World News Today Live Updates: White House on temporary lockdown after car crash nearby, 2 arrested
The US Secret Service temporarily locked down the White House after a vehicle crashed near a security barrier at Lafayette Square, with the driver arrested following a confrontation with law enforcement.
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The “driver was combative with law enforcement” but was quickly arrested, the Secret Service said, Fox News reported.
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“Number one, I was not on the ballot,” Trump said, emphasising that voters didn’t like some of the Republican candidates.
“But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up,” he added.
“And there’s a great dislike — incredibly — for Israel,” Trump says, without elaborating.
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Nov 9, 2026 10:31 PM IST
White House on temporary lockdown after car crash nearby, 2 arrested
The US Secret Service put the White House under temporary lockdown on Monday morning after a car crashed near a security barrier at Lafayette Square. Reports stated that around 10 am (local time), Secret Service Police and National Guard personnel responded to vehicle crash on the sidewalk on the north side of Lafayette Park near 16th and H streets NW.
The "driver was combative with law enforcement" but was quickly arrested, the Secret Service said, Fox News reported.
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France accuses Iran's Revolutionary Guards of cyberattack on supermarket fridges
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot on Monday accused Iran's Revolutionary Guards of being behind a recent cyberattack on French supermarket fridges, saying there would be consequences for the country.
Meanwhile the Paris prosecutor's office said it had requested international arrest warrants against the leader of Shahid Kaveh, an offensive cyber unit affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, and his two deputies.
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UAE city of Khor Fakkan shuts beach after detecting oil spill
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Trump to meet Iran war mediator Qatar, no imminent deal seen to end the war
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With no victory in sight more than eight months into the conflict he launched alongside Israel on February 28, Trump has played down the likelihood of major warfare restarting soon, but remains unwilling to accept an existing Iranian truce plan.
Mutual attacks continue, with the US striking Iran's Qeshm island overnight, according to Iranian state media, and Iran attacking tankers in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz this month while its Yemeni Houthi allies have hit Saudi Arabia.
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Nov 9, 2026 02:46 PM IST
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Iran defended a proposal on Monday to restart peace talks in as few as two days as the most reasonable offer on the table, after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called some of Iran's conditions "outrageous and ridiculous".
"Is it unreasonable that Iran demands that US illegal sanctions and its naval blockade must be lifted before negotiations start and that the war should end on all fronts?" Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei told a weekly press conference in response to Rubio's remarks.
Iran has made the offer to shorten the time to restart talks from an earlier seven-day proposal, which calls for Washington to first meet conditions including halting hostilities, lifting a blockade and waiving sanctions. (Reuters)
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‘I am religious person’: Trump says he will go to heaven after he dies
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Trump comments on Gadi Eisenkot's chance to form new Israeli government ahead of Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot have largely similar views and have both spoken positively about him, while avoiding a clear preference between the two.
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Iran says US attacked Qeshm Island, caused no damage to vital infrastructure or services
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Iranian state media reported that the explosions happened late Sunday in Qeshm near the Strait of Hormuz.
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After US midterm loss, Trump says deportation policy might have been ‘too tough’
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In an interaction with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday, Trump said: “I think it might be too tough, yeah… The deal would be we would work something out. And I think it’s something — I think that’s something that’s actually doable.”
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Israel police raid multiple locations nationwide, arrest dozens of suspects in major operation
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Trump says Republicans’ midterm election losses linked to Americans’ negative views of Israel
US President Donald Trump has suggested that Americans’ unfavourable views of Israel were among the reasons Republicans performed poorly in last week’s midterm elections. In an interview with 60 Minutes, he offered several explanations for the party’s poor performance in midterms.
“Number one, I was not on the ballot,” Trump said, emphasising that voters didn’t like some of the Republican candidates.
“But there’s something beyond that. They didn’t like the war. They didn’t like the fact that gasoline went up,” he added.
“And there’s a great dislike — incredibly — for Israel,” Trump says, without elaborating.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch the war against Iran, saying the move was aimed at protecting the world from Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, even if it was not “necessarily popular”.
“He addressed it even though oftentimes the right thing to do for the country — confronting difficult challenges for the security of our country — doing it isn’t necessarily popular, but necessary,” Rubio said in Florida before heading to a Group of 7 foreign ministers meeting in Paris.
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US President Donald Trump will meet Qatar’s Prime Minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, on Monday in the Oval Office as Doha steps up diplomatic efforts to advance negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Qatar, a key mediator in the US-Iran talks, is pushing new proposals aimed at easing tensions and finding a diplomatic path towards resolving the conflict, according to the Associated Press.
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