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Mon, 2 Nov 2026

Monday 2 November: Iran talks and eve of US midterms

Iran deal talks lift hopes and lower oil, nine die in Florida jet crash, the US votes tomorrow, the Dutch tax plan still lacks a majority, and Antonelli is F1 champion.

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World news

Qatar pushes new Iran deal as Tehran offers two-day Hormuz plan

Al Jazeera | CBS News

Nine killed in private jet crash near Mar-a-Lago

Fox News | NZ Herald

India evacuates coast as Cyclone Murasu nears landfall

The Week | ETV Bharat

World politics

US midterms: final push, and a Michigan Democrat backs the Republican

Al Jazeera | NBC News | CBS News | The Washington Post

Poland's president holds crisis talks in constitutional court standoff

Al Jazeera | ABC News | CNN

World economy

Oil falls about 3 percent as Trump gives Iran diplomacy more time

The National | Investing.com

AI spending worries weigh on tech stocks in New York and Asia

Free Malaysia Today | Business Standard

Dutch news

38 rescued from rubber boat off Zeeland coast, two arrested

NOS | NL Times

400,000 cars on the road with open serious safety recalls

NOS | NL Times

Drought may be cracking 800-year-old Groningen churches

NOS | Hofstad Radio

Dutch politics

No majority yet for the cabinet's tax plan ahead of Wednesday's debate

NOS | BNNVARA | NL Times

Care homes for seriously ill children to close without places for all

Hart van Nederland | NL Times

Dutch economy

Landlords offer tenants up to 100,000 euro to leave

NL Times | Vastgoedjournaal | Proranje

Game industry jobs disappear despite GTA VI launch

NOS | Tech Insider

AI news

OpenAI plans post-midterm push for AI "speed limits"

Implicator | AI Weekly

Musk says Grok Bot costs were unsustainably high

Tempo | Tesla North

Alibaba's Qwen to power Apple Intelligence in China

Seoul Economic Daily | Türkiye Today

Binance resumes withdrawals after record 6.3 billion dollar hack

CNN | CNBC

South Korea's exports soar on AI chip demand

Asia Business Daily | Vietnam.vn

Sport

Antonelli youngest F1 champion as Verstappen wins in Mexico

Formula 1 | ESPN | NL Times

Nature

Southern Taurid meteors peak this week

EarthSky | Star Walk

On this day

1947: the Spruce Goose makes its only flight

Wikipedia | Flying

On the agenda today

Cyclone landfall in India, last day of US campaigning, Palantir results

The Week | CBS News | Benzinga | NOS

Weather

Groningen: rain until mid-morning, then mostly dry, 13 to 14 degrees

Weerplaza | Open-Meteo