Krakow shooting death toll rises to six; minister says gunman was inspired by far-right ideologies
Polish police confirmed six people were killed, four women and two men, and 15 injured in the shooting in Krakow's Main Market Square; the Associated Press later updated the injured toll to 16, including two police officers, one of them critically wounded. The gunman, a 25-year-old Polish citizen and the only perpetrator, was shot by police, detained and taken to hospital. Interior Minister Marcin Kierwinski said he was fascinated by far-right ideologies and held "very radical views", while the defence minister called the attack an "act of terror" and denied the gunman had ever served in the military; the motive remains under investigation.
The most important world events of the past 24 hours
Trump names Stephen Miller White House chief of staff as Susie Wiles departs
🐱 Scout US anchor · Trump names Miller chief of staff
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that longtime aide Stephen Miller will become White House chief of staff, replacing Susie Wiles effective Monday, November 9; Wiles submitted her resignation on Thursday evening and will move to Trump's political operation. The shake-up is the first major White House personnel change since the midterm elections, in which Republicans lost control of both chambers of Congress; Miller, 41, the architect of Trump's hardline immigration agenda, has been at Trump's side since 2015, and his elevation is widely read as a signal that Trump will not soften course.
Background: Democrats seized control of the House and Senate in Tuesday's midterms, a historic defeat for Republicans.
Russia fires 36 missiles and 172 drones at Kyiv overnight; Northern Bridge and energy sites hit
🐱 Scout field reporter · Russian overnight strike on Kyiv
Russia launched 36 missiles and 172 drones at Kyiv and surrounding regions overnight, in three waves of ballistic missile strikes that damaged energy facilities, residential buildings and the Northern Bridge across the Dnipro River, leaving parts of the capital without power, water or heating. One person was killed and eight were wounded, including a child; Ukraine's air force said it intercepted 149 drones and four missiles. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia was preparing for next week's trilateral talks "with ballistic missiles", as the US, Ukraine and Russia are due to meet in Abu Dhabi on November 10–11.
Background: Russian strikes have repeatedly hit Ukraine's energy grid this week, leaving Kyiv's 3 million residents facing long emergency blackouts.
Sources: Reuters, Ukrinform, United24 Media (3 outlets)
Trump confirms US strike on Iran's Qeshm Island air defences; Tehran warns retaliation has "no geographical limit"
🐱 Scout anchor · US confirms strike on Iran's Qeshm Island
President Donald Trump confirmed on Friday that US forces carried out what he called minor strikes on a newly built Iranian air-defence system on Qeshm Island, saying it was knocked out in about 15 minutes — the first US strike on Iran since the midterm elections. Iran said its air defences shot down a US drone over the island, a claim Washington has not confirmed. On Saturday, an Iranian Army spokesperson warned Tehran could target US military bases "without geographical limitations" if attacked again, while Trump said Washington was talking with Iran and had made "a lot of progress"; Qatar said claims the talks had failed serve "only those seeking to prolong the war".
Background: Trump said on Thursday he would soon decide whether to resume large-scale strikes, while Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Oman mediate a two-day proposal.
Sources: AP, Al Jazeera, The Insight International (3 outlets)
Third wave of bomb threats disrupts at least 18 more European flights; newsrooms also targeted
🐱 Scout pilot · Fresh bomb threats disrupt European flights
A fresh wave of hoax bomb threats disrupted at least 18 flights across Europe on Friday, forcing diversions, delays and security searches on services to or from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czechia, France, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania and the UK; media organisations in Ireland and Bulgaria were also threatened, and Hungary scrambled fighter jets three times to escort civilian aircraft. All affected planes landed safely and no explosives were found; more than 50 flights have now been disrupted this week, and investigators have found no evidence that a terrorist group or a state actor is behind the campaign.
Background: At least 35 flights were diverted or searched after similar threats on Tuesday and Thursday.
