Israel’s election tests Netanyahu’s security record

The brief

Israel’s first general election since the October 7 attacks asks whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s security record, corruption allegations and religious alliances outweigh demands for accountability.

The central tension is whether Netanyahu used the threat of conflict with Iran for political advantage, and how Donald Trump’s endorsement might influence voters in a deeply divided country.

Brazil’s post-election fallout follows, with Flávio Bolsonaro barred from leaving the country, challenges to Lula’s victory, and Trump’s claims of a rigged result despite opposition acceptance.

Anthropic’s planned stock-market flotation promises rapid growth alongside much larger losses, raising questions about investors’ appetite for an AI company warning about existential danger.

Mohamed El-Erian argues that AI’s ability to apply broadly and generate further inventions makes risk mitigation unusually important, before the programme turns to religion, culture and language.

The standout contrast is Anthropic’s commercial expansion alongside its warnings about AI risk: the company’s flotation makes that contradiction concrete rather than theoretical.