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TRUMP: NEGOTIATION WITH HAMAS SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL

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Oct 8 (OPTA) – Summaries for the AFCWorldCupQualifiers on Wednesday (start times are GMT) 4th Round ……………………………………………………….. Oman (0) 0 Yellow card: Nasser Al Rawahi 66, Arshad Al Alawi 90 Subs used: Nasser Al Rawahi 29 (Jameel Al Yahmadi), Muhsen Al Ghassani 78 (Issam Al Sabhi), Salaah Al Yahyaei 78 (Abdul Rahman Al Mushaifri), Sultan Al Marzuq 90 (Abdullah Fawaz) Qatar (0) 0 Yellow card: Mohammad Al Mannai 22, Sultan Al Brake 68 Subs used: Abdulaziz Hatem 46 (Mohammad Al Mannai), Almoez Ali 57 (Ahmed Al Ganehi), Lucas Mendes 64 (Boualem Khoukhi), Tarek Salman 78 (Ayoub Al Ouwi), Mohammed Muntari 78 (Akram Afif) Referee: Yusuke Araki ……………………………………………………….. Indonesia (1) 2 Scorers: K. Diks 11pen, K. Diks 88pen Yellow card: Oratmangoen 30, Yakob Sayuri 34, Klok 55 Subs used: Reijnders 46 (Putra), Haye 64 (Jonathans), Romenij 64 (Oratmangoen), Yance Sayuri 76 (James), Walsh 85 (Yakob Sayuri) Saudi Arabia (2) 3 Scorers: Saleh Abu Al Shamat 17, Feras Al Brikan 36pen, Feras Al Brikan 62 Yellow card: Hassan Al Tambakti 5, Mohamed Kanno 93, Mohamed Kanno 93 (2nd) Subs used: Saud Abdulhamid 66 (Moteb Al Harbi), Aiman Yahya 68 (Saleh Abu Al Shamat), Saleh Al Shehri 76 (Feras Al Brikan), Ziyad Al Johani 89 (Musab Al Juwayr), Mohamed Kanno 89 (Nasser Al Dawsari) Referee: Ahmad Al Ali ……………………………………………………….. Saturday, October 11 fixtures (GMT) UAE v Oman (1715) Iraq v Indonesia (1930)

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BRASILIA, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Brazil's government on Wednesday detailed a new Eco Invest auction to attract foreign equity into innovation and sustainability projects, offering a foreign exchange hedge mechanism for the first time. Launched last year, Eco Invest seeks to channel international capital into long-term sustainable ventures. The first auction was held in October 2024, followed by a second in August focused on restoring degraded pastureland. (Reporting by Marcela Ayres)

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By Nora Eckert DETROIT, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Ford Motor is pausing production next week at the Dearborn, Michigan plant that makes its F-150 Lightning electric pickup, a change a union official at the plant says is related to a disastrous fire at a supplier's New York aluminum factory. The September 16 fire at a Novelis plant is expected to disrupt production of Ford's best-selling F-150 vehicles for months, and potentially sap $1 billion from its bottom line, according to an analyst estimate. A memo shared with workers at the plant, viewed by Reuters, said the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center (REVC) will be off next week. Nick Kottalis, the president and chairman of Dearborn Truck, as well as the REVC, confirmed the shutdown was related to the aluminum factory fire. Ford declined to provide specifics on any production adjustments. (Reporting by Nora Eckert;)

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Oct 8 (OPTA) – Summaries for the Friendlies on Wednesday (start times are GMT) Friendlies 2 ……………………………………………………….. Gibraltar (0) 0 New Caledonia (0) 2 Scorers: J. Katrawa 61, G. Haéwégéné 90+5 ……………………………………………………….. Friendlies 3 ……………………………………………………….. Grenada (22:00) British Virgin Islands ……………………………………………………….. Friendlies 2 ……………………………………………………….. St. Vincent / Grenadines (00:00) Cuba ……………………………………………………….. Friday, October 10 fixtures (GMT) Japan v Paraguay (1020) Korea Republic v Brazil (1100) Uruguay v Dominican Republic (1245) Jordan v Bolivia (1600) Russia v IR Iran (1700) Chile v Peru (2300) Canada v Australia (2330) Saturday, October 11 fixtures (GMT) Argentina v Venezuela (0000) United States v Ecuador (0030) Grenada v Cuba (2330) Sunday, October 12 fixtures (GMT) Mexico v Colombia (0100) Malta v Bosnia-Herzegovina (1700) Monday, October 13 fixtures (GMT) Uzbekistan v Uruguay (1245) Montenegro v Liechtenstein (1600) Puerto Rico v Argentina (2300) Tuesday, October 14 fixtures (GMT) IR Iran v Tanzania Venezuela v Belize (0100) Japan v Brazil (1030) Korea Republic v Paraguay (1100) Norway v New Zealand (1600) Albania v Jordan (1700) Russia v Bolivia (1700)

