After the UN Security Council failed to renew the Western Sahara peacekeeping mission when the US and Russia vetoed each other's draft resolutions, Morocco declared that 35 years of UN process had effectively ended. Tunisian commentary is now asking whether Tunis will finally abandon the neutrality it has kept since relations with Rabat froze in 2022, when Tunisia hosted Polisario leader Brahim Ghali.
The Ministry of Equipment signed a 600-million-dinar contract with China Railway Construction Engineering Group and China CAMC Engineering to fully rebuild the Olympic Stadium at El Menzah, closed since 2019, with work expected to take 30 to 36 months. The stadium, built for the 1967 Mediterranean Games, will get solar power and rainwater systems alongside new safety and accessibility standards.
Demonstrators gathered at Habima Square urging opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot to form a government with Arab-led parties and exclude Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after Tuesday's election left neither bloc close to a majority. Eisenkot has so far rejected the idea, with official results still not finalised.
Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Qatari mediators have narrowed Iran's plan for reopening the Strait of Hormuz from five days to two, after Tehran raised issues including sanctions relief, a reduced US military presence and $6 billion in frozen funds held in Qatar. He said Iran sees "no need to meet with the Americans at this stage" while mediators continue consultations.
President Karol Nawrocki convened PiS and allied party leaders at the presidential palace on Saturday, while Prime Minister Donald Tusk's party stayed away, after the Constitutional Tribunal's chief judge was suspended. Tusk accused his opponents of trying to "destroy democracy and rule of law," and the US ambassador warned against a confrontation that could "spiral into something far worse."
Around 320,000 people marched nationwide on Saturday, down from 410,000 the previous weekend and 550,000 in mid-October, as France entered its third consecutive weekend of demonstrations over living costs, education and now rearmament spending. Police reported clashes in Lyon, Paris and Marseille despite a heavy security deployment of 70,000 officers and night curfews in central Paris.
The State Department cleared a $2.1 billion sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 interceptors to Ukraine, and President Zelensky called the deal "strong" while warning that manufacturing delays mean deliveries could take years to arrive, missing this winter entirely. He urged allies to draw down existing NATO stockpiles instead, as Russia intensifies strikes on Ukraine's power grid.
Spanish authorities said the death toll from last Wednesday's high-speed rail collision near Toledo has risen to 69, warning that more remains may still be identified. The train drivers' union called strikes for 10 and 12 November, demanding an overhaul of the automatic safety system that stopped working minutes before the crash.