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Conflict monitors report Ethiopian federal forces withdrawing south from towns near the Eritrean border, including Zalambessa, as fighting with Tigrayan forces continues in central Tigray. A Russian deputy foreign minister said Moscow was ready to mediate between Ethiopia and Eritrea, and the TPLF leader warned Ethiopian Airlines over flights to Mekele.
Gaza's civil defence and hospitals said Israeli strikes in central and northern Gaza and Gaza City killed seven people on Tuesday, including Akram Yassin and his wife. Israel's military said Yassin was a senior official in Hamas's general security apparatus.
Israel's military prepared a multi-day bombing campaign against Iran for the weekend of 10 October, the Financial Times reported, citing three people familiar with the plans. It did not go ahead because President Donald Trump opposed restarting the war before the 3 November US midterm elections, the sources said.
In a Truth Social post, Donald Trump said new and large data centres are "mandated by me" to generate their own power and sell any surplus to the local grid, and told companies to pay host communities a "dividend" to win support.
Brendan Nugent, 43, appeared in Wangaratta Magistrates' Court and was remanded in custody until 4 February. Victoria Police said further serious charges were being considered, and the Australian Federal Police said it charges almost one person a week for targeting federal officials.
Iran's foreign minister told Iraqi television that indirect talks with Washington continue through Pakistan and Qatar and that the US had accepted Tehran's conditions but wanted to add more. The US Treasury Secretary said no oil loadings had been seen at Iran's Kharg Island since August.
Fighting continues in Rakhine, Kachin, northern Shan and central Myanmar, monitors report rising civilian deaths, and Min Aung Hlaing's government seeks a return to ASEAN as several neighbours re-engage.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in Kiryat Shmona on Tuesday that Israel is committed to "the elimination of the Iranian regime" and that he had raised it with US President Donald Trump, most recently on Sunday.
In an interview with India's Network18, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said a US-India trade deal was "incredibly close", defended the US relationship with Pakistan and said a Quad leaders' summit will be held in Manila.
Donald Trump shared coverage on Truth Social of an executive order he signed on Monday, US time, setting up a new Women's Health Division at the National Institutes of Health and a task force co-chaired by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Susie Wiles.
