Krakow gunman visited Breivik websites, minister says, suggesting far-right influence
Poland's Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek said on Tuesday the dead gunman had visited websites about Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, adding there were signs he may have been influenced by right-wing extremism; police also found a silencer in the gunman's car. A day earlier prosecutors said they had no evidence yet tying him to a specific ideology, while the interior minister refused to retract his far-right claim, turning the motive question into a political dispute; the government said it would review gun permit rules.
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France accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guard of hacking supermarket fridges, summons envoy
🐱 Scout France anchor · France accuses Iran of supermarket fridge hacks
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot accused Iran's Revolutionary Guard on Monday of cyberattacks that took over refrigeration controllers at around 700 supermarkets across France in early October, pushing temperatures above 50C and spoiling tons of food. France summoned Iran's ambassador on Tuesday and said it would push for EU sanctions, with Barrot warning Paris could respond with cyber measures of its own. Iran's mission to the United Nations did not return messages seeking comment; Tehran routinely denies carrying out malicious cyber operations.
Background: The attacks were among the most disruptive cyber incidents since the war with Iran began in February, a conflict marked by sporadic episodes of suspected digital sabotage.
Trump says Iran war 'effectively over' militarily, but blockade and strike threat remain
🐱 Scout US anchor · Trump says Iran war effectively over militarily
President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room on Monday after meeting Qatar's prime minister, saying the war with Iran "militarily is effectively over" and that its military leadership had been "decapitated", adding that further major strikes did not seem necessary for now. At the same time he said Washington would maintain the "greatest military blockade ever" on Iranian ports and a new Operation Iron Gate effort to cut overland routes, insisting US forces remain "locked and loaded, ready to go for any reason that changes". Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday Tehran was willing to negotiate an end to the "no war, no peace" state, but Secretary of State Marco Rubio said talks were far from a breakthrough.
Background: The war has lasted more than eight months; Qatar is mediating a two-day ceasefire proposal under which the US would lift its port blockade and Iran would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear inspections.
Sources: Associated Press, New York Post (2 outlets)
US, Ukraine and Russia open Abu Dhabi talks; Moscow says new European security framework is core
🐱 Scout diplomat · US-Ukraine-Russia talks open in Abu Dhabi
Trilateral talks between the United States, Ukraine and Russia opened in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the first three-way round since February, scheduled to run for two days. A source in the Russian delegation said the main thrust would be hammering out the key elements of a new post-war security framework for Europe, including mechanisms to prevent threats and strengthen regional stability. Washington is represented by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Russia by presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky leading an 11-person delegation, and Ukraine by national security chief Rustem Umerov; French, German, British and EU officials are also in Abu Dhabi, but Russia has made clear it does not want Europeans in the negotiations.
Background: Trump has said he believes a broad deal to end the war is close, but observers expect little chance of a breakthrough, with a date for the next round or small steps such as prisoner exchanges seen as the realistic outcome.
Poland's Justice Minister Waldemar Zurek told Radio Krakow on Tuesday that the dead gunman had visited websites about Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, adding there were signs he may have been influenced by right-wing extremism; police also found a silencer in the gunman's car. The remarks came a day after prosecutors said they had no evidence yet tying the gunman to a specific ideology, while the interior minister refused to retract his claim of far-right inspiration, turning the motive question into a political dispute.
Background: The gunman opened fire in Krakow's historic main square on Saturday, killing six people; his parents and sister were later found dead at the family home, and the gunman died in hospital early on Monday. Prosecutors have opened a terrorism investigation, which continues.
Political developments and international relations
Rep. Massie files eight impeachment articles against Hegseth; House vote possible by Wednesday
Republican Representative Thomas Massie stood on the House floor on Monday afternoon and read out a 34-page resolution carrying eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, then filed it as a privileged resolution accusing him of violating the War Powers Resolution in the Iran war and ignoring laws protecting civilians, among other charges. Under House rules, leaders must act within two legislative days, so a vote — on the articles, a motion to table, or referral to committee — could come as soon as Wednesday. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries calls himself a "hard yes", while Trump has publicly defended Hegseth and Speaker Mike Johnson calls the effort a publicity stunt.
Background: Massie first filed the same articles in September, when Johnson sent the House home a day early and the resolution expired; this time the chamber is back for a lame-duck session a week after midterms handed Democrats control of both chambers from January.
