Daily Rundown for 2026-11-05
Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing…
On Thursday, 05 November 2026
- The average temperature today is 8.69˚C,
- With highs of 9.28˚C and lows of 8.16˚C,
- It may feel like 6.33˚C with broken clouds
- The wind speed is 4.12m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1025hPa and humidity is 83%
- The sun will rise at 07:09 and set at 16:34
MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SEVERE
- It has been 189 days since the last change (2026-04-30)
Today’s tasks
- No tasks today
Daily Doctrine
Think aptitude and attitude.
Fixture List
- Crystal Palace v Hoffenheim
- Sparta Prague v AFC Bournemouth
- Getafe v Brighton & Hove Albion
- Sunderland v Dinamo Zagreb
Stocks
- VWRL.L : 136.86000061035156
- ^FTSE : 10912.26953125
- ^FTMC : 25080.25
Just for fun
What did the cannibal eat for lunch? - Whoever they were meat-ing.
Top News
- Anthropic won’t fix a Claude Dispatch flaw that could let attackers execute remote commands across corporate boundaries (Register, 9 minutes ago)
- European stocks approach all-time high on Democratic sweep (FT, 36 minutes ago)
- Bank of England raises key interest rate for first time in over 3 years (Euronews, 36 minutes ago)
- New York’s Queens Public Library battles ransomware crims: Wi-Fi, checkouts, and website go dark (Register, 58 minutes ago)
- South Korea plans to extend anti-piracy patrols closer to Strait of Hormuz (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Uzbekistan’s poverty rate falls as World Bank highlights role of wages and employment (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Milei and Sánchez exchange a cold greeting at Ibero-American Summit (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- France: Workers and students unite in nationwide protests over living costs (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- EU Commission holds first talks with Serbia’s Student List (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- China threatens EU with retaliation as EU mulls “kill-switch” to defend its market (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Norway’s aid agency pwned and all users’ data is stolen (Register, 1 hours ago)
- Leonardo tops €60 billion in orders as defence, drones and space grow (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Poland arrests six suspected of spying for Russia and supplying its military (Euronews, 1 hours ago)
- Portugal great Cristiano Ronaldo announces retirement from international football (Euronews, 2 hours ago)
- Wall Street bets Democratic sweep will empower moderates in Washington (FT, 2 hours ago)
- SAP promises to open out data flows in both directions (Register, 2 hours ago)
- Royal London plans IT outsourcing shake-up as staff brace for redundancies (Register, 3 hours ago)
- The Daily Hilario: ¿Cómo, Como? (WAGNH, 5 hours ago)
- When datacenters lose power, generators should kick in. That didn’t happen for Google in London (Register, 6 hours ago)
- Emiliano Martínez back in training with Chelsea (WAGNH, 7 hours ago)
- Democrats look to reshape America after historic midterm victories (FT, 8 hours ago)
- Morning in America, twilight in the markets (FT, 8 hours ago)
- The next US presidential race has begun (FT, 8 hours ago)
- Trump’s economic agenda wasn’t Republican enough (FT, 8 hours ago)
- VMware quietly offers European users extended sales and support for low-end vSphere (Register, 8 hours ago)
- Microsoft admits certifications can be a drag, launches creds that recognize skills (Register, 9 hours ago)
- Uber says it alone can make robotaxis pay, hours after Waymo quit its app (Register, 11 hours ago)
- US midterm results herald upheaval in Middle East policy (FT, 11 hours ago)
- Democratic wave keeps US wealth taxes alive despite California loss (FT, 12 hours ago)
- Meta brings Conductor on board its model train (Register, 12 hours ago)
- ‘Rupert does not want to be with a loser’: Murdoch’s media empire cools on Trump (FT, 16 hours ago)
- The beginning of the end of the age of Trump (FT, 19 hours ago)
- Now available: Retention messages for subscriptions (Apple, 21 hours ago)
- UEFA Youth League report: Cobham Next Gen 2-3 Flora Tallinn (4-5 aggregate) (CFC, 22 hours ago)
- That’s Proper Chels: Chelsea FC and Chelsea Foundation unite Blues family to support those experiencing loneliness (CFC, 22 hours ago)
Word of the day
slangwhanger - noun: One who uses insulting or bombastic language.
Quote of the Day
Scrum focuses on being agile which may (and should) lead to improving. Kanban focuses on improving, which may lead to being agile. - Karl Scotland, Agile Trainer
Oblique Strategies
What is the reality of the situation?
Film Archive
- Deadfall (Rated: 7)
- Released in 2012
- Summary: Two siblings decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist and their unlikely reunion during another family’s Thanksgiving celebration.
Countdown Numbers
- Target: 154, using [2, 2, 10, 25, 75, 100]
-
Answer: 29 solutions.
-
Solution: ( 10 - 2 ) / 2 + 100 + 75 - 25Solution
