Link: https://www.rt.com/news/407037-gang-takes-over-swedish-supermarket/

A gang of four men in their 20s hijacked a supermarket in Malmo, Sweden, threw out the staff, and operated the store by themselves for over 24 hours.

After several failed attempts at extorting the store’s owners, the gang decided to cut out the middleman and take over the supermarket for themselves. the gang ran the store as normal for more than a day, even restocking shelves.

They led customers to believe that everything was operating as normal by telling them the till system was not working and they could only accept payment in cash or on a payment smartphone app called Swish.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/China_to_build_giant_facial_recognition_database_to_identify_any_citizen_within_seconds/61299/0/38/38/Y/M.html

China is building the world’s most powerful facial recognition system with the power to identify any one of its 1.3 billion citizens within three seconds launched by the Ministry of Public Security.

The goal is for the system to able to match someone’s face to their ID photo with about 90 per cent accuracy.

The system can be connected to surveillance camera networks and will use cloud facilities to connect with data storage and processing centres distributed across the country.

However, some researchers said it was unclear when the system would be completed, as the development was encountering many difficulties due to the technical limits of facial recognition technology and the large population base. Similar systems operate on a smaller level, including police databases and city or provincial ID pools.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/406960-russia-issue-blockchain-cryptoruble-putin/

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the issue of a national cryptocurrency, according to Communications Minister Nikolay Nikiforov, after a closed-door meeting. The minister said once the digital currency or CryptoRuble is issued other cryptocurrency mining will be banned and it will be entirely regulated by the government. All the financial operations involving the CryptoRuble will be taxed. The tax will also be applied to any appreciation in value. The national digital currency will be moved to international markets, according to the Russia's Deputy Minister of Economic Development Oleg Fomichev, stressing that there is no point in the currency circulating only inside the country.

“This mustn’t be a private currency, but the one, which is issued by the state, controlled by the state and enable to provide circulation of digital money in light of the digital economy.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2017/10/dubai-police-hoverbikes-technocratic-police-state-future-cities.html

The hoverbike, created in a joint project with Russian company Hoversurf, was unveiled recently at the Gitex Technology Week Exhibition; can operate for 25 minutes up to 43 miles per hour, can be remotely operated.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201710031057892727-ecuador-vice-president-arrest/

Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who is suspected of taking bribes from the Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht, has been arrested at his residence in Guayaquil and transferred to the nation's capital Quito. The probe into Odebrecht has become one of the biggest corruption scandals in Latin America. The company is accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to politicians to secure lucrative contracts.

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/companies-donate-40k-worth-of-marijuana-to-people-displaced-by-california-fires_102017

California’s largest medical cannabis manufacturer, CannaCraft Inc., is temporarily donating 12,000 square feet of its office space in Santa Rosa, as well as phone and internet service, to the American Red Cross to use as its Regional Headquarters for Northern California fire relief. There, more than 200 volunteers from the American Red Cross will coordinate 24-hour relief efforts for those displaced by the fires.

Cannacraft said Wednesday they will donate $40,000 in medical marijuana to California residents who do not have access to their medication due to the horrific wildfires that have left at least 31 dead, approximately 400 missing, and destroyed more than 3,500 homes and structures. An estimated 25,000 people have been evacuated.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/406899-senator-menendez-corruption-trial/

The judge overseeing the corruption case involving US Senator Bob Menendez said he won’t dismiss any of the charges against the New Jersey Democrat. Menendez is facing 12 federal charges, including bribery, conspiracy and fraud.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/406916-malta-corruption-journalist-car-bomb/

One of Malta’s most prominent investigative journalists, Daphne Caruana Galizia, has been killed in a presumed car bomb attack. She was most recently known for exposing the Maltese prime minister's offshore dealings in the Panama Papers scandal. The 53-year-old was killed when the car she was driving exploded near her home in Bidnija, near Mosta in northern Malta, the Times of Malta reports.

Caruana Galizia ran the hugely popular ‘Running Commentary’ blog, which had a track record of highlighting scandals in the Mediterranean country.

One such prominent scandal came about earlier this year, when Caruana Galizia accused Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, his wife and members of his government, of owning offshore companies in Panama – all part of the long-running Panama Papers leak.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/406874-storm-ophelia-ireland-deaths/

Three people have been killed in Ireland as hurricane-force winds batter the country. Ex-hurricane Ophelia is wreaking havoc across the island, leaving 385,000 homes and businesses without power.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/406657-earthquake-wildfires-northern-california/

An earthquake has hit Northern California, where wildfires continue to affect the region, bringing the death toll to at least 34. An estimated 5,700 structures have also succumbed to the fast-moving flames. On Friday afternoon, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake struck California’s Mendocino County, north of Napa County, according to the US Geological Survey. 1,485 missing persons have been reported, with 1,250 of them being located safe, leaving 235 outstanding cases.

