Breakfast News Recap: Ukraine talks drag on as US security cases widen and Israel opens new parliament

Ukraine peace talks continued in Abu Dhabi for a second day with Ukrainian, Russian and US negotiators still searching for a way forward, even as doubts persisted over any ceasefire breakthrough. European officials were also reacting sharply to talk of a possible new security architecture linked to the negotiations, underlining how much is at stake beyond the battlefield.  🔗  🔗

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On the war front, Russia said it intercepted 146 drones over the Leningrad region and reported a fire near Ust Luga, while Ukraine said it had captured its first Indonesian prisoner of war in Zaporizhzhia and linked the case to a reported Russian recruitment surge. In Yemen, the government and the Houthis traded heavy attacks across multiple fronts, with strikes reported in several governorates as the conflict widened again.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Security cases involving Iran and Russia also deepened. US federal prosecutors unsealed a superseding indictment naming three men they say helped plan an alleged Iran linked plot targeting RAF Fairford in southwest England, while Washington said three alleged Iran backed operatives had been charged over a wider pattern of plots in Europe and the US. In Britain, counter terrorism police arrested a 41 year old senior US Army soldier near Gloucester over allegations linked to Russia.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, Israel's new Knesset opened in Jerusalem as coalition talks intensified after the election produced no clear majority. President Isaac Herzog urged unity, while Gadi Eisenkot used the opening session to press proposals aimed at reversing measures backed by Benjamin Netanyahu and to push for a 7 October inquiry. Separately, a report said the United States plans to phase out about $4bn in annual military aid to Israel by the end of 2026.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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In the United States, Democrats are projected to expand their House majority after the latest vote count, while Republicans chose Jim Jordan as their new House minority leader after the midterm defeat. The House also blocked an effort to send impeachment articles against Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, and Hegseth dismissed the drive as a political stunt.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Elsewhere in Washington, a federal judge in Florida allowed Donald Trump's $10bn defamation lawsuit against the BBC to proceed, giving the president an early legal win. The Kennedy family also joined a lawsuit seeking to block Trump's proposed Independence Arch in Washington DC, while the White House issued a presidential message for National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month and exempted wildfire suppression activities from water pollution sanctions for one year.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

Across Asia and the Pacific, Bangladesh saw tear gas and rubber bullets used as protests by supporters of deposed former prime minister Sheikh Hasina spread, while Myanmar summoned Germany's envoy over a Facebook video calling for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and Win Myint. Australia warned of a sharp rise in child counterterrorism cases after the Darwin arrests, and severe storms in Western Australia's interior left about 15,000 homes and businesses without power.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

On the economy and climate agenda, China said its trade surplus topped $1 trillion again in the first 10 months of the year, keeping it on course for another record. The IEA used COP31 in Antalya to urge faster electrification and launched a Global Observatory on Energy Sector Resilience in Paris, while Türkiye said it plans about $300 billion of energy transition investment by 2040 and COP31 will launch a Global Carbon Market Network on 12 November. Macquarie also admitted failures in promoting a welcome savings rate and faces a $14 million penalty.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗

UNIFIL said one of its patrols came under fire in southern Lebanon near Wadi Jilu, and the UN human rights office said six journalists from Egypt's Matsadash fact checking newsroom remain in detention.  🔗  🔗

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