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President Donald Trump announced that the United States will stop providing $4 billion in yearly aid to Israel once 2026 ends. He said the decision follows a deal reached with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, though Netanyahu’s office has not responded. The announcement was made during a Fox Friends interview on the morning of the U.S. mid‑term elections. It was not clarified which specific aid program the $4 billion figure represents, and a existing memorandum of understanding delivering $3.8 billion in military aid is set to expire in 2028.

Police in London detained either 139 or 325 demonstrators outside the U.S. Embassy on 31 Oct for expressing support for the proscribed group Palestine Action, according to differing reports. The protest, organised by Defend Our Juries, featured retirees and other participants holding signs opposing genocide. The U.K. banned the group in 2025, making support punishable by up to 14 years in prison. Police Scotland investigated a separate demonstration at the U.S. Consulate in Edinburgh but made no arrests. A Supreme Court hearing on the ban is scheduled for 4 Nov.

Flávio Bolsonaro, a senator who lost Brazil's 25 Oct presidential runoff to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arrived at Opa-locka Executive Airport near Miami on Wednesday, 29 Oct, after leaving Brazil via Argentina and Ecuador. A Gulfstream G400 jet carried the family, and the operation was reportedly planned before the runoff. Brazilian police had cancelled his passports as part of a money laundering and corruption investigation, which he denies. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was not directly involved in the departure arrangements.