Sky News Today With Matt Barbet

Storm Bulow left thousands of homes without power across northern England, with Electricity Northwest saying it had restored supplies to 30,000 homes while working to reconnect 22,000 more. The broadcast reported strong winds and gusts of up to 80 mph in exposed coastal areas, including Troon in Scotland. Luis Ramirez of Flood People UK said more Atlantic storm systems could follow, that flood warnings and some coastal flooding had been seen in Scotland, and that he wanted a more proactive government strategy on climate adaptation, insurance and housing risk.

Voters in Israel were reported to be going to the polls on Tuesday in the first election since the October 7 attacks in 2023 and the subsequent conflicts in Gaza and with Iran and Hezbollah. A report from Kafr Qasim focused on Palestinian citizens, who account for one in six voters, and said many feel stigmatised by Benjamin Netanyahu's government and affected by under-investment and police indifference. It also described the Joint List's hope of winning 10 seats and leader Yousef Jabareen's openness to an unprecedented deal to keep Netanyahu out of power, alongside Ra'am's first Jewish candidate, Yoav Segalovitz, who said he hoped to be a bridge between Jewish and Arab society.

Ahead of the US midterms on 3 November, the broadcast reported that the elections would decide control of Congress, with 35 Senate seats and all 435 House seats up for election and Republicans currently holding majorities in both chambers. It said the stakes were high for Donald Trump amid the war with Iran, rising diesel prices and falling popularity, and that he had floated a $5,000 "Trump dividend" for every adult citizen if Republicans won. The report set out how Congress works, noted that presidents' parties often lose midterms, and said a Democratic win could allow investigations or impeachment, while Trump might not accept defeat.