The Brief

Iran's military said the United States is preparing to resume strikes, and Tehran warned that any new American assault would see it expand the "geography of the war," responding with different weapons in new places. On Tuesday, Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said the U.S. and Israel "must accept" the region's freedom from what it called their "vile and criminal" presence there. Qatar has been pushing to revive diplomatic talks even as Trump touts a looming decision on his next move.

CBS News reported that the scale and duration of Iran's earlier response caught U.S. Navy families and sailors in Bahrain by surprise, in part because they had not yet been ordered to evacuate. U.S. embassies across the Middle East have also issued security alerts urging Americans to exercise heightened vigilance. Separately, the U.S. Treasury Secretary said airports and companies servicing Iranian carriers risk being cut off from the U.S. dollar system, threatening to ground Iranian airlines worldwide starting Wednesday.

Ukraine fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, including hundreds aimed at Moscow, in what the Russian capital's mayor called the largest-ever drone attack on the city. Across the wider Moscow region the attack killed two people and wounded 20, a local official said.

The mayor said 450 drones were downed during the overnight barrage, which caused damage to the Moscow Oil Refinery and a residential building.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz conceded that state elections in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin spelled "disaster" for his center-right CDU, which lost significant ground while the far-right Alternative for Germany made major gains.

Despite the losses, Merz vowed to keep his coalition together, saying the results "go far beyond my own person" and pledging to press ahead with his federal agenda of tax and welfare reforms for the sake of Germany's "democratic future." PBS NewsHour reported there was no immediate sign of a leadership challenge to Merz within his own party despite the defeats.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres returns to New York for his final General Assembly as diplomacy falters over wars in Ukraine and the Middle East and the body faces deep internal divisions. The gathering comes as top U.S. and Chinese officials, including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Vice Premier He Lifeng, held talks in New York ahead of a planned Trump-Xi summit later this week.

AI and autonomous weapons were also high on the summit's agenda, with Guterres renewing his call for a ban on autonomous "killer robots" as world leaders discussed the growing risks of AI-driven warfare. British Prime Minister Andy Burnham was set to meet Trump for the first time at the summit, after separately agreeing to a Saudi request for British aircraft to provide "defensive" air-to-air refueling of Saudi jets countering Houthi attacks.

Typhoon Dujuan killed at least two people in Japan and caused travel chaos near Tokyo as it moved along the country's eastern coast before heading out into the Pacific. Japan's meteorological agency had urged millions of people to evacuate, warning of an "imminent threat to life," a warning that was later downgraded in most areas.

A passenger plane made what one traveler called a "miracle" landing in Tokyo as the typhoon battered Japan, drawing applause from passengers aboard.

A gunman opened fire on a police officer outside a synagogue in Belleville, Ontario, on Sunday night as the Jewish community marked Yom Kippur, setting off a shootout in which up to 30 shots were fired. The officer was left in critical but stable condition and the 29-year-old suspect in life-threatening condition.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned the shooting, which police say is the latest in a string of synagogue attacks in Canada this year. Authorities have not said what led to the shooting or whether the synagogue or Jewish community was targeted.

British prosecutors charged Vincent Brown, formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, with seven offenses over his alleged role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide — the first such charges brought in the UK. He is accused of directing and inciting acts of murder and genocide carried out by others.

Brown, 65, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Tuesday.