RTÉ Nov. 2 Programs and Global Headlines

RTÉ Radio 1 is scheduled to air For the Record, The History Show and This Week on 2 November 2025; listeners must disable ad‑blocking or whitelist the site to access radio and podcast streams. The History Show presents historical features from medieval times to the recent past, while For the Record and This Week offer weekly news roundups and interviews with newsmakers. A ‘Looking Back’ column revisits past November 2 items, including GOP debate complaints from 2015 and a 2000 appeal by biologists to ban Arctic oil development. Contemporary headlines to watch include Senate scrutiny of a president‑elect’s cabinet picks, protests over alleged voting irregularities, a market dip after new EU AI ethics rules, stalled Israel‑Hamas negotiations with humanitarian concerns in Gaza, xAI’s launch of Grok 4, and record November heat and wildfires in Iberia. Readers are advised to follow live updates for these fast‑moving international and tech stories.