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November 8: Gulf of Oman Ship Attack and Krakow Shooting
In the Middle East
The U.S. military says it fired on and disabled a cargo ship sailing under the flag of St. Kitts in the Gulf of Oman.
Saudi Arabia intercepted Houthi missiles targeting Riyadh and the Eastern Province. The Houthis also report that a coalition airstrike killed 33 people in a village near Sanaa.
In Israel, President Isaac Herzog’s office says he will formally task opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot with forming a government on Sunday. Eisenkot’s bloc won 48 seats, compared with 53 for Benjamin Netanyahu’s alliance, neither a majority. But factions representing 67 lawmakers recommended Eisenkot. He will have 28 days to build a coalition, with a possible two-week extension.
European cost-of-living protests
More than 1,700 cost-of-living demonstrations have taken place across 31 European countries since mid-September. France has led the wave of protests.
Shooting in Krakow
Authorities say a gunman killed six people and wounded 16 in Krakow’s main square Saturday afternoon. The suspect is a 25-year-old Polish citizen. Poland’s interior minister says he was influenced by far-right ideology and held ultra-nationalistic views. Police also said the bodies of the suspect’s father, mother and sister were found at his home.
Delhi’s air pollution
DW reports that Delhi ranked as the world’s most polluted major city on the eve of Diwali, recording its most polluted Diwali eve in a decade. The report says air pollution is expected to worsen in the coming days.
Latin American banana production
Banana producers in Latin America are calling for better pay as extreme weather during this year’s super El Niño cuts production. The Fairtrade Foundation says high winds in Colombia and heavy rain in Peru and Ecuador are affecting output. Forecasts also point to drought for farmers in the Dominican Republic and parts of Colombia.
AI productivity and security
The Bank of England estimates that artificial intelligence has raised UK productivity by about half a percent over three years. The bank says AI-related activity accounted for just under a fifth of economic growth since the start of 2026, mainly through developing and deploying the technology rather than productivity gains at businesses using it.
Separately, security firm Apiiro says Anthropic’s Claude Code saved approved shell commands containing credentials in a project file that users made public on GitHub. Researchers reported finding real secrets in 1,122 of more than 104,000 public copies they examined.
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