Israel’s High-Stakes Election, and How Illegal Gold Is Getting Into the Global Market

Plus, the search for “superhabitable” planets. 

Here’s what we’re covering:

• Trump Endorses Netanyahu as Best U.S. Partner in Tight Israeli Election, by Tyler Pager and Aaron Boxerman
• The Oct. 7 Attack Changed Israel, but Not Its Politics, by Isabel Kershner
• A Day After Huge Riots in France, Shock and Recrimination, by Catherine Porter and Ségolène Le Stradic
• France’s Far Right Seizes the Moment as Rioting Stuns the Country, by Catherine Porter
• To Find Criminals and Child Exploitation in Gold Mines, We Just Had to Look, by Justin Scheck
• Worlds More Habitable Than Earth? They’re Out There., by Natalie Wolchover

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