📍 Britain's Drax power station could become the country's largest data center under a $27 billion agreement to develop artificial intelligence infrastructure

➡️ First phase is expected to become operational in early 2028, delivering up to 100 megawatts of computing capacity as developers target eventual capacity exceeding 1 gigawatt

🇺🇸 US Midterm Election Results

🕑 As of 0243 GMT

🏛️ House – 435 seats contested
🟥 Republicans: 50
🟦 Democrats: 92

🏛️ Senate – 35 seats contested
🟥 Republicans: 5
🟦 Democrats: 11

🏛️ Governors – 36 races
🟥 Republicans: 2
🟦 Democrats: 9

Results based on AP projections

🇺🇸 US House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries seeks support to become next House speaker following party’s midterm election victories

📢 Jeffries pledges to lower living costs, strengthen oversight of Trump administration, and push to end war in Iran

🇪🇺 The European Commission has launched a new chip design platform aiming to attract $590 million in investment and boost Europe's semiconductor industry

💻 Early-stage startups can receive grants of up to $112,000, while more advanced companies can apply for up to $18 million

📈 Google announces $17B investment to build its first data center in Wyoming, US

Project includes 702-megawatt natural gas-powered fuel cell installation with carbon capture and storage technology, set to become largest planned facility of its kind

🌍 Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people face severe climate hazards, including extreme heat, floods and droughts, UN refugee agency warns

📌 Nearly three in four displaced people live in countries highly exposed to climate risks, UNHCR says, urging action ahead of COP31 in Türkiye

🪖 Over 6,000 NATO troops to join German-led military exercises in Lithuania from Nov. 6 to Dec. 3

📌 Drills involve forces from 8 NATO countries, aiming to strengthen combat readiness, operational planning and coordination among allies

⭕️ US Central Command (CENTCOM) establishes Task Force Iron Gate to disrupt Iran’s use of land routes to transport advanced weapons and materials

↓ Unit, comprising around 20 civilian and military personnel, will monitor Iran’s land borders and Caspian Sea with other US agencies

➖ CENTCOM chief says task force reinforces US naval blockade and aims to limit Tehran’s ability to finance terrorism and rebuild weapons factories

📍 Task force, established Nov. 7, will be based in Tampa, Florida, CENTCOM says

Democrat Aisha Wahab wins California's 14th Congressional District, securing full two-year term

🗳️ Democrats lead Republicans by more than 90 seats in House of Representatives, with 19 races still undecided as of Saturday

🔹 Wahab defeats fellow Democrat Melissa Hernandez after winning special election earlier this year to replace Eric Swalwell

Syria's military agreement with Saudi Arabia focuses on training and building military capabilities, Syrian diplomatic source says, denying reports of troop deployment to Yemen

🗣️ Unnamed Syrian diplomatic source emphasizes Damascus' priorities of strengthening domestic security, rebuilding country and reviving economy

🌧️ Heavy rain and strong winds flood 70,000 tents in Gaza, leaving displaced Palestinian families without shelter amid widespread destruction from Israeli attacks

🇵🇸 Five Palestinians injured as walls damaged by earlier Israeli strikes collapse, while emergency crews struggle with limited equipment and damaged drainage systems

EU commissioner calls for greater humanitarian aid access to Gaza as heavy rains flood displacement camps

❝In Gaza, families are bailing water out of their tents with pots and pans❞

▪️ Commissioner says flooding worsens conditions for displaced Palestinian families already facing severe humanitarian crisis

▪️ Humanitarian organizations continue operations despite storm, but commissioner stresses urgent need for additional assistance

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani rules out troop deployment to Yemen

▪️ He says no plans to send Syrian forces to Yemen in near future

▪️ Shaibani reaffirms support for Yemen’s internationally recognized government and condemns Houthi threats against Saudi Arabia

📉 Nvidia shares plunge 6.4% to $174.7 in US after board launches independent probe into reports CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by alleged Chinese intelligence operation

🇮🇱 Israeli opposition parties agree to nominate Matan Kahana as Knesset speaker and Avigdor Lieberman to head parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, ahead of new parliament’s swearing-in

📌 The parties are seeking to replace current Speaker Amir Ohana of Netanyahu’s Likud party

📊 The opposition bloc holds 48 of the Knesset’s 120 seats, short of the 61 needed to replace Ohana

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei warns Tehran could strike bases involved in any renewed US offensive, including in Europe

'No safe distance. No safe haven. No immunity,' Rezaei says

📢 Britain’s King Charles III urges leaders to act on climate pledges at COP31 in Antalya, Türkiye

🔹 King calls for ending unnecessary oil and gas methane emissions by 2030, expanding renewables and mobilizing climate finance

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US Central Command denies Israeli media report claiming Washington is preparing to resume military operations against Iran, calling claims about changes to regional force posture 'pure speculation'

➖ CENTCOM says there are no updates to US force posture in Middle East

🇷🇺 Russia has reportedly demanded Finland leave NATO, a ban on NATO bases in the Baltic states and Ukraine’s permanent neutrality during Abu Dhabi peace talks

📌 Moscow also seeks to retain all currently occupied Ukrainian territory and gain control of the entire Donbas region, German media reports

● London's Metropolitan Police launch criminal investigation into British author and comedian David Walliams over allegations of serious sexual offenses

● Walliams, 55, denies wrongdoing, including claims of grooming teenagers and pressuring young women into sexual relationships