What are the 10 biggest news stories from today?

I'll round up today's biggest headlines for you.

As of today, Wednesday, October 21, 2026, the biggest headlines worldwide include:

Jio Platforms, the digital arm of Reliance Industries, is aiming to raise more than $3 billion in what would be the country's biggest-ever initial public offering. The IPO opens for subscription today, October 21, and will close on October 23.

The United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited India to meet the External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Mumbai, with trade, energy, defence, investment and emerging technologies among the key issues on the agenda. This is Rubio's second visit to India since May 2026.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk is on a visit to India between October 21 and 23 for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, arriving with a delegation of close to 100 Polish companies.

An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, has warned that the country will attack "nine countries" if the US attempts to hit its military bases or petrochemical sites again. Separate reporting says Iranian officials told Reuters that Iran has deliberately prolonged talks with the United States to weaken President Trump politically ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.

The United Kingdom will deploy Royal Air Force fighter jets to help Saudi Arabia protect its territory against escalating attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels. U.K. Defense Secretary Wes Streeting today said the United Kingdom is expanding military support for Saudi Arabia against the Houthis to include "defensive" air patrols by the Royal Air Force.

French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu announced that France will impose new curfews wherever necessary as the country deals with ongoing civil unrest. French police yesterday imposed overnight curfews in parts of central Paris and other cities.

Fresh tensions erupted in Manipur as protesters placed bodies outside the Chief Minister's bungalow following a fresh militant attack. At least nine people were killed in fresh violence across Manipur's Kamjong, Kangpokpi and Ukhrul districts.

A drone attack yesterday on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the South Sudan-Sudan border killed at least 73 people.

Ukraine's Kyiv regional prosecutor's office today said a Russian drone struck near a highway from Kyiv to the Black Sea port of Odesa in the south and killed three people.

Australian lawmaker Helen Haines yesterday had her leg amputated after a man yesterday deliberately rammed his car into her and then reversed to hit her a second time.