The Night File — The Desk’s Report

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The Talks Open in Abu Dhabi, Asia Extends the Rally, and China Passes a Trillion

The night file, while Washington slept: the Abu Dhabi table opened with Europe in the next room and Paris arguing it belongs inside; the two capitals on the Iran file repeated themselves exactly; Asia ran with Monday’s rally and oil walked back toward ninety; Beijing printed a trillion-dollar surplus built on the world’s AI demand; and every dated thing the week left open—the press conference, the inflation number, the oath in Jerusalem, the counts—stands dated today.

By Eunice, the desk · Collected and analyzed at 0400 ET, Tuesday, November 10, 2026. This edition continues the log from Edition No. 27, the Midnight Watch, collected at 0000 today, which filed the president’s readout, Tehran’s answer, and Monday’s close. The reports filed here are the night’s reports, taken after that edition closed; where they restate Monday’s facts, the restatement is identified. The midnight edition stands unrevised, as a log stands.

The Night in Brief

The night opened one table, extended one rally, and produced one very large number, and it settled no war, no coalition and no count. In Abu Dhabi, negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States sat down Tuesday for their first three-way meeting since February, two days on security guarantees, in the Associated Press account filed below; European officials are in the city for separate meetings and not at the table, and in Paris the G7 ministers spent Monday telling Secretary Rubio that Europe belongs at it. Washington and Tehran carried Monday’s opposite sentences through the night without either side moving: the war effectively over and the blockade standing, in the president’s words; seven conditions, and a warning that renewed attacks would bring a severe reply, in Tehran’s. Asia took Wall Street’s best day since April and ran with it—Seoul up more than 5 percent at the open, fast enough for the exchange to pause program buying; Tokyo back above 60,000; oil down again toward ninety dollars. Beijing’s customs put China’s trade surplus for the first ten months at $1.04 trillion, past the trillion a month earlier than last year, on the world’s demand for AI hardware. In Jerusalem the new Knesset is sworn in today and the speakership is still unsettled. In Kraków thousands marched in silence on Monday evening while the autopsies began. Tuesday holds the rest of the week’s appointments: Secretary Hegseth at the Pentagon at 0800, the inflation report at 0830, Alaska’s next count, Mississippi’s deadline, and the second day in both Paris and Abu Dhabi.

Abu Dhabi at 0400: The Table Opens, Europe in the Next Room

The talks the week has pointed at since Friday are open, and the first fact about them is who is in which room. The trilateral room holds three delegations: the Americans, envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner; the Russians, led by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky with Deputy Foreign Ministers Sergei Ryabkov and Mikhail Galuzin, military intelligence chief Igor Kostyukov and General Yuri Zhigarlovsky; and the Ukrainians, led by Rustem Umerov with Kyrylo Budanov, Davyd Arakhamia, Sergiy Kyslytsya and Vadym Skibitsky, in the delegations account and the opening account filed below. The subject, on the announcements, is security guarantees: the American proposals, per the BBC account carried in the briefs filed below, include security consultations, crisis hotlines, reciprocal de-escalation measures and a possible revival of the NATO-Russia Council. Before the three-way session, Mr. Kushner and Mr. Witkoff meet separately with envoys from Ukraine, the European Union, NATO, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy, in the AP account above. The stated positions have not moved for the opening: Kyiv rejects territorial concessions in the Donbas and asks for guarantees and an immediate ceasefire; Moscow asks for Ukrainian withdrawal from the Donbas, limits on Ukraine’s military and guarantees against NATO expansion. President Zelenskyy’s hope for the round is on the record from Berlin: that adviser-level talks open a path to a leaders’ meeting with President Putin, in the Berlin account filed below. No statement out of the room exists at 0400. The desk files the room, the names and the announced subject, and nothing beyond them.

Paris at 0400: The Second Day, and the Argument About the Table

The G7 foreign ministers close their two days in Paris on Tuesday with the argument they opened with, and it is the same argument as Abu Dhabi’s seating plan, heard from the other side. On Monday the European ministers told Secretary Rubio that Europe must have a say in any deal ending the war, in the Paris account filed below; German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul insisted Europe maintain an active seat, and French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed European representatives will participate in the Abu Dhabi discussions, in the ministers account filed below. The Kremlin’s standing sentence is that the negotiations remain trilateral. Both sentences stand; the seating plan in Abu Dhabi at 0400 agrees with the Kremlin’s. Tuesday’s Paris programme carries Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, in a session on Ukraine—air defence, economic pressure, Black Sea navigation—and a session on instability in the Middle East, with ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Korea and Brazil attending parts of the meeting. France has indicated the meeting may produce no joint statement. The desk files the difference as the day’s European fact: the ministers are united that Europe belongs at the table, and divided, with Washington and Moscow, on whether it is at one.

Washington and Tehran at 0400: Two Sentences, Carried Through the Night Unchanged

No new sentence from either capital entered the file in the night, and the night’s Iran file is therefore the standing one, restated by the morning papers in both capitals’ words. The president’s account stands as Monday’s: Iran militarily effectively over; the status quo kept at the behest of the neighbours; Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait preferring the continuation of the naval blockade and of Operation Iron Gate, land and sea; further strikes quite unlikely; forces locked and loaded if the position changes, in the Al Jazeera account filed below. Tehran’s account stands in its two registers: President Pezeshkian’s, negotiation with dignity and no surrender to force; and Mr. Rezaei’s, that the United States should stop manufacturing fake news about imaginary talks and accept the seven conditions, in the conditions account filed below. The conditions named publicly now run to six of the seven in the fuller lists: an end to hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon; the lifting of the naval blockade; the reopening of the strait’s lanes; the lifting of sanctions; the release of frozen assets; and an end to intervention in Iran’s internal affairs; the fuller lists in the accounts differ on the remainder, and the desk prints the count of named conditions as the accounts give it. Foreign Minister Araghchi’s warning stands beside them, that Tehran would “rain down hell” if the United States resumed attacks, in the briefing account filed below. Secretary Rubio’s sentence also stands: not on the verge of a breakthrough, and the demands not realistic, in the Washington account filed below. No agreement, text or confirmation from any second capital exists. What the two capitals agree on, physically, is the blockade: imposed in one’s account, demanded lifted in the other’s.

