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;Arts and culture
*The [[United Kingdom]] opens all combat roles in the [[British Armed Forces]], including special forces, to women for the first time. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-women-military/britain-opens-all-military-roles-to-women-idUSKCN1MZ2OX (Reuters)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu (2018)|Super Typhoon Yutu]] makes landfall on [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian]] in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] as a category 5 storm. The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935. [https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/breaking-news-yutu-currently-passing-over-saipan-tinian/ (Saipan Tribune)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/25/category-typhoon-devastates-northern-marianas-worst-storm-hit-us-since/?utm_term=.a941a7661657 (''The Washington Post'')]
*Flash floods near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Jordan]] kill at least 21 people including 19 children on a school trip and injure 43 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/jordan-floods-death-toll-increases-schoolchildren-181026114440952.html (Al Jazeera)]
*On its first day of service the [[Sheffield Supertram]]'s new [[tram-train]] is struck by a truck and derailed. [https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2018-10-25/lorry-hits-sheffield-tram/ (ITV)], [https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1036409/sheffield-tram-crash-supertram-crash-sheffield-police (Express)]
;Law and crime
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[New York City Police Department]] recovers a package similar to those found earlier this week at the office of [[TriBeCa Productions]], which is used by actor [[Robert De Niro]]. [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Pipe-Bombs-Clinton-Obama-Soros-Waters-CNN-Time-Warner-Holder-Brennan-498490732.html (NBC New York)]
**The FBI is investigating two packages found at postal facilities in [[Delaware]], sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. [https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw9bxd/two-new-pipe-bombs-said-to-target-joe-biden (''Vice'')]
**The [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] and federal authorities believe several of the packages went through a mail processing and distribution center in [[Opa-locka, Florida]] and are currently searching the facility with a bomb squad and K-9 unit. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/clintons-obama-suspicious-packages/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Corruption in Spain]]
**Former [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] Director and ex-[[Deputy Prime Minister of Spain]] [[Rodrigo Rato]] enters prison to serve a sentence of 4 and a half years for a crime of embezzlement. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/25/world/europe/ap-eu-spain-ex-imf-chief.html (''The New York Times'')]
*[[Me Too movement]]
**[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] peer [[Peter Hain]] uses [[parliamentary privilege]] to name [[Philip Green]] as the British businessman who used an [[Injunctions in English law|injunction]] to prevent allegations of sexual harassment against him being published in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/sir-philip-green-named-as-man-at-centre-of-uk-metoo-scandal (''The Guardian'')]
;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of Ethiopia]]
**[[United Nations]] diplomat [[Sahle-Work Zewde]] becomes the first female [[President of Ethiopia]] in its history after the resignation of [[Mulatu Teshome]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45976620 (BBC)]
*[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announces his plan to lower American [[prescription drug]] prices. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-address-drug-prices-in-speech-shifting-focus-to-health-care-before-midterm-elections/2018/10/25/88e16e0a-d84b-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
;Science and technology
*[[Climate of Mars]]
**A new study finds that [[Water on Mars|water]] on [[Mars]] may contain more [[oxygen]] than previously thought. [https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/mars-contains-more-oxygenated-water-than-previously-thought-study/303883 (Times Now News)]
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;Arts and culture
*The [[United Kingdom]] opens all combat roles in the [[British Armed Forces]], including special forces, to women for the first time. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-women-military/britain-opens-all-military-roles-to-women-idUSKCN1MZ2OX (Reuters)]
;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**[[Typhoon Yutu (2018)|Super Typhoon Yutu]] makes landfall on [[Saipan]] and [[Tinian]] in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] as a category 5 storm. The typhoon becomes the most powerful tropical cyclone to strike any part of the United States since 1935. [https://www.saipantribune.com/index.php/breaking-news-yutu-currently-passing-over-saipan-tinian/ (Saipan Tribune)], [https://www.washingtonpost.com/energy-environment/2018/10/25/category-typhoon-devastates-northern-marianas-worst-storm-hit-us-since/?utm_term=.a941a7661657 (''The Washington Post'')]
*Flash floods near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Jordan]] kill at least 21 people including 19 children on a school trip and injure 43 others. [https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2018/10/jordan-floods-death-toll-increases-schoolchildren-181026114440952.html (Al Jazeera)]
*On its first day of service the [[Sheffield Supertram]]'s new [[tram-train]] is struck by a truck and derailed. [https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2018-10-25/lorry-hits-sheffield-tram/ (ITV)], [https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1036409/sheffield-tram-crash-supertram-crash-sheffield-police (Express)]
;Law and crime
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[New York City Police Department]] recovers a package similar to those found earlier this week at the office of [[TriBeCa Productions]], which is used by actor [[Robert De Niro]]. [https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/Pipe-Bombs-Clinton-Obama-Soros-Waters-CNN-Time-Warner-Holder-Brennan-498490732.html (NBC New York)]
**The FBI is investigating two packages found at postal facilities in [[Delaware]], sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]]. [https://news.vice.com/en_us/article/xw9bxd/two-new-pipe-bombs-said-to-target-joe-biden (''Vice'')]
**The [[Miami-Dade Police Department]] and federal authorities believe several of the packages went through a mail processing and distribution center in [[Opa-locka, Florida]] and are currently searching the facility with a bomb squad and K-9 unit. [https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/clintons-obama-suspicious-packages/index.html (CNN)]
*[[Corruption in Spain]]
**Former [[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] Director and ex-[[Deputy Prime Minister of Spain]] [[Rodrigo Rato]] enters prison to serve a sentence of 4 and a half years for a crime of embezzlement. [https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/10/25/world/europe/ap-eu-spain-ex-imf-chief.html (''The New York Times'')]
*[[Me Too movement]]
**[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] peer [[Peter Hain]] uses [[parliamentary privilege]] to name [[Philip Green]] as the British businessman who used an [[Injunctions in English law|injunction]] to prevent allegations of sexual harassment against him being published in ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/25/sir-philip-green-named-as-man-at-centre-of-uk-metoo-scandal (''The Guardian'')]
;Politics and elections
*[[Politics of Ethiopia]]
**[[United Nations]] diplomat [[Sahle-Work Zewde]] becomes the first female [[President of Ethiopia]] in its history after the resignation of [[Mulatu Teshome]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-45976620 (BBC)]
*[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] announces his plan to lower American [[prescription drug]] prices. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-to-address-drug-prices-in-speech-shifting-focus-to-health-care-before-midterm-elections/2018/10/25/88e16e0a-d84b-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html (''The Washington Post'')]
;Science and technology
*[[Climate of Mars]]
**A new study finds that [[Water on Mars|water]] on [[Mars]] may contain more [[oxygen]] than previously thought. [https://www.timesnownews.com/technology-science/article/mars-contains-more-oxygenated-water-than-previously-thought-study/303883 (Times Now News)]
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