Day News Recap: Ukraine under fresh attack as Hormuz tensions rise and markets turn mixed

Russia intensified pressure on Ukraine with overnight strikes on Kyiv and other cities, killing at least one person, injuring more than 20 and damaging power infrastructure, while separate attacks left about 600,000 people without electricity and disrupted front line operations after Starlink speed restrictions hit battlefield communications.  🔗  🔗

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The wider war damage is also spreading beyond the capital, with the UN saying recent Russian attacks in Kyiv and Kharkiv killed and injured civilians and damaged homes, and with Ukraine’s landmine contamination growing as deminers increasingly rely on drones and artificial intelligence to clear dangerous areas.  🔗  🔗

In Europe, the UK said it would repair ties between Ukraine and the United States and step up pressure on Moscow ahead of Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Downing Street, while a separate report said British Prime Minister Andy Burnham would accelerate military support for Kyiv after the US Russia diesel deal.  🔗  🔗 The European Commission also disbursed EUR 2.86 billion to Ukraine for defence needs.  🔗

Security concerns around Russia widened further as the first Nord Stream trial opened in Hamburg over the pipeline explosions, with prosecutors alleging an organised sabotage plot, and as Western allies stepped up inspections of Russian shadow fleet tankers under maritime law to disrupt sanctioned oil flows.  🔗  🔗 In Scotland, First Minister John Swinney said he lacked confidence that the UK was safe from Russian threats.  🔗

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In the Middle East, tensions around the Strait of Hormuz escalated after a Singapore flagged container ship sank following a projectile strike and a second vessel was damaged, prompting Iran to expand surveillance in and around the waterway.  🔗  🔗 Blasts were also reported in Yemen’s capital Sanaa as the Saudi led coalition warned civilians away from an oil depot and storage site, while Saudi Arabia postponed three Saudi Pro League matches after the Houthi missile threat worsened.  🔗  🔗

Yemen’s conflict is deepening on the humanitarian front too, with suspected cholera cases tripling in three weeks as renewed fighting displaced more than 200,000 people.  🔗 In Iraq, the prime minister reassured Saudi Arabia that Iraqi territory would not be used to launch attacks after a drone strike on an oil pipeline, and in Lebanon Israel was said to still occupy large parts of the south despite a June framework agreement for withdrawal.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in Africa, Sudan’s war has prompted a new internal dialogue initiative, though questions remain over whether it can gain traction, while the UN said there is still a window for peace in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo even as fighting worsens.  🔗  🔗 Former Congolese president Joseph Kabila also launched a new rebel linked coalition in Goma, deepening fears of further instability.  🔗 Mauritius imposed an overnight curfew after protests over water shortages and living costs turned into the island’s worst riots in decades.  🔗

In Asia and the Pacific, Australia is weighing nationalising Northern Minerals after China linked investors missed a divestment deadline, severe storms damaged buildings and power lines in Alice Springs, and a hidden recording device was found aboard the navy ship HMAS Leeuwin in Cairns.  🔗  🔗  🔗 India detained two leaders of the Cockroach Janta Party for five days after a protest at Jantar Mantar, while China and North Korea prepared to open the New Yalu River Bridge to traffic.  🔗  🔗

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In the Americas, US inflation rose more than expected in September as gasoline prices jumped, Bank of America was fined more than $1.21 billion over money laundering and sanctions failures, and the United States prepared to receive its first Belarusian potash shipment in four years.  🔗  🔗  🔗 Donald Trump said massive oil, gas and mineral exploration was preparing to begin in Greenland, and separately said the Houthis were trying to drive up oil prices before the US elections.  🔗  🔗

Other developments included Russia detaining Japanese journalist Yuki Imai on Sakhalin in an espionage case that drew a formal protest from Tokyo, Iran executing Ali Sina Mostafavi in Kerman over armed attacks during alleged US Israeli operations, and a federal trial opening in Boston for a Rwandan American accused of lying about his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide.  🔗  🔗  🔗 Scientists also urged tighter controls on advanced AI systems that could enable cyberattacks, while US prosecutors unsealed an indictment over a North Korean remote IT worker conspiracy affecting more than 70 American companies, and an Arizona man was indicted after an assault on an airline passenger forced an emergency landing in Baltimore.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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