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date: 2026-11-01 11:48
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title: Daily Rundown for 2026-11-01
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._

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## On Sunday, 01 November 2026

- The average temperature today is 7.75˚C,
- With highs of 9.83˚C and lows of 7.75˚C,
- It may feel like 5.45˚C with fog
- The wind speed is 3.6m/s and visibility is 3000m
- The pressure is 1034hPa and humidity is 93%
- The sun will rise at 07:02 and set at 16:41

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### MI5 Status

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- The current threat level is <span class="highlighter">SEVERE</span>
- It has been 185 days since the last change (2026-04-30)

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### Today's tasks

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- No tasks today

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### Daily Doctrine

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> Exploit the landscape.

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### Fixture List

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- Arsenal Women v Aston Villa Women
- London City Lionesses v Manchester City Women
- Birmingham City Women v Tottenham Hotspur Women
- Brighton & Hove Albion Women v Crystal Palace Women
- West Ham United Women v Liverpool Women
- Charlton Athletic Women v Chelsea Women
- Liverpool v Arsenal

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### Stocks

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- VWRL.L : 135.9600067138672
- ^FTSE : 10729.7998046875
- ^FTMC : 24453.400390625

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### Just for fun

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> Out on a long bike ride, I went miles down a long winding road until I arrived at a churchyard and only then did I realise it was a dead end and I had made a grave mistake.

