Learn “collision”, “mandate”, “diverted” in slow English. From: Democrats win control of the Senate in major midterm upset.
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- Democrats win control of the Senate in major midterm upset
- Trump says the US will end military aid to Israel by year’s end
- Seven European flights targeted by bomb threats; threats prove false
- Spain’s transport minister resigns after deadly train crash
- UN peacekeeping chief meets Congo rebel coalition leaders
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- NPR2026 midterms: Democrats win the Senate
- PBS News / Associated PressDemocrats take control of the Senate after winning key midterm races
- RechercheIt is unclear which funds Trump meant; the existing memorandum of understanding provides $3.8 billion a year in military assistance and expires at the end of 2028.
- RechercheA study published in 2025 estimated that the United States provided at least $21.7 billion in military assistance to Israel after the Gaza war began in 2023, under the Biden and Trump administrations.
- RechercheThe previous day, a Wizz Air flight from London Luton made an emergency landing in Budapest after a bomb threat; checks found nothing.
- RechercheA flight from Heathrow was diverted to Warsaw Modlin instead of Warsaw Chopin, and Modlin was briefly closed.
- RechercheSpain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced he was stepping down six days after a high-speed train collision near Urda, south of Madrid, killed at least 69 people and injured dozens. He announced it in Congress after giving evidence about the crash.
- RechercheThe report describes Spain’s high-speed rail network as the world’s second-largest after China’s and says it had not had a deadly crash since service began more than three decades earlier until this year.
- RechercheFRN vice president Bertrand Bisimwa said the meeting included discussion of MONUSCO’s mandate, due for extension the following month, and that the FRN opposed renewal and wanted the mission to continue its planned withdrawal.