Thursday, November 5, 2026
Every news article the Bureau published that day — 23 articles, newest first. Past days never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
Generation Z and diversity redefine US politics in a night of historic firsts
A 29-year-old Ethiopian-born lawyer becomes the first Gen Z woman in Congress, a Muslim American takes a Senate seat, and a record five Black governors prepare to serve together — the 2026 midterms rewrote who America elects.
The WireMorocco pauses tomato exports to Africa as prices at home climb to 18 dirhams a kilo
Rabat has halted tomato shipments to African markets to steady domestic supply, with Europe exempt — a temporary measure that puts household budgets first and leaves exporters, and African importers, waiting for the resumption.
The WireTop US civil rights official resigns in first departure since the Democrats retook Congress
Harmeet Dhillon, who remade the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in eighteen months, is out two days after the midterm elections — and the new Democratic Congress is already lining up the questions she will have to answer.
The WireHoax bomb threats force European flights to divert for a second time this week
At least 21 aircraft were targeted on Thursday, with fighter jets escorting airliners to the ground from Normandy to Bulgaria — and no explosive device has been found on any plane.
The WirePutin says countries blocking Russia’s return to world sport are violating democracy
A week after sport’s highest court ordered Russia back into international ice hockey, the Russian president accused the countries refusing to play his teams of breaking the law — and the standoff is now spreading from the rink to the visa office.
The WireAfter the blue wave, the question is whether the Democrats can deliver
The Democrats swept both chambers of Congress on Tuesday, flipping seats in Texas, Kansas and South Carolina, and Vice-President JD Vance himself blamed the Iran war. The victory is historic; the governing test, as Laurie Dundon told France 24, is whether the party can deliver.
The WireChip selloff drags global stocks lower as AI spending doubts deepen
The Nasdaq slid more than 5 per cent and the chip index lost 11 per cent on Thursday, as weak Qualcomm earnings and the Democrats’ midterm sweep collided with the artificial-intelligence buildout that has carried the market for two years.
The Wire“We want to make a dignified wage”: France strikes as hundreds of thousands march
Five unions, three more behind them, and a country that has been marching since September brought France to a standstill on Thursday, demanding higher pay, fairer taxes and better schools, six months before a presidential election.
The Wire‘Healthcare not bombs’: How Gaza shaped Adam Hamawy’s path to US Congress
A reconstructive surgeon who treated the wounded in Gaza won New Jersey’s 12th District on Tuesday, becoming the first Muslim elected to Congress from the state — and one of eight Muslim Americans to win on a night when Democrats took both chambers.
The WireFrom Habibie to Prabowo: the wiretap that keeps finding Indonesia’s presidents
Three generals were arrested this week for allegedly tapping President Prabowo Subianto’s phone, yet the scandal is only the latest chapter of a story that began in 1998, when a leaked call embarrassed President Habibie, and it has touched every Indonesian president since.
The WireSudan accuses Ethiopia of hosting RSF drone launches as both neighbours shut each other's consulates
Khartoum says 187 one-way drones flew from Ethiopian soil between February and October, killing and wounding hundreds; Addis Ababa denies the charge and accuses Sudan of backing Tigray rebels, and both capitals have now expelled each other's diplomats.
The WireMorocco exits the World Bank’s top 10 borrowers as lending falls to its lowest since 2020
Approvals of $1.15 billion in fiscal 2026 are down 35% on the year before, ending six straight years in the IBRD’s top 10 — even as the Bank’s lending worldwide rose by nearly a quarter.
The WireIndia names the AI tools behind a hacking campaign against its banks
CERT-In calls the threat “active and ongoing” as a group it calls Crafty Falcon turns public AI tools against lenders, fintech firms and crypto exchanges — and at least two of those tools trace back to China.
The WireAmish Shah claims victory in Arizona, the first Indian-American to represent the state in Congress
Decision Desk HQ called Arizona’s First District for the Democrat at 8:39 p.m. on Wednesday, with 52.49 per cent of the vote against Jay Feely’s 45.45 per cent — a flip two years in the making, and a milestone for Indian-Americans in the House.
The WireIndonesian parties weigh a parliamentary inquiry into the vice-president’s diploma
Two court rulings have stripped the paperwork behind Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s candidacy of its legal standing, and now the parties that put Prabowo Subianto in power must decide whether parliament acts, as the rift with Joko Widodo widens.
EuropeFrance braces for a day of nationwide strikes as Macron’s authority faces a new test
Unions and students bring France to a standstill on Thursday, 5 November, in a dispute over living costs, public services and schooling that has become the sharpest test yet of Emmanuel Macron’s final months in office, with hundreds of thousands expected to march and 70,000 police on the streets.
The WireMelania Trump to bring Russian and Ukrainian envoys together at the White House after the Oleshky pause
The United States first lady will host officials from Moscow and Kyiv on Thursday to mark a six-day humanitarian ceasefire in occupied Oleshky, a day after Ukraine honoured her for the evacuation, and days before the three sides meet again in Abu Dhabi.
The WireMore haste, less speed: the Hawks job awaits Cabinet while the Madlanga Commission has yet to speak
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has recommended KwaZulu-Natal commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi to lead the Hawks, but Cabinet has not decided, the nominee says he will not apply, and Paul Hoffman argues that any promotion before the Madlanga Commission's final report would put haste ahead of accountability.
The WireHong Kong activist Joshua Wong gets 10 more years in jail for foreign collusion
On Thursday 5 November 2026, Hong Kong's High Court sentenced Joshua Wong, 30, to 10 years in prison for conspiring to collude with foreign forces, a second national security conviction that ends the release he had been expecting in January and keeps one of the city's best-known democracy activists behind bars for years to come.
The WireIsrael’s ex-generals pick olives with Palestinians as harvest violence surges
On 3 November 2026, some 30 retired Israeli officers — including six generals — helped Palestinian farmers near Qusra harvest their olives: a solidarity gesture that condemns settler violence and cracks Israel’s security consensus.
The WireOhio’s voters tell Republicans: don’t take us for granted
In the state Donald Trump carried by 11 points two years ago, Ohioans handed Democrats the governor’s mansion and a U.S. Senate seat on 3 November, blaming the president for $4.50-a-gallon gasoline, expensive groceries, soaring electric bills and the war in Iran — and turned America’s most-watched bellwether into a warning shot for 2028.
The WireMorocco pledges the Sahara ceasefire stands after MINURSO — and takes charge of the mission’s withdrawal
His Majesty King Mohammed VI chaired a 4 November working session at the Rabat Royal Palace that turned the end of the UN mission into an operational plan: the ceasefire becomes a voluntary Moroccan commitment, the Interior Ministry coordinates the withdrawal, and development in the Southern Provinces goes on.
The WireAn economy under pressure: how the cost of living decided the 2026 midterms
Democrats seized both chambers of Congress on 3 November 2026 on a single promise — affordability. Behind them: 3.7% inflation, a 34.2% annual surge in gasoline prices, and a Federal Reserve raising rates into an election.