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Israel's election committee certified the 27 October results, rejecting Netanyahu's fraud claims and opening President Herzog's consultations on forming the next government.
Democrats have won both chambers of Congress, gaining spending and oversight power that experts say could constrain President Trump's approach to Iran and Ukraine.
Democrats have won the US House in the 2026 midterms, ending Republican control of Washington and putting Hakeem Jeffries on course to become speaker.
Democrats retook the US Senate in a stunning midterm defeat for Republicans, with wins in former strongholds and the House also expected to fall.
An MK Party organiser was shot dead at his home in KwaZulu-Natal on Monday, one of 20 election-period murders police recorded before Wednesday's local elections.
Five opposition leaders agreed to recommend Gadi Eisenkot to form Israel's next government, but remain short of a majority without support from Arab-led parties.
Americans are voting in midterm elections that will decide control of the Senate and House, in a contest widely seen as a referendum on President Donald Trump.
The US Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to set aside 20,000 California ballots on the eve of the midterm elections.
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court on Monday to order California to set aside ballots from about 20,000 voters it says may be noncitizens.
Both parties made final appeals Sunday ahead of Tuesday's US midterms, with Democrats leading national polls and control of Congress at stake.
The Vatican confirmed the Chicago-born pope submitted a mail-in ballot in Illinois ahead of Tuesday's midterms — a first in Church history.
A judge suspended Poland's Constitutional Tribunal president on Friday, sparking protests in Warsaw and sending President Nawrocki home early from Senegal.