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### Top News

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- Gen Z protests turn violent in Germany (FT, [11 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/4ffb1a86-853b-4151-9902-2ff302e79d24?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Bulgarians head to the polls in tense presidential runoff (Euronews, [36 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/bulgarians-head-to-the-polls-in-tense-presidential-runoff))
- Latest news bulletin November 1st, 2026 – Midday (Euronews, [48 minutes ago](https://www.euronews.com/video/2026/11/01/latest-news-bulletin-november-1st-2026-midday))
- UN demands urgent investigation after death of staff member held in Houthi custody (Euronews, [1 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/un-demands-investigation-after-death-of-staff-member-held-in-houthi-custody-in-yemen))
- Binance restarts customer withdrawals after $6.3bn heist (FT, [2 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/1d4dd7b2-9dee-433b-ac2a-e8022af1dd07?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Landline phones will switch off across Britland in 100 days, no extensions – Openreach (Register, [2 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/networks/2026/11/01/landline-phones-will-switch-off-across-britland-in-100-days-no-extensions-openreach/5306673))
- Kärcher CEO warns Europe faces 'perfect storm' as he calls for economic reforms (Euronews, [2 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/karcher-ceo-warns-europe-faces-perfect-storm-as-he-calls-for-economic-reforms))
- France taps strategic diesel reserves, diesel prices fall (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/france-taps-strategic-diesel-reserves-diesel-prices-fall))
- FBI blames North Korea for $6.3 billion Binance crypto hack (Euronews, [3 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/fbi-blames-north-korea-for-63-billion-binance-crypto-hack))
- Maxence Lacroix ‘feared to be out’ until January — report (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/injury-news/173646/maxence-lacroix-feared-to-be-out-until-january-report))
- The world according to Ellen von Unwerth: Glamour, sensuality and photography (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/the-world-according-to-ellen-von-unwerth-glamour-sensuality-and-photography))
- Russia says 'massive' drone attack targeted 'industrial enterprise' amid reports oil refinery hit (Euronews, [4 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/russia-says-massive-drone-attack-targeted-industrial-enterprise-amid-reports-oil-refinery-))
- The Daily Hilario: Sunday (WAGNH, [4 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/173628/the-daily-hilario-november-1st-2026))
- Hooray for Houdini: Budapest celebrates 100th anniversary of escape artist's death (Euronews, [5 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/hooray-for-houdini-budapest-celebrates-100th-anniversary-of-escape-artists-death))
- EU Commission: Polish Parliament has right to appoint judges to the Constitutional Court (Euronews, [5 hours ago](https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/01/eu-commission-polish-parliament-has-right-to-appoint-judges-to-the-constitutional-court))
- Xabi Alonso happy with Chelsea’s second-half response, Estêvão and Roméo Lavia impact (WAGNH, [6 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173632/xabi-alonso-happy-with-chelseas-second-half-response-estevao-and-romeo-lavia-impact))
- Quant hedge fund to spin out of Tudor in record $9bn launch (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/8ee19897-1d15-4dd7-8ca8-162c4ea22b3a?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Russia forced to ship grain via Arctic as Black Sea battles rage (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/50aeab56-c5e3-44c5-9117-8fadc2f980fb?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Military briefing: what would another US-Iran conflict look like? (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/89e3ff89-c097-44cb-a290-0d46726e6075?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- EU leaders risk breaking their promise to help European start-ups (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ce1e852d-c699-4cf6-b8a0-78fd283556f3?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- New Zealand’s kingmaker could be a 38-year-old ex-KPMG consultant (FT, [6 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/217e8187-7b57-40dc-9439-03266e6c900f?syn-25a6b1a6=1))
- Romeo Lavia on hard work paying off with ‘statement performance’ (CFC, [11 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/romeo-lavia-on-hard-work-paying-off-with-statement-performance))
- Xabi Alonso reflects on a 'very important' clean sheet and stable Mike Penders (CFC, [14 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/xabi-alonso-reflects-on-a-very-important-clean-sheet-and-stable-mike))
- Charlton Athletic WFC vs. Chelsea FCW, Women&#8217;s Super League: Preview, team news, how to watch (WAGNH, [19 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/chelsea-fc-women/173617/charlton-athletic-wfc-vs-chelsea-fcw-womens-super-league-preview-team-news-how-to-watch))
- Alonso reveals Estevao plan after Brazilian's 'best response' against Man United (CFC, [20 hours ago](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/alonso-reveals-estevao-plan-after-brazilians-best-response-against-man))
- Google's AI satellite sends a very expensive haiku to Earth (Register, [20 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/10/31/googles-ai-satellite-sends-a-very-expensive-haiku-to-earth/5306818))
- Evacuees from Russian-occupied city arrive in Ukraine (FT, [20 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/55dfa145-4078-450f-a853-5f2d551260f1))
- Chelsea 2-0 Manchester United, Premier League: Post-match reaction, ratings (WAGNH, [21 hours ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/premier-league/173610/chelsea-2-0-manchester-united-premier-league-post-match-reaction-ratings))
- Goth aesthetic gone wild: a user's self-inflicted black screen of non-death in Windows 3.1’s (Register, [23 hours ago](https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/31/goth-aesthetic-gone-wild-a-users-self-inflicted-black-screen-of-non-death-in-windows-31s/5306592))

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### Word of the day

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> priapean - adjective: 1. Phallic. 2. Lewd; salacious.

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### Quote of the Day

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> Great Product Owners keeps options open. - Geoff Watts

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### Oblique Strategies

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> Give the game away

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### Film Archive

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- Alien (Rated: 7)
- Released in 1979
- Summary: After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

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### Countdown Numbers

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- Target: 828, using [2, 9, 10, 25, 75, 100]
- Answer: 11 solutions.

- <details><summary><code>Solution</code></summary>

  Solution: ( 100 + 2 - ( 75 + 25 ) / 10 ) x 9

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### 5 Random Blogroll Links

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- Tom Hazeldine [URL](https://tomhazledine.com/) [Feed](https://tomhazledine.com/feed.xml)
- Cory Dransfeldt [URL](https://www.coryd.dev/) [Feed](https://www.coryd.dev/feeds/all.xml)
- Matt Webb [URL](https://interconnected.org/home) [Feed](https://interconnected.org/home/feed)
- Everything Changes [URL](https://everythingchanges.us/) [Feed](https://everythingchanges.us/feed.json)
- Stephen Robles (all) [URL](https://beard.fm/) [Feed](https://wrangler.steve-9e8.workers.dev/rss)

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