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EPA/ShutterstockIt's Election Day in the US.
This so-called "off year" election doesn't feature presidential or congressional races, but there are still several critical votes to watch tonight.
New York City will choose its next mayor, in a battle that has pitted a younger, progressive Democrat against a member of the party's old guard. The states of Virginia and New Jersey will elect new governors, and the outcome of these contests could be bellwethers for next year's congressional midterm elections.
Californians also will decide whether to redraw their US House district maps in a rare mid-decade redistricting, as Democrats try to counter Republicans' efforts to give their party an advantage in next year's midterm elections.
Here's what you need to know.
All eyes will be on the Big Apple as Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman, attempts a political upset in his bid to become New York City's youngest mayor in over a century.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, shocked the political establishment when he bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary this summer. Cuomo, undeterred, has continued to campaign as an independent. Meanwhile, Republican Curtis Sliwa has resisted pressure to drop out of the race to clear a path for Cuomo.
If Mamdani wins, he will become the city's first Muslim mayor. Democrats around the country will be watching to see if his laser-focus on cost-of-living issues like rent, groceries and wages could serve as effective messaging in future races.
Though Mamdani heads into election night with a suggested polling lead, the gap between him and Cuomo has narrowed. In the final stretch of the campaign, Cuomo has hammered Mamdani on crime and public safety, and said the young politician lacks the experience to lead America's biggest city.
California's Democratic leadership is asking voters for permission to redraw the state's congressional districts in the middle of the decade. That's unusual in California, which by law relies on a nonpartisan committee to draw its congressional maps once every decade, based on census data.
However, as Republican-led states like Texas and Missouri seek to hastily redraw their congressional maps to give their party an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections, California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to counter the losses with redistricting in his own state.
California's Proposition 50 would allow the temporary use of new congressional district maps through 2030. The campaign has drawn $158 million in donations, according to the Los Angeles Times, with Democratic proponents vastly outraising the Republican opposition effort.
Republicans in California, who hold only nine of the state's 52 US House seats, staunchly oppose the plan.
A University of California Berkeley/IGS Poll suggests 60% of likely California voters support Proposition 50, while 38% oppose it. The breakdown was highly partisan, with 93% of Democrats saying they would choose "yes" and 91% of Republicans choosing "no."
New Jersey is considered a blue state, but polls indicate a close race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli. It's one of the two governor's races this year that could indicate how Americans feel about the current political climate.
Sherrill currently represents New Jersey's 11th District in Congress, and Ciattarelli is a former state assemblyman.
New Jersey is considered a Democratic-leaning state, but has had Republican governors. The last one, Chris Christie, served two terms between 2010 and 2018.
Rhetoric in the race has been heated. Ciattarelli and his supporters have run political advertisements featuring clips of Sherrill giving halting answers in interviews about her policies.
It also has drawn the attention of nationally known names from both parties. Democratic stars like former president Barack Obama and former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg have campaigned with Sherrill. President Donald Trump attended a virtual rally for Ciattarelli, and conservative activist Jack Posobiec has backed him.
Virginia's leadership usually swings between Democrats and Republicans, meaning the outcome of this year's gubernatorial election might serve as a bellwether for the electorate's mood.
No matter which candidate succeeds, the state will elect its first female governor this year. Voters will choose between Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a US congresswoman, and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, the state's current lieutenant governor.
If Earle-Sears wins, she will become the first black woman elected to lead a US state in the nation's history.
Virginia is bordered by the liberal-leaning Washington, DC to the north where many residents work in the nation's capitol or for the federal government. But the state also has deep pockets of conservative voters throughout its rural districts, and swing voters.
Spanberger has highlighted the economic impact of Trump's cuts to the federal government, which have impacted Virginia's employment. Earle-Sears has touted Virginia's economy under Republican leadership. But she also has leaned into cultural topics like transgender issues, which Republicans used successfully as a wedge issue in last year's presidential election.
Though he's not on the ballot, Trump's name looms over this election.
The New York City mayor's race is how the next leader of the city will deal with the Trump administration, which has meddled in the city's politics. Cuomo is pitching his experience as governor dealing with the first administration as a reason for voters to choose him.
The president has implied that he will penalize the city if voters choose Mamdani.
"It's gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there," Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday. (Mamdani is not a communist.)
Trump kicked off the redistricting battle that led California to put Proposition 50 on the ballot, and has endorsed Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor's race.
PA MediaChancellor Rachel Reeves says she will take "fair choices" in the Budget as economists continue to predict tax rises to try to balance the books.
Reeves is expected to give a speech to Downing Street later ahead of the 26 November Budget. Labour explicitly ruled out a rise in VAT, National Insurance or income tax in its general election manifesto.
Shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride said with an "emergency press conference" Reeves was "all but confirming what many feared - higher taxes are on the way". He called for the chancellor to be sacked if she "breaks her promises yet again".
Meanwhile influential think tank the Resolution Foundation has said tax rises are now "inevitable".
Avoiding cuts to VAT, NI or income tax "would do more harm than good", warned the foundation which has close links to Labour - Treasury Minister Torsten Bell was previously its chief executive.
Hiking income tax would be the "best option" for raising cash, it said, but suggested it should be offset by a 2p cut to employee national insurance, which would "raise £6 billion overall while protecting most workers from this tax rise".
Extending the freeze in personal tax thresholds for two more years beyond April 2028 would also raise £7.5 billion, its Autumn Budget 2025 preview suggested.
