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2026-11-09 · 32 stories
🌍 At least 34 people have died after a migrant boat sank off Senegal’s northwestern coast, with one survivor found and the search for others continuing. The number aboard remains unknown, as pressure also mounts on Spain’s El Hierro, where more than 3,300 migrants have arrived since early November.
🚆 Two deadly rail disasters underline the risks facing ageing infrastructure: a collision near Egypt’s Giza killed seven and injured more than 100, while Dutch inspectors are scanning around 7,000 kilometres of track for cracks that can grow rapidly. In Kraków, the central square has reopened after a shooting that killed six; investigators are examining a possible far-right motive, and residents are mourning the victims.
🏛️ Gadi Eisenkot has been asked to form Israel’s next government, but his path to a majority is clouded by parties unwilling to work with Arab groups. The divide is also fuelling tensions beyond coalition talks, with arrests after clashes in Lod and renewed scrutiny of the treatment of Arab citizens. In Washington, Donald Trump says renewed conflict with Iran is highly unlikely if negotiations make progress.
💻 Nvidia is investigating CEO Jensen Huang’s relationship with an executive at a customer company suspected by US officials of links to Chinese espionage; the board says it has no indication that secrets were compromised. In the Netherlands, former state secretary Frans Weekers is challenging the VVD leadership’s preferred candidate for the Senate list, calling for a more liberal party and warning about its ability to govern.
Sources: BBC Top Stories, France24 Europe, France24 Middle East, Haaretz, ND Opinie, NOS Algemeen, NOS Economie, NYT Europe, TechCrunch