President Kaïs Saïed told the prime minister and the commerce and interior ministers on Friday that farmers are being paid as little as one dinar a kilo for dates while 'disguised' speculation drives up prices for lobster, poultry, bottled water and farm inputs. He accused unnamed actors of deliberately creating artificial shortages, making goods 'appear on markets then disappear without justification.'
Members of the Assembly of Representatives and the National Council of Regions and Districts begin joint plenary sessions on 9 November on the government's 2027 finance bill, Tunisia's budget law, with ministers presenting their own portfolios through 25 November before the bill as a whole comes up for a final vote. The constitution requires that vote by 10 December; parliamentary committees have already held hearings with government officials on individual portfolios.
Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Nafti said Tunisia remains committed to fighting human-trafficking networks and defending its sovereignty, as the country absorbs a growing number of irregular migrants, mostly sub-Saharan nationals crossing from Algeria and Libya, despite officially refusing to become a settlement or transit hub for routes to Europe. The International Organization for Migration has coordinated 5,077 voluntary returns since the start of 2026, part of a wider programme that had reached 25,351 people as of September 2026; commentators question whether returns can keep pace with daily arrivals.
President Isaac Herzog told Gadi Eisenkot on Saturday evening that he would task him with forming Israel's next government, passing over Benjamin Netanyahu, with a formal ceremony planned for 8 November. Eisenkot drew recommendations from 67 of the Knesset's 120 lawmakers against 46 for Netanyahu. Eisenkot's own four-party alliance holds only 48 seats; the gap was closed by Arab-led parties, which won a record 19 seats in the 27 October election and recommended him despite his having previously ruled out governing with them. Netanyahu's 53-seat bloc gave him just 46 recommendations, after at least one religious party declined to back him. Eisenkot now has 28 days, with a possible 14-day extension, to build a coalition of at least 61 seats.
Iranian state media reported explosions at Qeshm island and the port of Jask on Saturday evening, days after US strikes on the island that Tehran has not officially confirmed. Iran's military said two tankers caught fire on Sunday after striking mines while using an 'unauthorised route' through the Strait of Hormuz, and US Central Command disabled a St Kitts-flagged vessel that ignored warnings while trying to leave the area after visiting an Iranian port. President Trump called Friday's US strikes on Iranian air defences 'limited' and 'minor', as Tehran reviews a Qatari mediation proposal for indirect talks with Washington.
A 25-year-old Polish man with no criminal record opened fire with a military-style rifle while driving through Kraków's historic Main Square on Saturday, killing six people and wounding sixteen, two of them police officers. Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz called it an act of terror; officials said the attacker, who was not a soldier despite early reports, held far-right views. President Karol Nawrocki declared national mourning for Sunday and Monday, 8 and 9 November.
Around 146,000 people demonstrated nationwide on Saturday against the rising cost of living and fuel prices, according to the interior ministry, days after an estimated 575,000 joined a union-organised rally; unions put Saturday's number at 250,000. The protests, which began in September over school conditions, continued into a fourth consecutive weekend ahead of April's presidential election. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez deployed 70,000 police and gendarmes, who used tear gas in Paris and Lyon.