Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem stated that Republican losses in recent US midterm elections and weak polling for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could help Lebanon maintain its sovereignty. Qassem described these political outcomes as beneficial for Lebanon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied responsibility for the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza following severe flooding that damaged refugee camps. Torrential rains in recent days flooded thousands of tents housing people displaced by the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.

The UN reported that approximately 65% of Gaza’s population, or 1.4 million people, currently live in tents or makeshift shelters.

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are scheduled to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Dublin on Thursday. These meetings follow two days of talks in Abu Dhabi aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.

The envoys intend to leverage perceived openings from the Abu Dhabi discussions during their separate briefings with the two leaders.

Mark Almond stated that he fears Trump’s upcoming summit with Putin and Xi will resemble the 1945 Yalta conference, where three leaders divided the world. He noted that the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit typically receives little attention from mainstream Western media, despite gathering representatives from 21 countries, including the US, China, and Russia.