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Fri, 6 Nov 2026

Friday 6 November: flight bomb threats and a chip stock rout

Hoax bomb threats hit European flights again, France protests en masse, Paraguay's president resigns, KLM cuts 5,000 jobs and chip stocks slide.

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World news

Hoax bomb threats hit flights across Europe for second time this week

CNN | Al Jazeera | CBS News | NL Times

France sees largest protests in years over living costs

CNN | Al Jazeera | The Connexion

Iran sends nuclear proposal to US via Qatar, sets seven conditions

Arab News | APA

Paraguay's President Peña resigns, impeachment goes ahead

CNN en Español | Infobae | La Nación | ABC Color

Trump meets Putin envoy Dmitriev, skips Ukrainian delegation

Kyiv Independent | Bloomberg | Kyiv Post

Wall Street tumbles as AI chip selloff spreads

Reuters via Investing.com | StockTitan | NOS

Bank of England raises rates for first time since 2023

Reuters via Investing.com | The Globe and Mail | BusinessDay

Dutch news

Four young terrorism suspects stay in custody

NOS | Headliner

Two more West Nile virus deaths, total rises to twelve

NL Times | RD | Hart van Nederland

Eindhoven Airport narrowly avoids shutdown over controller shortage

NOS | Hart van Nederland | NL Times

Coalition leaders seek opposition support for tax plan one on one

NOS | NL Times | RD

D66 and Pro want ban on holding multiple political offices

NOS | BNR | RD

House majority wants laid-off education civil servants retrained as teachers

NOS | NL Times

KLM cuts 5,000 jobs

NOS | NL Times | Luchtvaartnieuws

Petrol price falls to lowest level since July

NOS | NL Times

AEX falls as chip stocks slide

De Aandeelhouder | CashCow

AI news

OpenAI launches GPT-6 Cyber security model

OpenAI | CyberScoop | BankInfoSecurity

Thinking Machines releases Inkling 2 Small

Thinking Machines Lab | MarkTechPost

Google announces 17 billion dollar Wyoming data center

Google | The Next Web | DCD

China blocks SoftBank's purchase of ABB robotics unit

investingLive | TipRanks

House Republicans ask Nvidia's Jensen Huang for closed-door briefing

CNBC | The Hill | Bloomberg

Sports

Ajax, Twente and NEC win in Europe, AZ loses to Juventus

NOS | NL Times | NL Times

Nature

Taurid meteor showers active, dark skies around new moon

EarthSky | Star Walk

On this day

1860: Abraham Lincoln elected president

History.com | IVN

On the agenda today

US October jobs report and Paraguay impeachment in the Senate

Reuters via Investing.com | Thrive Markets calendar | Infobae

Weather

Groningen: dry, 3 to 8 degrees

Open-Meteo