Monday 2 November 2026
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Live: Abdul El-Sayed's Michigan Senate campaign raised $2.4m on Sunday after Haley Stevens pulled her endorsement of him for Trump-backed Mike Rogers, and Stevens faces backlash.
Texas drivers say high petrol prices under Trump are cutting little ice with Trump's pledge to lower pump prices, with some saying it made them lean Democrat.
The Guardian answers readers' questions on the economy, the Iran war, immigration and more ahead of Tuesday's US midterm elections.
Trump launched a racist diatribe against Abdul El-Sayed at an Iowa rally, again taking aim at the progressive Senate candidate and lauding Haley Stevens for endorsing Mike Rogers.
Shop fridge and freezer chains in seven European countries say cooling unit temperatures rose overnight in a suspected cyber-attack like the hack of French stores.
Lawyers for Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts mother who killed her children, argue a retrial after the mistrial would breach double jeopardy rules.
Yousef Jabareen, leader of the Arab coalition, says Israel has a historic opportunity to change direction and he is ready to join the opposition bloc to oust Netanyahu after a record Knesset result.
Most Israelis think settlements policy should change to avoid more sanctions, a poll finds, though the UK's trade ban was not a decisive factor in how Israelis voted.
Brent crude fell more than 6% to $105.55 a barrel, the lowest in over two weeks, on hopes of a breakthrough to end the Iran war.
Russell Brand's barrister told the court he is not a psychopath who rapes people, arguing earlier allegations about his sexual conduct poisoned the wells of justice as the trial continues.
ICE is rapidly re-arresting immigrants who won release through habeas corpus petitions, detaining them again in what lawyers say violates court orders.
New York mayor Zohran Mamdani has threatened ICE with legal action, telling federal agents to stay out of city-owned parking lots for immigration operations.
Former paratrooper Karl Bushby arrived back in Hull to a hero's welcome, becoming the first person to walk continuously across the planet over 28 years.
Feature on Karl Bushby's record 28-year walk home, including being held at gunpoint, arrested, menaced by a polar bear and left by two girlfriends.
Scientists are baffled by the tender bond between a male donkey, Patroclo, and a bull, Achille, which sheds new light on social and sexual relations between animals.
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Public sector unions threaten a second 24-hour national strike on November 12th, saying the Government still has to make a credible pay offer as the work-to-rule ramps up.
Self-described jihadi Abdullah Khan (24) was jailed for 6.5 years over a knife attack on gardai and setting Conor McGregor's pub on fire in 2025.
A guide to when Irish viewers can expect the key US midterm calls; Pennsylvania and Alaska mean control of Congress may stay uncertain long after dawn in Ireland.
Fine Gael minister Patrick O'Donovan is to temporarily step down from his portfolio but will remain at Cabinet, with Peter Burke taking over his responsibilities.
SuperValu says issues after the cyberattack on its fridge systems are fully resolved, following a similar attack last month on hundreds of French supermarket fridges.
Polls put Democrats ahead of Republicans in almost all key battleground states, including Michigan, Texas, Kansas, Maine and Ohio.
Work on the Galway ring road may start early next year after the last objector withdrew, telling the High Court no financial settlement was in the agreement he signed.
The Texas Senate race between James Talarico and Ken Paxton is narrowing and set to be the most expensive non-presidential US race ever.
Democrats lead in all key states that will decide Senate control, but polls have underestimated Trump and Republican support before, raising the question of whether to trust them.
Colm Meaney and Aidan Gillen are set to star in a film about Paddy Power, based on the book Punters by Business Post journalist Aaron Rogan.
Anonymous social media accounts are mobilising young people across Europe's borders, blurring the line between protest, online performance and organised looting.
Erica Drum's weekly stress-free comfort food series continues with marry me meatballs with orzo.
A fully refurbished and extended 1930s five-bedroom home on a sought-after Dalkey stretch.
In the News podcast remembers Ciara Mageean: 'She was such a special human being. She gave everything.'
Magnum is suing Aldi for trademark infringement over its Gianni ice creams, saying the range is a copycat sold in identical or confusingly similar packaging.
Former Ireland rugby international Brendan Mullin pleaded not guilty to stealing Hermes fragrance from Brown Thomas in Dublin.
A five-year-old girl, Lilly Blu Connolly, who split her lip outside school in April 2022 was awarded EUR52,000 after a scar and surgery.
One in five people in Spain was born abroad, a higher share than in the US, as Europe battles over its big immigration experiment.
Michael Andrecut (24), one of three convicted of killing gunman Tristan Sherry on Christmas Eve, failed to overturn his life sentence.
An emerging group of people from Protestant backgrounds say they represent everything hardliners fear about a shift from sectarianism, speaking publicly about a new Ireland.
Martha Stewart apologised for dressing as a homeless person for Halloween in a post that also promoted her candle range, saying it is hard to admit you've screwed up.
Fianna Fail TD Malcolm Byrne appeared in court on a drink driving charge, saying he was arrested at a mandatory checkpoint in Dublin in May while on the way to the airport.
Ryan Tubridy and wife Clare Kambamettu, a clinical psychologist and former Rose of Tralee, are expecting their first child.
