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Tuesday 10 November 2026 · No. 28

Top Story Iran

Iran Says Peace Mediators Have Stopped Travelling

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says it will take time to resume.

📍 Strait of Hormuz · Iran, Oman

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Sunday that mediators have not travelled since the US midterm elections. Mediators are people from other countries who help two sides reach a deal. He asked for patience.

Qatar and Pakistan have tried for months to stop the war, which the US and Israel began in late February. Most fighting has stopped. But Iran is still working to block the Strait of Hormuz, a sea passage vital for the world’s energy. The US Navy blocks Iran’s ports.

President Donald Trump was due to meet Qatar’s prime minister on Monday. US and Gulf officials doubted a deal was close. Iran says it could reopen the strait in 2 days if its demands are met.

For grown-ups: sources

World Space

Two NASA Spacecraft Swing Past Earth on the Way to Mars

The twin ESCAPADE spacecraft got a boost from Earth’s gravity.

HOW CLOSE TO EARTH? Closest approach, in miles above Earth

NASA gave both distances as roughly 1,000 miles and 650 miles.

ESCAPADE is a pair of NASA spacecraft heading for Mars. On 7 and 9 November, each flew past Earth. A flyby uses a planet’s gravity to change a spacecraft’s path, like a slingshot.

Each also fired its engine for roughly nine minutes. NASA says it is the first time it has used a powered Earth flyby to send a spacecraft toward Mars.

They launched on 13 November 2025. The second flyby passed about 650 miles above Earth. They should reach Mars in September 2027.

For grown-ups: sources

In brief

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