The chancellor is expected to say in a speech on Tuesday morning that the Budget will focus on "fairness and opportunity" to bring down NHS waiting lists, the national debt and the cost of living.
"You will all have heard a lot of speculation about the choices I will make," she is expected to say.
"I understand that - these are important choices that will shape our economy for years to come.
"But it is important that people understand the circumstances we are facing, the principles guiding my choices – and why I believe they will be the right choices for the country."
The message from Reeves is expected to echo comments made by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to a group of Labour MPs on Monday night.
He told those gathered that the Budget would be "a Labour Budget built on Labour values" and that the government would "make the tough but fair decisions to renew our country and build it for the long term".
The government's official forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is widely expected to downgrade its productivity forecasts for the UK at the end of the month. This could add as much as £20 billion to the Chancellor's costs if she is to meet her self-imposed "non-negotiable" rules for government finances.
The two main rules are:
The Treasury declined to comment on "speculation" ahead of the OBR's final forecast, which will be published on 26 November alongside the Budget.
However last week, the chancellor confirmed both tax rises and spending cuts are options as she aims to give herself "sufficient headroom" against future economic shocks.
The Resolution Foundation said changes in the economic outlook and policy U-turns are likely to reduce the current £9.9 billion of headroom against the chancellor's borrowing rule into a fiscal black hole of around £4 billion.
It urged Reeves to double the level of headroom she has against her fiscal rules to £20 billion. This would "send a clear message to markets that she is serious about fixing the public finances, which in turn should reduce medium-term borrowing costs and make future fiscal events less fraught," its Budget preview said.
It comes after the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said last month there was a "strong case" to increase the headroom. It said the lack of a bigger buffer brought with it instability, and could leave the chancellor "limping from one forecast to the next".
Getty ImagesConservative leader Kemi Badenoch has said "heads should roll" at the BBC, following reports that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by US President Donald Trump.
The Telegraph said it had seen an internal memo suggesting the programme edited two parts of Trump's speech together so he appeared to explicitly encourage the Capitol Hill riots of January 2021.
Badenoch told GB News the edits were "absolutely shocking", adding that director general Tim Davie should be "identifying who put out misinformation, and sacking them".
A BBC spokesperson said: "While we don't comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully."
The one-hour programme, Trump: A Second Chance?, was broadcast last year and was made for the BBC by independent production company October Films Ltd, which has also been approached for comment.
In his speech in Washington DC on 6 January 2021, Trump said: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol, and we're going to cheer on our brave senators and congressmen and women."
However, in Panorama's edit, he was shown saying: "We're going to walk down to the Capitol... and I'll be there with you. And we fight. We fight like hell."
The two sections of the speech that were edited together were more than 50 minutes apart.
The "fight like hell" comment was taken from a section where President Trump discussed how "corrupt" US elections were. In total, he used the words "fight" or "fighting" 20 times in the speech.
After showing the president speaking, the programme played footage of flag-waving men marching on the Capitol, the Telegraph said.
According to the leaked memo, this "created the impression President Trump's supporters had taken up his 'call to arms'". But that footage was in fact shot before the president had started speaking.
On 6 January 2021, hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol, protesting about Joe Biden's election victory. Five people died in relation to the riot.
The House of Representatives accused Trump of encouraging violence with false claims of election fraud, but he was acquitted of an impeachment charge that he incited a mob to storm the Capitol.
According to the Telegraph, the document said Panorama's "distortion of the day's events" would leave viewers asking: "Why should the BBC be trusted, and where will this all end?"
When the issue was raised with managers, the memo continued, they "refused to accept there had been a breach of standards".
Speaking to GB News on Tuesday, Badenoch said: "That is fake news, actually putting different things together to make something look different from what it actually was.
"And I do think heads should roll. Whoever it was who did that should be sacked, that's what Tim Davie should be doing, identifying who put out misinformation, and sacking them."
She continued: "The public need to be able to trust our public broadcaster... They should not be telling us things that are not true.
"This is a corporation that needs to hold itself to the highest standards, and that means that when we see people doing the wrong thing, they should be punished, they should be sacked."
Former prime minister Boris Johnson also said the corporation needed to respond, asking on X: "Is anyone at the BBC going to take responsibility - and resign?"
The Telegraph said the report it had obtained about BBC bias was written by Michael Prescott, formerly an independent external adviser to the broadcaster's editorial guidelines and standards committee. He left the role in June.
The newspaper said a whistleblower sent a copy of the 19-page dossier to every member of the BBC board last month. BBC News has not seen a copy of the memo.
In its statement, the BBC said: "Michael Prescott is a former adviser to a board committee where differing views and opinions of our coverage are routinely discussed and debated."
BBC News has approached Mr Prescott for comment.
Conservative MP Caroline Dinenage, chairwoman of the House of Commons culture, media and sport select committee, said: "At a time when trust in both politics and mainstream media is so low, our state broadcaster has an additional responsibility to ensure that it reports contentious and potentially inflammatory issues with a straight bat.
"These allegations are extremely worrying and come at a critical time for the BBC. The DCMS committee will meet tomorrow and will no doubt discuss the implications of this."
Downing Street said Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy and senior officials in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have received a copy of the internal memo, and have been assured by the BBC that the corporation is examining the issues it raises.
The prime minister's spokesman said: "We take any criticisms of the BBC's editorial standards very seriously and we expect the BBC to consider any feedback that they receive seriously and carefully."
Disney+Kim Kardashian may be weeks away from finding out if she's passed her law exams, but she says practising divorce law is not in her future.
