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Sat, 31 Oct 2026

Saturday 31 October: Hormuz fires and Dutch cities on alert

Tankers burn in Hormuz, Ebola deaths pass 5,000, Dutch cities brace for weekend unrest, and Intel leads a trillion-dollar chip sell-off.

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World news

Iran says four tankers on fire in Hormuz as Trump predicts end of war

Al Jazeera | Al Jazeera | Morning Star

Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 5,000

Al Jazeera | NOS

Local truce lets residents leave Oleshky

NOS | NOS | Morning Star

Police enter Poland's top court after its head is suspended

Al Jazeera | NOS

G20 drops group photo over Lavrov

Al Jazeera | NOS

BP posts highest profit in eighteen years

NOS | BP filing (SEC)

EU and Canada sign digital trade deal and new alliance

Al Jazeera | NOS

Dutch news

Cities on alert after calls for weekend riots

NOS | NOS | NL Times | NL Times

Outrage over Amsterdam officer tasing parcel courier

NOS | NOS | NL Times | DutchReview

Lauwersoog seal centre puts off bankruptcy after donations

NOS

Tax plan talks make little progress

NOS | NOS

Nitrogen bill presentation postponed

NOS | NOS

First asylum requests down 13 percent in third quarter

NOS

Dutch economy grows 0.6 percent

NOS

Regional public transport strikes likely

NL Times

Minimum wage rises to 15.29 euro in January

DutchReview

AI news

OpenAI cuts funding target to 20 billion dollars

CoinDesk | Finimize

Google and Microsoft back shared AI training opt-out

Shopifreaks | DEV Community

Google in talks to join Golden Dome

Bloomberg | Business Standard

Intel plunge wipes a trillion dollars off chip stocks

CNBC | Benzinga | Yahoo Finance

Reddit shares fall 29 percent as Google traffic drops

CNBC | The Verge

Also

Antonelli can clinch F1 title in Mexico

Formula 1 | Motorsport Week | The Rio Times

Hedgehogs start their winter sleep

Vroege Vogels | Hedgehog Street

Houdini died 100 years ago today

CBS News | FOX 29

Weather in Groningen: dry, 8 to 12 degrees

Open-Meteo | NOS

On the agenda today

Cabinet talks on the tax plan, possible unrest, F1 qualifying

NOS | NL Times