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US midterms: Polls show Democrats ahead in battle for Congress

Democrats lead Republicans in national polling ahead of Tuesday's United States midterm elections, with new surveys showing the party gaining ground in several closely contested Senate races as voters express dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump's handling of the economy. With all 435 House of Representatives seats and 35 Senate seats on the ballot, the elections will determine whether Republicans retain control of Congress for the remaining two years of Trump's second term. A RealClearPolling average of surveys conducted through October 30 shows Democrats leading Republicans 52% to 43.1% on the generic congressional ballot, an 8.9-percentage-point advantage. An NBC News survey conducted October 28-30 found Democrats ahead 52% to 45%, while an Emerson College poll conducted October 24-26 put the gap at 10 points. The generic ballot measures nationwide preferences for congressional candidates rather than support in individual districts, meaning a nati...
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Kim Jong Un reveals new 'suicide drones' in North Korea

North Korea has unveiled a new "suicide drone", state media said Monday, with leader Kim Jong Un overseeing a performance test of the weapons, which experts said could have come from Russia. Wearing a cream baker boy hat, Kim was shown beaming as he watched, aided by high-powered binoculars, as the drones blew up targets, images in state media showed. Kim said that "it is necessary to develop and produce more suicide drones", the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, in addition to "strategic reconnaissance and multi-purpose attack drones". Suicide drones are explosive-carrying unmanned drones designed to be deliberately crashed into enemy targets, effectively acting as guided missiles. The nuclear-armed North's growing drone fleet will "be used within different striking ranges to attack any enemy targets on the ground and in the sea", KCNA said. All the drones North Korea tested on August 24 "correctly identified and destroyed the designated targets after flying along different preset routes", it added. Kim also said his country would work towards "proactively introducing artificial intelligence technology into the development of drones". Experts said the drones in the images released by state media looked similar to the Israeli-made "HAROP" suicide drone, Russian-made "Lancet-3" and Israeli "HERO 30". North Korea may have acquired these technologies from Russia, which in turn likely obtained them from Iran -- with Tehran itself suspected of accessing them through hacking or theft from Israel. "The suicide drone that looks similar to HAROP can fly over 1000 km (600 miles)," said Cho Sang-keun, a professor at South Korea's Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. This is a significant threat to South Korea's national security and its critical facilities, added Cho. "They are showing off that they have the ability to hit everything from the tactical level to the strategic level." "Should there be a provocation or an international conflict, the South Korean army would inevitably sustain significant damage from these suicide drones," said Cho. In 2022, Pyongyang sent drones across the border which Seoul's military was unable to shoot down, saying they were too small. In 2023, South Korea launched a drone operation command to better address the growing threat. Pyongyang and Moscow have been allies since North Korea's founding after World War II and have drawn even closer since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine. The United States and South Korea have accused North Korea of providing ammunition and missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

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