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Democratic Senate control, Paraguay resignation, French strikes

Annie Andrews won South Carolina’s Senate race, helping Democrats take control of the US Senate while counting continues in two unresolved races. Paraguay’s President Santiago Peña resigned after losing political support over his ties to collapsed Ueno Bank, with Pedro Alliana set to succeed him. Strikes disrupted French schools, hospitals and transport, and Lecornu has called a social conference on wages and purchasing power.

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Government

Rights

Security

Conflict

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Elections

  1. Netanyahu’s bloc wins 53 seats in Israel, falls short of a majority

    People approach blue-and-white voting booths in a bright hall, with a semicircular chamber of seated figures behind them. SI illustration

  2. New Jersey’s Pemberton Mayor Matthew Bianchini concedes to Belinda Fontanez

    A person holds a phone displaying a social media-style post in front of a brick building, with autumn trees and a winding path. SI illustration

  3. Democrats set to win control of both chambers of US Congress

    A painted scene of a woman placing a ballot in a box, with people at voting booths and a columned building visible through a large window. SI illustration

Government

  1. UN maritime agency council backs chief Arsenio Dominguez for second term

    A painting of seven people seated around a curved wooden desk in a sunlit chamber, with the sea visible through tall windows. SI illustration

  2. Azerbaijan proposes ₼4 billion for special defense projects

    A man holding a blank sheet looks into an empty room. Behind him, workers stand near apartment buildings and scaffolding, with mountains in the distance. SI illustration

  3. US aviation agency proposes launch-abort and debris rules

    A painted FAA seal sits between a rocket and a descending capsule with debris, alongside labels about flight-abort thresholds and reentry debris risk. SI illustration
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  1. US aviation agency plans to replace floppy-disk systems at over 400 sites

    Four vintage computers and floppy disks sit beneath arrows pointing to a blank screen. An FAA seal hangs on the wall, with planes and a control tower visible through a window. SI illustration

  2. US attorney general accepts Harmeet Dhillon’s resignation

    A painted woman with a patterned scarf and shoulder bag stands in an arched hallway, with a smiling man in a suit behind her. SI illustration

  3. France’s National Assembly rejects budget revenue section unanimously

    A painting of people scattered across curved red benches in a parliamentary chamber, with a French flag and a document on a central desk. SI illustration

  4. US regulator makes Amazon ad pricing allegations public

    Illustration of an Amazon sign and a stack of papers with thick black bars in front of a large columned building. SI illustration

  5. Russia’s Putin expands control over Japan Tobacco businesses to 7

    A painting of Vladimir Putin seated at a desk with a blank folder, with four industrial buildings beneath a glowing orange canopy in the background. SI illustration

  6. Bavaria’s deputy premier Hubert Aiwanger dies at 55

    Painted portrait of a smiling man in a dark jacket and white shirt against a blue-gray paneled background. SI illustration

  7. Yemen’s president names Salem al-Awlaki information minister

    A painted portrait of a man in a dark suit beside an old roller press feeding out a blank sheet, with a red, white and black flag in the background. SI illustration

  8. Grab agrees to fee cuts and driver compensation in Vietnam, commission says

    A painted scene shows a man beside a white car, a large phone displaying the Grab logo, folders and a green band beneath “32%.” SI illustration

  9. South Korea’s multicultural marriages fall 0.2% to 21,399

    Pairs of gold, silver and copper-colored rings lie across a sunlit table, with a South Korean flag and a vase of white flowers behind them. SI illustration

  10. Armenia’s PM Pashinyan plans to publish constitution draft in November

    A painted portrait of Nikol Pashinyan seated at a desk, resting his chin on his hand and looking at a stack of papers, with autumn leaves and warm light behind him. SI illustration

  11. Armenia’s government adopts child violence identification rules

    A painted scene shows a girl seated beside a desk where a woman and man look at a sheet of paper, with an Armenian flag on the wall behind them. SI illustration

