Houthi attacks empty Saudi skies

Plus, the midterm strategy driving Democrats deep into red states.

Daily Briefing Daily Briefing By Claire Beers Hello. The skies over Riyadh are largely empty after deadly Houthi strikes on the Saudi airport. Trump surprises Zelenskiy with Ukraine-Russia energy ceasefire announcement. And Reuters investigates the midterm strategy driving Democrats deep into red states. Plus, endangered orangutans moved to safety after Indonesia's fires.  Today's Top News   Surveillance footage shows smoke and fire at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Ministry of Media/Handout via REUTERS A new attack on Riyadh's international airport has left one dead and nearly a dozen injured, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis that killed 13 people and wounded more than 300. Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was still waiting to see details of an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine that US President Donald Trump announced on Sunday, which he said was "effective immediately". Republican and Democratic US senators called on Trump to "reverse course" on his diesel supply deal with Russia, saying it runs counter to US law barring imports of energy until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine. Authorities closed metro stations and warned of traffic disruptions in Delhi as opposition parties planned to march to the Supreme Court in protest against a controversial revision of ‌voter lists that has sparked days of unrest in the Indian capital. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Russia interfered in the 2016 Brexit vote, as he warned voters in France and Germany about Moscow-backed efforts to influence their politics. Death row inmate Christa Pike was released from hospital and sent back to prison, where she will continue receiving medical care following her botched execution ‌attempt in Tennessee. US academics Robert Hall and Michael Woodford won the 2026 Nobel economics prize for "microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation". Business & Markets   Exploratory concept car for a new DS brand compact model "F3VER" at the Paris Motor Show in Paris, France. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier European and Chinese automakers will unveil as many as 60 new models at ‌the Paris car show on Monday, as competition for buyers on the continent continues to intensify. An Anthropic AI model submitted a false homicide tip to a Philadelphia police website, among a string of incidents the AI company disclosed detailing ‌Claude models' unsanctioned manipulation of some government websites. Elon Musk said he would price Starlink's satellite internet service affordably in India to take on Mukesh Ambani's low-cost Reliance Jio, escalating his attacks on the rival billionaire days before Jio's parent ‌launches India's largest-ever IPO. Several top energy executives were dropped from the schedule of the WPC Energy Congress in Riyadh, as Saudi authorities pressed ahead with the event despite deadly attacks on the capital. Strong investment in AI infrastructure is keeping global growth at around 3%, yielding major benefits for many Asian economies ‌that supply the hardware, such as Thailand, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said. The midterm strategy driving Democrats deep into Trump country   The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. Leah Douglas The national Democratic Party has added rural districts to its list of midterm targets in November, part of a broader strategy to compete in President Trump's conservative heartland despite long odds. On its face, the strategy may look like Democratic overreach. But more than a dozen Democratic operatives, strategists and candidates told Reuters the goal in part is to force Republicans to spend money defending safe seats, draining resources from the swing districts that will decide control of the US House. By expanding the map, the party is also signaling to donors that races are becoming more competitive, helping unlock money that might otherwise stay on the sidelines, they said. However, Tim Reid tells the Reuters World News podcast that unreliable polling history, the Republicans' cash advantage, and a closing argument branding Democrats as extreme socialists could keep Democratic turnout from being as big as predicted.  Read more And Finally... A Borneo orangutan named Mama Lifa leaves a cage during translocation in Indonesia. Muffidz Ma’sum/Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia (YIARI) via REUTERS Indonesian authorities and conservation workers successfully moved eight orangutans to a safe location after the endangered primates' homes were destroyed by wildfires in the forests of Borneo. Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. 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