Authorities are investigating an alleged illegal wiretapping operation targeting the country’s president that has led to the detention of three senior police generals.

Follow our live coverage of the US midterm elections, where several critical races could have major consequences for Donald Trump’s presidency.

Several key races – particularly in the Senate – were at the heart of this emphatic win. We track which seats were flipped and retained – and which are still in play.

Call it a blue wave or a blue tsunami, but the Democratic Party has handed Donald Trump a painful defeat, with Americans comprehensively making their anger felt across the country.

CNN projected that the Democrats will win control of the US Senate in the 2026 US midterm elections

The party seized control of the House of Representatives and the Senate in a “blue tsunami” as Americans rebelled against an unpopular president and his war in Iran.

Ultimately, an avalanche of Republican money couldn’t pull Trump’s most important demographics out of their homes and into the voting booths.

The Real Madrid star has been effectively cancelled in China over his remarks about Mao Zedong. But Mbappé-promoted sports drinks were still being sold this week by Chinese vendors oblivious to the scandal.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reads out a text from a White House official distancing Trump from today’s results.

The King told the opening session of the Commonwealth summit in Antigua that slavery was a “monstrous injustice” but stopped short of an apology.

Michigan’s Democratic candidate for the US Senate, Abdul El-Sayed clashed with Sky News’ US correspondent.

The US has been inundated with political advertising funded by Elon Musk, ordinary people, and cashed-up Political Action Committees, some of which do not disclose their donors.

When I first obtained my commercial pilot’s licence I felt ready to take on the world, only to be told that the travelling public did not want a woman in the left-hand seat.

Americans put the president and his Republicans in power – twice – for a reason. If voters deliver a harsh verdict today, it is because they didn’t get what they were promised.

The president texted Fox’s Greg Gutfeld with a disparaging message about co-anchor Jessica Tarlov, which was read on-air. (Fox News)

A piece of debris found six kilometres from the crash site could provide vital clues to what caused the catastrophic accident.

An Indian tourist was killed and at least two others were injured when the two aircraft crashed while trying to land on Mount Everest.

The Spanish transport minister has resigned as local authorities confirmed that two Australians were among the 69 victims killed in last week’s devastating high-speed train collision in Spain.

Omarosa Manigault Newman, who has a long association with Donald Trump, says his reaction to adverse midterm election results could be "dangerous".

Ex-Trump advisor John Bolton lays out what the president can expect from a Democrat-controlled House and Senate.