Italian police searched about 150 residences in Milan and other cities ahead of Saturday afternoon protests, targeting several suspects — including 51 minors — accused of planning disturbances. The demonstrations, organized by Movimento 17 October, are scheduled in Milan, Turin, Rome, Bologna, Naples and other towns and focus on high living costs, school funding shortfalls and solidarity with Palestine.

On Oct. 23 Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said after phone calls with U.S. presidential envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner that meetings with Russia and the United States are scheduled for the first half of November and that Kyiv is willing to meet on any day. Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on Oct. 23 the three-way talks on Russia–Ukraine security guarantees will begin in Abu Dhabi in the first half of November; the tripartite format is under discussion and European participation has not been ruled out.

The fifth Asian Para Games concluded in Nagoya on the 24th. China’s delegation won 207 gold, 117 silver and 111 bronze medals, topping both the gold and overall medal tables for a fifth consecutive Games and recording its best-ever result at an overseas edition.