How to Drink Better: the best way to cool wine, whether ice buckets beat ice cubes, and leaving the bottle outside overnight.
John Wilson: wines to get through autumn, with more reds in cooler months and textured whites.
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Upper Bann MP Carla Lockhart quit the DUP, saying Michelle O'Neill should be removed from office; she will sit as an independent Unionist and is not forming a new party.
Families of the Disappeared vow to keep coming until their loved ones are found; one sister said she will be there as long as she is breathing and able to walk.
Communities minister Gordon Lyons will consider a memorial to Ciara Mageean after Stormont MLAs paid tribute to her career and personality in the Assembly.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says the party and Carla Lockhart are in fundamentally different places, as Michelle O'Neill says she will not be deterred from doing her job.
A motorist allegedly knocked down and tried to abduct strangers in random suspected racial attacks in west Belfast, a court heard.
A Co Down man denied murdering an 84-year-old sex offender who died after what the PSNI called a brutal and sustained attack.
Thomas Fletcher, accused over the Shankill security alert, appeared in court charged over 17 alleged IEDs and five Tasers.
A bowel cancer charity expects an influx of calls after the death of Olympian Ciara Mageean, 34, who died after a battle with stage four bowel cancer.
A Belfast man who pleaded guilty to involvement in race-hate riots faces possible jail; the defence will seek a consultant psychiatrist's report.
Two Derry men are charged with organising an IRA meeting; a non-jury trial will be heard next year.
Noel Doran: the dark road of the Orange Order from Longstone to Drumcree, as the Garvaghy Road dispute evokes memories of Orange parades in Co Down.
A teenager was pulled from a Co Tyrone bonfire by a woman who risked her own safety after he was knocked unconscious by a punch; the PSNI is investigating.
ESB has raised the price of public electric vehicle charging in Northern Ireland for the second time inside five months, with the increases in effect from today.
Funeral details have been announced for Ciara Mageean, who will be laid to rest in her native Portaferry on Tuesday after dying aged 34 following a battle with stage four bowel cancer.
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Profile of Carla Lockhart's journey from DUP darling to disruptor; the DUP is in her DNA, handing out election leaflets with her father from age five.
A Northern Ireland data centre has been sold in a multi-million off-market deal, with a full AI campus possibly coming to the north-west.
Deep Purple have postponed their tour after singer Ian Gillan required urgent medical attention.
The Speaker will investigate a claim that poppies are not being sold at Parliament Buildings.
UVF thugs battered a teenager, demanded GBP15,000 and dumped him at the disused Ballyduff Quarry, reviving memories of the murder of Raymond McCord Jr there.
The PSNI is urging a Good Samaritan to come forward in an appeal about a man missing since last Saturday evening after a crash.
DUP leader Gavin Robinson says efforts to advance the Irish unity debate have been scorched by Sinn Fein's actions in the Drumcree parading dispute.
The First Minister says the DUP are in meltdown as Jim Allister repeats that Carla Lockhart would be very welcome in the TUV.
The DUP is again consumed by its own divisions while bigger questions facing unionism remain unanswered - turmoil over Lockhart, O'Neill and Donaldson exposes deep splits.
A former SAS major has revealed on a podcast how a prime minister signed off the SAS operation that killed three IRA men, as the case heads to the UK's highest court.
Comment: the DUP's double trouble - Carla Lockhart will now be a nightmare for a party leadership squeezed on both sides.
A fake nun is back behind bars after walking down Garvaghy Road wearing a union flag headdress while "shouting and waving her arms erratically".
Tommy Bowe on getting swept up by the Celtic Tiger in his early rugby days, his money mistakes, and how he builds financial security for his family in Belfast.
A 53-year-old cocaine dealer linked to the UVF, a superfan of alleged terror boss Stephen Matthews who runs a community hub in the Pitt Park area, has been nominated for a Volunteer of the Year award.
A 24-year-old man denied attempting to murder a fellow inmate in HMP Maghaberry at Belfast Crown Court, with an Arabic interpreter in the dock.
The DUP may not exist after the Assembly election, former minister Jim Wells warns as the Lockhart crisis intensifies division, saying leader Gavin Robinson is in an almost impossible situation.
Comment: if it's any consolation for Lockhart, Bryson and the frustrated Orangemen languishing on Drumcree hill, there's no chance of a united Ireland happening either.
Executive business could grind to a halt due to the Sinn Fein/DUP row.
Police are preparing files on 18 people for prosecutors following the Drumcree parade dispute.
"Only credible option is to remove First Minister from office": Carla Lockhart warns she will take her "own course" if the DUP tries to "gaslight" voters.
Anthony Boyle and Julia Garner on love, lies and the collapse of a cryptocurrency empire at the heart of The Altruists, and finding humanity in two controversial figures.
Education Minister Paul Givan hit back at Alliance claims that his TransformED NI reforms will add to teachers' workload, saying the choice is reform or decline.
Road safety campaigner Christopher Sherrard, who lost his dad in a crash, warns complacency is one of the biggest challenges in cutting road deaths in Northern Ireland.
Breathing space or little respite? What the first Budget of the Burnham government really means for NI households - who gains, who risks losing support, and what help Advice NI offers.