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Roger Waters called Metallica's James Hetfield "a complete prick" with "an IQ of about three" after Hetfield told a Sphere crowd Metallica won't push politics.

Two Romanian F-16s shot down two drones over Romania's territorial waters in the Black Sea on Saturday evening, both within minutes, 20 to 25 kilometres off Sulina at the mouth of the Danube. The defence ministry calls them 'jet-powered attack drones from the Geran family,' the name Russia uses for its Shahed-type drones, but has not formally said where they came from. It follows a week in which drones hit two chemical tankers near Sulina and at least five other ships off Romania and Bulgaria, with 23 sailors dead or missing.

Kering said on October 15 that Seán McGirr is leaving Alexander McQueen after three years as creative director. A successor based in London will be named soon.

Sigma's 85mm f/1.2 DG Art is out now for Sony E and L-mount at $1,599 and 905g. How it compares with Canon and Nikon, plus Sigma's other new lenses.

Sony's FE 400mm f/4.5 GM ($2,698) and FE 600mm f/6.3 GM ($3,698) weigh under 1 kg each and are shipping now, but Sony warns 600mm orders far exceeded forecasts.

Unifor members at Stellantis Canada vote Oct. 17–18 on a strike mandate, results Monday. Talks stalled over the idled Brampton plant and its sale to Roshel.

Taylor Swift's company filed to trademark her saying 'Hey, it's Taylor Swift' in the UK, EU and Australia, extending April's US filings against AI deepfakes.

A federal appeals court on Oct. 16 threw out class status in the Tesla Full Self-Driving fraud suit, ruling buyers may never have seen the disputed claim.

Tesla unveiled the new Roadster on Oct. 15 in Texas, using compressed-air thrusters to hop over cars. Production is set for 2028; final prices aren't announced.

Steven Soderbergh will help finish filming The Batman Part II while Matt Reeves attends to a family matter. Reeves stays on; the release is Feb. 18, 2028.

Tim Burton is developing an original film by Nobel laureate Kazuo Ishiguro set in post-WWII Japan, Deadline reports. No cast, studio or release date yet.

President Trump rallied Republicans at Northern Kentucky University on Saturday, 17 days before the midterms, campaigning for Senate nominee Andy Barr and House nominee Ed Gallrein. He promised a $100 million federal investment in a drug manufacturing facility in Winchester, tied to a Republican win, and attacked Barr's Democratic opponent, Charles Booker, as 'a radical.' Booker said he was 'flattered,' and that the visit shows 'how close this race is.'

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday waiving nearly every Russia sanction and tariff in the Graham Act, the law named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, two days before they were due to take effect. The White House says enforcing them now 'would impede ongoing U.S. efforts,' and Trump called it 'a very good decision.' The move clears the way for a Russian diesel deal aimed at lowering fuel prices. Sens. Ted Cruz and Thom Tillis, Nikki Haley and Democrats criticised it, and Ukraine's president said it 'definitely helps only the Russians.'

Russia says it shot down 1,015 Ukrainian drones over 15 regions overnight, one of the largest aerial attacks of the war. In St. Petersburg, fires broke out at the city's oil export terminal, the Ruchyi oil depot and industrial warehouses, including a major Ozon logistics hub; a VK data centre was also targeted. Governor Alexander Beglov said one person was killed and five injured. The strikes come days after Ukraine resumed attacks on Russian oil facilities, following a short pause under Trump's 'energy ceasefire.'

At a CBS News town hall in Flat Rock, Michigan, aired Saturday, Vice President JD Vance was asked about polling on corruption and the ouster of Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece. 'Yes, D.C. is a corrupt town,' he said, but he had 'not seen a single shred of evidence' that Trump takes part in it, and selling access to the White House would be 'disgusting and despicable.' He blamed Biden-era refinery closures and the Iran war for high gas prices, apologised for 'imperfect' rhetoric on immigration, and said there is 'of course' a chance he won't run in 2028.

The 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show is tonight, Sunday Oct. 18, at 7:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 p.m. PT in Los Angeles, streaming free on YouTube. Here's the lineup.

Waymo will launch robotaxis in Toronto, its first Canadian city, aiming for public riders in 2028. Mapping with human drivers starts now under Ontario's pilot.

WhatsApp guest calling lets anyone join your call from a computer browser via a link, no account needed. Free, encrypted, up to 32 people, no time limit.

Chip stocks fell 8 straight sessions through Oct. 16, the longest streak since 2008, as AI debt fears and hot inflation hit Nvidia, Micron and CoreWeave.

Federico Veronesi's The Aftermath, an elephant carrying her dead calf in Namibia, won Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026. All winners and exhibition dates.

Windows 11 24H2 Home and Pro stopped getting updates on Oct. 13, 2026. Check Settings > System > About and update to 26H2 or 25H2 to keep security fixes.

UPDATED SUNDAY. Preliminary findings by the Interior Ministry's forensic evidence unit point to an 'internal malfunction' at the depot, not an external strike, the PMF says. A final report is still to come. Earlier: The PMF now says no external actor was behind the blast and reports five people lightly injured, with no deaths; security and medical sources told Reuters one member was killed. Earlier: A blast at an ammunition depot belonging to the Popular Mobilisation Forces in eastern Baghdad on Saturday killed one member of the Iran-aligned paramilitary alliance and wounded four, according to security and medical sources. The PMF says a stockpile of obsolete ammunition exploded. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has ordered an investigation. It is the second deadly explosion at a PMF site in Baghdad in under a year.

Page Six reports that Cyrus, 65, proposed to Hurley, 61, after a little more than a year together. Neither has said so directly, but the clues were not subtle: a large diamond on her ring finger in a Monday selfie, and on Thursday a caption from Cyrus that read 'Kinda has a ring to it,' which her son celebrated in the comments.

Shohei Ohtani's three-run homer put the two-time defending champions up 4-0 in the second inning at Dodger Stadium. Milwaukee answered with six unanswered runs, a go-ahead homer from Garrett Mitchell and a ninth-inning shot by No. 9 hitter David Hamilton, and won 6-4 to finish a four-game sweep. No team had ever swept the club that swept it the postseason before.