  12. Armenia’s Cabinet proposes November 12 sitting on treaty company bills

    A painted empty chamber with rows of red chairs and wooden desks. Seven blank folders and a small Armenian flag sit on a table in the foreground. SI illustration

  13. Armenia’s government approves physical superintelligence program

    A painted scene shows a man listening to a gesturing woman at a table, beside a robotic arm and a wooden block. An Armenian flag hangs behind them. SI illustration

  14. Armenia–Turkey trade is direct in customs terms, Armenia’s foreign minister says

    A painted portrait of a bearded man in a suit beside a winding mountain road, a truck carrying crates and a closed gate beneath a white arch. SI illustration

  15. UK government plans 8 regional water councils in England

    A painted group gathers around a model of a river, fields and buildings, with one woman pointing at it. A river and village stretch across the countryside behind them. SI illustration

  16. Armenia’s government approves proposals to sign EU program deals

    A man holds a sheet beside an open box of crumpled paper, while a woman holding folders gestures toward him. Stacks of papers sit on desks in an office. SI illustration

  17. South West Water must submit leak plan within 6 weeks

    A painted industrial building stands behind an exposed blue pipe dripping into a trench. Plans, a tape measure and a spirit level lie nearby, with a low reservoir in the distance. SI illustration

  18. US health agency delays competitive rural health awards for 2027

    Painted folders lie on two paths: one leads to a rural building, the other to a closed gate beneath a CMS sign. A blank desk calendar and papers sit nearby. SI illustration

  19. UK launches consultation on shared e-bike standards

    A woman holds a folded sheet beside a green bicycle with a basket. More green bicycles and pedestrians line the street behind her. SI illustration

  20. UK government aims to halve care-leaver homelessness measure

    A painted scene of a woman with a shoulder bag speaking to a woman at a reception desk, beside a sign reading “UK Government.” SI illustration

  21. Germany plans €20 million (about $22.5 million) for swimming lessons

    Children practice with kickboards in an indoor pool beside an instructor, while others sit on a bench beneath a German flag. A bus and village are visible through the windows. SI illustration

  22. Armenia opens business support applications for citizens aged 63–72

    An older woman draws a diagram while an older man watches and a younger woman points to the page. Other older people sit behind them, beneath an Armenian flag. SI illustration

  23. Singapore’s Parliament passes tougher haze enforcement law

    A painted parliamentary chamber with people seated around a central desk piled with papers. A Singapore flag hangs beside an empty chair, with a hazy city skyline visible through the windows. SI illustration

  24. South Korea proposes delaying digital-asset tax to 2029

    A painted scene of a man and woman looking at a phone in a broad plaza, with a South Korean flag and a domed building behind them. SI illustration

  25. Germany’s deportations fall to 14,324 in first nine months of 2026

    Travelers with rolling suitcases and backpacks move through a bright airport terminal beneath a German flag; two people handle a suitcase in the foreground. SI illustration

  26. Germany logs 5,707 initial asylum claims and new asylum arrivals in October

    A worn black suitcase stands in a gray room beneath a German flag hanging on the wall. SI illustration

  27. Germany’s Cabinet approves halving Western Balkan worker quota

    Three people stand beneath a German flag beside a scaffolded wooden structure with a gap between its beams. One gestures toward it, while another holds a yellow hard hat. SI illustration

  28. UN elects Lee, Akande and others to International Court of Justice

    A painted group of five people in suits stands before an empty courtroom bench, with a gray-haired man in the foreground. SI illustration

  29. Ethiopia expels 6 Sudanese diplomats

    Six people in formal attire walk with luggage outside a building displaying the Ethiopian flag. SI illustration

Rights

  1. Mexican judge arrested in Colombia on 9 US charges

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  2. Russell Brand gets 10.5 years in prison for rape and sexual assault

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  3. Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies notify 5 of suspicion in crime-ring case

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  1. UK court raises Vickrum Digwa’s murder sentence minimum

    A painting of a grand Gothic-style courthouse with pointed towers, a rose window and a dark arched entrance, seen across an empty paved forecourt. SI illustration

