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An Iranian official said the Strait of Hormuz could be secured within two days if Washington meets Tehran's conditions, while an official briefed on Qatari-mediated talks said a draft proposal to end the US-Iran war is being circulated.
Headlines from France 24 and Anadolu Agency report a threat by US President Donald Trump directed at Iran, but give no details on its setting or full context.
Al Jazeera and Anadolu Agency report that acting President Iliana Iotova won Bulgaria's presidential runoff, becoming its first elected female president, though the reports reviewed by Vocemundi do not cite final official results.
Kylian Mbappé scored in Real Madrid's 3-0 La Liga win over Racing Santander, while Chinese state broadcaster CCTV did not show the match amid a dispute over his remarks about Mao Zedong, according to AFP as cited by Al Jazeera.
In an address to parliament on 2 November 2026, President Lee Jae Myung pledged major investment in artificial intelligence and semiconductors under a record 2027 budget proposal.
Japanese skater Mao Shimada won the women's event at Skate Canada International, a Grand Prix stop that The Japan Times describes as her Grand Prix debut.
Ukraine's president says overnight Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure in four regions, while Ukraine reports striking a missile-related plant in Rostov and a local truce in Kherson was due to end.
Miyu Yamashita won the LPGA Tour's Maybank Championship for the second time in a row, her fifth title, finishing two strokes ahead of China's Yan Liu, according to ESPN.
Officials say more than 40,000 volunteers built 108 Buddhist stupas on Sunday at the site of a royal city project in southern Bhutan that is intended to drive economic growth.
Ukraine's Air Force said its air raid alert app appeared to have been subjected to 'enemy influence' on Sunday, and Russia's Emergencies Ministry later said its own mobile app had been hit by a 'massive cyberattack'.
Pirates hijacked the Iranian fishing vessel Azini off northeastern Somalia, a Puntland maritime police officer said, and the Maritime Security Centre Indian Ocean warns it could become a base for attacks on commercial shipping.
Central Elections Committee head Noam Sohlberg said a Shin Bet inquiry into alleged Qatari funding of the Arab party Raam does not call into question the 27 October 2026 election result, while Likud said a 'dark cloud' hangs over it and Raam and Qatar deny the allegation.
Ukraine's Air Force said on 1 November 2026 that its public air raid alert app had probably been subjected to hostile interference, after users received false warnings that included a radiation threat for Kyiv.
A localized truce around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky ended on 1 November 2026 after six days, and a Ukrainian official said Russia declined an extension while strikes continued elsewhere in Ukraine and Russia.
A federal judge on 1 November 2026 dismissed a Justice Department lawsuit that sought to block certification of Alaska's US Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses, and the department said it planned to appeal, according to The Guardian.
Russian ice hockey teams have been cleared to compete at the world championships, a decision The Japan Times attributes to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and which Ukraine has called unacceptable, according to Anadolu Agency.
Singapore, where about 99% of private homes have air conditioning, is experimenting with chilled beams, passive displacement and other cooling methods; an AFP report says the effort has government backing.
Andreas Almgren won the men's race in his first marathon, and Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui won the women's race for a second time.
Russian authorities arrested one person after the US Embassy in Moscow warned of a "credible threat of a mass casualty event" in the city, according to Anadolu Agency and Le Monde, but the reports do not say whether the two events are linked.
A truce limited to Ukraine's Kherson region was due to end on 1 November 2026 with no extension announced, and an unnamed Ukrainian official quoted via AFP said Russia had rejected Kyiv's offer to prolong it.