Rodriguez demands that Bank of England return Venezuelan gold

On Wednesday, Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, instructed the country’s Foreign Ministry and the Office of the Attorney General to take the necessary steps to recover 30 tons of gold from the Central Bank of Venezuela’s reserves, gold that remains improperly held by the Bank of England. She accused the institution of using pretexts to seize the asset.

EU ministers to discuss energy security as winter looms

Energy ministers of European Union states will meet in Luxembourg on Thursday to discuss soaring fuel prices driven by the wars in Ukraine, Iran and Yemen, ahead of the winter season.

Flávio Bolsonaro declares himself Brazil's "true president-elect" from the US

Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who lost Sunday's presidential runoff to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva by about 4.4 million votes, has published a letter from the United States calling himself "the true president-elect of Brazil."

Britons are panic-buying bottled water, canned goods, and toilet paper

As The Sun notes, this follows a call from the authorities to prepare for various contingencies, including threats from Russia.

Türkiye threatens Russia and Ukraine with legal action over ship attacks in the Black Sea

Turkish Defense Minister Yaşar Güler urged Moscow and Kyiv to put an end to attacks on merchant vessels, stating that Ankara reserves the right to take legal action regarding attacks on ships that are either Turkish-flagged or owned by Turkish shipowners, Reuters reports.

US rushes Patriot system to Israel as White House weighs new airstrikes on Iran - WSJ

The Pentagon is reinforcing Israel’s air defenses as military preparations point to the possibility of a new, potentially intense confrontation with Iran after the November 3 midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reports.