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Russia is preparing for the war in Ukraine to continue for years by planning record war spending, abandoning plans to rein in military outlays.

A months-long crisis over the monarchy in a small Malaysian state has become a potential stumbling block for the United Malays National Organization, which had been gaining ground on Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

On a recent Saturday night, a minibus taxi drew up to a tavern in the gold-mining town of Carletonville west of Johannesburg. Eight men armed with AK-47 rifles alighted from the vehicle before gunning down patrons. Eighteen people died.

A historic legal ruling against Manchester City Football Club has placed diplomatic ties between the UK and the United Arab Emirates under significant strain, with billions of pounds in projected foreign investment at stake.

Shriya Samarth, head of EMEA rates at StoneX Financial, discusses France's fiscal situation and the spread between French and German bond yields. The global bond rout has hit harder and faster in France amid concern about missed deficit targets, policy gridlock and presidential elections next year. "There's a lot of different risks mingling here, and the fact that the spread blew out so quickly is definitely concerning," Samarth tells Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)

Thousands gathered in Mumbai while student leaders, activists and opposition lawmakers were detained in New Delhi, escalating pressure on the Election Commission over its contentious overhaul of voter rolls.

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. Risks spanning credit markets, elevated commodity prices and French political turmoil boosted demand for safer government bonds, snapping a prolonged decline fueled by persistent inflation concerns. The Pentagon is deploying an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf, according to a US official, a move that gives American commanders more options if President Donald Trump chooses to escalate attacks on Iran. And Anthropic is seeking to go public as soon as the middle of November, according to people familiar with the matter. Today guest: Anne-Laure Kiechel, Global Sovereign Advisory, CEO (Source: Bloomberg)

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim lost another lawmaker from his People’s Justice Party after its treasurer Lee Chean Chung resigned from his seat just a week before the tabling of next year’s national budget.

Eritrea severed diplomatic ties with Ethiopia and alleged “deplorable acts of hostility” by its neighbor, which is battling a rebellion in its northern Tigray region on their common border.

Nvidia’s artificial intelligence chips keep making their way to China despite US curbs. Government officials are asking why the company missed red flags, saying Washington’s export controls have spawned a sprawling shadow trade. The company hasn’t been accused of violating controls or willfully aiding smugglers, and said it abides by the rules. Bloomberg's Edwin Chan reports. (Source: Bloomberg)

Taiwan received two new US-made fighter jets that will be among the most advanced in its arsenal, taking delivery after years of delays amid growing military pressure from China.

Google executive James Manyika tells Mishal Husain that AI’s risks are real, but neither companies nor governments should be left to manage them alone. (Source: Bloomberg)

A year ago, the UK’s Green Party was riding high on a surge in the polls sparked by their new populist leader, Zack Polanski. Twelve months later, that bubble has been burst by the governing Labour Party’s own under a new prime minister: Andy Burnham.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has pushed through a sweeping overhaul of the criminal justice system, stripping investigative powers from prosecutors he accuses of abusing their authority, including criminal cases against him before he took office.

Tourists to London’s Oxford and Bond Streets are used to parting with their cash, but they could soon find themselves embroiled in a more complex financial transaction.

The Hungarian government has no plans to send military equipment to Ukraine, according to the deputy foreign minister, sticking with the policy adopted by the previous nationalist leader Viktor Orban.

Almost two-thirds of Swiss voters want to ditch a deal to buy F-35 fighter jets, after a parliamentary report last month said that claims the contract had a fixed price weren’t true.

The Pentagon is deploying an additional aircraft carrier and 10,000 sailors and Marines to the Persian Gulf, according to a US official, a move that gives American commanders more options if President Donald Trump chooses to escalate attacks on Iran. (Source: Bloomberg)

New York Governor Kathy Hochul said a Cornell University student was “denied justice” in an alleged rape at a fraternity house, stepping up the state’s involvement as scrutiny grows over how the school and local prosecutors handled the case.

New Zealand data-center developers will need to provide their own electricity generation to prevent new projects straining the power system and driving up prices, under a policy announced by the center-right National Party.