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Former president will return to White House after sweeping key early battleground statesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerDonald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election sent the dollar soaring, even before his win was officially announced, towards its biggest one-day rise, while cryptocurrency traders pushed bitcoin to a fresh all-time high.The likelihood that the Republicans would also grab a majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives, giving Trump sweeping powers to cut taxes and impose tariffs on imported goods, was also judged as a positive for the US

Supporters at Trump’s Florida watch party were ecstatic – their man looked to be heading back to the White HouseUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerThe news came at 1.20am. Playing on a giant TV screen, Fox News declared that Donald Trump had won the all-important state of Pennsylvania. The room erupted in roars and shrieks of joy. “It’s over!” shouted one man, turning to hug a stranger. “Fuck Joe Biden!” shouted a young bro in a black Maga hat. “Fuck her!”The crowd broke into chants

PM says UK and US ‘the closest of allies’ and tells likely American election winner ‘I look forward to working with you in the years ahead’The most detailed account of Keir Starmer’s private dinner with Donald Trump in New York in September (see 8.44am) appeared in an article by Tim Shipman in the Sunday Times at the weekend. Here is an extract.Twice during Sir Keir Starmer’s first dinner with Donald Trump at the end of September, the former president turned to the prime minister and said: “You’re a liberal, so we won’t always agree but we can work together.” At

Demonstrators blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway, crippling traffic, amid protests across Israel condemning prime minister’s move to fire defence ministerSee all our Middle East crisis coverageLebanon’s army has issued a warning to residents in the Ghobeiry area of the southern suburbs of Beirut that today between 10.30am and 1.30pm it will “detonate unexploded ordnance” in the area.Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has offered his congratulations to Donald Trump, who appears on course for re-election in the US.Dear Donald and Melania Trump, congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and

Shadow transport spokesperson belatedly discloses Qantas and Virgin upgrades after it was revealed she failed to declare offers of better seatsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastBridget McKenzie did not declare 16 flight upgrades received over the last nine years, with the Nationals senator apologising and belatedly updating her official register of interests to disclose numerous instances of business class travel which had not been declared as per parliamentary rules.Two instances were in July and August this year, just a few months before the shadow transport spokesperson claimed

Weather warnings across multiple states on Wednesday as Dirranbandi residents told to evacuateFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA heat warning is in place for large parts of Queensland on Wednesday with temperatures hitting 40C in parts of the state.The Bureau of Meteorology issued a heatwave warning for much of the state, forecasting severe conditions around north-west and inland areas.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/06/australia-weather-heatwave-melbourneb-canberra-darwin-bushfire-queensland Author : Emily Wind Publish date : 2024-11-06 06:40:29 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Republicans win key seats and take back upper chamber in result that had been widely anticipatedUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerRepublicans have recaptured the US Senate, achieving what was billed in advance as the most attainable goal for the party in this year’s elections.The GOP regained control after it became clear that the Democrats had lost their one-seat majority in Congress’s 100-member upper chamber.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading... Source

Result represents major blow to Democratic hopes of retaining control of US SenateUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerThe Republican Bernie Moreno won the Ohio Senate race on Tuesday, besting the Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown in a victory that could hand the GOP a majority in the upper chamber.The Associated Press called the race at 11.27 pm EST.When will we know the result?Abortion ballot measure results by stateSenate, House and governor resultsEverything you need to know Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/election-ohio-senate-race-results Author : Victoria Bekiempis

Democrats get boost in against-the-odds attempt to hold US Senate in county executive’s win against ex-GOP governorUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerDemocrats looked set to lose the US Senate on Tuesday but they got a boost when Angela Alsobrooks, the executive of Prince George’s county, defeated the former Republican governor Larry Hogan for an open seat.Endorsed and supported by Kamala Harris, Barack Obama and other Democratic luminaries, Alsobrooks will be the first Black senator from Maryland and only the fourth Black woman ever elected to

