Simon Marks

The dust is still settling in the US mid-term elections - joining Nathan Rarere with the fallout is our correspondent in Washington, Simon Marks. Audio

Let's head to the United States now where the mid-term elections are well underway. The pollsters have the Republicans slightly ahead in most key races, so are the House and Senate turning red? Who… Audio

The United States is counting down to the midterm election day tomorrow. 

Polling analysis by data journalism site FiveThirtyEight gives Republicans a 55% chance of winning the senate and an 83%… Audio

US President Joe Biden and former president Barack Obama both hit the campaign trail in Pennsylvania this weekend to stump for their fellow Democrats ahead of the midterm elections on Wednesday.

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Polls for the midterm elections close on November 8 but the parties are bringing out the big guns Latest figures from NBC show more than 40 million people have already voted. Joining Nathan Rarere is… Audio

The 82-year-old husband of the US House of Representatives speaker remains in hospital after an intruder hit him in the head with a hammer.

The suspect reportedly shouted "where's Nancy" during the… Audio

Mikhail Gorbachev, the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union has died in Moscow at the age of 91.

He was a titan on the world stage - a young reformer who wowed the west with his promises to… Audio

The US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, has landed in Taiwan, despite warnings by China.

Pelosi is on a tour of Asia, and while Taiwan is not an official stop on the tour, she had been widely… Audio

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has now left for her tour of Asia - but it's not yet known whether that will include a visit to Taiwan.

Pelosi is set to visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea… Audio

Former US President Donald Trump focused on law and order in his first speech in Washington since leaving office, calling the country a "cesspool of crime".

This comes as his role in the 6… Audio

The committee investigating the US Capitol riots is providing an inside look into Trump's circle of election deniers, and their ties with extremist groups on 6 January.

Washington correspondent Simon… Audio

To the US now where they're still coming to terms with yet another mass-shooting. Just over 24 hours ago, attendees of a 4th of July parade in a suburb of Chicago were targeted from the roof tops by… Audio

A surprise hearing by the US Congressional Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots has been taking place this morning with some extraordinary testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson who was a… Audio

To the United States, where some states have already made it illegal for a woman to get an abortion, with clinics forced to close their doors and women needing treatment to cross state lines to get… Audio

Day 4 of the United States House Select Committee public hearings into the January 6 Insurrection kept piling up the evidence against Donald Trump and his team. To take us through the biggest talking… Audio

A hearing into the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas last month has heard police arrived earlier and with more firepower than previously reported.

Police were outside the school building for a… Audio

The second installment of the public hearings by the committee investigating the 6 January insurrection took place earlier this morning.

It showed the former president Donald Trump was clearly told… Audio

The special committee investigating the 6 January US Capitol riot is promising new evidence which will prove former President Donald Trump was at the heart of the attack.

The panel is holding its… Audio

Survivors and the family of victims of recent mass shootings in the United States have given emotional testimonies before lawmakers at a hearing on gun violence.

Among those speaking was a student at… Audio

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced plans to freeze gun ownership.

It would not ban handguns, but it would make it illegal to buy or sell them.

The move comes as a group of… Audio