Grass fire at Canadian military base kills four soldiers, 39 hospitalised

Albertans voted on Monday on one question: should the province remain in Canada, or hold a second binding independence referendum? Polling suggested most favoured staying, though the campaign exposed deep divisions, not least within the separatist movement itself, and Premier Danielle Smith hedged her position. Prime Minister Mark Carney had joined a Calgary rally for a united Canada and said the US was trying to break the country up.

Russia fired ballistic and cruise missiles and 269 drones overnight. In Kyiv a 21-year-old woman was killed, at least eight were hurt, a metro station was damaged and Datagroup's data centre was destroyed. Later a strike on a park in Nova Vodolaha, near Kharkiv, killed six, including two children. 550,000 households lost power, and Ukrenergo announced hourly outages for Tuesday. Ukraine got no warning of the ballistic strike; Rubio blamed a software fault, and by Monday night the US had not approved interceptor transfers.

Trump said Zelensky 'doesn't want to end this war', that Russia had been 'fine' on Ukraine, and that someone else should negotiate for Kyiv. Zelensky accused him of pushing Kyiv toward surrender. The WSJ reported that Putin proposed a Trump-Xi-Putin summit at the November 18-19 APEC meeting in China; Trump said he would attend, for nuclear talks; the State Department called it possible; Peskov said nothing concrete had been proposed. Witkoff and Kushner planned to visit Norway this week, with Zelensky expected.

A Houthi ballistic missile strike on the al-Alam training camp in Shabwa killed at least 58 and injured more than 200, mostly young recruits, the deadliest single attack since the war reignited in September; the government called it a disaster. Yemen's government declared a drive to retake Houthi-held territory. Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia continued: Egypt postponed to October 26 its vote on backing Riyadh militarily, and Riyadh postponed the Future Investment Initiative until next year.

Saturday's cost-of-living protests ended in looting: about 2,400 arrests, one demonstrator dead in Paris, damage above €100m. Macron blamed far-left elements and criminals but declared no state of emergency. He refused Interior Minister Laurent Nunez's resignation; Nunez admitted police 'lost control'. PM Sébastien Lecornu ordered 'very limited' curfews, in force Monday night in central Paris and other cities. Trump blamed immigration; Macron cited the Iran war. Macron began a Gulf tour in Kuwait seeking extra fuel deliveries.

The UN maritime chief said about 6,000 seafarers were trapped near Hormuz and 24 ships had been attacked. Trump said the US would not attack Iran before the November 3 midterms but would keep its port blockade, while claiming to direct 'extremely harsh blows' at Iran. Iran's Mokhber warned of strikes on nine US allies if attacks resumed; Araghchi said Hormuz could reopen within days if the US lifted sanctions and the blockade. Lavrov met Pezeshkian in Tehran; Pakistan's army chief was due Tuesday.