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A powerful Arctic storm is sweeping across much of the United States and Canada – with almost a million people left without power.

The Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is heading home after his historic address to the United States Congress where he was given a hero’s welcome as he appealed for continued military aid to speed up Ukraine’s victory. 

Vladimir Putin has said that further prisoner swaps between the US and Russia were possible – and that dialogue between the two country’s intelligence services would continue – following the release of Brittney Griner. The basketball star today arrived home in Texas having been freed from a Russian penal colony in return for a notorious…

In the United States, voting is underway in the crucial senate race in Georgia. After the midterm elections last month did not result in a clear winner, the contest between former American football star Herschel Walker and incumbent Democrat Raphael Warnock moved on to a run-off.

In the first state visit of his presidency, Joe Biden has welcomed his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to the White House. The two men have pledged to work together to support the people of Ukraine.

Republican strategist and advisor Whit Ayres, Christine Emba – opinion columnist and author from the Washington Post, and Republican political adviser Mark McKinnon join us to discuss the fallout of the midterm elections.

Democrats did better than expected in many key midterm races and the final outcome won’t emerge for days. 

The midterm elections are one way that America takes its temperature and perhaps the biggest news of the night is that Trump fever seems to have broken. 

Whatever the result of the US midterm elections, it will set the stage for the race for the White House in 2024.

In the US, control of both the House and Senate are in play.

We spoke to congressman Byron Donalds, the Republican representative for Florida, and asked him what his party will do if they take over the House of Representatives.

Florida’s political landscape is dominated by two figures. One of them is the state’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, whose combative, right-wing rhetoric has won him the love of the Republican base. The other is the man who’s made this state his home, and whose shadow looms large over these parts. 

America is going to the polls in the midterm elections where, if the Republicans take control of Congress, President Biden’s ability to govern for the next two years will be severely limited.

The language used to discuss those arriving in the UK via small boats has come under scrutiny this week. In particular, the comments made by Home Secretary Suella Braverman on Monday have prompted Holocaust survivors to write her an open letter, published in the Mirror, warning that Ms Braverman’s statements “risked fanning the flames of…

There’s been more criticism of the government’s treatment of asylum applicants, after a Home Office minister claimed that people coming to the UK via small boats had “a bit of a cheek” to complain about their living conditions. Chris Philp was speaking after claims that at least two groups of asylum applicants were left to…