Day News Recap: Ukraine under fire as US midterms, Gaza and Europe’s security tensions dominate

Russia intensified strikes across Ukraine, with officials saying at least 38 civilians have been killed and scores more injured in the past 24 hours after attacks on an aid centre, a hospice and a hospital. Separate overnight strikes also hit a hospital in Kharkiv and damaged energy infrastructure in several regions, leaving at least 73 people injured in the city and deepening pressure on the power system.  🔗  🔗

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy said planned United States mediated talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi could open the way to a three way meeting with Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, while UNICEF said Ukraine has suffered almost 2,000 attacks on education since the full scale invasion began in 2022. The UN World Food Programme also said it was providing emergency food aid to more than 400 people evacuated from Russian occupied Oleshky.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, Israeli strikes killed five Palestinians across Khan Younis, al Musaddar and Gaza City, as Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza faced renewed pressure amid Israel’s election deadlock. Trump said the United States will stop $4 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year, while Melania Trump is due to host Russian and Ukrainian representatives at the White House.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Israel’s political stalemate deepened after the election left neither bloc with the 61 seats needed to form a government, and opposition leaders moved to back former military chief Gadi Eisenkot as their candidate for prime minister. The deadlock has left Benjamin Netanyahu’s future uncertain as coalition talks begin.  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in the wider region, the United States said it had carried out a limited strike on Iran’s Qeshm Island, raising fears of escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, while Qatar said Washington and Tehran were reviewing proposals in real time as mediation continued. Syria said it foiled a plot against the Homs oil refinery and arrested two people it linked to Hezbollah.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In Europe, Black Sea drone attacks on commercial shipping have escalated, with at least nine vessels targeted off the coasts of Romania and Bulgaria, adding to food security concerns. Poland said it foiled an attempted provocation near the Russian border, while bomb threats disrupted multiple European flights and briefly closed a Polish airport.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Security and cyber risks also spread across the continent, with UK meat suppliers affected after cyberattacks raised freezer temperatures in supermarkets across Europe, and another attack disrupting refrigeration systems in dozens of stores. Britain’s cyber chief warned AI boosted attacks on critical infrastructure could emerge within two years, and Britain and France are leading a major exercise in Poland rehearsing a possible Ukraine deployment.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

On the political and economic front, EU energy ministers failed to agree on new measures to shield consumers from higher gas costs, while the IEA said Europe is entering winter with the lowest gas storage levels since 2013. Britain and the EU have also reportedly reached a draft food and agriculture trade deal ahead of a November summit, and Germany’s IG Metall expanded strike action across the metal and electrical engineering sector.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Further afield, Cyclone Murasu made landfall near Ongole in Andhra Pradesh, bringing destructive winds and flooding, while North Korea denied involvement in the Binance hack as it carried out a missile launch. The Asian Football Confederation postponed the 2027 Asian Cup in Saudi Arabia until December because of regional security concerns, Moldova blamed a suspected state actor for a major cyberattack on government databases, and Papua New Guinea police are investigating a shell shaped object found at Port Moresby wharf.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, Americans are voting in the midterm elections, with control of the House and Senate at stake and cost of living dominating concerns, while the Supreme Court rejected a Trump bid to block California from counting disputed ballots. Petrol prices have eased ahead of the vote, but Trump used his final campaign push to warn the election was the most important of his lifetime, and he also amplified unverified Alaska conspiracy claims.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Separately, a Learjet 60 crash in Florida killed all nine people on board after investigators said parts of the jet may have broken off before impact, and flash floods in the US Southwest forced evacuations and rescues across the Four Corners region. In Africa, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now killed 5,376 people, Trump moved to remove South Africa and Rwanda from Agoa, Zambia faced warnings over a post election crackdown, and Sudan accused Ethiopia linked RSF drone attacks of worsening power outages.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

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