The 45-year-old, who plays divorce attorney Allura Grant in the Disney+ upcoming legal drama All's Fair, tells the BBC she's "more into criminal justice and reform work" and adds, "I don't think I can ever really do family law".
Kardashian has been studying to become a lawyer for the last six years, undertaking an apprenticeship that negates the need for a university degree.
"It was the wildest idea that I was going to law school - but to me it all makes sense and I hope that I'm forever curious and always want to try new things," she says.
Kardashian, who has four children with ex-husband Kanye West, also runs fashion and shapewear brand SKIMS and appears in the reality series The Kardashians with her family.
Her interest in criminal justice has been documented on her reality TV shows, where she has advocated for prison reform in the US and sentence reduction for first-time offenders.
Disney+Not content with her already packed-out schedule, her recent pivot to acting has raised eyebrows - but it hasn't dented Kardashian's ambition.
"I guess I just don't live in those expectation boxes," she says.
She says she "loves taking on constructive criticism" but doesn't understand why people think she "can't do something that you want to do or are curious or want to learn about".
Her first real introduction to acting was her 2023 casting in the 12th season of American Horror Story, in which she appeared as a publicist.
Kardashian received mostly positive critical reviews for her portrayal, which encouraged her to take on more acting roles.
All's Fair reunites the star with American Horror Story showrunner Ryan Murphy, who is also behind hit series such as Glee and Pose.
His latest project, All's Fair, is a legal drama set in the US, which sees Kardashian play a divorce lawyer alongside Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Niecy Nash and Teyana Taylor.
Kardashian says her priority was to "come in prepared" to set, adding she would spend every day "watching and learning from these women", who she called "the best acting coaches in the world".
She adds that there was a lot of pressure on her, because those behind the show were "taking a chance on working with me".
"The last thing I would want to do is be unprofessional, be late or not know my lines," she says.
Disney+All's Fair, which Disney+ says holds the records for their most-watched trailer of all time, is a spectacular dramatisation of the lives of lawyers tasked with navigating divorce for rich and famous female clients.
Kardashian says divorce is "such a relatable topic" after experiencing it "with my family and parents growing up".
Kardashian herself has been divorced three times - most recently to Kanye West in 2022 after eight years of marriage.
Whilst she says the stories of the women in the show "are not based on anything I've been through", she was "definitely inspired" by practising to be a lawyer.
Kardashian's co-star Watts also recognises that, whilst the show might be sensationalised, the story of "women who feel like they're finished, [their lives] are all over, broken and in pieces" at the end of a relationship is one that is familiar for many.
Nash, who stars as a legal investigator in the show, says that divorce is something many "have in common with other women and celebrities" and thinks the show is so appealing due to its relatability, even if it's more dramatic way than real life.
Paulson adds says that although the central theme of the show may be divorce, "conflict and resolution is a beautiful part of the show", which also "tackles big, important and emotional relationships".
Getty ImagesMuch of the talk around the show has been about the strength of the all-female cast, which is filled with some of Hollywood's biggest names.
The cast all echo that it was Ryan Murphy - who has won six Emmy awards, a Tony award and two Grammy awards in his 25-year career in television, film and theatre - that convinced them to sign up.
"He [Murphy] calls and I don't tend to say no to him," Paulson jokes.
Paulson is perhaps one of Murphy's greatest collaborators, having appeared in nine series of American Horror Story between 2011 and 2021.
Kardashian says the cast all went into the project "blindly" but it was great to see Murphy's "magic come to life".
"Ryan was really intentional in that way, he really loves to uplift women and make these female-led casts, which is super empowering. He wrote it that way, he saw it no other way," she adds.
Disney+Watts also agrees, noting that the writer and producer "manages to identify spaces that haven't necessarily been visited before".
"He's wonderful at creating stories for women of a certain age and for me that's where I am at in my life.
"These women all get to do these incredible things together - we're such a different group - different ages and everything and we're supporting each other through the story," Watts adds.
Murphy received a five-year developmental deal with Netflix in 2018, which was reportedly worth $300m (£228m).
During that time he made two true crime series for the streaming service - Dahmer- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story and Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, plus drama series The Politician.
Murphy now has a new deal with Disney+, which includes All's Fair.
He serves as executive producer on the show alongside Kardashian, Close, Paulson, Watts and Nash.
Kris Jenner, Kardashian's mother and manager, also receives a director credit.
PA MediaKing Charles has knighted former England football captain Sir David Beckham at Windsor Castle.
Beckham was awarded a knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours in June, alongside actor Gary Oldman and musician Roger Daltrey.
UK Honours typically celebrate the contribution of well-known personalities, government employees and ordinary people who have served their community.
Most UK honours are awarded on the monarch's official birthday in June and at the new year.
The 2025 Birthday Honours also made Dames of author Pat Barker and singer Elaine Page, while Strictly Come Dancing presenters Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman were awarded OBEs.
The reality TV personality Georgia Harrison was made an MBE for her work on online privacy after her former partner was jailed for sharing a video of them having sex.
In the most recent New Year Honours, actor Stephen Fry, former England football manager Gareth Southgate and London Mayor Sadiq Khan were among those knighted.
The list also included an MBE for Olympic 800m champion Keely Hodgkinson, and CBEs for services to drama for actresses Sarah Lancashire and Carey Mulligan.
EPADissolution honours are typically given to politicians when Parliament ends before a general election.
Outgoing prime ministers can also award resignation honours.
Former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak named 36 people in his resignation honours list - most of whom were high-profile former Conservative ministers, and advisors.
