Day News Recap: Russia escalates strikes in Ukraine and Black Sea as Brazil heads to runoff

Romanian authorities said a commercial vessel carrying corn sank in the Black Sea after a fire caused by a Russian drone attack, leaving two people dead and underlining the danger to shipping in the corridor.  🔗

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In Ukraine, Russian strikes intensified again as a missile hit Kyiv’s Northern Bridge, injuring two people and forcing traffic to stop, while Germany’s foreign intelligence chief warned that Europe could be drawn into violent conflict with Russia amid shadow war concerns.  🔗 🔗

In the Middle East, Yemen’s military said it had launched more than 1,000 strikes against Houthi targets in a bid to retake territory, and the government later said its forces had recaptured Dhubab and the port city of Mocha as the fighting widened towards Sanaa.  🔗 🔗

Elsewhere in the region, former EU leaders called for sanctions over Israel’s E1 settlement project, while Israel condemned the UK Green Party after members voted to define Zionism as racism.  🔗 🔗

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In the Americas, Brazil’s presidential race is heading to a runoff on 25 October after no candidate won an outright majority, with Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Flavio Bolsonaro set for a second round.  🔗 In the Caribbean, the United States said another strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat killed four people.  🔗

Across Africa and Asia, a Nigerian Air Force ATR 42 crashed in Ondo State with 32 people aboard, Ethiopian federal forces and allied fighters said they had taken Mekelle in Tigray, and in Japan protests continued after the arrest of a US Marine over the killing of a woman in Naha.  🔗 🔗 🔗

Japan also said it is moving ahead with plans for a new centralised intelligence agency, while Pakistan saw two separate security and political developments, with police using fishing nets at a Hangu checkpost to deter drone attacks and supporters of Imran Khan launching a mass rally towards Islamabad after talks failed.  🔗 🔗 🔗

In Europe, the euro fell to a 17 month low against the dollar as French debt worries and Spain’s election added to uncertainty, France saw student protests spread with hundreds of schools closed or partially closed, and Spain’s prime minister called a snap general election for 29 November after his government failed to pass housing reforms.  🔗 🔗 🔗 Bosnia’s election pointed to a nationalist shift, with Milorad Dodik declaring victory for his party and analysts saying nationalist and conservative forces had gained ground.  🔗 🔗

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Other developments included Russia keeping quarantine restrictions in place in Irkutsk after a plague scare, Nicaragua saying it will withdraw from the Central American Parliament, Australia’s leaders condemning planned pro Palestinian vigils as Jewish communities marked the 7 October anniversary, and the WFP condemning a deadly airstrike on aid trucks in Sudan’s South Kordofan.  🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

In the US, President Donald Trump announced a new artificial intelligence oversight task force called the Super Intelligence Force, while also attacking election integrity online and claiming the Kennedy Center was unsafe.  🔗 🔗 🔗

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