Ben Dekker, an 86-year-old who lived in a hut on South Africa's Wild Coast near Port St Johns, died of natural causes on 9 Nov at Isilimela Hospital, according to Daily Maverick. He had been receiving care at the hospital for the month before his death. Dekker was born on 21 Oct 1940 in Centane, Eastern Cape. Earlier, acting station commander Sarel Venter arrested him after a woman was seen with him on a beach near the Umzimvubu Lagoon.
News of 11 November 2026
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Iran's Foreign Ministry has designated the Argentine navy and air force as terrorist organisations, Tehran announced on Wednesday 11 Nov. The step responds to Argentina's earlier listing of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as a terrorist group, which Buenos Aires carried out in April after pressure from the Trump administration. Argentina says it acted because the IRGC backs Hezbollah, which it blames for the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community centre that killed 85 people. Tehran says the Argentine government will bear responsibility for all consequences.
Alexander Darchiev, Russia's ambassador to the United States, died suddenly in Moscow on 11 Nov at age 66, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. The ministry announced the death on 12 Nov and gave no further detail on the cause, though it described the illness as chronic and unspecified. Darchiev had held the Washington post since March 2025, when President Vladimir Putin appointed him to lead rapprochement with the Trump administration. He previously served as ambassador to Canada from 2014 to 2021. The U.S. State Department confirmed the death and offered condolences.
European leaders agreed in Dublin on 13 Nov that Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and EU institutions will represent Europe in future Ukraine peace talks, according to European Council President Antonio Costa. Costa said Europe must speak with one clear voice. The Kremlin said Russia would welcome European participation only if those countries genuinely contribute to peace. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said there is no need to discuss Europe's security architecture because Europe already has one. US negotiator Jared Kushner said he had begun talks with European partners on that architecture. Forty European countries signed a declaration in Dublin saying matters of European security should be decided with Europe.
Around 1,800 schools across Italy received new bomb-threat emails on 12 Nov, after roughly 6,000 schools were sent threats on 11 Nov. The government has told schools not to evacuate immediately without concrete danger, leaving decisions to local prefects, and some schools evacuated while others carried out checks with pupils kept in class. The messages are signed by a supposed leader of a pro-Russian group, Mikhail Andropov, and Rome prosecutors have opened an anti-terrorism investigation. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said police checks found nothing in any schools. French President Emmanuel Macron said there were not enough elements to attribute the threats to foreign powers.
A black silk dress worn by Princess Diana on 29 June 1994, designed by Christina Stambolian, is on public display at Sotheby's in Geneva ahead of sale. The dress is set to go under the hammer in New York on 9 December, with an expected price of up to $300,000 (€270,000). The garment was previously sold at a charity auction in 1997.
The Los Angeles mansion at 7661 Curson Terrace is now listed for $99 million, a $26 million cut from its prior $125 million asking price. The 22,000‑square‑foot property, bought from actor Jeremy Renner for $8 million, features seven bedrooms, 12 bathrooms, a 100‑foot infinity pool and private Runyon Canyon access on over an acre of land.
Netflix reports that the first two seasons of "The Empress" have entered the Top 10 in more than 85 countries. The drama, set in the latter half of the 19th century, follows the life of Empress Elisabeth of Austria‑Hungary. Devrim Lingnau Islamoğlu stars as Elisabeth, while Philip Froissant portrays Emperor Franz Joseph I. Filming takes place in a Bavarian castle, though the historic palaces belong to Austria. Showrunner Katharina Eyssen says she feels emotional hearing from international fans.
Novaya Gazeta, an independent Russian newspaper founded in 1993, closed its Moscow office on 9 Nov 2026 after authorities labelled it a foreign agent and ordered it out of its premises. The newspaper says state pressure from the Kremlin and security services forced it to stop operating, after more than three decades. Russian banks were barred from processing reader donations, its online resources were blocked and its media registration revoked. The Kremlin, through spokesman Dmitry Peskov, described the closure as a normal turnover in a competitive media landscape. The Telegram channel was to run until midnight, while the print edition was declared closed.
