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Breaking News: A British man was charged with assisting Iranian intelligence in relation to an incident at a U.K. air base.

During a seven-day trip to the Caribbean that begins on Tuesday, King Charles III will confront calls for reparations and apologies for his country’s colonial past as he attends the Commonwealth heads of government meeting.

Here's a look at some of the highlights worth watching from late-night TV.

Jordan carried out airstrikes on several sites in southern Syria late Monday, killing at least seven civilians, including three children, according to Syrian state media, in an attack that threatened to cool revived diplomatic ties between the two countries.

Israelis are voting on Tuesday in a national election that many see as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and as the most consequential vote in the country’s history.

Flávio Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party recognized the outcome of Brazil’s presidential election on Monday, a day after President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva won re-election. Bolsonaro himself has refused to accept defeat.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “India is once again in the vanguard,” our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes. “As governments struggle and discontent flourishes worldwide, the country offers a lesson for us all.”

Texas AG Ken Paxton has taken about 350 out-of-state trips with a state-funded security detail. During a 2017 Israel trip, organizers said Paxton insisted on his own security despite the government providing it for other AGs. His detail cost $75,000. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u... #txlege

Astronomers developed a simulation, called Lumina, that offers one of the most detailed visualizations yet of what was happening at the dawn of the universe. Take a look. nyti.ms/4ko29Fo

In a scathing opinion, Judge Ana Reyes concludes that the Trump admin. had settled on a plan to turn East Potomac Park into the elite golf course Trump has been wanting to see built in D.C., all while DOJ represented in court that nothing happening, including DOI felling 400+ trees, was related.

Jay-Z will headline the next Super Bowl halftime show, the NFL announced on Monday.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Israel’s problem is that it must cultivate two reputations, one for the West and one for the Middle East. These two reputations clash. Israelis want the Western world to love them, but their enemies in the Middle East to fear them,” Micah Goodman writes.

Breaking News: A judge blocked, for now, the Trump administration from making further alterations at East Potomac Park in Washington.

María Corina Machado, the leader of the biggest opposition movement in Venezuela, returned to her country on Sunday after nearly a year in exile since slipping out to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Here's what to know about her, the movement she leads and what her return means. trib.al/LkGlyqU

A manhunt was underway on Monday for an inmate who had escaped from a correctional facility in Tennessee, where he was serving a life sentence for murder, officials said.

Before publishing a tough book about Trump, Bob Woodward called Bezos to warn him. “Don’t worry, I have your back, Bob,” Bezos said. “I’ll always have your back.” Always turned out not to be as long as it used to be. Takeaways from Woodward's new memoir. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/u...

An Australian man serving a life sentence for murder lost his legal effort to be able to eat Vegemite behind bars when a state supreme court on Monday upheld a prison ban on the country’s beloved spread.

JUST IN: A Ninth Circuit panel turned down a request from the Trump administration to intervene in a lawsuit against California, writing the request was premature and that stepping in now to order the state to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots would "undoubtedly" impact its election administration.

Breaking News: A federal appeals court declined a Trump administration request to order California to set aside about 20,000 ballots.

From @theathletic.com: Harry Kane and Alexia Putellas won the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or, the top annual individual soccer awards.

The DOJ’s case to set aside 20,000 mail-in ballots in California fell flat in front of a 9th circuit panel, as the government struggled to explain how it flagged these particular voters in the first place, or how it could screen them without disenfranchising others

Breaking News: Federal prosecutors have brought more charges against James Comey, the former FBI director, according to court papers.

Breaking News: Benjamin Netanyahu pushed for an attack on Iran ahead of Israel’s election, according to officials.

In the early 1900s, Kansas City, Missouri, was known as the Paris of the Plains. More than a century later, the moniker still fits. Here's how to spend 36 hours in the area. trib.al/OSfqQVF

In a dramatic reversal from the first round of voting, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil was re-elected, defying a right-wing wave in Latin America. He beat Flávio Bolsonaro, who said that he would not accept the results and called for the election to be annulled. trib.al/Y6amLYA

At a campaign rally on Sunday, President Trump disparaged Norway to express his irritation over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Norwegian government officials have repeatedly said that they do not have influence over who is awarded the Peace Prize. nyti.ms/4zfrGFA

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “North Carolina is poised to prove that a president and a political party can’t outrun reality, not with shady scheming, not with mountains of cash, not with all the swagger and bluster in the world,” Frank Bruni writes.

