The French prime minister’s office said the Aer Lingus plane had landed safely at its Evreux airbase in Normandy.

A year ago, the idea that Democrats might seize control of the US Senate was laughable. When it came, the win was not only emphatic; it was historic.

The historic nature of the US midterm election win for the Democrats also has all the hallmarks of a country walking back from a cliff edge.

The US vice president argues the Iran war caused the Republicans’ midterm rout – not just because it made fuel more expensive, but because it tied the US to Israel and jettisoned “America First”.

Looking at the election results as they arrived from local outlets, the world felt like it was tilting on its axis.

Isaac Herzog has accepted the certified results of last week’s parliamentary elections as legally binding and began consultations with party representatives on forming a new government.

Amid the scourging of the Republican Party, America is marking something equally seismic.

From clogging the courts to attacking Iran, here’s how Trump might manage his final two years as president – and how the Democrats could use their new power.

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.

An ad from Scott Colom on Cindy Hyde-Smith's remarks on picking another protein has been credited as an election-winning move.

Donald Trump has been left stunned by a historic thumbs-down from American voters.

Celebrations have been held in Texas after the state elected its first Democratic senator in decades.

As the president showed off progress on his White House ballroom, Vice President JD Vance blamed the Iran war and fellow Republicans cast the election results as an “extinction level event” for their party.

Follow our live coverage of all the fallout from the “blue tsunami” US midterm election result.

Authorities are investigating an alleged illegal wiretapping operation targeting the country’s president which 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.

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.