Day News Recap: Iran tensions, Asia flooding and Ebola surge dominate a crowded day of global news

Iran buried former supreme leader Ali Khamenei in Mashhad as crowds burned a giant effigy of Donald Trump and chanted anti US slogans, underscoring the sharp rise in tensions after two days of renewed US and Iranian attacks. Washington and Tehran also said they would keep talking even as Trump declared the ceasefire over, while the International Energy Agency warned the fighting could disrupt a fragile recovery in global oil markets and keep pressure on the Strait of Hormuz.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the Middle East, Israeli drone strikes injured two people in southern Lebanon despite a US brokered framework deal, while Israeli attacks in Gaza killed six more people as ceasefire talks stalled. Israel also barred Jerusalem grand mufti Sheikh Muhammad Hussein from Al Aqsa Mosque for a week after briefly detaining him, and Netanyahu said Israel was building new alliances with India as ties with the United States come under strain.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in the region, Syria moved further back into diplomatic acceptance as the United States prepared to remove it from the state sponsors of terrorism list and the OPCW restored its voting rights after citing a significant change in circumstances. Syrian authorities also said they had arrested suspects over Damascus bombings, including attacks during President Emmanuel Macron's visit.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Asia saw a string of major developments. China faced worsening flooding as Typhoon Maysak stranded people on rooftops in Nanning and triggered tornadoes, while the country also reported its first controlled recovery of an orbital class rocket booster and expanded its anti sanctions toolkit for foreign firms. North Korea vowed to strengthen its nuclear force and expand its military intelligence role, and India and Australia signed defence, maritime, energy, education and critical minerals agreements.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In South Asia and the Pacific, Pakistan said 75 suspected insurgents were killed in Balochistan after police officers were abducted and shot dead, and Super Typhoon Bavi killed at least 15 people in the Philippines while forcing more than 2,000 people from their homes in Taiwan. Australia also confirmed H5 bird flu in a greater crested tern for the first time, prompting stepped up surveillance.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Ukraine and Russia remained locked in a wider security struggle. A Kyiv court heard a Ukrainian intelligence officer deny killing a woman suspected in a Monaco bombing plot, while Ukraine said it had intensified strikes on Russian fuel routes to occupied Crimea. An OSCE panel said Russia was indoctrinating and militarising about 1.6 million Ukrainian children, and Czech President Petr Pavel warned the window for peace talks with Russia could narrow after September's elections.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, US reports said Israel had shared intelligence alleging Iran had developed a new plan to assassinate Trump, and the Justice Department indicted eight men over an alleged plot to attack a White House UFC event. Trump also refused to sign a bipartisan housing bill amid a fight over voter ID and the filibuster, while posting about an airport renaming in Palm Beach.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Across Africa and Europe, Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo reached 600 as the outbreak was described as the fastest growing ever, Sudan's cholera outbreak passed 100 deaths, and Nigeria ordered a probe after a fake federal agency was found to have received budget funding and office space. In Europe, the EU issued preliminary findings that Meta may have breached tech rules over addictive Instagram and Facebook features, France and Spain opened a probe into alleged hazardous waste trafficking, and Malta heard testimony in the Daphne Caruana Galizia murder case.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Humanitarian concerns also deepened as the UN warned that aid cuts had cut off critical support for at least one million women and girls. In Venezuela, the death toll from twin earthquakes rose to 3,889 and health agencies warned displaced communities faced growing disease risk.  🔗  🔗

On the political front, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas set legislative elections for 28 November, while Andy Burnham apologised for Labour's stance on Gaza and said he would apply tougher pressure on Israel if he led the party into government.  🔗  🔗

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