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President Trump said U.S. forces carried out new limited strikes on Iranian air defenses on Friday, though damage has not been confirmed. Iran was reportedly reviewing Qatari proposals on its nuclear program at the time, according to Ynetnews.
About a hundred activists broke into a Microsoft data center construction site in Amsterdam on Friday, according to press accounts, with some climbing a crane and others clashing with police. The action was part of two days of protests planned in 15 European countries.
The Kremlin says a first-ever meeting of Trump, Putin and Xi at the APEC summit in China, set for Nov. 18-19, could be locked in within days. China's public statement mentions only a Xi-Putin meeting, and no confirmation has come from the White House.
A Treasury report obtained by Axios says the naval blockade and sanctions have crippled Iran's economy and limited its ability to raise revenue. It does not say the regime is near collapse, and Trump is weighing his next step after the Nov. 3 midterms.
The State Department has approved a potential $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles to Ukraine, with allies reported to be footing the bill, though the funding language in the available reports was incomplete. Delivery timing has not been confirmed.
A Russian drone struck a busy railway platform in Dnipro on Thursday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 14 more, according to the regional governor. Zelensky called the attack "horrific" and renewed his demand that sanctions on Russia not be eased.
Washington and Beijing are each building an artificial intelligence club, and countries like Kazakhstan are joining both. Experts say the room to play both sides may be shrinking.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un crossed the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge for a one-day visit to the Chinese city of Dandong, his first China trip in a year. It came days before the Oct. 25 Korean War anniversary and next month's APEC summit in Shenzhen.
Israeli soldiers killed two men near Hebron after what the military says was an attack that injured at least five people. Within hours, Netanyahu's office ordered Hebron cordoned off and told security forces to prepare a full closure of the West Bank.
Ukraine's president says he supports a ceasefire and three-way talks with Washington and Moscow, and ABC reports the Kremlin says Putin agreed to resume them. Based on early reports, the terms, the venue and even the level of the talks are not yet clear.
The Wall Street Journal, citing anonymous sources, reports that Elon Musk ordered a slowdown of the Starlink service Ukraine uses; Reuters could not immediately verify it. Musk, President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have each offered a different account of who sets the limits.
President Trump gave Benjamin Netanyahu his full endorsement on Sunday, nine days before Israel votes, and in the same post said America would have to do the work in Iran itself if Israel had a different leader.
