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At Tesla

Elon Musk says Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production next year to make room for increased production of its Cybercab robotaxi. The move follows years of weaker-than-expected sales for the electric pickup. Musk announced the production shift on social media, with the changes planned for Tesla’s Texas Gigafactory.

In the U.S. economy

U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs last month, while the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1 percent. Separately, the IRS has announced higher federal income tax bracket thresholds and standard deductions for 2027. Tax rates will remain unchanged, but the adjustments could reduce tax bills for eligible workers, families, and retirees.

On Britain’s dairy farms

Dairy processor Freshways is cutting payments to farmers by seven pence a liter. Most affected producers were already receiving less than their production costs, after volatile milk prices, a summer drought, and rising fuel and fertilizer costs linked to the conflict in Iran. Farmer Ian Harvey says milk is leaving farms at a loss and confidence in the sector is “at rock bottom.”

At the Justice Department

Two senior Justice Department officials resigned Friday, including the assistant attorney general for national security, Politico reports. Their departures came one day after the head of the department’s civil rights division left her post.

In AI fraud cases

Prosecutors say three men have been indicted in an alleged $129 million fraud scheme targeting businesses worldwide. Jacob Soall, Sharon Hazan, and Guy Sheetrit are accused of using artificial intelligence to create fake chief executives and lawyers, then persuading employees to authorize money transfers.

In materials research

Researchers at Virginia Tech and the University of Tennessee have characterized a plastic that cellophane bees use to line their nests. Its crystal structure resembles polyethylene, but it breaks down in soil. Virginia Tech says the polyester’s share of nest-lining weight fell from about 73 percent to 40 percent over four months. That measures its changing share, not the total amount of material lost. Researchers are still working out the chemistry before trying to reproduce its useful features.

On preparations for Ukraine

French- and British-led military drills in Poland will test preparations for a possible deployment to Ukraine after a ceasefire. The exercises will rehearse that potential mission.

In Washington

CNN reports Democrats have flipped more than forty House seats, securing their largest majority in nearly twenty years. The network says they are approaching the seat totals they held at the start of the Obama and Clinton presidencies.

President Donald Trump’s first official move after Republicans’ major midterm defeats was to designate the Oval Office and Cabinet Room a national monument. The proclamation aims to preserve the historic spaces, which he has decorated with gold accents.

California’s social media restrictions

Google, Meta and TikTok have filed separate lawsuits seeking to block California’s restrictions on social media features described as addictive for children under sixteen. The law is scheduled to take effect on January first, 2027. The complaints name California Attorney General Rob Bonta as the defendant.

Tesla’s factory plans

Elon Musk says Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory, stopping around the middle of next year. The company plans to use the plant for Cybercab, its self-driving taxi, ending its push into the U.S. pickup market with the Cybertruck.

Fraud and stolen cryptocurrency

The Justice Department says criminals used AI-generated voice and video impersonations of chief executives and lawyers to persuade employees at companies worldwide to authorize fraudulent transfers. The alleged scheme stole more than one hundred twenty-nine million dollars between 2024 and 2026.

In a separate case, former FBI agent Patrick Steven Yaroch has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering after stealing approximately two and a half million dollars in cryptocurrency. Yaroch used credentials associated with thirty-five FBI investigations to carry out the thefts.

Colorado bus shooting

A Lakewood police officer was killed and three other officers were wounded in a shooting aboard a public transit bus on November fifth, 2026. The confrontation prompted a major critical incident investigation west of Denver.

New Delhi’s air quality

Air quality in New Delhi has turned hazardous just days before Diwali, when celebrations often involve fireworks.

School bus crash in France

French authorities say a child and a young adult were killed when a bus carrying schoolchildren crashed in eastern France.

California’s social media law

Google, Meta and TikTok have filed separate lawsuits seeking to block California’s law protecting children under sixteen from harmful social media features. The law targets features including endless scrolling and addictive feeds, and is scheduled to take effect on January first, 2027. The companies are asking courts to stop it before then.

