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Senegal secured a runaway 4-0 victory over neighbours Mauritania to finish top of their qualifying group and reach next year's World Cup finals, Reuters reported.

Senegal were quarter-finalists in 2002 and also competed at the 2018 and 2022 World Cup finals.

England booked their place in next year's World Cup finals as captain Harry Kane scored twice in a 5-0 romp away to Latvia on Tuesday to ensure they will win qualifying Group K, Reuters reported.

There has been little doubt throughout the campaign that England would reach a ninth successive major tournament but now they can officially start rubber-stamping their plans.

It took England 25 minutes to break the deadlock in the tree-lined Daugava Stadium with Anthony Gordon cutting in from the left to fire past Latvia goalkeeper Krisjanis Zviedris, according to Reuters.

Twenty passengers were burnt alive and 16 were critically injured when a private bus travelling from Jaisalmer to Jodhpur caught fire on Tuesday (October 14, 2025), police said, The Hindu reported.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed grief over the loss of lives and announced an ex gratia of ₹2 lakh for the next of kin of deceased.

According to police, the bus, carrying 57 passengers, left Jaisalmer around 3 pm. On the Jaisalmer-Jodhpur highway, smoke began emerging from the rear portion. The driver stopped the bus along the roadside, but within moments, the flames engulfed the vehicle, according to The Hindu.

The US has struck another vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six people, President Donald Trump has said, BBC reported.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the vessel belonged to "narcoterrorists" and that it was "trafficking narcotics". 

This is the fifth strike of its kind by the Trump administration on a boat accused of trafficking drugs on international waters since September. In total, 27 people have been reported killed, but the US has not provided evidence or details about identities of the vessels or those on board them, according to BBC.

Some lawyers have accused the US of breaching international law, and neighbouring nations like Colombia and Venezuela have condemned the strikes.

Google's parent company Alphabet will invest $15bn (£11.29bn) to build an AI data hub in southern India's Andhra Pradesh state, BBC reported.

The facility, which will be set up in the port city of Visakhapatnam, will be part of Google's global network of AI centres spread across 12 countries.

"It's the largest AI hub that we are going to be investing in anywhere in the world, outside of the United States," Thomas Kurian, the CEO of Google Cloud, said at an event in the capital Delhi on Tuesday, adding that the investment will be spread over the next five years.

The announcement comes at a time when US President Donald Trump has been asking American companies to prioritise domestic investment, according to BBC.

French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu has told parliament he backs suspending controversial 2023 pension reforms, in the face of crucial votes of no-confidence later this week, BBC reported.

The changes, which raised the retirement age from 62 to 64, were seen as signature reforms in Emmanuel Macron's presidency.

"This autumn I will propose to parliament that we suspend the 2023 pension reform until the [2027] presidential election," Lecornu said to applause from left-wing parties.

Lecornu was reappointed prime minister last week only four days after he resigned, and needs the support of Socialist MPs in parliament if his government is to survive, according to BBC.

An elite military unit says it has seized power in Madagascar from President Andry Rajoelina following weeks of youth-led protests in the Indian Ocean island, BBC reported.

Standing outside the presidential palace on Tuesday, CAPSAT chief Col Michael Randrianirina said the military would form a government and hold elections within two years. He also suspended key democratic institutions, like the electoral commission.

Gen Z protesters will be part of the changes because "the movement was created in the streets so we have to respect their demands" he added.

Troops and protesters have been celebrating the apparent ousting of President Rajoelina, with thousands waving flags in the capital, Antananarivo, according to BBC.

Within just a few hours of the Supreme Court reopening for writ registrations, more than half a dozen petitions were filed. By Tuesday afternoon, most of the petitions centered on two major demands. The first demand calls for the annulment of the President’s decision to appoint former Chief Justice Sushila Karki as the Prime Minister. The second seeks an order to reinstate the House of Representatives, arguing that its dissolution was unconstitutional.

According to Supreme Court Spokesperson Arjun Koirala, the filed petitions are currently being reviewed before formal registration. He said the registration process will proceed sequentially after verification. Due to the recent fire, the court’s software and records have been damaged, and hence, online registration remains suspended.

By Tuesday afternoon, the petitions submitted so far were related to issues of public concern. Several individuals—including members of the public, legal practitioners, and law students—have filed petitions linking the matters of government formation and House dissolution.

Some petitions were filed individually, while others were submitted jointly by groups of two or three. Reviewing the drafts, some petitioners have raised the issues of government formation and dissolution separately. Among those directly affected by the dissolution are outgoing lawmakers; however, none of them have filed petitions yet. During the second dissolution of parliament under former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s previous term, Congress and dissenting UML lawmakers (later associated with the Unified Socialist) had filed writs at the Supreme Court.

Spokesperson Koirala said hearings on the petitions will begin immediately after registration. So far, only petitions related to recent political developments—government formation and House dissolution—have been filed.

The Supreme Court is preparing to consolidate these petitions and conduct a joint hearing rather than addressing them separately. The hearings will be held at the Supreme Court Annex Building, located a short distance from the main court premises, which was damaged by fire.

During the earthquake, court sessions had also been conducted at the annex building, and those benches have remained operational even after the main building’s retrofitting. The administration plans to use the same courtrooms for upcoming hearings.

Although the apex court resumed the registration and hearing of writ petitions from Tuesday, many other types of cases will not move forward yet. Appeals against decisions of district and high courts, reviews, and petitions seeking retrials on already decided cases remain suspended. “For now, we have issued a notice stating that only petitions against orders issued by lower courts in civil and criminal cases will be accepted,” said Spokesperson Koirala. “Except for cases involving detainees or urgent criminal matters, we are not yet in a position to handle most other cases,” he added.