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US President Donald Trump faced a radically transformed and hostile political landscape after Democrats seized both the House of Representatives and the Senate in Tuesday's (November 3) midterms. The result was a personal humiliation for the 80-year-old Trump, leaving him as a lame duck president for the remaining two years of his term. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Commentator Douglas Herbert has more.
The prime minister has said sanctions against Russia mean Putin will not attend the summit in November 2027.
PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, November 5: "Loser" and "Reborn in the USA" are just some of the headlines dominating the international press after the Democrats stomped to victory in the US midterm elections. What impact will their success have on the rest of Donald Trump's presidency? How will he govern with a Democratic-controlled Congress? These are just some of the burning questions after that vote. Also, do the midterm results signal the end of the MAGA woman and the "Mar-a-Lago face"?
🇫🇷 Students are blocking their schools and universities across France again this Thursday, November 5, despite the government’s response, which they deem insufficient.
South Africans voted on Wednesday, November 4, in local elections. Nearly 30 million people were eligible to cast their ballots, with corruption, failing infrastructure and the deterioration of essential services among the key issues shaping the vote. FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson reports from the ground.
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Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has German society reacted to NSU crimes? Has justice been done?
Many questions still surround the National Socialist Underground whose existence was revealed by neo-Nazi terrorist Beate Zschäpe on November 4, 2011. How has German society reacted to NSU crimes? Has justice been done?
European leaders voiced hopes for a reset with the United States on Wednesday, November 4, after voters delivered a huge midterm election defeat to President Donald Trump and his Republican party. FRANCE 24's Dave Keating has more.
PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, November 4: US papers react to the results of the midterm elections, with Democrats retaking control of Congress and the headlines running from a "repudiation" of US President Donald Trump to a "blue tsunami". We also look at the historic firsts celebrated by the local press, the blame game already under way, and what the results mean for Trump's final two years in office.
In South Africa, around 30 million people have registered to cast their votes across the country's nine provinces. The economy is at the forefront of the November 4 local elections. The spotlight is on Gauteng, a province long plagued by governance challenges. FRANCE 24's correspondent Eunice Masson reports.
Democrats seized control of both the Senate and House at the US midterms on November 3, scoring sweeping victories in Republican strongholds for the first time in generations as tens of millions of voters delivered a scathing rebuke to President Donald Trump. Many analysts had predicted a "blue wave" would sweep the elections, but that is now "heading into tsunami territory", says France 24's international affairs editor Kethevane Gorjestani.
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A pregnant woman is to lodge Judicial Review papers to attempt to delay the implementation of the plan.
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday, November 3, said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Washington to stop providing $3.8 billion in funding to Israel after the end of this year. FRANCE 24's Jerusalem correspondent, Noga Tarnopolsky, has more.
Texas Democratic nominee James Talarico held a final rally Monday ahead of US midterm elections on November 3. His race against Republican Ken Paxton could determine which party holds a majority in the Senate. If Talarico wins, it will be the first time a Texas Senate seat's turned blue since 1988.
In the US midterm elections, Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different strategies to win over voters in one of the nation's premier swing states on Tuesday, November 3, in a closely watched race that could determine control of the Senate. Progressive candidate El-Sayed has so far outpolled his Republican rival and is emerging as one of the Democratic Party's rising stars.
Manchester United goalkeeper Dermot Mee and Portsmouth's Eoin Kenny are handed their first Northern Ireland call-ups for November's Nations League games with Ukraine and Hungary.
High crime rates and a lack of basic services are causing concern among many of South Africa’s 29 million registered voters. Water shortages and unreliable electricity supplies have also become symbols of municipal failures, angering voters and eroding support for the ruling African National Congress. The municipal elections on November 4 will offer a glimpse into whether these frustrations are shifting political loyalties.
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, November 3: We look at reactions and analyses in Poland, where pro-European Prime Minister Donald Tusk is involved in a standoff with the nationalist president over the composition of the constitutional court. In other news, there's fresh outrage at big tech, after Google went rogue in Finland and cut down 250,000 trees for data centre projects. Finally, cheese is France's most stolen food product, and it's the stuff of cold, calculated crime.
