Israeli media say the Change bloc has decided to replace the Knesset speaker immediately; Yitzhak Goldknopf will be first to request the post.

China has implemented 150 national and industry standards for new energy storage, establishing an initial full‑chain standards framework covering basic/general, planning and design, equipment and testing, construction and acceptance, grid connection and operation, O&M and maintenance, decommissioning and disposal, and safety and management. The framework is intended to help accelerate the sector’s shift from a "new track" to the "main track." Chinese new energy storage projects now account for more than 50% of global installed capacity.

The Central Asia Economic Cooperation Tianshan Forum was held in Almaty on Nov. 2-3. China’s finance minister attended the opening and noted that, in the first year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, China’s GDP rose 4.6% YoY in the first three quarters. China said it will continue to pursue high-quality growth, expand high-level opening, and deepen cooperation with Central Asian countries, supporting the region’s development as a Eurasian connectivity hub.