  2. Italy court sentences Kaufmann to life for partner and daughter’s murders

    A painted courtroom scene shows three robed judges behind a wooden bench, with a closed folder in front of the central judge and an Italian flag behind them. SI illustration

  3. Armenia’s Investigative Committee sends death case to prosecutor

    Two suited people hold a tan folder filled with papers across a wooden table. SI illustration

  4. Russia’s prosecutors designate Georgia’s Droa party undesirable

    A painted portrait of a short-haired woman in black beside an office desk, a Russian flag and a large red rectangle on a white surface. SI illustration

  5. Moldova bans Transnistria leader from travel for 5 years

    A painted roadside checkpoint with a lowered red-and-white barrier and a Moldovan flag, beside an empty road winding through autumn trees at sunset. SI illustration

  6. Finland’s court jails two Fitburg crew over cable damage

    A painted cutaway shows a cargo ship above water, its anchor dragging across cables on the seabed, with snowy islands in the distance. SI illustration

  7. Israeli police release journalist Abed Abou Shhadeh after 5 days

    A painted folder bearing the Adalah logo stands beside stacks of papers in a sunlit hall. SI illustration

  8. Armenia’s court orders businessman Samvel Karapetyan held for 1 month

    A painted hallway with a slightly open brown door, a metal handle and keyhole, and a row of buttons on the frame. Bare trees are visible through a window. SI illustration

  9. Armenian court extends Gagik Tsarukyan’s detention by 3 months

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  10. Australia’s High Court lets One Nation leader Pauline Hanson appeal ruling

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  11. Hong Kong court sentences Joshua Wong to 10 years in prison

    A painted courtroom scene shows a man in glasses and a light blue shirt seated at a table, with two figures behind him and papers in the foreground. SI illustration

  12. Iraq court sentences ex-oil official Hussein Talib Abboud to 8 years

    A refinery with tanks, pipes and towers is seen through rusted iron bars in a concrete wall. SI illustration

  13. US court sentences Daniel Sikkema to life for husband’s murder

    A painted scene of a dark-haired man sitting at a wooden table in an empty courtroom, with sunlight falling across the floor from tall windows. SI illustration

  14. Serbia detains officers over alleged torture of protesters

    A man holding a sheet of paper stands beside four men seated on a bench, with a garage ramp visible through an opening to the left. SI illustration

Security

  1. US Treasury publishes determination naming four Cuban sectors

    A painted Cuban flag stands beside a circuit board, metal parts, two ships and a coiled network cable, while a hand holds a blank sheet of paper. SI illustration

  2. US task forces made nearly 12,000 arrests, White House says

    Five people arrange sheets forming an outline map of the United States on a table, with an American flag behind them. SI illustration

  3. France extends Black Sea patrol in Romania, aircraft commander says

    A painted gray propeller aircraft flies over a coastal airfield and a cargo ship at sea. French and Romanian flags stand beside the runway. SI illustration
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  1. Jordan patrol arrests attacker after officer dies in stabbing

    Two uniformed officers escort a man down a sunlit street lined with stone buildings, while another man crouches nearby. SI illustration

  2. Armenia extradites border-crossing suspect Y.P. to China, prosecutors say

    A painted scene of a man walking through large open doors into a sunlit courtyard, with an Armenian flag hanging on the wall. SI illustration

  3. UK parliament expands human rights sanctions powers, Human Rights Watch says

    A painted parliamentary chamber with green benches, a few seated figures and an open book on a lectern. A blue Human Rights Watch logo appears in the upper left. SI illustration

  4. Poland charges 4 with espionage over alleged shipments to Russia

    Two hands rest beside four blank folders on a table, with metal components beyond a red line and a white-and-red flag in the background. SI illustration

  5. Syria and Saudi Arabia sign defense cooperation agreement

    Two construction workers guide a large pipe suspended over a trench, with Syrian and Saudi flags flying behind them. SI illustration

