| Some of Ukraine's allies are starting to talk about how the fight against Russia's invasion might end, raising concerns in other Western capitals that Kyiv may be forced into a premature cease-fire. As part of strategy discussions for the next year, officials are more seriously gaming out how a negotiated end to the war could take shape, sources say, adding that nobody is pressuring President Volodomyr Zelenskiy into talks.  Firefighters battle flames following a Russian attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Photographer: George Ivanchenko/Anadolu/Getty Images North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles today in a display of military hardware it has been suspected of sending to Russia. About a day before the test, Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui left for Moscow in a sign Pyongyang may be looking for support as it readies for a parliamentary meeting on Oct. 7 that is set to approve measures seen as raising tensions with South Korea. Ursula von der Leyen announced an ambitious restructuring of her European Commission, adopting some of former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi's proposals aimed at making the bloc more competitive. Key roles in the European Union's executive arm went to France, Spain and Italy to lead a fresh industrial strategy aimed at digitalizing the 27-nation bloc's economy and making it more climate-friendly to better compete with the US and China. Under nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Hungary has attracted some $20 billion in electric-vehicle-related investments since 2017 as it seeks to become a beacon of battery production and give the economy a much-needed shot in the arm. But that core strategy is now in doubt as a sharp slowdown in European EV sales and deteriorating trade ties with China turn what was a bold attempt to put Hungary in the vanguard into a potential liability. The judicial reform that Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador signed into law Sunday is causing rifts in the circles of the nation's elite, with group chats and social feeds erupting into heated exchanges rarely seen among the genteel upper class. The bill will replace most federal judges with democratically elected officials, and since Lopez Obrador and his Morena party dominate politics, that's causing concern the country is losing a check on power and reverting to one-party rule. Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu arrived in Iran on an unannounced visit just days after he held talks in Pyongyang with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. A US security panel has granted Nippon Steel permission to refile its plans to purchase United States Steel for $14.1 billion, likely pushing a decision on the politically contentious takeover past the US elections in November, sources say. Mali's army thwarted an attack on a military-training camp in the capital, Bamako, as unidentified assailants hit multiple targets across the city, forcing a nearby airport to close as security forces fought off the gunmen. Elon Musk's super political action committee is funneling $2.1 million to Republican candidates in battleground districts across the country, possibly helping the world's richest person build a bench of allies in Congress. | 
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