Air defenses intercepted and destroyed 40 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions overnight, the Defense Ministry reported.

In the southern Russian Rostov Region, administrative buildings at an oil depot were damaged by falling drone debris. In the southern Russian Krasnodar Region, falling drone debris caused a fire at an industrial facility.

A sea turtle has made its nest on the West Coast for the first time on record, laying eggs on a Southern California beach.

The turtles are usually found in tropical waters, but a warming ocean by California has led to more unusual animal sightings.

Despite inviting American tech leaders to a dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the White House shows little interest in a comprehensive AI deal with China.

Secret Service personnel are in New York City securing the 81st United Nations General Assembly. Securing the world’s leaders in the busiest city in the world, takes preparation, focus, and great partners.

North Korea says it tests new combat weapon system, KCNA reports

ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say. AUSTIN, Texas — A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent shot and wounded a man from Venezuela who was working as a DoorDash driver Sunday in Texas’ capital, city officials confirmed, with protests erupting at the scene against U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Federal authorities have not said what led up to the shooting, which came as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement operations across the country and just two months after ICE agents fatally shot a Mexican man during a traffic stop in Houston.

“This is a pattern – it’s a disturbing pattern – and it’s got to stop,” said U.S. Rep. Greg Casar, a Democrat who represents part of Austin.

The man shot Sunday in Austin was identified as Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, 28, by Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration lawyer who said she is representing his family.

Officials said Garces Perez was shot in the torso just before 1 p.m. Sunday in North Austin. DoorDash told CNN Garces Perez was working as a dasher at the time of the shooting.

The shooting was captured on video by Heidi Clark, who was livestreaming to Facebook while driving down Research Boulevard. As she neared the intersection with Anderson Square, her monologue was interrupted by loud tire screeches.

“Woah!” Clark said as she turned her phone camera toward the scene and a person could be seen in the distance running out of an SUV toward a blue sedan. Her surprise quickly turned to shock as gunfire broke out.

“Oh my God!” said Clark. “Holy f**kin’ sh*t, dude.”

Garces Perez is later seen sitting on the ground in video obtained by ABC News, hands handcuffed behind him, his shirt cut open to reveal what appears to be a gaping gunshot wound in his back.
Dispute over legal status

Garces Perez is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela who had a final order for removal, the Department of Homeland Security said in a post on X. He was stable and “in federal custody pending removal,” DHS said.

Homeland Security Investigations, DHS’ investigative branch, will lead the investigation with assistance from the FBI, the post said without providing further details.

Lincoln-Goldfinch told CNN she could not confirm Garces Perez’s immigration status and Casar told CNN it is unclear if Garces Perez was the target of an ICE operation.

Casar said Sunday evening Garces Perez was out of the hospital and had been taken into ICE custody, writing on X: “If ICE deports him, the key witness to their shooting disappears. He must not be removed from this country, and he must receive proper medical care.”

Garces Perez’s wife said she wasn’t aware of an order of removal, believing he was going through immigration proceedings, Lincoln-Goldfinch said.

“What we do understand is that he previously held a valid work permit and that, based on the information available to us, he entered the United States lawfully,” Lincoln-Goldfinch said in a statement. “Our immediate concern is ensuring that his family receives accurate and timely information and that appropriate access and communication are provided while the matter is being addressed.”

Lincoln-Goldfinch said her office is working to obtain additional information.

Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis told reporters there may have been a foot chase with the ICE agent but cautioned the information was preliminary and said she had not yet been briefed by federal partners.

The Texas Department of Public Safety told CNN troopers were requested for assistance in a vehicle pursuit, but the officer-involved shooting took place before they made it to the scene.

Billionaires abound in California. Why not tax their wealth? unds for healthcare and is home to as many as 250 billionaires collectively worth upwards of $2 trillion.

But the Nov. 3 ballot initiative Proposition 40, which asks Californians whether to impose a one-time five per cent tax on the state’s billionaires, is far from certain to pass, political analysts say, amid a debate that has raised questions about income inequality and the state’s future business prospects.

Whether and how to tax the ultrawealthy are questions that extend well beyond the Hollywood Hills and Silicon Valley. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and democratic socialist, filmed a video in front of billionaire investor Ken Griffin’s penthouse as part of an ultimately successful campaign to tax high-end second homes in the city. Even a majority of Republicans see billionaires as creating unfairness and contributing to economic woes, one 2025 poll showed.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll in August found 64 per cent of independent registered voters in the six-day nationwide poll said they support increasing taxes on corporations and billionaires, compared to 15 per cent who oppose the idea.

“Billionaires are no longer very popular,” said University of California, Berkeley economics professor Emmanuel Saez, a researcher of wealth inequality who helped write Proposition 40. They have “enormous wealth, enormous power.”

Saez describes the proposal as very simply “a tax on billionaires to fund healthcare.”

California has more billionaires than any other state, according to a Forbes estimate last year, and is home to some of the country’s most valuable companies, including tech giants Google GOOGL.O, Apple AAPL.O, Meta META.O and Nvidia NVDA.O.

The US military relied on artificial intelligence (AI) when deciding to strike an elementary school for girls in the city of Minab in southern Iran, Bloomberg quoted sources involved in the investigation of the incident as saying.

According to their information, the US Central Command responsible for the strike relied too much on the AI built into Palantir's Maven Smart Systems (MSS) systems.

According to Bloomberg sources, just a few hours after the tragedy, Pentagon concluded that the United States was responsible for this strike. When studying the circumstances of the incident, the Ministry of War found that the strike was preceded by not one catastrophic decision, but a string of small decisions.

The US military did not take advantage of a whole series of opportunities to prevent the tragedy, the agency said.

Although the Pentagon almost completed its investigation a few months ago, the report has not yet been made public, Bloomberg says.

On February 28, Iran said that the United States and Israel had attacked an elementary school for girls in Minaba, killing 175 people, including 168 female students, and injuring 95 others. US President Donald Trump later blamed the attack on the Iranian army. Subsequently, it turned out that the rocket fragments found at the impact site were marked as US ammunition.

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NATO picks German General Carsten Breuer to chair the alliance’s military committee in a nod to Berlin’s booming defense industry and rearmament drive