【德商银行：德国债务担忧日益与法国趋同】德国商业银行Joerg Kraemer的在一份报告中指出，德国的债务问题正日益与法国相似。他表示，德国已采取通过公共支出应对能源价格飙升等危机的做法。“与20世纪70年代的石油价格冲击时期不同，德国联邦政府曾两次推出燃油税减免措施，尽管这类政策同样让许多富裕群体受益，同时也削弱了节约能源的激励。” Kraemer表示，鉴于德国执政联盟仅以微弱优势执政，且在经济政策上存在分歧，两国在政治层面的相似之处也在日益增加。预计德国今年的预算赤字将升至占GDP的4%，与法国的5%相差无几。他补充道，德国应优先保障公共财政，并提高竞争力以促进经济增长。

On Oct 17 Shenzhen entry‑exit inspection station processed 1.135 mln border crossings, near a historical peak; inbound inspections hit a record 698,000 and Shenzhen Bay port recorded a record 140,000 inbound entries. On Oct 18 the station inspected a record 40,300 foreign nationals in a single day; crossings at the new Huanggang port reached 160,000, about 80% higher than on the port's opening day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Oct. 19 that Russian forces launched multiple waves of ballistic missile strikes without prior warning from partners. He said the attack involved 16 ballistic missiles aimed at Kyiv city and Kyiv region and more than 200 drones, with strikes stretching from Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions to western Volyn and Rivne and southern Odesa. Zelenskiy said the strikes caused casualties, damaged over 10 energy infrastructure sites, cut power to at least 550,000 households and hit medical clinics, schools, metro stations and residential buildings.