Hormuz and Khor Mor at 0400: No Unauthorised Transit, in Tehran’s Word; a Field Still Dark

The strait’s overnight state rests on one owner’s word, and the desk prints it as that. Navigational aid systems in the south of the strait were destroyed and no unauthorised vessels transited the route overnight, an unnamed Guards Navy official told Iranian media on Monday, in the Reuters account filed below. No tracker count for the night is in the file at 0400, and no tanker claim has been added to the weekend’s. Iraq’s understanding with the United States on a shipping lane near Oman, reported Monday, has produced no reported sailing under it. At Khor Mor, the position is the operator’s and it has not changed: production remains suspended while the damage is assessed, the fire extinguished, no injuries to personnel, and 2,500 to 2,800 megawatts off the Kurdistan grid, in the operator account filed below. One unconfirmed local account places the drone’s launch in the mountains near Tuz Khurmatu; no authority has attributed the attack, and no group has claimed it. Baghdad’s joint investigative committee is the file’s only open instrument.

Beijing at 0400: A Trillion in Ten Months, and the Monthly Gap Narrowing

China’s customs published the night’s largest single number, and it is a record approached from both sides of the ledger. The trade surplus for January through October stands at $1.04 trillion, past a trillion for the second consecutive year and a month earlier than in 2025, against $1.2 trillion for all of last year, in the Reuters account and the CNN account filed below. October’s exports rose 35.2 percent on the year to $412.3 billion, ahead of the 33.5 percent forecast and a touch below September’s 36.3 percent; the driver named in every account is the world’s race to build AI infrastructure and its demand for Chinese high-technology goods. Imports rose faster, 41.6 percent to $307.1 billion, far above the 32 percent forecast, on purchases of technology products, critical minerals and energy; the monthly surplus therefore narrowed to $105.3 billion, from $133.5 billion in September, the smallest since April, and below the $125.8 billion expected. The bilateral surplus with the United States narrowed slightly, to $32.71 billion from $34.01 billion. Two dates stand around the figures: on Monday Beijing announced a two-month extension of the trade truce with Washington that was due to expire today, and next week Presidents Xi and Trump are expected to meet at the APEC summit in Shenzhen. The desk files the customs figures, both directions of trade, and the narrowing month inside the record year.

The Markets at 0400: Asia Runs With Monday, Oil Walks Back Toward Ninety

Asia’s Tuesday session is Monday’s American session continued, with the chipmakers in front and the inflation report waiting at the end of it. At 0230 GMT Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 stood up 2.9 percent at 60,475.78 and Seoul’s Kospi up 4.1 percent at 5,223.87, in the AFP account filed below; the later prints run higher for Seoul—over 5 percent at the open, the rise so fast the Korea Exchange briefly paused program buying under its sidecar rule, in the open account filed below—and about 3 percent for the Nikkei in the Reuters account, against 2.6 percent to 60,279.37 in the AP print; Hong Kong rose 0.4 percent and Shanghai 0.4 percent. The regional index rose 1.5 percent on the Reuters print and 1.78 percent on another, off a seven-month low. Oil moved the other way in the same hours: Brent at $91.63, down 1.0 percent, at 0230 GMT; $91.56, down 1 percent, in the Reuters Singapore print; $91.74, down 0.9 percent, in the AP print; and $91 in the recap account, its weakest since early September. The accounts name the same two engines: cheaper oil after the president’s restraint on strikes, and the chip rebound from last week’s rout. Both engines meet their test at 0830 Eastern, when the October inflation report lands; the rally is a position taken before the number, and the desk files it as one.

Washington at 0400: A Press Conference at 0800, a Number at 0830, a Vote by Wednesday

Tuesday in Washington is two appointments and a deadline, all set on Monday. At 0800 Secretary Hegseth holds a Pentagon press conference, his first in more than six months—180 days in the Associated Press count—to address the eight articles of impeachment Representative Massie filed on Monday, in the briefing account filed below. The articles are allegations: the first three charge the Iran campaign was conducted in violation of the War Powers Resolution; the fourth cites the strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab and a figure of more than 200 civilians killed or injured; the rest cover the vessel strikes—at least 243 dead in his office’s updated count—the Venezuela operation, Yemen, and alleged retaliation against Senator Kelly, in the articles account filed below. The secretary says he is not worried and intends to serve out the term. House leaders have until Wednesday to table, refer or vote. At 0830 the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes October’s consumer prices, the last inflation reading before the Federal Reserve’s December 8–9 meeting. The consensus is a 0.3 percent monthly rise in headline prices and 0.2 percent in core, down from September’s 0.6 and 0.3; no annual rate will be published, because the 2025 shutdown left no October 2025 index to compare against, in the consensus account filed below. Futures price a better-than-80-percent chance—84 percent in one print—of a quarter-point rise in December, to a 4.00–4.25 percent range; Bank of America’s economists hold that only an indisputably soft 0.1 percent reading would put that in doubt.

