Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.

- Food aid set to run out November 1, as federal shutdown continues, Democrats call it cruel and totalitarian;
- “Survival International” report says “uncontacted indigenous groups” could vanish in a decade under threats from logging, mining, climate;
- UN chief Guterres says climate goal “on real life support”, calls on rich countries to step up;
- UN Women report says sweeping aid cuts jeopardizing organizations fighting violence against women and girls;
- California to deploy monitors to watch over federal election monitors, State AG Bonta says “we can’t be naïve, the Republican party asked for the US DoJ to come in”

