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November 7: Eisenkot Gets Coalition Mandate as Trump Calls for Investigating Democrats
In Israel
Israel’s president has chosen Gadi Eisenkot to try to form a government after an election produced no clear winner. The decision gives Benjamin Netanyahu’s leading rival the first opportunity to assemble a parliamentary coalition. Representatives of most major parties recommended Eisenkot during consultations with the president. The Los Angeles Times reports that Arab parties have a pivotal role in forming a government.
In U.S. news
A federal judge says she intends to appoint a former U.S. attorney to investigate the government’s conduct in litigation over President Trump’s plans to remake Washington’s East Potomac Golf Links, The New York Times reports. According to The Guardian, the inquiry would examine whether Trump’s lawyers deliberately misled the judge.
Trump also says he ordered the Justice Department to investigate Democrats over their plans to scrutinize his administration and Republican donors, Bloomberg reports. He called their planned investigations a “criminal act.” Bloomberg reports that Democrats are preparing to take control of both chambers of Congress in January after winning the midterm elections.
In Kansas, the Associated Press projects that Republican Attorney General Kris Kobach has lost reelection to Chris Mann, a former prosecutor and police officer. In Mississippi, the AP says the Senate race remains too close to call. MS NOW reports that Democrat Scott Colom led Republican Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith by 2,574 votes early Saturday afternoon, with an estimated 97 percent of expected votes counted.
In Poland
Police say at least six people were killed and 15 others injured in a shooting in Krakow’s main market square. Witness video shows people running for cover as a gunman opens fire.
In France
More than 140,000 people rallied against rising costs as protests spread across France. Tear gas was fired in Paris and Lyon. The interior minister warned that authorities were “ready and waiting” for rioters and looters.
In Austria
A Telegraph investigation citing confidential Austrian police records says fugitive Russian spy Jan Marsalek claimed an operation helped bring down Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who resigned in 2021 amid corruption allegations. Marsalek said he helped secure the seizure of a close Kurz associate’s phone. The files contain no independent evidence that he orchestrated that seizure, which happened nearly two years before his messages. The records say the investigation remains active.
In Yemen
Airstrikes believed to have been launched by Saudi Arabia killed more than 50 people in Yemen over 24 hours. One strike hit al-Shariya, east of Sanaa.
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