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• Vance walks Trump tightrope with scathing election critique blaming Iran war
  The vice-president's blunt assessment of Republican election defeat marked one of the sharpest breaks with a sitting president in recent memory.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• UK commits to 'time-bound' talks on slavery apology
  British diplomats are looking to offer reassurance that there is a sense of urgency to deal with the issue, even if a date for doing so is not yet confirmed, Chris Mason writes.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• The NHS is relying more on charities - and that might be creating problems for patients
  Is it symptom a health service at breaking point - or a positive way of involving the public?
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Joshua Wong, face of Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, jailed for 10 years
  Wong, 30, is among hundreds of Hongkongers detained under the controversial national security law.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Interest rates expected to rise for first time in over three years
  Most analysts are predicting an increase from 3.75% to 4%, the first increase in more than three years.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Typhoons batter East Asia as El Niño makes Pacific 'burn with fever'
  Even for countries where typhoons are a way of life, the last few months have brought unusually wild weather.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• Pound rises to its highest level since the Brexit referendum
  Pound reaches highest level against a basket of currencies since the Brexit referendum a decade ago
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• British man infected with Ebola in DR Congo to be flown back to UK
  The wider risk to the UK public from the deadly virus remains low, a government spokesperson says.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• More asbestos found in Parliament, as MPs urged to get on with revamp
  MPs told it's crunch time for a decision on refurbishment amid warnings of a Notre Dame-style fire.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Police in Scotland to escort fire crews in latest crackdown on Bonfire Night disorder
  As many as 1,700 officers could be deployed in the biggest Police Scotland operation since last year's visit by President Trump.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• World record 51 red cards shown in Brazilian youth game
  A world record of 43 players and eight members of staff were sent off during an under-20 championship match between Uberlandia and Mamore in Brazil.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• Anthony Zurcher: Midterm carnage weakens Trump but he still wields power for now
  Trump has given conflicting messages about how he might deal with Democrats in Congress after his party's resounding defeat.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• Five reasons why Republicans lost so badly
  From angry voters to an unpopular president, here is why Americans in traditional Republican areas turned to Democrats.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Bowen: Trump's loss limits powers at home, but it will likely be different abroad
  After bruising midterm results, President Trump will want to show he can still shake the world, the BBC's international editor writes.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• What Democrats can and can't do with their new power after taking Congress
  Democrats can vote legislation through. But Trump still has veto power.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• How voter shifts in Texas helped elect a Democratic senator and governor
  The BBC's Ros Atkins looks at the state's long track record of voting Republican and what was different in this year's election.
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• Would you take a test to see if your life will be cut short? I did - and it changed me
  Laura Sides faced a dilemma of whether to find out if she would inherit her father's condition.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Chris Mason: The US elections will change Trump - how will Burnham react?
  The big question for the British government is does defeat at home make it more likely that President Trump gets angrier abroad?
  Posted on Wednesday November 04, 2026
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• The Papers: 'Crushing midterm rebuke' and 'Trumped'
  The Democrats sweep in the US midterm elections is the focus of Thursday's papers.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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• Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau
  The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
  Posted on Thursday November 05, 2026
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