Sweden reports sharp inflation rise as police shoot knife attacker, WHO seeks Russian data on Siberian plague

New provisional figures from Sweden’s statistics agency indicate a marked rise in consumer prices for September, matching analysts’ expectations and shaping the Riksbank’s inflation monitoring. In a separate incident, police were called to the Royal Palace after a man brandished a knife; officers fired a warning shot, the individual was detained with serious but not life-threatening injuries, and a criminal investigation for grave threats and knife-law breaches has begun.

The World Health Organization publicly called on Russia to share data regarding a suspected lung plague case in Siberia, citing the death of a laboratory worker on 1 October and the quarantine of multiple contacts, while assessing low risk to the general public. Additionally, Argentine football star Lionel Messi was honored in his final national team match, scoring and assisting in a 3-0 victory over Benin, and Google was ordered to halt construction of large data centres in Finland pending environmental impact assessments.