Thu, 29 Oct 2026
Thursday 29 October: Spain train crash and Israel count
A deadly train crash in Spain, no clear winner in Israel, a split US central bank, a nationwide bird flu order in the Netherlands, and mixed Big Tech earnings.
World news
Two high-speed trains collide in Spain, at least 68 dead
Iran gives filmmaker Jafar Panahi new prison sentence
World politics
No clear winner yet in Israel's election
Times of Israel | Ynet | NOS
Flávio Bolsonaro leaves Brazil for the US after election defeat
NOS | NOS | Democracy Now
World economy
US central bank holds rates in split vote
NOS | StockTitan | Motley Fool
UK budget: energy bill help paid for by bank tax
Dutch news
Nationwide indoor order for poultry after bird flu outbreaks
D66 councillor in Boxtel arrested over suspected election fraud
Police seize dozens of criminal servers in Limburg
Dutch politics
Zelensky in The Hague as cabinet confirms new aid for Ukraine
NOS | DutchNews | DutchNews | NL Times
Cabinet still short of a majority for its tax plan
Dutch economy
Gas price tops 100 euro per megawatt hour
Court lets Booking.com require two office days a week
AI news
OpenAI and ServiceNow expand their partnership
Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon
Google | Basic Tutorials | AI Weekly
Tech
Microsoft beats expectations on Azure growth
CNBC | Investing.com | TechCrunch
Alphabet shares fall despite cloud revenue doubling
Fortune | Benzinga | Investing.com
Sports
Dutch cup upsets: TOP Oss knocks out PEC Zwolle
Also
Nature: hedgehogs are fattening up for winter
On this day in 1969: the first ARPANET message
On the agenda today
European Central Bank interest rate decision
Final Israeli election results expected
Amazon publishes quarterly results
Crypto Briefing | Tiger Brokers