Newshour

Paraguay's president Santiago Peña has been impeached and placed under house arrest after a bank collapse triggered a crisis that left more than half of the country's population without access to their accounts.
Ueno Bank, which collapsed earlier this week, has links to Peña's private business interests. We'll delve into what's going on.
Also in the programme: Newt Gingrich - who engineered a mid-term victory for the Republicans back in 1994 - speaks to us about the Democrats win this time round; A fascinating report on the decision in Hungary to release the names of communist agents; and why New Zealanders - like so many in Europe - are losing faith in the mainstram parties.
(Photo shows Paraguay's former president Santiago Pena speak in Asuncion, Paraguay on 2 November 2026. Credit: Juan Pablo Pino/EPA)

Shares in artificial intelligence and technology firms have recovered slightly from an enormous sell-off that wiped trillions of dollars off stock values. Also on the programme, The leader of a doomsday cult in Kenya has been sentenced to two hundred years in prison after being found guilty of murdering over one hundred and ninety people; and the cheating cricketer who clicked his way to tricking the umpire.
(Photo: Tokyo stocks plunge below 60,000 amid concerns over US AI regulations, Japan - 06 Nov 2026. EPA/Shutterstock. Rodrigo Reyes Marin.)

Technology shares across the world have plummeted over concerns of a slowdown in AI development in the US. Newshour debates the rights and wrongs of data centres.
Also in the programme: Paraguay's banking scandal; and the harmful effects of space weather.
Correction: In this programme we referred to a demonstration in the Netherlands where 100 protesters broke into a Microsoft data centre construction site in Amsterdam. We wrongly implied that the NGO Global Action Plan was coordinating this protest. However, the direct action at the data centre in the Netherlands was not coordinated or promoted by the Global Action Plan campaign.
(Picture: People walk past an electronic board displaying Japan's Nikkei 225 index trading in Tokyo, Japan, 06 November 2026. Credit: EPA)

More than 600,000 protesters have taken part in rallies and marches across France, according to France's interior ministry, with five unions joining a day of action demanding more money for wages and public services.
Also on the programme: flights are disrupted across Europe by bomb hoaxes. Who might be behind them? And the count continues in Mississippi to choose a new Senator.
(Picture: Riots in Lyons. Credit: Reuters)

Tens of thousands of people in France demonstrate against the rising cost of living - with the police also out in big numbers. We hear from one of the unions organising today's protests and strikes.
Also in the programme: another series of bomb threats against commercial flights in Europe; and what will the Democrats' sweeping victories in the midterm elections mean for America's war in Iran and its relations with Israel?
(IMAGE: Protesters demonstrate against rising living costs and cuts to public services in Paris, France, 05 November 2026 / CREDIT: EPA)