31/10/2012 11:00
International press at a glance
The Guardian
Disney has announced its purchase of Lucasfilm, the maker of Star Wars, in a $4.05bn (£2.5bn) deal that will pave the way for the a new series of Star Wars feature films.
Fox News
Mexico is putting up wind power turbines at a breakneck pace and the expansion is pitting energy companies against the Indians who live in one of the windiest spots in the world.
A typhoon has now killed 32 people across Asia - and left scenes of devastation to rival Superstorm Sandy in the US.
ABC News
German police say they have arrested a 37-year-old French citizen wanted by Moroccan authorities in connection with the 2003 bombings in Casablanca that killed 45 people.
The Reuters
Syrian warplanes bombed rebel targets with renewed intensity on Tuesday after the end of a widely ignored four-day truce between President Bashar al-Assad's forces and insurgents.
The BBC
At least 40 people have been killed, millions have no power and transport has been crippled across the north-eastern US as storm Sandy heads north.