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Radio 4,30 Oct 2026,45 mins

Campaigning intensifies ahead of Tuesday’s US midterm elections

The World Tonight

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James Coomarasamy reports from Pennsylvania as Rust Belt voters focus on the economy. Midterm elections are often viewed as a referendum on the party in power – so what verdict might next week’s deliver? James speaks to workers, Republicans and Democrats ahead of votes that will determine who controls Congress during Donald Trump’s last two years in power. Also in the programme: Cryptocurrency giant Binance attempts to recover $6.3bn stolen in a hack linked to North Korea. And we visit the British Library’s new exhibition ‘Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery’.

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