Noontime News Recap: Iranian missile barrage over Doha deepens regional tensions as Israel heads to election

Qatar said its air defences intercepted a fresh Iranian missile barrage over Doha on Friday, after explosions were heard and the security alert was raised, underlining the widening fallout from the confrontation between Iran and the United States.  🔗

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In the wider Middle East, Israel's parliament has been dissolved, setting the country on course for national elections on October 27 and ending the 25th Knesset.  🔗 At the same time, a Trump backed Gaza reconstruction plan has been cut back to a limited pilot camp near Rafah, far smaller than the original proposal.  🔗

Germany has renewed its push for a European Union force to replace UNIFIL in southern Lebanon before the UN peacekeeping mission ends at the close of the year, as European capitals look for a post UNIFIL security arrangement.  🔗

In the United Kingdom, a 39 year old man has been charged under the National Security Act after an investigation into alleged assistance to Iran's intelligence service.  🔗 Separately, firefighters in Scotland are still battling a major wildfire in the Cairngorms for a third day, with the blaze spreading across 3.7 miles, forcing evacuations and closures in parts of the national park.  🔗

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Health and humanitarian concerns also featured, with seven American aid workers who had been operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Ebola response work now quarantined at an isolation facility in Kenya after new travel restrictions.  🔗

In the United States, the administration has announced new visa restrictions targeting alleged far left terrorist groups and aligned networks, widening its use of immigration policy against political extremism.  🔗

Energy markets remain under pressure from the conflict, with oil prices rising again after fresh attacks between the United States and Iran and the return of a naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The report says that has helped keep gasoline and diesel prices slow to fall at the pump despite earlier easing in crude.  🔗

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