Trump’s midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents – Reuters

  1. Trump's midterm drubbing demonstrates the power of data center opponents  Reuters
  2. Democrat Gina Hinojosa defeats Texas Governor Abbott in a stunning upset  Reuters
  3. Trump's midterm defeat gives China, Canada, India and Africa's largest economy fresh leverage in US trade talks  Business Insider Africa
  4. A Democratic Congress could curb the Iran war but not Trump's tariffs, former ambassador says  Fortune
  5. Post midterm elections, Asia faces a more constrained but no less unpredictable Trump  The Straits Times
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Unofficial AUKUS inquiry recommends tearing up the ‘worst’ defence decision the country has ever made – Politico

  1. Unofficial AUKUS inquiry recommends tearing up the 'worst' defence decision the country has ever made  Politico
  2. What are the Aukus submarines actually for? It’s a question the government refuses to answer | Chris Barrie  The Guardian
  3. Australian news live: Former Labor minister lashes AUKUS as ‘worst deal ever’; Footage shows deadly helicopter collision on Mount Everest  SMH.com.au
  4. Forget China, worry about the Americans says ex-ADF boss  The Nightly
  5. ‘Reckless and cavalier’: Australia yet to publicly name where AUKUS nuclear waste will go  https://thepoint.com.au/
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Dozens dead and missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre, officials say – Reuters

  1. Dozens dead and missing after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid centre, officials say  Reuters
  2. Russian bombing of Ukrainian aid center is one of the war’s ‘deadliest attacks,’ Zelensky says  CNN
  3. Ukraine says bodycam video shows deadly Russian double-tap bombing  BBC
  4. Ukraine's leader says Russian "insane attack" on aid center may have killed 70 people, pleads for air defenses  CBS News
  5. Death toll hits 50 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, dozens remain missing  NBC News
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IDF identified Deif, other top Hamas commanders entering tunnels on eve of Oct. 7 – The Times of Israel

  1. IDF identified Deif, other top Hamas commanders entering tunnels on eve of Oct. 7  The Times of Israel
  2. IDF was distracted by tracking, trying to kill Mohammed Deif on Oct. 7  The Jerusalem Post
  3. Hamas considered 'cancelling 7 October' attack if Israel honoured agreements  Middle East Eye
  4. Shin Bet and IDF knew Hamas' military chief went underground hours before Oct. 7  Haaretz
  5. Al Jazeera’s What Is Hidden Is Greater’s Episode about Muhammad Deif and Planning the October 7, 2023 Terrorist Invasion and Massacre  The Amit Terrorism and Intelligence Research Institute
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British healthcare worker with Ebola to be evacuated from DRC to UK, document shows

Patient, who is ⁠in ​stable condition, is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or Thursday

A British healthcare worker infected with Ebola ⁠is being medically evacuated from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Britain for specialist treatment, according to an official document seen by ⁠Reuters.

The patient is ⁠in a ​stable condition and is expected to arrive in Britain on Wednesday or Thursday before being transferred to a specialist ambulance to ⁠a high-consequence infectious disease unit, the document showed.

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Burnham says US midterm results have created ‘opportunity’ for world to focus on cost of living and ending Iran war – UK politics live

‘I think people want to see the world coming together and focusing on the things that matter to people,’ PM says

Louise Haigh starts by saying she is standing in for Andy Burnham.

She says this weekend the whole country will fall silent to mark Remembrance Sunday.

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Israel’s president begins consultations with parties after election deadlock – BBC

  1. Israel's president begins consultations with parties after election deadlock  BBC
  2. Israel’s President Could Play Key Role in Breaking Post-Election Deadlock  The New York Times
  3. Israel’s president accepts certified election results in a blow to Netanyahu’s claim of vote fraud  WCAX
  4. Netanyahu faces coalition showdown as rivals maneuver to form Israel's next government  Fox News
  5. Israel vote results confirmed as election commission rejects fraud claims  Al Jazeera
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US stocks rise, dollar slides as investors digest Democrats’ midterm victories

Government bond yields fall while initial fears ease over impact of election results on world’s biggest economy

US stocks have surged as investors digest the Democrats’ victories in the midterm elections, lifted by hopes that Donald Trump’s turbulent policymaking would be restrained and shaking off initial fears about the impact on growth in the world’s largest economy.

The Dow Jones rose 2%, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq and the benchmark S&P 500 gained more than 1% each, turning around overnight falls in US stock futures after the news that the Democratic party won control of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

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Cambridge asks Post Office inquiry barrister to lead review into death of Jason Arday

Jason Beer KC will examine university’s handling of claims against Arday and protection offered to academics in spotlight

The lead barrister for the Post Office Horizon inquiry has been appointed to head an independent review into the death of the Cambridge academic Jason Arday.

Jason Beer KC will examine the handling of allegations of research and other misconduct made against Arday before his resignation as well as the university’s recruitment and support for him as its youngest ever black professor at the age of 37.

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Palestine Action activists used similar tactics to the suffragettes, court told

Lawyers tell supreme court decision to proscribe organisation as terrorist group is attack on freedom of speech and protest

Palestine Action was banned as a terrorist group after using tactics similar to – or less extreme than – the suffragettes, the UK’s highest court has heard.

Huda Ammori, a co-founder of Palestine Action, is challenging last year’s decision to proscribe the direct action organisation, placing it alongside groups such as al-Qaida and Boko Haram.

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Spain’s deadly train crashes have damaged public confidence in the system

Pedro Sánchez and his socialist-led coalition government are racing to rebuild trust ahead of a snap election, but the task they face is immense

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A week ago today, for the second time in nine months, I got in my car and drove south from Madrid to cover a deadly train crash.

At 8.53am last Wednesday, a high-speed train operated by Spain’s state-owned rail company, Renfe, smashed into the back of a stationary train run by the private rail company Iryo, on the outskirts of the small town of Urda in Castilla-La Mancha. Sixty-nine people died in the accident, more than 100 were injured, and Spain’s already depleted confidence in its treasured rail network plummeted.

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