World News Update: SpaceX launches SDA T1TL-A from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; Russian strikes kill at least 15 in Zaporizhzhia
Also in this update: Isaias leaves 726,000+ without power in Florida and Alabama; Trump skips Alabama game and blasts Nobel pick. Flood threat moves inland across the Southeast; Supreme Court returns Tuesday.
Liftoff at 2:39 a.m. CT Saturday, Oct. 10 (12:39 a.m. PT) from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), Vandenberg Space Force Base, California; booster B1103 landed successfully on Landing Zone 4 (LZ-4) at about 2:47 a.m. CT, SpaceX said. Falcon 9 carried 21 Space Development Agency data transport satellites, built by Northrop Grumman, to low-Earth orbit for the U.S. Space Force. Overseas, Russian glide bombs hit apartment buildings in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia a day after President Trump announced a Russian diesel deal; Ethiopia told the U.N. it is acting in self-defense against Eritrea; and Taiwan's President Lai urged Indo-Pacific democracies to "join forces" on National Day.
Isaias made landfall near Destin, Florida, Friday night as a Category 2 hurricane with 105 mph winds, then weakened sharply as it moved north through Alabama, according to the National Hurricane Center and the Associated Press. More than 726,000 customers in Florida and Alabama were without power early Saturday, roads in Destin were flooded and Pensacola police warned residents to stay off debris-covered streets. Forecasters expect 4 to 8 inches of rain or more through the weekend from southern Alabama, the Florida Panhandle and Big Bend into southwest Georgia, with a tornado risk into Georgia and the Carolinas.
President Trump canceled plans to attend Saturday's football game between the University of Georgia and the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, the Associated Press reported. He said he did not want to disrupt emergency response efforts after Isaias moved through Alabama. The storm also grounded most Friday flights at several Panhandle airports, including all flights at Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize to South African jurist Navi Pillay, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, "for her efforts to promote peace and international law." At a Friday night rally in Syracuse, New York, Trump said the prize went to "a liberal person who works at the United Nations" and that the United States, represented by him, should have received it. Pillay later chaired a UN Commission of Inquiry on Israel and the Palestinian territories, a body that has drawn sharp criticism from Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The Supreme Court's hearing list marks Monday, Oct. 12, as a legal holiday and sets argument Tuesday, Oct. 13, in Beaird v. United States, a case from the Fifth Circuit. On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the justices hear Salazar v. Paramount Global, with Paul D. Clement arguing for the respondent.
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