Saturday, November 7, 2026
Every news article the Bureau published that day — 18 articles, newest first. Past days never disappear: the links below are the original, permanent URLs.
Who is Jon Ossoff, the senator the betting markets already crown for 2028?
Georgia’s 39-year-old senator won a second term by 18 points in a state Donald Trump carried — and within 48 hours the prediction markets made him the favourite for the Democratic nomination in 2028, a race he insists he will not enter.
WorldWho is Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrat poised to become the first Black House speaker?
Democrats won back the House in the 2026 midterms, and their leader now stands one vote away from history — but first he must hold together a party that wants him to fight harder, on Trump and on Israel.
WorldBack on the pitch: the Lebanese footballer who refused to let a strike end her story
Two years after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut left Celine Haidar in a coma, the 21-year-old is coaching young players again — a return her doctors once could not promise.
WorldNo cherry-picking: Barnier sets the price of a British return to the single market
The EU's former Brexit negotiator told the BBC that Britain cannot rejoin the single market à la carte, that the four freedoms are inseparable, and that the rebate is gone — as Andy Burnham's government prepares for a Brussels summit on 20 November.
WorldIran’s Revolutionary Guards say missile and drone production has moved underground
The Guards’ aerospace spokesman says production lines have been shifted beneath the ground, a new “missile city” will be unveiled this week, and limits on missile range have been lifted — claims made as American strikes hit Qeshm Island and satellite images show fresh digging at Iranian missile sites.
WorldIraq’s foreign minister says outside parties are using Iraqi soil to attack its neighbours
Fuad Hussein told Al Jazeera that Baghdad has evidence of attacks launched from Iraqi territory against Gulf states, that it is investigating, and that it wants its rift with Saudi Arabia settled through dialogue — as the war on Iran leaves Iraq counting about $60bn in lost oil revenue.
WorldRain floods 70,000 tents in Gaza as the first winter storm hits the camps
Within twelve hours, the season's first storm flooded about 70,000 tents sheltering displaced Palestinians across Gaza, according to the territory's Government Media Office, while civil defence crews answered 1,500 distress calls and hospitals braced for a wave of illness.
WorldFrance braces as the Yellow Vests call for ‘mass disobedience’
Unions and students march through Paris against the high cost of living while the Yellow Vests defy a ban at Place de la Concorde, 70,000 police on the streets, and a prime minister promising talks on Monday that may decide how long the autumn of anger lasts.
WorldThe last revolutionary on the left: how Mélenchon became Generation Z’s favourite
Jean-Luc Mélenchon presents his 2027 presidential programme at a rally near Paris on Saturday, carried by a youth movement that has made him the second force in the race — and by a country that still refuses, by two to one, to imagine him as president.
WorldEvery person has their luck: Morocco’s beach detectorists read history in the sand
On the beaches of Agadir, a small community of hobbyists sweeps the sand with metal detectors, turning up old coins, lost rings and rusted scrap — and testing where Morocco’s heritage law draws the line between curiosity and archaeology.
WorldThe pardon trap: why exposing Trump's corporate allies could protect them
Democrats won both chambers of Congress on 3 November, and the expectation is that they will use their new oversight powers to investigate the corporate allies of Donald Trump. An argument published in Al Jazeera on Saturday warns that moving fast could backfire: while Trump remains in office until January 2029, he can pardon anyone Congress exposes, turning an investigation into a list of people to protect.
WorldIran says its forces are stronger than at the start of the war as new US strikes hit Qeshm
Army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia says Iran's military is on higher alert and ready to respond without geographical limits, a day after President Donald Trump confirmed limited US strikes on Iranian air defences.
EconomyUS sanctions eight Canadian money firms over Iran ties as crypto crackdown widens
The Treasury says the Ontario and British Columbia businesses swapped Iranian rials for digital assets, and a separate order cuts off the MEXC exchange over $16 billion in illicit flows.
The WireIran reviews Qatar’s bridge proposals as nuclear talks edge closer
Tehran is studying a Qatari plan for two days of trust-building measures — an end to the blockade on its ports and the release of frozen funds in exchange for inspectors at its bombed nuclear sites and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz — but it says it will not discuss its nuclear programme until Washington meets its conditions.
The WireOscar-winning Chilean filmmaker Sebastián Lelio dies at 52
The director of A Fantastic Woman, the first Chilean feature ever to win an Oscar, was found dead at his home in Santiago on Friday, and his family cited health reasons while he was in the middle of filming his next feature.
The WireParaguay’s president ousted and placed under house arrest as bank collapse topples his government
Santiago Peña was removed by the Senate on Friday after the collapse of the digital lender ueno froze the savings of three million Paraguayans; his vice-president, Pedro Alliana, was sworn in within the hour.
The Wire250 Palestinian couples marry in mass wedding in Gaza, three years into the war
The “Garment of Joy” ceremony at Gaza City’s Sea Club united 250 couples chosen by lottery from more than 11,000 applicants, as the UAE-backed relief operation behind it marked three years of aid to the territory.
The WireUS urges China to honour Busan trade deal as rare-earth and farm deliveries lag
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Vice Premier He Lifeng that progress depends on concrete results, as Washington says Beijing has delivered only about two-thirds of its promised rare earths and farm purchases hinge on tariff cuts both sides have yet to implement.