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Trump blames Iran war for midterm defeat
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President Trump said it was "largely true" that the Republicans' defeat in the US midterm elections was because of the war on Iran. The Vice-President, JD Vance, went further, suggesting the political fallout from the conflict wasn't worth it. We'll also have the latest on the Senate race in Alaska, in which a winner has yet to be declared. Also: tens of thousands of secret police files are released in Hungary. A Hong Kong activist is sentenced to 10 years in prison. And there's outrage in Denmark after a man was tricked into being filmed for a reality TV show. <...
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I'm Celia Hatton, and in the early hours of November the 5th, these are our main stories. President Trump has acknowledged the US war in Iran was largely to blame for the Republicans' defeat in the US midterm elections. His vice president, J.D. Vance, has questioned whether it had been worth the cost.
A pro-democracy activist in Hong Kong has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for breaking China's national security law. Also in this podcast… These traumas should not be hushed up or swept under the carpet.
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