Crash of Tel Aviv flight narrowly averted after pilot fight; Ban on Canadian goods; Supreme Court allows Trump’s deportations to resume

Key Points:

• Iran reports receiving a U.S. response to its Strait of Hormuz proposal amid ongoing tensions, while the U.S. sanctions ten entities in China, Pakistan, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia over Iran arms procurement and offers 40 million barrels from its strategic oil reserve.
• In Yemen, the UAE vice president visits Saudi Arabia for the first time since a diplomatic rift, as Ansarallah ballistic missiles strike Saudi-backed forces’ camps in southern Yemen.
• Israeli military actions continue in Gaza and the West Bank, with an Israeli strike killing six in Gaza City and ongoing raids and settler attacks in the West Bank; Gaza child mortality more than doubled in 2025 amid Israeli attacks, and Qatar’s Prime Minister states Hamas agreed to release all civilian hostages on October 7.
• In the U.S., the Senate blocks a resolution concerning the occupied West Bank, the Supreme Court allows the resumption of President Trump’s third-country deportation policy, ICE plans to hire 5,000 more officers, and California bans shock gloves for law enforcement; additionally, the Trump administration prepares to auto-enroll children in Trump Accounts before midterms.
• Internationally, a commercial plane from the UAE to Israel is forced to land in Saudi Arabia due to a pilot altercation, Belgium plans to transfer F-16s to Ukraine, a Russian Tu-95 bomber crashes killing six, and severe violence continues in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains with over 500 killed in tribal fighting.