The US State Department has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptor missiles to Ukraine, a $2.1 billion package funded entirely by allies as Kyiv braces for another winter of Russian strikes on its energy network.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 4,852 measles cases as of 29 October, up 264 on its previous update, with 511 people hospitalised and most cases among people who were unvaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown.
A small boat attached two limpet mines to the Panama-flagged tanker Louise 1 in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, sparking an engine-room fire in the first successful attack of its kind since the war between the United States and Iran began in February.
