{"id":227849,"date":"2026-10-17T18:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/first-thing-three-young-children-killed-in-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T18:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T18:19:06","slug":"first-thing-three-young-children-killed-in-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/first-thing-three-young-children-killed-in-oregon-elementary-school-shooting-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"First Thing: Three young children killed in Oregon elementary school shooting – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Attacker also killed a teacher and was shot dead by a community member. Plus, NAZA film-makers describe Israel\u2019s attempts to retaliate
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Good morning. A 16-year-old shooter opened fire at an elementary school<\/a> in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher, before he was shot dead by a community member. The children killed were five, eight and 11, officials said. The gunman, who was a Bend resident, has not been publicly identified.
In the aftermath of the attack, children were taken by bus to a nearby church serving as a reunification center for families. Parents hugged, kissed and held their children\u2019s hands as they walked to their cars, with some bringing along favorite stuffed animals or other comfort items from home. Here is what we know so far<\/a>.
Donald Trump has called Ukraine\u2019s latest strikes on Russian oil refineries a \u201cdisgrace\u201d<\/a>, while renewing his criticism of Volodymyr \u2060Zelenskyy after an energy ceasefire announced by the US president collapsed. Trump said: \u201cAll he\u2019s doing is making the world oil price higher. Well, I think that\u2019s a disgrace. I think I find Zelenskyy to be more difficult \u200bto deal with \u200bthan Putin.\u201d
What have been the diplomatic moves in Europe? <\/strong>Amid growing doubts about long-term US commitment to Ukraine, European leaders declared their support for Zelenskyy. The European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, said the EU intended to increase pressure on Russia, promising a 22nd round of sanctions. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said it was \u201ccrucial\u201d<\/a> that Ukraine received \u201call the means necessary to protect itself\u201d.
Yemen\u2019s Houthis fired missiles at the presidential palace complex<\/a> in the southern city of Aden, killing five people. The attack was the first on Al-Maashiq palace \u2060in the current conflict. Yemen\u2019s prime minister, Shaya al-Zindani, \u2060and cabinet members were said to be safe after the attack.
Why is Yemen saying the battle against the Houthis is crucial?<\/strong> Yemen\u2019s former PM Maeen Abdulmalik Saeed has said<\/a> the Iran-backed militia\u2019s use of drones represents a \u201cnew era of radical terrorism\u201d. The adviser to the Yemeni president said he had no doubt that the Houthis intended to seize control of all of Yemen, and he claimed their goal was \u201cto help Iran to expand the chaos\u201d in the region.
Donald Trump has shelved a widely condemned plan<\/a> to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, who was convicted of killing 13 people at a military base at Fort Hood in Texas in 2009. \u201cHe will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThat said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose.\u201d
How did Pete Hegseth\u2019s church allies react to the planned broadcast?<\/strong> The de facto leader of Hegseth\u2019s theocratic Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, Douglas Wilson, had welcomed the announcement<\/a>, saying he preferred \u201cpublic execution\u201d. He said he favored \u201cthe older forms, like a firing squad, as opposed to attempts to \u2018medicalize\u2019 it\u201d, and added: \u201cExecutions in the scriptures were public.\u201d
Michael Desronvil, the sole holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial, has said he never had any reasonable doubt that Clancy was guilty of first-degree murder, adding there was \u201ca lot of evidence to back up my claim\u201d. He said he was struck by \u201chow methodical Lindsay was in the execution of the children\u201d, during an interview with Fox News<\/a> in which he read a Bible passage and maintained that \u201cconstantly praying\u201d had guided him through 38 hours of jury deliberations.
The Republican former congressman Matt Gaetz has been accused<\/a> of participating in the sex trafficking of two young women<\/strong>, in a civil lawsuit filed on Thursday in a district court in Florida.
Tyler Ulrich<\/strong>, a college football player, has died<\/a> five days after a <\/strong>\u201ctraumatic injury<\/strong>\u201d during a game.<\/strong> The 21-year-old from Azle, Texas, was in his third season at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma.
Saudi Arabia is to execute a man for being at protests and funerals when he was 15<\/a><\/strong>, described as a \u201cnew low\u201d by rights groups.
VW, Ford and Tesla batteries have been linked to destructive deforestation<\/a> in Indonesia. <\/strong>Satellite analysis shows the mines have led to widespread deforestation of primary rainforest in nickel-rich lands.
Police have revealed the identity of a murdered man found in a barrel<\/a><\/strong> in drought-stricken Lake Mead four years ago.
Voting registration organizations have accused Texas officials<\/a> of failing to ensure eligible voters can register properly. The US justice department is also suing California over allegations of noncitizen voting<\/a> \u2013 a regular Trump talking point \u2013 and the FBI is investigating letters containing an \u201cunknown substance\u201d<\/a> sent to US election officials.
Primetime and You Can See Everything are both clammy, audacious awards contenders that challenge our sense of reality. Ryan Gilbey speaks to the 30-year-old director<\/a> about his drama starring Robert Pattinson as a TV vigilante.
Xiaoying You examines how architects have worked with the harsh environment to create a sustainable building<\/a> to showcase hundreds of impressive fossils of pterosaurs, ancient flying reptiles related to dinosaurs.
Since NAZA\u2019s release, the Israeli government has actively targeted those involved. The film\u2019s executive producer, Jonathan Glazer, has said it was expected<\/a> but that \u201cin my point of view it was much more venal\u201d than anticipated. In this podcast<\/a>, its directors, Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, speak to Annie Kelly about how they have been called traitors and how Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to hunt down and expose their sources. The film collects the testimony of 24 insiders who helped remotely target homes in Gaza during Israel\u2019s military campaign.
Multiple wildfires have ignited across California as the state braced for more strong winds and high temperatures. Evacuations have been issued<\/a> and officials briefly closed part of the Interstate 5. The federal government\u2019s seasonal outlook says El Ni\u00f1o is likely to shift weather patterns later this year to bring more moisture, so that winter in the US looks like it will generally be wetter and warmer<\/a>.
A neighborhood in Vienna has introduced guidelines for dog walking<\/a>, including the use of bottled tap water to rinse away urine to protect vulnerable trees.
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