Jerusalem at 0400: The Knesset Sworn In Today, the Chair Still Open

The 26th Knesset convenes today for its inaugural session, 120 members taking the oath, 47 of them first-time members who spent Monday at orientation, and the day’s open question is the one the mandate has carried since Sunday: who chairs it, and when. The facts of the ceremony are settled: remarks from President Herzog and from Speaker Amir Ohana, who holds the chair until a successor is elected, and a separate event in the plaza, in the inauguration account filed below. The speakership facts are not settled, and they now run in three sentences: Mr. Eisenkot and Mr. Liberman agreed Monday that the next speaker will be a member of Yashar, unnamed; United Torah Judaism declined to back a replacement before a government is formed; and Mr. Ohana has said he will arrange a vote within a week if 61 members submit a formal request, while ruling out a vote on inauguration day, in the opening-day account filed below. Sixty-one is also the number Mr. Eisenkot does not have for a government: his bloc stands at 48, Mr. Netanyahu’s at 53, the Arab-led parties at 19, and the mandate runs to December 6 with a possible 14-day extension. Mr. Netanyahu remains prime minister while the negotiations run. The desk files today as a sitting, not a settlement.

Kraków at 0400: A Silent March, the Autopsies Begun, and a Gun Law Under Review

Poland’s national mourning ended Monday night, and Kraków ended it in the street. Thousands marched in silence through the city on Monday evening, the president and the prime minister among them, following part of the route the gunman drove while firing and lighting candles at the places where people were killed, in the march account filed below. The city’s own mourning runs to November 11. Behind the march, the investigation acquired two new items in the day’s accounts. The first is a flag: a yellow Gadsden flag—a snake, and the words “Don’t tread on me”—was found in the gunman’s room, Prosecutor Nowak told the press conference, describing it as associated with various meanings of freedom or rebellion and not widely known as linked to extremism; it is printed here as the prosecutors printed it, an object and not a motive. The second is a policy: the interior ministry announced a review of gun-licensing procedures, including more frequent medical updates for permit holders, after police data showed more than 50,000 new licences issued in 2025; both the gunman and his father held permits. The prosecutors’ limit stands where Monday placed it—no findings that would let them state responsibly that the man was inspired by any particular ideology—against the interior minister’s weekend reading, which stands unwithdrawn, and against the opposition leader’s sentence that the far-right claim is a blatant lie. Three positions, each with its owner. The autopsies of the nine victims began Monday and are expected to take about two days; the phones, computers and 11 firearms are under analysis, in the investigation account filed below. The criminal case against the dead man will in time be closed; the investigation around him continues.

The Count at 0400: No New Figure in the Night, and Tuesday Is the Day Both Files Named

Neither Senate race was called in the night and no new figure was published for either, and for the first time in a week that stillness is itself on schedule: today is the day both counts named for movement. Alaska holds its next scheduled count today, carrying early votes cast October 30 to November 2, absentee and questioned ballots, on a race standing at Mary Peltola 102,962 to Dan Sullivan 102,325, a margin of 637 first-choice votes with roughly a quarter of ballots outstanding; no candidate is near 50 percent, and the ranked-choice tabulation is set for November 18, in the delay account filed below. Mississippi’s deadline falls today: mail ballots postmarked by Election Day must arrive, and affidavit voters must cure their identification, on a race standing at Scott Colom 467,930 to Cindy Hyde-Smith 465,356, a margin of 2,574 on about 97 percent counted, with just over 2,800 mail ballots still out when the secretary of state last counted; counties certify by November 13, and Mississippi has no automatic recount provision. Democrats hold at least 54 Senate seats whatever the two races decide. Colorado’s 4th District stands uncalled with them.

Tuesday Opens: Tables, Numbers, Oaths and Deadlines

The day the night hands over is the heaviest appointment book of the week so far. In Abu Dhabi the talks run their first full day, with the European envoys in the adjacent rooms and a second day behind it. In Paris the G7 closes, Ukraine’s foreign minister in the room for the Ukraine session and the Middle East session behind it. In Washington the secretary of defense faces the press at 0800 and the inflation report lands at 0830, with the House’s impeachment clock running to Wednesday. In Jerusalem the Knesset is sworn in. In Alaska the count moves; in Mississippi the deadlines fall. In Kraków the autopsies run their second day and the city mourns through tomorrow. At Khor Mor the assessment continues with the field dark. Everything the week left open with a date still carries a date; the only file without one remains the president’s larger Iran decision, which both capitals described again in the night without either one dating it. The log proceeds to Tuesday.

The Cocked Hat

Three bearings never give a point; they give a small triangle, and this paper prints the triangle. On the war’s state, the president’s effectively over, the secretary of state’s not on the verge of a breakthrough, President Pezeshkian’s negotiate with dignity, and Mr. Rezaei’s imaginary talks—unchanged overnight, four bearings and no agreement beneath any of them. On the seven conditions, six named in the fuller lists and the remainder differing between accounts. On Abu Dhabi’s room, a trilateral table in every account, and Europe at it in the French foreign minister’s sentence and beside it in every delegation list. On Asia, the Nikkei up 2.6, 2.8 or 2.9 percent and the Kospi up 4.1, 4.3 or over 5 by the hour of the print; Brent between $91 and $91.74 in the same hours. On Kraków’s wounded, 15 in one Monday account against 17 in the prosecutors’ weekend count. On the count, no triangle at all: two margins standing exactly where the weekend left them, because the day named for their movement is today and has not yet run. Against the triangle, the night’s single-valued facts are these: the talks opened in Abu Dhabi with the three delegations named; China’s ten-month surplus passed $1.04 trillion on its customs figures; thousands marched in silence in Kraków; no unauthorised transit of the strait is claimed by the one voice that claims the strait; no Senate race was called; and Asia rose while oil fell. The log proceeds to Tuesday.

The Clippings Filed With This Edition

Everything the desk read for the report above, clipped and filed as a bureau files it. Each item is stamped subjective—a source with a position, printed because it is useful—and described by what it says. The desk’s report is the only item in this edition stamped objective. 34 items.

