Video explainer: What can COP30 actually achieve? www.instagram.com/reel/DQw4Bxi...

Whoosh! another Chinese bullet train project in SE Asia has left a pile of debt in its wake. Anantha Lakshmi and Diana Mariska report on.ft.com/3Lu7T11

FT Explains: How big is Trump’s ballroom? www.instagram.com/reel/DQmzujE...

BREAKING: Nancy Pelosi announces retirement from Congress

This NYT story about how Mamdani dealt with the opposition by the city's elites fails to mention one particular elite institution: The NYT editorial page, which last June railed against him as "uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges... lacks political savvy" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/n... 1/

It’s election day in New York, and Zohran Mamdani looks set to beat Andrew Cuomo to become the city's first Muslim socialist mayor. Mamdani has captured imaginations with his wild promises of rent freezes, free buses and free universal child care. Can he deliver?

The meaning of Zohran Mamdani: “Opinion among liberals is split between those who believe Mamdani could serve as a model for the Democrats and those who consider him a millstone round the party’s neck.” @guychazan.bsky.social

FT Explains: How big is Trump’s ballroom? www.instagram.com/reel/DQmzujE...

Fascinated by how widespread “I think it was a conspiracy theory re: Rudakubana” is. No, they really did find huge amounts of violent material and he really wasn’t psychotic: the clue is that his defence did not reach for “he is psychotic” at all!

The economic upsides of Donald Trump’s second term @tejparikh.ft.com

Businesses press Supreme Court to strike down Donald Trump’s emergency tariff power @aimewilliams.bsky.social

as.ft.com/r/f4ca1e8a-b... King Charles strips Andrew of prince title and ejects him from mansion @reporterrwright.ft.com

as.ft.com/r/9ec93a8f-4... Netherlands swings to centre after far-right setback @andybounds.bsky.social

Video explainer: Can Zohran Mamdani actually do what he’s promising? www.instagram.com/reel/DQXHkTp...

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The @FT’s architecture critic @edwinheathcote.bsky.social on Trump’s White House extension (it’s twice the size of the actual building). on.ft.com/4oIYaCB

on.ft.com/3WRCuIm How fan power is reshaping pop

on.ft.com/4qoZJHn The Trump Supremacy @edwardluce.bsky.social

on.ft.com/3Jq5C6o Explainer: What makes us so vulnerable to cloud computing outages?

Cool to see @financialtimes.com getting into explainers! Chatted with @johnreedwrites.ft.com on the AWS blackout and the risks of banking our futures on cloud monopoly. Also feat. the redoubtable @maxvonthun.bsky.social: www.ft.com/content/ad45...

on.ft.com/4oyswr7 Trump says he is ending trade negotiations with Canada

Exciting day: one of my fave colleagues @jburnmurdoch.ft.com and I are teaming up on a weekly newsletter to track what's really happening with AI & the labour market. No hype, just spreadsheets & shoe-leather. You can sign up here to get the first edition at lunchtime today! ft.com/AIshift

on.ft.com/3Jq5C6o Explainer: What makes us so vulnerable to cloud computing outages?

on.ft.com/47l1SLk Russia launches strikes across Ukraine after Trump-Putin meeting cancelled

The actual regime that these people are hankering after is Dubai: a small elite of citizens, most immigrants to be transient, insecure and all immigrants to be second-class. In reality they would hate the world they would create and would find ever-more ridiculous scapegoats for their failure.

on.ft.com/4qiFKtX Politics not tech makes the world go round

“Hosting Putin would put Hungary in breach of its international obligations, as the Russian leader is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.” on.ft.com/4njxcAa

on.ft.com/49eppjJ Explainer: Who pays for Nato?

on.ft.com/3Wh9aLb Explainer: How does the Federal Reserve work, and why is Donald Trump trying to change it?

on.ft.com/49eppjJ Explainer: Who pays for Nato?

Explainer: How can Zohran Mamdani change New York City? on.ft.com/47x67ER

here is my favorite sign from today

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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans not allowed to attend Aston Villa game in Europa League www.nytimes.com/athletic/672...

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act. I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

on.ft.com/4n1U9b9 Israel approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release

This from @stephenkb.bsky.social is very much worth your time. www.ft.com/content/14d4...

Interview: on.ft.com/46EobwG Bangladesh’s exiled opposition leader plots return for election

on.ft.com/4mP0INS China’s charm offensive in India’s backyard

on.ft.com/4q5h2gD Why Trump is going for Soros @edwardluce.bsky.social

FT: Several people said they expected the transaction to go through fairly easily. “.. What regulator is going to say no to the president’s son-in-law?" 🤡 @financialtimes.com $EA www.ft.com/content/61ce...

“Altman, who in 2016 wrote that Trump’s election victory ‘feels like the worst thing to happen in my life’c has this year travelled with the president to Saudi Arabia and joined the state visit to the UK, where he and his husband dined with the King and Queen.” on.ft.com/4nLLxG2

on.ft.com/4o9GFuX Can Israel go it alone? @simonkuper.bsky.social

on.ft.com/4pH6Hau Donald Trump designates ‘Antifa’ as domestic terrorist organisation

on.ft.com/4nHVRz2 US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei: “Milei, a close ally of Donald Trump, is trying to contain a run on the peso and slide in asset prices after a disappointing local election result unnerved markets.”

on.ft.com/4mpXYq8 UK, Canada and Australia recognise Palestine as an independent state

“In the coming days, the UK, France, Canada, Australia and others are due to recognise a Palestinian state. Netanyahu’s allies are demanding he respond by annexing at least some of the occupied territory that Palestinians seek as the heart of the possible future state.” on.ft.com/46OcIKQ

on.ft.com/3IgKgYJ Keir Starmer’s long road to recognising Palestine