Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine hit by fresh Russian strikes as Middle East tensions and market stress deepen

Russian missile and drone strikes hit cities across Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight people and wounding more than a dozen, with officials warning the toll could rise as rescue work continues. Kyiv and Lviv were among the targets, and Poland scrambled jets as the scale of the attack became clear.  🔗  🔗

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The conflict in the Middle East widened further after the United States launched fresh strikes on Iran, following a renewed wave of attacks across the region. Separate reporting said a US attack on Iran's Qeshm island killed three people, including a two year old child, while Iraq condemned Saudi US strikes on Iran backed Popular Mobilisation Forces targets as a violation of sovereignty after at least 20 PMF deaths.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Iran is also expected to receive up to 400 portable anti air missiles from China in the coming weeks, according to people familiar with the deal, a move that would add to regional security concerns. At the same time, the Houthis are said to be preparing a plan to impose tolls on Red Sea shipping, while Saudi Arabia is seeking an international coalition to protect vessels after attacks linked to the group expanded to Saudi ships.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Gaza, Israel confirmed an airstrike that destroyed the Al Muttaqin mosque in Gaza City, after the bombing was acknowledged days after it took place. Separately, Canada reiterated its opposition to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, and the UN human rights office said settler violence there has reached an all time high.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Japan faced a major natural disaster as emergency crews continued rescue operations after a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in southern Kyushu, with at least 13 people now confirmed dead. The quake was followed by an explosion at Kumamoto's Aeon mall, and the country is also turning to Canadian crude as supply fears linked to the Strait of Hormuz push Asian buyers to diversify.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Security violence also flared in South Asia, where at least 15 people were killed in an attack on a checkpoint in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. In Myanmar, a court sentenced nine activists to prison terms of up to 37 years over a protest calling for a boycott of military backed elections.  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, a New York federal court convicted Hadi Matar of transnational terrorism and providing support to Hezbollah over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie. In Washington, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on Todd Blanche's nomination after Republican senators sought more clarity on an IRS settlement, while Donald Trump said his administration is considering tighter controls on artificial intelligence after recent hacking incidents involving OpenAI.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere, Bolivia issued a new arrest warrant for former president Evo Morales over protest linked allegations, Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega sent Congress a draft reform that would let the government exclude alleged traitors and coup plotters from elections and extend presidential terms, and India's upper house passed a bill criminalising the intentional disruption of singing Vande Mataram.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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The UN food agency appealed for urgent funding as hunger deepens around the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where cases have topped 3,200. In Brazil, a Rio LGBT group demanded an explanation for missing police data on anti LGBTQ crimes.  🔗  🔗

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