Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine, Sudan and Middle East violence dominate as markets turn risk off

Ukraine said Russian strikes killed four people across the country, including three in the Kyiv region and one in Zaporizhzhia, as attacks hit energy and transport infrastructure and added to pressure on the power grid.  🔗

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Kyiv also accused Washington of delaying Patriot missile deliveries already paid for by European allies, while Ukraine said it had carried out what it described as the world’s first drone airlift of a wounded soldier from the front line.  🔗 🔗

In the Middle East, a Houthi missile strike on a security training camp in Yemen’s southern Shabwa province killed more than 53 recruits and wounded over 200 others, underlining the widening intensity of the conflict.  🔗

Israel faced fresh scrutiny on several fronts, with police arresting 10 suspects over weekend settler violence in the occupied West Bank, while a separate report said Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least six Palestinians, including children, despite a year old ceasefire agreement.  🔗 🔗

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US politics and diplomacy remained tightly linked to the region, as Donald Trump publicly endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu’s re election bid and warned the United States may have to act on Iran, while Pete Hegseth made an undisclosed visit to Israel and met Netanyahu ahead of the election.  🔗 🔗

Elsewhere in Europe, France began cleanup after weekend riots, with police still deployed and curfews remaining in some big cities, while Albania saw a seventh straight day of anti government unrest and fresh clashes in Tirana.  🔗 🔗 Spain was also dealing with the aftermath of Storm Adam, as residents in Els Poblets near Alicante started clearing mud and damaged belongings after severe flooding.  🔗

Germany and Iran exchanged diplomatic summonses after a Hamburg court convicted two men over an alleged Tehran linked plot to kill two prominent German Jews, and Finland said it is seeking to acquire one million anti personnel mines as it strengthens border defences amid concern over Russia.  🔗 🔗 In a separate Finland related development, President Alexander Stubb is due to meet Norway’s Jonas Gahr Støre and Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Oslo.  🔗

In the Americas, Brazil’s top electoral court ordered Meta to prove within 24 hours that it is not favouring Lula or Bolsonaro in political content moderation, while Alberta voters overwhelmingly rejected a separation referendum proposal as counting continued.  🔗 🔗 In the United States, Trump’s approval rating fell to 31 percent in a Reuters Ipsos poll, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer urged the FCC to block AI robocalls before the midterm elections.  🔗 🔗 Rashida Tlaib also called for the arrest and investigation of an Israeli soldier she says is linked to the killing of five year old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab.  🔗

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In Africa and the wider security picture, drone attacks across Sudan were linked to more than 160 deaths in recent days, with the UN condemning the wave of strikes as violence spread to eastern infrastructure.  🔗 🔗 Mauritius lifted a nighttime curfew after violent protests over rising living costs and water shortages, while the UN said elections in Haiti remain on hold as gangs intensify reprisals and expand into rural areas.  🔗 🔗

Other developments included a court case in the United States in which prosecutors expanded allegations against a former OpenAI worker accused of secretly planting a recording device at the company, and Brazil’s Meta ruling added to growing global pressure on social media firms over political content.  🔗 🔗 HSBC also came under scrutiny after a report said its Islamic Global Equity Index Fund invested more than 130 million dollars in companies linked to Israel’s military supply chain.  🔗

Trump also used Truth Social to back Kansas Senate candidate Roger Marshall, praise Trace Gallagher’s new book, and signal a crackdown on vandalism at Washington’s Reflecting Pool.  🔗 🔗 🔗

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