Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, says Iran will "break America's horns" if war starts. He says Tehran has "something" it has not revealed, according to Iranian media. The remarks come as he weighs a letter from U.S. Vice President JD Vance.

Former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and former Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić meet in Belgrade on Saturday. Vučić says both have lost elections but not their dignity, and ends a joint video with “we will return.” Orbán tells him he is “always on your side.”

Europe protests drew 320,000 people in France, per the Interior Ministry, and thousands in Germany. Clashes hit Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Hamburg after mostly peaceful marches.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the Iranian regime is, in effect, threatening to destroy the energy infrastructure of the entire region. He calls that stance “not normal behavior” in a video clip posted on Saturday. The remarks come days before the US midterms, amid fears of renewed strikes on Iran.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says attacks on civilian ships in the Black Sea are unacceptable, whoever carries them out and whatever the justification. He spoke after talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Istanbul. Erdogan says Ankara will keep talking to the parties, including Russia.

A senior Iranian security official told CNN that regional AI infrastructure is now on Iran’s retaliation list. The official warned the next conflict would be a long “war of surprises.”

Fitch revised France’s credit outlook to negative from stable and affirmed its A+ rating. It cited weaker growth, a wider deficit, higher borrowing costs and political fragmentation.

Fire Point chief designer Denys Shtilerman says Ukraine's FP-7 ballistic missile has been tested in combat but is not cost-effective with a conventional warhead. He puts the cost of delivering 200 kg over 300 km at about $600,000, against $50,000 by drone, TSN reports. He says the FP-7 makes sense only once a cluster-warhead version enters service.

Russia's FSB says it received information from the United States about a planned terrorist attack in Moscow, RIA Novosti reports. The US Embassy earlier warned of a “credible threat of a mass casualty event” at the Tsaritsyno Museum Reserve.

Iran's armed forces chief, Maj. Gen. Ali Abdollahi, warns the United States and Israel that any new war would bring a harsher response than the last one. In a message to the Iranian people on Oct. 31, he says Iran is updating its target list and will decide when a new conflict ends. The warning follows an order from Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.

Steve Bannon predicts Republicans will erupt in a “civil war” after the Nov. 3 midterm elections, the Financial Times reports. The former White House chief strategist also expects “monster” legislative battles before the new Congress is sworn in.

Democrats lead the generic congressional ballot by about 8 to 9 points in the main polling averages, days before the Nov. 3 midterm elections. Even Republican-leaning pollsters show Democrats ahead. Forecasters give Democrats a clear House edge and a narrower Senate one.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera that Tehran does not deny the economic pressure but will not surrender or abandon its dignity. He said no meeting with U.S. officials is planned.

German gas storage is about 62% full, the lowest for this time of year in GIE data since 2011. The European benchmark price topped €100/MWh this week, last seen in December 2022.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei ordered an immediate response to any threat “without geographical limitations,” his office said. Commanders reported a several-fold rise in ammunition and weapons output.

Ukraine will not receive the 500 US-approved Patriot PAC-3 MSE missiles before 2030, Radio Liberty correspondent Alex Raufoglu reports, citing unnamed sources. The timeline is unconfirmed by officials.

Syria is considering joining the Mecca Defense Alliance, a NATO-style pact linking Türkiye, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani says. No formal application or final decision has been announced.

Russia says its “Father of All Bombs” equals 44 tons of TNT, four times the U.S. MOAB. The claim has never been independently verified, and no combat use has been confirmed.

The MOAB, or GBU-43/B, is the largest non-nuclear bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It weighs 21,600 pounds, has been used in combat once and is back in the news over Iran.

Sam Altman says it is “quite terrible” for people to hold “a bunch of the world's limited supply of DRAM” in their own computers. The OpenAI CEO made the remark on the Cheeky Pint podcast, released Oct. 29.