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After four years of relative calm, the war pitting Yemen’s Houthi militia against the country’s internationally recognized government and its backer Saudi Arabia is raging again.

Saudi Arabia suffered its deadliest strikes since the Iran war began as Houthi militants repeatedly targeted airports across the kingdom, killing at least 14 people and wounding hundreds at the weekend. The Saudi-led military coalition said it intercepted missiles and drones aimed at the kingdom overnight. Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg Daybreak Europe is your essential morning viewing to stay ahead. Live from Brussels, we set the agenda for your day, catching you up with overnight markets news from the US and Asia. And we'll tell you what matters for investors in Europe, giving you insight before trading begins. On today's show, attacks over the weekend in Saudi Arabia in which 13 people were killed risk widening the conflict in the Middle East. An American was among those killed on Saturday, raising pressure for US President Donald Trump to act. Oil extended losses as traders assessed President Trump's announcement of an 'energy ceasefire' between Russia and Ukraine. And the EU has announced a cap of 350,000 on imports of Chinese hybrid cars following talks between trade chief Maroš Šefčovič and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao. Today's guest: Ana Paula Assis, IBM, Senior Vice President & Chair, EMEA & APAC & François Provost, Renault, CEO. (Source: Bloomberg)

Critics of wealth taxes say they are fiendishly difficult to administer and politically perilous. Britain’s Labour government was hoping to avoid both pitfalls when it came up with a lighter alternative, but the so-called mansion tax is still at risk of a messy start.

European officials warned that President Donald Trump’s deal to increase Russia’s diesel sales will boost Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine, pressing for more US sanctions instead.

Saudi Arabia said it was dealing with new drone and cruise missile attacks on Monday, posing fresh security threats to the kingdom following the weekend’s deadly strikes on Riyadh airport.

Oil extended declines as traders weigh President Donald Trump's claim of an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine. This comes after hostilities escalated across the Middle East, with strikes by Houthis on Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh airport. Bob McNally, President and Founder of Rapidan Energy Group and Former White House energy advisor spoke to Bloomberg’s Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East and Africa from Riyadh on the impact of the various geopolitical situations on the oil market. (Source: Bloomberg)

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s push for greater control of England’s troubled water industry could come with a hefty price tag of about £105 billion, according to a new industry-commissioned analysis.

After a weekend of mass detentions and heavy security in Delhi, opposition parties plan to submit a memorandum to India's chief justice demanding an end to alleged electoral manipulation, a halt to voter-roll revisions and the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar. (Source: Bloomberg)

Saudi Arabia’s main airport came under renewed attack from Houthi rebels. Bloomberg journalists and Jean-Loup Samaan, senior research fellow at the Middle East Institute of the National University of Singapore, discuss. (Source: Bloomberg)

China imposed sanctions on officials from Paraguay and Belize over their support for Taiwan, the first time Beijing has used such moves against diplomatic partners of the self-ruled island.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is on a collision course with President Donald Trump, who is increasingly looking at Kyiv’s battle against Russia primarily through the lens of energy prices ahead of US midterm elections.

India is bracing for a third straight day of tensions in its capital, with opposition parties on Monday planning a march to the Supreme Court and a youth-led movement pressing ahead with protests over a contentious revision of voter rolls.

A federal judge in New York ordered the Trump administration to stop for now running taxpayer-funded television ads lauding the president and to halt any payments of public money related to airing them as legal challenges move ahead.

North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off its east coast Monday, days after warning Seoul of retaliation if its territory were violated.

Australia’s ruling Labor party has regained the lead in a national poll that showed all of the major political groupings remain unpopular with voters, as no party managed to breach 30%.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that the city would investigate the Immigration and Customs Enforcement shooting that left a man wounded on Thursday.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever canceled a state of the union speech in parliament planned for Tuesday, citing a lack of agreement on the country’s budget within his government.

Raphaël Glucksmann won the French center-left’s presidential primary, lifting the European Union lawmaker into next year’s race to succeed President Emmanuel Macron.

Europeans should increase support to Ukraine in response to Russian hybrid attacks, the head of NATO’s military operations told Bloomberg Television in Poland on Sunday.