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Hundreds of opposition leaders and party workers marched through central New Delhi on Monday, stepping up pressure on India’s election watchdog over a contentious overhaul of voter rolls.

Reform UK said it would suspend the UK’s asylum system for up to five years if it wins the next general election, in an escalation of its anti-immigrant rhetoric.

“There is no easy way out” of the Iran conflict at this point, former US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said at a security forum in Poland.

With control of at least one congressional chamber in sight, Democrats plan to immediately leverage new subpoena power.

Private businesses risk an onslaught of congressional investigations if Democrats prevail in midterm elections as the opposition party prepares to concentrate sweeping oversight powers on allegations of Trump administration corruption and public anger over the cost of living.

A proposed rule change by the Trump administration could jeopardize billions of dollars of housing investment in rural areas and small towns – potentially undermining the White House’s efforts to boost housing supply in order to bring down costs just as mortgage rates soar.

French President Emmanuel Macron expects to soon find an agreement with Germany on protecting the European car industry, a pact that’s set to help along negotiations at European Union level.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered the city’s police department to conduct its first comprehensive review of use-of-force policies in a decade and moved to prevent officers accused of serious misconduct from avoiding discipline by retiring.

The militants in Yemen have emerged from years of fighting with formidable capabilities.

The UK government sought to play down Andy Burnham’s claim of Russian interference in the Brexit vote of 10 years ago, ahead of what is likely to be a fraught debate over the prime minister’s plan for closer ties with the European Union.

Authorities in New Delhi announced plans to move protests away from Jantar Mantar, the capital’s main demonstration site, drawing anger from groups that have taken to the streets for three straight days over India’s contentious overhaul of voter rolls.

Dutch Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius urged Europe and its allies to keep Russia sanctions in place after President Donald Trump said he secured the release of Russian diesel into global markets.

Investors are losing faith in France's ability to manage its debt burden. The European nation's fiscal crisis has been exacerbated by nationwide protests, where young people are demanding €10 billion ($11.2 billion) in funding to fix overcrowded classes and outdated school buildings. Bloomberg's Alan Katz reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Germany’s fragile government was dealt another blow on Monday after the labor minister, who was also co-chair of the junior coalition partner and played a key role in proposed social reforms, abruptly resigned from both her posts for personal reasons.

Ukraine will continue its long-range strikes against Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday, accusing Moscow of breaching the energy ceasefire.

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.