President Trump is heading to Mississippi for his tour of Republican strongholds to campaign for Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, a Republican who is defending her seat against Scott Colom, a Democrat. Here's what to know about the race. nyti.ms/4ez1w8l

Our first look at Machado in Venezuela: Some US voters, mainly Venezuelans and Cubans, criticize Trump and Rubio's alliance with the autocratic government in Caracas. They hope Machado pushes democracy. Trump aides intervened to stop her return earlier. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/w...

Breaking News: Walter Koenig, who played Pavel Chekov, the baby-faced Russian navigator in the “Star Trek” franchise, has died at 90. nyti.ms/4zLGtYg

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com With just about a week to go before the 2026 midterms, we asked six pollsters and pundits to predict who will win the House and the Senate. Their predictions offer a fairly optimistic outlook for Democrats.

Breaking News: A Manhattan judge ruled that Maurene Comey, a former federal prosecutor, was unlawfully fired last year by the Trump administration. nyti.ms/4swdPby

When Hurricane Helene hit western North Carolina in 2024, hundreds of households lost the private bridges they rely on to access their homes. Two years later, only 44 bridges have been rebuilt by the state, and many are frustrated by a state program’s progress. nyti.ms/47M1xCb

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil won re-election on Sunday, halting a string of conservative victories in Latin America. His right-wing opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, refused to accept the outcome. nyti.ms/4zcqdQp

Breaking News: The A.I. company Anthropic disclosed its finances ahead of what could be the largest-ever initial public offering. nyti.ms/3WNJFV5

Eric Bauza, an Emmy Award-winning voice actor who brought Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other “Looney Tunes” cartoon characters to life, died on Sunday in California. He was 46.

María Corina Machado, the leader of the biggest opposition movement in Venezuela, returned to her country on Sunday after nearly a year in exile since slipping out to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. Read more: nyti.ms/48eOrgV

President Trump turned to Islamophobic stereotypes to motivate Michigan Republicans on Sunday, claiming at a rally that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee, if elected, would bring a wave of jihadists to the U.S.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Humanity has just set off a second Big Bang, argues our columnist Thomas L. Friedman. We’re not ready for what comes next.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump seems not to understand that the global standing of the United States suffers when our leaders play into the stereotype of the ugly American, writes the Times editorial board.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Vivek Ramaswamy’s “malicious” ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother shows how “every institution takes on the character of its leader,” writes our columnist David French.

Breaking News: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva defeated Flávio Bolsonaro to stay president of Brazil, halting the right’s march in Latin America. Follow live updates. nyti.ms/47GKOQJ

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. That is Netanyahu’s great victory. But it is matched by his great loss: Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazans see it,” our columnist Ezra Klein writes.

Aleksandar Vucic, Serbia’s longtime nationalist strongman, conceded defeat Sunday in a general election held after his once-tight grip on power was weakened by nearly two years of student-led protests. nyti.ms/4zegOaY

“Clayface,” a horror movie about a lesser-known Batman villain, was No. 1 at North American theaters this weekend. Its unexpected challenger was “You Can See Everything,” a documentary about the disgraced Theranos founder, which surged in its second weekend.

Zach Lahn, the Republican nominee for governor of Iowa, has pitched himself as a self-made businessman in his campaign. But there is a more complicated tale of Lahn’s rise that is interwoven with the Koch family, one of America’s richest and most influential political dynasties.

María Corina Machado has led Venezuela’s opposition for the past three years, spending much of that time living in hiding and trying to avoid arrest. After nearly 10 months in exile, she returned home on Sunday. nyti.ms/48eSgmg

Brazilians are voting on Sunday to elect a new president in a fiercely fought election that is the biggest test yet for an ascendant right-wing movement winning presidencies across Latin America. Follow live updates.