In the markets

A sharp U.S. stock sell-off has carried into Asian technology shares. On Thursday, November fifth, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 1,833 points in the worst U.S. trading session in more than a year. The Nasdaq Composite entered correction territory as AI and semiconductor stocks led the losses, wiping out Wednesday’s rally.

Investors were concerned about returns on AI investment and data center spending. In Asian trading, concerns about U.S. data center expansion and AI regulation continued to weigh on technology stocks.

Russia sanctions

Indian ship captain Ajay Pant has been jailed in the United Kingdom over Russia sanctions. British soldiers seized his vessel in international waters. The ship has been described as an alleged shadow tanker.

A possible PFAS alternative

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis have developed a water-repellent coating from plant waste and fatty acids. Researchers say the material, called SLIP, broke down into harmless organic matter in tests using wood-degrading fungus.

A collaborating Texas A&M team estimates that replacing PFAS in waterproofing with the coating could avoid up to $1.1 billion in annual health and environmental damage. It is not a replacement for every PFAS use. Researchers are still working on oil resistance, fire resistance and scaling up production.

Paraguay’s banking scandal

Thousands of people have protested in Paraguay over a banking scandal that has left nearly half the population unable to access their savings. Demonstrators are demanding President Santiago Peña’s impeachment, despite his offer to resign.

Trump’s Washington arch

A federal judge has blocked construction of President Donald Trump’s arch in Washington, D.C. The ruling came as a panel of Trump appointees gave the project final approval.

Strikes in Ukraine

Ukrainian authorities said a man was killed Friday morning in an attack on the Rivne region. Three other people were reportedly injured in overnight strikes on the Kyiv region. Separately, a fire was reported at Russia’s Afipsky oil refinery.

California’s death row

California Governor Gavin Newsom says he will commute the death sentences of all 548 people on the state’s death row to life in prison without parole. In a letter to Californians, he called capital punishment “morally wrong.” Newsom imposed a moratorium on executions in 2019, and California last executed a prisoner in 2006.

The planned commutations would change those prisoners’ sentences, but would not abolish capital punishment. The death penalty would remain a sentencing option under state law, and future governors could resume executions.

Russell Brand convicted

Russell Brand was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault at London’s Southwark Crown Court on November fifth. Sentencing is scheduled for November ninth.

Ukraine’s power grid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is asking Latin American leaders for help obtaining equipment to repair Ukraine’s power grid after Russian attacks. He made the appeal at the Ibero-American Summit in Madrid.

In Washington

The National Capital Planning Commission voted eight to four to approve President Trump’s proposed 250-foot triumphal arch between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery. More than one hundred public comments preceded the vote, largely opposing the project. The administration says construction could begin as early as this week, while the project faces several legal challenges and protesters threaten to block it.

Meanwhile, Democrats have expanded their House majority to more than 250 seats, according to The New York Times. Their gains include a Montana seat won by a former smokejumper. The Times reports that neither party has held that many House seats since Democrats’ 2008 victory.

Paraguay’s president impeached

Lawmakers in Paraguay have voted to impeach President Santiago Pena amid a bank collapse that has roiled the country.

Tracking Pacific microplastics

University of Bergen researchers analyzing satellite data from 2002 through 2022 found that waters near the Great Pacific Garbage Patch became brighter in blue and green wavelengths compared with surrounding areas. The accumulation zone lies between Hawaii and California.

The team says laboratory experiments support microplastics as a possible cause, but direct ocean samples are needed to establish the link. Researchers hope those color shifts could eventually help locate other microplastic accumulations.

Executions in three states

Three U.S. states executed death row inmates on Thursday, the second time this year that three executions took place on the same day. Alabama carried out the last of the three, executing a man for killings committed in 1991. Florida carried out its nineteenth execution of the year, tying the state’s record. The previous three-execution day was August thirteenth.

In tech and security

Meta, TikTok and Google have filed separate lawsuits challenging California’s Digital Age Assurance Act. The companies argue that the bipartisan law violates their First Amendment rights. The law seeks to tighten restrictions on children’s social media use and is scheduled to take effect on January first, 2027.

