It was a scene of carnage in Afghanistan, after twin explosions near Kabul Airport, killed at least 60 people and injured dozens more.
 
 The first blast is thought to have been the work of a suicide bomber, passing among the crowds gathered for more than a week at one of the airport’s main gates, to try to get flights out of the country.

The second was at a nearby hotel. Along with Afghan civilians, 12 US military personnel were killed
 
There had been warnings in recent days that an offshoot of the Islamic State group in the region was planning an attack and ISIS-K has claimed it was behind the bombings.

The Pentagon says evacuation flights will continue, despite the threat of more attacks.

Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lyse Doucet and Secunder Kermani in Kabul, Aleem Maqbool in Washington and security correspondent Frank Gardner.

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British adventurer Karl Bushby has completed his 31,000-mile (50,000 km) journey from South America to Hull in the UK, reuniting with his mother at the family home 28 years after setting off.

In November 1998, the former paratrooper, then aged 29, set off from Punta Arenas, Chile, to complete an unbroken path back home, without breaking two self-imposed rules: not to return to the UK until the end of the journey, and not to use transport to advance.

Bushby said only about 15 of the 28 years were spent walking, with struggles obtaining visas, the 2007 global economic crash and Covid blamed for delays.

He often retreated to Mexico, where costs are low, between stints.

Under the rules he set for his journey, Bushby could not return to the UK to meet his family.

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Iran says it’s ready to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days if the US first fulfils its conditions, such as sanctions relief, on the first day of the process.

Meanwhile ahead of the midterms, US President Donald Trump says the war will soon be over “one way or the other.”

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As Republicans and Democrats make their final pitches to US voters, Justin Webb and Sarah Smith are in Maine. It’s one of the key swing states that will decide if Democrats get control back of the US Senate.

The Americast team go through which states to watch on the night, the stakes in Maine, what happens if Democrats do win back control of Congress and what it all means for Donald Trump.

Plus, why Trump is annoyed with Barack Obama for a Cheesecake factory joke and will Donald Trump accept the election results?

00:00 Maine Senate race
02:20 Progressive Democrats insurgent
06:11 Local versus national issues
10:33 Trump’s Cheesecake Factory
14:50 Republicans focus on ‘woke issues’
16:28 Mistaken identify in Alaska?
20:30 Will Trump accept the result?

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