In this issue

November 10, 2022

Congress in balance as Biden defies expectations

Joe Biden received a surprise boost yesterday as Democrats defied history - and outperformed expectations-in America's midterm elections, leaving control of Congress on a knife-edge.

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On to a loser Republicans' Trump problem is sweet balm for Biden

And the loser is ...Donald J Trump. The identity of the winners of America's midterm elections was not clear the morning after the night before even at lunchtime yesterday the TV anchors could not tell their audiences whether Democrats or Republicans would be in control of the House of Representatives or Senate - but there was no such ambiguity over the fate of the man who continues to loom over US politics, even two years after his removal from the White House. Trump took a beating.

4 mins

Triumph for stroke survivor in key Senate contest

Arguably it was Donald Trump who launched the political career of John Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who clinched the state's US Senate seat in Tuesday's election.

1 min

Abortion Pro-choice campaigners hail successes

Voters in several US states passed measures to enshrine the right to abortion during Tuesday's midterm elections, or knocked down attempts to further curtail such rights, in a stinging rebuke to the crackdown on reproductive freedoms taking place across the US.

1 min

Historic firsts Voters back greater youth and diversity

Voters in the US have elected the first Gen Z member of Congress in the midterm elections, where a number of candidates are making history with their victories.

1 min

Trump branded 'biggest loser' as DeSantis win fuels talk of rival 2024 presidential bid

Donald Trump was branded the Republican party's \"biggest loser\" following the US midterms on Tuesday, while his party rival, Ron DeSantis, swept to victory in a landslide in Florida, giving him a strong platform from which to challenge the former president in 2024.

3 mins

Let the sludge begin Hancock up to his neck in it for first I'm a Celebrity trial

In the run-up to Matt Hancock's appearance on I'm a Celebrity, it was widely speculated that he would face all the most gruesome challenges. In that respect, his first episode did not fail to deliver. Hosts Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly - and probably much of the nation - could barely contain their delight as the former health secretary was forced to crawl through dark tunnels, being showered with bugs and sludge.

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'Anger has become action': nurses vote to go on strike

Nurses have voted to stage strikes across the UK for the first time in their history in pursuit of a better pay deal, in a move that will seriously disrupt NHS care.

3 mins

LGBTQ+ campaigners criticise Beckham for Qatar role

The England national team's largest LGBTQ+ supporters' group has suggested that David Beckham should no longer be considered a great ally or placed on a pedestal after becoming a paid ambassador for the Qatar World Cup.

1 min

Sunak faces scrutiny over when he was told about bullying claims

Rishi Sunak is facing scrutiny over whether he knew about Gavin Williamson's alleged bullying of a senior civil servant - whom Williamson allegedly told to \"slit [his] throat\" - before reappointing him to government.

2 mins

'Lives put at risk' Mordaunt forced to hush up leak blamed on Williamson

Penny Mordaunt was forced to deal with a security leak during her time as defence secretary that the department believed came from her predecessor, Gavin Williamson, amid fears the information put \"our people's lives at risk\".

2 mins

Manston Man left to sleep rough still waiting to be housed

A Kurdish-Iranian asylum seeker found sleeping rough outside Victoria station in London is pleading for accommodation a week after enduring \"horrendous\" conditions in Manston immigration centre.

2 mins

Lights off for Woman in Black after 33 years as bills rocket

The Woman in Black, one of the longest-running plays in London, is to close after 33 years, more than 13,000 performances and innumerable audience shrieks.

1 min

John Lewis puts care at heart of its Christmas ad message

John Lewis has swept aside the fake snow, the celebrities and even the cute pets for a back-to-basics Christmas ad that is intended to raise awareness of young people in care.

2 mins

Elections for Stormont may be delayed to April to ease Brexit talks

Elections for the Northern Ireland Stormont assembly could be delayed until next April to give talks between Britain and the EU on the controversial Brexit trade arrangements a chance, the government has announced.

2 mins

El-Fattah case 'will affect UK-Egypt relations'

Britain's Middle East minister says he does not know if the jailed hunger striker Alaa Abd el-Fattah is still alive, and says Egypt's refusal to allow British consular access is unacceptable.

2 mins

Man arrested after eggs thrown at royal couple

A man was arrested yesterday after appearing to throw eggs at King Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, during a walkabout in York.

1 min

'I'm panicking' Hunger and cold take grip in Newcastle

Jenny estimates she eats four days a week, if she's lucky. She's clearly malnourished and worryingly thin but she's not the priority, she said. \"I will go without to let my kids have.\"

1 min

Zuckerberg cuts 11,000 Meta jobs but stands by metaverse expense

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is cutting 11,000 jobs, more than one in eight staff, after a disastrous collapse in revenue has left the company behind Facebook and Instagram overstaffed and \"inefficient\", the chief executive said in a note to employees.

2 mins

White peace poppies move into mainstream amid alarm at war

Bristol's lord mayor will lay a wreath of red and white poppies during the city's Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday, in the latest sign of the peace symbol's increasing mainstream acceptance.

2 mins

Review Art that's of its time, except for genius Kollwitz

Making Modernism Royal Academy, London

3 mins

French anger after Italy turns away boat carrying 234 people

The fate of hundreds of people rescued in the central Mediterranean by a charity vessel has sparked a diplomatic row between Italy and France, with Paris saying it is \"unacceptable\" that Rome has refused to allow the ship, carrying 234 asylum seekers, to dock in an Italian port.

1 min

'It was giving me a hug': video captures rare and intimate octopus encounter

For outsiders, scuba diving in the frigid waters of the northern Pacific can seem daunting: limbs quickly go numb without the right equipment and, unlike the sparkling blue of the tropics, the water has a gloomy, greenish tint.

2 mins

Saudi Arabia detains US woman over tweet about custody battle

A 34-year-old American woman has been detained in Saudi Arabia after she posted on Twitter that she and her young daughter had been lured to the kingdom and trapped there since 2019.

2 mins

Xi Tells China's Army To Focus On Fighting And Prepare For War

The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has told the People's Liberation Army to "focus all its energy on fighting" in preparation for war, the party's mouthpiece, People's Daily, has said.

1 min

Greece's 'suffocating inflation' spurs support for general strike

A general strike has brought Greece to a standstill, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets to demand higher wages in the face of surging inflation.

1 min

'It's heartbreaking' Is monster-budget Rings of Power costing the Earth?

Picture three scenes: in one, trees stretch skyward, trunks pale against the dark soil, leaves dappling the ground like golden P coins. In another, a maelstrom of white flakes is carried in eddies by the wind. In a third, sheer cliffs are slick with snow, icicles hanging like shards of glass.

3 mins

Wetherspoon calls time on 39 pubs after slow recovery to trading

The pub chain JD Wetherspoon is planning to sell a further 39 pubs after getting rid of five sites over the past three months amid a slow recovery in trading since the pandemic shut down hospitality.

1 min

Public services need £43bn a year more to stand still - TUC

Rishi Sunak's government has been warned that Britain's creaking public services will require at least £43bn a year in additional funding just to \"stand still\" amid the fallout from soaring inflation.

1 min

'Gathering storm': M&S warning for 2023 as rising costs cut profits by 24%

Marks & Spencer has said it faces a \"gathering storm\", with next year likely to be more challenging than this after reporting a near 24% fall in profits.

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