Hu Yousong / Xinhua / Scanpix / LETA The administration of US President Donald Trump has developed several options for military action in Venezuela, The New York Times reported , citing sources. The first option involves the US carrying out airstrikes on military targets to weaken support for Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. If Maduro realizes he is no longer protected, officials say he will try to flee, making him more vulnerable to capture.

The Bitcoin cryptocurrency rate dropped below $100,000 during trading on November 4, according to data from the largest crypto exchange Binance. At 23:18 Moscow time, the Bitcoin rate dropped to $99,600, which was the lowest value since June 23, 2025. Subsequently, the cryptocurrency rate exceeded the $100 thousand mark several times. At the time of publication of the note, Bitcoin was worth more than $100,900 per coin.

Apple is developing a budget laptop, Bloomberg reported on November 4, citing sources. The device will be designed for users who browse the web, work with documents, do simple multimedia editing and other tasks that do not require large resources. The agency's interlocutors said that the device, codenamed J700, is now being actively tested at Apple; it is at an early stage of production from foreign suppliers. The company plans to release the MacBook in the first half of 2026.

Their participants are asked to dress the same on the day the video is recorded and on the day it is published. But not everyone succeeds Vyacheslav Prokofiev / TASS / ZUMA Press / Scanpix / LETA The Kremlin and Russian state news agencies regularly publish pre-recorded videos of Vladimir Putin's meetings with officials, presenting them as current. Journalists call such publications “canned food.” They are released on days when the Russian President does not actually appear in public.

Soviet and Russian TV presenter Yuri Nikolaev died at the age of 76, ballet dancer Nikolai Tsiskaridze reported on his Telegram channel. The death of the presenter was confirmed by TASS in the Nikolaev family. “Yuri Nikolaev has gone to heaven. Just recently, on the air of “Tonight,” we celebrated together the professional anniversary of the Man who lit up so many stars. And now the news has just come that he has passed away. How sad! Let's remember together. Blessed memory,” wrote Tsiskaridze.

Here is a list that is constantly updated Who was detained for supporting the Stoptime musicians? Evgeny Mikhailov, Ekaterinburg He was detained on October 21. He received 14 days of arrest on charges of petty hooliganism and “discrediting” the army. Released from arrest on November 4. Ekaterina Ostasheva, Perm She was detained on November 1. She received seven days of arrest for refusing a medical examination.

In her family lived a Ukrainian teenager who was taken from Mariupol Ruzsky Municipal District of the Moscow Region In Moscow, Irina Rudnitskaya, the chairman and clinical psychologist of a public organization for the protection of “family values” called “Commonwealth of Families, Families with Children and Socially Vulnerable Populations,” was arrested on charges of child trafficking.

The US authorities have removed from the sanctions list the Belarusian state airline Belavia and the plane used by the family of Alexander Lukashenko, the US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced. We are talking about the sanctions that Washington imposed against Minsk in December 2021. In addition to Belavia, restrictions were lifted from the Bombardier Challenger 850 aircraft with registration number EW-301PJ.

The billionaire, head of the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group Gopichand Hinduja, died in a London hospital after a long illness, The Financial Times reports, citing sources. The Guardian and NDTV also write about the death of a businessman. Gopi Hinduja was 85 years old. Sanjay Borade/Mint/Getty Images Gopi Hinduja joined the family business in 1959, which was founded in India and Iran at the beginning of the 20th century.

Wow, is this safe? What if his loved ones also suddenly need a transplant? Araya Doheny/Getty Images On October 30, 2025, American actor Jesse Eisenberg, along with his colleagues in the film “Now You See Me 3,” appeared on the morning show on NBC. At one point, Eisenberg mentioned that he was going to donate his kidney to a stranger in six weeks. This practice is called altruistic donation, and in the USA ( unlike Russia ) it is allowed.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed laws that provide for changes in the procedure for calling up the country's citizens for military service. The documents are published on the official legal information portal. The first law that Putin signed provides for the conscription of citizens for military service throughout the entire calendar year - from January 1 to December 31. The norm will come into force on January 1, 2026.

One thousand three hundred and fiftieth day. Poland will build its own “drone wall” - separately from the EU Wojtek Radwanski / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Drone operator training in Poland. October 8, 2025 Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters in our daily materials because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us the thoughts you have about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Updated . Shortly after this news was published, the macOS version of Telegram became available again in the App Store . The version of Telegram for the macOS operating system has disappeared from the Apple application store. The application cannot be updated or found by searching in the App Store. The link to the application from the Telegram website also became inoperative.

King Charles III knighted 50-year-old footballer David Beckham at a ceremony at Windsor Castle in Berkshire, the BBC reports. The former England football captain has been awarded a knighthood for his services to football and British society. Jonathan Brady / PA / AP / Scanpix / LETA Beckham said he was very proud of being knighted: People know how patriotic I am—I love my country. I have always said how important the monarchy is to my family.

Former US Vice President Dick Cheney has died at the age of 84, CNN reports. Win McNamee/Getty Images Cheney served in the administrations of four US presidents. From 1989 to 1993, he served as US Secretary of Defense. From 2001 to 2009, he served two terms as Vice President of the United States in the administration of George W. Bush.