A New York Times/Siena University poll found Sen. Darline Graham and Democratic challenger Annie Andrews tied at 48% among likely voters in South Carolina. The survey was released less than a week before Election Day.
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The poll showed Graham and Andrews each receiving 48% support among likely voters.
The survey was conducted by The New York Times and Siena University.
The race is for a U.S. Senate seat in South Carolina.
The poll was released on Wednesday.
Election Day was less than a week away when the survey was released.
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Australia needs to recruit and train more sailors for the nuclear-powered submarines planned under the AUKUS deal, retired admiral Peter Briggs said. The Royal Australian Navy says 230 personnel are in its U.S. submarine training pipeline and expects 400 to be ready by 2030.
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AUKUS is a $368 billion defence deal involving Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom.
Australia plans to acquire three to five U.S. Virginia-class submarines to replace its five Collins-class vessels.
A Virginia-class submarine can require up to 134 crew, nearly three times the number needed for a Collins-class vessel.
The Navy says about 145 of the 230 personnel in the training pipeline have completed U.S. nuclear-power training.
Briggs said Australia should triple the size of its submarine force and may need about 3,000 personnel.
The Virginia-class submarines are intended to bridge the transition to the larger SSN-AUKUS design being developed by Australia and the UK.
The USS Colorado is at HMAS Stirling for routine maintenance and training; officials say no radiological material will be transferred and nuclear-related exercises will be simulated.
From 2027, up to four U.S. and one UK nuclear-powered submarines are expected to rotate through HMAS Stirling under Submarine Rotational Force-West.
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President Donald Trump rallied in Texas for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton. In Michigan, Republican candidate Mike Rogers criticized his opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, and repeated claims linking El-Sayed to the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Trump campaigned for Ken Paxton in Texas.
Paxton is a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate.
Mike Rogers is a Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.
Rogers criticized his opponent, Abdul El-Sayed.
Rogers repeated claims about El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood.
CBS News reporters Olivia Rinaldi and Aaron Navarro reported on the campaigns.
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A high-speed train struck the rear of a stopped train near Urda in Spain’s Toledo province, killing at least 30 people and injuring at least 80. Regional officials said the death toll could rise as emergency workers rescued survivors and recovered bodies from the most damaged carriages.
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The crash happened early Wednesday near Urda, south of Madrid.
The collision derailed two carriages.
Authorities reported at least 30 deaths and at least 80 injuries.
Emiliano Garcia-Page, president of the Castilla-La Mancha region, said the death toll could rise.
Health Minister Monica Garcia said emergency workers were rescuing survivors and recovering bodies from two badly damaged carriages.
The injured were being taken to several hospitals in the area.
A separate train crash in southern Spain killed 45 people in January, according to the article.
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Israel’s election vote count is still underway, and no clear winner has emerged. CBS News correspondent Dov Lieber reports on the unclear results and what may happen next.
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The election took place in Israel.
Vote counting is still underway.
No clear winner has emerged from the results reported so far.
CBS News correspondent Dov Lieber reports on the election.
The report is presented as a video lasting 2 minutes and 47 seconds.
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GSK reported higher third-quarter revenue but lower pre-tax profit, weaker vaccine sales and restructuring charges. Its shares fell as much as 7% after investors reacted to the company’s outlook and concerns about future competition for a major HIV drug.
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Third-quarter turnover rose 5% at constant currency rates to £8.9bn.
Pre-tax profit fell 19% to £1.9bn in the July-to-September quarter.
Vaccine sales declined 2% to £2.6bn; Shingrix sales fell 5% and Arexvy sales fell 24%.
Sales of GSK’s HIV, cancer and lupus medicines helped lift quarterly revenue.
The company recorded £318m in restructuring charges and said total restructuring costs will reach £2.4bn, mostly this year and next.
GSK’s cost-reduction plan aims to save £1.9bn a year over three years; the company said it was slightly ahead of schedule.
GSK is reorganising its vaccine business in Belgium, a change expected to lead to about 1,200 job losses.
The patent protection for GSK’s HIV drug dolutegravir is expected to end toward the end of the decade, allowing generic versions to be sold.
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he approves of Flávio Bolsonaro coming to the United States. Trump made the remarks after Bolsonaro lost a runoff election to incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva earlier in the week.
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Trump said, “I would approve,” when asked about Flávio Bolsonaro entering the United States.
Trump called Bolsonaro and others “fine people.”
Trump spoke to reporters outside Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews.
Flávio Bolsonaro had lost a runoff election earlier that week.
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the incumbent Brazilian president in the runoff.
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A U.S.-brokered local ceasefire around Russian-occupied Oleshky in southern Ukraine held for its first 30 hours, according to Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman. The truce is set to last until November 1 to allow residents to evacuate the frontline town.
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Ukraine’s human rights ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets said there had been no ceasefire breaches during the first 30 hours.
The ceasefire covers the area around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in southern Ukraine.
The agreement is scheduled to remain in effect until November 1.
The truce is intended to let residents evacuate.
Residents had been unable to leave amid conditions described in the article as near-uninhabitable.
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Jordanian air strikes in southern Syria killed at least seven people, including three children. The article says it tells the stories of those killed but provides no further details in the supplied text.
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Jordan carried out air strikes in southern Syria.
The strikes killed at least seven people.