Boris Johnson and Liz Truss both issued resignation honours when they left office in 2022.
Johnson's controversial list initially contained eight names rejected by the body which approves appointments to the House of Lords.
Truss was widely criticised for submitting an honours list after only 49 days in the job.
The New Year and King's Birthday honours are awarded by the King following recommendations by the prime minister or senior government ministers.
Members of the public can also recommend people for an award. These nominations typically make up about a quarter of all recommendations.
Honours' lists include awards for people who:
PA MediaResignation and dissolution honours are decided by the relevant prime minister and do not go through the same process.
The Foreign Office has responsibility for the Diplomatic Service and Overseas List. Honorary awards for foreign nationals are recommended by the foreign secretary.
Honours are traditionally kept confidential until the official announcement.
Honours are typically awarded by the King, Prince of Wales or Princess Royal, at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle or the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Recipients can select their investiture's date and location but not which member of the Royal Family will preside over the ceremony.
Deborah JamesBritish Empire Medals are presented locally by lord-lieutenants, who represent the King.
People in line for an honour are checked by the Honours and Appointments Secretariat, which is part of the Cabinet Office government department.
The Cabinet Office has agreements with other government departments to let it access confidential information about nominees.
For example, HMRC provides a low, medium or high-risk rating on a nominee's tax affairs.
Peerages are vetted by the House of Lords Appointments Commission.
A Parliamentary and Political Services Committee considers honours for politicians and for political service.
When somebody is approved for an honour, they are sent a letter asking if they will accept it.
A list of 277 people who turned down honours between 1951 and 1999 - and subsequently died - was made public following a BBC Freedom of Information request.
It included authors Roald Dahl, JG Ballard and Aldous Huxley, and painters Francis Bacon, Lucien Freud and LS Lowry.
The late poet Benjamin Zephaniah rejected an OBE in 2003 because of the association with the British Empire and its history of slavery.
Some people have had their honours withdrawn by the Honours Forfeiture Committee.
They include disgraced former entertainer Rolf Harris, who went to prison for 12 indecent assaults on four girls, and Anthony Blunt, the former art adviser to the Queen who was revealed to be a Soviet spy.
Getty ImagesIn January 2024, former Post Office boss Paula Vennells said she would hand back her CBE after facing mounting pressure over the Horizon IT scandal.
Twelve months earlier, actor and TV presenter Alan Cumming returned his OBE over what he called the "toxicity" of the British Empire.
Knights and Dames
The honour of knighthood comes from the days of medieval chivalry, as does the method used to confer the knighthood - the accolade, or the touch of a sword, by the sovereign.
A knight is styled "Sir" and their wife "Lady".
Women receiving the honour are styled "Dame" but do not receive the accolade.
The honour is given for a pre-eminent contribution in any field of activity.
The rank of Knight Commander (KBE) or Dame Commander (DBE), Order of the British Empire, appears on the Diplomatic Service and Overseas list.
The Order of the Bath
The Order of the Bath is an order of chivalry and was founded in 1725 for service of the highest calibre.
It has a civil and military division and is awarded in the following ranks: Knight Grand Cross (GCB), Knight Commander (KCB) and Companion (CB).
The Order takes its name from the symbolic bathing which, in former times, was often part of the preparation of a candidate for knighthood.
Order of St Michael and St George
This Order was founded by King George III in 1818 and is awarded to British subjects who have rendered extraordinary and important services abroad or in the Commonwealth.
Ranks in the Order are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GCMG), Knight or Dame Commander (KCMG or DCMG) and Companion (CMG).
Order of the Companions of Honour
This is awarded for service of conspicuous national importance and is limited to 65 people. Recipients are entitled to put the initials CH after their name.
Orders of the British Empire
King George V created these honours during World War One to reward services to the war effort by civilians at home and service personnel in support positions.
The ranks are Commander (CBE), Officer (OBE), and Member (MBE).
They are now awarded for prominent national or regional roles, and to those making distinguished or notable contributions in their own specific areas of activity.
British Empire Medal (BEM)
The medal was founded in 1917 and was awarded for "meritorious" actions by civilians or military personnel, although the recipients did not attend a royal investiture.
Scrapped in 1993 by Conservative Prime Minister John Major, the BEM was revived in 2012.
Royal Victorian Order
By 1896, prime ministers and governments had increased their influence over the distribution of awards and had gained almost total control of the system.
In response, Queen Victoria instituted The Royal Victorian Order as a personal award for services performed on behalf of the Royal Family.
The ranks are Knight or Dame Grand Cross (GCVO), Knight or Dame Commander (KCVO or DCVO), Commander (CVO), Lieutenant (LVO) and Member (MVO).
Royal Victorian Medal
Associated with the Royal Victorian Order is the Royal Victorian Medal which has three grades: gold, silver and bronze. The circular medal is attached to the ribbon of the Order.
Royal Red Cross
Founded in 1883 by Queen Victoria, the award is confined to the nursing services. Those awarded the First Class are designated "Members" (RRC): those awarded the Second Class are designated "Associates" (ARRC).
King's Police Medal
Awarded for distinguished service in the police force.
King's Fire Service Medal
Given to firefighters who have displayed conspicuous devotion to duty.
King's Ambulance Service Medal
Awarded for distinguished service in the ambulance service.
King's Gallantry Medal
Awarded to civilians, for acts of exemplary bravery.
King's Commendation for Bravery
Awarded to civilians and all ranks of the British armed forces, for actions not in the presence of an enemy.