  6. South Korea’s defense ministry plans to expand Hormuz mission

    A large gray ship travels across blue water, leaving a white wake, with a dry mountainous coastline in the distance. SI illustration

Conflict

  1. El Salvador’s President Bukele announces rescue operation in Haiti

    An open, empty equipment case sits beside a coiled rope and rolled green fabric on a dirt road overlooking a wooded coast and mountains beneath cloudy skies. SI illustration

  2. Russian attack on Ukraine aid center reportedly kills 55

    Two people carry a hard case and folded blankets toward a weathered building with broken windows. Cardboard boxes sit by the entrance. SI illustration

Reports on this date

  • A painted crowd marches along tram tracks beneath autumn trees, carrying French flags and blank signs past a sheltered stop. SI illustration
    AveNews

    French strikes, UK interest rates, Ueno Bank liquidation

    France’s Interior Ministry counted at least 600,000 demonstrators as strikes disrupted public services, and Lecornu has called a conference on wages and purchasing power. The Bank of England raised its rate to 4%. Ueno Bank’s liquidation in Paraguay has frozen customer accounts and tied up pension and healthcare funds.

    Daily report · covering

    3 min46 sources

  • A painted Indian flag hangs behind stylized buildings linked by channels. A metal plate covers part of a crack in a central block, with a cable trailing from it. SI illustration
    Technology

    India’s cyber agency says financial firms faced repeat attacks

    India’s cybersecurity agency says Crafty Falcon breached non-bank lenders, financial technology firms and cryptocurrency exchanges, and that incomplete fixes were followed by repeat attacks. Refrigeration attacks have affected more than 100 stores across at least 11 European countries. OpenAI has released a higher-risk cybersecurity model to selected approved customers and plans to widen access.

    Daily report · covering

    4 min44 sources

  • In a flooded residential street, two rescuers in yellow jackets help a gray-haired person into a boat beside a porch. Another boat and a road barrier are visible in the distance. SI illustration
    Science

    McCaysville flood rescues, Pennsylvania measles, Singapore haze law

    A county update put overnight swiftwater rescues at about 57 as crews continued searching around McCaysville, where some flooded areas remained inaccessible. Pennsylvania state data show more than 1,400 confirmed measles cases and six associated deaths in 2026. Singapore has passed haze-law amendments that will expand enforcement powers once they take effect.

    Daily report · covering

    4 min22 sources

  • A painted stone building with columns under a blue sky, crossed by a glowing upward-stepping line and the text “4%.” SI illustration
    Business

    UK interest rates, Ueno account freeze, JTI’s Russian operations

    Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said another rate increase could be warranted after the move to 4%. Ueno Bank’s closure in Paraguay has frozen customer accounts. Putin’s decree has removed JTI’s control of its Russian operations.

    Daily report · covering

    4 min53 sources

  • A painted studio scene contrasts a brightly lit television set with a dim wedding aisle, rows of chairs and a flower-covered arch. SI illustration
    Culture

    Married at First Sight UK cancellation, heritage risks, SoundCloud labels

    Channel 4 will redirect the budget of Married at First Sight UK to other programming after ending the show and shelving its sixth season. Historic England has added 197 sites to its heritage at-risk register. SoundCloud plans to identify the superintelligence (SI) origin of tracks published directly from ElevenLabs.

    Daily report · covering

    3 min32 sources

  • An illustrated indoor swimming pool with lane ropes, a blue starting block and an envelope on the sunlit deck. SI illustration
    Sports

    Tomoru Honda’s suspension, Alan Jones’s death, Mkhoyan relatives’ crash account

    Tomoru Honda’s 21-month swimming registration suspension will begin once receipt of his disciplinary notice is confirmed. Formula One champion Alan Jones has died after a career that included 12 Grand Prix victories. European champion Erik Mkhoyan died in the Ushi road crash, his relatives said, according to Civic.am, and a memorial service was scheduled in Lernahovit.

    Daily report · covering

    4 min36 sources