Virginia Times published 22 stories on Tuesday, November 10, 2026 — a day decided in two courtrooms, as a Prince William County jury convicted Naresh Bhatt of first-degree murder and a Boston jury convicted former officer Matthew Farwell of murdering Sandra Birchmore, while the House sent the Hegseth impeachment articles to committee, Jim Jordan won the House Republican minority leader's job, trilateral talks opened in Abu Dhabi, and October consumer prices rose 0.4%.
In This Recap
- Former Officer Farwell Convicted of Murdering Sandra Birchmore
- US Indicts Three Iran-Backed Operatives Over Nearly 20 Attacks
- US Soldier Arrested in Britain in Russia-Linked Espionage Probe
- Zelenskyy Says Putin ‘Lives in a Different Reality’ on Donbas
- House Sends Hegseth Impeachment Articles to Committee in 211-204 Vote, Blocking Floor Debate
- Naresh Bhatt Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Jury Finds
- ‘Don’t Let Him Control the Last Memory of Mamta’: Jury Begins Deliberations in Bhatt Trial
- Jim Jordan Elected House Republican Minority Leader
- Backpack Bomb Kills Police Officer in Oviedo, Spain
- House Panel Says Government Failed Epstein Survivors for Decades
- Hegseth Says Impeachment Over Policy Sends Wrong Signal
- UK Puts £90 Million Into Atlantic Net to Hunt Russian Submarines
- Canada Puts 11 Iranian Entities Back Under Sanctions
- Russia, Ukraine and US Open Talks in Abu Dhabi
- Saudi East-West Pipeline Targeted in Madinah, Ministry Says
- Saudi Defences Down Houthi Missiles Fired at Riyadh
- US Consumer Prices Rose 0.4% in October as Shelter, Food Climbed
- Witkoff: US, Ukraine, Europe Align Ahead of Russia Talks
- France Blames Iran Guards for Supermarket Fridge Cyberattack
- Detained DC Baseball Coach Speaks From ICE Custody in Louisiana
- Zelenskyy Warns Ending Aid to Ukraine Endangers All Europe
- Bills Wear Down Vikings 23-6 to Close Week 9
1 Former Officer Farwell Convicted of Murdering Sandra Birchmore
A federal jury in Boston convicted former Stoughton police officer Matthew Farwell on Tuesday of killing Sandra Birchmore and causing the death of her unborn baby. The Justice Department said Farwell, 41, killed her to keep her from exposing his sexual exploitation of her, which began when she was a minor. He is to be sentenced on February 3, 2027.
2 US Indicts Three Iran-Backed Operatives Over Nearly 20 Attacks
A superseding indictment unsealed Tuesday charges three Iran-backed operatives over nearly 20 attacks and attempted attacks in Europe and the United States, the Justice Department said. Prosecutors tie the men to Kata'ib Hizballah and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and the charges include a September plot against RAF Fairford, the British base that housed American forces.
3 US Soldier Arrested in Britain in Russia-Linked Espionage Probe
A 41-year-old member of the U.S. Army has been arrested near Gloucester on suspicion of offences under Sections 1 and 3 of the National Security Act 2023, in a counter-terrorism investigation whose allegations relate to Russia, the Metropolitan Police said. Officers are searching two locations in Gloucestershire, and the man remains in custody at a London police station.
4 Zelenskyy Says Putin ‘Lives in a Different Reality’ on Donbas
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that Russian negotiators in Abu Dhabi claimed Moscow already holds half the Donbas still under Ukrainian control. Kyiv's team answered on the spot with video proof, Zelenskyy said, and the U.S. side confirmed Ukraine's assessment — leading him to say President Vladimir Putin lives in a different reality.
5 House Sends Hegseth Impeachment Articles to Committee in 211-204 Vote, Blocking Floor Debate
The House voted 211-204 on Tuesday to send Rep. Thomas Massie's eight impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to the Judiciary Committee, blocking an immediate floor vote. The tally split almost entirely along party lines — 210 Republicans and the chamber's one independent voted yes, while 203 Democrats and Massie himself voted no.
6 Naresh Bhatt Guilty of First-Degree Murder, Jury Finds
A Prince William County jury found Naresh Bhatt guilty on Tuesday of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, convicting him on all three counts — murder, concealing a dead body and defiling a dead body — after a little more than four hours of deliberation. The jury rejected the claim Bhatt made from the witness stand that his wife died by suicide; her body has never been found.
7 ‘Don’t Let Him Control the Last Memory of Mamta’: Jury Begins Deliberations in Bhatt Trial
Earlier Tuesday, a Prince William County jury of eight women and four men began deliberating in Naresh Bhatt's murder trial after prosecutors called their final rebuttal witnesses and both sides delivered closing arguments. The case turned on Bhatt's claim that his wife, Manassas Park nurse Mamta Kafle Bhatt, died by suicide.
8 Jim Jordan Elected House Republican Minority Leader
House Republicans elected Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio as their minority leader on Tuesday, defeating Majority Leader Steve Scalise 106-73 in a secret ballot. The vote came a week after Democrats swept the midterm elections and took both chambers of Congress; Jordan, 62, has run the Judiciary Committee since 2023 and helped start the House Freedom Caucus.