King's Commendation for Bravery in the Air
Awarded to civilians and all ranks of the British armed forces, for acts of bravery in the air not in the presence of an enemy.
EPA/ShutterstockIt's Election Day in the US.
This so-called "off year" election doesn't feature presidential or congressional races, but there are still several critical votes to watch tonight.
New York City will choose its next mayor, in a battle that has pitted a younger, progressive Democrat against a member of the party's old guard. The states of Virginia and New Jersey will elect new governors, and the outcome of these contests could be bellwethers for next year's congressional midterm elections.
Californians also will decide whether to redraw their US House district maps in a rare mid-decade redistricting, as Democrats try to counter Republicans' efforts to give their party an advantage in next year's midterm elections.
Here's what you need to know.
All eyes will be on the Big Apple as Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old state assemblyman, attempts a political upset in his bid to become New York City's youngest mayor in over a century.
Mamdani, a democratic socialist, shocked the political establishment when he bested former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary this summer. Cuomo, undeterred, has continued to campaign as an independent. Meanwhile, Republican Curtis Sliwa has resisted pressure to drop out of the race to clear a path for Cuomo.
If Mamdani wins, he will become the city's first Muslim mayor. Democrats around the country will be watching to see if his laser-focus on cost-of-living issues like rent, groceries and wages could serve as effective messaging in future races.
Though Mamdani heads into election night with a suggested polling lead, the gap between him and Cuomo has narrowed. In the final stretch of the campaign, Cuomo has hammered Mamdani on crime and public safety, and said the young politician lacks the experience to lead America's biggest city.
California's Democratic leadership is asking voters for permission to redraw the state's congressional districts in the middle of the decade. That's unusual in California, which by law relies on a nonpartisan committee to draw its congressional maps once every decade, based on census data.
However, as Republican-led states like Texas and Missouri seek to hastily redraw their congressional maps to give their party an advantage in the 2026 midterm elections, California Governor Gavin Newsom wants to counter the losses with redistricting in his own state.
California's Proposition 50 would allow the temporary use of new congressional district maps through 2030. The campaign has drawn $158 million in donations, according to the Los Angeles Times, with Democratic proponents vastly outraising the Republican opposition effort.
Republicans in California, who hold only nine of the state's 52 US House seats, staunchly oppose the plan.
A University of California Berkeley/IGS Poll suggests 60% of likely California voters support Proposition 50, while 38% oppose it. The breakdown was highly partisan, with 93% of Democrats saying they would choose "yes" and 91% of Republicans choosing "no."
New Jersey is considered a blue state, but polls indicate a close race between Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli. It's one of the two governor's races this year that could indicate how Americans feel about the current political climate.
Sherrill currently represents New Jersey's 11th District in Congress, and Ciattarelli is a former state assemblyman.
New Jersey is considered a Democratic-leaning state, but has had Republican governors. The last one, Chris Christie, served two terms between 2010 and 2018.
Rhetoric in the race has been heated. Ciattarelli and his supporters have run political advertisements featuring clips of Sherrill giving halting answers in interviews about her policies.
It also has drawn the attention of nationally known names from both parties. Democratic stars like former president Barack Obama and former transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg have campaigned with Sherrill. President Donald Trump attended a virtual rally for Ciattarelli, and conservative activist Jack Posobiec has backed him.
Virginia's leadership usually swings between Democrats and Republicans, meaning the outcome of this year's gubernatorial election might serve as a bellwether for the electorate's mood.
No matter which candidate succeeds, the state will elect its first female governor this year. Voters will choose between Democrat Abigail Spanberger, a US congresswoman, and Republican Winsome Earle-Sears, the state's current lieutenant governor.
If Earle-Sears wins, she will become the first black woman elected to lead a US state in the nation's history.
Virginia is bordered by the liberal-leaning Washington, DC to the north where many residents work in the nation's capitol or for the federal government. But the state also has deep pockets of conservative voters throughout its rural districts, and swing voters.
Spanberger has highlighted the economic impact of Trump's cuts to the federal government, which have impacted Virginia's employment. Earle-Sears has touted Virginia's economy under Republican leadership. But she also has leaned into cultural topics like transgender issues, which Republicans used successfully as a wedge issue in last year's presidential election.
Though he's not on the ballot, Trump's name looms over this election.
The New York City mayor's race is how the next leader of the city will deal with the Trump administration, which has meddled in the city's politics. Cuomo is pitching his experience as governor dealing with the first administration as a reason for voters to choose him.
The president has implied that he will penalize the city if voters choose Mamdani.
"It's gonna be hard for me as the president to give a lot of money to New York, because if you have a communist running New York, all you're doing is wasting the money you're sending there," Trump said in a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday. (Mamdani is not a communist.)
Trump kicked off the redistricting battle that led California to put Proposition 50 on the ballot, and has endorsed Ciattarelli in the New Jersey governor's race.
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现今欧洲市场正被来自中国的无人机、电视、机器人等的科技产品浪潮淹没中。法媒指出，中国在经济上的发展不再满足于模仿，而是不断创新，以具有竞争力的价格提供尖端产品。 面对中国科技产品这股海啸般的冲击，欧洲似乎束手无策...
