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How Trump's broken promises on war, inflation handed Democrats the midterms

Speaking to Fox News following the midterm elections, US President Donald Trump admitted that inflation was likely one reason Republicans did poorly. Many Americans have been frustrated with how the Iran war has pushed up prices, including at the gasoline pump, especially given that Trump had campaigned for his second term on a pledge of “no new wars”, as Ellen Gainsford explains.

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The Long Hull: Karl Bushby reflects on perseverance & 'best of humanity' on his 28-year journey home

"They say it takes a village. In this case, it took a world." After 28 years and some 50,000 kilometres, British explorer and adventurer Karl Bushby has returned to his hometown of Hull, completing an extraordinary life journey across four continents that illustrates not only the limits of human endurance, but also the intricate relationship between individual determination, geopolitical constraints and a world of humanity.