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• Governor Newsom to the Supreme Court: do not let Trump use the military against American communities California Governor - Gavin Newsom 20 Oct 2025 -- As President Trump and his cabinet continue their efforts to distract from their disastrous shutdown by deploying the National Guard as their own personal police force, today Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Bonta filed an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of Illinois' position in Trump v. Illinois.
• Coast Guard launches Operation River Wall to control the border along the Rio Grande US Coast Guard 20 Oct 2025 -- The Coast Guard announced today the deployment of additional forces to the Rio Grande River in eastern Texas, starting on October 9, 2025, to ensure operational control of the border where the President has declared a national emergency. This surge operation - known as Operation River Wall - will bolster ongoing Coast Guard efforts to control, secure and defend approximately 260 miles of the Rio Grande River that makes up the U.S. border there. Leveraging its unmatched expertise, authorities and capabilities, the Coast Guard will deter, interdict, and defeat illegal immigration, drug smuggling, and other threats to our communities.

Defense Policy / Programs

• CSTO's Unbreakable Brotherhood 2025 and Barrier 2025 exercises commence in Tajikistan Russia MoD 20 Oct 2025 -- On 20 October, an opening ceremony of the Unbreakable Brotherhood 2025 joint exercise with the peacekeeping forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation and the Barrier 2025 special exercise involving a joint unit of radiation, chemical, and biological protection and medical support of the CSTO took place at the Fakhrabad training ground in Tajikistan.
• Ukrainian technologies are reshaping the global defense industry - Anna Gvozdiar at KIEF 2025 Ukraine MOD 20 Oct 2025
• Taiwan to receive 1st Harpoon missile defense systems around New Year CNA 20 Oct 2025 -- Taiwan is expected to receive its first shipment of the Harpoon Coastal Defense Systems (HCDS) it purchased from the United States at the turn of the year, allowing the planned "littoral combatant command" to achieve critical capability, Navy Chief of Staff Chiu Chun-jung (邱俊榮) said Monday.
• Australia to gift Papua New Guinea Defence Force uniforms Australia DOD 20 Oct 2025 -- The uniforms will be the same quality and fit as those worn by members of the Australian Defence Force but customized with the unique pattern of the PNGDF. For the first time, uniforms will also be specifically designed for and provided to PNGDF women.
• Partially mobile short-range radars: armasuisse purchases Italian radar system for airspace surveillance for the Swiss Air Force Federal Council - Swiss Government 20 Oct 2025 -- In order to better maintain air sovereignty in the lower airspace, the Swiss Air Force needs partially mobile short-range radars. For this purpose, the Federal Office for Defence Procurement armasuisse has selected the supplier for this new system as part of an invitation procedure. The Italian manufacturing company Leonardo with its TMMR (Tactical Multi Mission Radar) radar system received the contract for this important new capability of the Swiss Air Force.
• The Presidents of Lithuania and Poland discussed bilateral relations and strengthening regional security President of the Republic of Lithuania 20 Oct 2025 -- On Monday, President Gitanas Nausėda met with President Karol Nawrocki of Poland. The meeting took place following the opening of the Via Baltica motorway, on a symbolic day marking the 234th anniversary of the Mutual Pledge of the Two Nations.
• Press release on Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Oct 2025
• Secretary Rubio's Call with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov US Dept. of State 20 Oct 2025

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• 20 October 2025 - Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General United Nations 20 Oct 2025

Operation Iron Swords / Operation Al-Aqsa Flood | Operation Northern Arrows | Giddeon's Chariots

• FM Sa'ar speaks with Thai FM Sihasak Phuangketkeow Israel MFA 20 Oct 2025 -- FM Sa'ar briefed his Thai counterpart FM Sihasak Phuangketkeow following the release of deceased Thai hostage Sonthaya Oakkharasri on Saturday night.
• Prime Minister's Office Announcement Israel - Prime Minister 20 Oct 2025
• Gaza: Aid efforts continue as UN teams start clearing up to 60 million tonnes of debris UN News 20 Oct 2025 -- The UN on Monday said it was encouraged by renewed Gaza ceasefire commitments, warning that recent violence risked undermining fragile progress, as recovery efforts - including a large-scale rubble removal project - slowly gain momentum across the war-ravaged enclave.
• Spain completes process of expanding definitions of war crimes in ICC's Rome Statute Spain MFA 20 Oct 2025