2016 年，保罗·法尔乔尼首 Paolo Falcioni 第一次参加上海国际电器及电子博览会时，这个专注于消费电子产品的贸易展览会创立于 1992 年，当时还处于起步阶段。参展商数量不多，集中在一个展厅内。去年三月，这名代表欧洲家用电器制造商的主要行业协会APPLiA的总干事再次前往中国这座特大城市。他向法媒指出，中国在经济上的发展不断创新，提供具竞争力价格的尖端科技端产品，今昔相比，对比十分鲜明。
如今，业内专家将此次展会与拉斯维加斯的CES和柏林的IFA并列为全球规模最大的展会之一，展会横跨16个展厅，本土品牌蓬勃发展、热闹非凡。保罗·法尔乔尼解释道：“这表明，在短短十年间，互联互通、人工智能以及与之相关的一切已成为中国经济增长的驱动力。”
中国曾被称为“世界工厂”，如今我们与这个时代相去甚远。现在，中国企业以惊人的速度进行创新，并以无与伦比的价格开发出技术含量高的产品。
值得注意的是，他们拥有真正的营销策略。战略与运营咨询公司DNG的创始人文森特·雷德拉多回忆道：“直到最近，市场上还没有知名的中国品牌。这些工厂替欧洲公司生产产品，然后这些公司再以自己的品牌转售。”
这些生产基地如今身兼两职：它们既继续为其他公司生产产品，也开发自己的产品线。“整个产业生态系统在地理上高度集中，尤其是在深圳。”
“研究、产业和投资者之间的这种紧密联系使得反应速度非常快。”Innov8 集团创始人 Stéphane Bohbot 解释道。该集团每月都会在中国为法国的主要分销商（Fnac-Darty、Boulanger 等）寻找新的电子产品。
中国品牌在各个领域的崛起
在欧洲，高科技浪潮正在实体店和电商平台上蓬勃发展。“中国正经历着一种剪刀效应：一方面是惊人的投资势头和庞大的工业产能，另一方面是国内消费增长跟不上，”蒙田研究所欧洲项目经理弗朗索瓦·希米茨解释道：“其结果是：供需结构性错配，这迫使中国企业将目光投向国际市场。”
大疆（无人机）、TCL（电视）、优尼特（人形机器人）、Shokz（耳机）……几乎每个领域都有中国公司蚕食市场份额，甚至占据主导地位。法国家具和家居用品零售商联合会秘书长让-查尔斯·沃格利列举道：“TCL在电视领域对日本品牌造成了巨大冲击。在冰箱和洗衣机领域，他们的一些产品足以媲美欧洲品牌。空调和小家电领域也是如此。”
曾经在运动相机领域独占鳌头的GoPro，如今正被中国公司Insta360蚕食市场份额。在西班牙，Cecotec在咖啡机销售领域占据主导地位。十年前成立的北京石头世纪科技有限公司（Roborock）已成为扫地机器人行业的标杆企业，并不断申请专利。“令我印象深刻的是，这些公司在各个领域都取得了惊人的进步。”一位法国行业协会的前负责人表示：“除了工业机器人领域，它们几乎都已占据行业领先地位。”
欧洲正面临困境。 智能手机、消费电子产品以及近年来涉足电动汽车领域的巨头中国小米集团，为其他企业铺平了道路。斯特凡·博伯特 （Stéphane Bohbot ）断言 ：“小米集团的成功表明，中国企业在海外取得成功是完全可能的。在其背后，一个复杂的工业产品体系已经发展起来，并催生了众多其他企业。”
面对这海啸般的冲击，欧洲似乎束手无策。“我们不要自欺欺人：能源冲击之后，欧洲人发现自己陷入了严重的困境。”弗朗索瓦·希米茨说道。“尽管德拉吉报告已经发布，但我们距离真正有利于本国产业的政治觉醒还很遥远。” 解决方案很可能涉及与中国开展一种新的合作模式：以技术转让换取进入欧洲市场的机会。就像二十年前的空客那样，只不过现在是朝反方向的进行。
据法新社引述中国官媒消息，中国深圳一间法院周二对一个在缅甸边境运营数十个电诈中心的团伙成员判处七人死刑，其中两人缓期执行。
法新社说，这是中国当局为遏制“金三角”地区电诈泛滥而采取行动的最新例证，而据法新社10月发布的一项调查显示，尽管中国、缅甸和泰国共同努力，这些电诈中心仍在继续蓬勃发展。
在这些诈骗中心里，在屏幕后或电话中自愿或被迫工作的“小帮手”们，每年从世界各地的受害者手中骗取数十亿美元。网络诈骗与非法赌博、毒品和人口贩运以及卖淫活动相伴而生。
许多诈骗者和受害者都是中国人。有些诈骗者自愿参与这些欺诈活动，有些则是被迫参与，实际上沦为奴隶。
据中国官方通讯社援引深圳法院的消息称，周二被判处死刑的人的行为导致“六名中国公民死亡，另一名中国公民自杀，还有多人受伤”。
该法院说，“这些罪犯因在果敢地区建造41处建筑群而被定罪”。并说，他们从事“电信诈骗、经营地下赌场、故意杀人、拉皮条和诱使他人卖淫，以及组织非法越境活动”。
另外五名被告被判处无期徒刑，还有九人被判处20-30年有期徒刑。
九月底，中国司法部门对16名涉嫌在同一地区从事网络诈骗的犯罪团伙成员判处死刑。其中五名被告被判处死缓。
法新社介绍说，在这些电诈综合体中，部分员工的遭遇在中国引发了强烈反响。
当局于10月表示，自2023年7月以来已拘捕57,000名涉案的中国公民。
中国中山大学中山眼科中心宣布，一项远程眼科手术星期日（11月2日）在新疆乌鲁木齐成功实施。这是全球首例远程机器人辅助视网膜下注射手术。
综合科技日报和IT之家报道，这场跨越4200公里的远程手术，以完全自主研发的中国国产5G眼科手术机器人为核心平台，标志着中国在远程高精度眼科手术领域，正式实现从“可行性”到“实用性”的关键跃迁。在中国眼科优质医疗资源相对不足且分布不均的背景下，此类技术的远程化对于偏远地区患者获取高水平诊疗具有重要意义。
据介绍，该手术由中山大学中山眼科中心林浩添教授团队牵头，联合新疆生产建设兵团总医院杨波教授团队、中山大学计算机学院黄凯教授团队以及广州市微眸医疗器械有限公司共同完成。
此次手术的核心平台是一款完全自主研发的国产5G眼科手术机器人系统。该系统实时连接位于广州的主控端和位于乌鲁木齐的手术端，实现了医生远程操控下的微米级眼底精细操作。
据介绍，视网膜下注射是治疗如黄斑下出血等致盲性眼病的常用手术方法，对操作的稳定性和医生经验要求极高。
针对此次手术的需求，林浩添教授团队联合黄凯教授团队及广州微眸公司，持续攻关远程眼科手术机器人平台的研发，并与嘉兴智瞳科技和中国电信合作，构建了具备“医生远程操控”、“微米级运动精度”和“实时三维高清感知”能力的系统。
2023年6月，该团队曾在中国国内率先完成跨越琼州海峡的远程微米级眼内操作动物实验。此次在乌鲁木齐成功实施的临床手术，标志着该技术在远程高精度眼科手术领域实现了从实验室验证到临床应用的关键进展。
中山眼科中心主任林浩添教授表示，此次手术的成功实施，意味着能够通过远程方式将优质眼科医疗资源输送到边疆地区，同时也验证了国产高精度手术机器人在复杂眼科手术中应用的安全性。未来将继续探索远程与智能结合的模式，推动高水平眼科医疗资源的可及性。
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Former President George W. Bush paid tribute to his late vice president, Dick Cheney, on Tuesday, calling him “a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousness of purpose to every position he held.”
“Dick was a calm and steady presence in the White House amid great national challenges,” Bush wrote. “I counted on him for his honest, forthright counsel, and he never failed to give his best. He held to his convictions and prioritized the freedom and security of the American people.”
