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According to reports, on Tuesday 27 October Israel will be holding their first election since the hamas led attacks in October 2023. Reportedly, in order to win a governing majority a party needs to secure atleast 61 of the 120 seats in the israeli parliament or form a coalition.

According to a report, polls suggest prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing alliance will win 50 seats while the opposition coalition is expected to win 52, if so arab parties such as ra’am and the joint list which are pro-palestinian will determine who governs.

Ancient celts celebrated samhain on October 31 to November 1 to mark the end of harvest, and in the 8th Century the christian church merged with the festival and November 1 became all saints or all hallows day with the rest of November a month to remember all the dead.

People dressed up to resemble the dead or carried harvest vegetables such as turnips which were carved into faces. During the 19th Century, celtic immigrants brought the festival’s traditions to America. Halloween or hallows eve became a secular celebration of horror and is associated with the macabre

Sudan are experiencing their third civil war which began in 2023. According to reports, south Sudan split with northern Sudan in 2011, said to be due to cultural and religous differences. Reportedly, north Sudan is mainly arabic and muslim, but inp 1978 oil reserves were discovered in the south which have caused further tension, though the oil has to run through pipelines in the north compelling the two to make multiple agreements to share resources.

According to a report, northern and southern Sudan were governed as seperate entities under british empire rule, said to prevent northern exploitation though gold has been mined in northern Sudan for thousands of years. Reportedly, in 2011 South Sudan’s withdrawal from Sudan, that is previously north Sudan, decreased oil revenue by 75% causing a crisis, but in 2012 gold was discovered in Darfur, south Sudan which is said to have exacerbated a conflict between the sudanese army and a break away group called the rapid support forces who according to the u.n. are backed by the united arab emirates.

According to a report,

massive deposits of gold was discovered in Darfur in 2012, the rsf entered Darfur in 2025 and are now in control and causing violent land clearances and forced displacement that has been described as genocide.

Reportedly, Sudan is one of Africa’s top gold producers with between 80-90% mined by around 200,000 migrant workers using traditional methods and smuggled out of the country. According to a report, the eu say over 70% of Sudan’s gold is unaccounted for.

According to reports, thousands of people are protesting in Madrid and around 50 cities and towns across Spain due to a rental crisis. Reportedly, rents in Spain have been increasing rapidly in recent years, have risen by 12.2% in the past year and are nearly double what they were 10 years ago. According to a report, an estimation is that the country is short of 700,000 homes based on supply and demand.

Reportedly, protests began when an elderly resident in Madrid was forcibly evicted from her flat because she couldn’t afford an increse in rent which had been 500 euro per month and rose to 2,650 euro following a change of ownership. According to reports, the woman who had to be taken out of her home on a stretcher has since been allowed to return, but protests have continued because parliament have rejected measures that were designed to address the housing crisis and protect tenants.

Reportedly, the first proposal banned the eviction of vulnerable people and included legislation regarding extending short term rentals; the second was to make leases automatically renew when they expired, making them indefinite. According to reports, Spanish mp’s rejected the first proposal by 178 votes to 172, and the second proposal by 184 votes to 186.

Reportedly, protests also concern the policy of vulture funds or investment funds buying or bulk buying undervalued property that may be facing financial, legal or physical problems. According to a report, protestors in Valencia have removed barriers and thrown objects at police who have responded with rubber bullets. Reportedly, nine police officers were injured and five people arrested.

Artificial intelligence is being increasingly accepted for information on the internet but is it possible that the source is technological?

Ai was launched 70 years ago and is expected to become more prevalent as a learning tool. According to a report, there will be a meeting from 29 to 31 of October 2026 of leaders from government, academia and industry to discuss questions such as responsibility, where judgement should be delegated and who is accountable. A concern is that artificial intelligence is becoming prevalent as sometimes the only source of information that shows up on the internet, so that it may become increasingly difficult to get data elsewhere.