Unions say around four million workers joined Spain's first general strike since 2012 on Wednesday, with more than 3 million per later union figures. Police arrested 115 people during the walkout, which was led by UGT and CCOO and tenants' groups. Protests in Barcelona and Madrid involved clashes, roadblocks and burning furniture, while schools and public transport were halted. The action, triggered by an 87-year-old tenant's eviction, is set to run three weeks ahead of a snap general election on 29 Nov.
A commuter bus ploughed into 32 vehicles and a median barrier during the morning rush hour in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on 11 Nov. Fire officials say 57 people are being treated, nine of them seriously, though none are in life-threatening condition. Yonhap reports a lower count of 48 injured, six seriously. The driver, who tested negative for alcohol, says the brakes failed, and police are questioning him. Firefighters freed the driver from the wreckage and set up a medical station at the scene.
House Republicans chose Jim Jordan, a 62-year-old Ohio representative who chairs the Judiciary Committee, as their leader for the incoming minority. He beat outgoing majority leader Steve Scalise 106 to 73 in a secret ballot held behind closed doors on 10 Nov. The vote followed Democrats' midterm gains that gave them House and Senate majorities. Speaker Mike Johnson declined to seek the post. In the Senate, John Thune was re-elected Republican leader by acclamation.
U.S. District Judge Jeffrey T. Kuntz has rejected the BBC’s motion to dismiss Donald Trump’s defamation claim, allowing the case to move forward while striking the separate Florida consumer‑protection claim. Trump is seeking at least $5 billion for each of two defamation counts, stemming from a Panorama documentary that spliced two segments of his Jan 6, 2021 speech. The ruling leaves the question of damages to be decided later. The BBC has apologized for the editing error and says it will continue its legal response.
London's Privy Council, the final court of appeal for Trinidad and Tobago, has ruled that laws criminalising consensual sex between adult men are unconstitutional. The panel of five judges unanimously allowed the appeal brought by Jason Jones, a 62-year-old gay man and dual citizen of Trinidad and Tobago and the UK, and dismissed a counter-appeal from the country's Attorney General. The provisions, under the Sexual Offences Act 1986, carried prison terms of up to five years, though they had not been enforced recently. Jones first filed the case in February 2017. The ruling cannot be appealed.
Three pedestrians die and three more are taken to hospitals in critical condition after a white SUV hits people on a sidewalk near a Metro entrance in North Hollywood at about 6 pm on 10 Nov. Police say the driver, a man in his early 60s, was also hospitalized and is being examined for possible intoxication while authorities launch a deliberate investigation that will include video review.
The Human Rights Council has rescheduled the United States' universal periodic review for 18‑29 Jan 2027 after the US left its seat empty at the Geneva meeting on 10 Nov, effectively boycotting the process for a second consecutive year. The council, composed of 47 elected members, voted without opposition to delay the review, hoping to persuade the Trump administration to re‑engage. The US withdrew from the council in January 2025, calling it an “irredeemable body” that mocks human rights. Civil‑society groups, including the ACLU, gathered in Geneva to submit evidence of alleged abuses.
A superseding indictment unsealed on Tuesday charges three men with supporting terrorism in nearly twenty planned attacks on Jewish sites in Europe and the United States and a foiled plot against the British air base RAF Fairford where U.S. forces are stationed. The indictment names Mohammad Baqer Saad Dawood al‑Saadi, a dual Iranian‑Iraqi national held in Brooklyn, Mohsen Mohajeri, an Iranian, and Mohammad Ali al‑Hassani, an Iraqi, and alleges they acted for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iraqi militia Kata'ib Hezbollah.
Republican Rep. Nick LaLota won a third term in New York's 1st Congressional District, taking 51.1% of the vote to Democrat Chris Gallant's 48.9% on 3 Nov, a margin of nearly 7,000 votes with 560 of 561 election districts reporting. Gallant conceded on Wednesday after first holding out for absentee ballots. Fortune's review of Federal Election Commission filings found Gallant raised $929,825 from July through September, while LaLota reported about $609,000 for the same period.
