Houthis hit Riyadh airport twice as Saudi coalition promises responseTrump calls for new Ukrainian president as Kyiv and Europe push backUS disables blockade runner as Iran rejects Washington's Hormuz replyRights group blames Egypt for air strike that killed at least 72 miners in SudanDeath toll rises to 139 after migrant boat capsizes off DjiboutiUkrainian drones shut third Yandex data centre as Russian strikes kill civiliansKyiv reports Russian strike on energy site after Trump announces energy ceasefireIMF and World Bank meet in Bangkok as Iran-war energy shock weighs on growthPakistan suspends Khan's provincial government and declares emergencyHurricane Simon nears Mexico's Pacific coast as evacuations continueCourt frees Cockroach movement leaders after Delhi detentionsSenators from both parties challenge Trump's Russian diesel dealEuro-zone bond stress persists as French yields stay highPentagon updates official count of US service members killed in Iran warNorth Korea fires ballistic missiles toward the seaPoland investigates suspected plot against PM Tusk and defence ministerTour bus and truck collision kills 11 in western TurkeyEU to cap Chinese hybrid car imports at 350,000 a year under deal with BeijingChina rebukes Lai's speech and sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministersPope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this weekUS Justice Department opens antitrust probe into five TV networks over White House poolFlash flood in Nepal sweeps away homes and bridges, at least five missingFrance urges Abbas to reverse election delay as Palestinian factions plan Egypt talksIsaias leaves hundreds of thousands without power on US Gulf CoastAmazon in talks to buy AI video startup DecartNvidia reportedly weighs buying AI start-up Reflection AIMusk vows affordable Starlink in India as feud with Ambani escalatesHouthis hit Riyadh airport twice as Saudi coalition promises responseTrump calls for new Ukrainian president as Kyiv and Europe push backUS disables blockade runner as Iran rejects Washington's Hormuz replyRights group blames Egypt for air strike that killed at least 72 miners in SudanDeath toll rises to 139 after migrant boat capsizes off DjiboutiUkrainian drones shut third Yandex data centre as Russian strikes kill civiliansKyiv reports Russian strike on energy site after Trump announces energy ceasefireIMF and World Bank meet in Bangkok as Iran-war energy shock weighs on growthPakistan suspends Khan's provincial government and declares emergencyHurricane Simon nears Mexico's Pacific coast as evacuations continueCourt frees Cockroach movement leaders after Delhi detentionsSenators from both parties challenge Trump's Russian diesel dealEuro-zone bond stress persists as French yields stay highPentagon updates official count of US service members killed in Iran warNorth Korea fires ballistic missiles toward the seaPoland investigates suspected plot against PM Tusk and defence ministerTour bus and truck collision kills 11 in western TurkeyEU to cap Chinese hybrid car imports at 350,000 a year under deal with BeijingChina rebukes Lai's speech and sanctions Paraguayan and Belizean ministersPope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery this weekUS Justice Department opens antitrust probe into five TV networks over White House poolFlash flood in Nepal sweeps away homes and bridges, at least five missingFrance urges Abbas to reverse election delay as Palestinian factions plan Egypt talksIsaias leaves hundreds of thousands without power on US Gulf CoastAmazon in talks to buy AI video startup DecartNvidia reportedly weighs buying AI start-up Reflection AIMusk vows affordable Starlink in India as feud with Ambani escalates
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The Situation · Edition 31

Monday, 12 October 2026

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Ukraine diplomacy dominated the day. President Donald Trump said on Sunday, 11 October, that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure immediately. Volodymyr Zelensky called it news to him, Moscow has not commented, and Kyiv reports a Russian strike on an energy site. A day earlier Trump said Ukraine should get a new president, which Kyiv rejected, and the Financial Times reports that Washington also threatens to block arms for Ukraine.

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In the Gulf, a Houthi strike on Riyadh's King Khalid airport on Saturday, 10 October, killed at least 12 and wounded more than 300. A second attack followed on Sunday, and the Saudi-led coalition promised a firm response. A US jet disabled a ship leaving Iran, while Iran called Washington's reply to its seven conditions insufficient. In Pakistan, the president declared a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and suspended the PTI-led government, which the party calls a coup. South Korea said on Monday it detected several ballistic missiles fired off North Korea's east coast.

The IMF and World Bank meetings opened in Bangkok on Monday, dominated by the energy shock from the Iran war. Oil rose again and India's central bank moved to defend the rupee. In technology, the Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon is negotiating to buy the AI startup Decart for around $7 billion.

Least noticed was the sinking of an overcrowded boat bound for Yemen off Djibouti. The UN migration agency said on Sunday that at least 139 migrants died, 15 of them children, and another 84 are missing. Watch whether Moscow confirms or rejects the energy ceasefire Trump announced.

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