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Sport · National teamPress ✓ 4 outlets · quotes according to the press

Ronaldo owns up to leaving the training camp, apologizes and accepts punishment, but accuses the national coach of breaking his word

In a long text released on Tuesday, the captain says he is available to return to the national team after serving whatever sanction is imposed on him. Jorge Jesus is referred to only as “the National Coach.”

Cristiano Ronaldo released a long statement on Tuesday, October 6, about leaving the national team’s training camp in Copenhagen. He took responsibility for the decision, apologized to fans and teammates, and said he expects a punishment from the disciplinary bodies of the Portuguese Football Federation, being available to represent Portugal after serving it (A Bola, Postal, O Liberal, Correio do Estado). The text does not name Jorge Jesus, whom it always calls “the National Coach.”

Ronaldo accuses the coach of twice breaking agreements between the two: in the game against Norway, when he is said to have asked whether he would be available to play about 30 minutes, and at the press conference before the game against Denmark. According to Postal, he writes that it was “a mistake” to have him warm up and compares himself to Pelé and Maradona. The FPF did not comment on the text, according to AFP, and by press time DailyDrop had seen no reaction from Jorge Jesus and no disciplinary decision.

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2 timesagreements Ronaldo says were broken
1 to 6 monthssuspension provided for in the FPF regulations
0sanctions announced by the time this edition went to press
World · SpainPress ✓ 3 outlets · scope still to be clarified

Spanish Constitutional Court applies amnesty to “procés” embezzlement and Llarena lifts Puigdemont’s arrest order

On Tuesday, October 6, the Spanish Constitutional Court upheld Dolors Bassa’s amparo appeal and rejected the Supreme Court’s criterion, which excluded from the amnesty embezzlement linked to the “procés.” Judge Pablo Llarena, of the Supreme Court, then lifted the national capture and arrest orders against Carles Puigdemont and former regional ministers Toni Comín and Lluís Puig (Euronews, Diario de León, Handelsblatt).

Llarena notes that he does not yet have the full text of the Constitutional Court’s ruling, which he needs to determine the exact scope regarding Puigdemont, Comín and Puig. Puigdemont, speaking from Waterloo, warned that the amnesty does not end the Catalan conflict. It was only on September 15 that the same judge had refused to apply the law to him, after the EU Court of Justice ruling of July 16. The decision comes less than two months before the general election of November 29.

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Amparo appealLaw

A request to the Spanish Constitutional Court to protect fundamental rights allegedly violated by a court decision.

World · FrancePress ✓ 5 outlets · turnout according to the Interior Ministry

Hundreds of thousands of students protest in France; Macron calls crisis meeting at the Élysée

The French Interior Ministry counted 256,000 demonstrators across the country on Tuesday, October 6, 56,000 of them in Paris; the unions put the figure at 450,000 (Spiegel, Tagesschau). In Paris, police used tear gas and, for the first time, a water cannon. The mayor of Saint-Denis, Bally Bagayoko, was hit by gas while trying to protect demonstrators and asked the Interior Ministry to review its instructions to the police (dgabc).

The protests began in mid-September, on the outskirts of Paris, against the underfunding, overcrowding and deterioration of schools, and have already led to the arrests of more than 6,100 people, most of them minors, according to AP (Tribuna do Sertão). The General Inspectorate of the National Police opened 18 investigations into police violence, including the case of a 15-year-old who lost a hand. Macron called a crisis meeting. DailyDrop saw no independent estimate of turnout.

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World · BrazilPress ✓ 4 outlets · endorsements announced by the backers themselves

Caiado, União Brasil and PP back Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff; dollar falls below 5 reais

Ronaldo Caiado, who finished fifth in the first round with about 2.6 million votes (2.18%), declared in Goiânia his support for Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff, three weeks after having sharply criticized him. The Progressive Union (União Progressista) federation, which brings together União Brasil and the PP and had stayed neutral in the first round, also announced unanimous support, according to Senator Tereza Cristina (JB, Correio da Manhã, Viva).

Flávio said he wants the support of the Republicanos and Podemos and will use the majority in Congress to change the Constitution, according to Agência Brasil. In the markets, the dollar closed at 4.975 reais, the lowest since May 12, while the Ibovespa fell 0.52%, after a 7.70% rise the day before. The runoff is on October 25.

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Science · Nobel PrizePress ✓ 4 outlets · decision of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

Nobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen, the scientist who turned the South Pole’s ice into a neutrino detector

On Tuesday, October 6, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Physics to Francis Halzen, an 82-year-old Belgian-American and professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for his central role in the IceCube observatory and for the discovery of high-energy neutrinos of astrophysical origin (Itatiaia, dgabc, Perfil, Tagesschau). The prize, of 12 million Swedish kronor, is not shared, according to one of the sources.

Halzen put forward the idea of capturing neutrinos in Antarctic ice in 1988. IceCube covers a cubic kilometer and was completed in 2011; in 2013 it showed the first signs of neutrinos from deep space, and years later the extragalactic origin was confirmed. The sources agree on the basic facts.

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In brief
  • Wall Street, Tuesday: S&P 500 7,818.93 (+0.58%), WTI $89.44 (+0.01%), gold $4,187.1 (+0.73%)market data
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  • Dax closed at 25,449.19 points (+0.77%) with a calmer bond marketdpa-AFX
  • Paramount closes purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery for about $110 billionTagesschau
  • Drones hit two merchant ships in the Black Sea; one freighter sank off BulgariaTagesschau
  • Germany: AfD presides over a state parliament for the first timeTagesschau, Spiegel
  • Fairford: a 22-year-old Briton arrested in Westminster on suspicion of terrorismSky News, The Times
  • Jeffrey Archer died aged 86, on the day his last book was publishedSky News, The Times
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Unverified — what we could not confirm

“Ronaldo was suspended by the Federation.” As of the close of this edition no decision has been announced; the player’s text says he expects a punishment from the disciplinary bodies, and the FPF did not comment (AFP, A Bola).
“Iran attacked the Fairford base.” There is no confirmed attack. Anonymous US officials speak of an alleged drone plot that led to the withdrawal of the bombers; Iran denies it and the arrests are on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts (Reuters, Sky News).

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INSIDERonaldo owns up to leaving the training camp, apologizes and accepts punishment, but accuses the national coach of breaking his wordSport · National teamSpanish Constitutional Court applies amnesty to “procés” embezzlement and Llarena lifts Puigdemont’s arrest orderWorld · SpainHundreds of thousands of students protest in France; Macron calls crisis meeting at the ÉlyséeWorld · FranceCaiado, União Brasil and PP back Flávio Bolsonaro in the runoff; dollar falls below 5 reaisWorld · BrazilNobel Prize in Physics goes to Francis Halzen, the scientist who turned the South Pole’s ice into a neutrino detectorScience · Nobel Prize