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VIDEO: Voters turn out in large numbers across the United States for pivotal midterm elections, with long lines reported at polling stations as Americans cast their ballots in closely watched races nationwide.
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Germany, Romania and the UK on Tuesday joined the growing list of European nations hit by cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration systems in recent days.
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Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a sickening collision with FC Andorra's goalkeeper in a Spanish second-division match, leaving football in mourning and condolences pouring in from around the globe.
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AFP has deployed reporters, photographers and video journalists across the United States as American voters head to the polls for crucial midterm elections. Here is a roundup of Tuesday voter interviews at polling stations, capturing what was driving their choices.
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Novak Djokovic battled from behind to beat Valentin Vacherot 6-7 (5/7), 7-5, 6-1 in the first round of the Paris Masters on Tuesday. For the 24-time Grand Slam winner, it marked a return to winning ways at ATP 1000-level tournaments for the first time since his run to the fourth round at Indian Wells back in March.
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VIDEO: At China's Hengdian World Studios, tourists can become the stars of their own mini TV dramas, complete with professional cameras, lighting and directors. The experience taps into the country's booming microdrama craze, where episodes can last as little as 30 seconds.
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 ⚠️ Thirty-three people were killed and more than 50 could be trapped in rubble a day after multiple Russian strikes on a Ukrainian village, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Berlin on Tuesday, calling it one of Moscow's worst attacks of the war ➡️
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🇬🇧 👑 🌎 🇦🇬 King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade "a monstrous injustice" on Tuesday, opening a Commonwealth summit in which UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham is holding talks about apologising for Britain's role in slavery ➡️
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✈️ ⚠️ 🇪🇺 At least four European flights were targeted by bomb threats on Tuesday, forcing the temporary closure of one Warsaw airport, but all planes landed safely and no explosives were found, authorities said ➡️
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🇺🇸 🗳️ Americans voted on Tuesday in pivotal midterm elections with Democrats hoping to seize control of Congress and impose the first significant checks on Donald Trump's chaotic second term in the White House ➡️
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🇺🇸 🗳️ Two Dan Sullivans vie for Alaska Senate seat, creating confusion among some voters
Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola, in a tight race against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, stands accused of recruiting another Dan Sullivan to run in order to create ballot confusion and siphon off votes from the senator. US President Donald Trump cried foul following the revelations first made by The New York Times, as the crucial race could cost his party its Senate majority
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🇬🇧 📶 British telecoms group Virgin Media O2 said on Tuesday that it would cut thousands of jobs in a sweeping cost-saving programme, helped by greater use of AI, to reduce its debt pile ➡️
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🇵🇭 🕯️ Philippine town's All Saints' Day ritual draws more and more tourists
Tiny bonfires burned through the night at a mountain cemetery as the largely Christian Philippines remembered its dead, turning a fog-shrouded hilltop into a vast altar of light. The eerie Panag-aapoy ("to light a fire") ceremony in the tourist town of Sagada has marked All Saints' Day for the past 122 years
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🇮🇱 🗳️ The Israeli opposition bloc led by Gadi Eisenkot gathered on Tuesday for the first time since elections as they strategise how to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with divisions on whether to ally with Arab lawmakers ➡️
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⚽ 🇪🇸 Tenerife striker Jesus de Miguel died on Tuesday as a result of injuries he suffered in a sickening collision with FC Andorra's goalkeeper in a Spanish second division match ➡️
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📖 🏆 "Mogging", a word meaning to outshine someone, often in appearance, was crowned word of the year by Collins English Dictionary on Tuesday, beating "firewave" and "ghost jobs" ➡️
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⚽ 🏴 West Ham sacked their head coach Nuno Espirito Santo on Tuesday after the club's disappointing start to the Championship season, which sees them sitting eighth in England's second-tier table ➡️
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💥 🇺🇸 The United States launched limited strikes on an Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, US media reported, as Iranian media reported five explosions in quick succession ➡️
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Donald the Lame Duck?
From military action against Iran to fightbacks against Democratic investigations, Trump's post-midterms playbook could involve disruption on all fronts. Analysts warn Trump as a "lame duck" president could be the most vengeful Trump of all
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Living costs, housing, job uncertainty fuel European youth anger.
Countries across Europe have been swept by a wave of protests by young people angry at the spiralling cost of living who have little trust in traditional institutions
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