Locals flee homes as Spain battered by storm causing streets to turn to rivers

Spain is being rocked by strong floods caused by storms, forcing locals to flee their homes. Dozens of people have been left stranded across the country as the they are hit by days of poor weather. Spain is often known as a sun-soaked paradise and is a top getaway destination for many Brits. But in recent days, it has been battered by heavy rain, with weather systems leaving many roads turning to rivers. Dramatic footage is now emerging of locals running away from affected areas, as the storms continue to make landfall across the nation. Airports have also been affected, meaning thousands of tourists also have no way to get home. The Sun reports that a large weather system showing persistent low pressure is currently slamming into the Balearic Islands and the Costa Dorada. This includes some of Spain's most iconic tourist hotspots, including Barcelona, Ibiza and Majorca.

Heavy flooding affects 15 provinces of Thailand leaving 13 dead

Severe flooding hits 15 provinces in Thailand, with 13 deaths confirmed. The Central region, especially Ayutthaya, is facing rising water levels. Typhoon Kalmagi is set to impact Ubon Ratchathani. Authorities continue disaster relief efforts. Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported on November 7, 2025, that heavy flooding continues to affect 15 provinces across Thailand, impacting over 3,000 villages and affecting more than 470,000 people. As of now, 13 fatalities have been confirmed. The Central region remains the hardest-hit, with over 97,000 households in 9 provinces suffering. Particularly, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya is severely impacted by the release of water from the Chao Phraya Dam. The water level in the Chao Phraya River at station C.35 has risen 1.12 meters above the riverbank, with expectations for further increases.

2,000 birds killed or injured by severe, rare hailstorms in coastal Texas on November 1

Rare hailstorms that tore through Corpus Christi and the Coastal Bend over the weekend left behind more than shattered windshields and dented roofs. The violent weather also carved a devastating mark on the region's coastal bird populations, in what scientists are calling the largest avian mortality event from a hailstorm in North America in decades. Early assessments from the Harte Research Institute (HRI) show the scale of the loss: roughly 2,000 birds, mostly brown pelicans, were killed or severely injured on rookery islands across Corpus Christi Bay and near Baffin Bay during the Nov. 1 storms. HRI scientists deployed drones to survey the battered islands, combining aerial footage with on-the-ground assessments to measure the extent of the damage and guide recovery efforts. The work has become a coordinated response involving multiple agencies, including the University of Texas Marine Science Institute's Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries...

Bright meteor fireball over Spain (Nov. 6)

The fireball in this video was recorded over Spain on November 6, at 6:03 local time (equivalent to 5:03 universal time). The event was generated by a rock (a meteoroid) from Asteroid 2004 TG10 that hit the atmosphere at about 108,000 km/h. The fireball overflew the province of Ciudad Real (Spain). It began at an altitude of about 105 km over Solanilla del Tamaral (province of Ciudad Real), moved northeast, and ended at a height of around 61 km over Castellar de Santiago (province of Ciudad Real). This bright meteor was recorded in the framework of the SMART project, operated by the Southwestern Europe Meteor Network (SWEMN) from the meteor-observing stations located at CAHA, and La Sagra. The event has been analyzed by the principal investigator of the SMART project: Dr. Jose M. Madiedo, from the Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia (IAA-CSIC). Its code in the SWEMN database is: SWEMN20251106_050311.

Meteor fireball over Tennessee and 11 other states on November 6

We received 119 reports about a fireball seen over AL, FL, GA, IN, KY, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN and VA on Thursday, November 6th 2025 around 00:59 UT. For this event, we received 3 videos and one photo.

Meteor fireball over Germany and 4 other countries on November 5

We received 64 reports about a fireball seen over Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Brandenburg, Drenthe, Gelderland, Grand Est, Hamburg, Hessen, Limburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Noord-Brabant, Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Région flamande, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt and Saxony on Wednesday, November 5th 2025 around 18:43 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo.

What ceasefire? Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon towns, escalating near-daily attacks

Israeli jets struck several towns in southern Lebanon on Thursday after urging residents to leave, marking an escalation in their near-daily strikes on the country. The airstrikes came hours after militant group Hezbollah urged the Lebanese government not to enter negotiations with Israel. Israeli Arabic spokesperson Avichay Adraee warned residents in Tayba near the border, Teir Debba located just east of the coastal city of Tyre, and Aita al-Jabal in southern Lebanon, to flee 500 meters (about 1,600 feet) away from residential buildings they are targeting, which they say have been used by Hezbollah. It later issued more warnings for the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Kfar Dounin. The Israeli military said it targeted military infrastructure for Hezbollah in those areas, including "weapons storage facilities... constructed in the center of civilian-populated areas."

