Fri, 30 Oct 2026
Friday 30 October: Spain mourns, Lagarde to leave ECB early
Spain mourns after a train crash, Israel's vote ends in deadlock, Alphabet plunges and Lagarde quits the ECB early. At home: cabinet talks on the tax plan.
World news
Spain mourns after high-speed train crash near Toledo
Russian drone strike on Dnipro train platform kills fourteen
Iran claims tankers hit mines in Hormuz; Trump briefed on options
Arab News | WSJ | Al Jazeera
World politics
Israel's vote count ends with no majority for either bloc
Al Jazeera | Times of Israel | NOS
Canada seeks closer ties with EU at Montreal summit
CBC | Global News | NOS
World economy
Alphabet loses about 500 billion dollars in market value
CNBC | Marketplace | NOS
Lagarde to leave ECB early; rates held at 2.5 percent
Dutch news
Police name five Serbian suspects in Tefaf jewel robbery
Arrests after anti-asylum protest turns violent in Opheusden
Historic Vught station building moved today
Dutch politics
Cabinet talks with opposition after JA21, BBB and SGP demands
Polls: coalition down dozens of seats a year after the election
House majority backs ban on generative AI in primary schools
Dutch economy
Shell profit doubles on Middle East war
NOS | Middle East Monitor | Investing.com
ABP and PME pensions may rise as coverage ratios climb
Flevoland invests in new harbour near Urk
AI news
OpenAI opens election operations center for US midterms
Mistral releases open weights for Mistral Large 4
Mistral | TechCrunch | NOS
Google launches Gemini 4 Carbon for cybersecurity
Google | US News | Business Today
Binance freezes billions after suspected hack
Hackers publish details of 41,000 US Homeland Security staff
CNBC | Help Net Security | NOS