Zelensky Remains Defiant As Trump Fumes | News Round-Up

In this news round-up of the week for Friday October 16th 2026: President Trump responds to Ukraine's defiance of his demand for them to stop bombing Russian oil - and it's rather tame. For now; Indications are growing that corporate CEOs are gearing up for the moment where they can declare to the world that they never supported Trump, and they just wanted to get back to business as usual; India is seeing a major citizens movement pushing back against an extraordinary move to purge the voting rolls, in a manner Donald Trump could likely only dream of; And Albertans are about to go to the polls to decide whether to consider the province leaving Canada.