Cheney, who served as Bush’s powerful right-hand man in the Oval Office from 2001 to 2009, died due to complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, his family said in a statement Tuesday morning. He was 84.
And even though the pair’s relationship was strained toward the end of their time in the White House — due in large part to Bush’s refusal to pardon Cheney’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby — the former president hailed Cheney as “among the finest public servants of his generation.”
“For those two terms in office, and throughout his remarkable career, Dick Cheney’s service always reflected credit on the country he loved,” Bush wrote.
One key Republican who has remained conspicuously silent in the hours since Cheney’s death was announced is President Donald Trump. Cheney’s twilight in American politics was marked by his opposition to the president.
“In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump,” he said in 2022 campaign advertisement for his daughter, Liz Cheney, another Trump foil. “He tried to steal the last election using lies and violence to keep himself in power after the voters had rejected him. He is a coward. A real man wouldn’t lie to his supporters.”
But many Republicans, even some who backed Trump in the aftermath of his failed bid to remain in the White House after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden, offered their condolences.
“Vice President Cheney dedicated his life to serving our nation,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a key Trump ally, said in a post on X. “He was known for his love of his family and his country. Ann and I are praying for the Cheney family and all who knew him during this time.”
Casting Trump as a historic threat to democracy, Cheney threw his support behind another former vice president, Kamala Harris, in the 2024 election.
Their stand saw the Cheneys effectively run out of GOP politics, with Trump winning the general election last November and continuing to reshape the party in his image in the months since returning to the Oval Office.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
But other key Republicans paid their respects Tuesday.
“As our nation mourns the loss of former Vice President Dick Cheney, we honor his devotion to serving our nation,” Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the fourth-ranking House Republican, said on X. “My prayers are with the Cheney family during this difficult time.”
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said in a statement that Cheney, who grew up in Casper, Wyoming, would be remembered as “a towering figure who helped guide the course of history” in the state.
“From high school football star to White House Chief of Staff, Congressman, Secretary of Defense, and Vice President, Dick’s career has few peers in American life,” Barrasso wrote. “His unflinching leadership shaped many of the biggest moments in domestic and U.S. foreign policy for decades.”
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called Cheney “a true public servant & proud American.”
“Dick served our country w distinction in various roles over many decades incl as Vice President of the United States,” he wrote.
Miles Taylor, a former senior administration official during Trump’s first term who is now facing an investigation spurred by the president, applauded Cheney’s stand against Trump in a post on X.
“His last act of public service was to defy the GOP as a vocal critic of Donald Trump,” he wrote. “That took guts. Farewell, Angler.”
