Democrats win Senate and House, and most governorships, in US midterm sweep

Trump said the war 'largely' cost Republicans the election, but insisted he 'had to do it' to stop Tehran getting a nuclear weapon. Iran sent a nuclear proposal via Qatar, to be discussed only after Washington meets seven demands. Trump said Tehran can do nothing without US approval and he may have to 'destroy' the rest of the country. Iran's Ebrahim Azizi said the midterm result is 'all the same to us'.

Herzog accepted the results and held consultations. Netanyahu's bloc won 53 seats, Eisenkot's 48, and Arab parties a record 19. Ra'am, Abbas' UAL, the Joint List and Yashar backed Eisenkot, giving him 67 of 120 MKs against 46 for Netanyahu, with seven abstentions; United Torah Judaism declined to back anyone. Netanyahu called the Arab parties 'Hamas-sympathisers' as Eisenkot was reportedly weighing a coalition including them.

Ukrainian drones reportedly hit Russia's Ryazan refinery. A FAB-3000 strike on a school-turned-aid centre in Komyshuvakha killed 43, and the search continued. A strike on Izium wrecked dozens of homes. Kyiv had water outages and its worst power situation; outage schedules covered Ukraine on Nov 6. Melania Trump hosted Russian and Ukrainian envoys at the White House, urging a 'more enduring' ceasefire. Zelensky, in Madrid seeking air defence, won €437m in Spanish military aid.

President Santiago Peña resigned after the collapse of Ueno Bank froze accounts for about 3 million customers, and the lower house voted unanimously to impeach him minutes later. Ueno, which claimed around 60% of Paraguayan adults as customers, was put under central bank control over solvency problems, setting off protests. Eight bank executives have been detained, and authorities say deposits will be returned.

In an unusual letter, Herzog told Netanyahu Israel was 'one step away from disaster' and that Jewish extremist violence risked 'civil war', urging an emergency plan. Israeli forces detained dozens of Palestinians overnight, and nearly 30 more in a raid on Dheisheh camp near Bethlehem. Settlers, joined by troops, attacked Qarawat Bani Hassan near Salfit, wounding at least three, and moved into eight houses outside Jericho that Palestinian officials say were bought with forged papers.

A London jury found Russell Brand, 51, guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women, after a three-and-a-half-week trial. It cleared him of two rapes and one count of attempted indecent assault. Judge Joel Bennathan warned him he faces a 'significant custodial term'. He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced on Monday. Police say they are investigating two further rape complaints.