Link: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-fires-20171014-story.html

More than 10,000 firefighters from California and other states are fighting the fires in Northern California, said Dave Teter of the California Dpeartment of Forestry and Fire Protection, and officials are readying more crews in Southern California, where red flag warnings are in place through Sunday.

Firefighting efforts include 880 fire engines, 134 bulldozers, 224 hand crews and 138 water tenders, At first light Saturday, 14 helicopters were in the air conducting water drops.

Link: http://www.france24.com/en/20171007-polish-catholics-pray-borders-save-country

Thousands of Polish Catholics formed human chains on the country's borders Saturday, begging God "to save Poland and the world" in an event many viewed as a spiritual weapon against the "Islamisation" of Europe. Krakow archbishop Marek Jedraszewski called on believers to pray "for the other European nations to make them understand it is necessary to return to Christian roots so that Europe would remain Europe."Many Poles see Islam as a threat. The conservative government, which enjoys the backing of a sizeable portion of the population, refuses to welcome migrants to Poland, which has very few Muslims of its own.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/16/538740/Portugal-Spain-Wildfires-

Six people killed in Portugal as the country was hit by a record number of forest fires, and three more died in Spain where authorities were blaming arson for some 17 fires which caused three deaths. Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced a state of public calamity, as 3,700 firefighters battled 26 major fires stretching across the centre and north of the country four months after 64 people were killed and more than 250 injured on June 17, in the deadliest fire in the country's history.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/16/538735/austria-elections-kurz-eu

The leader of Austria’s conservative People’s Party has declared victory in the country’s general elections, setting him up to become the world’s youngest head of government. The 31-year-old will be the world's youngest leader after Vanessa D'Ambrosio, 28, regent of San Marino, completes her rotating co-leadership arrangement at the end of October. Kurz is two years younger than North Korea's Kim Jong-un and eight years younger than France's Emmanuel Macron.

Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/society/stories/13-10-2017/138916-most_dangerous_cities-0/

The most dangerous city in the world is Karachi, Pakistan, a study conducted by The Economist magazine said.

The list of the world's most dangerous cities was based on such parameters as personal security, digital security, absence of health hazards and safe infrastructure.

The second place belongs to the city of Yangon in Myanmar (46.47 points), and the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, comes third with 47.37 points.

In addition, the list of most dangerous cities in the world includes Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Caracas, Quito, Tehran and Cairo.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201710141058241275-swiss-sewers-see-lost-millions/

Researchers testing the waters at sewage treatment plants in Switzerland have discovered salvageable amounts of precious metals, including silver and gold, as well as rare-earth minerals that are continuously flushed into the wealthy country's wastewater networks. 95 pounds of gold — the equivalent of about $1.8 million at current exchange rates — are tossed down the drain annually, particularly in areas where the country's legacy watch-making and refinery industries are located.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/406741-tillerson-nkorea-bomb-drops/

Washington will continue its diplomatic efforts to solve the North Korean crisis only "until first bomb drops,” US State Secretary Rex Tillerson told CNN.

Tillerson appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, where he told host Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump wants to resolve the Korean Peninsula crisis “diplomatically.”

“He is not seeking to go to war [with North Korea],” Tillerson stated. “He made it clear… that he will continue diplomatic efforts.”

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/bitcoin-dash-can-now-be-spent-at-40-million-stores-worldwide_102017

“[Bitcoin] essentially rolls gold, cash, and our credit card system into one. It takes the strengths of each and leaves the weaknesses behind. It has the limited supply quality of gold, but can be used to purchase everyday items. It has the speed of a credit card, but respects and protects your privacy. Transactions are settled instantly like cash, but are recorded on a public ledger.”

Link: http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-states-withhold-pot-revenue-cities-ban-marijuana.html

Oregon has already started keeping marijuana tax revenue from localities that effectively ban the substance. California plans to withhold pot-funded law enforcement and health grants from places with a commercial marijuana ban. And now, an effort is underway in Massachusetts to reduce the amount of money that cities and towns with bans and other restrictions on operations get from the state’s 17 percent tax on marijuana sales. Massachusetts was one of four states that legalized recreational marijuana by popular vote last year. The 2016 election season doubled the number of states with legal weed to eight plus the District of Columbia. The drug is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/10/broke-more-americans-are-getting-their-electricity-cut-off/

More than 900,000 homes went dark in Texas last summer because of unpaid bills, almost triple the number 10 years ago. In California last year, it was 714,000, the most on record. The tally across the country is in the millions.