Today’s Lead News Stories

Hurricane Milton's deadly winds destroyed the roof of the Tampa Bay Rays' ballpark, Tropicana Field.

Russia has recruited about 200 women ages 18-22 from across Africa to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students, including teenagers, assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched into Ukraine

Federal officials are working to move IV bags out of the path of Hurricane Milton, which is threatening another manufacturer of IV fluids even as hospitals nationwide are still reeling from disruptions caused by flooding at a large factory in North Carolina

Federal Public Safety Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch has denied that Mayor Arcos submitted any formal request before his untimely death

Shadow business secretary Kevin Hollinrake stressed the Tory leadership voting patterns were ‘quite surprising’ after James Cleverly lost out

10 dead as storm departs Florida, after fierce winds left millions of people without power.

UK Foreign Office warns Britons of potentially life-threatening storm surge on Florida’s west coast

Next year, France will deploy thousands of troops to Romania for the "Dacian Spring 25" military exercise. This large-scale operation is part of a wider NATO initiative aimed at improving readiness and ensuring that member states can respond swiftly in the event that Russian President Vladimir Putin targets a NATO…

Category 3 storm slams into Florida’s coast, leaving 2 million people without power

Exclusive: photos of burnt belongings – including documents needed to apply for asylum – are the latest alleged evidence of brutality on EU borders

Hurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm Wednesday, bringing misery to a coast still ravaged by Helene, pounding cities with winds of over 100 mph after producing a barrage of tornadoes, but sparing Tampa a direct hit