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New FT Explains reel:
Can anyone defeat Benjamin Netanyahu in the October 27 election?
(Short answer: Not easily, and possibly not at all…)
Thanks @dahliasc @NeriZilber and @JamesShotter for your insights
On October 27, Israel holds elections that many in the country regard as the most important in its history, and will be closely watched around the world. The FT’s John Reed breaks down what is at stake. ft.trib.al/8FJToIp
Alphabet shares tumble in $500bn rout: "If the decline holds through to the close of trading, it would represent the second-biggest daily drop in market value in Wall Street history, after Nvidia’s $593bn rout in January 2025." ft.com/content/eb386156-5bf9… via @financialtimes
Israel's "magician", Benjamin Netanyahu, pulls off yet another trick. How is he still standing? Analysis by @MehulAtLarge and @NeriZilber as.ft.com/r/e63ae615-5f39-45…
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Astounding.
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New FT Explains reel:
Can anyone defeat Benjamin Netanyahu in the October 27 election?
(Short answer: Not easily, and possibly not at all…)
Thanks @dahliasc @NeriZilber and @JamesShotter for your insights
On October 27, Israel holds elections that many in the country regard as the most important in its history, and will be closely watched around the world. The FT’s John Reed breaks down what is at stake. ft.trib.al/8FJToIp
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Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage
The trip highlights the remarkable relationship between a son of the US president and a tycoon with a criminal record who has close ties to Vladimir Putin’s personal security service. Intelligence experts say such connections are ripe for manipulation. ft.trib.al/p0LBRYI
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Election Day in Israel, finally. What to watch for today:
-Turnout numbers, esp in Arab-Israeli communities
-Provocations & violence in liberal bastions or Arab towns, to undermine the vote
-Response by Israel Police & party election observers
-Statements by politicians, incl re alleged voter fraud (looking at Likud here)
-Security incident, eg missiles or terror attack
Polls close at 10pm local. Official results to begin midnight. God help us all.
Same issue as in India, where some of the foul winter air comes from Pakistan: Singapore goes after companies over toxic haze as.ft.com/r/8439d1f9-6a34-4e… via @financialtimes @OwenWalker0
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On October 27, Israel holds elections that many in the country regard as the most important in its history, and will be closely watched around the world. The FT’s John Reed breaks down what is at stake. ft.trib.al/8FJToIp
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Myanmar's presidential spokesperson says Aung San Suu Kyi spoke to her son Kim Aris by phone for 20 minutes today, via the Myanmar embassy in London.
It described the 81-year-old as a prisoner serving her sentence. Aris says it was their first call in over five years.
#BREAKING Aung San Suu Kyi's son Kim Aris says he has spoken to his mother for the first time in more than five years, days after King Charles sent her two books.
"One conversation is not regular family access. Family access is not freedom," he wrote, urging the UK and other governments not to trade rights for legitimacy.
#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #AungSanSuuKyi
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi speaks to son for first time in over five years reuters.com/world/asia-pacif…
Ambani looks to pull off India’s biggest IPO as.ft.com/r/342a2995-d124-49… via @financialtimes @Krishn_ @christopherkay
AI debt worries spark surge in default insurance trading as.ft.com/r/ed537265-7c73-41… via @financialtimes @ramshodgson @EuanHealy
Peak France! (This is fine)
nitter.cf/CBSNews/status/2112117…
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An unpopular foreign leader embracing an unpopular president and telling Americans to stop whining about gas prices is a great closing message for Republicans two weeks out from the midterms
President Trump, my friend Donald - thank you for your extraordinary endorsement. Israel has never had a greater friend in the White House. Together we will never let Iran's regime get nuclear weapons. Thank you for your clarity, courage and unwavering support.
@realDonaldTrump
Zelenskyy, Europe and the end of Trump whispering: "With Trump weakening in the polls and Republicans apparently heading for defeat in the midterms, it could be worth appealing to Americans over the heads of the president and his cronies" @gideonrachman as.ft.com/r/3a159879-7ce0-48…
Warning lights flashing now:
America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray as.ft.com/r/d9236385-6a37-42… via @financialtimes
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Heidi Levine, an American photographer for the Washington Post, was beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank today while covering an olive harvest by Palestinians. She’s now in a Ramallah hospital. This happens every day on the West Bank. Every single day.
Palestinians attacked, journalists attacked, Israeli & foreign observers attacked. When is the IDF going to start taking this seriously? And where is the US embassy & Trump administration?