Day News Recap: Sudan drone toll climbs as Ukraine, Middle East and Europe face fresh strain

Sudan has emerged as the deadliest flashpoint, with medics and rights groups saying a wave of drone attacks across the country has now been linked to more than 160 deaths, while the UN condemned the strikes as they spread to eastern infrastructure.  🔗

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In Ukraine, Russian missiles and drones killed at least seven people in civilian areas, even as Volodymyr Zelenskyy met US and European officials in Oslo amid worsening ties with Washington over delayed military aid and the conduct of the war.  🔗  🔗

Zelenskyy also accused the United States of holding up Patriot interceptor deliveries already paid for by European allies, while Kyiv said a wounded soldier was evacuated by heavy drone after ground extraction was blocked, underlining how the war is increasingly shaped by unmanned systems.  🔗  🔗

Pressure around the Black Sea and wider regional security also intensified, with Kaja Kallas warning that attacks near the Black Sea have increased since mid July and threaten Ukraine’s export routes, while Finland said it wants to acquire one million anti personnel mines to strengthen its border defences against Russia.  🔗  🔗

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Across the Middle East, Yemen’s war deepened on two fronts, as Taiz faced a tighter Houthi blockade and rising civilian deaths, and chronically ill patients in Sanaa were left unable to leave the country for urgent treatment because airports remain effectively closed.  🔗  🔗 The UK said it will deploy RAF Typhoon jets to help protect Saudi Arabia from Houthi drone and missile attacks, while Qatar said it redeployed its entire defensive systems within six hours in response to Iran related threats.  🔗  🔗

Diplomatic manoeuvring around Iran and Israel gathered pace, with US defence secretary Pete Hegseth discussing Iran with Benjamin Netanyahu in an unannounced visit to Israel, Donald Trump warning the US may have to act on Iran and endorsing Netanyahu’s re election bid, and Pakistan’s army chief Asim Munir arriving in Tehran for talks as fears of renewed US Iran fighting grow.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Israel also faced fresh political and security pressure at home and abroad, after police arrested 10 suspects over weekend settler attacks in the occupied West Bank, JD Vance declined to endorse Netanyahu ahead of elections, and the campaign tightened as Israelis prepare to vote on 27 October.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Europe, France began cleaning up after weekend riots but kept police deployed and curfews in place in some cities, while bond yields climbed to nearly a 25 year high amid unrest and debt worries, and a suspect was arrested over the Limoges town hall fire.  🔗  🔗  🔗 Italy said it will deploy 500 troops to Milan after clashes and looting linked to cost of living protests, Albania saw renewed unrest with around 300 injured, and Mauritius lifted a curfew after violent protests over living costs and water shortages.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Other political and security developments included hackers stealing more than 421,000 emails from Germany’s AfD, Germany and Iran exchanging diplomatic summonses after Hamburg court convictions over an alleged Tehran linked plot, Brazil’s top electoral court ordering Meta to prove it is not favouring Lula or Bolsonaro content, and South Korea pulling more embassy staff from Ukraine after a dispute over prisoners of war.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Further afield, Trump’s approval rating fell to 31 percent in a Reuters Ipsos poll, a record low for either of his terms, as Democrats widened their midterm lead, while he also signalled he would meet Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in China next month and used Truth Social to back Roger Marshall and criticise vandalism at Washington’s Reflecting Pool.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas and Asia Pacific, Alberta separatists vowed to continue campaigning after voters rejected an independence referendum, Storm Austen brought rain warnings to Ireland and wind alerts to the UK, and Storm Adam left residents in eastern Spain clearing flood damage after severe flooding near Alicante.  🔗  🔗  🔗 Myanmar’s military authorities also released new images of Aung San Suu Kyi after saying they had delivered a package from King Charles.  🔗

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