Nigeria: WFP warned that rising militant violence and instability in the north have driven hunger to record highs, with up to 35 million people at risk in 2026 due to funding gaps.

Sudan: UAE-backed RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo said they accept all actors in the political process “except the Islamic Movement.”

Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones overnight.

Trump signed an executive order launching the “Genesis Mission,” a major federal AI initiative described as as urgent and ambitious as the Manhattan Project.

The plan mobilizes federal computing power and vast government datasets to build advanced AI models for scientific research, national security, energy, and manufacturing.

Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan (Khost, Kunar, Paktika), killing at least 10 people, according to the Taliban.

NEW: India and France will jointly manufacture the HAMMER air-to-ground precision weapon in India through a new Bharat Electronics–Safran partnership.

Survivors: "UAE Support Powered RSF Brutality in Darfur"

New testimony details how UAE-backed RSF fighters executed unarmed men and committed widespread sexual violence during the capture of El Fasher.

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Mozambique: At least six suspected militants were killed and several others wounded in clashes with security forces in Muidumbe, Cabo Delgado.

Macron:

No one can say on behalf of the Ukrainians what territorial concessions they are prepared to make.

Macron:

Russia carries out cyber and informational attacks every day, including in France.

U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met Russian officials in Abu Dhabi as the Trump administration pushes a contested peace plan for the Ukraine war.

Source: Reuters

NEW: Macron explained that once a peace agreement is signed—not during the war—there would be “reassurance forces” deployed away from the front lines, in places like Kyiv or Odesa.

These would include British, French, and Turkish soldiers, whose role would be to train Ukrainian forces and help provide security, similar to how NATO countries already support states on the Alliance’s eastern flank.

He emphasized that this would be done through an intergovernmental coalition, not NATO, with around twenty countries prepared to contribute on land, at sea, or in the air.

Kremlin:

When the time comes, Russia will take a substantive look at the U.S. plan for a Ukrainian settlement.

Kremlin:

It is impossible to discuss a security architecture without the Europeans; they will be needed at some stage.

Kremlin:

Moscow has not received an updated peace plan on Ukraine consisting of 19 points.

UNMISS urged an immediate stop to renewed clashes in Eastern Equatoria, saying recent communal violence and reported airstrikes in Upper Nile breach the Revitalized Peace Agreement.

France is hosting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Paris to push for renewed nuclear cooperation and press for the release of French nationals stuck in Iran.

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Sudan: Nuba Mountains Platform says RSF and SPLM-N abducted over 100 youths and children from the Zalataya mine in Tebessa for forced recruitment or ransom.

Ukraine’s Umerov:

We expect to organize Zelensky’s visit to the United States at the earliest possible date in November in order to complete the final stages and reach an agreement with Trump.

In Hat Yai, Songkhla province, Thailand, floodwaters have risen to 1.5–3 meters, triggering a full evacuation of residents and tourists.

Nigeria: At least 11 people — including a pregnant woman and children — were abducted in a new terrorist attack in Isapa near Eruku, Kwara State.