Breaking news of Friday, 30 October 2026
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- 21:01
Israel, final count: no bloc reaches majority, Netanyahu alleges fraud
The final count by Israel’s Central Elections Committee assigns 53 of 120 seats to Netanyahu’s bloc and 48 to the opposition alliance led by Gadi Eisenkot: neither reaches the 61-seat majority. The Likud remains the largest party with 27 seats, turnout at 77.9%. The Likud issued a statement claiming: “The elections in Israel have been stolen!” (transl. from Spanish), accusing Arab parties of manipulation with alleged foreign interference. The Committee’s acting director, Dean Livne, rejected the accusations: “There is no basis to claim systematic violations” (transl. from Spanish). The report currently comes from a single source (Israel’s Central Elections Committee); no independent confirmation available. Source: Infobae.
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- 12:01
Actor Patrick Stewart dies at 86
British actor Patrick Stewart, known for playing Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek and Charles Xavier in X-Men, died on Wednesday, October 28, at his home in Los Angeles, surrounded by his wife Sunny. The news was announced on Thursday by spokesperson Kelly Bush Novak, who described “a brief and poignant journey” with Alzheimer’s and Lewy body dementia, according to ABC News and The Hollywood Reporter. The news currently comes from a single source, the spokesperson’s statement; no independent confirmation is available. Stewart had spanned six decades of career, from Shakespearean theater to film.
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- 12:01
Houthis claim six attacks on Saudi airports and oil facilities
The Iran-aligned Houthi rebels claimed on October 30 six attacks on airports and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, according to Al Jazeera. The Riyadh-led coalition says it intercepted two ballistic missiles headed for the capital, after civil defense alerts were issued for Riyadh, Al Kharj and Najran; a Saudi citizen was injured by shrapnel, according to Fox News. The U.S. embassy in Riyadh had already warned of the risk of further Houthi attacks on airports and travel in the country.
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- 12:01
Dnipro, death toll from Russian raid rises to 15
The death toll from the Russian drone attack on Dnipro’s railway station on October 29 rose to 15 on the morning of the 30th, after a 40-year-old man wounded in the raid died in hospital, according to AirPress and Vidomo, both citing sources from the Dnipropetrovsk regional authorities. The drone had hit a platform where a train bound for Zaporizhzhia was standing. The city has declared municipal mourning, also extended to nine other victims of Russian attacks over the past month.
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