Day News Recap: Deadly attacks and disasters hit from Jordan to Tibet as markets turn risk off

Jordan was shaken by a deadly shooting at the Hamoud church in Karak governorate, where gunmen opened fire during a funeral procession, killing at least six people and wounding 28 others.  🔗

In the Middle East, Israel ordered a major offensive in Hebron after a checkpoint attack killed two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian gunmen, while Israeli forces also arrested 36 Palestinians across the West Bank amid rising violence during the olive harvest.  🔗  🔗 An Israeli airstrike hit a building in Nuseirat in Gaza as residents searched the rubble, and Israel is heading into a tightly contested general election on Tuesday with Benjamin Netanyahu facing a referendum on his leadership.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in the region, Syrian security forces raided a suspected ISIL cell near Damascus, leaving two internal security officers dead, and the United Arab Emirates closed beaches in Umm Al Quwain after an oil spill as attacks on vessels continued in Gulf waters near the Strait of Hormuz.  🔗  🔗 Libya's eastern parliament also backed a maritime deal with Turkiye, drawing fresh regional backlash.  🔗

Asia faced a string of crises, with a magnitude 7 earthquake in Tibet killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens as rescue work continued in Nagqu.  🔗 Taiwan was brought to a near standstill by Typhoon Champi, with schools and offices shut, hundreds of flights cancelled and emergency crews responding to widespread power outages.  🔗 South Korea invited North Korea to military talks to ease border tensions, while Australia sanctioned two North Korean companies and two men accused of helping Pyongyang move money through an illicit finance network.  🔗  🔗

Russia's war on Ukraine intensified, with strikes on energy facilities and cluster bomb attacks reported across Ukraine, and Kyiv said it plans an independent satellite communications system after continuing problems with Starshield.  🔗  🔗 Ukraine also said drones struck five Russian data centres, disrupting cloud services, payments and navigation.  🔗 In parallel, the Kremlin said trilateral talks with Ukraine and the United States are planned for the first half of November in Abu Dhabi.  🔗

Europe saw security and political tensions rise. France tightened security ahead of weekend protests, with Paris extending a nighttime curfew until Monday, while Storm Austen battered France and the UK with winds of up to 160 km/h.  🔗  🔗 In Britain, households were urged to prepare emergency supplies after Storm Austen left nearly 7,000 homes without power, and the government is preparing military aircraft support for wildfire response after a record summer season.  🔗  🔗 Britain and France also carried out their first ever joint nuclear drill, and the European Parliament awarded the Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court despite US sanctions pressure.  🔗  🔗

Germany said it faces intensive espionage after the arrest of a Ukrainian national suspected of spying for Russia, while Romania launched a Black Sea rescue after a vessel sent a distress signal near Constanța.  🔗  🔗 In Turkey, an explosion at a coal mine in the northwest killed two miners and left one trapped underground, and Albania's parliament descended into chaos amid student protests in Tirana.  🔗  🔗

Across the Americas, the WHO said the Ebola outbreak that began in the Democratic Republic of Congo has become more complex, with cases now present across East Africa, and Brazil moved into a tense presidential run off between Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro after no candidate won outright.  🔗  🔗 The campaign has turned increasingly combative ahead of Sunday's vote, while thousands of Venezuelans joined a nationwide opposition protest demanding elections.  🔗  🔗 In the United States, a federal judge blocked DHS operations targeting alleged non citizen voters in nine states, and President Donald Trump again suggested he could seek a third term in 2028.  🔗  🔗

Other developments included France and the UK facing severe weather from Storm Austen, and the UAE regulator fining MCA Auditors and Advisors LLP and its Audit Principal USD 88,000 over audit failures.  🔗  🔗 China also issued revised outbound investment rules due to take effect on December 1, while Abu Dhabi's crown prince reviewed strategic UAE investments in Greece.  🔗  🔗

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