Separately, researchers at Layer3 Intel say they found 28 commercial residential proxy services routing outside internet traffic through six White House IP addresses hundreds of times. Their findings raise concerns that proxy software on government-connected devices could enable unauthorized access to internal systems and movement across those networks.

Philadelphia child’s death

Malayshia Allford, a ten-year-old Philadelphia girl who had been missing for more than a week, has been found dead in New Jersey. Authorities say her foster mother, Caprice Williams, has been charged with murder, abuse of a corpse and other related offenses in connection with her death.

Russian diesel shipments

President Donald Trump’s plan to allow Russian diesel imports faced doubts this week after two tankers initially headed for the United States changed course. State and federal officials warned that handling any shipments could bring legal consequences.

Navy missile defenses

The U.S. Navy is moving ahead with plans to adapt the Army’s PAC-3 MSE missile interceptor for warships. Lockheed Martin received a second-phase development contract in late September to integrate the interceptor with the Navy’s Aegis Combat System and Mk 41 vertical launchers. The company is targeting land-based flight tests in 2027 and shipboard trials in 2028. The Navy aims to field the system by 2029.

Attacks on emergency crews in Scotland

Police Scotland says fireworks aimed at emergency crews in Glasgow set a police vehicle on fire and left an ambulance worker with a minor injury on Bonfire Night. The crews were responding to reports of an injured male in Hogganfield. One male was arrested. In Edinburgh’s Oxgangs area, firefighters withdrew from burning bins after facing antisocial behavior. Police say fireworks were also aimed at officers there, with no injuries reported.

In Ukraine

Melania Trump hosted senior Russian and Ukrainian officials at the White House on Thursday to mark a ceasefire linked to an evacuation from Oleshky. The Russian-occupied frontline town had 800 residents living through a prolonged humanitarian crisis. Russian missile and drone attacks continued elsewhere in Ukraine. A Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia killed 40 people on Wednesday.

Children and social media

Google, Meta and TikTok are suing California to block a law restricting social media features for children under 16. Assembly Bill 1709 prohibits what it calls “psychologically exploitative features,” including personalized recommendations and autoplay videos. It also requires platforms to delete children’s accounts that have those features.

Ebola treatment in London

A British doctor who tested positive for Ebola while responding to an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been evacuated to the United Kingdom. The Department of Health and Social Care says the doctor returned on a medical evacuation flight and is receiving specialist treatment in a high-level isolation unit at London’s Royal Free Hospital.

California’s death row

Governor Gavin Newsom has commuted the death sentences of all 548 people on California’s death row to life in prison without parole. The move prevents those prisoners from being executed under future governors. California has historically had the largest death row population in the United States.

In cybersecurity

Cisco is investigating high-severity vulnerabilities involving Node.js and the Brotli decoder that could allow remote code execution or traffic interception. Node.js released fixes for supported versions on October 21, 2026. Cisco says products not listed in its advisory are unaffected.

Separately, security firm Layer3 Intel says it found 28 residential proxy services routing traffic through the internet network reserved for the Executive Office of the President. The firm says access could be purchased publicly. Proxy tracker Synthient linked activity on that network to installations of Infatica, a proxy program often bundled with free apps.

In U.S. elections

Wired reports that doctors and scientists backed by the political action committee 314 Action Fund won several major midterm races. Winners included Michigan Senator-elect Abdul El-Sayed and Ohio Governor-elect Amy Acton. Fourteen of the group’s 17 endorsed House candidates also won, according to Wired.

Mexican judge arrested

U.S. officials say Mexican judge Luis Benítez Alcántara has been arrested and accused of accepting two million dollars in bribes to release Canadian drug-trafficking suspect Andrew Clark. The Justice Department says the judge oversaw Clark’s extradition proceedings in Mexico in 2024.

