Russia's war on Ukraine dominated the hour, and the items together show the gap between escalating attacks and slow-moving defence and diplomacy. Russia launched 433 drones overnight into 1 November, including 64 jet-powered Shahed-type drones, with hits at 16 locations, according to Ukraine's Air Force ¹. A Russian airstrike late on 31 October destroyed Kramatorsk's city council executive building ², and DeepState reported a Russian advance near Mykolaiivka in Donetsk Oblast ³. Zelenskyy said Russian forces have killed about 120 Ukrainian clergy ⁴. Against that, Zelenskyy wants to borrow 10 to 30 air defence missiles from partners' stockpiles because the US package of 500 PAC-3 interceptors is arriving too slowly, with delivery reportedly not expected before 2030 ⁵. Marco Rubio does not expect Putin to accept a peace settlement before spring 2027 ⁶. Trump said he would have no problem inviting Zelenskyy to the Miami G20 summit, to which Putin has also been invited . Meanwhile, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Lavrov showed no willingness to engage in peace talks ⁷. Inside Russia, unofficial Telegram channels reported that drone strikes set off a major fire at the Kstovo refinery, one of the country's largest, though local authorities have not commented ⁸. Separately, intelligence assessments say Russian household incomes will rise only 1% in 2026 as consumer spending falls ⁹. The second thread to watch is Iran. Trump reportedly phoned Netanyahu as Washington weighs fresh strikes on Iran, while Rubio said no decision has been made and diplomacy is preferred . Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered the armed forces to prepare a response if the country is attacked again ¹⁰, and Tehran designated the British navy and air force as terrorist organisations ¹¹. Elsewhere, unrest broke out in several countries, each driven by its own grievance. Stores were looted after a cost-of-living protest in Germany ¹². Bangladesh formed a wage board as garment protests turned violent ¹³. Police moved against housing protest camps in Lisbon ¹⁴, and Albanian police used water cannons against demonstrators throwing Molotov cocktails in Tirana . In Poland, the fight over the Constitutional Tribunal deepened, with Nawrocki calling the government's moves a forcible takeover of the court ¹⁵. In markets, Xpeng and Xiaomi each topped 50,000 monthly EV deliveries in October while Nio and Li Auto fell ^16,17, and the Moscow Exchange plans to open bitcoin, ether and USDT trading ¹⁸.