Today. Israel is inhabited by the tribes of Judah, Benjamin and Levi. Around 930 bc Israel split with the kingdom of Judah due to high taxes, the prospect of war and other suzerain issues. The tribes of Benjamin and Levi aligned with Judah and Benjamin was assimilated but the tribe of Levi didn’t assimilate. The Levites who didn’t have their own land territory were set apart as priests and caretakers of the temple.

The socialist northern kingdom of Israel lasted about 200 years until an assyrian conquest in 722 bc which led to 10 tribes being moved to present day Iran. Termed the 10 lost tribes of Israel, they never returned though if they were invited back this might provide a new political balance in Israel.

According to a report, Mahmoud Abbas was re-elected as the president of Fatah, the palestinian party in Samaria on Wednesday during what was said to be Fatah’s first major conference in 10 years. Reportedly, themes were unity and a political refresh, but according to polls palestinians aren’t satisfied. According to the report, Mr Abbas has promised the first presidential and parliamentary elections in 20 years, but palestinians are said to be unhappy that his son, a business man is now on the ballot for a top party position.

Problems facing Fatah are
that Israel don’t seem committed to the idea of a 2 state solution and have built over 1200 new houses east of Jerusalem in an area designated as being part of the palestinian territories. There have also been many reports of an israeli government policy that squeezes palestinians who are resident in east Jerusalem and parts of Samaria to what is termed as area c in Samaria which is under israeli civil and security control.

According to a report, Charles III of Britain will attend a commonwealth heads of government meeting in Antigua and Barbuda, two Carribean islands that form what is termed as an independent commonwealth nation, which means they can exercise control over their domestic and foreign affairs. Reportedly, almost all inhabitants of Antigua and Barbuda are descended from enslaved africans who worked on the island’s plantations.

According to a report, almost all Carribean island nations have a history of colonial plantations. Reportedly, thousands of people from Africa, England, Scotland and Wales were kidnapped and taken to work on lucrative plantations producing tobacco, cotton and sugar.

According to a report, Charles’s 8 day trip beginning on 27 October will be his first Carribean visit since 2021 when Barbados left the commonwealth and became the world’s newest republic. Reportedly, he spoke at the transition ceremony and although he condemned slavery which was abolished in 1834 he did not mention reparation.

According to a report, when lord Kier Starmer trimmed the budget to allow an extra £15 billion for the british military, labour mp’s called for a change of leadership.

Reportedly, the new prime minister Andrew Burnham was mayor of greater Manchester from 2017 until 2026 before becoming a member of parliamentary for Makerfield in greater Manchester in 2026. According to a report, he has previously served as a minister for Leigh (Manchester) under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Reportedly, he was raised in Cheshire and studied English at Cambridge.

According to a report, the u.s. justice department is preparing to indict former cuban leader Raùl Castro in connection to an incident that occurred in 1996 when he was armed forces minister. Reportedly, the cuban military shot down two aircraft belonging to a group of cuban exiles who were part of the u.s. activist non profit organisation, brothers to the rescue. According to the report, the group were opposed to the cuban government and had connections to the cia.

Reportedly, the u.s. president said at a recent rally the u.s. wants to change Cuba’s communist leadership and that they would be taking over Cuba. According to reports, Raùl Castro, brother of Fidel, retired in 2021 and was succeeded by current president Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first leader who isn’t a member of the Castro family since 1959.

Reportedly, the director of the cia met cuban officials including Raùl Castro’s grandson, Raùl Guillerimo in Havana in May and a cia spokesman said they were prepared to engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba make fundamental changes. According to the report, Cuba who are facing a financial crisis and massive external debt due to comprehensive u.s. sanctions have received $100m in aid to counteract the effects of a 6 month oil blockade imposed by the u.s.

Reportedly, The republic of Cuba have only one ruling party, the communist party of Cuba. Communism is said to differ from socialism with regard to the prohibition of property ownership and free enterprise. According to reports, cubans have had the right to own their own home since 2011, and a new constitution in July allows free enterprise.