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Verified Live
Monday 2 November 2026 · 15:00 GMT · 30m · 3 stories · 6 annotated moments · 26 of 30 min on news stories (86%)
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A heavily US-weighted bulletin led on the midterm elections, which filled 18 minutes 37 seconds of the 25 minutes 40 seconds listed. The remaining listed airtime went to cyber attacks on Ukrainian and Russian alert apps and the King's Commonwealth slavery speech, at 6 minutes 19 seconds and 44 seconds. The US segment took more than two thirds of the total.
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- 18:10
Tom Perez, former chair of the Democratic National Committee
- 26:45
- 1:17
- 1:43
Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
Democrats aimed to take the House and flip the Senate, an outcome that would limit Trump's domestic and foreign policy agenda.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 1:43-1:59
- 1:51
Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
Republicans losing control of Congress could leave Trump as a lame duck president.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 1:51-2:03
- 2:19
Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
Polls indicated low approval for Trump and Republican vulnerability over the Iran war, cost of living and corruption, with many voters wanting Democrats to win Congress.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 2:19-2:31
- 3:09
Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
A New York Times-Siena poll put the Democratic candidate six points ahead in Ohio's Senate race.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 3:09-3:21
- 4:13
Claim US midterms hours away as Trump's Republicans fight to keep Congress
Voters were reported to be unhappy with inflation and rising energy prices.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 4:13-4:21
- 19:58
- 23:29
Claim Ukraine and Russia emergency alert apps hit by fake cyber warnings
The UK defence secretary said the perpetrator of the Ukraine attack was not yet known but described it as part of a wider pattern of hybrid or state-sponsored attacks driven by Moscow.
BBC News, Verified Live, 2 November 2026, 23:29-23:45
- 26:21 Story begins King Charles ends Caribbean tour with unity warning
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