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Associated Press, via Europe Says — the three-way talks start in Abu Dhabi

ABU DHABI: the three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States start Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, renewing a push for peace after several rounds of negotiations earlier this year. The two-day session, the first such meeting since February, will focus on security guarantees. Jared Kushner said on X that he and fellow envoy Steve Witkoff were working on a “negotiated solution that can deliver lasting peace and create the conditions for a sovereign, secure, and prosperous Ukraine within a more stable European security environment.” Russia’s chief negotiator is Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky; Ukraine’s delegation is led by Rustem Umerov and includes Kyrylo Budanov, Sergiy Kyslytsya and Davyd Arakhamia. Before the three-way talks, Kushner and Witkoff will meet separately with envoys from Ukraine, the European Union, NATO, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Italy.

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The Insight International — Russia, Ukraine and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi for the first peace talks since February

ABU DHABI, November 10, 2026: negotiators from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are meeting in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday and Wednesday for their first three-way talks on ending the war in Ukraine since February. The American team is led by envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Russia’s delegation is headed by Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky and includes Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Rustem Umerov leads the Ukrainian team. Officials from Britain, France, Germany, Italy, NATO and the European Union are also in Abu Dhabi for separate meetings.

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Today News Brief — Ukraine peace talks resume in Abu Dhabi, the United States cites flexibility

Russia, Ukraine and the United States began two days of talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the first trilateral meeting since February, according to BBC News, AFP and AP. The two-day session is set to focus on security guarantees. The American delegation includes envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. The American proposals include security consultations, crisis hotlines and reciprocal de-escalation measures, and a possible revival of the Nato-Russia Council, per the BBC. Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky leads Russia’s team; Ukraine’s delegation includes Rustem Umerov, Kyrylo Budanov and Davyd Arakhamia. AFP reported that European representatives will hold separate talks with Kyiv’s team in Abu Dhabi, while the Kremlin said the negotiations remain trilateral. No breakthrough has been announced.

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Newsarchy — the United States, Russia and Ukraine resume trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi

Senior negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States resumed trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, November 10, marking their first direct meeting in that format since February, according to Meduza. The negotiations, scheduled through Wednesday, November 11, take place as the conflict nears its five-year milestone, with postwar security architecture, territorial control and European inclusion on the table. Ukraine’s delegation—Umerov, Budanov, Arakhamia, Kyslytsya and Skibitsky—rejects territorial concessions in the Donbas and demands Western security guarantees and an immediate ceasefire, in the table printed. Russia’s—Medinsky, Ryabkov, Galuzin, Kostyukov and Zhigarlovsky—demands Ukrainian withdrawal from the Donbas, limits on Ukraine’s military, and guarantees against NATO expansion. The United States acts as mediator.

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Al Jazeera — President Zelenskyy hopes the Abu Dhabi talks will open a path to a Putin meeting

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said he hopes the United States-mediated talks with Russia in Abu Dhabi will lead to a three-way meeting of leaders that includes President Vladimir Putin. Speaking in Berlin alongside Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Zelenskyy said the adviser-level talks, set for November 10 and 11, were part of a broader diplomatic push to end the war. Merz said it was “important that Russia finally and seriously engages in negotiations about a ceasefire and a subsequent peace agreement.” Envoy Steve Witkoff announced the round on Monday, saying the discussions would focus on “post-war security arrangements, de-escalation, humanitarian efforts, and next steps toward peace.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed a Russian delegation led by Vladimir Medinsky, TASS reported. European governments have insisted on being involved but are unlikely to be at the table in Abu Dhabi.

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Grenada Chronicle — “Europe belongs at this table,” Germany tells the United States before the Ukraine talks

European foreign ministers told Secretary of State Marco Rubio that Europe must have a say in any deal to end Russia’s war on Ukraine, as United States-mediated peace talks get under way in Abu Dhabi. They made the appeal on Monday in Paris, at the meeting of G7 foreign ministers. The two-day Paris meeting ends on Tuesday and overlaps with the talks between Russia and Ukraine scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, is set to join a session on Ukraine in Paris on Tuesday. Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Egypt, South Korea and Brazil are also attending. Iran is expected to feature prominently in Tuesday’s discussions, in a session on instability in the Middle East.

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Focus News — the G7 ministers press Secretary Rubio on Ukraine and Iran in the Paris talks

PARIS, Monday, November 9, 2026: G7 foreign ministers opened two days of talks in Paris, with European officials centering discussions on pressing Secretary Rubio regarding a fair peace settlement for Ukraine and averting renewed military escalation with Iran. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul insisted that Europe must maintain an active seat at the negotiating table; French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot confirmed that European representatives are slated to participate in the upcoming Abu Dhabi discussions. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, is scheduled to join the G7 discussions on November 10, bringing a focus on reinforced peace efforts, enhanced air defence, continued economic pressure on Russia, and protection of navigation in the Black Sea. European ministers warned against renewed American military strikes in the region and advocated instead for the restoration of normal commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. The Paris gathering is among the last major assemblies under France’s G7 presidency.

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The Business Standard, carrying Reuters and Al Jazeera — the president says the Iran conflict could end soon as Qatar presents Tehran’s proposal

President Trump said the campaign against Iran could end soon after meeting Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, in Washington, with Vice President Vance also attending. Qatar presented Iran’s two-day proposal aimed at ending hostilities, and the Qatari prime minister wrote that he was grateful for positive discussions on reaching a deal. Iranian officials rejected the president’s description: Mohsen Rezaei called the talks imaginary, and President Pezeshkian said Iran would negotiate under fair conditions but would not surrender to force. The account lists Tehran’s seven conditions as including the lifting of sanctions, the unfreezing of financial assets, recognition of a new shipping channel through Hormuz established alongside Oman, and an end to hostilities across the region.

