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A communications failure stopped flights across the United States for four hours. The failure began during a routine upgrade.

• FAA outage and travel recovery
• Microsoft service outage
• Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
• Cancer treatment delays
• Yemen’s Taiz siege
• Russian war deaths
• Climate extremes
• Myer’s sales and margins

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• World news | The Guardian — David Jones’ future looks grim. Is Myer next?
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 14 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — 'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision
• World news | The Guardian — Evacuation zone lifted after bomb found at Illinois ethanol plant
• World news | The Guardian — Philippines’ Carmelle wins first Eurovision contest in Asia
• BBC News — Philippines wins first Eurovision Song Contest Asia
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — US blames system upgrade for longest nationwide FAA ground stop since 9/11
• World news | The Guardian — US officials say flight stoppage stemmed from ‘routine maintenance’ as travel chaos continues
• World news | The Guardian — NHS England on track to miss key cancer treatment target by 10,000 patients
• World news | The Guardian — Democrat wins Alaska governor’s seat for first time in nearly 30 years
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A communications failure stopped departures across the United States. A separate cloud outage disrupted work in more than 70 countries. Both put critical infrastructure under scrutiny.

• FAA ground stop
• Microsoft outage
• Nvidia under scrutiny
• Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
• Ukraine talks and strikes
• Immigration and the courts
• Mississippi Senate victory
• New Orleans river collision

Sources:

• World news | The Guardian — US flight outage live updates: FAA grounds thousands of flights as Trump administration looks for cause of nationwide delays
• World news | The Guardian — All passengers and crew accounted for after New Orleans boat crash in ‘miracle on the Mississippi’
• Reuters World News — FAA issues ground stop, Nvidia and Microsoft latest, Pope returns to Peru (Update)
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 13 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — New Orleans boat crash live: all passengers and crew found alive in ‘miracle on the Mississippi’ – as it happened
• BBC News — How the Jensen Huang scandal created a headache for business-friendly Singapore
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 13 | The latest headlines from NPR
• ProPublica — Ethics Watchdog Urges Investigation Into Top Health Official, Alleging Conflict of Interest Over Hormone Therapy Policy
• World news | The Guardian — Rip out ugly clutter to help revive UK high streets, says thinktank
• BBC News — Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage after almost 24 hours of disruption
• 58 more sources

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A leadership crisis is shaking the company at the center of the AI boom. And a standoff in the Strait of Hormuz is putting oil supplies at risk.

• Nvidia succession
• Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
• Ukraine talks and battlefield links
• Gaza’s hospitals and winter shelters
• China’s clean-energy shift
• US immigration detentions
• Microsoft cloud outage
• Measles elimination at risk

Sources:

• BBC News — Scandal-hit Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang quits, plunging AI chipmaking giant into turmoil
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 12 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — Washington DC shooting: police identify victim and suspect – as it happened
• World news | The Guardian — Putin takes hard line in US talks as Ukraine says Starlink disrupted again
• World news | The Guardian — Dozens of protesters arrested after staging sit-in at Chuck Schumer’s DC office
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Italy fight back to beat France 3-1 and move top of Nations League group
• World news | The Guardian — ‘Win-win’ deal with EU could be done, Andy Burnham says
• World news | The Guardian — China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028
• World news | The Guardian — Microsoft begins restoring services amid global outage affecting Outlook and Teams
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 12 | The latest headlines from NPR
• 54 more sources

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Mississippi has elected a Democratic senator for the first time in decades. In Washington, the election’s fallout is already sharpening fights over war and oversight.

• Mississippi Senate upset
• Hegseth vote and congressional oversight
• Iran blockade and war pressure
• Gaza floods and shelter
• Ukraine negotiations
• Voting challenges in Georgia
• Healthcare access

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• World news | The Guardian — Democrat Scott Colom to be first Black senator elected in Mississippi since 1874 after narrow win – US politics live
• World news | The Guardian — Hacker claims to have sold VCE exam papers to hundreds of students after government website hack
• World news | The Guardian — Democrat Scott Colom unseats Cindy Hyde-Smith in shocking Mississippi Senate win
• World news | The Guardian — Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change
• World news | The Guardian — Hegseth and aides scolded by guard for laughing at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Israeli strikes hit medical complex as nine killed across Gaza
• World news | The Guardian — UK appoints world’s first special representative for climate security
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Judge rules Trump’s $10bn BBC defamation suit can proceed
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 11 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — Clashes erupt in Barcelona after thousands join Spain general strike
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Congress faces pressure to act on the Iran war, while higher prices and an approaching winter are bringing distant conflicts closer to home.

• Congress and the Iran war
• Voters, prices and leadership
• Food assistance at risk
• Iran diplomacy and inspections
• Ukraine talks under fire
• Gaza’s winter shelter crisis
• Measles and vaccination
• AI infrastructure and accountability

Sources:

• World news | The Guardian — Pentagon declares ‘total victory’ after House Republicans block effort to impeach Pete Hegseth – US politics live
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 10 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, jailed after cutting off ankle monitor, DoJ says
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 10 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — First day of Ukraine peace talks constructive, Zelensky says
• BBC News — Why does Australia want Brits to swap Sydney for the outback?
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 10 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — Emmanuel and Brigitte Macron file new defamation lawsuit against Candace Owens
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — US voters want Democrats focused on ending Iran war, lowering costs: Poll
• World news | The Guardian — French police raid Ritz hotel in Mohamed Al Fayed sexual abuse investigation
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Washington and Tehran are talking about ending the war, while ships remain under threat and a US blockade stays in place. The gap between a possible deal and a safe passage through Hormuz is still wide.

