Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited London on Oct.

14 to meet British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.

Britain announced a £45 million air-defense package and will speed up delivery of £10 million worth of lightweight missiles.

The missiles have been used against Russian jet-powered drones, which are faster and harder to intercept than older models.

Katie Zacharia made her first White House briefing on Tuesday, October 13, after replacing Karoline Leavitt as press secretary.

She praised President Donald Trump and read a list of what she described as his administration’s achievements.

She took questions from only three reporters before ending the 15-minute briefing, leaving others shouting questions unanswered.

A slip in which she said “my president” instead of “my husband” prompted laughter as she spoke about her family.

A trial opened in Hamburg on Wednesday for former Ukrainian officer Serhii Kuznietsov, accused of helping organize the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts.

The explosions damaged pipelines under the Baltic Sea that were built to carry Russian gas to Europe.

Prosecutors say Kuznietsov led a group that planted explosives, and charge him with causing explosions, damaging infrastructure and committing a war crime; Kuznietsov denies involvement.

His lawyers asked the court to dismiss the charges, arguing he cannot properly defend himself because Ukrainian military rules require him to keep state secrets.

Glencore shares began trading in Australia in the company’s first listing on the country’s stock market.

The shares opened above their previous London closing price and later traded higher, according to the reports.

The move gives the mining company access to a fresh pool of investors.

Glencore chief executive Gary Nagle said mining is appreciated and understood in Australia.

Microsoft released its October security update on Tuesday, fixing more than 1,400 vulnerabilities across Windows and other products.

Counts differ across the available information, which gives totals of 1,411 and 1,413 fixes.

One patched Windows flaw is already being exploited by attackers.

It can let a malicious file bypass warnings that normally help protect people when they open files from the internet, but the attack requires a user to interact with the file.

Dana White’s Contender Series held its season finale in Las Vegas on Tuesday.

The show gives fighters a chance to earn contracts with the Ultimate Fighting Championship, or UFC.

Gregory Foster, Douglas Lapa, Luis Francischinelli and Smilla Sundell earned contracts after their fights.

Foster won by unanimous decision, while Lapa and Francischinelli won by technical knockout; Sundell won her bout by unanimous decision.

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” remains No.

1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a second week.

The chart is for the week dated Oct.

17, 2026.

The WHO says the Tumaini Ebola vaccine trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo should start before October ends.

The country is facing its 17th Ebola outbreak, which has caused more than 9,000 cases and 4,000 deaths.

The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, for which no vaccine or treatment is approved.

The trial will first test Ervebo, a vaccine approved for a different Ebola strain, the Zaire strain.