Supreme Court clears Big Bend border wall construction
The US Supreme Court on Monday granted the Trump administration's emergency request to lift a federal judge's order, allowing border wall construction to resume in the Big Bend region of West Texas, including a 17-mile noncontiguous vehicle barrier system inside Big Bend National Park. The unsigned opinion drew only one noted dissenter, liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson; the underlying lawsuit continues, and the stay remains in place while the government pursues a full appeal. The plaintiffs include the Center for Biological Diversity and a group seeking to preserve a historic adobe church in Ruidosa, Texas.
Background: Homeland Security issued waivers under a 1996 law to bypass environmental rules and speed construction of more than 300 miles of barriers and roads; in October, US District Judge Kathleen Cardone blocked the project, finding the waivers lacked clear congressional authorization.
California voters reject Proposition 40 billionaire tax
California voters rejected Proposition 40, a one-time 5% tax on the net worth of the state's roughly 200 billionaires, by 52.8% to 47.2%, the Associated Press called late on Monday. The measure, backed by the healthcare workers' union SEIU-UHW, was designed to raise about $100 billion to backfill federal healthcare cuts; opponents raised about $379 million, roughly ten times the supporters' total, with Google co-founder Sergey Brin contributing more than $100 million. Governor Gavin Newsom also opposed the measure.
Background: The tax would have been the first of its kind in the United States; a companion measure, Proposition 42, which would ban new wealth taxes, was leading 51.6% to 48.3% but had not yet been called.
Global stocks climb as oil slides below $90; Anthropic IPO roadshow starts, CPI awaited
World stocks rose on Tuesday as Brent crude fell below $90 a barrel for the first time since late August, with the pan-European STOXX 600 up 0.5%, South Korea's KOSPI up 4.4% and Japan's Nikkei up 2.9%, after Trump said he plans to hold off on new military strikes against Iran. Anthropic is expected to formally launch the roadshow for its initial public offering on Tuesday, with pricing expected next week, after details of a plan to raise nearly $70 billion were briefly circulated to banks and then retracted late on Monday. US October CPI is due later on Tuesday, with economists expecting a 0.3% monthly rise.
Background: US stocks rallied sharply on Monday, with the S&P 500 up 2.35% and the Nasdaq up 2.74%, recovering part of last week's rout; traders price an 82% chance of a Federal Reserve rate hike next month.
Boeing will trim 5% of its commercial airplane workforce, the Seattle Times reported on Monday, citing commercial airplanes chief Stephanie Pope telling employees of the plan. Boeing has not confirmed the number of jobs affected or a timetable. It is the planemaker's latest round of cuts as it presses on with restoring production and controlling costs.
Background: Boeing has cut jobs repeatedly in recent years as it dealt with the financial fallout from the 737 MAX crisis, strikes and supply-chain problems; its commercial airplanes division is its largest business unit.
Tech companies, research breakthroughs and digital policy
Nvidia shareholders sue Huang and company as FBI looks into affair
Nvidia shareholders filed a proposed class action in federal court in San Jose, California, on Monday, five minutes after US markets closed, accusing the company and CEO Jensen Huang of misleading investors by concealing his alleged relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive of Singapore-based customer Megaspeed described as a suspected Chinese intelligence asset. President Trump said on Monday the FBI was looking into the matter, adding that Huang told him he had "absolutely no idea" the woman was a spy. Nvidia's board announced an independent investigation on Sunday, saying it had no reason to believe national security or company secrets had been compromised; shares closed down 4.27% on Monday.
Background: Huang has told employees in a memo that he was unfaithful to his wife and will cooperate with the investigation while staying in his job; three House committees have asked him to attend a closed briefing on November 18, and Nvidia reports earnings on November 17.
Meta said on Monday it would expand its AI age-estimation technology globally on Instagram to move millions more teens into Teen Account protections, even if they gave birth dates showing they are adults, as the company faces lawsuits alleging its platforms harm young users. The system uses profile context, social connections and text cues to identify suspected 13- to 17-year-olds; Teen Accounts automatically limit who can contact them, the content they see and their time on the apps. Meta said it is continuing the rollout on Facebook and will begin similar technology globally on Threads later this year.
