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Wed, 28 Oct 2026

Wednesday 28 October: Israel stalemate and Ebola milestone

Israel's election ends without a winner, Ebola passes 10,000 cases, the Netherlands quits Eurovision again, and OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra.

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World news

Cyclone Arnab makes landfall in Andhra Pradesh

The Week | India.com

Ebola cases in Congo pass 10,000

Al Jazeera | CBC | NOS

Russia strikes Kyiv as Oleshky ceasefire begins

RFE/RL | CNBC | Kyiv Independent

Israel election ends without a clear winner

CNN | Axios | NOS

Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US

PBS | Star-Advertiser | NOS

Chip stocks lead markets higher ahead of Fed decision

CNBC | TheStreet | Yahoo Finance

Microsoft offers exit packages to 60,000 staff

CNBC | CBS News | NOS

Dutch news

Netherlands pulls out of Eurovision 2027 after all

NOS | NL Times | ABC News

Suspect acquitted over deadly Schammenkamp explosion

NOS | NL Times

Beekse Bergen keeper dies after leopard attack

NOS | NL Times

Prosecution employee arrested over electoral fraud and corruption

OM | NL Times

Pro and CDA want tougher fines for dangerous driving

NOS | Hart van Nederland

Education budget debate opens over dropped student loan cap

NOS | Rijksoverheid | NL Times

Competition watchdog blocks sale of Unox

NOS | NL Times

Damen cuts 225 jobs in the Netherlands

NOS | NL Times

Minimum tax raises 449 million euro in first year

NOS

AI news

OpenAI launches GPT-6.1 Terra for computer work

OpenAI | Quartz | Fox News

Google DeepMind unveils Genie 4 world model

Google DeepMind | TechCrunch

Nvidia to invest 3 billion dollars in Meta

HotHardware | Tech Times

63 billion dollar financing for Anthropic's Broadcom chips

Reuters | TechStartups

Apple brings AI to Pages, Keynote and Numbers

Ars Technica | Fox News

Also

Brewers on the brink of first World Series title

CNN | CBS Sports

Nature: the pilot whale is a dolphin

NL Times | Wikipedia

On this day: Statue of Liberty dedicated in 1886

History.com | Bowery Boys

Weather in Groningen

Met Office | Open-Meteo

On the agenda today

Fed rate decision and Microsoft results

CNBC | Kiplinger