Day News Recap: Middle East war widens as NATO, markets and global diplomacy feel the shock

The conflict between the United States and Iran widened sharply, with both sides trading strikes for a second day and Tehran saying it fired 10 ballistic missiles at Jordan's Azraq military base, while Washington hit Iran's strategic port city of Chabahar for the first time since the war began. The escalation has pushed the confrontation beyond the Strait of Hormuz and deepened fears of a broader regional war.  🔗  🔗

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In Iran, huge crowds gathered in Mashhad for the burial of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, with the final rites bringing six days of funeral events to a close after his death in a wartime attack. State media and local reporting described mass public processions as the country marked the end of the mourning period.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Gaza, Israeli air attacks and gunfire killed at least nine Palestinians, including two children, in incidents across Gaza City, Khan Younis and other areas, underscoring that ceasefire violations continue. Separately, Mahmoud Abbas signed a decree calling legislative elections for 28 November, the first such vote in nearly two decades after Hamas took control of Gaza.  🔗  🔗

Ukraine remained under pressure as the UN Security Council held an emergency session after deadly Russian drone and missile strikes on Kyiv, with officials urging urgent de escalation. At the same time, Ukraine said it had intensified attacks on Russian maritime supply routes near occupied Crimea, claiming at least 25 ships had been hit or damaged.  🔗  🔗

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Elsewhere in the conflict map, NATO leaders ended their summit in Ankara by reaffirming support for Ukraine and pledging to keep raising defence spending, even as Donald Trump's mixed messaging continued to unsettle allies. NATO chief Mark Rutte insisted there was still unity in the alliance, while Trump also floated a Patriot missile offer.  🔗  🔗

Diplomatic shifts continued beyond the battlefield. The United States said it will remove Syria from its state sponsor of terrorism list, a major policy change that could ease barriers to investment and engagement, and the OPCW restored Syria's voting rights after saying the new authorities had made progress on chemical weapons obligations. In Mali, Tuareg separatists and jihadist allies attacked a convoy carrying Russian soldiers and Malian troops near Anefis.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Africa, Sudanese officials proposed a national dialogue to try to end the civil war and set out a path towards civilian rule and elections, while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola deaths reached at least 600 and health workers threatened strike action.  🔗  🔗

Asia Pacific saw a mix of security, politics and trade. China reported deadly flooding in Guangxi, where snake farms were inundated and residents were warned after hundreds of snakes escaped in Hengzhou, while South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a seven year sentence for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed 2024 martial law declaration. In Australia, Narendra Modi met Anthony Albanese in Melbourne and India and Australia signed a uranium export agreement, while in New Zealand Christopher Luxon said Wellington and New Delhi should defend the rules based system as Modi arrived in Auckland.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In Europe and the UK, Ireland's Simon Harris chaired Ecofin talks in Brussels as ministers discussed the energy crisis and wider EU financial priorities, and the UK faced fresh winter supply concerns after the owner of the Jackdaw gas field warned of a possible gas shortage unless production is approved. In domestic politics, a Clacton by election was formally triggered after Nigel Farage resigned as MP.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, former Obama administration official Rahm Emanuel said Israel should no longer expect unconditional US aid, while in Maine Democrat Graham Platner suspended his Senate campaign after scandals including a sexual assault allegation. Separately, President Trump praised a $325 million SpaceX stock gift to children's causes and posted a series of attacks on Gavin Newsom.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

On the corporate and public safety front, at least 28 people were killed in a fire at a shoe factory in Jinjiang, Fujian, and Oneida County man Patrick Weaver pleaded guilty in a federal child pornography case in Syracuse.  🔗  🔗

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