Unchanging polls place Republican and Democrat neck and neck as Americans wait with bated breath for resultsUS election 2024 – latest updatesUS election results 2024: live map and trackerTens of millions of voters went to the polls in the United States on Tuesday, see-sawing between anxiety and hope, to send one of the closest and most consequential presidential elections hurtling towards an uncertain finish.The Democrat Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, appeared locked in a knife-edge contest with hardly any daylight between the pair in national opinion polls that have barely budged in weeks. Continue reading... Source link

While Republicans are looking to expand control of the lower chamber, Democrats need only five seats to winUS election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerRepublicans made steady progress as the first results in the battle for the US House of Representatives were announced on Tuesday evening, with 16 incumbents winning re-election in Florida.But the US may have to wait days to learn who won the House, given that it took more than a week to make that call in 2022. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/house-representatives-elections Author : Joan E Greve in

NIESR warns Republican nominee’s protectionist policies, including against Britain, would harm domestic economyUK growth would be halved in the event Donald Trump wins the US presidential race and imposes the swingeing new tariffs he has threatened, a leading thinktank has warned.The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) said the protectionist measures planned by the Republican challenger for the White House would result in weaker activity, rising inflation and higher interest rates from the Bank of England. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/06/donald-trump-tariffs-would-cut-uk-growth-by-half-and-push-up-inflation-thinktank-warns Author : Larry Elliott Economics editor Publish date : 2024-11-06 00:01:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

The Minneapolis singer-songwriter spent her final years working to keep her older brother’s legacy aliveMusician Tyka Nelson, who was Prince’s only full sibling, has died aged 64.Nelson died on Monday at North Memorial Health in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, her son President Nelson confirmed to the Associated Press. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/06/tyka-nelson-musician-and-princes-only-full-sibling-dies-aged-64 Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-11-05 23:06:10 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Preliminary results show third of voters concerned about democracy with another third picking the economy as top issue, according to media reports US election results 2024: live map and trackerSenate and House results 2024: live maps and trackerWhen will we know the result of the US presidential election?The state of democracy and the US economy were the top issues on voters’ minds as they cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election, according to an NBC News exit poll.The poll’s preliminary results show 35% of voters said democracy mattered most to their vote, while 31% said the economy. Continue reading...

Viola Ford Fletcher, 110, voted for the vice-president in Oklahoma, CNN reporter saysViola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa race massacre, cast her ballot in Oklahoma on Tuesday at 110 years old for Kamala Harris.In a photo shared on social media, Fletcher is wearing an “I voted” sticker, and according to CNN journalist Abby Phillip, Fletcher voted for the vice-president, as she had previously said she would. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/tulsa-race-massacre-survivor-votes-kamala-harris Author : Anna Betts Publish date : 2024-11-05 21:16:19 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Federal police execute three warrants and could lay charges after scouring video evidence. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA “dangerous anti-abortion bill” before the senate should be withdrawn, if opposition leader Peter Dutton wants credibility on women’s healthcare, minister for women Katy Gallagher says.Dutton has warned his MPs on speaking out on abortion, after shadow Indigenous Australians spokesperson Jacinta Nampijinpa Price spoke out, and abortion was back on the agenda in the lead up to the Queensland election.It is typical of Peter Dutton to view this purely as a matter of winning

Savannah Bentham, from the Malton area, killed by family pet in attack police said was out of characterAn XL bully dog has been put down after fatally attacking a 10-year-old girl in North Yorkshire last week.Savannah Bentham, from the Malton area, was fatally attacked by her family’s pet dog at home on Friday. On Tuesday, the dog was identified as an XL bully and was euthanised by a vet, North Yorkshire police said. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/xl-bully-dog-put-down-after-fatal-attack-on-north-yorkshire-girl-10 Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-11-05 19:40:18 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Leader named rival in shadow cabinet but announcement was marred by leaks suggesting Jenrick wanted bigger jobSenior Conservatives have urged Kemi Badenoch and Robert Jenrick to rapidly settle any differences after the unveiling of the full shadow cabinet was marred by briefings and concern over lingering rivalries.Badenoch, who became leader after defeating Jenrick in a vote of Tory members, held her first shadow cabinet meeting on Tuesday, having named a team including three rival candidates, Jenrick among them, and a series of party centrists. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/05/senior-tories-urge-kemi-badenoch-and-robert-jenrick-to-settle-differences Author : Peter Walker, Jessica Elgot and Pippa Crerar Publish