The Korean series “Dead‑End Job” tops Netflix’s non‑English TV series chart with 8.7 million views in the tracking week ending Sunday. It reaches the top‑10 in 76 countries and is number one in 22 of them. The show, starring Lee Jae‑wook and Kim Min‑ha, mixes horror with black comedy while critiquing South Korea’s grind culture. In the same ranking, the Korean medical drama “Doctor X: Mafia in White” holds the fourth spot with 3.7 million views.
Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton toured Egyptian Red Crescent warehouses in Al-Arish and the Rafah land crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border, escorted by North Sinai Governor Khaled Megawer. Hamilton, who stayed on the Egyptian side, then urged Israel to let aid trucks enter Gaza, saying trucks were often denied entry or delayed. Reports say aid entering Gaza falls far short of the 600 trucks a day agreed under a truce. The UN estimates nearly two million Palestinians are displaced, and heavy rains have destroyed tens of thousands of tents in Gaza.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in Lima on 11 Nov for a six-day visit to Peru, the final leg of a South American tour that began in Uruguay. President Keiko Fujimori received him at an air base near the capital. The Vatican estimated about three million people lined his motorcade route from the airport. He spent more than two decades in Peru as a missionary priest and later bishop, and holds Peruvian citizenship. He is due back at the Vatican on 17 Nov.
Scotland opens the World Cup with a 1‑0 win over Haiti, securing three points. Midfielder Scott McTominay underwent a minimally invasive cardiac ablation in Manchester two days before the match and was fit to play the full 90 minutes. He also featured in the subsequent group games against Morocco and Brazil, after which Scotland exited at the group stage. The team currently sits third in Nations League Group B1 with four points from four matches and will host North Macedonia on 13 Nov before traveling to Switzerland on 16 Nov.
Thomas Markle, 82, has been ordered back into federal detention without bond after cutting off his electronic ankle monitor in the early hours of 10 Nov, prosecutors say. The removal happened days after his 6 Nov arrest on a charge of possessing child sexual abuse material. A US magistrate judge in Tampa, Florida, revoked his home confinement and bond. Federal agents seized about 78 items, including slides, film negatives and books, from two Los Angeles storage units he had rented since 2008. The case is pending in the US Attorney's Office in Los Angeles.
Economy
JetBlue will introduce its new domestic first‑class product, BlueFirst, at John F. Kennedy International Airport on 15 Nov. The airline’s shares have risen 40% this month after a record low tied to a bondholder restructuring report. CEO Joanna Geraghty says JetBlue has no plans to file for bankruptcy or work with a restructuring firm. The carrier reported third‑quarter liquidity of $2.2 billion and an unencumbered asset base of $7 billion, while total debt stood at $8.4 billion as of 30 Sep 2026.
The presidential veto tied to the government’s golden share in U.S. Steel will shift to the Treasury and Commerce Departments once the Trump administration ends. The golden share, acquired in a June 2025 transaction with Nippon Steel, grants the president authority to block decisions on employee wages, capital spending and the firm’s name. The Trump administration currently holds equity stakes in 41 companies.
OpenAI brought in $10 billion in revenue over the July to September quarter, according to a Bloomberg report carried by Euronews. The figure marks the company's quarterly earnings for that period and is the central financial result reported. The report did not include a breakdown of revenue sources or a comparison with earlier quarters.
The Bank of England says its Governor and the Chancellor exchanged letters about the Asset Purchase Facility, the central bank's bond-buying programme. The Bank also reports that regulators are exploring reforms to credit unions, aimed at supporting growth, innovation and better outcomes for members. The source does not give figures, deadlines or the content of the letters. The information comes from a single source, the Bank of England, dated 10 Nov 2026.
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said in a London speech that he leans toward backing a rate increase in December, and that a half-point move could be needed if inflation keeps accelerating. The remarks follow October US consumer price data showing core inflation, which excludes food and energy, rising 0.3% from the previous month. Waller described the US economy as strong and the labour market as stable. Futures pricing, as reported, still points to a quarter-point increase in December, with a half-point move seen as unlikely.
Philip R. Lane, a member of the European Central Bank's Executive Board, told a London conference that advances in data, computing power and artificial intelligence are reshaping how central banks convey policy. He explained that modern machine‑learning tools and large language models enable automated analysis of extensive text, capturing context beyond simple word counts. Lane said these innovations affect market pricing, financing conditions and the expectations of households and firms regarding monetary policy.