Political developments and international relations
France braces for fourth round of protests: union march approved, Yellow Vest rally banned, 70,000 police deployed
France faces a fourth round of cost-of-living protests on Saturday: an authorised union and student march is due to set off from Place de la République in Paris at 2 p.m. local time, while the Yellow Vests plan a separate rally at Place de la Concorde despite a police ban, calling for "mass disobedience" and about 120 actions nationwide. Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez has deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, with 25 Centaure armoured vehicles and 15 water cannon; the Louvre, Orsay and Picasso museums are closed and 14 Paris metro stations shut.
Background: Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has called a "social conference" with unions and employers for Monday, November 9, to discuss purchasing power and wages.
Paraguay: Alliana pledges to compensate depositors as ex-central bank chief detained, 27 face charges
Paraguay's new president, Pedro Alliana, pledged after being sworn in on Friday to compensate the nearly three million depositors hit by the collapse of digital bank Ueno; prosecutors have placed former president Santiago Peña under house arrest on suspicion of breach of trust, with charges possibly including influence peddling, and ordered him to appear before prosecutors on Saturday morning. Former central bank chief Carlos Carvallo has also been detained and eight former Ueno executives are in custody; the attorney general has opened three investigations into the bank crisis and at least 27 people face criminal charges.
Background: The Senate voted 44–0 on Friday to remove Peña from office, making him the second Paraguayan president ever removed by impeachment.
Prospective investors are pressing Anthropic to cut the $1.5 trillion valuation targeted for its November listing, the Wall Street Journal reported, with at least three major investors saying the price must come down — one suggesting about $1 trillion and another proposing a smaller offering raising roughly $80 billion; Bloomberg reported some buyers are discussing a $1.2 trillion to $1.3 trillion range. The pushback follows this week's rout in technology shares and concern that Democrats, after the midterms, may restrict data-centre construction; Anthropic declined to comment and its roadshow is expected to start next week.
Background: Anthropic's targeted valuation was as high as $2 trillion earlier this year and had already fallen to $1.5 trillion in October.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Reuters (3 outlets)
Oil posts biggest weekly fall since Covid, down over 16%, as Friday sees small rebound
Brent crude settled at $98.32 a barrel on Friday, up 3 cents on the day, but lost more than 16 percent over the week — its largest weekly percentage fall since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic — while US WTI crude settled at $90.83, down nearly 13 percent on the week. The sell-off was driven by bets that the end of the US midterm elections opens the way to a US–Iran deal and a reopening of the Strait of Hormuz; prices steadied on Friday as fresh attacks on tankers in the strait restored some geopolitical risk premium.
Background: Brent touched $93.22 a barrel on Thursday, a two-month low.
Tech companies, research breakthroughs and digital policy
Tesla to end Cybertruck production next year, converting line to the Cybercab
Tesla will wind down Cybertruck production at its Texas factory around the middle of next year and convert the line to build the Cybercab, its two-seat autonomous taxi, chief executive Elon Musk said on the company's earnings call on Thursday. Cybertruck sales fell 19.7 percent in the third quarter, with demand fading after the initial hype; the move signals Tesla's shift of resources toward robotics and artificial intelligence.
Background: The stainless-steel truck was once hailed as an EV disrupter, but high costs and a niche market limited its sales.
Sources: The Wall Street Journal, Business Insider (2 outlets)
OpenAI releases GPT-6 Cyber, its first model rated "Critical" for cybersecurity
OpenAI released GPT-6 Cyber on Thursday, a security-specialised model it rates "Critical" for cybersecurity under its Preparedness Framework — its highest tier and the first model to reach it, up from "High" for GPT-5.6 Cyber. OpenAI said the model found 81 previously unknown high-severity flaws in Firefox and reproduced 1,724 Linux kernel vulnerabilities, building working exploits for 948 of them, 588 previously unknown, at a cost of about $1.2 million in API credits; access is limited to vetted customers through its Daybreak Red programme.
Background: All capability figures are OpenAI's own and have not been independently verified; a model that builds working exploits is dual-use by definition.
