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Donald Trump, speaking to reporters while travelling to Florida, defended an ad in an Ohio governor's race that uses a mother's claim that her daughter is a liar, calling it fair game and clashing with an NBC reporter over sexual abuse allegations. He said he had not heard Zelensky's claim that Starlink was still not working for Ukraine, said he had spoken to the UK prime minister mostly about North Sea oil and lightly about Iran and Ukraine, and said the US was very close to a trade deal with Mexico and that Canada was working hard on one. He also defended his rally strategy ahead of the midterms, called a Michigan Senate candidate a fake and a jihadist, said Elon Musk had done nothing wrong and should be protected, and referred to a meeting with Catholic representatives. A Sky correspondent said the Q&A ranged across the midterms, the Ramaswamy ad and the uproar it has caused, while the White House was keen to credit Melania Trump with a humanitarian corridor and evacuation in a Ukrainian city, though Ukraine said Zelensky had been in touch with the pope, who spoke to the Russians.

The prime minister, Andy Burnham, warned the UK could face a winter of greater flooding as two named storms were expected to bring disruption over the weekend. Two amber danger-to-life weather warnings were issued as Storm Bulow approached, covering Scotland, northern England and parts of Northern Ireland for tomorrow and Sunday. Thousands were without power in Cornwall after Storm Austin hit the coast, around 250 emergency issues were reported to Cornwall highways, mostly fallen trees, several major roads closed, and there were delays at some airports and on the rail network. A meteorologist described Storm Austin as aggressive, with gusts near 80mph, and said another storm would bring strong winds to northern parts.

The Duchess of Sussex said she was deeply distressed by reports that her father, Thomas Markle, was being investigated over claims he kept child sexual abuse images at his home. She said a 2018 letter made troubling and disturbing allegations against her father and that she had been assured they were being investigated, and that her distance from him was to protect her children; it was reported he strongly denies the allegations. The Metropolitan Police said it was aware of media reports that its royalty and specialist protection command was involved in passing on a letter in 2018 and was making internal inquiries. Later, the US State Department accused Russia of threatening behaviour after a Russian satellite was spotted stalking a commercial satellite providing imagery to Ukraine; experts told Sky News it was the latest example of grey-zone warfare in space, with trackers identifying Cosmos 2612 shadowing the Finnish satellite ICEYE X-36.