Ukraine village strike toll passes 40 as US voters hand Democrats Congress
Ukraine says at least 40 people died in a repeat strike on a southern village, while Democrats won control of both chambers of the US Congress in Tuesday's midterms. Fighting widened in Yemen, the Strait of Hormuz stayed contested, and the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo drew new vaccine trials.
Kyiv says at least 40 people were killed in Monday's attack on a Ukrainian village and that another 30 may still be under rubble. Ukraine says bodycam footage shows a repeat strike hit the site. Three people were killed by Ukrainian strikes in Russia's Belgorod region, and Moscow claims it downed 700 Ukrainian drones.
Democrats gained a majority in the House and took the Senate in Tuesday's midterms, and Trump conceded they did well while acknowledging the Iran war may have contributed to Republican losses. Vice-President JD Vance publicly blamed the war, which the BBC described as one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory. The Alaska and Mississippi Senate races remain uncalled.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says four vessels struck naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, which is the IRGC's own account. South Korea says it will send maritime patrol aircraft and a bomb-disposal team near the strait and rules out military intervention. Iranian officials welcomed the Republican losses, but Supreme Leader Khamenei said US policy toward Iran will not change.
Yemeni government forces say they took the strategic al-Dahida heights in al-Jawf, and fighting is escalating in al-Dhalea, Lahij and Taiz. A monthlong Houthi blockade of Taiz is blocking food, water, fuel and medical supplies, prompting warnings of a catastrophe.
The WHO has approved trials of two new vaccines for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola. The outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has killed more than 5,300 people, according to the report. A British healthcare worker with Ebola is being flown home to the UK in stable condition.
Protests have spread across Paraguay after Ueno Bank was shut down overnight amid a solvency crisis. Al Jazeera reports the collapse affects savings held by about half of the population.
Al Jazeera reports Israeli forces detained 45 people across the occupied West Bank and bombed displacement camps in Gaza. The UN aid office OCHA said gunfire hit tents at a displacement site in northern Rafah on Tuesday, reportedly causing injuries.
Ethiopia expelled six Sudanese diplomats amid accusations that it lets the paramilitary RSF launch drone strikes from its territory. Separately, renewed fighting in Ethiopia has displaced thousands.