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Today's essential news — November 8, 2026

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  1. Politics

    Eisenkot chosen to try forming Israeli government

    Israeli President Isaac Herzog gave opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot 28 days to try to secure the 61 Knesset seats needed to form a government. Neither Eisenkot's bloc nor Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's won a majority in the election. The decision gives Netanyahu's leading rival the first opportunity to resolve the parliamentary deadlock.

  2. Security

    Binance CFO to leave after $6.3bn hack

    Binance said chief financial officer Kaiser Ng will leave to pursue a new venture, with a six-month transition planned and Justin Yek named as his successor. The announcement comes just over a week after hackers stole $6.3 billion in cryptocurrency from users of the world's largest crypto exchange, according to the RSS reports.

  3. Real Estate

    Property shares rise as Treasury yields fall

    US real-estate shares gained as Treasury yields fell after Democratic midterm victories, according to matching RSS headlines from Seeking Alpha and Business Insider. Lower government-bond yields can reduce financing pressure on property companies and make their dividends relatively more attractive. The supplied feeds did not quantify the move or identify the strongest individual stocks.

  4. Boxing & MMA

    Clarke stops Billam-Smith in seventh round

    Cheavon Clarke stopped former cruiserweight world champion Chris Billam-Smith in the seventh round at London's Copper Box Arena. It was Billam-Smith's first stoppage defeat as a professional and repeated Clarke's win from their amateur careers. Billam-Smith called for a fourth meeting after the upset in their non-title bout.

  5. Politics

    Trump asks UFC chief to be press secretary

    US President Donald Trump said he offered the White House press secretary job to UFC chief executive Dana White. White said he would travel to Washington and meet Trump on Monday, but had neither accepted nor rejected the offer. The move continues Trump's long political association with the mixed-martial-arts promoter.

  6. Policy

    AI-safety network beats $100m political group

    A small, wealthy network of artificial-intelligence safety advocates organised through Signal chats into a coalition that defeated the $100 million super PAC Leading the Future in the US midterms, according to Politico's RSS summary. The report says the group turned a long-running policy debate into an effective electoral campaign for stricter AI oversight.

  7. Markets

    US intelligence flagged Nvidia chief's associate

    US intelligence warned that Nvidia chief Jensen Huang was involved with an executive allegedly recruited by China to gather information on the American chip company, the Financial Times reported. The RSS summary also described a romantic relationship between Huang and the executive. Nvidia is central to US controls on advanced artificial-intelligence chips.

  8. Motorsport

    Norris takes São Paulo pole in heavy rain

    Lando Norris secured pole position for McLaren at the São Paulo Grand Prix after a wet qualifying session at Interlagos was delayed by nearly 90 minutes. Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli joined him on the front row, while Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will start near the back after struggling in the treacherous conditions.

  9. Politics

    Houston limits police cooperation with ICE

    Houston Mayor John Whitmire instructed city police to limit contact and cooperation with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, reversing the city's previous approach. The order follows months of public anger after an ICE officer fatally shot a man who was driving to work, according to matching RSS reports from Al Jazeera and the BBC.

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