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Italy and Spain agreed Oct. 22 not to extend the border checks imposed after more than 70,000 people crossed into Ceuta, ending a nearly three-month standoff.

The White House says Melania Trump brokered a limited ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky; Russia and the White House give different start dates.

The State Department is reducing staff in Jordan, Lebanon, Qatar and the UAE after a U.S. intelligence memo said Iran has stepped up plotting against Americans.

Israel cordoned off Hebron and Halhul and launched a large operation after two gunmen killed two soldiers at a checkpoint, four days before its election.

Canada and the EU are set to launch a new partnership in Montreal on Oct. 29 and 30, with draft deals on critical minerals, digital trade and 50 water bombers.

The European Union wants a place at the table in Ukraine peace talks, but the Kremlin says the next round in Abu Dhabi will include only Russia, the United States and Ukraine.

Switzerland confirmed Oct. 23 that Nigeria’s first Ebola patient in over a decade is a Swiss diplomat’s wife, as the source of her infection remains unknown.

Cuba’s foreign minister says Washington is pressuring countries before the annual UN vote on the U.S. embargo. Canada, a big investor and tourism market, voted yes last year.

The Kremlin said Oct. 23 the first tanker of Russian diesel under a Trump-Putin deal has sailed for the U.S., a 40,000-tonne cargo due in New York on Nov. 7.

The UN’s provisional list shows 77 countries sending leaders to speak at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye, on Nov. 11 and 12. Prime Minister Mark Carney is not on it.