Qatar mediates as US and Iran stay far apart on conditions for talksAbu Dhabi talks open as Trump prepares Ukraine for territorial lossSaudi pipeline attacked and dozens reported killed near Sanaa as Yemen war widensSteel plant blast in western Turkey kills at least 16Krakow gunman dies in hospital as Poland disputes motive and securityKirishi refinery burns as Russia hits Ukraine's grid and Dnipro bridgesFrance blames Iran's Revolutionary Guards for supermarket fridge hacksCOP31 opens in Antalya without US delegation as UN warns of record heatSand embankment collapse kills five as storm floods Gaza campsBrent falls to 10-week low as Trump plays down new Iran strikesTrump expects trilateral meeting with Xi and Putin at China summitAsian and European stocks rebound after AI selloff, but caution remainsFire in Taiyuan high-rise kills 14Nvidia opens board probe after CEO Huang admits affair with suspected Chinese agentHouse faces Hegseth impeachment vote as Trump shifts on deportationsChina extends tariff and export-control pauses on US as Shenzhen summit nearsSenegal boat sinking toll rises to at least 39 as Canaries declare migrant emergencyGreece recovers dead migrants off Crete as coast guard rescues more than 100 peopleLeaked Rosstat data suggests more than 400,000 Russians killed in UkraineANC posts worst local election result since 1994Norway's Statnett pauses new grid capacity for data centresFrance brings forward 1.6% minimum wage rise as unions call it insufficientParaguay raids ex-president Peña's mansion in Ueno Bank investigationMore than 50,000 displaced by deadly Ethiopia border clashesPressure grows on Egypt's transport minister after deadly train crashMerz threatens to block EU budget unless all members back Ukraine fundingNetanyahu and Eisenkot compete for coalition partners in IsraelUniCredit posts record profit and plans earlier Commerzbank-HVB mergerRace to succeed Lagarde at the ECB heats upEuropean power prices top €600 as wind output slumpsEbola trials start in Bunia as patients flee militant attackMexico arrests alleged senior Jalisco cartel leader 'R2'Novaya Gazeta closes, citing government clampdownKhor Mor gas field hit by renewed attacks in Iraqi KurdistanIsrael approves first 250 foreign troops for Gaza forcePope Leo presses Milei on economy as huge crowds gather in Buenos AiresOusted Bangladesh leader Hasina applies for new passport to return from exileChina's producer inflation hits four-year high as oil costs biteEU plans crackdown on addictive social media and AI chatbot features as Meta rolls out age checksCyprus leaders agree to open two new crossingsColombia's ombudsman warns of violence in southern Bolivar after army base attackAnthropic unveils new Fable and Mythos models as IPO waiting period expiresQatar mediates as US and Iran stay far apart on conditions for talksAbu Dhabi talks open as Trump prepares Ukraine for territorial lossSaudi pipeline attacked and dozens reported killed near Sanaa as Yemen war widensSteel plant blast in western Turkey kills at least 16Krakow gunman dies in hospital as Poland disputes motive and securityKirishi refinery burns as Russia hits Ukraine's grid and Dnipro bridgesFrance blames Iran's Revolutionary Guards for supermarket fridge hacksCOP31 opens in Antalya without US delegation as UN warns of record heatSand embankment collapse kills five as storm floods Gaza campsBrent falls to 10-week low as Trump plays down new Iran strikesTrump expects trilateral meeting with Xi and Putin at China summitAsian and European stocks rebound after AI selloff, but caution remainsFire in Taiyuan high-rise kills 14Nvidia opens board probe after CEO Huang admits affair with suspected Chinese agentHouse faces Hegseth impeachment vote as Trump shifts on deportationsChina extends tariff and export-control pauses on US as Shenzhen summit nearsSenegal boat sinking toll rises to at least 39 as Canaries declare migrant emergencyGreece recovers dead migrants off Crete as coast guard rescues more than 100 peopleLeaked Rosstat data suggests more than 400,000 Russians killed in UkraineANC posts worst local election result since 1994Norway's Statnett pauses new grid capacity for data centresFrance brings forward 1.6% minimum wage rise as unions call it insufficientParaguay raids ex-president Peña's mansion in Ueno Bank investigationMore than 50,000 displaced by deadly Ethiopia border clashesPressure grows on Egypt's transport minister after deadly train crashMerz threatens to block EU budget unless all members back Ukraine fundingNetanyahu and Eisenkot compete for coalition partners in IsraelUniCredit posts record profit and plans earlier Commerzbank-HVB mergerRace to succeed Lagarde at the ECB heats upEuropean power prices top €600 as wind output slumpsEbola trials start in Bunia as patients flee militant attackMexico arrests alleged senior Jalisco cartel leader 'R2'Novaya Gazeta closes, citing government clampdownKhor Mor gas field hit by renewed attacks in Iraqi KurdistanIsrael approves first 250 foreign troops for Gaza forcePope Leo presses Milei on economy as huge crowds gather in Buenos AiresOusted Bangladesh leader Hasina applies for new passport to return from exileChina's producer inflation hits four-year high as oil costs biteEU plans crackdown on addictive social media and AI chatbot features as Meta rolls out age checksCyprus leaders agree to open two new crossingsColombia's ombudsman warns of violence in southern Bolivar after army base attackAnthropic unveils new Fable and Mythos models as IPO waiting period expires
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The Situation · Edition 52

Monday, 2 November 2026

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Iran policy frames the final days before the US midterms. Trump says the US must still hit "one or two" Iranian nuclear sites, while Qatar-mediated talks in Doha ran a third day. Gulf states fear renewed war after Tuesday's vote.

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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said two tankers exploded on mines in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, and Qatar reported that one of its LNG carriers was hit by unidentified objects. In Ukraine, a six-day truce in Oleshky expired on Sunday evening after roughly 700 to 750 residents left. Israeli drone attacks killed at least eight Palestinians in Gaza, according to Al Jazeera. In France and Germany, cost-of-living protests ended in clashes on Saturday night, with 779 arrests in France.

Wall Street's tech rout spread to Asia on Monday, with Kioxia plunging on its demand outlook, as investors bought put options against an AI downturn. South Korea's October exports nearly doubled on AI chip demand. Binance resumed withdrawals in phases after a $6.3bn theft that the FBI attributes to North Korea's TraderTraitor group.

Largely overlooked, the UN mission MINURSO in Western Sahara ended after 35 years when its mandate expired on Sunday, and the UN warns of security risks. Tomorrow, watch the US midterms and whether the Doha talks hold.

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