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President Trump is on his way to California to see the extent of the damage after the deadliest wildfires in the state’s history. Troops and sniffer dogs are helping forensics teams to locate some of the over 1000 reported missing. 71 are now known to have lost their lives with thousands of homes destroyed. Several…

Earlier this week the Saudi-led coalition, under international pressure, stopped bombing the port city of Hodeida, where most aid comes in to the country. Like the capital, Sanaa, it’s controlled by Houthi rebels. UN officials say a permanent ceasefire is needed to avert widespread starvation. A warning: There are some distressing images of starving children…

The number of people missing in this week’s Northern Californian wildfires has jumped from 130 to 631. The ‘Camp Fire’ blaze, the deadliest in the state’s history, has left hundreds homeless and living in tent cities.

Firefighters in California are working around the clock to contain wildfires that continue to burn their way through the state. Fierce winds are whipping up the flames and 31 people now are believed to have died. Over 220 people are still missing.

The Saudi-led coalition’s air strikes on Yemen resumed this afternoon, just as the UK’s Foreign Secretary was trying to persuade the Saudis to commit to a political settlement and a ceasefire.

On beaches throughout the British Isles people have come together to mark the centenary of the Armistice.

The death toll of the wild fire in Paradise in northern California has risen to 23, making it one of the deadliest fires in the state’s history. Two people have also died in a separate fire to the south near Los Angeles. Hundreds of thousands of people have been evacuated and thousands of homes destroyed…

Standing before Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin the French President warned old demons are resurfacing and condemned nationalism.

Three wildfires across California have caused massive destruction and claimed at least nine lives in the north of the state.

Thirty-five humanitarian organisations have signed a joint call for a ceasefire in Yemen as fighting intensifies around the port of Hodeida.

For the first time since his Presidency began two years ago, Donald Trump faces his first real check on power. For whilst he held and increased his majority in the Senate, he lost the House of Representatives.

Welcome back to a rainy Washington on election day where huge numbers are turning out and braving the weather to cast their votes. Joining me now is a man who has worked on his fair share of presidential and general election campaigns with the likes of George W. Bush and John McCain. Mark McKinnon served…

Donald Trump has inserted himself in the United States midterm election race in a way that’s not typical of Presidents past. 

It’s election day in America tomorrow, when voters elect the whole House of Representatives, a third of the Senate and 36 state governors. It’s the first chance to cast a verdict on the Trump Presidency and 34 million Americans have already voted, many more than in 2014.

The US has applied a raft of stringent sanctions on Iran and has threatened even more, making good on threats by President Trump.