UK Prime Minister Burnham says sanctions on Israel demonstrate the UK's leadership on the international stage.

U.S. Postal Service inspector general plans an independent review of whistleblower allegations that USPS officials planned to restrict mail-in ballots.

Some Iranian leaders judge that, regardless of US midterm results, Trump could renew military action after the vote; analysts say a win would embolden him, while a loss could leave him with little to lose and sustain his strategy. Farzan Sabet, an Iran analyst at the University of Frankfurt and the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (Geneva), says a deteriorating global economy could eventually force the Trump administration to ease tensions. He notes US Navy escorts through the Strait of Hormuz have enabled some oil shipments, but global crude inventories are rebuilding too slowly and gas and refined-product flows remain constrained; those supply shortfalls could further dent the global economy. Sabet expects the parties may gravitate toward a limited or de facto, downscaled agreement rather than an expanded memorandum of understanding.