🇦🇺🇵🇬⚡- Despite Chinese warnings, Papua New Guinea finally ratifies its mutual defense treaty with Australia.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- "Israeli army has taken control of more than 40 ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla. The Israeli army and navy are sweeping the sea to ensure no ships reach Gaza," - Israeli Broadcasting Corporation.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- US to give Ukraine intelligence on long-range strikes in Russia. Washington is also pressuring the rest of NATO to do the same, Reuters reports.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia has successfully upgraded its Iskander-M and Kinzhal ballistic missiles to evade Patriot air defense systems. The missiles now follow a typical trajectory before changing direction and entering a steep final dive or performing maneuvers, allowing them to evade Patriot interceptors," - Financial Times.

🇬🇧⚡️- Initial reports of a knife attack outside a synagogue in Manchester, United Kingdom.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Zelensky and Trump discussed striking the heart of Moscow ahead of winter, The Sun reports.

The publication writes that Zelensky agreed with Trump's plans to hit targets in Moscow, justifying it as leverage on Putin on the path to negotiations. Trump has not objected to the proposal.

🇺🇦🇩🇰⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky arrives in Copenhagen to attend EU's Political Community Summit.

🇬🇧⚡️- CONFIRMED: Four people injured as a result of a vehicle ramming and stabbing attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation in Manchester, United Kingdom.

The suspect was shot dead by Manchester police.

🇦🇱🇦🇿🇩🇰⚡- At the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, Albania's Edi Rama mocks President Trump telling France's Macron "you should congratulate [Azerbaijan's] Ilham Aliyev and me, Trump ended our conflict."

🇩🇪🇭🇺🇩🇰⚡- BREAKING: German Chancellor Merz lashed out aggressively at Hungary's Prime Minister Orban in front of all the other European leaders at the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen.

Bloomberg writes Merz accused Orban of the bloc’s security needs, and how Europe can better defend itself against the Russian threats.

🇩🇪🇭🇺🇩🇰⚡- Hungarian Prime Minister Orban resorts to ranting on social media in response to Merz's outburst.

"Copenhagen, day two. The situation is serious. Outright pro-war proposals are on the table. They want to hand over EU funds to Ukraine. They are trying to accelerate Ukraine’s accession with all kinds of legal tricks. They want to finance arms deliveries. All these proposals clearly show that the Brusselians want to go to war.

I will stand firmly by the Hungarian position, but this summit also proves that the coming months will be about the threat of war. We will need the support of our entire political community and of every Hungarian who longs for peace," - Viktor Orban.

🇺🇦🇩🇰⚡- Ukrainian President Zelensky at the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen confirms Ukrainian forces have arrived in Denmark to assist Danish troops in combating drones.

🇺🇦🇩🇰⚡- "The 'Drone Wall' should be in all of Europe, not just in one country. If Russia dares to attack Poland with drones, or violate the airspace of the northern European states, it will mean that something like this can happen anywhere," - Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine, at the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- Israel confirms no vessels from the flotilla were able to breach the Gaza blockade.

🇵🇱🇭🇺🇩🇰⚡- Polish Prime Minister Tusk adds onto the verbal exchange between Merz and Orban during the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen:

"Prime Minister Viktor Orban, it is Russia who started the war against Ukraine. It is them who decided we’re living in the time of war. And in such a time the only question is whose side are you on?" - Donald Tusk.

🇵🇱🇭🇺🇩🇰⚡- "Dear Prime Minister Donald Tusk,

Russia is at war. Ukraine is at war. Hungary is not.

I understand that you stand firmly on the side of Ukraine. Please understand that we stand firmly on the side of Hungary.

Your question is who will win the Russia–Ukraine war.

My question is how we can end the war, save tens of thousands of lives and provide security for Hungarians.

You seek to win a war you believe is yours. I want to ensure that peace prevails," - Viktor Orban, Prime Minister of Hungary.

🇺🇸🇰🇷🇰🇵⚡- President Trump could potentially meet North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un during his visit to South Korea to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, according to the Japanese outlet Nikkei Asia.

The Trump-Kim meeting will take place in the DMZ. Trump is also expected to meet India's Modi and China's Xi on the sidelines of APEC.

🇰🇿🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡- Kazakhstan has begun large-scale inspections of Russian cargo coming in from China. The move is seen as a sign of a change in Kazakhstan's policy towards stricter compliance with Western sanctions.

Queues at Kazakh-Chinese customs have began to build up since mid-September, mostly with trucks carrying dual-use goods and products under sanctions

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli navy has intercepted the entire Global Sumud Flotilla.

🇦🇲🇦🇿🇩🇰⚡- Armenia's Pashinyan met Azerbaijan's Aliyev on the sidelines of the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen.

🇺🇦🇦🇿🇩🇰⚡- Ukraine's Zelensky is currently meeting Azerbaijan's Aliyev at the EU's Political Community Summit in Copenhagen.