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At least three children and one adult were killed after a 16-year-old opened fire at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon. Police said the suspect shot into a vehicle outside the school before entering the building, and an armed member of the public pursued him inside and shot him dead. The victims included children aged five, eight and 11 and a teacher, while a seven-year-old child and a 54-year-old teacher were taken to hospital with critical injuries. Schools across Bend closed and a vigil was held; police said the shooter's name, motive and connection to the school were still under investigation, and a correspondent noted this was another school shooting against a backdrop of 235 school shootings last year and 149 so far this year.

Russia accused Ukraine of attacking an oil refinery after President Zelensky said such strikes would resume following a pause requested by Donald Trump; Zelensky also accused the US of withdrawing intelligence sharing on Russian attacks and said Trump openly admired dictators such as Vladimir Putin. Russian strikes continued on Ukrainian cities including Kyiv and Odesa, and a report said an energy ceasefire was over, with cargo ships in the Black Sea struck by drones, five crew airlifted to hospital and seven missing. Romania's president told a NATO meeting that this was part of a wider Russian strategy to destabilise societies and reduce support for Ukraine, while a defence secretary in Washington said supporting Ukraine remained a moral cause. In Yemen, the internationally recognised government said five people were killed and 16 wounded after a Houthi attack on the presidential palace in Aden; five ballistic missiles were fired at the al-Mashik palace, which the Houthis said was used as an operation centre for the Saudi-led coalition, and the prime minister was reported safe. Analysis from BBC Arabic said the attack was on a symbol of the government, with no casualties among the government, amid intensified clashes and Houthi control of the Bab al-Mandib Strait.

In the US, televised debates took place in key Senate races in Maine, between Republican Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson, and Alaska, between Republican Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola, ahead of mid-term elections on 3 November. A pollster said polls were encouraging for Democrats, who led the generic congressional vote by eight points and led in 10 of the 11 most competitive Senate races, while acknowledging that polls had undercounted Trump's support when he was on the ballot. Other stories included China's Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi telling Israel's president in Azerbaijan that Israel should stop and reverse settlements in the occupied West Bank and calling for full access to Gaza; violent student-led protests in Albania demanding the prime minister's resignation; a rally in Buenos Aires against education budget cuts, with arrests and tear gas; a minibus accident at the Eurotunnel near Calais that injured 19 people; a Yorkshire Wildlife Park reopening and an inquest into William Chapman's death by tiger attack, which heard he had schizophrenia and psychosis and that an independent investigation was underway; and archaeologists' belief that a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal shoulder blade injury is the earliest evidence of wooden spears used as weapons.