Politics10:34:52Watch as The Associated Press calls races in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections and updates maps showing the balance of power in the Senate and House. AP will also broadcast from campaign events for candidates including James Talarico and Ken Paxton. Donald Trump campaigned to keep Republicans in control of Congress, while Democrats sought majorities in both chambers.
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PoliticsEinar Tangen, a senior fellow at the Center for International Governance Innovation and chairman of Asia Narratives, speaks to TRT World about the US midterms and examines China’s view of the vote.
SocietyAs AI translation technology advances rapidly, some linguists predict human interpreters may soon become obsolete. DW spoke with polyglot influencer Yuji Beleza and linguists Ema Ushioda and Ali Al-Hoorie about the value of speaking multiple languages when technology can translate for you.
PoliticsPresident Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova says North Macedonia is still waiting to join the EU, arguing that its problems stem not from reality but from a lack of political will among its neighbours. The country has been an official EU candidate since 2005.
WorldKampala announced on Monday that it had begun withdrawing troops from Somalia. Uganda was the first country to deploy forces to help Mogadishu when the African Union established an international military mission in 2007 to fight al-Shabab. A FRANCE 24 report asks why Uganda is pulling out while the battle against the militants continues, with analysis from Horn of Africa specialist Anwar Abdifatah Bashir.
PoliticsGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy with military honors at the chancellery in Berlin.
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PoliticsCroatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at #EnlargementSummit26 that Ukraine’s path to EU accession is a moral debt, citing the suffering it has endured due to Russian aggression.
PoliticsAmericans are voting in the midterms, with control of Congress at stake. Elon Musk seeks greater control of his companies through a proposed SpaceX-Tesla merger. British adventurer Karl Bushby has returned home after 28 years walking around the world.
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SocietyA British adventurer who spent almost three decades walking around the world returned to his childhood home on Monday.
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PoliticsHigh crime and inadequate basic services are worrying many South African voters. Water shortages and unreliable electricity have come to symbolize municipal failures, fueling anger and weakening support for the ruling African National Congress. The November 4 municipal elections will indicate whether these frustrations are changing political loyalties.
PoliticsZelenskyy and Merz speak to the press in Berlin.
PoliticsArizona, a battleground state in the US midterms, is at the heart of a sweeping overhaul of the country’s social safety net. Since President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law passed last year, about half of the state’s food stamp recipients have lost benefits—the steepest decline nationwide. Officials acknowledge some may still qualify, while errors have worsened food insecurity and pushed the issue onto the campaign trail.
EconomyApple’s results for the final quarter of its 2026 fiscal year exceeded expectations, but higher memory-chip costs and a forecast of slower services growth overshadowed the performance.
PoliticsVoters are going to the polls in Columbus, Ohio, for the US midterm elections. Competitive Senate races are underway in Iowa, Nebraska, Ohio and South Carolina, where Republicans currently hold all the seats at stake.
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PoliticsThe fifth plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th Central Committee concluded in Beijing on Oct. 29, adopting a decision to advance comprehensive and strict party governance. It said the party’s membership is changing and that problems involving ideology, organization and conduct remain unresolved. The session expelled 33 central committee members and alternate members, the highest number at a single plenum since reform and opening-up. A podcast examines the meeting’s significance and preparations for next year’s 21st Party Congress.
OtherLaura Ingraham, Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld offer Fox News viewers their fresh takes on the day's top stories.
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PoliticsSenior DR Congo opposition leader Prince Epenge has been arrested and transferred to prison, where he is being held on charges of spreading fake news.
SocietyWadi Fira is one of Chad’s two regions hardest hit by drought. A few kilometres from regional capital Biltine, farmers are assessing devastating losses.
Politics2:11Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said at the Enlargement Summit 26 that Ratko Mladić’s funeral was inappropriate, calling him a war criminal convicted of genocide.
SocietyA court has allowed Renata Cambra to keep her tent overnight in Rossio, a win for the housing rights movement. The ruling does not recognise a right to occupy the square collectively.
WorldThousands of troops from Europe will rehearse a deployment to Ukraine after the war in Poland. The force, formed in 2025, already has an operational headquarters in Paris; it is not a NATO operation and has little US involvement.
OtherA midday bulletin recaps the latest stories from Europe and beyond.
PoliticsAsked whether he sees a path for Serbia to join the EU after the student list defeated Vučić in the parliamentary election, Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said there were no European flags at Serbia’s election night—none.
WorldDiplomatic efforts to end the US-Iran war are continuing. Both sides signal a willingness to negotiate while remaining militarily prepared. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Tehran has delivered a strong response to Washington and that the next move is up to the United States. Donald Trump says Iran wants a settlement, while JD Vance says the administration sees progress toward a possible negotiated agreement.