Breakfast News Recap: Deadly fires, quakes and conflict flare as markets wobble on risk fears

A fast moving grass fire at a Canadian military base in western Canada has killed at least four soldiers and left 27 people in hospital during a grenade exercise, in one of the day’s most serious training accidents.  🔗

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In Ukraine, Kyiv was hit by three waves of missile strikes hours after Russia said it was ready in principle to resume peace talks with the United States and Ukraine, underlining how far diplomacy remains from any real pause in the fighting.  🔗

Elsewhere in the war zone, a report from occupied southern Ukraine says Russian authorities have been trying to re educate Ukrainian children and move them through Russian run care systems, while Germany says it faces intensive espionage after the arrest of a Ukrainian national suspected of spying for Russia.  🔗 🔗

In the Middle East, Iran said seven oil tankers were struck in the Strait of Hormuz, describing it as the largest single day toll for the waterway since the Iran Iraq war, a claim that adds to already high regional tensions.  🔗 Syria also reported a raid on a suspected ISIL cell near Damascus in Rankous, where two internal security officers were killed.  🔗

Israel arrested 36 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank as attacks on farmers and their land intensified during the olive harvest, while Israel is also heading into a general election on Tuesday, 27 October, in a vote widely framed as a referendum on Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership.  🔗 🔗

In Europe, France tightened restrictions on planned demonstrations after last weekend’s unrest and looting, with several cities imposing full bans, and the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court in a show of support as it faces US sanctions pressure.  🔗 🔗 European Council President António Costa said EU leaders are focused on competitiveness, the next long term budget and support for Ukraine, while the European Union strongly regretted Libya’s ratification of the Türkiye Libya maritime memorandum.  🔗 🔗

Serbia saw about 150,000 supporters of the student backed opposition rally in Belgrade ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary challenge to President Aleksandar Vučić, while Tunisia saw rare unrest in Tunis and Jebiniana after deaths linked to police actions.  🔗 🔗 In Libya, the eastern parliament moved to back a maritime delimitation deal with Turkiye, reviving a dispute over sea boundaries and exploration rights.  🔗

Across Asia Pacific, a magnitude 7 earthquake in Tibet killed at least 16 people and injured dozens as rescue work continued in Nagqu, while Taiwan shut most schools and businesses as Typhoon Champi approached with heavy rain, strong winds and large waves expected.  🔗 🔗 North Korea said border loudspeakers will be ready to restart within days, Australia sanctioned two North Korean companies and two men over an illicit finance network, and the ABC said a small number of staff devices were exposed in a spyware linked ad campaign.  🔗 🔗 🔗 China also issued revised outbound investment rules due to take effect on 1 December.  🔗

Public health officials said the Ebola outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become more complex, with cases now present across East Africa, while the UK is preparing to make military aircraft available to civilian fire services after a record summer wildfire season.  🔗 🔗 In the United States, a federal judge blocked Department of Homeland Security operations targeting alleged non citizen voters in nine states, and Donald Trump said Elon Musk restored Ukraine’s Starlink access after reports of a slowdown.  🔗 🔗 Trump also said the Reflecting Pool is 85 percent full and that cameras have been added after vandalism, and he issued a Defense Production Act determination on domestic petroleum production, refining and logistics capacity.  🔗 🔗

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