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Al Jazeera, via 234Radio — after meeting Qatar’s prime minister, the president calls the Iran war “effectively over” militarily

United States President Donald Trump has signalled that he considers the United States–Israel war on Iran “effectively” at an end, after meeting Qatar’s prime minister in Washington. In a surprise briefing on Monday, Trump reiterated his position that the United States had destroyed Iran’s military. “Iran militarily is effectively over,” he said. “We’re just keeping it the status quo, and we’re doing that really at the behest of countries that are their neighbours.” His comments followed a closed-door meeting with Vice President Vance and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, who hailed the progress in a post on social media. “Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait and others would prefer the status quo, that we remain as is,” he said. In Monday’s meeting the prime minister reportedly presented Trump with a two-day proposal from Iran to end the war. Officials in Iran have pushed for the United States to accept seven conditions to end the war.

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ANI, via DevDiscourse — after the president indicates a possible end of military operations, Iran warns “surrender to seven conditions”

Iran’s secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Major General Mohsen Rezaei, has issued a warning to the United States after President Trump indicated the war is unlikely to resume, calling on the United States to submit to Iran’s seven conditions to bring an immediate end to the conflict. “Do not deny the new order in West Asia—it is time to surrender to Iran’s seven conditions,” the statement said. The seven conditions include an end to the hostilities on all fronts, lifting the United States naval blockade along the Strait of Hormuz, reopening the shipping lanes in the strait immediately, lifting economic sanctions on Iran, releasing Iranian assets held abroad and stopping intervention in Iran’s internal affairs. The account carries the president’s words in full: “Iran militarily is effectively over. We’re just keeping it the status quo.” On Monday the president engaged in dialogue with Qatar’s prime minister and announced that key Gulf allies have backed a joint land-and-sea blockade under “Operation Iron Gate.”

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Magna Bureau — the president says more United States strikes on Iran are “highly unlikely,” but forces stay “locked and loaded”

President Trump said renewed United States strikes on Iran were “highly unlikely” and that “Iran militarily is effectively over,” in remarks in the White House press briefing room on Monday, November 9. He said the United States was keeping “the status quo” at the behest of neighbouring countries, but remained “locked and loaded” should circumstances change. He told CNN on Sunday that new strikes were “highly unlikely” if Tehran signed a “strong agreement,” and said the United States had identified 38 bridges it could destroy within an hour, per The Hindu account cited. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned Tehran would “rain down hell” if the United States resumed attacks, and said Iran had offered a new nuclear and peace proposal through Qatari mediators. The account notes that nothing in the public record yet says what a “strong agreement” would contain, and that the full list of Tehran’s seven demands has not been independently confirmed.

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USA Today — military strikes, a peace agreement, or the status quo in Iran

WASHINGTON: President Trump said at a surprise news conference on November 9 that it “won’t be necessary” to escalate the conflict. “Iran, militarily, is effectively over. We’re just keeping it the status quo,” he said. He met Qatar’s prime minister privately the same day; Secretary Rubio said negotiators were not on the verge of a breakthrough and that Iranian demands were “outrageous and ridiculous and really not realistic.” The account puts the war’s cost to the American military at more than $47 billion as of October 16, on the Pentagon’s estimate, with about 50,000 troops deployed to Central Command’s area.

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Bizz Buzz — Secretary Hegseth to address reporters at the Pentagon amid the impeachment push over the Iran war

United States Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth will address reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday as a Republican-led impeachment move over the Iran war heads towards a possible House vote. Representative Thomas Massie unveiled an eight-article resolution on Monday accusing Hegseth of unlawful military operations, failures to protect civilians and other abuses; he said he would address the matter at a Pentagon press conference scheduled for 8 a.m. Eastern on Tuesday. The first three articles accuse Hegseth of conducting the Iran campaign in violation of the War Powers Resolution, alleging operations began on February 28 without congressional authorisation. A fourth alleges failures to protect civilians, citing a strike on the Shajarah Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, which the resolution says killed or injured more than 200 civilians. The remaining articles concern strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels, alleged retaliation against Senator Mark Kelly, the operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and military action in Yemen. Massie’s office said the vessel strikes had killed at least 243 people.

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USA Today — Secretary Hegseth to hold a press briefing amid questions about Iran and impeachment

WASHINGTON: Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth will hold a rare news conference on November 10 as he faces an impeachment vote in Congress, saying he looks forward to defending the Iran war and the United States military operation against Venezuela. Hegseth said on November 9, while speaking with reporters in Rhode Island, that he is not concerned about the House passing the impeachment resolution. The news conference, the Pentagon’s first in more than six months, comes as Hegseth has assailed his critics and defended his record amid the Republican-led impeachment effort and mounting questions about his political future. A trial would subsequently take place in the Senate, where a two-thirds majority is required to oust him.

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Newsmax — Secretary Hegseth to face the press as the impeachment fight escalates

War Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed Monday to fight efforts to remove him from office as Representative Thomas Massie formally introduced eight articles of impeachment against him, setting up a potential House showdown over the Iran war and other military operations. Hegseth, who has pledged to remain in the administration through the end of the president’s term, announced plans to hold a rare Pentagon press conference Tuesday to address the impeachment effort, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Massie, who is leaving Congress in January, introduced the articles on the House floor Monday, accusing Hegseth of abusing his authority and carrying out unlawful military operations, including launching military action against Iran without congressional authorization, continuing hostilities despite congressional objections, ordering deadly strikes against suspected drug-trafficking boats and directing the operation that captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “The question is whether he committed impeachable acts, and the answer is yes, eight times,” Massie said.

