
News Wrap: Deadly shooting in Brussels prompts terror alert
Clip: 10/16/2023 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: Deadly shooting in Brussels prompts terror alert
In our news wrap Monday, Brussels is under its highest level terror alert after two Swedes were killed in what Belgium's prime minister called attacks linked to terrorism, Poland's opposition parties appear to be on the verge of ousting the country's ruling conservatives and the Biden administration reached a settlement with migrant families separated at the border under President Trump.
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News Wrap: Deadly shooting in Brussels prompts terror alert
Clip: 10/16/2023 | 3m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Monday, Brussels is under its highest level terror alert after two Swedes were killed in what Belgium's prime minister called attacks linked to terrorism, Poland's opposition parties appear to be on the verge of ousting the country's ruling conservatives and the Biden administration reached a settlement with migrant families separated at the border under President Trump.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipAMNA NAWAZ: In the day's other headlines: A 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy was laid to rest in Illinois after being fatally stabbed by his landlord.
His mother was also seriously injured, but is expected to survive.
Police believe that the man targeted his tenants because of their Muslim faith, in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.
The Justice Department has opened a federal hate crime investigation.
The Biden administration has reached a settlement with migrant families separated at the border under President Trump.
If approved by a judge, the agreement will grant them temporary legal status and prevent similar separation policies for eight years.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this will -- quote -- "ensure that the prior practice of separating families does not happen again."
Brussels is under its highest-level terror alert tonight after two Swedes were fatally shot in the Belgian capital.
Belgium's prime minister said the attacks were linked to terrorism, but didn't give specifics.
Police arrived at the scene and sealed off the neighborhood.
The gunman is still at large.
The shootings happened about three miles from a stadium where thousands of soccer fans were attending a match between Belgium and Sweden.
Poland's opposition parties appear to be on the verge of ousting the country's ruling conservatives.
Turnout in Sunday's election was at an all-time high after eight years of divisive policies.
The centrist opposition celebrated as the preliminary results came in their favor.
Final results are expected tomorrow.
Meanwhile, voters in Ecuador have chosen center-right candidate Daniel Noboa to be their next president.
The 35-year-old heir to a banana empire will be the country's youngest leader ever.
Supporters celebrated on top of cars after Sunday's run-off and waved flags in the streets of Guayaquil.
In his victory speech, Noboa vowed to rebuild Ecuador's economy amid a surge of drug related violence.
DANIEL NOBOA, Ecuadorian President-Elect (through translator): I want to thank all the people who've been part of a new, young, unlikely political project whose goal was to give the country back its smile, to provide education to the youth and provide jobs to the poor.
Tomorrow, we start work for this new Ecuador.
We start working to rebuild a country seriously battered by violence, by corruption, and by hate.
AMNA NAWAZ: Noboa's father unsuccessfully ran for president five times.
Back in this country, pharmacy giant Rite Aid has filed for bankruptcy and says it will sell part of its business.
The chain is restructuring amid declining sales and more than 1,000 opioid-related lawsuits.
They say they will start closing some of their underperforming stores soon.
Stocks rallied on Wall Street today.
The Dow Jones industrial average gained 314 points to close at 33984.
The Nasdaq rose 161 points and the S&P 500 added 46.
And a passing of note.
Actress Suzanne Somers died Sunday at her home in California after a 23-year battle with breast cancer.
Somers was best known as the effervescent Chrissy Snow on the sitcom "Three's Company."
Later, she became a spokeswoman for ThighMaster and wrote dozens of books on health and wellness.
Suzanne Somers was 76 years old.
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