Other Conflicts

• Today's top news: Occupied Palestinian Territory, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti UNOCHA 20 Oct 2025
• Women still largely excluded from peace processes UN News 20 Oct 2025 -- Around 676 million women lived within 50 kilometres of deadly conflict last year - the highest figure since the 1990s.
• China expels Australian P-8A in South China Sea PRC MND 20 Oct 2025 -- The Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People's Liberation Army on Sunday expelled an Australian P-8A military aircraft that illegally intruded into China's territorial airspace over the Xisha Qundao, a Chinese military spokesperson said on Monday.
• Statement on unsafe and unprofessional interaction with People's Liberation Army-Air Force Australia DOD 20 Oct 2025 -- The Australian Government has expressed its concerns to the Chinese Government following an unsafe and unprofessional interaction with a People's Liberation Army-Air Force (PLA-AF) aircraft.
• Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova's comment on the Afghan-Pakistani agreements Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 20 Oct 2025
• Sudan: Council approves conclusions on the ongoing conflict EC/CEU 20 Oct 2025 -- Today, the Council approved conclusions strongly condemning the ongoing conflict in Sudan, that has been causing the loss of thousands of lives and immense hardship for the Sudanese people for more than two years, and poses a serious threat to stability and security across the wider region.

News Reports

• Meeting with General Director of DOM.RF Vitaly Mutko President of Russia 20 Oct 2025 -- The President held a meeting with General Director of DOM.RF Vitaly Mutko in the Kremlin to discuss plans for the state corporation's IPO.
• Council agrees its position on rules to phase out Russian gas imports under REPowerEU EC/CEU 20 Oct 2025 -- The Council today agreed on its negotiating position on the draft regulation to phase out imports of Russian natural gas. The regulation constitutes a central element of the EU's REPowerEU roadmap to end dependency on Russian energy, following Russia's weaponisation of gas supplies and repeated disruptions of gas supplies to the EU with significant effects on the European energy market.
• Budrys: The only place for Putin in Europe is in front of the Hague Tribunal Lithuania MFA 20 Oct 2025 -- Today, on 20 October in Luxembourg, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kęstutis Budrys, participates in the European Union's Foreign Affairs Council (FAC).
• Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun's Regular Press Conference on October 20, 2025 PRC MofA 20 Oct 2025
• KMT chair-elect Cheng Li-wun willing to meet Xi 'for peace' CNA 20 Oct 2025 -- After emerging as the Kuomintang's (KMT) chair-elect on Saturday amid doubts over her ties to China, Cheng Li-wun (鄭麗文) said she is willing to do everything to promote peace across the Taiwan Strait, including meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平).
• PLA activities in the waters and airspace around Taiwan ROC MND 20 Oct 2025
• Myanmar junta says it seized 30 Starlink receivers in scam center raid Radio Free Asia 20 Oct 2025 -- Myanmar's junta said on Monday it raided one of the country's most notorious cyberscam centers and seized Starlink satellite internet devices.
• English rendering of PM's speech during Diwali celebration with armed forces on board the INS Vikrant India PIB 20 Oct 2025
• United States-Australia Framework For Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths The White House 20 Oct 2025
• EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific: Council approves conclusions EC/CEU 20 Oct 2025 -- Today, the Council approved conclusions on the implementation of the EU Strategy for Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific stressing that the EU should further intensify its strategic focus, presence, visibility and actions in the Indo-Pacific with the aim of contributing to our joint stability, security, prosperity and sustainable development, underpinned by the promotion of democracy, rule of law, human rights and international law.
• New strategic EU-India agenda: Council approves conclusions EC/CEU 20 Oct 2025 -- Today, the Council approved conclusions on a new strategic EU-India agenda, in which it welcomes the strong impetus in relations between the European Union and India.
• Foreign Affairs Council: press remarks by High Representative Kaja Kallas after the meeting European External Action Service (EEAS) 20 Oct 2025
• Foreign Affairs Council: Press remarks by High Representative Kaja Kallas upon arrival European External Action Service (EEAS) 20 Oct 2025
• EU Readies New Trade Routes -- And A Challenge To Beijing And Moscow -- At Luxembourg Summit RFE/RL 20 Oct 2025 -- The European Union kicked off a high-level summit with top officials from Central Asia, the Caucasus, and other neighboring countries on October 20 as the bloc aims to make new inroads in a region where China and Russia wield longstanding influence.
• Statement on presidential elections in Bolivia of 19 October 2025 Spain MFA 20 Oct 2025
• World News in Brief: Sudan aid update, Kyrgyzstan death penalty, health crises in DRC, Haiti UN News 20 Oct 2025 -- To Sudan, where the people of government held El Fasher in the west of the war-torn country remain trapped without food, water or medical care, UN aid coordinators, OCHA, said on Monday.