Breakfast News Recap: Oregon school shooting shocks as Middle East tensions and market swings deepen
Three children and a teacher were killed in a shooting at Silver Rail Elementary School in Bend, Oregon, after police said the suspect was a 16 year old. The attack has again put school safety and gun violence at the centre of the US debate. 🔗
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In the Middle East, Yemen's Houthis struck the presidential palace area in Aden again, killing five people and injuring 16, while Lebanon said security forces were confiscating illicit arms after a truck carrying 780kg of explosives was intercepted on a highway between Beirut and the south. 🔗 🔗
Maritime security concerns also intensified after drones struck two tankers near Romania's Black Sea coast, leaving seven sailors missing and setting both vessels ablaze. Separately, analysis of incident reports showed the number of ships reporting attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz has reached a record weekly high, with oil shipments slowing as a result. 🔗 🔗
US and regional tensions over Iran and the wider conflict continued to build, with a report saying the Pentagon has drawn up attack plans against Iran that could include the GBU 43/B, or MOAB. At the same time, new US aviation sanctions are disrupting travel from Iran, forcing cancelled routes, longer journeys and higher costs for passengers. 🔗 🔗
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On the diplomatic front, US President Donald Trump criticised renewed Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries as a disgrace, even as Brussels talks continued, while Wes Streeting urged Washington to stand by Ukraine after the US moved to limit Kyiv's use of Starlink. In Washington, Trump also said work on the White House facade, South Entrance and Heliport renovation was complete. 🔗 🔗 🔗
In Latin America, Nicolas Maduro and Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty in Manhattan to a new US indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture a political opponent, as the case against the Venezuelan leadership was expanded. In the United States, the Justice Department also sued California over more than 20,000 likely noncitizen voter registrations, with the filing made alongside the Department of Homeland Security. 🔗 🔗
Across Asia, Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing received a warmer welcome in Kuala Lumpur as ASEAN weighs reintegration, while Iraq's parliament completed the formation of Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi's government by approving the remaining cabinet posts and three deputy prime ministers. China meanwhile urged Israel to halt and reverse West Bank settlement expansion, and Israel said commercial goods had been blocked from entering Gaza for a second day amid a tax dispute. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗
Elsewhere in the region, two Syrian pipelines carrying oil products and gas were damaged in separate attacks on energy infrastructure, Indonesia said four people fighting a wildfire in a national park on Java had been killed, and India tightened security in New Delhi ahead of a rally by the youth led Cockroach Janta Party and allied groups. Azerbaijan hosted a rare Baku summit bringing together rival Middle East and Asian leaders, while rare protests broke out over a school hijab ban. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗
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In other international and domestic developments, 3M outlined its defence in Australia's $2 billion PFAS lawsuit during a case management hearing, the US extended a sanctions waiver for Lukoil service stations outside Russia until April 2027, and a South Los Angeles man was arraigned on federal sex trafficking and kidnapping charges involving two teenage girls. 🔗 🔗 🔗
G7 countries also pledged $2.5 billion to tackle food insecurity in 44 vulnerable countries, with the announcement made in Bangkok. 🔗
Financial glimpse
Asia Pacific markets were hit by a sharp risk off move, with Tokyo and Seoul leading losses, the Nikkei 225 down 5.4% at the close and the Kospi off 14.6%, while Australia also weakened and oil rose as metals slipped. 🔗
Wall Street finished mixed, as a rotation out of AI and chip stocks dragged the Nasdaq Composite down 1.8%, while the Dow Jones rose 1.8% on strength in energy, banks and Microsoft. 🔗
European trade opened firmer overall, with the FTSE 100 jumping, the DAX and CAC 40 also higher, even as the Euro Stoxx 50 slipped and autos and silver came under pressure. 🔗
Sources in this recap
- 🔗 Three children and teacher killed in Oregon primary school shooting
- 🔗 Houthis strike Yemen presidential palace area in Aden again, killing five
- 🔗 US military plans for possible strike on Iran using MOAB, report says
- 🔗 Seven sailors missing after drones strike tankers near Romania's Black Sea coast
- 🔗 Record Weekly Ship Attacks Reported Near the Strait of Hormuz as Oil Shipments Slow
- 🔗 Trump condemns renewed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries as Brussels talks continue
- 🔗 Maduro and Flores plead not guilty as US torture case is expanded
- 🔗 US sanctions disrupt Iranian flights, driving up travel times and costs
- 🔗 Lebanon says security forces confiscating illicit arms after 780kg explosives truck intercepted
- 🔗 Myanmar junta leader receives warmer regional welcome as ASEAN weighs reintegration
- 🔗 Two Syrian pipelines damaged in separate attacks on energy infrastructure
- 🔗 Four killed as Indonesia battles worst forest fires in more than a decade
- 🔗 India tightens security in New Delhi ahead of Cockroach Janta Party rally
- 🔗 3M outlines defence in Australia's $2 billion PFAS lawsuit
- 🔗 Iraq parliament approves al-Zaidi cabinet amid economic and security pressures
- 🔗 US extends sanctions waiver for Lukoil service stations until 2027
- 🔗 US-UK tensions over Ukraine support deepen after Starlink restriction
- 🔗 Iowa Republicans weigh Trump as US midterms approach
- 🔗 Israel says commercial goods have stopped entering Gaza for a second day amid tax dispute
- 🔗 Azerbaijan hosts rare Baku summit bringing together rival Middle East and Asian leaders
- 🔗 Rare protests erupt in Azerbaijan over school hijab ban
- 🔗 China urges Israel to halt and reverse West Bank settlement expansion
- 🔗 G7 pledges $2.5 billion for food insecurity in 44 vulnerable countries
- 🔗 Trump says White House facade, South Entrance, and Heliport renovation is complete
- 🔗 IRENA Council opens in Abu Dhabi to review 2026 energy transition outlook
- 🔗 South Los Angeles man arraigned on federal sex trafficking and kidnapping charges
- 🔗 Justice Department sues California over more than 20,000 likely noncitizen voter registrations
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