9 Backpack Bomb Kills Police Officer in Oviedo, Spain
A Spanish police officer was killed and another seriously injured on Tuesday when an explosive device in a backpack went off in Oviedo as officers responded to a shooting that had wounded a 17-year-old girl. Police found the backpack, which had a flashing light, while searching for the gunman in the Villafría district, and the suspect fled.
10 House Panel Says Government Failed Epstein Survivors for Decades
The House Oversight Committee's majority staff report, released Tuesday after a 15-month investigation, says the federal government failed Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's survivors for decades. The report faults the 2007 Florida plea deal, the handling of Epstein's death in custody and flawed redactions, drawing on financial records, Justice Department and Epstein estate documents, and 19 transcribed interviews and depositions.
11 Hegseth Says Impeachment Over Policy Sends Wrong Signal
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth pushed back at a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday, saying the impeachment resolution against him rests on policy disagreements rather than the kind of offences the impeachment clause describes. He defended the operations carried out on his watch, said he would execute them again, and argued an impeachment threat sends the wrong signal to America's adversaries.
12 UK Puts £90 Million Into Atlantic Net to Hunt Russian Submarines
The UK is investing £90 million in Atlantic Net, a network of drones, sensors and AI systems to help the Royal Navy protect undersea cables and energy networks and hunt Russian submarines in the North Atlantic. The Ministry of Defence said the framework will support almost 200 new skilled jobs and give submarine-hunting warships and Astute-class submarines earlier warning of threats beneath the surface.
13 Canada Puts 11 Iranian Entities Back Under Sanctions
Canada is reimposing sanctions on 11 Iranian entities it delisted in 2016 under the nuclear deal, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announced in Paris. Ottawa says the entities contributed to Iran's nuclear activities and ballistic missile program and helped finance its malign activities; they had come off the list when Canada recognised Iran's progress under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
14 Russia, Ukraine and US Open Talks in Abu Dhabi
Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened a third round of trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday, the UAE foreign ministry said, launching two days of U.S.-mediated negotiations aimed at a political solution to the war. A wider European security framework sits at the centre of the agenda, and the Emirates' foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, was there for the launch.
15 Saudi East-West Pipeline Targeted in Madinah, Ministry Says
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Energy said the East-West Pipeline was targeted in the Madinah region on Monday, causing a limited fire that emergency teams put out. No one was injured, pipeline operations were unaffected, and the ministry named no attacker and did not say how the line was hit.
16 Saudi Defences Down Houthi Missiles Fired at Riyadh
Saudi air defences destroyed Houthi missiles fired at Riyadh early Tuesday — one ballistic and one cruise missile — the Saudi-led coalition said, in the second attack on the capital in three days. A third missile was stopped in the south and a drone over the Eastern Province, residents had been warned by phone to shelter, and no casualties were reported.
17 US Consumer Prices Rose 0.4% in October as Shelter, Food Climbed
Consumer prices rose 0.4% in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday, down from September's 0.6% rise. Shelter accounted for more than 30% of the increase, food rose 0.5%, energy rose 0.7%, and core prices rose 0.3% for a third straight month.
18 Witkoff: US, Ukraine, Europe Align Ahead of Russia Talks
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff said the United States, Ukraine and European partners met to coordinate ahead of trilateral talks with Russia, backing credible security guarantees for Ukraine and a strong NATO role in Europe's post-war security. The partners share the same objectives, Witkoff said, and consultations are continuing.
19 France Blames Iran Guards for Supermarket Fridge Cyberattack
France has blamed Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps for an October cyberattack on refrigeration systems at more than 700 supermarket sites, an attack that spoiled food, started fires and caused losses put at tens of millions of euros. Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called its scale and aggression without precedent, Paris prosecutors are seeking arrest warrants for three men, and France will propose EU sanctions.
20 Detained DC Baseball Coach Speaks From ICE Custody in Louisiana
D.C.-area youth baseball coach Amaury Monsalve thanked supporters in an audio message from ICE detention in Louisiana, played Monday night at Jackson-Reed High School — his first public remarks since he was detained. His attorney says appeals are pending against bond and removal orders, while ICE says his green card was revoked.
21 Zelenskyy Warns Ending Aid to Ukraine Endangers All Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that scepticism about helping Ukraine endangers all of Europe, in a DR Nyheder interview shared on X. He rejected trading Donbas for vague security guarantees and called a ceasefire the quickest way to end Russia's war, warning that if European help disappears, Russia would step up hybrid attacks — or worse.
22 Bills Wear Down Vikings 23-6 to Close Week 9
James Cook ran 31 times for 107 yards and a touchdown as Buffalo beat Minnesota 23-6 on Monday night at U.S. Bank Stadium to close Week 9. Josh Allen threw for 234 yards and the game's only passing touchdown, Tyler Bass made three field goals, and Buffalo held Minnesota to 178 yards and no third-down conversions in eight tries.
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