Qatari mediators return to Tehran as US strike fears grow before midtermsBinance loses $6.3bn in record crypto theft, North Korea blamedTech rout deepens as Amazon and Intel results stoke AI spending fearsLimpet mines hit Hormuz tanker as Iran blames ships for using unauthorised routesUkraine resumes refinery strikes as Russian attacks kill about 20Hundreds leave Oleshky under truce as Europe fears exclusion from talksOil and gas stay high as eleven EU states release oil reservesStudy links 3,560 Indonesian deaths in September to fire smoke as Singapore widens haze probeSpain blames control-centre errors for Toledo train crashCoalition talks begin in deadlocked Israel as foreign-funding probe widensSaudi Arabia reports Houthi drone near Mecca as Taiz and Aden sufferProtests over prices and youth prospects reach Italy and Germany after French unrestNovaya Gazeta to close after eviction and loss of donationsBank of Japan holds rates but says 2% goal reached, as Fed and ECB signal hikesTech stocks slide after Blackstone flags junk rating for AnthropicJustice Department widens Alaska and California election probes as Trump restores ralliesAfrican health ministers keep borders open as Ebola spreadsDrone strikes on displaced-persons camp in Ethiopia's Amhara kill 14 to 16BP profit jumps as Middle East war lifts refining marginsUS moves to bar Chinese testing labs and curb telecoms as China denies Nvidia spy reportAI demand lifts chip and electronics firms across AsiaIsrael blows up homes in Hebron as siege forces 5,000 to fleeEl Salvador sends more than 2,000 troops to Haiti after ambushNigerian probe finds 33 detainees died in civil-defence custodyFrench economy contracts 0.1% as German growth beats forecastsG20 foreign ministers divided over wars; group photo cancelledCanada and EU launch 'Alliance for the Future' at Montreal summitKim demands drone expansion as Seoul vows firm response to border breachesXi urges EU and Germany to stay anchored in partnership as trade curbs loomUN bodies warn of war crimes and ethnic cleansing fears in Gaza despite ceasefireSerbia's Student List pushes to review institutions after election winSenior RSF commander defects as investigation maps wartime rape in SudanBrčko mourns four EUFOR members killed in Italian helicopter crashChina's party plenum ends with purge of 33 and PLA anti-graft expansionVolkswagen pauses electric Golf as Audi profit falls 87% and guidance is cutMayon volcano erupts in the Philippines, evacuations orderedMachado returns to Venezuela urging 2027 elections as Rodríguez promises a vote without a dateChina stages military patrols and coastguard drills in disputed South China SeaFlávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami and draws ridicule as Trump reportedly will not back his claimHong Kong officials apologise over Tai Po fire, survivors say it came too lateRussia-Africa summit in Moscow ends as Putin turns to bilateral talksPolish president turns back from Senegal as Constitutional Court chief is suspendedIrish government to assess possibility of unity with Northern IrelandDockworkers strike in ports across 22 countries over arms shipmentsQatari mediators return to Tehran as US strike fears grow before midtermsBinance loses $6.3bn in record crypto theft, North Korea blamedTech rout deepens as Amazon and Intel results stoke AI spending fearsLimpet mines hit Hormuz tanker as Iran blames ships for using unauthorised routesUkraine resumes refinery strikes as Russian attacks kill about 20Hundreds leave Oleshky under truce as Europe fears exclusion from talksOil and gas stay high as eleven EU states release oil reservesStudy links 3,560 Indonesian deaths in September to fire smoke as Singapore widens haze probeSpain blames control-centre errors for Toledo train crashCoalition talks begin in deadlocked Israel as foreign-funding probe widensSaudi Arabia reports Houthi drone near Mecca as Taiz and Aden sufferProtests over prices and youth prospects reach Italy and Germany after French unrestNovaya Gazeta to close after eviction and loss of donationsBank of Japan holds rates but says 2% goal reached, as Fed and ECB signal hikesTech stocks slide after Blackstone flags junk rating for AnthropicJustice Department widens Alaska and California election probes as Trump restores ralliesAfrican health ministers keep borders open as Ebola spreadsDrone strikes on displaced-persons camp in Ethiopia's Amhara kill 14 to 16BP profit jumps as Middle East war lifts refining marginsUS moves to bar Chinese testing labs and curb telecoms as China denies Nvidia spy reportAI demand lifts chip and electronics firms across AsiaIsrael blows up homes in Hebron as siege forces 5,000 to fleeEl Salvador sends more than 2,000 troops to Haiti after ambushNigerian probe finds 33 detainees died in civil-defence custodyFrench economy contracts 0.1% as German growth beats forecastsG20 foreign ministers divided over wars; group photo cancelledCanada and EU launch 'Alliance for the Future' at Montreal summitKim demands drone expansion as Seoul vows firm response to border breachesXi urges EU and Germany to stay anchored in partnership as trade curbs loomUN bodies warn of war crimes and ethnic cleansing fears in Gaza despite ceasefireSerbia's Student List pushes to review institutions after election winSenior RSF commander defects as investigation maps wartime rape in SudanBrčko mourns four EUFOR members killed in Italian helicopter crashChina's party plenum ends with purge of 33 and PLA anti-graft expansionVolkswagen pauses electric Golf as Audi profit falls 87% and guidance is cutMayon volcano erupts in the Philippines, evacuations orderedMachado returns to Venezuela urging 2027 elections as Rodríguez promises a vote without a dateChina stages military patrols and coastguard drills in disputed South China SeaFlávio Bolsonaro flees to Miami and draws ridicule as Trump reportedly will not back his claimHong Kong officials apologise over Tai Po fire, survivors say it came too lateRussia-Africa summit in Moscow ends as Putin turns to bilateral talksPolish president turns back from Senegal as Constitutional Court chief is suspendedIrish government to assess possibility of unity with Northern IrelandDockworkers strike in ports across 22 countries over arms shipments
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The Situation · Edition 50

Saturday, 31 October 2026

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Hackers drained about $6.3bn from Binance, the world's largest crypto exchange, in what analysts call the biggest crypto heist ever. TRM Labs attributes the attack to North Korea's TraderTraitor unit. The theft came as US tech shares were already sliding.

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Russia and Ukraine began evacuating occupied Oleshky on Friday under a local truce, while Europeans fear being shut out of the coming talks. Elsewhere in the war, Russia says Ukraine resumed drone strikes on refineries after a pause, and Russian attacks killed around 20 people. In the Gulf, Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday to seek an interim deal before the US vote on Tuesday, and Washington has not ruled out renewed strikes. Maritime sources say a small boat attached limpet mines to a tanker in Hormuz on Thursday, while Iran says other tankers hit mines on unauthorised routes.

The Nasdaq fell 2.9% on Friday, its biggest drop since 5 June, after weak Amazon and Intel results, and the FT reports that Big Tech has shed nearly $900bn. Energy stayed expensive: Brent traded near $113, European spot gas passed €100 per megawatt hour, and eleven EU states will release strategic oil.

Off the radar, Russia's last major independent newspaper, Novaya Gazeta, announced on Friday that it will shut down on 9 November. Its editors say the security services forced the closure. Tomorrow, watch Serbia, where voting is to be repeated at 53 polling stations.

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