Breakfast News Recap: Riyadh airport hit again as global tensions, politics and markets stay on edge
Saudi Arabia said one person was killed and 11 others injured when a projectile struck King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, the latest attack to hit the capital’s air hub and a fresh escalation after earlier strikes on the city. 🔗
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In the Middle East, Iran said it was ready to help facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis after a call between the two countries’ foreign ministers, even as ceasefire tensions persisted in southern Lebanon where two men were killed during the olive harvest in Bint Jbeil district. 🔗 🔗
Elsewhere in the region, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for a full investigation into the documentary NAZA, intensifying his criticism as leak allegations around the film deepen. 🔗
In Africa, a Sudanese rights group said at least 72 workers were killed in air strikes on a gold mine on the Sudan Egypt border, with survivors describing a devastating attack as the toll continued to rise. 🔗
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Security tensions also flared in Asia, where South Korea said North Korea fired several ballistic missiles from the Pyongyang area toward the East Sea, prompting an emergency security meeting in Seoul. 🔗
In Europe, Polish authorities detained a suspect accused of plotting an assassination attack against Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Defence Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak Kamysz, while in Slovenia voters narrowly rejected a bill that would have expanded parliamentary inquiry powers in a binding referendum. 🔗 🔗
Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham said it was clear Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit referendum, making what appears to be the first public acknowledgement from a UK leader of the scale of the alleged meddling. 🔗 The row between the Trump administration and Ukraine also widened after a dispute over a claimed Russia Ukraine energy ceasefire, with EU foreign ministers due to discuss the issue in Luxembourg. 🔗
In the Americas, Hurricane Isaias left about 356,000 customers without power across Florida and Alabama, while a Colombian national is due in court in Florida in a separate US case alleging involvement in a $2 billion Venezuelan money laundering scheme. 🔗 🔗
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Business and diplomacy were also in focus, with China sanctioning Paraguay’s communications minister and Belize’s foreign minister over their governments’ ties with Taiwan, and a BBC investigation saying Deloitte helped falsify documents in Roman Abramovich’s tax case. 🔗 🔗 Finance officials gathering in Bangkok for the IMF and World Bank meetings were warned that war, debt and an energy shock are dominating the global economic outlook. 🔗
Financial glimpse
Asia Pacific markets were mixed to weaker, with the Nikkei slipping and the Kospi falling sharply, while Hang Seng and the ASX 200 held firmer; gold, WTI crude and other commodities stayed supported. 🔗
By the close in Asia Pacific, Japan and South Korea were lower, Australia and Hong Kong were higher, and oil plus precious metals rallied, led by a steep drop in Seoul. 🔗
Europe opened mixed, with the FTSE 100 edging up while the DAX, CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 slipped, as gold, silver, platinum and palladium surged and Brent crude jumped. 🔗
Sources in this recap
- 🔗 One killed and 11 injured in latest projectile strike on Riyadh airport
- 🔗 Dozens killed in air strikes at Sudan-Egypt border gold mine as toll rises
- 🔗 North Korea fires several ballistic missiles toward East Sea as Seoul holds emergency meeting
- 🔗 China sanctions Paraguay and Belize ministers over Taiwan ties
- 🔗 UAE says flydubai suspect was radicalised in Melbourne as imam responds to allegations
- 🔗 Hurricane Isaias leaves hundreds of thousands without power across Florida and Alabama
- 🔗 Poland detains suspect in alleged plot against Tusk and defence minister
- 🔗 Two killed in south Lebanon during olive harvest as ceasefire tensions persist
- 🔗 Iran urges diplomacy with Saudi Arabia after deadly Houthi strikes
- 🔗 Riyadh airport hit again as one killed and 11 injured in fresh attack
- 🔗 UK Prime Minister says Russia interfered in Brexit referendum, warning of wider threat
- 🔗 Trump-Zelensky dispute deepens over claimed Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire
- 🔗 Trump's Russia diesel sanctions relief draws legality challenge as Republican backlash grows
- 🔗 IMF and World Bank meetings in Bangkok overshadowed by war, debt and energy shock concerns
- 🔗 BBC investigation says Deloitte helped falsify documents in Abramovich tax case
- 🔗 Netanyahu demands probe into Gaza documentary NAZA as leak allegations deepen
- 🔗 Slovenia referendum rejects bill expanding parliamentary inquiry powers
- 🔗 Colombian National to Face U.S. Charges in Alleged $2 Billion Venezuelan Money Laundering Case
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