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NATO plans to reinforce its Black Sea eastern flank with maritime patrol aircraft, radars and drones after October attacks on commercial vessels near Romania and Bulgaria, including the confirmed sinking of the Contship Jet.
Read this story & its analysisRussia, Ukraine and the United States are scheduled to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11 for US-mediated working-level talks, with Russian attendance confirmed but no shared settlement terms disclosed.
China has announced that Middle East envoy Zhai Jun will visit Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia in early to mid-November, but no dates, agenda or mediation framework have been made public.
The UK and France will lead Exercise Koalicja in Poland from 9 to 22 November, moving the proposed Multinational Force Ukraine from planning toward testing of post-conflict command, logistics and protection arrangements.
The UK National Cyber Security Centre says artificial intelligence is likely to accelerate hostile cyber operations and judges AI-powered malware highly likely to feature in a ransomware attack on UK critical national infrastructure by 2028.
Belgium’s coalition is in crisis after Prime Minister Bart De Wever offered his resignation on November 2 over failed 2027 budget talks, while King Philippe consults coalition leaders before deciding how to proceed.
The Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed a ballistic missile aimed at southern Saudi Arabia on 2 November, underscoring an active cross-border threat amid continuing fighting in Yemen.
The Royal Navy has disclosed three operations conducted from late September to mid-October to monitor Russian naval activity near Scotland and through the English Channel, including an intelligence-gathering ship near a NATO exercise.
Qatar is investigating the 30 October strike on the Nakilat-operated LNG carrier Al Mayeda in the Arabian Gulf, while the vessel remains operational and responsibility for the attack has not been publicly established.
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