After a call to 112, a dispatcher gathers details, assesses the situation and coordinates the response. Giving a precise location and answering questions can help ensure assistance is organised promptly.
Argentine Navy units held joint drills in the Beagle Channel near Ushuaia. They practised deploying rescue swimmers, recovering a simulated casualty and delivering supplies to ships by helicopter.
The UK is establishing the AI Biosecurity Lab to help detect biological threats earlier and speed up the development of countermeasures. The project will receive government funding and commitments from OpenAI and Anthropic.
Foreign ministers from Germany, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Türkiye, Egypt, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia met for the first time in Istanbul to discuss safe shipping routes and conflicts involving Iran and Yemen.
Pacific police chiefs have endorsed the constitution of the Pacific Community of Policing, known as PACPOL. The organization will bring the PICP and Pacific Policing Initiative together under one framework.
UK Chief of the Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton hosted the tenth Dragon Group meeting in London. Representatives from across the Gulf and Middle East attended.
Pakistan condemned Houthi ballistic missile attacks targeting Saudi Arabia’s Makkah and Madinah regions. Islamabad reaffirmed its support for the kingdom’s security and defence.
Pakistan’s foreign ministry has rejected as baseless allegations of civilian casualties from its counterterrorism operations. Islamabad says it retains the right to defend itself against terrorist groups operating from Afghan territory.
The UK and Oman plan to strengthen ties in security, defence, investment, green growth and education. Their joint statement followed Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s state visit to the UK on 20–22 October.
The United States and five Central Asian countries say they will strengthen their long-term partnership under the C5+1 format. Their joint statement followed a ministerial meeting in Samarkand on October 19.
Kazakhstan has established the Interior Ministry’s departmental medal “Халық қаһарманы Ғазиз Байтасов.” Police Captain Gaziz Baitasov gave his life protecting civilians.
German customs officers found 37 live venomous snakes and 55 lizards in a Mexican passenger’s suitcase at Cologne/Bonn Airport. Some of the animals died during transport.
The UK Ministry of Defence has proposed turning the former Cawdor Barracks in Pembrokeshire into the UK site for the DARC radar programme. The Welsh Government will decide on the planning application.
New Zealand has approved the deployment of Army officer Brigadier Grant Motley as Force Commander of the Multinational Force and Observers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. Upon promotion to Major General, he will lead nearly 2,000 military and civilian personnel from 33 countries.
The White House says illegal migration to the United States fell sharply during Donald Trump’s second term. In 2025, the country recorded its first negative net migration in at least 50 years.
The International Training Institute of Ethiopia’s Peacekeeping Center, with financial support from the French government, held a two-week course for officers preparing for peacekeeping missions.
New Zealand Police seized five illegal firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine and a stolen generator in searches in Ruatoria and Tokomaru Bay. A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged.
A joint investigation by Australian and Chilean police has led to four arrests over an alleged attempt to import 23kg of cocaine into Australia. The drug was reportedly to be carried on a commercial flight.
The Australian Federal Police has urged people across the country to watch for signs of foreign interference and report suspicious activity. The call follows the imprisonment of a second person convicted of a foreign interference offence in an Australian court last month.
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