Global News Daily Snapshot – Wednesday, November 5th, 2025 – details on the stories below:

(🇺🇸 United States) Democrats dominate first major votes of Trump’s second term as U.S. shutdown breaks record. In elections across key states including New York, Virginia and New Jersey, Democrats scored significant wins, as federal goverment shutdown breaks record for longest time.

(🇩🇪 Germany) German nurse given life sentence for murdering 10 patients. A German court handed a life sentence to a nurse found guilty of murdering ten critically ill patients over a two-year period, sparking debates on hospital oversight.

(🇷🇺 Russia / 🇺🇦 Ukraine) Russia says Ukrainian troops in Pokrovsk-Kupiansk should surrender “to save themselves”. The Russian military called on Ukrainian forces in the contested Pokrovsk and Kupiansk region to surrender or risk being encircled, part of its winter offensive rhetoric.

(🇮🇳 India) Toyota and Honda pivot more production to India amid trade frictions. Japanese automakers moved to deepen India output as U.S.-China tariffs reshape supply chains; new corporate shift analysis.

(🇨🇳 China / 🇺🇸 United States) China rolls back and suspends retaliatory measures against some U.S. entities. Beijing announced it will suspend certain trade-retaliatory measures against selected U.S. firms while review talks continue, signalling a possible thaw in the U.S.–China trade standoff.

(🇵🇭 Philippines / 🇻🇳 Vietnam) Typhoon Kalmaegi kills at least 58 in Philippines, heads toward Vietnam. Typhoon Kalmaegi wrought heavy flooding and landslides in the Philippines killing at least 58 people and is forecast to strike Vietnam next, raising concerns over disaster readiness.

(🇯🇵 Japan) Japan sends troops to combat deadly wave of bear attacks. The Japanese Self-Defence Forces were mobilised in Hokkaido after a surge of fatal bear attacks in rural villages, marking an unusual deployment for wildlife control.

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