Zero's Briefs

Foreign Affairs and Geopolitics — Israel, record turnout at midday — Turnout for the Knesset elections stood at 31.5% at midday, the highest partial figure recorded since 1977. Official results are to be announced on November 8, after exit polls expected at the close of polling stations. Sky TG24

Europe — EU Council unlocks 4.7 billion for Ukraine — Brussels has adopted eight decisions to reimburse, through the European Peace Facility, military aid already provided by member states to Kyiv. The agreement also includes one billion in new military aid and brings the EU’s total support through the same instrument to 10.8 billion euros. Sky TG24

Italy — Farmers and truckers outside Montecitorio — A demonstration against high diesel prices and the income crisis reached Parliament in Rome on Tuesday, with an afternoon meeting expected at the Ministry of Transport. LaC News24

News — Four heavy vehicles involved in fatal accident on the A22 — A collision involving four heavy vehicles in the early afternoon of October 27, between Verona nord and Affi, caused one death and the closure of the highway stretch, with air ambulance intervention. Il Dolomiti

Foreign Affairs and Geopolitics — Jordanian strikes in Syria, Damascus reports seven civilian deaths — Jordan states it killed over 20 Islamic State militants in an operation coordinated with Damascus; the Syrian agency Sana instead reports seven deaths, including three children, and no prior coordination. Sana

Tech & AI — Euclid telescope discovers new comet from the Oort Cloud — Catalogued C/2026 S1, the comet was confirmed on October 8 by the Minor Planet Center following observations made between September 16-24. It has an orbital period of over 300,000 years and is located approximately 1.3 billion kilometers from Earth. Sbircia la Notizia

Cinema & Entertainment — The trailer for ‘I Swear’ with Robert Aramayo — Fandango has released the official trailer for the film directed by Kirk Jones, with Aramayo alongside Maxine Peake, Shirley Henderson and Peter Mullan. The Italian theatrical release is scheduled for November 26. Cinecittà News

Health — At the Esmo congress, new data on a drug for endometrial carcinoma — The phase 3 TroFuse-005 study, published in The Lancet and conducted on 776 women at 242 centers in 31 countries, indicates that the experimental drug sac-Tmt reduced the risk of death by 32% compared to chemotherapy, with median survival of 19 months versus 12. Travel Quotidiano