Tech & Science
Uzbekistan and China agreed to raise weekly flights between them from 100 to 114, while Kazakhstan secured an increase from 150 to 180 weekly flights with China and two new destinations, Chengdu and Kashgar. The deals were reached at the third meeting of the Central Asia–China Working Group on Civil Aviation Cooperation in Tashkent. Kazakhstan's vice minister of transport said flights between the two countries rose 52 percent year on year. Air Astana and China Southern Airlines also signed a strategic partnership agreement.
Underground forums are now distributing eBPF rootkit source code, tutorials and exploits that can hide malicious activity without loading kernel modules. The tools allow process hiding and packet‑triggered activation, making detection by traditional lsmod checks ineffective. Companies operating Linux servers, including Google, Cloudflare and Meta, face increased risk from these threats. The Flare team continues to monitor forums, marketplaces and paste sites in real time to track emerging eBPF weaponry.
Musician Nick Cave has written in his Red Hand Files newsletter that artificial intelligence could either save the world or destroy it, or land somewhere between. He describes song generator platforms as signs that AI could empty out human creative work and cut people off from the divine. Cave calls AI-written lyrics in his style a grotesque mockery of being human, though he says his view of AI as an artistic tool has softened after watching Andrew Dominik's film Tupelo.
Back-to-back speeches by world leaders began on the third day of the COP31 Leaders' Summit in Antalya, Türkiye, where delegates from nearly 200 countries are gathered for two days of talks. Speakers include Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Chinese Vice President Han Zheng and Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine. Negotiators are seeking agreement on a Turkish proposal to raise electricity's share of global energy use. UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged governments to tax the windfall profits of major oil companies, while a UN report found the world on course to pass the 1.5 °C warming limit. The United States is absent for a second year.
At the COP31 climate summit in Antalya (9‑20 Nov), Turkey is foregrounding methane reduction and a global electrification pledge. The country ranks fifth worldwide for solid‑waste methane emissions, and satellite analysis identified 70 methane plumes from its ten largest waste sites, with rates of 0.8 kg to 7.4 t per hour, located near Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and Antalya. Turkey will also urge nations to adopt the 35 by 35 Global Electrification Pledge, aiming to lift electricity’s share of global energy use from 23 % to 35 % by 2035. A Zero Waste Day, led by the First Lady, highlights domestic waste‑reduction efforts.
Google Cloud has launched Gemini for Healthcare, an AI system designed to automate medical paperwork and integrate with electronic health records, billing and insurance platforms. The service, which meets HIPAA requirements, is already being adopted by major providers including Northwell Health, Highmark Health, HCA Healthcare, Optum, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Hartford HealthCare and Stanford School of Medicine. Thomas Kurian leads Google Cloud as CEO.
A digital twin of the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera has enabled researchers to detect a previously hidden exoplanet, making faint worlds two to fifteen times easier to find than with standard methods. Separate NASA‑led studies show that the upcoming LISA gravitational‑wave observatory could identify a distinct population of exoplanets, especially around double white‑dwarf binaries, once it launches in the mid‑2030s.
Anthropic has allocated $3.4 billion to acquire natural‑gas turbines capable of generating up to 1.7 gigawatts of electricity for its data centers, according to its recent S‑1 filing. The turbines, originally Caterpillar generators ordered by OnePWR, are slated to become available within two years. The company also disclosed a contract to pay xAI $1.25 billion per month for computing power through May 2029, and it reports total committed spending of about $900.9 billion on computing and infrastructure, with $451.6 billion expected before 2030.
Ring introduced two autonomous security devices on 10 Nov 2026: the $250 indoor Ring Drone Cam that can fly for up to eight minutes and the $999.99 Ring Rover Cam aimed at business patrols. Both products stream video to the Ring app, use Ring's AI Pilot system to map spaces, and will ship on 27 Jan 2027 for the drone and from late 2026 for the rover. The drone records 2K video, features LED lights and a loud buzzing propeller sound, while the rover offers 4K periscope video, siren and two‑way audio.