More than two dozen veterans’ urns sat in a Seattle funeral home until given services with military honorsFor several decades, the cremated remains of more than two dozen US civil war veterans languished in storage facilities at a funeral home and cemetery in Seattle.The simple copper and cardboard urns gathering dust on shelves only had the name of each of the 28 soldiers – but nothing linking them to the civil war. Still, that was enough for an organization dedicated to locating, identifying and interring the remains of unclaimed veterans to conclude over several years that they were all Union

Industrial action by Aslef members threatened to halt all London Underground servicesA planned strike by tube drivers that threatened to halt all London Underground services on Thursday has been called off, their union announced.Talks between Aslef officials and Transport for London management on Tuesday led to a “significantly improved offer”, according to the union. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/tube-drivers-call-off-planned-strikes-after-improved-offer Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-05 16:31:55 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Woman claims civil damages against McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted in 2018The Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor raped a woman in a Dublin hotel, the city’s high court has been told.Nikita Ni Laimhin is claiming civil damages against McGregor and another man, alleging she was sexually assaulted in 2018. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/05/mma-fighter-conor-mcgregor-raped-woman-in-dublin-hotel-court-told Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-11-05 16:12:32 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Singer, who has recently endorsed Kamala Harris, releases first music video since 2021 for Cowboy Carter song Bodyguard and calls on Americans to voteBeyoncé has starred in her first music video since 2021, cosplaying as Pamela Anderson and calling on Americans to vote.The video, entitled Beywatch, is soundtracked by Bodyguard, a track from her country-leaning album Cowboy Carter which was released in March. It carries – rather belatedly – the caption Happy Beylloween, but is also timed for release as Americans go to the polls. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/05/beyonce-cosplays-pamela-anderson-election-day-music-video-kamala-harris-cowboy-carter-bodyguard Author : Ben Beaumont-Thomas Publish date : 2024-11-05 15:29:25

Tiny community of Dixville Notch, New Hampshire, has voted at midnight on election day since 1960US election 2024 – live updatesThe traditional first tally of the 2024 US presidential elections in the tiny village of Dixville Notch, in New Hampshire’s northern tip, ended in a deadlock: three votes to Kamala Harris and three for Donald Trump.It took approximately 12 minutes to count and certify the votes of the six residents of this tiny community near the Canadian border, which has been casting its ballots at midnight on election day for decades. The result marks a significant shift from four years

RAIB says automated wheel-gripping hoses to discharge sand were blocked as train brakedAn automated system that helps train wheels grip the tracks failed on one of the trains that crashed head-on in mid-Wales on 21 October, investigators have revealed.The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said the westbound train involved in the collision in Talerddig, near Llanbrynmair, in Powys, was fitted with a system to discharge sand automatically on to the rails should the wheels slide when braking. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/nov/05/cause-of-fatal-train-crash-in-wales-revealed Author : Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent Publish date : 2024-11-05 13:16:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to

Belfast-set rap comedy leads the charge with 14 nominations, with Love Lies Bleeding and The Outrun close behindBelfast-set rap comedy Kneecap has emerged as the frontrunner in the British independent film awards, after it picked up 14 nominations to lead the field including best British independent film and best joint lead performance for its three main cast members Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, Naoise Ó Cairealláin, JJ Ó Dochartaigh – AKA Mo Chara, Móglaí Bap and DJ Próvaí.Kneecap, which was part funded by the British Film Institute and Northern Ireland Screen’s Irish language broadcast fund, features the Irish-language rappers alongside Michael