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（德国之声中文网）根据克里姆林宫网站公布的部长任务清单，普京同时要求内阁采取措施，发展俄罗斯与中国及朝鲜边境地区的交通联通网络。
稀土元素被广泛应用于智能手机、电动汽车以及武器系统等领域，在国际贸易中具有重要的战略意义。
今年4月，美国总统特朗普与乌克兰签署协议，允许美国在乌克兰新的矿产交易中获得优先权，并为乌克兰的战后重建投资提供资金支持。
俄罗斯方面表示，有兴趣与美国在稀土项目上开展合作，但由于结束乌克兰战争未见进展，此类合作的前景仍不明朗。
中国作为全球主要稀土生产国，今年针对美国关税措施作出反制，对稀土出口实施了新的限制措施。
普京的最新指令文件总结了他9月出席远东经济论坛后提出的行动要点，并未详细说明俄罗斯稀土发展计划的具体细节。
加强中朝俄边境交通联系
除此之外，普京还要求政府在中俄边境及朝俄边境建设“多式联运交通与物流中心”。
他指出，相关地点应包括两座现有的中俄铁路大桥以及一座计划新建的朝俄横跨图们江公路桥，并强调这座通往朝鲜的新桥必须在2026年投入使用。
乌克兰战争爆发后，在西方国家对其实施制裁以来，俄罗斯的两个远东邻国中国和朝鲜均加深了与莫斯科在经济领域的合作。
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（德国之声中文网）围绕安世半导体（Nexperia）争议，本周二（11月4日），中国商务部称，中方已于11月1日宣布将对符合条件的出口予以豁免，并努力促进安世（中国）恢复供货。“但荷方继续一意孤行，且无解决问题实际行动”。
中国商务部称，安世（荷兰）10月26日宣布停止向安世（中国）供应晶圆，导致后者无法正常生产，“对此，荷方应承担全部责任”。
荷兰：对话仍在进行
荷兰经济事务部一名发言人周二向路透社表示，两国政府间的对话仍在进行中。“我们与中国有关部门以及我们的国际伙伴保持联系，以实现对Nexperia以及我们的经济有建设性的解决方案。”
Nexperia芯片大多数在欧洲生产，但七成在中国封装。
部分为中国国有的闻泰科技于2018年以36亿美元收购了Nexperia。
今年9月30日，荷兰政府以国家安全为由，接管了Nexperia。Nexperia前CEO、闻泰科技创始人张学政被停职。
欧美此前称取得进展
上周，美国总统特朗普与中国国家主席习近平会晤后，白宫宣布北京“将采取妥善措施确保Nexperia在华工厂恢复贸易”。
本周一，欧盟贸易专员塞福科维奇（Maros Sefcovic）表示，有荷兰和中国政府参与的Nexperia相关谈判“取得了进展”，但没有透露细节。
德国博世公司芯片不足
与此同时，德国汽车零配件供应商博世（Bosch）公司因芯片供应不足，生产或受到影响。该公司在安斯巴赫和萨尔茨吉特的工厂向当地劳工局申请了 “短时工作”，即在有需要的情况下，缩短员工工作时间。
博世一名发言人表示：“我们的专家团队正在与Nexperia紧密交换意见，这是我们电子零部件的供应商之一。此外，我们也在与受影响的客户以及其他供应商、上一环节供应商保持沟通。”
“目前的情况仍对我们构成很大的挑战”，他表示。为降低对生产造成的影响，博世公司也在利用其它供货来源。
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Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore is pushing to redraw the state’s congressional maps, announcing on Tuesday the creation of a commission that will propose new lines ahead of the 2026 midterms.
Moore’s announcement that he’s creating the Governor’s Redistricting Advisory Commission comes a week after Democratic state Senate President Bill Ferguson sent a letter to dozens of state lawmakers declaring “the Senate is choosing not to move forward with mid-cycle redistricting.”
It sets up a clash between the two Democratic leaders in a blue-leaning state where any effort to redraw the map will net a single seat, given that Maryland Democrats already dominate the state’s congressional delegation with seven of its eight U.S House seats. It also comes as Democrats are ramping up their efforts to change maps to match President Donald Trump’s moves to redistrict red-leaning states to net additional seats for Republicans.
“My commitment has been clear from day one — we will explore every avenue possible to make sure Maryland has fair and representative maps,” Moore said in a statement Tuesday. “This commission will ensure the people are heard..”
The commission will be chaired by Maryland Democratic Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, a close ally of Moore’s who he helped get elected to the Senate last year. Moore’s other appointees include Brian Frosh, the state’s former Democratic attorney general who served under former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, and Ray Morriss, the nonpartisan mayor of the city of Cumberland.
The other appointees of the commission include Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones, who has been public about her intent to launch a redistricting push, and Ferguson “or designee.”
In a statement, Ferguson suggested he is open to Marylanders hearing opposing concerns and that following through on a redistricting push could backfire on Democrats and “unintentionally give Donald Trump one or two additional Congressional seats.”
Maryland’s Supreme Court leans conservative with five of the seven justices being appointed by former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, underscoring Ferguson’s concern that future legal battles changing newly created maps may ultimately be detrimental to Democrats.
Moore, considered a potential 2028 presidential candidate, is itching for Maryland to enter the national mid-decade redistricting fight that touched off earlier this year when Trump urged the GOP-controlled Texas Legislature to redraw districts to pick up five seats that favor Republicans ahead of next year's midterms.
Moore himself has characterized what Trump is doing as “nothing more than political redlining,” a reference to the discriminatory housing practice that kept Black Americans out of predominantly white neighborhoods by denying them mortgages.
Ferguson, who is white, in his letter last week also made a racial argument against moving to redraw state lines. He said Maryland, which has a governor, House speaker and attorney general who are all Black, has long fought against racial gerrymandering that was aimed at “diluting” the Black vote. It would be “hypocritical to say that it is abhorrent to tactically shift voters based on race, but not to do so based on party affiliation,” he wrote.
In California on Tuesday, voters take up a ballot measure, Proposition 50, the mid-decade gerrymander that is being led by Gov. Gavin Newsom. If it passes as expected, it would offset the GOP pickups that the Texas redistricting effort created.
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