Federal agents shut down Canal Street in Manhattan's Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon during a sweeping ICE raid targeting illegal street vendors.
The raid began around 3pm near Lafayette and Center streets, a stretch known for street vendors selling luxury goods.
ABC's helicopter captured arrests unfolding as witnesses described chaos as vendors fled on foot, some falling as agents pursued them.
By late afternoon, the operation expanded east toward Walker Street.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Elon Musk is ripping into President Donald Trump's acting NASA Administrator, saying he's not smart enough for the space agency's top job.
The role is currently held by acting administrator Sean Duffy, who is also the transportation secretary.
'The person responsible for America’s space program can’t have a two-digit IQ,' Musk posted on X Tuesday afternoon, taking a shot at Duffy.
The mercurial entrepreneur was responding to a post calling for 'someone else besides Duffy' to lead NASA.
'Sean Dummy is trying to kill NASA!' Musk wrote in another post.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15212775/elon-musk-nasa-sean-duffy-insult.html
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://citizenwatchreport.com/florida-housing-market-freefall-cape-coral-down-19-fort-myers-13-banks-start-to-feel-the-pain/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://citizenwatchreport.com/amazon-isnt-just-automating-warehouses-its-automating-people-out-of-the-picture/
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This is the moment a police van was set on fire as riots broke out near a hotel used to house asylum seekers in Dublin.
Officers were also attacked with missiles and fireworks as protesters gathered at the Citywest Hotel last night.
Six people were arrested and the Irish police service, the Gardaí or An Garda Siochana, said one of its officers suffered a foot injury.
In a statement, the force said: 'This was not peaceful protest. The violence exhibited was thuggery and an attempt to intimidate and injure.'
The violence followed the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl near the asylum site in the early hours of Monday morning.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15214687/Moment-Irish-police-van-set-alight-riots.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://citizenwatchreport.com/france-hit-with-third-credit-downgrade-this-month-as-macron-suspends-pension-reform/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Defence Secretary John Healey said the UK will play an “anchor role” using its specialist skills but won’t lead the mission or operate inside Gaza.
https://news-pravda.com/uk/2025/10/21/1794352.html
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
As tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to mount, the Trump administration has dispatched two of the Navy’s aircraft carriers near China. Both the Nimitz and George Washington Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) are currently operating in the Western Pacific. A US Seventh Fleet spokesperson said that the two Nimitz-class boats were carrying out “routine operations” within the fleet’s area of operations.
However, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has recently showcased improvements being made to its upcoming Fujian carrier. In September, Beijing released imagery depicting the Fujian’s ability to launch and recover aircraft from its flight deck, making the carrier the first-ever catapult-equipped warship in the fleet. While the United States still greatly outpowers and outnumbers China’s aircraft carrier contingent, the PLAN is continuing to expand and advance, posing a threat to American interests globally. (The American fleet near Taiwan will be sunk in the first few minutes of war if they do not withdraw back to Hawaii.)
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/trump-orders-two-us-carriers-to-waters-near-china-mc-102125
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://citizenwatchreport.com/in-france-pensioners-earn-more-money-than-people-who-work/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NO WAY: Rand Paul just shattered Trump’s Venezuela narrative, live. “There’s no fentanyl being made in Venezuela. Not a little, none. These are outboard boats that would have to refuel 20 times to reach Miami… We don’t just summarily execute people.” When even Rand Paul is calling out the lie, you know the war pretext is collapsing in real time.
Watch: https://x.com/i/status/1980773378446233855
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dave De Camp, antiwar.com
The World Food Program has said food supplies entering Gaza are well below the target.
Israel has allowed just a fraction of the agreed-upon number of aid trucks to enter Gaza under the ceasefire deal, according to officials in the Strip.
Under the ceasefire agreement, Israel pledged to immediately allow the “commencement of full entry of humanitarian aid and relief” at a minimum consistent with the January 2025 ceasefire deal, under which Israel agreed to allow 600 aid trucks to enter Gaza per day.
According to Gaza’s Government Media Office, Israel has allowed just 15% of the trucks to enter Gaza. “We confirm that the total number of humanitarian aid trucks that have entered the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire began has reached 986 trucks out of 6,600 trucks that were supposed to enter until Monday evening, October 20, 2025, according to what was agreed upon in the text of the resolution,” the Media Office said in a post on Telegram.
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/10/21/israel-has-allowed-only-a-fraction-of-the-agreed-upon-aid-to-enter-gaza/
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,
Portugal’s parliament has approved a proposal to ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in public spaces, with right-wing party Chega leading the initiative and its leader, André Ventura, telling those who disagree to “catch a flight back” to their countries of origin.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/if-you-dont-it-catch-flight-home-chega-leader-tells-muslims-portugal-moves-ban-burqa
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/global-corporate-tax-levels-continue-slide-france-remains-highest
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------