Health
Kenya’s health ministry reports the final Ebola patient has left a Nairobi hospital, triggering a 42‑day countdown that ends on 23 Dec, after which the country could be declared Ebola‑free if no new cases emerge. All 135 contacts linked to the index case have been traced and are under monitoring, and the nine confirmed Kenyan cases remain confined to a single transmission cluster with no community spread. Meanwhile, the Democratic Republic of Congo records 11,042 confirmed infections and 5,387 deaths, the deadliest outbreak in its history, as the World Health Organization launches a human trial of the Ervebo vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain.
Entertainment
Switzerland has named the documentary Who Is Still Alive as its official entry for the Academy Award for best international feature film. The film, which follows nine Gaza assault survivors, was shot on a black sound stage in South Africa after Swiss authorities denied the participants visas, blocking filming in Switzerland. Director Nicolas Wadimoff held a private screening in Dubai earlier this month and intends to travel to Los Angeles for promotion. Swiss officials have pledged limited financial aid, urging the producers to secure additional funding.
Netflix will launch a new singing competition show, "Vocal Class Wars", next year, according to the streaming service. The series will pit anonymous singers against musicians who are already well known. Kim Hak-min, producer of the cooking competition "Culinary Class Wars", will direct it, and Park Sung-hwan, who produced "Just Makeup", will co-produce. The format follows that of "Culinary Class Wars", whose first season topped Netflix's chart for most-popular non-English TV shows for three consecutive weeks.
US actor Stacy Keach died aged 85 at his family home in Magdalenka, Poland, according to his wife, Małgosia Tomassi. She said he died after a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure. Keach was best known for playing private investigator Mike Hammer on television and later appeared in Alexander Payne's Oscar-nominated drama Nebraska. Reports of his death came on Tuesday, 11 Nov.
Sport
Harry Kane will start for England against Croatia at Wembley on Thursday, earning his 126th cap and breaking Peter Shilton's appearance record. He will be presented with his Ballon d'Or trophy before kickoff, the first English winner in 25 years. England need only a point to qualify for the Nations League quarter‑finals in March. Kane is England's all‑time top scorer with 91 goals.
Fallon Sherrock clinches the £501,000 jackpot on Netflix’s darts competition by checking out in 15 darts. The event featured 24 entrants, more than half of whom were not PDC Tour card holders. Luke Littler eliminated 14 opponents before losing to Sherrock in the final leg. Littler had expected to face only local pub players, but the lineup included several professional competitors.
France have announced a revised starting XV for their Nations Championship clash with South Africa in Paris on 13 November. Captain Antoine Dupont will take the fly‑half role wearing number 10, while Maxime Lucu moves to scrum‑half. Gregory Alldritt returns at number eight, replacing the injured Paul Boudehent. Romain Ntamack, Matthieu Jalibert, Thomas Ramos and Antoine Hastoy are ruled out, and Axel Desperes sits on the bench as a potential debutant.
Chelsea were held to a 0-0 stalemate by BK Hacken at Bravida Arena, keeping their unbeaten record in the Women's Champions League and remaining third in the league phase, one point behind Barcelona.
Formula 1 has confirmed that its two final rounds of the 2026 season will go ahead in the Middle East as planned. The Qatar Grand Prix is scheduled for 29 Nov, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following on 6 Dec. The series has ruled out Imola as a backup venue. Races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were cancelled earlier in the year due to conflict. F1 president Stefano Domenicali said safety remains his top priority. All 11 teams back the plan, and the 2026 calendar will total 23 rounds.
Bayern Munich head coach Vincent Kompany returned to the club's Säbener Straße training ground on Tuesday, 10 Nov, for the first time since collapsing on 23 Oct. The collapse was linked to meningeal irritation, and he was discharged from hospital and recovered at home. He is completing rehab on a dislocated shoulder, and his left arm remains in a sling. Assistant coach Aaron Danks led the team in five games during his absence, with wins over Freiburg, Magdeburg, Atlético Madrid and Mainz and a 2-2 draw with Borussia Dortmund. Bayern lead the Bundesliga with 21 points from nine games. Their next match is at home against 1. FC Köln on 20 Nov.