Back to reality: Supreme Court permits Trump Admin stop issuing passports based on 'gender identity'

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Thursday to only issue passports indicating biological sex, not "gender identity." "Displaying passport holders' sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth — in both cases, the Government is merely attesting to a historical fact without subjecting anyone to differential treatment," the court wrote. Judge Julia E. Kobick, a Biden appointee in Massachusetts, issued an order in June instructing the government to allow transgender-identifying citizens to choose their own sex designation. The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to block the injunction in September, arguing that passports are "official government documents, addressed to foreign nations."

Chaos and lies: Why Sam Altman was booted from OpenAI, according to new testimony

OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever was deposed by Elon Musk's lawyers. "What did Ilya see?" Two years ago, it was the meme seen 'round the world (or at least 'round the tech industry). OpenAI CEO Sam Altman had been briefly ousted in November 2023 by members of the company's board of directors, including his longtime collaborator and fellow cofounder Ilya Sutskever. The board claimed Altman "was not consistently candid in his communications with the board," undermining their confidence in him. He was out for less than a week before being reinstated after hundreds of employees threatened to resign. But observers wondered: What hadn't Altman been candid about? And what led Sutskever to turn against him? Now, new details have come to light in a legal deposition involving Sutskever, part of Musk's ongoing lawsuit against Altman and OpenAI. For nearly 10 hours on October 1st, bookended by repeated sniping between Musk's and Sutsever's attorneys, Sutskever answered questions about the...

When Mark Zuckerberg opened an illegal school at his Palo Alto compound, his neighbors revolted

Neighbors complained about noise, security guards, and hordes of traffic. An unlicensed school named after the Zuckerbergs' pet chicken tipped them over the edge. The Crescent Park neighborhood of Palo Alto, California, has some of the best real estate in the country, with a charming hodgepodge of homes ranging in style from Tudor revival to modern farmhouse and contemporary Mediterranean. It also has a gigantic compound that is home to Mark Zuckerberg, his wife Priscilla Chan, and their daughters Maxima, August, and Aurelia. Their land has expanded to include 11 previously separate properties, five of which are connected by at least one property line. The Zuckerberg compound's expansion first became a concern for Crescent Park neighbours as early as 2016, due to fears that his purchases were driving up the market. Then, about five years later, neighbors noticed that a school appeared to be operating out of the Zuckerberg compound. This would be illegal under the area's residential...

Ex-IDF legal chief who leaked Sde Teiman rape video arrested after going missing

"Meanwhile, the soldiers seen sexually assaulting and abusing Palestinian detainees are still free," said one Palestinian observer. Israel's former top military lawyer, who admitted to leaking a video apparently showing Israeli reserve soldiers gang-raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman torture prison, was arrested late on Sunday following her disappearance most of the day. After being reported missing Sunday morning, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, 51, was found "safe and in good health" that evening following a massive search in the coastal area of Herzliya, Israeli police said. She was subsequently arrested and on Monday faced charges of fraud and breach of trust, abuse of office, obstruction of justice, and disclosure of information as a public servant. Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned Friday and admitted that she "authorized the release" of video footage showing IDF reservists at Sde Teiman from a unit called Force 100 brutally...

The rise of US 'digital-military-industrial complex'

On Oct 13, Anduril Industries, an American defense technology company, unveiled its "Eagle Eye" headset at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) annual meeting as part of the Army's Soldier Borne Mission Command program. The system — offered in four variants — integrates multiple augmented-reality devices designed to provide timely, accurate battlefield information, enhance soldiers' situational cognition, and improve both offensive and defensive decision-making. This unveiling highlights the growing trend of digital technology firms entering the US defense market, with Anduril emerging as one of the most typical representatives of this shift.

Destined for harmony?

The global balance of power has shifted, and I believe this trend is irreversible. The parties were optimistic and collaborative, which makes a big difference from the previous US administration. Last week left us with an image that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago: a US president traveling to Asia to meet with his Chinese counterpart in a geopolitical relationship marked for decades by interdependence, but in which the US now appears to be the weak link. Trump took advantage of the APEC and ASEAN summits, where the US signed a series of agreements with countries in the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia regions, to then meet with Xi Jinping in South Korea. At the heart of this meeting was the tariff war that he himself declared so vehemently at the beginning of the year, when he threatened half the world and shook the entire global trade architecture, of which the US itself is the head. There was no final press conference, and neither side commented on the content of the...

