Sergei Shoigu says Russia is “not going to attack anyone.” He likens Europe’s bid to join Ukraine talks to going to “a wedding we were not invited to.”

Spain’s Pedro Sánchez says the Iran war and Hormuz tensions have cost Europeans an extra €100 billion in fuel prices this year. The figure matches the Commission’s estimate.

Bill Clinton says Trump pitched him on tariffs over golf 24 years ago. At a Mississippi rally, he says he warned that Americans pay them, but Trump “didn’t hear” it.

Yisrael Beytenu chief Avigdor Liberman says his seven-seat party will recommend Gadi Eisenkot to form the next government. He rules out sitting with Netanyahu, even in a rotation.

Russia’s withdrawal from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture took effect Nov. 1. The Council of Europe’s CPT says independent monitoring of Russian detention sites has ended.

Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever offered his government’s resignation after talks on €10 billion in savings failed. King Philippe has not accepted it and will consult party leaders.

Clash Report’s interactive tracker follows the 2026 US midterms: Senate, House and governor races, a 50-state map, polls and sources, with data compiled as of Nov. 2, 2026.

Fridges and freezers at supermarkets in Belgium, Sweden, Luxembourg and Ireland warmed overnight, about three weeks after France. No group has claimed responsibility.

Final Times/Siena polls show Democrats ahead or level in all seven Senate battlegrounds, though only the Michigan and Texas leads are clearly outside the margins of error. Voters who decided late favored Republicans.

Erdogan tells Yonhap South Korea is a “great potential collaborator” on Türkiye’s Sinop nuclear plant, but says costs, financing and talks with other countries will decide.

The Kremlin says Russian participation in the Organization of Turkic States would be ‘natural,’ though Moscow has received no official invitation. Kazakhstan’s Tokayev proposed OTS+ or observer status for Russia at the Ankara summit.

Territorial theft is being disguised as deterrence.

The U.S. is pushing to resume Russian gas exports to Europe via Ukraine as part of an energy ceasefire deal, according to the Wall Street Journal. European governments oppose it, and no agreement has been reported.

All 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats are on the ballot Nov. 3. Democrats need a net three House seats and four Senate seats, and forecasters give them the edge.

Trump said at a Dubuque rally he could have won the Vietnam War in a week while defending the length of the Iran war. The Ho Chi Minh City he named was Saigon, capital of U.S.-allied South Vietnam, until 1975.

The B61-11 is the only U.S. nuclear bomb built to burrow before it explodes. Analysts say it fits targets like Pickaxe Mountain, which Tucker Carlson claims Trump may strike.

Tucker Carlson says Trump may decide by Nov. 7 on a nuclear strike on Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain under Netanyahu’s pressure. Trump ruled out nuclear use in October. Neither Washington nor Israel has confirmed Carlson’s claims.

Filings show Abigail Ronson and Jesse Stokes, who work on Mike Rogers’ Michigan Senate campaign through a vendor, registered as foreign agents for Israel via a Havas contract. The campaign has not commented.

Trump says Iran will either make a deal or the U.S. will end it, per a Clash Report video.

According to OSINT analyst Rich Tedd, a UAE-linked Boeing 747 flew Toyota pickups to Addis Ababa during a record October airlift. The UAE and Ethiopia have denied backing the RSF.