•US President Donald Trump Washington is offering a $20 million reward “and possible relocation” for information about Iran’s nuclear programme, the US military said yesterday, as President Donald Trump reiterated that Tehran wants to make a deal to end the war. A State Department programme, Rewards for Justice, “is offering a reward of up to ...
•White House chief of staff Stephen Miller US President Donald Trump yesterday named Stephen Miller, architect of his hardline immigration policy, as his new chief of staff, signalling a bare-knuckle fightback after the Republicans’ midterm hammering. Ultra-loyalist Miller, 41, will replace Susie Wiles, who becomes the first major White House ...
•UK flag The United Kingdom has criminalised the detention of children abroad beyond an agreed period without the appropriate consent, introducing a new offence punishable by up to seven years’ imprisonment. The new provision makes it an offence for a parent or another person connected with a child under the age of 16 to keep […]
•Ebola outbreak A UK medic who tested positive for Ebola while working on the outbreak of the disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been flown to London for treatment, the government said yesterday. The unnamed British citizen “has returned to the UK for specialist treatment after testing positive for the disease”, the government [&h...
•Music producer Michel Zecler Three French policemen will be tried next week over the beating of a black music producer they say was not wearing a face mask during the Covid pandemic, in a rare police brutality case to go to court. The assault on Michel Zecler, now 47, triggered renewed outrage in France over […]
•Donald Trump US President Donald Trump attributed yesterday’s stock market freefall to the electoral victory of his rival Democratic Party in midterm elections earlier this week. “The Stock Market crashed today because the Dumocrats had a big Tuesday — So sad to see, you only have yourselves to blame!” Trump posted on his Truth Social [&helli...
•Donald Trump President Donald Trump’s stunning midterms defeat by the Democrats has upended another US election — the race to replace him in the White House in 2028. The crushing defeat for the Republicans is particularly stinging for Vice President JD Vance, who had been the frontrunner but now risks being seen as tied to […]
•Abdul El-Sayed Democrat Abdul El-Sayed has made history as the first Muslim elected to the United States Senate after defeating former Republican Representative Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched midterm election. El-Sayed’s victory, projected by US media yesterday, secured the seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Senator Gary Pet...
Four Nigerian-Americans have won elections to various political offices in the United States, while a fifth was leading in a closely watched race in Georgia, following yesterday, Tuesday, November 3 midterm elections. The victories, recorded in Maryland, Texas, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania, highlight the growing political participation and...
•Tesla CEO, Elon Musk Tech billionaire Elon Musk joked today about Republicans’ defeat in US midterm elections after spending hundreds of millions of dollars to help the party. Democrats seized control of the US Congress yesterday, capturing both the Senate and House of Representatives in a stunning rejection of President Donald Trump’s politi...