Background: Meta reached settlements worth up to $18 billion with nearly every US state and territory in August to resolve lawsuits alleging its platforms harm teens.
Military developments, security situations and conflicts
Ten nations to sign naval pact in Oslo to track Russian submarines and protect cables
Ten nations — Britain, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden — are due to sign a naval partnership on Tuesday aboard the British aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo, according to the Financial Times, strengthening naval, air and ground cooperation under the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force. The pact focuses on tracking Russian submarine movements and protecting undersea cables and pipelines across the North Atlantic, Arctic and Baltic Sea, after a US-backed operation foiled a suspected cable sabotage plot.
Background: The ten nations completed joint exercises across northern Europe in September and October, including the Lion Protector 26 series; the carrier is also hosting the Atlantic Future Forum and the International Sea Power Conference this week.
At least 17 people have died and 12 others have been injured in an explosion at the Habas Demir Celik iron and steel plant in Aliaga, near the port city of Izmir in western Turkey. The local governor said the blast happened around midday after a crane carrying a replacement boiler collapsed, causing materials to fall into a furnace below. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan originally said the death toll was 16, but Health Minister Kemal Memişoğlu later announced that one of the critically injured had died, taking the toll to 17; at least five people have been arrested.
Background: Workplace accidents remain a chronic problem in Turkey; an independent labour watchdog says at least 11 workers had died at the same plant's facilities over the past decade.
Migrant shipwrecks off Crete and Senegal kill at least 56
At least 56 migrants have died in separate shipwrecks over the weekend. Off Crete, the Greek coast guard found 13 bodies on a boat spotted by a container ship on Monday and said another rescued person later died in hospital, while eight bodies were recovered from a second boat on Saturday, bringing the Crete toll to 22. Off Senegal, the death toll from a boat that capsized near Kébémer on Sunday rose to 39, with only one survivor rescued. The International Organization for Migration renewed its call for stronger action against smuggling networks and expanded legal migration routes.
Background: The eastern Libya–Crete route has become the busiest migration route into the EU, with 31,800 crossings in the first three quarters of 2026; the IOM has recorded at least 454 deaths and disappearances on the West African Atlantic route as of October 26.
Sources: Reuters, International Organization for Migration (2 outlets)
M. John Harrison, 81, wins Booker Prize for 'The End of Everything'
British author M. John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize on Monday for his dystopian novel "The End of Everything", becoming the oldest winner in the prize's history at 81 and the first winner to have emerged from the science-fiction world. The 198-page novel, the slimmest on this year's shortlist, follows a man and his elderly aunt on England's south coast years after social order has broken down and mysterious entities known as the iGhetti have arrived. Harrison takes home a £50,000 prize.
Background: The judges, chaired by historian Mary Beard, spent a whole day debating the six shortlisted novels before agreeing unanimously; Harrison said the novel was inspired by the 2008 financial crisis and asks what happens when explanation fails in society.
China-related news (international media coverage only)
China's trade surplus tops $1 trillion in first ten months; October exports jump 35.2%
China's exports rose 35.2% in October from a year earlier in US dollar terms, extending a boom in AI-related shipments, and lifting the country's trade surplus to over $1 trillion for a second straight year, customs data showed on Tuesday. Economists polled by Reuters had expected exports to rise 33.5% after surging 36.3% in September; imports grew 41.6%, beating a median forecast for a 32% increase. Economists expect the strong export momentum to fuel fresh trade friction and tariff disputes.
Background: Exports have been powered by AI hardware and new-energy products even as global demand stays soft; September exports had already risen 36.3% year on year.
Beijing sidesteps question on Xi raising Huang case with Trump; Musk expected at APEC
Asked whether Chinese President Xi Jinping would discuss spying allegations involving Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang with US President Donald Trump, China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday both sides were "in communication regarding arrangements for interactions between the two countries' heads of state within the year", without addressing the question directly. Separately, the South China Morning Post reported that Tesla chief Elon Musk is expected to join Trump's delegation to China for next week's APEC summit in Shenzhen, while Huang's participation is now in doubt amid the controversy.
Background: Trump has said he expects a three-way meeting with Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the November 18-19 APEC summit to discuss the Iran war and nuclear disarmament; Beijing confirmed on November 4 it was in communication on the proposal but has not confirmed the meeting will take place.
