October 22, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Ms. Emma Howard

  1. Taiwanese railway authorities say the driver of the derailed express train had reported problems with the train before the accident.
  2. U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to explain the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear missile treaty with the Soviet Union to Russian officials in Moscow.
  3. Reuters news agency has quoted a senior Saudi official as saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was choked to death.