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A landslide hits a road north of Colombia’s second-largest city, Medellin, killing six people.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Belgium’s regions back the deadlocked EU-Canada trade deal after agreeing on additional clauses.
BBC News – Europe

The UK economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.5% in the three months following the Brexit vote.
BBC News – UK

Republican Donald Trump is criticised by the family of a dead Muslim soldier after saying as president he would have kept him alive.
BBC News – US & Canada

A Rwandan Hutu rebel commander wanted for atrocities committed on Congolese soil has been arrested in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the Congolese army says.
BBC News – Africa

Mike Zunino’s home run in the seventh broke a tie and Seattle tacked on another run in the eighth in a victory over the A’s on Thursday. Chad Pinder hit his first big league home run and the A’s got one more run […]

Oklahoma City, Wednesday, Oct.
Oklahoma City Thunder

The A’s, though still engaging in regular-season play, have already announced their Spring Training schedule for the 2017 season.
OAK Homepage News

Vodafone is fined £4.6m by regulator Ofcom for breaking consumer protection rules.
BBC News – Business

The UN receives reports of atrocities being committed by IS militants as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul.
BBC News – Middle East

Guards watch him 24/7 and it’s driving the jailed drug lord insane, his partner says.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Overnight fires raze sections of the “Jungle” migrant camp in Calais, amid a clearance operation.
BBC News – Europe

Training mums and dads as “super parents” can dramatically improve a child’s autism, a study shows.
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump says presidential rival Hillary Clinton’s Syria plan would lead to “World War Three”.
BBC News – US & Canada

The Gambia is the latest country to say it will leave the International Criminal Court, accusing it of humiliating Africans.
BBC News – Africa

Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Oct.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Franklin Barreto and Max Schrock highlight a talented crop of Oakland Athletics prospects participating in this year’s Arizona Fall League, a group that includes seven players overall and five Top 30 […]

In the final days of the preseason, NBA dreams can be made.
Oklahoma City Thunder

Tata Sons board replaces Cyrus Mistry as chairman and sets up a selection committee to find a permanent replacement.
BBC News – Business

Kurdish forces taking part in the offensive to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul from Islamic State militants are besieging a key town to the north-east.
BBC News – Middle East