Today, Laura and Joe are looking at what might be in a new deal between the UK and European Union.

An agreement is expected at a summit later this month, and Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been saying he wants a closer relationship with the EU.

Laura has spoken to the EU’s former Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, who warns that the UK cannot pick and choose which elements of the EU’s single market it wants to adopt.

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Democrat Scott Colom has won the US Senate race in Mississippi, delivering a shock victory for the party in a deeply conservative …

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A wave of intense and, at times, unpredictable storms exacerbated by the El Niño weather pattern has killed dozens, shuttered major airports and wiped out crops and infrastructure across a swathe of East Asia.

El Niño is a naturally occurring climate phenomenon in which warm waters pooling in the eastern Pacific and altered wind patterns drive extreme weather events around the world. It happens around every two to seven years, lasting for around a year.

This year’s El Niño, which the UK Met Office has forecast to be the “strongest in living memory”, is likely to last until February or March.

Wild weather is a way of life for people living along the coast in the Philippines, Taiwan, China and Japan but the BBC examines how the last few months have been extraordinary.

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People in Helmand Province might be exhausted and desperate after many years of war and violence.

But every Friday night, they still gather in dimly-lit rooms for a laugh and card games – right under the Taliban’s nose.

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Jim Messina, Democrat strategist and Obama’s former campaign manager gives us the inside track on what Democrats will look for in their next presidential candidate for 2028, and how the race has already started.

Jim Messina and Justin discuss the priorities for a future candidate and why money (and the ability to raise millions) is essential.

We also unpack the results and look at how the Democrats achieved huge midterm gains, and what their priorities should be for Congress.

00:00 The Blue Wave
00:40 Watching the votes come in
02:32 Dems’ historic voteshare
07:35 Staying on message
13:30 Can Dems hold on to their gains?
17:40 How will Trump react?
22:30 The 2028 race

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