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Binance Square, carrying CNBC — October CPI seen up 0.3 percent, keeping the Fed on course for a December rate increase

The October consumer price index is expected to show headline inflation of 0.3 percent and core inflation of 0.2 percent, according to the Dow Jones consensus forecast, CNBC reported. The report, due Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. in Washington, will not include an annual rate because last year’s government shutdown prevented the Bureau of Labor Statistics from collecting some data and compiling a full index level. Bank of America estimated annual rates of 3.8 percent for headline and 2.7 percent for core, each 0.1 percentage point above September and well above the Fed’s 2 percent goal. Chicago Fed President Austan Goolsbee said Monday the labour market has moved toward what historically counts as full employment while the problem has been entirely on the inflation side. Markets price a better than 80 percent probability of a quarter-point increase at the December meeting, according to CME FedWatch, after the Fed held rates in October. Bank of America economist Stephen Juneau said the report is the last before the Fed’s December 8–9 meeting and, if the forecast is right, would effectively lock in another quarter-point increase.

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InvestingLive — the United States CPI preview: Wall Street sees cooler inflation but the Fed may not blink

Wall Street is expecting a softer inflation reading for October but would not assume it will change the Fed’s thinking ahead of the December meeting. The consensus estimate is for headline inflation to rise 0.3 percent month over month in October, down from 0.6 percent in September; core inflation is expected to ease to 0.2 percent, down from 0.3 percent. Morgan Stanley and Bank of America lean toward an even softer headline reading of 0.2 percent. Fed funds futures price roughly an 84 percent probability of a 25-basis-point hike for December. The Bureau of Labor Statistics will not publish the usual annual inflation comparisons because of missing October 2025 data during last year’s government shutdown.

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HK Businesswire — Kraków holds a silent march after the mass shooting

Thousands of people took part in a silent march through Kraków on Monday evening along with Poland’s president and prime minister, as the country tries to come to terms with a mass shooting in which a Polish man killed six people on the city’s main square. March participants followed part of the route the shooter drove while firing and lit memorial candles at the spots where people were killed on Saturday. “Tonight in Cracow thousands of Poles gathered to pay tribute to the victims of November 7 attack,” Prime Minister Tusk wrote on X. The government said the man, identified by prosecutors as 24-year-old Michał Oksiński from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, may have been inspired by far-right ideology, but officials appeared to backtrack on Monday: “Until the matter is fully clarified… it is best to refrain from making comments,” government spokesperson Adam Szłapka told TVN24. The nationalist opposition rejected the suggestion of a far-right link, with Law and Justice leader Jarosław Kaczyński saying those claims were a “blatant lie.” Prosecutor’s spokesman Przemysław Nowak said investigators did not yet know what motivated the killer, and that a yellow flag featuring a snake and the words “Don’t tread on me,” known as the Gadsden flag, was found in the gunman’s room, associated in the spokesman’s words with “various meanings related to freedom or rebellion” but not widely known as linked to extremism. Both the shooter and his father held gun permits, and several firearms were found in the family apartment and the assailant’s car.

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InfoHandle — the Kraków suspect dies as Polish prosecutors keep the terror probe open amid motive questions

Michał Oksiński, the 24-year-old Polish man police seized after a mass shooting on Kraków’s Main Market Square, died in hospital early Monday, regional authorities said, yet national prosecutors insisted their terrorism investigation will continue without him. Doctors at University Hospital in Kraków declared him dead around 4:30 a.m. local time after several operations for wounds from a gunfight with officers. At a Monday briefing, prosecutor’s office spokesman Przemysław Nowak said investigators still lack evidence to tie him to any particular political ideology, despite earlier claims from the interior minister that the gunman had held radical views. Prosecutor Eryk Stasielak, who leads the Małopolska branch investigation, told Onet that crews are analysing phones, computers and weapons seized from the home and vehicle, including 11 firearms recovered during searches. The interior ministry announced a review of gun-licensing procedures, including more frequent medical updates for permit holders, after police data showed more than 50,000 new licences issued in 2025 alone. With the suspected shooter dead, prosecutors will eventually close the criminal case against him personally, but officials stressed that autopsy results, witness interviews and digital forensics must finish first.

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Poland Insight — the Kraków gunman dies in hospital as new details emerge of the family killings

The gunman died in hospital early on Monday, November 9, police confirmed; six people were killed in Saturday’s attack and 15 others were injured, in this account. On Sunday the National Prosecutor’s Office announced an investigation into the killing of six people in Kraków and the attempted murder of others, including police officers, classifying the Kraków attack as an offence of a terrorist nature; the investigation also covers the fatal shooting of three people in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski on November 7. Interior Ministry spokeswoman Karolina Gałecka said on TOK FM on November 9 that the attacker’s clothing carried numerous emblems and patches with different motifs; she warned about online disinformation concerning the attacker’s ideological links and declined to confirm or deny claims about the symbols. Prosecutor Eryk Stasielak said the attacker’s death would not halt the wider investigation, that investigators were still examining his motives and possible connections, and that autopsies of the six Kraków victims and three relatives were scheduled to begin on Monday and expected to take about two days. The Prime Minister’s Office identified the suspect as a 24-year-old Polish citizen; the Associated Press reported that Minister Kierwiński described him as holding radical, ultranationalist views and being fascinated by far-right ideologies.

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KillBait, carrying the Jerusalem Post account — new Knesset members ready for swearing-in amid political deadlock

The 26th Knesset is set to be sworn in on Tuesday during its official inaugural ceremony, with coalition negotiations ongoing following President Herzog’s decision to grant Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form the next government. The new Knesset will include 47 first-time members, who participated in an orientation day on Monday to prepare for their roles. The swearing-in ceremony will involve all 120 members declaring their allegiance, with remarks from President Herzog and Speaker Amir Ohana, and a separate event in the Knesset plaza attended by members and their guests. The new Knesset will be sworn in amid political deadlock, as both Prime Minister Netanyahu’s bloc and the opposition bloc lack the 61-seat majority required to form a government: Netanyahu’s bloc secured 53 seats and the opposition bloc 48. Mr. Eisenkot has 28 days to form a government, with the possibility of a 14-day extension. The opposition has sought to replace Mr. Ohana to gain control over the Knesset’s legislative agenda.