India and Israel sign defense deal

The two countries' militaries have agreed to promote co-development and co-production of weapons. India and Israel have signed a defense cooperation agreement that aims to deepen ties between the two nations, New Delhi's Defense Ministry has announced. The agreement was signed in Tel Aviv on Tuesday during a joint working group on defense cooperation, co-chaired by Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and the director general of the Israeli Defense Ministry, Maj. Gen. (Res) Amir Baram. The ministry noted that the agreement would enable the "sharing of advanced technology and would promote co-development and co-production."

NATO strengthens military presence in northern Europe

NATO recently established the Multi-Corps Land Component Command Northwest (MCLCC-N) in Mikkeli, Finland, and deployed a Forward Land Forces brigade primarily led by the Swedish Armed Forces in Finland. These actions signify NATO's ongoing efforts to strengthen its military presence in the Arctic region, with Northern Europe gradually shifting from a traditional neutral zone to a frontline of bloc confrontation. The newly established MCLCC-N is co-located with the Finnish Army Command in Mikkeli, with a Finnish military officer serving as the commanding officer. Norwegian and Swedish officers serve as deputies, and the UK has sent operational staff to assist in its operations. The command operates around the clock and is under the command of NATO's Joint Forces Command, based in Norfolk, the US. During peacetime, it is responsible for planning tasks and organizing joint exercises in the Nordic region. In wartime, it will coordinate the ground forces of Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and...

Israel is trying to divide Gaza in half along the 'Yellow Line.' What is it, and is it here to stay?

The "Yellow Line" splitting Gaza in two is meant to be temporary according to Trump's "peace" plan. However, the fact that those terms were intentionally left vague suggests that the partition of Gaza was the real goal all along. Today, there are essentially two Gazas. One is ruled by Hamas as the de facto governing body in the Strip, and makes up about 47% of the territory. The remaining 53% is under the total military control of the Israeli army. Separating these two zones is an invisible border that's being called "the Yellow Line," splitting Gaza roughly in half down the middle. Even though Israel has been placing yellow cement blocks all across Gaza to demarcate the line, it's supposed to be temporary. But what makes it very real is the number of people who are being killed near it.

Cyprus - The crescent and star divide: Ankara's golden child just ran away from home

A quiet election on a divided island may mark the beginning of the end for Turkish dominance in the Eastern Mediterranean While the world's attention has been consumed by major global crises - and by US President Donald Trump's bombshell statements - a quiet but consequential shift has taken place in the Eastern Mediterranean. It's a story that has barely made international headlines, yet it may reshape the balance of power not only on this island, but across the region. Last month, voters in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) - an unrecognized state under Ankara's patronage - elected a new president. Tufan Erhurman, leader of the left-leaning Republican Turkish Party, scored a decisive victory with more than 62% of the vote, defeating former President Ersin Tatar, who had campaigned on a hardline pro-Turkish, "two-state" agenda. Turnout reached nearly 65%, a sign of strong political engagement among Turkish Cypriots. Erhurman's win marks more than just a change in...

LA gym revokes woman's membership after her privacy violated by man in women's locker room

A gym in Los Angeles terminated the membership of a woman who complained about a man using the women's locker room. Tish Hyman posted on X about the experience of having a man follow her into the women's room and call her a "b*tch," only to have her gym membership canceled. On Sunday, Hyman posted, "Today he saw me walk into the women's room followed me in and called me a b*tch. I ran out into the locker room crying and screaming. This is why we can't be quiet because people need to know what's happening. Thank you to the men who helped me today."

Hornet swarm kills father, son ziplining in Laos

A U.S. father and son who were doing a zipline tour at a resort in Laos were both killed by a swarm of dangerous wasps last month. Daniel Owen, 47, and his son Cooper, 15, had been vacationing at Green Jungle Park, an adventure resort near the city of Luang Prabang. On Oct. 15, the pair were descending from a tree when they were attacked by hundreds of what are believed to be Asian giant hornets, also known as murder hornets. Then were initially taken to a small clinic and then to a nearby hospital for further treatment. They both died several hours later. Phanomsay Phakan, a doctor at the Phakan Arocavet Clinic, told The Independent that the pair had "a lot of stings, more than 100, over the whole body. I thought already that it's a very dangerous situation because I had never seen it as bad as that,"

Meteor fireball over Arkansas and 3 other states on November 5

We received 11 reports about a fireball seen over AR, KS, OK and TX on Wednesday, November 5th 2025 around 08:05 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo.