Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine infrastructure hit, Congo Ebola toll rises and G7 moves on oil reserves

Russia intensified strikes on Ukraine, hitting Kyiv's Northern Bridge and damaging the road surface and trolleybus overhead wires, while the UN rights chief said the war is a human rights catastrophe and warned the situation is growing and intensifying.  🔗  🔗

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In the Middle East, the World Health Organization warned that repeated delays in getting medicines, prosthetics and other medical supplies into Gaza could have devastating consequences, as Israel's Supreme Court overturned a ban on Arab parties ahead of the October 27 election.  🔗  🔗 Israeli restrictions linked to a new barrier have also cut off water, animal feed, healthcare access and movement for residents of Ras al Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.  🔗

In Africa, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has worsened, with official figures putting the death toll at 4,018 from 8,300 cases as conflict and attacks on the health response continue to disrupt containment efforts.  🔗 Sudan's army said it captured al Mazroub in North Kordofan after fierce fighting with the Rapid Support Forces, while Ethiopia accused Egypt, Eritrea and Sudan of backing armed groups as renewed fighting and severed ties with Eritrea raised fears across the Horn of Africa.  🔗  🔗

Security concerns also deepened elsewhere, with British authorities charging two Iranian nationals over an alleged terror plot in Manchester targeting the Jewish community, and police charging Joshua Kerry with preparing acts of terrorism, including an alleged plot targeting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage.  🔗  🔗 In the Central African Republic, attacks attributed to the Lord's Resistance Army have resurfaced in the east and south east, renewing concern over child abductions.  🔗

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In Asia, South Korea said North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area toward the East Sea after Seoul demanded an apology over wounded soldiers, adding to regional tensions.  🔗 In Iraq, authorities allowed Iranian airlines, except Mahan Air, to resume up to 40 daily flights to Najaf after Washington granted an exemption.  🔗

In the Americas, a major banking scandal involving Banco Master is adding pressure to Brazil's presidential race, with voters due to cast ballots in the first round on Sunday.  🔗 The United States has suspended consular services in Brasilia over security concerns, further complicating the tense campaign.  🔗 Across Latin America, a new survey found China is now viewed more positively than the United States as a global influence for the first time since 1995.  🔗

In Britain, energy suppliers are pressing the government to act immediately as households face another rise in winter bills, while the Royal Navy's new attack submarine HMS Agamemnon has arrived at Faslane in Scotland.  🔗  🔗

Separately, President Donald Trump said a White House ballroom and military complex would be the finest in the world, and also touted a Korea oil and gas deal as a boost to US energy dominance.  🔗  🔗

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