Gulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protestsGulf mediators and Iran agree to keep talking as US strike threat loomsIsrael votes at record turnout in election too close to callCongo Ebola cases pass 10,000 as neighbours tighten quarantineHouthis claim missile strike on Ras Tanura as Egypt backs RiyadhOleshky truce holds as Nordic leaders speak with PutinDrone strikes kill 21 in Nyala and cut power across Sudan as states warn of famineChurch reports 60 Orthodox Christians killed in two Oromia attacksIndia evacuates eastern coast as very severe Cyclone Arnab nears landfallJordan strikes southern Syria after church attack, Damascus protestsAnthropic's IPO filing shows heavy losses and warns of existential risksRussian strikes damage Kyiv's South Bridge and cut power in seven regionsFlávio Bolsonaro leaves for US as Brazil cancels his passportsOil holds near $115 while gas, fuel costs and inflation stay highChina's AI stocks keep falling despite state supportFrench student groups reject concessions as finance minister rules out new spendingAI stocks rebound as Meta raises equity and Anthropic files for IPOHebron displacement nears 5,000 as officers expect pullout after voteTwo men charged over RAF Fairford incidentStudent List wins Serbian election as Croatia demands acknowledgement of 1990s warsIndonesia and Singapore plan haze task force amid tensionsBrazil's real suffers worst day in over 25 years after Lula comebackIran threatens legal action against Sinokor ships over HormuzUN commission says Israel continued genocide in Gaza after ceasefireGas exporters meet in Moscow as Iranian and Qatari leaders hold talksIndonesian bond yield hits four-year high as MSCI risk and oil weighFrench consumer confidence hits 13-year low amid protests
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The Situation · Edition 47

Wednesday, 28 October 2026

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Israelis voted on Tuesday, 27 October, in the first election since 7 October 2023, and turnout was the highest in decades. Polls show neither Netanyahu's bloc nor Eisenkot's opposition reaching 61 seats, so the result is too close to call.

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Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv overnight into Tuesday, damaging the South Bridge and metro and killing one person, while Le Monde reports power cuts in seven oblasts. Around occupied Oleshky, a US-backed local ceasefire began on Tuesday to evacuate civilians. Jordan says its air strikes in southern Syria on Monday night killed more than 20 Islamic State fighters, while Damascus condemns them and says civilians died. In the Gulf, the Houthis claim a ballistic missile hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery, and Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish officials left Tehran on Monday with only a promise to keep talking.

Anthropic made its 335-page listing prospectus public on Monday, reporting about $16.3bn in revenue and an $80.7bn net loss for the first half of 2026. Asian and US stocks rose afterwards, and Meta's equity sale was reportedly five times oversubscribed. Brent eased to about $115 a barrel on Tuesday, while gas prices and fuel bills remain elevated.

Less noticed is Congo's Ebola outbreak, which reached 10,060 confirmed cases and 4,887 deaths on Tuesday, according to government data, making it the country's fastest-growing and deadliest on record. Tomorrow, watch whether the Israeli count produces a viable majority.

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