Day News Recap: Kyiv hit by drone strikes as Gaza, Iran and Europe face fresh pressure

Russia stepped up attacks on Ukraine with drone strikes hitting a hospital in central Kyiv, where three people were injured and part of the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics was damaged, while a separate strike in Odesa killed two people.  🔗  🔗

Ukraine also said Russian casualties have reached a possible new daily and monthly record in early November, even as the front line has shown little movement, and Kyiv claimed its drones hit the Russian warship Naro Fominsk in the Gulf of Finland during a wider strike on a Kremlin oil export depot.  🔗  🔗

In the Middle East, Saudi Arabia said it intercepted suspected Houthi drones over the Riyadh region and the Eastern Province after the Iran aligned movement renewed cross border strikes on Saudi oil and military sites.  🔗 Tensions with Tehran also rose as Iranian lawmakers debated whether to change nuclear doctrine or even leave the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it destroyed a US early warning radar in Bahrain and Russia and Iran condemned a new US task force aimed at blocking Iran linked transit routes.  🔗  🔗  🔗

Gaza faced worsening humanitarian conditions, with a nine month old baby dying of hypothermia in a tent in Khan Younis as winter aid restrictions continued, and the World Health Organization warning that floods and overcrowding were driving a sharp rise in respiratory illness among displaced families.  🔗  🔗 An Israeli airstrike on Nasser Hospital killed six people and injured 27, adding to the pressure on Gaza's health system.  🔗

Elsewhere in the region, Israel was reported to be weighing possible military action against Iran while Benjamin Netanyahu leads a caretaker government after losing his coalition majority, and Turkiye and Qatar signed a mutual defence agreement in Istanbul after talks between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al Thani.  🔗  🔗 Pakistan said raids near the Afghanistan border killed 74 fighters, as security operations continued in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  🔗

Across Europe, Storm Charles brought flooding, strong winds and flight cancellations to Portugal, Spain, southern France and northern Italy, while Spain's Nucleo Nacional was suspended by a court amid a hate crimes and illegal association probe.  🔗  🔗 France asked the European Commission to examine whether Algeria has breached its association agreement, and a Europol backed investigation dismantled a cocaine network shipping from Ecuador to Europe.  🔗  🔗

Brussels and other capitals also saw fresh security and defence moves, with Germany's Bundeswehr facing a zero tolerance pledge after a study found widespread sexual harassment and abuse among female soldiers, France launching a new AI defence resilience centre in Rennes, and Italy convening its security committee after mass bomb threats to schools.  🔗  🔗  🔗 EU border agency Frontex said irregular crossings fell 29 percent in the first ten months of 2026, while Kaja Kallas argued she should be the bloc's envoy in any Russia Ukraine peace talks and Giorgia Meloni met UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham in Dublin on defence, Ukraine and migration.  🔗  🔗  🔗

In the Americas, the FBI said North Korea linked hackers stole more than 400 million dollars over 18 months using identity theft and AI manipulated video calls, and US officials are preparing congressional scrutiny of Nvidia and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick over national security concerns.  🔗  🔗 Donald Trump said he would consider military force against Cuba, while Scott Bessent urged the Federal Reserve not to raise rates because of an energy supply shock linked to the Iran conflict.  🔗  🔗 The State Department also released a report on management of more than 12 billion dollars from Venezuelan oil and mineral resources, Democrats are weighing whether to strip a US Israel defence initiative from the Pentagon funding bill, and Chris Van Hollen said he will run for Senate Majority Leader.  🔗  🔗  🔗

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Other US stories included Trump posts on Truth Social, Melania Trump laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day, a warning that caravans are heading north after the midterms, and the sentencing of Mexican trafficker Antonio Oseguera Cervantes to 270 months in prison.  🔗  🔗  🔗  🔗 Johnson Controls and two subsidiaries agreed to pay 5 million dollars to settle federal fraud allegations, and a Long Island man was convicted in a child exploitation case.  🔗  🔗

In Asia Pacific, Australia opened a Counter Terrorism Online Centre in Sydney to disrupt youth extremism online, while Victoria's election campaign continued with Labor and the Greens trading accusations over preferences and both sides courting regional voters ahead of the November 28 poll.  🔗  🔗  🔗 Microsoft 365 outages also continued globally, with Outlook and Teams still disrupted as the company worked to restore services used by businesses and governments.  🔗

On the economy and energy front, the International Energy Agency forecast that world oil demand will fall by 2.7 million barrels a day in 2026 before rebounding in 2027, and Azerbaijan said it wants to expand and diversify gas and renewable exports to Europe.  🔗  🔗 COP31 in Turkey remained deadlocked as leaders clashed over emissions, finance and fossil fuels.  🔗

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