| Remaking the court | While Democrats have pushed presidential nominee Joe Biden to support expanding the number of justices on the Supreme Court, Biden has said he's "not a fan" of the idea. Yet he has signaled he could support other changes to the court as Trump appointee Amy Coney Barrett heads toward certain confirmation by the Senate just days before the election. Campaign 2020 There are 13 days until the election. Here's the latest on the race for control of the White House and Congress. Trump has some ground to make up in the final campaign debate against Biden tomorrow after a widely panned performance in their earlier face-off, which came just days before the president tested positive for Covid-19 and ended up in the hospital. Other developments Sign up to receive daily election updates as a direct mobile notification on Twitter. Simply click on this link and like the tweet. Pressure point | The beheading of a high-school history teacher in Paris last week after he showed cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed to his students highlights how deep France's problems with Islamic radicalism run. As Caroline Alexander explains, it's been a key issue throughout President Emmanuel Macron's brief career in front-line politics, and how he deals with it could dictate his chances of winning a second term in 2022. Causing trouble | The Kremlin has a plan as confrontation grows with Europe over the poisoning of an opposition leader, the crisis in Belarus and fresh charges of meddling in U.S. elections: more conflict. Prominent foreign policy analyst Timofey Bordache argued last month that Russia will never earn the respect of the West and should stop trying — and an official says his article is being viewed as a manifesto of sorts inside the government. - Read how the West's premiere spy alliance is finding its mission expanding as nations from the U.S. to Australia clash with China and seek better intelligence on everything from Covid-19 to child trafficking.
Using common sense | Through the Brexit campaign, Johnson trumpeted the message the British craved freedom from the strictures set by unelected bureaucrats in Brussels, and now he's spent months of the pandemic shying away from setting rules for social distancing and personal safety. He's being dragged towards another national lockdown but, as Rosalind Mathieson explains, it's with gritted teeth, given his belief that Britons can and should police themselves.  Pedestrians pass a large advertisement on the Arndale Centre shopping mall in Manchester on Oct. 16. Photographer: Anthony Devlin/Bloomberg Hindu heartland | India is battling one of the world's highest virus caseloads, its worst-ever economic slump, shuttered factories, rural protests and the deadliest border fighting with China in decades. Yet Prime Minister Narendra Modi remains as popular as ever. In the absence of significant national opposition, voters are giving Modi and his social media-driven Hindu nationalist rhetoric a long leash, as Bibhudatta Pradhan and Archana Chaudhary report. What to WatchAnd finally ... Emojis and retweets are the new ballots in Thailand, Randy Thanthong-Knight writes. Protest organizers are asking supporters on Facebook if they should hold rallies: The "Care" emoji signals "rest for one day," while the "Wow" emoji is a vote to "keep going!" A similar poll has been done on Twitter. It's keeping the police off balance: Authorities last week shut down parts of Bangkok in an unsuccessful bid to stop demonstrators from gathering.  Protesters salute in Bangkok yesterday. Photographer: Mladen Antonov/AFP via Getty Images | 
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