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Saudi Arabia said a Houthi missile attack on Riyadh's international airport killed 12 people and injured more than 300, the deadliest attack on Saudi soil in more than a decade. The airport was closed and hundreds of flights were cancelled or diverted, while schools in Riyadh switched to remote learning for the week. Saudi authorities called the attack a war crime and promised a forceful response. The UN Secretary-General and President Trump condemned it, and Trump indicated the US may join Saudi Arabia's campaign against the Iran-backed Houthis. UK Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said the UK already provides air-to-air refuelling and ground-based air defences to Saudi Arabia, described the attack as a shocking escalation on a civilian target, and said there is no military solution, calling for a diplomatic solution with Saudi Arabia acting from a position of strength.

Ukraine continued drone attacks on Russian infrastructure, hitting a Yandex data centre in Vladimir and halting operations there. President Trump accused Volodymyr Zelensky of prolonging the war, blamed him for the diesel crisis, said Ukraine should elect a new leader, and told him to stop attacking Russian oil refineries. Downing Street said Andy Burnham had spoken to Zelensky to reiterate UK support, while correspondents reported the US might cut military intelligence if Ukraine kept striking refineries and analysts in Kyiv described alarm and anger. President Zelensky later said Russia alone was the real cause of the war in Europe and that Ukraine would stop striking Russian oil refineries if Russia stopped striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure, with any de-escalation reciprocal and backed by real guarantees. In India, Abhijit Dipke, leader of the Cockroach Janta Party, was released from detention after protests in Delhi. Police said they would restrict access to the city centre as the party threatened another day of protests against revisions to the electoral roll, and the party and other opposition groups called for the election commissioner to be sacked, an accusation authorities denied. Dipke called Narendra Modi the biggest coward the country has ever seen, while a correspondent said the party's press conference criticised Delhi police and targeted Modi and interior minister Amit Shah.

Nepali authorities called for the evacuation of villages on the banks of the Budi Gandaki River after severe flooding in central Nepal. Officials said 24 people had been rescued, while BBC Nepali later reported 36 rescued, four helicopters were involved, and five people were missing. The flash flood washed away bridges and damaged a hydropower facility, and it was believed to have been caused by a landslide upstream. The country remained on high alert after devastating floods seven weeks earlier. Hurricane Simon was bearing down on Mexico's Pacific coast with sustained winds of up to 240kmph, expected to make landfall near Manzanillo as a category 4 storm. Residents in Colima and Jalisco were warned of 8m waves, storm surges and coastal flooding, and people were boarding up windows and doors.