The Swedish government has announced it will lower the minimum age for offenders who can be taken into custody and has mandated the creation of detention centers for 13-14 year olds. According to the Sweden Herald, work is already underway to create centers for 15-17 year old offenders. The new institutions will operate in the country from July 1, 2026. At the first stage, detention centers for minors will be ready to accept 100–150 people.

The Government Commission on Legislative Activities approved a bill proposed by the Ministry of Defense that would tighten measures against military personnel who leave their place of duty without permission. As Vedomosti writes , citing two government sources, the document proposes to reduce the time of absence from a unit sufficient to initiate a criminal case from the current ten days to two.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday ordered "heavy strikes on the Gaza Strip" in response to an attack by Hamas militants on Israeli forces in the city of Rafah, Axios writes . The publication notes that the ceasefire agreement, which became the largest diplomatic achievement of US President Donald Trump this term, is now in jeopardy. Hamas militants fired ATGMs and sniper rifles at Israeli forces in Rafah on Tuesday.

An agent of the US Department of Homeland Security tried to recruit the chief pilot of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, the Associated Press writes , citing several US officials. General Bitner Villegas was asked to change the course of Maduro's plane and take him to a place where the Americans could arrest him. Agent Edwin Lopez outlined this plan to the pilot during a secret meeting, promising a generous reward.

The day before, several specialized Z-channels reported ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) about the loss of the Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter along with its crew. As it turned out later, the helicopter was lost while repelling a Ukrainian drone raid on Russian territory, probably due to “friendly fire”: “The Ka-52 (52M) was shot down, unfortunately, not without loss of personnel. Looks like it was shot down by its own people - the fighter worked.

The State Duma adopted in the first reading a bill proposing to make secondary vocational education free for participants of the war in Ukraine.

A list of more than 100 servicemen in the Russian army accused of carrying out extrajudicial executions against their own comrades has been published by the independent outlet Verstka . The outlet’s database includes 101 names. The list features commanders of Russian Armed Forces units as well as the direct perpetrators of the killings. At least five of those named have been awarded the title Hero of the Russian Federation.

In many Russian regions, local governments pay out bonuses to recruiters who help persuade prospective soldiers to volunteer for service in Ukraine. According to calculations by the independent investigative outlet Important Stories , of the 11 regions that publicly disclosed information about such outlays, at least 2 billion rubles ($25 million) in taxpayer money has been devoted to such programs. To find money to reward recruiters, most had to draw funds from their reserve budgets.

OpenAI has completed its recapitalization, simplifying its corporate structure.

Amazon Corporation on Tuesday, October 28, announced plans to lay off about 14 thousand employees. This is stated on the company's website. This is one of Amazon's most massive staff reduction campaigns. A new series of mass layoffs in the company this time was associated with the desire to reduce bureaucracy and make the company more flexible in the era of AI. “Some may ask why we are cutting roles when the company is already thriving.

On October 26, Argentina held midterm elections to the National Congress (parliament), which distributed half (127 of 257) of the seats in the Chamber of Deputies and a third (24 of 72) of the seats in the Senate. The first place in them, receiving 40.6%, was taken by the party of the current president of the country, Javier Miley, La Libertad Avanza (“Freedom Is Coming”). The second-place left-wing Peronist Fuerza Patria coalition scored 31.7%, followed by Provincials Unidas with 7%.

A Reuters investigation, based on an analysis of hundreds of scientific papers, patents and procurement documents, showed how Beijing is systematically using AI to bolster its military advantage in the arms race with the United States. China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) is deploying technologies for autonomous target recognition and real-time battlefield decision making.

The Rostov-on-Don garrison military court sentenced the former head of the material support department of the Russian Guard, Major General Mirza Mirzaev, to 9 years of imprisonment in a maximum security colony. He was found guilty of receiving a bribe on an especially large scale. The Main Military Prosecutor's Office reported this.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Bishkek recognized as extremist the materials of independent investigative media: Kloop, Temirov Live and Ait Ait Dese - and the activities of their founders Rinat Tukhvatshin and Bolot Temirov. This is the first time in Kyrgyzstan when the media are recognized as extremist.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the drug Tylenol (the active ingredient is paracetamol), Kenvue, and its former parent company Johnson & Johnson, The Washington Post reports . He accused them of fraudulently selling the painkiller even though they allegedly “knew it could cause autism.” The lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Texas state court. This is the first state to bring such a charge.