French prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into an Oct. 8 arson at a Bordeaux police station.

Lufthansa Group said its carriers will suspend flights to Riyadh through Oct. 16, inclusive.

Ukrainian president ZELENSKIY said on the 8th that Ukraine’s negotiating team will meet in the United States on the 9th with US special envoy Witkoff and Trump son‑in‑law Jared Kushner for a new round of talks on the Ukraine crisis. Ukraine’s delegation will include presidential office head Budanov, first deputy head Kyslytsia, Servant of the People faction leader Arakhamia and foreign intelligence chief Umerov. Talks are expected to run two days; Ukraine hopes a European negotiating team will join.