GovernmentsFrance
France's Interior counts 270,000 outside Paris at 13:00
The 13:00 bulletin covers 180 marches and leaves the capital out. The morning police forecast and the day's final total are separate figures.
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InstitutionsHong Kong SAR China
Hong Kong jails Wong for ten years and posts its note
Judge William Tam started at 13 years and cut three for the plea and mitigation, stopping at the legal minimum. The note, posted the same day, announces an asset seizure and leaves that sum out.
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GovernmentsGermany
Aiwanger's ministry and deputy role in Bavaria lack a name
Söder ordered half-mast flags and offered no names. The constitution puts the minister and the deputy in his hands, with a state-parliament vote, and the Free Voters have not chosen a chair.
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DiplomacyUkraine, United States
Melania Trump receives Ukraine's Order of Princess Olga, first class
A presidential decree credits her humanitarian work, days after a local truce in Oleshky. She is due to host Russian and Ukrainian representatives on Thursday.
DiplomacyIran, United States
Iran's two-day Hormuz offer: what Tehran wants and what Washington says
Iran says it can reopen the strait in two days, not seven, if the US meets its conditions. The offer is a negotiating position, and no US reply to it has been reported.
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ElectionsUnited States
El-Sayed claims Michigan Senate win; official count to come
The Democrat says he has beaten Republican Mike Rogers in the early hours of 4 November. He would be the first Muslim in the US Senate if it holds.
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GovernmentsSpain
Cuerpo takes over Transport after Puente quits: what we know
Sánchez said "transitional" (translated from Spanish); the Moncloa sets the end at the 29 November election. The royal decree that defines the remit is still to come.
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InstitutionsUnited States
Jeffries: no one in his caucus has raised impeachment
Global views: 2 countries
On 4 November he pointed to affordability and to a House that stands apart from the White House. Convicting a president still takes 67 Senate votes, and he is not Speaker.