EU AGRICULTURE – EU agriculture and fisheries ministers meet in Luxembourg today and tomorrow, with Luxembourg's agriculture minister, Martine Hansen, attending. They will try to agree a partial negotiating position on reforming the EU's Common Agricultural Policy after 2027.
HOUSING MEETING – A new committee to monitor Luxembourg's housing measures meets for the first time this morning. It was agreed in the summer in the tripartite accord, and will check whether government decisions are working.
Meanwhile, 13 youth organisations are calling a demonstration tomorrow, saying many students and young workers can no longer afford to live in the country. Their spokesman, Maxime Pantaleoni, will speak to RTL this morning.
CHESS WIN – A Luxembourg women's chess team has won silver at the European Club Cup in Montenegro. Gambit Bonnevoie won six of their seven matches and finished level on points with Monte-Carlo, who took the title on tiebreak. The club's president called it a historic first for Luxembourgish sport.
BRAZIL ELECTION – Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected as Brazil's president, winning a fourth term. The electoral court says he took almost 52% in Sunday's run-off, beating the right-wing senator Flávio Bolsonaro, son of the former president Jair Bolsonaro. Lula had finished second in the first round.
SERBIA ELECTION – Serbia's long-serving leader, Aleksandar Vučić, has conceded defeat in Sunday's snap parliamentary election. He said late on Sunday it was clear his party had lost to the student-led protest movement, although final results are not yet in. The vote followed nearly two years of protests, sparked by the collapse of a station canopy in Novi Sad that killed 16 people.
ISRAEL ELECTIONS – Israelis vote tomorrow in a general election that polls suggest is too close to call. Benjamin Netanyahu's governing coalition and the main opposition bloc are almost level. The former army chief Gadi Eisenkot's centrist Yashar party has regularly edged ahead of Likud. The vote comes after three years of regional war.
FRANCE POLITICS – France's far-right National Rally has launched Marine Le Pen's campaign for next year's presidential election. At a party congress in Orléans, she said she wants to restore order and national pride. Polls put her first, on 34 to 38%, well ahead of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on about 17%.
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu meets students' representatives today, after weeks of protests over failings in schools and the cost of living. About 1,300 people were arrested for rioting on Saturday, and more demonstrations are planned.
FORMULA 1 – Kimi Antonelli has won the United States Grand Prix, but must wait to be crowned Formula One champion. The Mercedes driver finished two points short of clinching the title. He can still seal it at the next race, in Mexico, which would make him the youngest champion in history.
CYCLING – Marie Schreiber dominated the international cyclocross race in Contern yesterday, leaving her rivals with no chance from the very first lap. The Luxembourg champion crossed the finish line more than three minutes ahead of Belgium’s Sterre Vervloet, who finished second.
RUGBY – Luxembourg's rugby team has stayed top of its Rugby Europe Conference group, beating Norway 41–12 in Luxembourg City on Saturday. It was the Red Lions' second win in as many games, after victory away to Estonia a week earlier.
FOOTBALL – Luxembourg midfielder Leandro Barreiro could be out until January with a thigh injury. He will miss the Red Lions' last two Nations League games: at home to Estonia on 13 November, then away to Iceland three days later.
International football: in the Bundesliga on Sunday, Bayern won 3–1 at Freiburg and Hoffenheim beat Leverkusen 3–0. In Spain, Real Madrid won the Clásico 2–1 at Barcelona. In the English Premier League, Manchester United's poor run continues with a 3–0 home defeat to Bournemouth, and Liverpool beat Brighton 2–0.
The 2026 Ballon d'Or ceremony takes place in London tonight for the first time ever to mark the 70th anniversary. The favourites include England's Harry Kane, France's Kylian Mbappé and Michael Olise, and Spain's Lamine Yamal.
While the morning should be largely dry with some brighter moments, expect clouds to gather as the day wears on. Towards the end of the afternoon, there could be some rain showers. Winds should drop somewhat although there will still be a breeze of up to 20 km/h. Temperatures will start off at 5–7°C in the morning, rising no higher than 11–13°C in the afternoon.
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