Israel’s president hands Eisenkot mandate to form government
The former military chief has four weeks to build a majority, with the Arab-led parties that backed him still dividing his own camp.
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Trump blames Iran war for midterm defeat
The US President has said he is open to a deal with the incoming Democratic majority in Congress to let long-settled migrant workers stay.
Serbian prosecutors probe spy chief and justice minister over election abuse claims
Criminal complaints allege intelligence officers and prison staff were ordered to deliver votes for Aleksandar Vučić's party ahead of its October 25 defeat.
Farage accuses Trump of ‘broken promise’ on foreign wars after midterm rout
The Reform UK leader has blamed the Iran war and soaring fuel prices for the Republican defeat, warning the US President could now escalate the conflict.
Israeli president holds back mandate despite majority for Eisenkot
The decision on who will try to form Israel's next government has been pushed back to Sunday as rival vetoes cloud the opposition's path to power.
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Vance blames Iran war for Republican midterm rout
The US Vice President said Republican voters turned out on November 3 but switched to the Democrats over the conflict, the cost of living and Washington's relationship…
El-Sayed becomes first Muslim US senator after campaign dominated by Brotherhood claims
The Michigan Democrat has beaten Republican Mike Rogers despite accusations from his rival and from President Donald Trump that he had ties to the Muslim Brotherhood,…
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‘No evidence of fraud’: Israel certifies election as Likud bid to block it fails
The committee’s five-member presidium approved the results with Sohlberg’s casting vote after Likud and Shas abstained.
Ben Gvir demands arrest of Arab party leaders over ‘stolen’ election
The call came as election officials certified the October 27 results, having found no irregularities, while the Shin Bet claimed foreign funding may have reached…
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Republicans lose Congress and the governorships of Texas and Ohio in midterm rout
Democrats won Senate seats in Kansas, Iowa and South Carolina that forecasters had rated as leaning Republican, as Trump's base showed signs of staying at home.
Democrats snatch late Lindsey Graham’s seat in South Carolina upset
Paediatrician Annie Andrews has beaten the late senator's sister Darline as the Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress.
Trump blames Republican midterm rout on his absence from the ballot
The US President has claimed his party would have triumphed had he been a candidate himself, as the Democrats seized control of both chambers of Congress.
Israeli opposition unites behind Eisenkot but splits over Arab parties
Leaders of the anti-Netanyahu bloc have met to coordinate a bid for power, though they remain divided over the Arab-led parties whose 19 seats could prove decisive.
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US midterms put Texas and Alaska in play as Republicans fight to hold Congress
Forecasters rate Democrats strong favourites to take the House of Representatives, while the Senate hinges on states Donald Trump carried comfortably in 2024.
Spanish Socialists slump in polls after latest rail disaster
A survey carried out in the two days after the high-speed crash puts the ruling party on course to drop below 100 seats, with the Right heading for a comfortable…
Bulgaria elects Iotova as its first woman president
The incumbent, who opposes military aid to Ukraine and favours dialogue with Moscow, has beaten pro-Western challenger Andrey Gyurov in a run-off marked by another…
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Dutch ruling parties crater in polls
The aggregate is compiled by Leiden University political scientist Tom Louwerse for Dutch public broadcaster NOS.
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Die Linke’s Berlin mayoral candidate admits fear of Hamas-linked figures in leaked notes
She wrote that she could not “endanger myself and my family for Der Spiegel” and asked: “What do we do now? Can we cancel the whole interview?”
Bolsonaro draws a blank in more than a hundred Brazilian ballot boxes
An analysis of the official count shows the defeated candidate took no votes at all in 106 polling sections where Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gathered almost 15,000,…
Flávio Bolsonaro flees to US alleging Brazil election was stolen
The candidate says he left for Brazil, not from it, and has vowed to lead an opposition in exile against what he calls a dictatorial regime under Lula.
Israeli Left pushes for an Arab-backed government
Democrats chairman Yair Golan has urged the opposition to govern with Israel's Arab parties, arguing that the anti-Netanyahu camp holds 65 of the Knesset's 120 seats.
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Netanyahu rules out the 18 seats that would hand him a majority
Arab-led parties won their best result on record, and each of the three combinations that reaches 61 required somebody to abandon a position taken in public during…
Israel heads for coalition deadlock as both blocs claim victory
Partial counts put Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing camp ahead of Gadi Eisenkot's opposition, though neither is within reach of the 61 seats needed to govern.
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AfD politician fined €11,600 over campaign poster gesture
This decision finalises an earlier ruling by the Regional Court in Frankfurt (Oder), eastern Germany, on the Polish border, against Wilko Möller.
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Vox quits six Senate races to bring the Constitutional Court within the Right’s reach
Twenty Vox-linked names joined Partido Popular lists for the upper house under a swap that also kept the PP off the ballot in three provinces.
Trump calls Brazil run-off ‘rigged’
The Brazilian Government dismissed the claim as baseless while EU institutions welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's fourth term.
Brazilian markets sell off as Lula win removes threat to EU-Mercosur deal
Investors unwound bets on a right-wing victory as Brussels welcomed the re-election of the president who delivered its South American trade agreement.
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Bolsonaro takes his run-off defeat to the court that ran the vote
The Superior Electoral Court said no extension of voting hours like the one ordered on October 25 had ever occurred in its history, though it insisted the count…
EU bureaucrats congratulate Lula
Brussels moved within hours to salute a victory the losing candidate says he will contest, with the EU's Mercosur deal still unratified in Europe.
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Serbian students end Vučić’s 14 years in power
Turnout reached the highest level in more than three decades, approaching 70 per cent by the close of polls.