US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee:

What destroyed the negotiations for the hostages was the European nations going and having this push for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state.

I can tell you that was very detrimental, and it destroyed negotiations.

Q: Did you ever tell Trump or Bondi that Trump's name is in the Epstein files?

FBI Director Kash Patel: (Does not directly answer the question)

Q: How many times did Trump’s name appear in the Epstein files? More than 100, more than 1000?

FBI Director Kash Patel: I don't know the number.

NEW: After Charlie Kirk’s assassination, a US House panel asked the CEOs of Discord, Steam, Twitch, and Reddit to testify on Oct. 8 about online radicalization and political violence.

Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official, appeared on Al Jazeera after being at the site of the Israeli attack in Qatar.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer.

Source: AFP

NEW: Israel’s Iron Beam high-powered laser air defense system has been declared operational after final tests and will be delivered to the IDF by year-end.

Sudan: UAE-backed RSF claims victory over army in Rahid al-Nuba, west of Omdurman.

Billie Eilish, Cillian Murphy, Joaquin Phoenix, and others release video for Together For Palestine, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

Turkish Intelligence Chief met with Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus.

BREAKING: Fed reduces interest rates by 25bps.

NEW: Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called Gaza a real estate “bonanza,” saying Israel is discussing with the US how to divide the territory after the war.

JD Vance:

Trump is participating in a state visit to the UK. Our closest and most important ally in the world.

NEW: Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact.

The agreement commits both nations to enhanced defense cooperation and states that any attack on one will be considered an attack on both.

An air traffic controller repeatedly warned Spirit Airlines Flight 1300 to turn away from Air Force One’s path over New York, at one point saying:

“Pay attention, Spirit 1300… Get off the iPad.”

NEW: Taiwan unveiled its first missile co-produced with a US firm, the Barracuda-500, aimed at strengthening defenses against China.

The locally mass-produced, low-cost cruise missile comes as Taiwan boosts defense spending and deepens US security ties.

Source: Reuters

Netanyahu and the Fijian Prime Minister inaugurated Fiji’s new embassy in Jerusalem, with both leaders wearing traditional Fijian garlands.

Palestinian flags and JD Vance balloons in London as Trump visits the UK.

Israel’s Culture Minister says he will cut funding for the country’s film academy and its Ophir Awards, known as the “Israeli Oscars,” after The Sea, a film about a Palestinian boy’s dream of reaching the ocean, won Best Picture and four other awards.

He called the awards a “spit in the face of Israeli citizens,” accusing the film of portraying Israel and its soldiers negatively.

Source: CNN

Trump's special envoy Richard Grenell:

I believe that we can still have a deal with Venezuela and Maduro.