🛰⚡️- MiniMap version 1.1.1 is live! Please visit @minimapupdates for the full changelog.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- Saudi airstrikes on the position marked in Rerum Novarum's map above, well inside the al-Matar al-Qadim District of Ta'izz. The attacks indicate the Ansarullah are making swift progress in the northwest of the city.

Rerum Novarum’s proprietary maps are now available at MINIMAP.TECHNOLOGY

🇫🇷⚡️- A young Frenchman climbed the Joan of Arc statue in Toulouse and removed the Palestinian flag and the makeshift yellow vest hijab.

🇨🇦⚡️- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a "serious incident" caused a major fire at CFB Wainwright in Alberta.

🇨🇦⚡️- Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty confirmed that the fire resulted in multiple fatalities and injuries.

The cause of the fire has not yet been disclosed.

🇨🇦⚡️- FIRMS data shows a large fire spreading northwest from its point of origin at CFB Wainwright.

🇨🇦⚡️- BREAKING: The fire was caused by a large explosion, according to CBC.

Several local reports indicate a mass-casualty event, with over 100 casualties.

🇺🇸🐘⚡️- Republican Congressman Tom Barrett (MI-7) is campaigning on standing up to Trump and the GOP for voting against the Iran War.

Barrett’s district includes Michigan State University, and he is facing off against DSA-aligned Will Lawrence, who is best known for calls to abolish borders, the police, prisons, and more.

🇫🇷⚡️- Le Monde, a major left-wing journal in France, indicates the political scene in France is likely to shift further right after last evening's riots. Most left-wing politicians outside LFI are shocked and voiceless at what happened.

🇫🇷⚡️- A few key numbers of the 17th October French riots from the first official reports : 1200 arrests, 150 wounded policemen and dozens of millions of euros in damage. Most of the damage was done to public building and hundreds of shops across France were pillaged.

🇫🇷⚡️- Police forces seem to refuse any blame on poor performances or outbursts from their ranks. Every statement of the police from unionized members or media source shifts the blame to Macron, a lack of governmental directives and a lack of funds.

🇫🇷⚡️- A second protester is reported to have died. A man had a cardio-vascular shock while in the protest march in Magenta boulevard in Paris.

🇫🇷⚡️- Limoges' City Hall's roof has entirely been destroyed alongside most of its insides. However, the structure has held up and local authorities hinted that rebuilding it was possible.

"Damages are heavy. The heart is heavy. But our determination is whole. Limoges went through many hardships and it always stood back up, composed and proud. This time will be the same." - Mayor of Limoges last night.

Images from Ici Limousin.

🇾🇪🇸🇦🇪🇬⚡- The Egyptian National Defense Council, chaired by el-Sisi, has approved the deployment of Egyptian military forces to Saudi Arabia for 'defensive purposes'.

🇫🇷⚡️- Up to 1800 arrests reported, mostly in Paris.

🇫🇷⚡️- Cities with the highest damage, per C. Kelly at CNEWS:

Left-leaning (12): Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Rennes, Nantes, Grenoble, Saint-Étienne, Strasbourg, Rouen, Pau, Montpellier.
Right-wing (6): Limoges, Nice, Toulouse, Valence, Caen, Perpignan.
Centrists (2): Bordeaux (Renaissance), Angers (Horizons).

🇫🇷⚡️- BREAKING: French President Emmanuel Macron to address the nation tonight.

🇫🇷⚡️- BREAKING: An inter-ministerial crisis cell in Paris planned for 6PM local time has just been cancelled.

This hints at a possibly significant announcement by Emmanuel Macron.

🇫🇷⚡️- The young Frenchman was reportedly a devout Catholic. He later posted himself stomping on the Palestinian flag he removed.