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 59

Monday, 9 November 2026

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Tension over the Strait of Hormuz set the tone on Monday, 9 November. Iran reports more tanker fires in the strait, while the US has added a land blockade to its pressure. Donald Trump calls renewed war highly unlikely if talks progress, but Rubio reports no progress.

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Houthi missiles damaged the Aramco Tower in Riyadh on Sunday, and Houthi authorities say Saudi strikes near Sanaa killed dozens. Russia says it hit power substations and a ship off Odesa on Sunday, while 113 drones were downed over the Leningrad region overnight; Trump says ending the war could change Ukraine's borders. In Israel, President Isaac Herzog gave Gadi Eisenkot 28 days to form a government, though no bloc holds 61 seats. Poland's prime minister Donald Tusk called the shooting of six people in Krakow's main square on Saturday by a 24-year-old Polish man an act of terrorism.

Oil extended its weekly slide at Monday's open. Asian stocks rebounded after last week's AI-driven Wall Street selloff, with Taiwan's authorities moving to stem losses, while crypto slid to two-month lows. The Financial Times reported that Anthropic agreed a $3.4bn deal for gas-fired power for its data centres as energy demand surges.

Less noticed: a drone attack suspended production at Iraq's Khor Mor gas field, according to Reuters sources, and left more than 70 percent of the Kurdish region without power, Al Jazeera reports. The Jerusalem Post notes that Kataib Hezbollah had reportedly referenced the field less than a day before the strike. On Tuesday, US-mediated Ukraine talks open in Abu Dhabi, and France says Europeans will attend.

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