Month in pictures

AT LEAST ONE PERSON KILLED AFTER MEDITERRANEAN HURRICANE BATTERS SICILY

Fierce storms battered southern Italy for a second day on Monday, killing at least one person, triggering landslides and leaving roads and fields flooded, police said.

ALEC BALDWIN FIRES GUN ON MOVIE SET, KILLING CINEMATOGRAPHER

Actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun on a movie set in New Mexico on Thursday, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza, authorities said.

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WAR OF WORDS IN STRASBOURG AS POLISH PM REJECTS COUNCIL, COMMISSION ACCUSATIONS

Poland rejects European Union centralism, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday and accused the bloc of overstepping its competences, amid a deepening row with Brussels over the rule of law.

DON’T SEND MIGRANTS BACK TO UNSAFE COUNTRIES, POPE SAYS, CITING LIBYA

Pope Francis on Sunday urged countries not to send migrants back to insecure countries such as Libya, where he said many suffer violent and inhumane conditions similar to those in concentration camps.

POPE FRANCIS RECEIVES PRIME MINISTER OF MALTA

Handout pictures provided by the Vatican Media shows Pope Francis during the visit of Robert Abela, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta, and his family, Vatican City, 08 October 2021.

EUROPE DRUG REGULATOR BACKS USE OF MODERNA’S COVID-19 BOOSTER VACCINE

The European Union’s drug regulator on Monday said it has concluded in its review that Moderna’s COVID-19 booster vaccine may be given to people aged 18 years and above, at least six months after the second dose.

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SUSPECT IN KONGSBERG KILLINGS HAD CONVERTED TO ISLAM, POLICE SAY

The man suspected of killing five people in a bow-and-arrow attack in Norway had converted to Islam and police had been worried over signs of his radicalisation, regional police chief Ole Bredrup Saeverud told a news conference on Thursday.

UK REPORTS 223 COVID-19 DEATHS, MOST SINCE MARCH

Britain on Tuesday reported 223 deaths within 28 days of a positive test for COVID-19, the highest figure since March, according to official data.

BIDEN SAYS UNITED STATES WOULD COME TO TAIWAN’S DEFENSE

The United States would come to Taiwan’s defense and has a commitment to defend the island China claims as its own, U.S. President Joe Biden said, though the White House said later there was no change in policy towards the island.

ITALY’S TURIN TO HOST EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IN 2022

The Italian city of Turin will host the 2022 Eurovision song contest, one of the world’s largest televised events, marking its return to Italy after 31 years, the event’s organizers announced.

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DONALD TUSK ELECTED LEADER OF POLAND’S MAIN OPPOSITION PARTY CIVIC PLATFORM

Former Prime Minister Donald Tusk was elected leader of Poland’s main opposition force, Civic Platform, in party-wide elections this weekend, the party announced Sunday.

SWEDISH WATCHDOG SAYS TO INVESTIGATE CRYPTO TRADING FIRMS

Sweden’s Financial Supervisory Authority (FSA) said it would investigate how firms which trade cryptocurrencies implement regulations aimed at preventing money laundering and the financing of terrorism.