In England and Wales

Police recorded a record 3,145 honor-based abuse offenses in the year ending in March, up seven percent from the previous year, according to Home Office figures. Recorded female genital mutilation offenses rose 51 percent to 166, while forced marriage offenses increased to 129. The Home Office says these figures likely capture only a fraction of the abuse. It also says improved police training and awareness may be contributing to the increase in recorded offenses.

Separately, two men are on trial at Inner London Crown Court over alleged sexual attacks on a 14-year-old autistic girl aboard a Southeastern train on February 5. Prosecutors accuse Baryalai Rahimi of rape and Mirebadurahman Sadat of sexual assault. Both men deny all charges. The trial continues.

In British Columbia

Authorities have recovered the remains of Jennifer Balcarras, 48, and her daughter, Selah Reed, 20, after a suspected bear attack near Bella Coola. Their family says they were reported missing on November 1 after failing to return from an afternoon walk. Conservation officers say evidence suggested animal involvement, but it is not yet clear whether more than one bear was involved. Officers have set traps, and residents are under a curfew while the search continues.

In Washington and North Carolina

Harmeet Dhillon plans to step down as head of the Justice Department’s civil rights unit, Bloomberg reports. The outlet says she would be the first senior department official to resign following Democrats’ major midterm wins.

In North Carolina’s Fifth Congressional District, Democrat Chuck Hubbard led Representative Virginia Foxx with all precincts reporting, according to the Raleigh News & Observer. Hubbard had 48.7 percent to Foxx’s 48.66 percent, a margin close enough for Foxx to request a recount.

In Russia

President Vladimir Putin has ordered Japan Tobacco International’s Russian operations transferred to a state-linked holding company. The decree covers four factories and around 4,000 employees. The business accounts for roughly 40 percent of Russia’s cigarette market.

European flight threats

Bomb threats disrupted at least 15 international flights within Europe, forcing at least two emergency landings. No explosives were found. Among the affected flights, an Aer Lingus plane carrying 157 people from Ireland to Italy diverted to a French military air base after a bomb threat was reported during the flight.

Britain’s rates and border costs

The Bank of England raised its key interest rate to four percent, its first increase in more than three years, as it tries to curb rising prices fueled by the war in Iran.

Meanwhile, a planned UK-EU food agreement could eliminate checks that Britain spent heavily preparing to conduct. The National Audit Office estimates plant and animal health infrastructure cost around 800 million pounds. Portsmouth port director Mike Sellers says his facility was built for 80 trailer checks a day, but the eventual operating model required only about two. He wants government compensation.

Strikes across France

Workers are striking across France, demanding a higher minimum wage, broader pay increases and other reforms. Demonstrations began Thursday in cities including Marseille, Grenoble and Lyon. Hospital workers, teachers, rail staff and air traffic controllers are among those expected to participate. Authorities deployed 70,000 police officers nationwide.

U.S. election results

Democrats began recruiting congressional investigators and anti-corruption lawyers after their midterm victories. In Mississippi, the Senate race between Cindy Hyde-Smith and Scott Colom remains uncalled, with a razor-thin margin. State law provides neither automatic recounts nor recounts by request.

Voters rejected property tax cuts in Oklahoma and Wyoming. California’s proposed one-time, five percent tax on billionaires’ net worth appeared headed for defeat Wednesday morning, while Washington voters appeared likely to retain a tax on annual incomes above one million dollars.

Florida approved a gradual expansion of its homestead exemption, cutting property taxes except those supporting public schools. State projections put potential annual revenue losses at up to twelve billion dollars beginning in 2031.

Patrols near the Strait of Hormuz

South Korea says it plans to extend anti-piracy patrols closer to the Strait of Hormuz and wants to send a patrol aircraft to protect merchant ships off Oman. Seoul says pirates have ventured farther from Somalia’s coast, while stressing that it wants to keep its forces out of the Iran war.

Poverty in Uzbekistan

The World Bank estimates Uzbekistan’s national poverty rate fell from 17 percent in 2021 to 5.8 percent in 2025, with 3.7 million people moving above the threshold. It highlights wages and employment as factors. Uzbekistan’s government separately reports a rate of 3.6 percent for the first nine months of 2026.

