Pope Leo to hold Wednesday audience for first time since cancer surgery

🔮 Pope Leo will hold a general audience with pilgrims at the Vatican on Wednesday for the first time since undergoing surgery for lung cancer, the Vatican said.

🔮 "There are people who will truly be in enormous danger if they are returned to Morocco," said Wendell Soares, coordinator of the Catholic migrant reception centre San Antonio which has taken in Fatna's family and dozens more vulnerable people, far beyond its usual capacity of seven.

🔮 Arab voter turnout could make or break Netanyahu in Israeli election NAZARETH, Israel, Oct 19 -

🔮 The new ministers, who have not yet been publicly named, will be put forward for parliamentary approval, the Kremlin said, without giving further details.

🔮 On Saturday, European diplomats and a French mayor were attacked by masked settlers in another part of the West Bank.

🔮 Alberta decides on Oct 19 if it wants to pursue a binding referendum on leaving Canada, with Prime Minister Mark Carney warning a separatist win would bring dangerous uncertainty during a trade war with the United States.

🔮 Lula called Bolsonaro “a habitual liar, a thug,” and said he did not want to stand close to a “militiaman,” alluding to his alleged ties to Rio de Janeiro’s paramilitary groups. Bolsonaro, who made several jabs about Lula’s time jailed for corruption on charges that were later annulled, retorted that it was better he stay at a distance “because my wallet could be stolen”. Lula, who at almost 81 is seeking a fourth term in power, battled to control his irritation at times and repeatedly asked viewers to “look it up on Google” to prove his adversary was lying. While Bolsonaro has led in polls since the first round, his edge slightly narrowed in two polls this week which showed him with 51% of voting intentions compared to 49% for Lula.

🔮 Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit in November with US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the four-year-old Ukraine conflict that would favour Moscow, the Wall Street Journal reported on Oct 18, citing sources familiar with the discussions.

🔮 Russian strike kills woman, hits Kyiv subway station, mayor says Oct 19 - A Russian air strike killed a woman in Ukraine's Kyiv overnight while also hitting a subway station on the left bank of the capital city and damaging a 25-storey residential building, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram on Monday.

🔮 Reuters could not immediately verify the report.