• Iran negotiations and shipping
• War powers and the US exit question
• Nvidia scrutiny
• Gaza’s shelter emergency
• Ukraine’s energy and battlefield pressure
• What to watch in Washington

Sources:

• BBC News — What we know so far about Jensen Huang's affair with suspected Chinese spy
• BBC News — Republican congressman to force impeachment vote on Defence Secretary Hegseth
• PBS News Hour - Full Show — Hegseth faces impeachment push as Congress returns to Washington
• World news | The Guardian — Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy
• World news | The Guardian — Donald Trump doubles down on defense of Pete Hegseth and attacks fresh effort to impeach him – live
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 09 | The latest headlines from NPR
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Trump says war on Iran ‘effectively over’ after talks with Qatar’s PM
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 09 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — Zoe Kleinman: Nvidia CEO's affair will cause ripples across US and beyond
• World news | The Guardian — US citizen shot by ICE officer near children’s bus stop sues government for $25m
• 55 more sources

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A deadly shooting has shaken Poland. In Washington, a midterm backlash is about to change who holds the investigative power.

• Kraków shooting
• US midterm backlash
• Congressional oversight and Iran war
• Israel’s coalition arithmetic
• Gaza flood emergency
• Ukraine talks and power strikes
• Nvidia investigation
• COP31 and energy demand
• Newborn vitamin K

Sources:

• BBC News — Surgeon having lunch near Krakow shooting undoubtedly saved officer's life, colleague says
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 08 | The latest headlines from NPR
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — US chipmaker Nvidia investigates CEO Jensen Huang over affair
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 08 | The latest headlines from NPR
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Why Trump wants UFC chief Dana White as his new White House press secretary
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 08 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — ‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms
• World news | The Guardian — Nvidia opens investigation after report CEO Jensen Huang was target of foreign intelligence
• Global News Podcast — The Global Story: They fled Russia. The US sent them back
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Man United earn 4-4 draw against Aston Villa but remain in relegation zone
• 43 more sources

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Democrats are preparing to control Congress, while Trump has put a hardline adviser in charge of his White House. Overseas, mediators are trying to keep the Strait of Hormuz from becoming the next flashpoint.

• US midterm fallout
• Iran and the Strait of Hormuz
• Gaza winter storm
• Ukraine civilian strikes
• Paraguay banking and political crisis
• New Zealand election
• Data-centre backlash

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• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 07 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — What we know so far after Krakow gun attack
• World news | The Guardian — Kraków shooting latest updates: six killed and more than a dozen injured – as it happened
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 07 | The latest headlines from NPR
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 07 | The latest headlines from NPR
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Israel’s president picks Eisenkot over Netanyahu to form next government
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — How did AIPAC-backed candidates fare in the US midterm elections?
• World news | The Guardian — How do you broker UN climate talks when your own country is a big coal and gas exporter? Chris Bowen is about to find out
• World news | The Guardian — A Big Build royal commission helped Ben Carroll become premier. Will it be his downfall?
• World news | The Guardian — Rise in NHS birth centre closures ‘shocking’ denial of women’s rights, experts say
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Democrats have taken the House, Trump has chosen Stephen Miller as chief of staff, and a local fight over data centers has rattled global markets.

• Midterm fallout
• The AI buildout meets resistance
• Jobs and household costs
• Iran, Hormuz, and regional risk
• Ukraine’s winter pressure
• Paraguay’s banking crisis
• California’s death-row decision

Sources:

• Reuters World News — Susie Wiles replaced, tech stocks rebound, Cybertruck wind down (Updated)
• World news | The Guardian — Democrats blast Trump’s decision to appoint Stephen Miller as chief of staff in wake of Republican midterm rout – live
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — When a single vowel stands in the path to victory, the stakes could not be higher for these spelling bee champions
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — Thomas Markle, Meghan’s father, charged in Florida in connection to child sexual abuse material
• World news | The Guardian — Global stocks fall amid ‘big worries over AI’ after Democrats’ midterms triumph
• Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera — Who is Stephen Miller, Trump’s new White House chief of staff?
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 06 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — AI stocks climb after trillions wiped from market values
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Democrats have won Congress, and investors are already pricing in what that could mean for AI infrastructure. The bigger test comes in January: whether the new majority can turn an affordability backlash into relief.

• Democratic wave and governing limits
• AI sell-off and data-centre opposition
• Iran war and energy
• Israel's coalition arithmetic
• Ukraine and Yemen
• UK rates and inflation

Sources:

• BBC News — Major tech stocks plunge as US midterms add to fears of AI slowdown
• World news | The Guardian — US elections 2026 live: Democrats hold nearly 100 more House seats than Republicans as blue wave continues to grow
• World news | The Guardian — Beau Lamarre-Condon trial live updates: former police officer continues evidence in double murder trial
• BBC News — Delhi's toxic winter air is back - is the Indian capital prepared for pollution?
• NPR News Now — 6pm ET, November 05 | The latest headlines from NPR
• BBC News — California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
• World news | The Guardian — Powerhouse Parramatta opens this weekend – and it’s dazzling inside and out
• NPR News Now — 5pm ET, November 05 | The latest headlines from NPR
• World news | The Guardian — Nasdaq sees worst day in 18 months as investors bet on AI slowdown after Democrats’ election triumph
• NPR News Now — 4pm ET, November 05 | The latest headlines from NPR
• 78 more sources

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