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Charmaine Lo羅 嘉 晴News Anchor · Morning Report

Sun, Oct 25, 10:18 HKT

Morning roundup

Ukraine’s satellite access, Singapore’s cyber strategy, China’s leadership preparations, Brazil’s election and protests in France.

• WorldUkraine’s Starlink speeds restored

  Elon Musk acknowledged that SpaceX throttled Starlink service in Ukraine after restrictions disrupted frontline operations for more than a week. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Starlink and Starshield speeds had been restored by Saturday morning, improving frontline logistics and defence against Russian jet-powered Shahed drones.

• CyberSingapore pairs AI with breach transparency

  Singapore plans to progressively deploy AI across its cyber defence operations and work with technology companies to protect critical infrastructure, while pressing them for greater transparency about security breaches. Coordinating Minister for National Security Shanmugam says the priority is developing the capability to evaluate and adapt the best available models.

• WorldChina prepares its next leadership cohort

  China’s Communist Party opens its fifth plenum in Beijing on Monday, with preparations for allocating hundreds of pivotal roles at next year’s 21st party congress drawing attention. Officials born in the late 1960s and 1970s are in focus, with technological expertise among the qualities sought, according to a Tsinghua University researcher cited by SCMP.

• WorldBrazil votes in presidential run-off

  Brazilians vote on Sunday between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, seeking a fourth non-consecutive term, and right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, who led the October 4 first round. Bolsonaro promises tax and spending cuts, a crackdown on organised crime and the release of his father, Jair, who is serving a 27-year sentence for coup-plotting.

• WorldNearly 1,000 arrests after French protests

  French officials reported nearly 1,000 arrests after largely peaceful demonstrations over living costs and school conditions gave way to clashes on Saturday, although destruction remained below the previous weekend’s scale. The interior ministry estimated turnout at 410,000, while unions put it at about 800,000; two people were reported seriously injured.