Monday, October 19, 2026
All World Brief Now updates for this day, Central Time.
- 6 AM CTMorning Brief: France jails dozens as weekend riot custody count hits 2,331; Canada names Wainwright dead; Putin floats Trump-Xi summit without Kyiv
- Update: France holds 2,331 over weekend riots, jails dozens and orders local curfews as ministers admit 'we failed'
- Update: Canada names the four soldiers killed in the Wainwright training fire; 39 hurt, at least 19 critical
- Riyadh's Kingdom Centre sends office workers home as Houthi missile and drone attacks on Saudi Arabia mount
- UN maritime chief says about 6,000 sailors remain trapped near the Strait of Hormuz as attacks on ships mount
- 5 PM CTEvening Update: France admits police 'lost control' as Macron keeps his interior minister; Supreme Court takes Asian-American admissions and home-distilling cases; Trump says Ukraine needs a new negotiator
- Update: France admits police 'lost control' as Macron refuses his interior minister's resignation; Trump says 'close the borders'
- Lavrov visits Tehran and condemns U.S.-Israeli strikes as Netanyahu tells Trump 'we have a job to finish'
- Houthi missiles kill at least 53 recruits at a Yemeni army camp; Saudi Arabia postpones its flagship investment forum to 2027
- Update: Canada's top soldier vows to make the Wainwright fire inquiry public; Carney says 50 investigators are on site