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• Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner as Germany’s first woman president
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced plans to nominate Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner for the federal presidency.

• ‘Seismic shift’: Native American women made significant gains in US midterms
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Native American women and non-binary candidates made notable gains in the US midterm elections, according to the reported election results.

• Germany: Chancellor Merz to nominate Aigner for president
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said he intended to nominate Ilse Aigner as the country’s next federal president.

• Eisenkot open to Netanyahu joining Israel’s next government
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Israeli opposition politician Gadi Eisenkot indicated openness to participation by Benjamin Netanyahu in a future government.

• Gadi Eisenkot reaches out to Netanyahu allies as he strives to form government
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Gadi Eisenkot sought support from allies of Benjamin Netanyahu as efforts continued to form a new Israeli government.

• Hundreds of thousands join Amsterdam’s ‘Red Line’ protest against Israel
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Large crowds demonstrated in Amsterdam calling for tighter trade restrictions on Israel and an end to arms sales.

• Jerusalem Daily: Eisenkot picked over Netanyahu to form government
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Israel’s president selected opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to attempt to form a government following an inconclusive election.

• Israel: Eisenkot officially tasked with forming a government
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  President Isaac Herzog formally tasked Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after the Israeli election produced no clear majority.

• Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Israel’s president asked Gadi Eisenkot to form a government after Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition lost its parliamentary majority.

• Israel's president tasks opposition leader Eisenkot with forming government
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

  Israeli President Isaac Herzog tasked opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government after neither electoral bloc secured a majority.

• 'Flat', 'tired', 'cynical': Unusually gloomy Kiwis deliver New Zealand's tightest election in years
  Source: BBC News - Business

  New Zealand’s closely contested election reflected voter dissatisfaction and reduced support for the major political parties.

• France sees new round of Yellow Vest, student protests
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Renewed Yellow Vest and student demonstrations in France led to clashes with police in several cities.

• New Zealand election coalition talks will likely take weeks – as it happened
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Coalition negotiations were expected to take weeks following New Zealand’s closely contested election.

• New Zealanders head to polls on final day of voting
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  New Zealanders head to polls on final day of voting. More than half of New Zealand’s voters cast early ballots in the tightly contested race.

• Ueno Bank scandal plunges Paraguay into political crisis
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Suspected financial fraud, public money at risk and millions of customers affected: Paraguay is in serious crisis following the sudden collapse of Ueno Bank. President Santiago Pena is facing impeachment.

• Israel closes Hebron’s Ibrahimi Mosque to Palestinians for Jewish holiday
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Contested West Bank holy site is reopened exclusively for Israelis, deepening tensions over control of the mosque.

• Critics say Democrats should look into Trump's Middle East deals in future corruption investigations
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  After their victory in the US midterm elections, the Democrats have promised to investigate corruption in the Trump administration. Critics say the president's Middle East deals is an area they should focus on.

• Why is Paraguay facing a banking and political crisis?
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News

  Why is Paraguay facing a banking and political crisis? Ueno collapse raises questions about state influence and accountability.

• Ilse Aigner tipped by party allies as next German president
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  German media reports suggest that Bavarian politician Ilse Aigner's chances of becoming the next president are on the up. Long favored by her Bavarian CSU, now it seems Christian Democrats nationwide plan to back her.

• US midterm results spark fears in Israel over future of two countries' ties
  Source: BBC News - Middle East

  Staunch US support of Israel has been raised as one of the reasons why Republicans performed so badly.

• For people in Iran, a constant threat of war and dearth of information
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

  Most people in Iran have little idea of the course of the US-led war and peace talks on the global stage. With few sources of information, the population must navigate conflicting rumors and fears of a nuclear attack.

• Paraguay’s president quits after millions of people’s savings frozen in bank crisis
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Santiago Peña’s rightwing administration had authorised Ueno Bank to drastically expand operations before collapse Paraguay’s rightwing president, Santiago Peña, resigned on Thursday after a political and financial crisis collapsed the South American country’s banking system in recent days. At the centre of the crisis is Ueno Bank, which in just a few years under Peña went from an obscure digital bank to one of the country’s largest lenders, claiming to have about 60% of Paraguay’s adult population as customers. Continue reading...

• California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates
  Source: BBC News - World

  California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

• Israel’s Herzog yet to decide on who should form government as Eisenkot secures significant backing
  Source: The Guardian - World

  President says he will make a decision on Sunday about who should try to build a government as Netanyahu rival is endorsed by 67 lawmakers Gadi Eisenkot, the main rival to Benjamin Netanyahu, secured endorsements on Thursday from a majority of lawmakers to try to form a government but Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog, said it was still unclear who could break the deadlock and that he would decide on Sunday which of the two men should try first. Of the Knesset’s 120 elected lawmakers, 67 had ​endorsed Eisenkot through several days of talks with Herzog, while 46 endorsed Netanyahu. Herzog said on Thursday that while the “results ‌of the consultations may appear clear”, there were “mutual vetoes between the blocs and within the blocs themselves” that make it difficult to say who has the ‌best shot to form a government. Continue reading...

• Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns after bank collapse
  Source: BBC News - World

  The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.

• Yemen’s president sacks ministers and officers in attempt to turn tide of war
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Dismissals follow Houthi victories and pressure from southern Yemenis for more power The UN-recognised government of Yemen has shaken up its political and military leadership in an attempt to regain territory lost to the Houthis in September and lift the four-week siege of Taiz , the country’s third largest city. A counteroffensive launched on 5 October and aimed at liberating the entire country from Houthi control has failed amid fighting that has left thousands dead on both sides. The air superiority of the government’s ally Saudi Arabia – which has had to fend off near-daily Houthi attacks on its airports and military bases – has not translated into progress on the ground. Continue reading...

• The midterms were a thumping rebuke of the US-Israel relationship
  Source: The Guardian - World

  Even Trump seems to recognize that the relationship has become a political liability, and may never be the same Q&A: Ask your questions about Democrats’ win in the midterms Track live results from all 50 states On the eve of a midterm election that ended in an unequivocal rejection of his brand of politics, even Donald Trump seemed to recognize that the US-Israel relationship had become a political liability. Trump’s 11th-hour suggestion, on election morning, that he would cut military aid to Israel at the end of the year because, as he put it, “they don’t need it”, was condemned across the board – with pro-Palestinian advocates dismissing it as “desperate” and pro-Israel ones as “unserious”. Continue reading...

• US midterm election results: How Americans voted and what the data tells us
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• ANC under pressure to reverse South Africa decline
  Source: BBC News - World
• Texans vote in most expensive Senate race in US history
  Source: Al Jazeera English - News
• British lawyer Dapo Akande elected to UN top court in big diplomatic win
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Why South Africa's local elections matter
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• What US midterm elections mean for Ukraine, Iran and elsewhere
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English
• Tens of thousands protest against Narendra Modi regime in Delhi
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Canada and EU announce new alliance open to like-minded countries
  Source: The Guardian - World
• Germany seeks new head of state
  Source: Deutsche Welle - English

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