BBC World News

1. Major tech stocks plunge as US midterms add to fears of AI slowdown

   The market has been reacting to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry following the US midterms

2. Hoax bomb threats target European airlines and airports for second time in a week

   At least 21 flights across Europe are affected in what the UK government calls a "malicious hoax threat".

3. California governor commutes sentences for state's 548 death row inmates

   California has historically had the largest population of people on death row in the US.

4. French protests see numbers surge as unions join strikes over high cost of living

   The interior ministry estimates 600,000 people joined protests across France, while the unions say the number was far higher.

5. Paraguay President Santiago Peña resigns after bank collapse

   The move follows a bank collapse and after the lower house of congress voted in favour of pursuing an impeachment trial against him.