At least three of those killed were children.
The article focuses on the people who died.
The supplied article text does not identify the victims or describe the strikes further.
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Barack Obama is visiting Atlanta on Wednesday, less than a week before Election Day, to support Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keisha Lance Bottoms and incumbent Sen. Jon Ossoff. The article’s headline also says Donald Trump is campaigning for the midterms and Sen. Lisa Murkowski is backing a Democratic candidate in Alaska’s governor’s race.
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Obama is scheduled to visit Atlanta on Wednesday.
The visit comes less than a week before Election Day.
Obama is campaigning for Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democratic candidate for Georgia governor.
Obama is also campaigning for incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff.
The headline says Trump is campaigning in the midterm elections.
The headline says Sen. Lisa Murkowski is backing a Democratic candidate in Alaska’s governor’s race.
Obama gave a speech several days before the Atlanta visit.
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UK Chancellor John Healey’s budget sets out measures to reduce household energy costs and says the government will meet its fiscal rules. The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts modest economic growth and falling government borrowing over the coming years, while the budget cites global pressures, including the war in Iran, as contributing to higher costs.
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The government’s fiscal rules require day-to-day spending to be covered by tax receipts and public sector net financial liabilities to fall as a share of GDP in the third year of the forecast.
The Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts £15 billion of fiscal headroom in 2029-30 and £20 billion in 2030-31.
The OBR forecasts GDP growth of 1.2% this year and 1% next year, rising to 1.8% in 2029.
The OBR forecasts government borrowing to fall from 4.2% of GDP this year to 1.8% in 2030-31.
The government plans to extend a VAT cut on energy bills through July, which Healey said would reduce the annual price cap by £50.
The government plans to abolish gas standing charges for 23 million homes; it estimates two-thirds of households will save an average of £45 a year.
Households in council tax bands A to D will receive a £100 energy payment, at a stated cost of £2.6 billion.
Healey said fuel duty would be frozen for the 16th consecutive year.
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President Donald Trump campaigned in Texas on Tuesday for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton. At the rally, Trump criticized Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.
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Trump visited Texas for the third time this month.
Trump campaigned for Ken Paxton, a Republican Senate candidate.
Trump criticized James Talarico, the Democratic Senate candidate.
The rally took place Tuesday.
CBS News reporters Wiejia Jiang and Major Garrett covered the rally.
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The Justice Department asked a federal judge to block Mary Peltola and voting-rights groups from joining a lawsuit over Alaska’s Senate election. The department argues that a close Peltola win could be affected by a candidate named Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., whose name resembles incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan’s.
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The lawsuit seeks to block certification of the result if Dan Sullivan loses to Peltola by fewer votes than Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. receives.
The Justice Department called a narrow Peltola victory a “tainted victory.”
Dan Sullivan is listed on the ballot as the Republican incumbent.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. is listed without a party affiliation.
Daniel J. Sullivan Jr. received 2.5% of the vote in the primary, according to the Justice Department filing.
Peltola’s campaign, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the League of Women Voters of Alaska sought to join the lawsuit.
The Justice Department argued that the proposed intervenors would duplicate arguments made by the state defendants.
Judge Sharon L. Gleason set an expedited schedule and was expected to rule by 5 p.m. on October 28.
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The article says Arab-American voters are shifting toward Democrats. It attributes nearly all of that shift to what it describes as Republicans’ overt hostility and MAGA attacks.
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The headline says Arab-American voters are defecting to Democrats.
The article describes Arab-American voters’ shift to the left as undeniable.
The article attributes almost all of the shift to Republicans’ overt hostility.
The headline links voters’ change in party support to MAGA attacks.
The provided text gives no figures or examples to measure the shift.
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Israel’s election left both the governing and opposition blocs short of the 61 seats needed for a Knesset majority, while Arab-led parties won 17 seats that could affect coalition negotiations. Final results were still pending, and President Isaac Herzog is expected to consult party leaders before asking a candidate to form a government.
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With nearly 80 percent of votes counted, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc held 54 seats.
Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition bloc held 49 seats.
The Arab-led Ra’am and Joint List parties together held 17 seats.
The Knesset has 120 seats, and a governing coalition needs at least 61.
Voter turnout reached 77.7 percent, the highest since 1999.
Turnout among Palestinian citizens of Israel was estimated at about 80 percent.
The final vote tally was expected by Friday, with official results due to be published on November 4.
The president can give a candidate 28 days to form a coalition, with a possible 14-day extension. If that effort fails, the mandate may pass to another lawmaker or the Knesset may be dissolved.
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A report says more cats are being abandoned because rising costs are making it harder for owners to care for them. The article page provides no further details about the scale of the increase or where it was measured.
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The article is about cats being abandoned.
Rising costs are cited as a reason for the abandonments.
The story is tagged to Coventry and the cost of living.
The page provides no figures or additional details in the supplied text.
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The article argues that Brazil is an important trading partner despite political and diplomatic difficulties. It says engagement with Brazil should aim both to limit China’s expanding influence and to negotiate with the Brazilian government.
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The article focuses on relations with Brazil.
It describes Brazil as a necessary trading partner.
It characterizes negotiations with Brazil as difficult and unreliable.
It says efforts should address China’s expansion.
The article frames the approach as combining engagement with strategic competition.
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