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An internationally weighted bulletin led by a four-hour humanitarian corridor for evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky, which took 10 minutes and 31 seconds. The suspected $6.3bn Binance hack was close behind at 10 minutes and 29 seconds, while Spain's train crash, with at least 69 dead, got 6 minutes and 57 seconds.

Running order

1:37 Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire · 10m 31s
A local ceasefire negotiated by Melania Trump and Pope Leo allowed up to 750 people to leave Oleshky, though about 2,000 remained and fighting was expected to resume on Monday.
12:08 Spain high-speed train collision near Toledo · 6m 57s
Spain's transport minister Oscar Puente defended the signalling system and refused to resign as at least 69 were confirmed dead and at least 70 still missing after Wednesday's crash.
19:11 Binance freezes $3bn of assets after $6.3bn suspected North Korea hack · 10m 29s
Binance froze all withdrawals, saying customer funds were safe, after $6.3bn was stolen in an attack analysts attributed with high confidence to North Korea's Trader Traitor.

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13:59

Oscar Puente, transport minister
16:07

Pedro Sánchez, Spain's prime minister
24:00

Emily Taylor, CEO of cybersecurity consultancy Oxford Information Labs

1:37
Story begins Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire
1:48

Claim Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire

Buses evacuated people from Oleshky to both Russia, including a convoy that reached Anapa, and Ukraine.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 30 October 2026, 1:48-1:57
5:44

Contested quote Civilians evacuated from Oleshky under local ceasefire

and they had Russian forces advancing towards them. They were effectively backed in with no escape. The bridges across the river were blown up, which is why it's not possible for people now to evacuate straight across the river. There's just no way across and the riverbank is said to be very heavily mined and very dangerous.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 30 October 2026, 5:44-5:51
12:08
Story begins Spain high-speed train collision near Toledo
19:11
Story begins Binance freezes $3bn of assets after $6.3bn suspected North Korea hack
20:55

Claim Binance freezes $3bn of assets after $6.3bn suspected North Korea hack

Binance suffered a roughly £5bn hack, suspended deposits and withdrawals, said losses would be covered, and North Korea's Trader Traitor unit was believed responsible.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 30 October 2026, 20:55-21:11
23:10

Claim Binance freezes $3bn of assets after $6.3bn suspected North Korea hack

Binance has about 300 million users and around 35% of the crypto market.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 30 October 2026, 23:10-23:18
23:49

Claim Binance freezes $3bn of assets after $6.3bn suspected North Korea hack

Binance said the failings pointed to a compromised engineer's laptop.

BBC News, BBC News Now, 30 October 2026, 23:49-23:54

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