin, demonstrators are gathering at the Brandenburg Gate, the city’s landmark, with more than 10,000 participants expected, a TASS correspondent reports. Protesters are demanding that the government rule out a possible return to conscription, increase investment in education, healthcare and climate protection, and take stronger action against the rising cost of living.

▶️ Police detained four people during a rally outside the Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on October 30 and 31. Three of them entered its grounds, while the fourth insulted a police officer, the city’s police said.

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The time and conditions to end military hostilities would be determined by the Iranian Armed Forces and the Iranian people if the enemy resumes military or terrorist attacks against Iran, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei stated.

“If the enemies launch military or terrorist attacks again, it will be the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic and the Iranian people who determine the time and conditions for the cessation of hostilities,” the Iranian Supreme Leader’s press office said in a statement after his meeting with high-ranking military commanders of the Iranian Armed Forces.

Russian tennis star Diana Shnaider reached the final of the 2026 WTA Toray Pan Pacific Open tournament after defeating Mia Pohankova from Slovakia.

In the match that lasted 1 hour and 46 minutes, the 3rd-seeded Russian, who is playing under a neutral status at international tennis tournaments, outplayed Pohankova 6-4; 7-6 (0-7).

The Russian tennis player is now set to face off in the final against Canada’s Leylah Fernandez, who earlier reached the final round of the tournament in Tokyo defeating Uzbekistan’s Kamila Rakhimova 7-5; 6-3.

There are currently no agreements on mutual visits by the human rights ombudsmen of Russia and Ukraine to prisoners in the two countries, but the very fact that Dmitry Lubinets has come to Russia is already a precedent, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Speaking in an interview with Russia’s Vedomosti daily, Peskov was asked whether Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova and Human Right Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmitry Lubinets could visit respectively Russians, who have been convicted in Ukraine, and Ukrainians, who have been convicted in Russia.

"If this issue should arise, they must certainly work out a plan in the first place. Then, of course, each party will need to coordinate with their relevant authorities. This is a multi-stage process. So far, there are no agreements on this matter," he noted.

Peskov pointed out that as part of the humanitarian mission in Alyoshki, Lubinets came to Russia for the first time in the post of the country’s authorized representative.

❗️ Highlights from the Russian Defense Ministry Press Briefing, October 31:

▪️ Russian forces hit transport infrastructure facilities used by the Ukrainian army over the past day

▪️ Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 604 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), four Flamingo cruise missiles, two Neptune long-range missiles and a smart aerial guide bomb

▪️ The Ukrainian army lost up to 1,220 troops in battles with Russian forces in all the frontline areas

Evacuated residents of the settlement of Alyoshki have been transported to Simferopol to temporary accommodation facilities.

A humanitarian mission to support the civilian population was carried out in the settlement of Alyoshki. A temporary ceasefire regime in the Kherson Region is in effect from 04:00 a.m. Moscow time on October 27 to 22:59 p.m. Moscow time on November 1, 2026. A voluntary evacuation has been organized for everyone who wishes to leave. Those who decided to stay in Alyoshki were provided with food, medicines and essential items.

Preparations for this humanitarian mission started in May 2026 with the assistance of Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova, Human Right Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmitry Lubitets with the mediation of US First Lady Melania Trump.

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Russian Human Rights Commissioner Yana Lantratova and Human Rights Ombudsman of Ukraine Dmitry Lubinets have established good and trust‑based relationships, which are important for human rights activists, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

“They’ve established a good dialogue. This is very important. They are gradually beginning to trust each other. This is good for human rights work,” Peskov said in an interview with Russia’s Vedomosti daily.

Evacuated residents of Alyoshki, who have expressed their desire to leave for Ukraine, departed from Anapa Airport to Gomel, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

“Residents of the settlement of Alyoski, who expressed a desire to leave for Ukraine following their evacuation as part of a humanitarian mission, took a flight from Anapa Airport to Gomel Airport in Belarus, accompanied by Ukrainian Human Rights Ombudsman Dmitry Lubinets,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry added that the evacuees at the issue are transported by military transport aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces.

The number of confirmed Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has exceeded 5,000 since May, with more than 10,350 confirmed cases registered in total, the country’s Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare said.

Since the beginning of the epidemic in the DRC, a total of 10,351 confirmed cases and 5,026 deaths have been recorded, with the fatality rate standing at 48.6%, the ministry said in its bulletin.

Russian air defenses intercepted and destroyed 433 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

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The central control desk of the synchrophasotron at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Dubna (Moscow Region), October 1956