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* Discussions at early phase, unclear whether any company would build the project * Keystone XL faced environmental, Indigenous opposition, canceled by President Joe Biden By Amanda Stephenson CALGARY, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Alberta to the United States during his Tuesday meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a source familiar with the discussions and a CBC News report on Wednesday. Carney, who is under increasing pressure in Canada to address painful U.S. tariffs on steel, autos and other goods, asked Trump if he would be interested if the Keystone project were to be revived and had Canadian support, the source said. The source emphasized discussions are at a very early phase, and declined to say whether the Canadian government believes there is a company willing to build the pipeline. Trump was receptive, and the idea is something negotiators will look at in follow-up discussions, the source said. CBC News first reported that Carney and Trump discussed Keystone. The White House and Carney's office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Keystone XL was a proposed crude pipeline, roughly 1,900-kilometres (1,181 miles) long, which would have carried 830,000 barrels per day of oil from the oil sands of northern Alberta to the major U.S. storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma, and then on to Gulf Coast refineries. TC Energy first proposed the project in 2008, but it quickly attracted significant environmental and Indigenous opposition. The project was rejected by U.S. President Barack Obama's administration and revived by Trump during his first term. Though construction work had started, the pipeline was never completed after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked a key permit for the U.S. stretch of the project in 2021. Trump said in February that he would like to see the Keystone expansion built and pledged easy approvals for the project if the company that was building the pipeline were to "come back to America." But TC Energy, which lost billions on the Keystone project when Biden canceled its permit, spun off its oil pipeline business last October into a new company named South Bow . A South Bow spokesperson said the company is not privy to the ongoing discussions between the Canadian and U.S. governments but supports efforts to increase the transportation of Canadian crude oil. The company said in February it had "moved on" from the Keystone project. (Reporting by Amanda Stephenson in Calgary; Additional reporting by Jarrett Renshaw and Maria Cheng; Editing by Caroline Stauffer and Bill Berkrot)

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SAN JOSE, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Costa Rica will nominate former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan for United Nations secretary-general, President Rodrigo Chaves said on Wednesday. Calls have been growing for a woman to assume the role for the first time in the U.N.'s 80-year history, and the next secretary-general will likely come out of Latin America. (Reporting by Alvaro Murillo; Writing by Diego Ore; Editing by Natalia Siniawski)

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(Adds details) BUENOS AIRES, Oct 8 (Reuters) – An Argentine court on Wednesday sentenced two people to prison for attempting to assassinate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in 2022, when she was serving as vice president. Fernando Sabag Montiel, a Brazilian national living in Argentina, was found guilty of attempted aggravated homicide with a firearm and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Brenda Uliarte, Montiel's ex-girlfriend, was sentenced to eight years as a necessary accessory to the crime. Montiel had pulled the trigger on a loaded pistol inches from the vice president's head, which did not fire, and later confessed that he intended to kill her. The attack on Fernandez, one of Argentina's most prominent political figures of the past two decades, shocked the nation and drew widespread international condemnation. She is currently under house arrest in a separate corruption case. (Reporting by Lucila Sigal and Natalia Siniawski; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Kylie Madry)

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CARETAKER FRENCH PM LECORNU: CONSEQUENCES OF NOT HAVING A BUDGET BY THE YEAR END WOULD BE DRASTIC FOR COUNTRY

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Oct 8 (Reuters) – The following is a list of teams that have qualified for the 2026 World Cup, which will be hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada from June 11 to July 19. UNITED STATES Taking part as hosts Best performance: Third place (1930) MEXICO: Taking part as hosts Best performance: Quarter-finals (1970, 1986) CANADA: Taking part as hosts Best performance: Group stage (1986, 2022) JAPAN Qualified on March, 20. Best performance: Round of 16 (2002, 2010, 2018, 2022) NEW ZEALAND Qualified on March, 24. Best performance: Group stage (1982, 2010) IRAN Qualified on March, 25. Best performance: Group stage (1978, 1998, 2006, 2014, 2018, 2022) ARGENTINA Qualified on March, 25. Best performance: Winners (1978, 1986, 2022) UZBEKISTAN Qualified on June, 5. Best performance: Never previously qualified. SOUTH KOREA Qualified June, 5. Best performance: Fourth place (2002) JORDAN Qualified June, 5. Best performance: Never previously qualified. AUSTRALIA Qualified June, 10. Best performance: Round of 16 (2006, 2022) BRAZIL Qualified June, 10. Best performance: Winners (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002) ECUADOR Qualified June, 10. Best performance: Round of 16 (2006) URUGUAY Qualified September, 4. Best performance: Winners (1930, 1950) COLOMBIA Qualified September, 4. Best performance: Quarter-finals (2014) PARAGUAY Qualified September, 4. Best performance: Quarter-finals (2010) MOROCCO Qualified September, 5. Best performance: Semi-finals (2022) TUNISIA Qualified September, 8. Best performance: Group Stage (1978, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2018, 2022) EGYPT Qualified October, 8. Best performance: Round of 16 (1934) (Compiled by Tommy Lund in Gdansk)

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