Thu, 5 Nov 2026
Thursday 5 November: Democrats take Congress, oil tumbles
Democrats win both houses of Congress, oil drops almost 9 percent, Joshua Wong jailed, and a tense Dutch tax plan debate. Sunny and dry in Groningen.
World news
Democrats win control of both houses of Congress
BBC | BBC: Vance blames Iran war | CBS News | NBC News | Axios
Death toll from Russian bombing in Zaporizhzhia region rises to 40
WHO approves two new Ebola vaccines for testing in Congo
NOS | NU.nl | The Guardian
World politics
Joshua Wong jailed for ten years in Hong Kong
Israel's president starts coalition talks after election deadlock
World economy
Oil prices tumble after Vance blames Iran war for defeat
CNBC | NBC News | Axios | Quartz
Eurozone inflation rises to 4 percent
MarketScreener | NU.nl | IndexBox
Dutch news
Tarwekamp explosion trial begins in The Hague
Human rights groups break with the ICC under US sanctions
Rotterdam "underground banker" held in 60 million euro laundering case
Dutch politics
Tax plan debate exposes split in minority coalition
NOS | NOS: coalition may vote separately | NU.nl
Nitrogen plans could mean up to 30 percent fewer livestock farms
Dutch economy
Dutch inflation rises to 3.7 percent
Cyberattack costs Ahold Delhaize up to 250 million euro in sales
Netherlands nominates Klaas Knot for ECB president
AI news
OpenAI finds and patches 948 Linux kernel flaws, and plans to buy Pierre
OpenAI: A thousand fewer paths to root | OpenAI: Pierre acquisition
Meta acquires AI coding start-up Conductor
Google refuses schools an off switch for AI Overviews
Voters reject data centers in the midterms
Musk's half a billion dollars fails to deliver Republican wins
Sport
PSV loses 2-1 at home to Club Brugge in Champions League
Nature
Southern Taurid meteors peak
On this day
1605: Guy Fawkes caught under the House of Lords
History UK | World History Encyclopedia
On the agenda today
Bank of England rate decision expected to bring first rise in three years
BBC: rate decision | BBC: pound at highest since 2016