In U.S. elections

Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has won Michigan’s U.S. Senate race, two days after Bruce Springsteen endorsed him on social media. More broadly, a Guardian analysis found that dozens of Republican candidates directly endorsed by President Donald Trump lost their midterm races. In the campaign’s final stages, Trump had urged voters to act as though he were on the ballot himself.

Ukraine

The U.S. Air Force is seeking companies capable of producing more than a thousand Extended Range Attack Munitions, a low-cost, air-launched cruise missile developed for Ukraine’s F-16s. Its request for information calls for deliveries to start within three months of a contract signing and finish within fifteen months.

At the White House, first lady Melania Trump is set to host Ukrainian and Russian officials. On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy awarded her a national honor for helping broker a partial ceasefire that allowed civilians to evacuate a Russian-occupied town.

Power for tents in Gaza

In Khan Younis, a displaced Palestinian has built a makeshift wind turbine to supply electricity to tents. Unable to afford solar panels, he is using wind power to run everyday essentials.

Oil profits and Europe’s energy choices

A report commissioned by Greenpeace Germany found that oil companies earned an additional thirty-six billion euros in margins from the fallout of the U.S.-Iran conflict between March first and October nineteenth.

Meanwhile, an European Investment Bank survey reported by Reuters found that eighty-seven percent of EU respondents want governments to prioritize moving away from oil and gas toward alternative energy and electrified transport. The survey included twenty-three thousand people, with fifty-two percent putting solar first among low-carbon energy sources.

Joshua Wong sentenced

Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being found guilty of colluding with foreign entities under national security law. Wong has been imprisoned since 2020.

Whale rescue in New Zealand

Volunteers are working to save pilot whales stranded near Cape Palliser on New Zealand’s Wairarapa coast. At least fourteen have been helped back into the water, but many others have died along the remote coastline.

University supercomputer hacking charges

Canada has extradited one of two Canadian nationals charged in the United States with hacking university supercomputers. Federal prosecutors say the suspects exploited network flaws, stole login credentials and used the machines to mine cryptocurrency for financial gain. Prosecutors are still seeking custody of the second suspect.

In the United Kingdom

Britain’s Health and Safety Executive has issued its maximum sanction, a Crown Censure, to the Ministry of Defence over the death of Private Jethro Watson-Pickering. The 23-year-old died during training on Salisbury Plain in October 2021. His armored vehicle’s gun barrel struck a tree, spinning the turret and causing a storage bin to hit his head. Investigators found no safe driving system and said risk assessments had not been properly reviewed after similar incidents. Army chief Sir Roly Walker apologized and accepted the findings.

The government has also announced a Ukrainian GCSE after young refugees were pushed to study Russian because no Ukrainian qualification was offered. Schools Minister Georgia Gould apologized. Exam board AQA will develop the qualification with language and subject experts.

In Hong Kong

Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to ten years in prison. Wong became a global face of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

The Florida Learjet investigation

The National Transportation Safety Board says pieces of a Learjet’s left elevator were found up to 3.8 miles from the wreckage in Palm Beach County. Investigators say that distance suggests part of the tail broke away before impact. All nine people aboard were killed in the crash on Sunday, November first.

In U.S. elections

According to the Cook Political Report, Democrat Brian Poindexter, a union ironworker, defeated Republican Max Miller in an Ohio congressional district Donald Trump won by 11 points in 2024. Miller lost his seat while the House Ethics Committee was reviewing domestic abuse allegations against him. He denies the allegations.

Voters in the U.S. midterms also approved restrictions on data centers and elected candidates who pledged tougher oversight of artificial intelligence.

Syria and Saudi Arabia

have signed a defense cooperation agreement and agreed on $403 million in loans. The defense agreement came during Syrian President al-Sharaa’s second visit to Riyadh in less than a month.

Ukraine diplomacy

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he held a 90-minute call Wednesday with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law. Zelensky said the conversation came ahead of talks involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia, scheduled for November tenth and eleventh.