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Sun, 1 Nov 2026

Sunday 1 November: Iran standoff and protests across Europe

Iran rules out talks as US strike warnings grow, protests in France and Germany, Poland's court crisis, Gen Z riot calls fizzle in The Hague, and no majority yet for the Dutch tax plan.

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World news

Iran rules out talks and Hormuz reopening as US strike warnings grow

Times of Israel | CNBC | Axios

Third weekend of protests in France, riots in Frankfurt

NOS | Euronews

Oleshky evacuees reach Ukraine as strikes cut power to 280,000 homes

Euronews | NOS

World politics

Poland's constitutional court crisis escalates

NOS | Euronews | Euronews

US midterms: final weekend, Senate control in play

Al Jazeera | Newsweek | NOS

World economy

FBI blames North Korea for 6.3 billion dollar Binance hack

NOS | ABC News | Al Jazeera

Dutch news

Gen Z riot calls end in 34 arrests in The Hague, mostly minors

NOS | NOS | NL Times

Dutch politics

No majority yet for the cabinet's tax plan

NOS | DutchNews | NL Times

AI news

AI labs back one shared opt-out from AI training

The Next Web | OpenAI | The Verge

Sam Altman meets Samsung and SK leaders in Korea

SBS | The Next Web

Sport

Hamilton takes first Ferrari pole in Mexico City

Sky Sports | Motorsport.com | FIA

Also

Nature: hedgehogs wait for the cold before hibernating

ANL Bavaria | DutchReview

On this day: the Lisbon earthquake of 1755

Britannica | HISTORY

Weather in Groningen

Open-Meteo

On the agenda today

Extra 2 euro fee on parcels from outside the EU starts

SRA | AVROTROS Radar

Mexico City Grand Prix

Formula 1