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 55

Thursday, 5 November 2026

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Democrats won both chambers of Congress in the midterms on Tuesday, 3 November, flipping Republican Senate seats in states such as Texas and South Carolina. Vice President JD Vance wrote on Wednesday that the Iran war is why Republicans lost. President Donald Trump called that largely true but said he would start the war again.

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Trump says he has no immediate plans to attack Iran, though US forces are "locked and loaded". Iran's Revolutionary Guards said four tankers hit mines south of the Strait of Hormuz and are still burning. In Ukraine, Zelensky said 40 people died in Monday's Russian strike on an aid site in Komyshuvakha. In Israel, the elections committee certified the 27 October results, dismissing Netanyahu's fraud claims, and President Herzog opened consultations on forming a government.

Brent fell more than 8 percent to about $94-95 as investors bet the Republican defeat lowers the risk of renewed US-Iran fighting. AI shares fell in Asia on fears of tighter regulation, and Bloomberg reports CoreWeave bonds hit new lows after Democrats who pledged to restrict data centres won governorships. Eurozone inflation rose to 4.0% in October from 3.8%.

Less noticed: an airstrike on a Colombian ELN camp in Venezuela's Apure state killed at least 20 people, according to rights groups, and the New York Times reports the US backed it with intelligence and drones. Watch whether Herzog's consultations produce a candidate to form a government.

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