Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine drone strikes hit Moscow region as Gaza, Houthi and AI tensions rise

Russia said a large overnight Ukrainian drone attack killed two people in the Moscow region, injured others and damaged an oil refinery facility, with officials also reporting disruption around the capital.  🔗 Germany separately blamed Russia for a drone attack at Leipzig/Halle airport, deepening fears of hybrid warfare as Berlin and Moscow trade accusations over airspace and infrastructure security.  🔗

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In the Middle East, US embassies across the region issued security alerts after fresh Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia, urging Americans to keep a heightened level of vigilance.  🔗 Smoke and flames were seen near King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh after the Houthis said they had struck sensitive sites in the Saudi capital, while the group also claimed attacks on Saudi Arabia more broadly.  🔗

Gaza saw more bloodshed as Palestinian health officials said Israeli fire and airstrikes killed at least four people in separate incidents across central and northern Gaza, including a child and the son of a health official.  🔗

Iran said it had sent formal war ending conditions to the United States through Qatari mediators, in a sign of continued back channel diplomacy even as tensions remain high.  🔗 In a separate regional development, French President Emmanuel Macron said a US, Denmark and Greenland security deal helps reaffirm Danish sovereignty over the Arctic territory as the signing nears at the UN General Assembly.  🔗

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In Africa, health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo began receiving Ebola vaccinations in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, as authorities try to slow a worsening outbreak.  🔗 In Syria, the Defence Ministry said 11 personnel were killed in an explosion at a weapons depot near Ayyash, west of Deir ez Zor.  🔗

Across the Americas, the US military said it struck a boat in the Caribbean Sea and killed four people it described as involved in drug smuggling.  🔗 Cuba, meanwhile, was working to restore power after another nationwide blackout, with electricity gradually returning after outages spread from five eastern provinces to the whole island.  🔗

In Europe, Dutch riot police dispersed several hundred far right protesters in The Hague after violence broke out at an anti immigration march, with arrests rising as the demonstration turned disorderly.  🔗 Germany is also heading into regional elections in Berlin and Mecklenburg Western Pomerania, a vote being watched as an early test of pressure on Chancellor Friedrich Merz after far right gains.  🔗

In the Asia Pacific, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged the United States and China to reach an agreement on artificial intelligence governance before UN talks, saying humans must stay in control of the technology.  🔗 In Washington, President Donald Trump said he will create an AI Force and appoint a new AI czar to oversee the country's artificial intelligence policy.  🔗

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Also drawing attention in Russia, a new account of Vladimir Putin's private world described his security, habits and growing paranoia, as Russians go to the polls this weekend.  🔗

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