Sources: Reuters, VentureBeat, The Register (3 outlets)
Blue Origin pushes New Glenn return to flight to January 2027
Blue Origin has pushed the return to flight of its New Glenn rocket to January 2027, chief executive Dave Limp said in an internal memo, missing its target of flying again before the end of this year; rebuilding the launch pad has run behind schedule, with summer weather slowing repairs, though the access tower has been restacked and the launch bridge restored. The delay was disclosed as the company unveiled a new third stage, GS3, and a more powerful Northstar booster engine; New Glenn has been grounded since an explosion during a ground test in May extensively damaged its Florida launch pad.
Background: The mission was to carry Amazon internet satellites, and the slip leaves less room before NASA's planned Artemis III lunar mission next year.
Sources: Financial Times, Reuters, The Register (3 outlets)
Military developments, security situations and conflicts
Komyshuvakha toll rises to 53 as search enters sixth day
The death toll from Russia's November 2 bombing of a humanitarian aid distribution point in the village of Komyshuvakha, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, has risen to 53, acting regional governor Mykhaylo Semikin said on Friday, with dozens still missing and the search entering its sixth day without a final count. Russian jets first hit a school building where residents were collecting aid with a three-ton FAB-3000 bomb, then dropped nine more bombs on a shelter where civilians and rescuers had taken cover; two rescue workers and a military medic were among the dead. It is the deadliest Russian attack on the region since the full-scale invasion began.
Background: The official toll climbed through the week from 31 on November 3 to 53, and the final figure is still not established.
Sources: The Kyiv Independent, Reuters (2 outlets)
Human Rights Watch: over 300 killed in Sudan drone attacks in first three weeks of October
Human Rights Watch said on Friday that the United Nations had reported more than 300 people killed in drone attacks in Sudan in the first three weeks of October; Sudan's army says the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have launched 70 attacks involving 187 drones from Ethiopian territory since February, killing or wounding 484 civilians, and Khartoum has complained to the UN Security Council and the African Union. The dispute escalated this week as Sudan closed Ethiopia's consulate in Gedaref and declared its staff persona non grata.
Background: Sudan's civil war has run since April 2023, and drones have become the main danger to civilians.
Sources: Human Rights Watch, Al Jazeera, AFP (3 outlets)
US measles cases pass 5,000, a 35-year high, with a third death in a week
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded 5,182 measles cases this year, the highest annual total since 1991 and more than double the 2,289 cases recorded in all of 2025, spread across 45 states and Washington, D.C. Wisconsin reported on Thursday that an infant had died of measles, the state's first such death in 36 years and the third US measles death reported in a week; states have reported eight deaths in total, though the CDC has confirmed only four. The Pan American Health Organization will review from November 10–13 whether the US has lost the measles elimination status it has held since 2000.
Background: US kindergarten MMR vaccination coverage has fallen to 92.4 percent, down from 95.2 percent in the 2019–20 school year.
Sources: Reuters, CDC, KFF Health News (3 outlets)
At least 33 killed as militants raid village in eastern Congo, Ebola patients forced to flee
Allied Democratic Forces militants, a group recognised by Islamic State as an affiliate, raided the village of Cantine in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, late on Thursday night, killing at least 33 civilians and setting fire to a health post; 180 patients fled the local hospital, including one confirmed Ebola patient and five suspected cases, breaking the contact-tracing chain. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Friday the attack was hampering the Ebola response.
China-related news (international media coverage only)
Taiwan Strait: PLA pressure continues as second batch of three F-16Vs due to arrive
Taiwan's defence minister, Wellington Koo, said on Friday that a second batch of three US-made F-16V Block 70 fighter jets is expected to arrive in Taiwan soon; the first two arrived at Chihhang Air Base on October 2, the first deliveries from a 66-jet order approved by Washington in 2019 that was meant to start in 2023 but has run about three years late. Chinese military aircraft have operated around Taiwan for days, with 49 sorties recorded on November 3 — 31 of them entering Taiwan's air defence identification zone — followed by 22 on November 4 and 21 on November 5.
Background: Taiwan allocated about $8 billion for the 66 jets, with the remaining deliveries now expected in 2027–2028.
Sources: CNA, Taiwan Ministry of National Defense (2 outlets)
