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North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward the sea off its eastern coast a short while ago.

Flávio Bolsonaro fled Brazil aboard a private jet in coordination with the U.S. and Argentina after losing the presidential election to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. WSJ reports the operation involved a small network of Trump allies, senior U.S. officials, and Argentine President Javier Milei. Bolsonaro and his family crossed into Argentina on Tuesday night before boarding a chartered Gulfstream jet that traveled through Ecuador to Miami, arriving Wednesday morning. President Trump personally authorized Bolsonaro's admission to the U.S., while Secretary of State Marco Rubio helped arrange his entry. The family was admitted under humanitarian parole, allowing them to remain in the country for one year.

Barack Obama: The White House is bending the knee to Vladimir Putin of Russia and selling out Ukrainians who are fighting for their freedom and democracy.

Barack Obama on Iran: Iran didn't have nuclear weapons. We had curbed their nuclear program. I had put in place a deal. I didn't have to fire any missiles. I engaged in diplomacy.

President Trump: If I didn't win the presidency, this country would be gone. I really believe it.

President Trump: I started by looking at his ass, and it was strong as hell.

President Trump: I threw Jeffrey Epstein out of a club 20 years ago because I thought he was a whack job. That was a great thing I did. He never came up with me. You know who he came up with? All of the friends of the Democrats. He was a Democrat. I threw Jeffrey Epstein the hell out of Mar-a-Lago.

Reporter: Did you direct Vance to talk to Iran to start peace negotiations? Trump: No. Iran needs help with medical supplies. Basically, it's getting supplies in to help people that are not well.

The Houthis (Ansarallah) say Saudi warplanes carried out 101 airstrikes and missile attacks across Sana'a and eight Yemeni governorates over the past 24 hours, claiming it caused dozens of casualties, including women and children.

A source in the UAE told Israeli Channel 14: Everyone here is on high alert and preparing for November 4, the day after the U.S. midterm elections. Foreign ambassadors increasingly feel that an escalation is very close, and they are already considering the possibility of evacuation.

President Trump told Axios that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political position appears to have improved following Israel's parliamentary election, despite initially receiving "horror reports" of his prospects. Trump said he had heard that his endorsement made a significant difference for Netanyahu, noting that the Israeli leader was now in "pretty good shape." Asked whether he would become involved in efforts to form a Netanyahu-led unity government, Trump said he had not yet considered it but would "take a look."

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Rwanda's Ministry of Defense and the Zigama Credit and Savings Society over allegations of supporting armed groups operating in the eastern DRC. Washington accused Rwanda of destabilizing the region and violating its commitments under the "Washington Accords," calling on Kigali to end its support for armed groups and comply with the agreement.

PM Netanyahu's Likud party has alleged that Israel's parliamentary election was "stolen" through widespread electoral fraud involving Arab parties. Likud accused the Arab parties of bribery, voter intimidation, violence, double voting and ballot manipulation, claiming these irregularities influenced the election results. The party said it is submitting hundreds of testimonies and pieces of alleged evidence to police, the Shin Bet security agency and the Central Elections Committee, demanding an immediate investigation.

The Sun: Can you trust Trump, given everything that he says? Zelensky: We trust Americans and bipartisan support, and we're thankful to the administration. I have to be thankful. I don't want to lose this. But we need more support. We need to have no questions with the administration because they have to be on our side because Russia is the aggressor.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Putin thinks that all our territory is his territory and his personal goal is to occupy and destroy us. The other thing is that he will not be able to do this, partially, of course, because of the support of our partners.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: We understand the mentality of Putin, of Russian soldiers and their civilians, when they are ready to do something and when they are really afraid of Putin's messages. They understand that they will be in prison otherwise. If they don't go and kill us, Putin will impose his own type of sanctions on them.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: We are ready for negotiations in any format. We are even ready to speak about any kind of topics, including sensitive topics for us. I'm sure some topics are not even fair to discuss, but we are ready because I don't want to show that we are stopping the negotiation process. But we need the United States in the middle.

EU member states have abandoned a proposal to offer Canada "associate membership" in the 27-nation bloc, replacing it with a commitment to pursue closer ties ahead of an EU-Canada summit in Montreal, according to POLITICO. Germany, France, Italy and Greece were among the countries that opposed including associate membership in the joint declaration, despite European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposing the idea in September. The revised statement instead calls for an "ever closer association" between Canada and the EU, with both sides aiming to define the arrangement by their 2027 summit while stopping short of full membership. The declaration still requires final approval, with EU governments given until 6 p.m. to raise objections.

Yemen's Saudi-backed PLC government has condemned repeated Houthi (Ansarallah) missile strikes against Aden International Airport, reporting six attacks on the facility in recent days, including one earlier today.