Monday: a ceasefire holds, a central bank waits, a port reopens
A fragile ceasefire makes it through the weekend, a major central bank signals it will hold rates for now, and a reopened container port shortens delivery times for Gulf importers.
Tuesday: election results, a chip shortage and a record heatwave
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Tuesday's five stories
Results, supply chains and weather. Priya explains why one unglamorous chip part is slowing car production on three continents, and what a coalition count means for the next few weeks.
- Election count points to a coalition, with talks expected to take weeks
- A shortage of one chip component pauses lines at four car plants
- Three countries log their hottest October day on record
- A water utility announces overnight rationing in two cities
- Rail workers suspend a planned strike after a late offer
Watch later today: the first coalition talks are due to start this afternoon, and the heat warnings run until Thursday.
Transcript
Good morning, it is Tuesday, this is Ten Before Nine, and I am Priya Nathan. Here is where we are. The votes have been counted overnight and nobody has a majority, so I will walk you through what a coalition would look like and how long it usually takes. Then a story I did not expect to lead with: one small chip component, made in just two factories, is in short supply, and car plants on three continents have paused their lines because of it. We have a heatwave that has broken October records in three countries, water rationing in two cities, and some rare good news from the railways, where a strike has been called off. Ten minutes, no shouting. You are listening on Witspeak Podcasts.
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