Day News Recap: Iran tensions flare as Ukraine aid, US election battles and G20 diplomacy dominate

Iran dominated the day as lawmakers pushed for withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, even as Qatar mediated talks continued and Tehran signalled that US outreach was a positive step. At the same time, Iran's supreme leader warned that any new attack would bring an immediate response not limited by geography, sharpening the pressure around the diplomacy. 🔗 🔗 🔗

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Security in the Gulf worsened after Iran's Revolutionary Guard said four oil tankers, including a supertanker carrying more than two million barrels of oil, hit mines and caught fire while travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. The incident deepened fears over shipping routes at a moment of heightened regional tension. 🔗

In the wider Middle East, Lebanon's military court charged 13 people it says are linked to Hezbollah over explosives trafficking after a seizure earlier this month, while Syria said it is weighing whether to join the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Pakistan. Israel's election also produced a deadlock, with Arab parties emerging as possible kingmakers after record Arab turnout lifted them to 19 seats in the 120 seat Knesset. 🔗 🔗 🔗

Ukraine remained central to the international agenda. The United States approved a $2.1bn sale of 500 Patriot PAC 3 missiles to Kyiv, though President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned deliveries could take years, while the European Commission advanced a EUR 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan proposal. In Atlanta, Kaja Kallas and David Lammy confronted Sergey Lavrov at G20 talks, and the US, South Korea and Japan reiterated their push for North Korea's complete denuclearisation. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

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Elsewhere in Europe, Poland's Constitutional Tribunal crisis escalated as riot police were deployed outside the court in Warsaw amid a legitimacy dispute over its leadership. In France, authorities prepared for Halloween unrest by deploying 70,000 police officers nationwide, while Keir Starmer said the UK and Europe must draw closer as the United States becomes a less reliable security partner. 🔗 🔗 🔗

Across the Americas, the US election fight intensified after a federal judge in California temporarily blocked Justice Department threats over ballot processing, and an appeals court again rejected a bid to set aside 20,000 California ballots. Early voting in the midterms passed 43 million, while voters in 39 states are due to decide 145 ballot measures. Separate disputes in Alaska over two candidates named Dan Sullivan triggered a Justice Department probe, and Arizona's US Attorney opened a case into allegations of non citizen voter registration. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗

Brazil was drawn into a political row after Flavio Bolsonaro said he fled to the United States amid persecution claims, prompting Brazil to summon Argentina's charge d'affaires over questions about his departure. In another transnational case, two Chinese nationals were sentenced in the US to 30 months each after admitting to helping facilitate cash payments and trying to recruit US military personnel. 🔗 🔗 🔗

In Africa, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo passed 5,000 deaths and spread across eight provinces, while Sudan's war continued to fracture armed groups and society, with a senior Rapid Support Forces commander defecting and accusing the leadership of nepotism. Sudanese artists in Port Sudan were meanwhile trying to preserve culture after the war destroyed studios and forced many from their homes. The UN also closed its political mission in Somalia after more than three decades. 🔗 🔗 🔗 🔗