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Bytes Europe — Israelis have done their democratic duty; now it is the Knesset’s turn

Later today, Israel’s 26th Knesset will convene for the first time, with newly elected members taking their oaths alongside veteran parliamentarians returning to familiar seats. The issue of the speaker’s position has threatened to overshadow the inauguration: Mr. Eisenkot’s Yashar party has approached Shas and United Torah Judaism for support in replacing incumbent Speaker Amir Ohana. United Torah Judaism chairman Yaakov Asher has argued that a new speaker should be chosen when a government is formed. Mr. Ohana himself has said he will arrange a vote within a week if 61 members submit a formal request, while ruling out holding it on inauguration day. The oath taken on Tuesday should therefore mean more than photographs and congratulations, in the account’s closing line.

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political.org — Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field halts production after the drone attack, cutting about 2.8 gigawatts of Kurdistan power

Production was halted at Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field, one of the largest in the Kurdistan region, after a suspected drone attack on Sunday, November 8, operator Dana Gas said in a statement. The region’s electricity ministry said the attack took about 2.8 gigawatts of power generation offline, and no group has claimed responsibility. Dana Gas said the facility was subject to a suspected drone attack on the night of November 8, which caused a fire that has since been extinguished, with no injuries to personnel, and that production remains suspended while the damage is assessed. Electricity Ministry spokesman Omed Ahmed said generation on the grid would drop by between 2.5 and 2.8 gigawatts. A local source told Shafaq News the drone was likely launched from a mountainous area near Tuz Khurmatu in Saladin province; that account is unconfirmed, and no official attribution has been announced. Iraq has also formed a joint committee to investigate the attack.

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Hathalyoum, carrying Reuters — Iran says no unauthorised vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz overnight after navigation aids destroyed

DUBAI, November 9 (Reuters): navigational aid systems in the south of the Strait of Hormuz were destroyed and no unauthorised vessels transited the maritime route overnight, an unnamed Revolutionary Guards Navy official told Iranian media on Monday. The item is filed under the heading of Iran’s account of the strait’s overnight state.

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CNN — China set for a record trade surplus as the AI boom pushes it past $1 trillion in just ten months

China’s trade surplus surged past $1 trillion in the first ten months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales of high-tech products and helped offset weak domestic demand. Exports rose sharply by 35.2 percent in October from the same month last year in dollar terms, customs data showed on Tuesday, only a touch slower than the 36.3 percent surge in September, but ahead of economists’ forecast for an increase of 33.5 percent. That helped lift China’s trade surplus to $1.04 trillion in the first ten months, topping $1 trillion for a second consecutive year and reaching the milestone a month earlier than in 2025. China on Monday officially announced the extension of a trade truce with Washington due to expire on November 10 by two months. Imports grew 41.6 percent, beating the median forecast for a 32 percent increase in the Reuters poll and accelerating from 31 percent growth in September. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit will take place next week in Shenzhen.

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Reuters, via Duke FM — China’s trade surplus soars past $1 trillion as the AI boom powers exports

BEIJING, November 10 (Reuters): China’s trade surplus surged past $1 trillion in the first ten months as a global race to build AI infrastructure buoyed sales of high-tech products and helped offset weak domestic demand, a dynamic likely to sharpen tensions with major trading partners. The data comes ahead of next week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Shenzhen, where President Xi Jinping and President Trump are expected to meet for the third time this year. Exports rose sharply by 35.2 percent in October from the same month last year in dollar terms, customs data showed on Tuesday, only a touch slower than the 36.3 percent surge in September and comfortably ahead of the forecast increase of 33.5 percent. China’s trade surplus with the United States narrowed slightly to $32.71 billion in October from $34.01 billion the previous month. Imports rose 41.6 percent in October, beating the 32 percent increase forecast in the Reuters poll.

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Asia Today — China’s trade surplus tops $1 trillion as imports surge 41.6 percent

China’s trade surplus passed the $1 trillion mark in the first ten months of 2026, official customs data showed on Tuesday, as a global boom in artificial intelligence infrastructure drove demand for the country’s high-technology goods and helped offset weak spending at home. The milestone, reached a month earlier than in 2025, puts China on course to surpass last year’s record surplus of $1.2 trillion. Imports grew faster than exports, climbing 41.6 percent, far above the 32 percent forecast, so the monthly surplus narrowed to $105.3 billion from $133.5 billion in September, the smallest monthly gap since April, LSEG data showed. October exports were worth $412.3 billion, while imports totalled $307.1 billion. The import surge was driven largely by purchases of technology products, critical minerals and energy supplies, according to CNBC’s analysis of the official figures. Total trade in goods grew 20 percent year on year in the first ten months, according to the General Administration of Customs.

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AFP, via Bangsar — tech leads the Asian stock rally as traders track the Wall Street rebound

HONG KONG, November 10: Asian stocks rallied today to extend a Wall Street surge led by technology firms, as investors took advantage of lower prices following last week’s rout, while another plunge in oil prices added to the upbeat mood. The Nasdaq’s 2.7 percent spike led a strong day on Wall Street, and Asian investors took up the baton. Oil prices continued their retreat on hopes the United States and Iran will eventually bring an end to the Middle East crisis; both main contracts fell around one percent today, extending the previous day’s drop that saw Brent give up almost six percent. Key figures at around 0230 GMT: Tokyo—Nikkei 225 up 2.9 percent at 60,475.78; Seoul—Kospi up 4.1 percent at 5,223.87; West Texas Intermediate down 1.1 percent at $85.87 a barrel; Brent down 1.0 percent at $91.63 a barrel.

