2026-10-2 0ff4648683735c5db3e63017f195f5716558b791 8 2026 Swiss Federal Council election 1 /wiki/2026%20swiss%20federal%20council%20election Federal Council 37 /wiki/federal%20council%20(switzerland) Guy Parmelin 14 /wiki/guy%20parmelin Parliament 71 /wiki/federal%20assembly%20(switzerland) Swiss president 2 /wiki/president%20of%20the%20swiss%20confederation 2026 Swiss Federal Council election Federal Council Guy Parmelin Parliament Swiss president 2026 Swiss Federal Council election /feed/2026/10/2/swiss-president-guy-parmelin-announces-his-resignation-from-the-federal-council-effective-december-31-parliament-is-exp AFP 2 ec3e634fbb9cb7b6d30e45580ccd4819e76f05fb 10 https://www.afp.com/en/swiss-president-quit-government 2026 Swissinfo 2 319ca9c97a87781d3eb93e9c21fa9f41f7f3a856 10 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/various/federal-councillor-guy-parmelin-is-to-step-down-at-the-end-of-2026-after-eleven-years-in-office/92155514 2026 Swiss president Guy Parmelin announces his resignation from the Federal Council effective December 31. Parliament is expected to elect his successor on 9 December. 2026-10-2 bd8554b7bbb1b6f4533e72be8be940b155b03762 7 2026 Spanish housing protests 1 /wiki/2026%20spanish%20housing%20protests Spain 2 /wiki/spain government housing 37 /wiki/public%20housing parliament 14 /wiki/cortes%20generales tax incentives 71 /wiki/taxation%20in%20spain 2026 Spanish housing protests Spain government housing parliament tax incentives 2026 Spanish housing protests /feed/2026/10/2/spain-s-parliament-rejects-two-government-housing-decrees-that-would-have-expanded-protections-against-evictions-limite AP 2 184b40005a8362ee631cbfbf764dec929c6ce404 10 https://apnews.com/article/spain-housing-vote-pedro-sanchez-ae3ba6c786ab95b6acc30bdb02c47d0d 2026 Spain's parliament rejects two government housing decrees that would have expanded protections against evictions, limited some real-estate practices, encouraged rentals through tax incentives, and allowed tenants to renew residential leases automatically. 2026-10-2 43bf694c751d93790c9bb8110847b429cc8e8ec8 6 2026 French lycée protests 1 /wiki/2026%20french%20lycee%20protests French government ministers 2 /wiki/government%20of%20france Intelligence agencies 116 /wiki/list%20of%20intelligence%20agencies%20of%20france La France Insoumise 172 /wiki/la%20france%20insoumise education minister 14 /wiki/list%20of%20education%20ministers%20of%20france far-left 71 /wiki/far-left%20politics%20in%20france Édouard Geffray 37 /wiki/edouard%20geffray 2026 French lycée protests French government ministers Intelligence agencies La France Insoumise education minister far-left Édouard Geffray 2026 French lycée protests /feed/2026/10/2/french-government-ministers-including-right-wing-education-minister-edouard-geffray-accuse-the-far-left-of-inciting-th AFP via NDTV 2 f8f39e6b25463789581c380f326f414b05e53f5f 10 https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/france-blames-radical-left-for-violence-amid-intensifying-school-protests-12127772 2026 Ynet News 2 02ffed447ea50f7e78a3cc4459b037b6209bd933 10 https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjrfd995fl 2026 French government ministers, including right-wing education minister Édouard Geffray, accuse the far-left of inciting the youth-led unrest across the country. Intelligence agencies briefing the government during a crisis meeting on the riots accuse the left-wing La France Insoumise of actively inciting people to join the protests. 2026-10-2 4d9b3191a3c8aa57d2a2cac62d4ee093ea18cc9f 5 2026 French lycée protests 1 /wiki/2026%20french%20lycee%20protests France 14 /wiki/france riot 2 /wiki/riot schools 37 /wiki/education%20in%20france 2026 French lycée protests France riot schools 2026 French lycée protests /feed/2026/10/2/mass-rioting-continues-for-a-third-day-across-france-with-hundreds-reportedly-injured-and-over-500-schools-shut-while-m BBC News 2 2047deddc5e09a18fa896f548ddaf24381f62080 10 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cmx2z20vz124t 2026 Mass rioting continues for a third day across France with hundreds reportedly injured and over 500 schools shut, while more than 2,000 people are arrested. 2026-10-2 c2e457cf725d65c46b8cafa51412c6e47b4f6610 4 Big Island 70 /wiki/hawai`i%20(island) Hawaii 36 /wiki/hawaii Hōlei Sea Arch 13 /wiki/holei%20sea%20arch Pacific Ocean 115 /wiki/pacific%20ocean U.S. National Park Service 1 /wiki/national%20park%20service Big Island Hawaii Hōlei Sea Arch Pacific Ocean U.S. National Park Service U.S. National Park Service /feed/2026/10/2/the-us-national-park-service-confirms-that-the-holei-sea-arch-located-on-hawaii-s-big-island-has-fell-into-the-pacif The Guardian 2 16bf4f456ee1fb0aeea3a6f64b4fe19907d864d7 10 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/02/hawaii-holei-sea-arch-collapses 2026 The U.S. National Park Service confirms that the Hōlei Sea Arch, located on Hawaii's Big Island, has fell into the Pacific Ocean. 2026-10-2 391fd288edf7b5a47ae84661b0d082f251476af9 3 2026 Iran war fuel crisis 1 /wiki/2026%20iran%20war%20fuel%20crisis G7 2 /wiki/g7 Iran war 71 /wiki/2026%20iran%20war crude oil 37 /wiki/petroleum diesel 14 /wiki/diesel%20fuel 2026 Iran war fuel crisis G7 Iran war crude oil diesel 2026 Iran war fuel crisis /feed/2026/10/2/the-g7-countries-announce-a-plan-to-release-100-million-barrels-of-diesel-and-crude-oil-to-combat-rising-fuel-prices-cau The New York Times 2 384d0df8fbbb30f333705094293ead1274ee4ea3 10 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/business/diesel-reserves-g7.html 2026 The G7 countries announce a plan to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil to combat rising fuel prices caused by the Iran war. 2026-10-2 a6648aa55fc4eec60bfb6d71eec08f821b997bbb 2 Abala 71 /wiki/abala,%20ethiopia Afar Region 37 /wiki/afar%20region Erebti 116 /wiki/erebti%20(woreda) Ethiopian civil conflict 1 /wiki/ethiopian%20civil%20conflict Ethiopian government forces 2 /wiki/ethiopian%20national%20defense%20force Megale 172 /wiki/megale%20(woreda) Tigray People's Liberation Front 14 /wiki/tigray%20people's%20liberation%20front Abala Afar Region Erebti Ethiopian civil conflict Ethiopian government forces Megale Tigray People's Liberation Front Ethiopian civil conflict /feed/2026/10/2/ethiopian-government-forces-push-tigray-people-s-liberation-front-tplf-rebels-out-of-afar-region-after-recapturing-the AFP via France 24 2 e8e40ca1cfe1c322334871775007f1bf5888071c 10 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20261002-ethiopia-tigray-rebels-pushed-back-as-regional-tensions-spike 2026 Ethiopian government forces push Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) rebels out of Afar Region after recapturing the towns of Abala, Erebti and Megale.