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G20 family photo reportedly scrapped over Lavrov. This year's G20 group photo was cancelled after European leaders, especially the German and Polish delegations, refused to stand next to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and threatened to walk out if he was included. via WarMonitor3

🚨 BREAKING: US drone reportedly strikes an Iranian boat, killing several fishermen. An American drone targeted an Iranian boat at sea and a number of fishermen were killed, according to the report and footage now circulating. via AB4_Ali3

🚨 BREAKING: Trump says the US did not start the war with Iran. President Trump stated today that America was not the one that started the war with Iran, as US and Iranian negotiators keep talking about a possible deal. via WarSurv

Egypt sounds the alarm on the Iran war. Egypt's foreign minister says Cairo fears that any further escalation in the Iran war would be even more destructive, Reuters reports. via Reuters

🚨 BREAKING: Washington says this is Iran's best chance at a deal. A US official told Axios that the current moment is Iran's best opportunity to reach an agreement, as talks on a possible deal continue. via WarSurv

Taiz's main lifeline reportedly cut. Saudi airstrikes have hit and destroyed the Hayjat al Abd road, the main artery for food and goods trucks into Taiz, according to AB4_Ali3, a move that threatens to choke supplies to the city's residents. via AB4_Ali3

🚨 BREAKING: Polish President Nawrocki pushes his way into the Constitutional Tribunal. After midnight talks at the Presidential Palace, Karol Nawrocki drove to the police ringed tribunal with Supreme Court First President Zbigniew Kapinski and forced his way inside past judges blocking the doorway. "You are not judges of the Constitutional Tribunal," he told the contested judges, calling the suspension of the court's PiS appointed president an illegal takeover. via WarSurv

🚨 Iran talks are showing positive progress. US and regional officials say negotiations are moving forward and talks are still underway in a push to reach a deal. Two competing demands have held things up so far. The Trump administration insists Iran make nuclear concessions as part of resuming talks, while Tehran wants Washington to first lift the naval blockade, release frozen funds and let it sell oil. Egypt, Turkey, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia are urging Iran to agree to restart negotiations before the US midterm elections. Officials add that Trump may be more inclined to order a major military operation if Republicans suffer heavy losses in the midterms. via AB4_Ali3

🚨 India names two more tankers hit in the Gulf. India's shipping minister has confirmed attacks on two crude tankers earlier today and yesterday: the LOUISE 1 and the ARZANAH, a Liberia flagged VLCC managed by ADNOC. The ARZANAH strike has likely not been reported by UKMTO. A third ship, the LNG tanker AL MAYEDA, may also have been attacked in the Persian Gulf a few hours ago. That report is unverified and awaiting confirmation. via OSINT613

🚨 ELN drones hit Colombian Navy boats. Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) carried out drone strikes on Colombian Navy boats in Litoral del San Juan, Choco Department. The guerrillas reportedly used a commercial off the shelf drone, possibly a DJI Mavic or Matrice, rigged to drop improvised grenades. via War_Noir

🚨 Drones disrupt flights at Jersey Airport. States of Jersey police say unauthorized drone activity is disrupting flights at the Channel Island airport. via OSINT613

New satellite imagery shows the aftermath at Russia's Marinovka Air Base. Ukraine hit the base in Volgograd Oblast with Long Neptune cruise missiles. Burn marks are visible at two aircraft parking areas, and Ukraine's Navy says two Su 34 jets were parked there. via OSINTWarfare

🚨 Washington weighs in on Poland's tribunal standoff. US Ambassador to Poland Tom Rose says the events unfolding tonight at the Constitutional Tribunal are "very serious indeed," warning that Poland appears to be witnessing an unprecedented confrontation over the government's use of state power and the independence of the court. via OSINT613

🚨 Iranian negotiators are heading to Doha with the Qatari team. According to Axios, citing a diplomatic source, Qatar's mediators have left Tehran after a full day of talks on a possible deal with the United States, and Iranian negotiators are on the same flight back to Doha. The talks are set to continue on Saturday, moving the Iran and US mediation from Tehran to the Qatari capital. via AB4_Ali3

🚨 Iran strikes could resume as soon as November 4. According to MS NOW, citing three senior Gulf Arab officials, the Trump administration has briefed Gulf allies to prepare for a short, intense round of strikes on Iran as early as November 4, the day after the US midterm elections. The new detail puts a date on earlier reports that Washington told Gulf states to get ready for a campaign once the midterms are over. via AB4_Ali3

Russia is going after Ukraine's big Dnipro bridges. Russian forces are systematically striking the large bridges spanning the Dnipro river, aiming to cripple Ukraine's infrastructure even further. via WarMonitor3

A new documentary claims UAE authorities foiled a criminal plot linked to an extremist Islamist network in Sudan, allegedly involving former Sudanese intelligence chief Salah Gosh and attempts to use UAE territory for arms deals.

🚨 Showdown at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw. President Nawrocki's convoy has arrived at the palace, and Bogdan Swieczkowski, the judge suspended from the constitutional tribunal, has come to meet him there. Large police columns are moving toward Warsaw on several highways including the S1, while thousands of the president's supporters gather outside Poland's high courts. via WarMonitor3 and WarSurv

🚨 Burning tanker off Oman, all 25 crew rescued. The IRGC Navy has released footage of the Panama flagged crude tanker RITI ablaze off the coast of Oman, saying it was attacked while using an unauthorized route. What is new: the Royal Navy of Oman, working with the Maritime Security Centre, evacuated all 25 crew members. via OSINTWarfare

🚨 Poland's constitutional standoff deepens tonight. Poland's ambassador to China has reportedly resigned over the tribunal crisis in Warsaw, and President Nawrocki has just landed back in the capital after cutting short his trip to Senegal. Police guarding the constitutional court have clashed with PiS supporters after a judge linked to Prime Minister Tusk suspended two judges tied to the opposition. Nawrocki calls it a coup attempt. via WarMonitor3