Qatar's PM meets Trump as Iran says its two-day Hormuz plan still stands · Iran says three more tankers caught fire · Russia sends 317 drones at Ukraine on the eve of Abu Dhabi talks

Risk stays high on Monday, Nov. 9. Diplomacy is busier than at any point in weeks, but attacks on shipping, Saudi Arabia and Ukraine's grid continued overnight, and the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed.

Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: Qatar's prime minister meets President Trump at the White House today to discuss ending the conflict. Trump said Sunday that new US strikes on Iran are "highly unlikely" as long as talks progress. Iran's Foreign Ministry said Monday it has sent no new proposal and that its two-day plan, in which the US first meets Tehran's demands (lifting the naval blockade and sanctions, releasing frozen funds) and the strait reopens the next day, remains on the table. Iran's Revolutionary Guard said three tankers caught fire Sunday while using a route it calls illegal, and said this morning that no ship used the southern route overnight after it destroyed navigation aids there; those are Iran's claims. UK maritime authorities separately reported a tanker hit by an unknown projectile on its way out of the strait Saturday night (crew safe) and another tanker on fire about 8 nautical miles northwest of Khasab, Oman, whose crew was evacuated.

Saudi Arabia and Yemen: Damage to the Aramco Tower in Riyadh's financial district from Sunday's Houthi attack appears worse than the "minor damage" Saudi officials described; BBC-verified footage shows at least one floor badly hit, though no injuries were reported. The Houthis said they also targeted Riyadh's airport, Aramco storage tanks and Abqaiq. The Saudi-led coalition says it destroyed missile launchers in Saada and Sanaa, and Riyadh's civil defense briefly raised and then lifted a danger alert Monday morning.

Ukraine/Russia: Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 317 drones overnight and 271 were shot down; seven people were hurt in Kremenchuk and infrastructure was damaged in Cherkasy. Russia said it downed 430 Ukrainian drones and that one hit the Kirishi oil refinery in the Leningrad region