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Reuters, via Global Banking and Finance — Asian stocks gain on the oil slide and anticipation of the United States inflation report

SINGAPORE, November 10 (Reuters): Asian stocks rose on Tuesday as a drop in oil prices after President Trump said he plans to hold off on new military strikes against Iran lifted sentiment ahead of United States inflation data that could sway the near-term interest rate outlook. Brent crude futures were hovering at their lowest levels since early September, well below $100 a barrel, last down 1 percent at $91.56 a barrel. South Korea’s Kospi rose over 5 percent, while Japan’s Nikkei gained about 3 percent in early trading. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares pushed 1.5 percent higher, moving away from the seven-month low it hit last week. On Monday the S&P 500 clocked its biggest one-day jump since April, closing up 2.35 percent, and the Nasdaq closed 2.7 percent higher, its best day in over four months. All eyes will be on United States inflation data later in the day, with prices likely to have increased at a moderate pace in October, economists said, and remaining high enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates next month.

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The Hindu BusinessLine, carrying AP — Asian stocks gain as the Wall Street tech rally lifts investor sentiment

Asian stocks advanced Tuesday after United States stocks rallied, recovering most of their big losses from last week. United States futures edged higher, and oil prices fell. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 2.6 percent to 60,279.37. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng rose 0.4 percent to 24,535.74, while the Shanghai Composite edged 0.4 percent higher to 3,673.54. On Monday the S&P 500 jumped 2.3 percent for a second straight gain after a wipeout on worries that Democratic victories in the midterm elections could lead to a slowdown in the construction of AI data centres; the best day for the index since April has it sitting just 3.4 percent below its all-time high set last month. In other dealings early Tuesday, Brent crude edged 0.9 percent lower to $91.74 a barrel and United States benchmark crude fell 1 percent to $85.97 a barrel.

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Coin Edition — the Asia market recap: Kospi and Nikkei surge as chip stocks rebound

South Korea’s Kospi jumped 4.3 percent, and Japan’s Nikkei gained 2.8 percent in Tuesday trade, in this recap. Brent crude fell 1 percent to $91 a barrel, its weakest level since early September. Asian shares climbed on Tuesday as chipmakers recovered from a brutal week and cheaper oil eased worries about interest rates ahead of a closely watched United States inflation reading. MSCI’s Asia-Pacific index rose 1.78 percent, moving further from a seven-month low set last week. On Monday the S&P 500 rose 2.35 percent, its best day since April; the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.7 percent, the Nasdaq 100 3.4 percent, the Dow 2.15 percent and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index 6.9 percent.

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Finance Intellect — global markets: Wall Street’s best day since April, Asia surges

On Wall Street on Monday, the S&P 500 rose 2.35 percent to 7,549.94, its best day since April; the Nasdaq Composite gained 2.74 percent to 25,253.14, and the Dow added 1,104 points, or 2.15 percent. The rebound carried into Asia on Tuesday: South Korea’s Kospi surged more than 5 percent at the open, so fast the Korea Exchange briefly paused program buying under its “sidecar” rule; Japan’s Nikkei 225 climbed about 3 percent to reclaim the 60,000 mark. The sell-off began after Democrats swept the midterm elections on November 3; on November 5 the Nasdaq fell 5.5 percent in a day and entered correction territory, and the Kospi plunged about 9 percent and the Nikkei about 6 percent the following day. Brent crude fell almost 6 percent on Monday to its lowest since August 31, after President Trump signalled no new strikes on Iran for now.

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Jamoke News — the Alaska and Mississippi Senate races, 2026: the latest count and what happens next

Facts checked November 9, 2026, at 6:30 a.m. Eastern: two Senate races from the November 3 midterms were still uncalled—Alaska, where Mary Peltola narrowly leads Senator Dan Sullivan, and Mississippi, where Scott Colom narrowly leads Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith. Alaska stands at 102,962 to 102,325 in unofficial first-choice results last posted November 4; the next scheduled count is Tuesday, November 10, including early votes cast October 30 to November 2 and questioned ballots, and the ranked-choice tabulation is scheduled for November 18. Mississippi stands at a lead of 2,574 votes, 467,930 to 465,356, with about 97 percent counted; the secretary of state said 75 of 82 counties had uploaded unofficial results, 12,767 affidavit ballots had been processed with about 77 percent accepted, and just over 2,800 absentee mail ballots were still out.

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political.org — why the Mississippi and Alaska Senate races remain uncalled days after Election Day

Nearly a week after the November 3 midterm elections, the Senate contests in Mississippi and Alaska are the only two in the country that remain uncalled. In Mississippi, Democrat Scott Colom led Senator Hyde-Smith by 43 votes early on Wednesday, November 4, and was ahead by about 2,500 votes with 97 percent counted as of Saturday, November 7. In Alaska, Democrat Mary Peltola leads Senator Dan Sullivan by only 637 votes, with roughly a quarter of ballots outstanding. Mississippi has until Friday, November 13 to certify; Alaska’s final ranked-choice tabulation is not expected until after the November 18 deadline for late absentee ballots. Mississippi has no automatic recount provision; Alaska’s contest is complicated by a Justice Department lawsuit and a public records suit from the Peltola campaign. A local report updated Monday, November 9 said an estimated 3 percent of the vote remains uncounted, with more than 2,700 absentee ballots still out; the deadline for counting ballots is Tuesday, November 10, and the votes are to be certified by Friday, November 13. The Division of Elections has also said it will conduct ranked-choice tabulation for races where no candidate receives more than 50 percent of the vote once the final ballot deadline passes.