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Peskov rejected Zelensky’s 60-day ceasefire for an election and offered one day without strikes. Moscow has still not confirmed Trump’s energy ceasefire.
Iran’s foreign minister called Riyadh offering to broker talks with “Yemen” after Houthi missiles killed 13 at Riyadh’s airport. The offer would recognise the Houthis as a state, admit Tehran’s control and lock in their gains. Saudi Arabia refused, rightly, and should keep fighting.
Araghchi told Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Iran would help start talks with the Houthis. A day later Gargash called for joint Gulf defence. What each side said.
Trump called for a new Ukrainian leader, then announced an energy ceasefire Kyiv was not told of. Zelensky offered refineries for power plants and an election after 60 days.
Trump announced a Russia-Ukraine energy ceasefire on 11 October. Zelensky said it was news to him but offered to stop refinery strikes if Russia does too.
Houthi missiles killed 12 at Riyadh’s airport after five Saudi assumptions about Yemen collapsed. The bigger mistake is the Houthis’: Saudi Arabia will not fold, and it can break them without taking Sanaa.
After the Riyadh airport strike killed 12, the Houthis named every Saudi airport but Mecca and Medina as targets. What they, the coalition and Trump have said.
A Houthi missile killed 12 people and wounded 309 at King Khalid International Airport. The strike exposed Saudi Arabia’s thin air defences. Riyadh should open talks now to buy time, then use that time to rebuild its shield, hunt Iran’s advisers near Taiz and empty Houthi arsenals.
Trump said ‘We may’ on joining Saudi strikes while Rubio, Guterres and Gulf capitals condemned the Riyadh airport attack that killed 12. What each statement commits to.
A Houthi missile killed 12 people and wounded 309 at King Khalid International Airport. This is terrorism against civilians and Iran’s war moved onto Saudi soil. It will get worse, and in wartime the only place to stand is with Saudi Arabia.
Abbas moved Palestinian elections to 11 September 2027, blaming Israeli measures. Sa’ar called it a lie, Hamas welcomed it and Paris wants a vote.
The US makes far more diesel than it burns. Trump’s diesel deal with Putin is a midterm stunt that rewards Moscow and sells out Ukraine and Europe.
Trump said Ukraine should get a new president a day after his Russian diesel deal. Dmitriev welcomed it; Germany, Latvia and Kallas held to sanctions.
A US Air Force notice about four retired KC-10 tankers for a “North African partner” is being sold online as a done deal for a strike on Ethiopia’s dam. It is a market survey, not a sale. Egypt is still the likeliest customer, and the tankers would give Cairo a long arm that answers to no one else.
Axios says Trump cut the diesel deal after Kyiv ignored refinery requests. Zelensky and the UK government replied; what each side said.
Houthi missiles have moved from Saudi oil sites to Saudi airports, and now they are killing people. Saudi jets are emptying the group’s ballistic-missile caves, Yemen’s government is massing for Mokha, and Riyadh has no choice left but to finish the Houthis.
The Kremlin says Trump welcomed Russia’s offer to take Iran’s uranium, while Pezeshkian, Rubio and Ghalibaf traded warnings. What was said.
Trump announced Russian diesel for US and world markets after a Putin call; Zelensky called it a weak decision and said Kyiv’s team was a smokescreen.
Egypt has asked Dassault for 24 more Rafales, which would give it 78, and it is adding aerial refuelling. Ethiopia’s war is now spreading to its borders. Cairo is building an air force that can fight a long war 1,500 kilometres from home, and Israel cannot stop it.
The US has sanctioned the International Criminal Court itself on Nobel day. Rubio, the ICC, Guterres, the EU, Netanyahu and eight ministers answered, and a six-month clock now runs.
