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BBC News with Neil Nunes.
A Democratic congresswoman from Michigan has endorsed the Republican candidate in the U.S. state's hard-fought Senate election. Haley Stevens has backed Mike Rogers rather than her own party's Abdul El-Sayed. We get more from Nada Tawfik. We have been speaking with voters all day long who were just as stunned by this move by Haley Stevens a few days before the election when this is such a critical seat for Democrats in their fight to retake the Senate. And we have seen a flurry of reaction from top Democrats, not just in Michigan, but in Washington as well. The Democratic leader Chuck Schumer in the Senate also trying to portray the party as united. And we have heard from Haley Stevens' own staff, including her chief of staff, who said that many have resigned because they don't want to see the sowing of discord right before the election. The Ukrainian Air Force has warned that its Air Alert app is likely to have been compromised. On Sunday evening, Ukrainians using the app received false notifications about a radiological threat, a chemical attack, and even a message about possible street fighting in Kyiv. There have also been reports that air raid sirens sounded unnecessarily in streets across the country. Meanwhile, a temporary ceasefire in the Ukrainian city of Oleshky has come to an end. The city has been under Russian occupation since 2022. Abdujalil Abdurasulov has more. This was the first time since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion that a ceasefire regime held for so long. During six days, guns went silent and drones were grounded. The fighting is likely to resume in Oleshky as both sides accuse each other of using the spirit to strengthen their forces at the frontline. And yet, this humanitarian mission has sparked some optimism. Officials in Kyiv say that it can lead to systemic solutions and pave the way for further steps in the peace process. But as it was explained by Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin's spokesperson, the Kremlin sees such operations as separate from the peace process. The Italian driver Kimi Antonelli has become the youngest world champion in the history of Formula 1 after finishing third at Sunday's Mexico Grand Prix. The 20-year-old, who races for Mercedes, has won nine Grands Prix this season. He paid tribute to his team and family. "Yeah, we did it, we did it. And you know, without Demi, I wouldn't be here without Mercedes, without my family. So I'm very grateful for this moment. And it's one that will live forever. And I just, I'm speechless, I'm trying to process what has just happened." Kimi Antonelli. This is the latest world news from the BBC. Israel's President Isaac Herzog has urged the country's rival party leaders to show flexibility in coalition negotiations to form the next government following Tuesday's inconclusive election results. The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right coalition won 53 seats, five more than Gadi Eisenkotz' block, while the Israeli-Arab parties won a record 19 seats. A private plane has crashed in a residential area in Florida, killing all nine people on board. The aircraft, a Learjet 60, was on its way to the Bahamas after taking off from Texas when it nosedived in Palm Beach County, bursting into flames as it hit the ground. The impact has left a deep crater in a road. In Bulgaria, the pro-Kremlin presidential candidate Iliana Yotova has won the country's runoff election. Ms. Yotova, who's been interim president since January, said her opponent Andrey Gyurov had called to congratulate her on her victory. Mr. Gyurov, a former caretaker prime minister, has said that he accepted the results as they stood. Juan Atkins, the [for] American music producer and DJ who pioneered the electronic music genre Detroit techno, has died. He was 64. Paddy Maguire has this report. Born in 1962, Juan Atkins joined forces with two junior high school friends, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, in the mid-1980s. Their work as the Belleville Three established Detroit as a key creative center for electronic music. Atkins' machine-led rhythms blended with futuristic atmospheres were influenced by groups as diverse as Kraftwerk, Parliament and Depeche Mode. His early track "No UFOs" is credited with bringing Detroit techno to the European underground. He's reported to have been found unresponsive in his hotel room on Saturday, ahead of a performance in Mexico City. BBC News. |