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1. First polls close in midterm elections that will shape Trump's final 2 years in office

   

2. Parts of small plane that crashed in South Florida found as far as 6 km from where it came down

   

   Investigators have found part of the tail of the jet that crashed in South Florida over the weekend more than a kilometre from the crater caused when the aircraft made impact.

3. Trump claims U.S. will halt $4B US funding to Israel at end of 2026, as midterms underway

   

   U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he made a deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would stop $4 billion US in annual funding to Israel after this year, but will still sell weapons to its close Middle East ally.

4. Dozens still missing in Russian, guided-bomb attack that killed more than 30 in southern Ukraine

   

   Rescuers in southern Ukraine continued an intense search Tuesday for survivors at a bombed-out aid facility and shelter where at least 31 people were killed and dozens were still missing.

5. Putin pushes the myth of Russian invincibility, seemingly to set his terms for peace

   

   When Russian President Vladimir Putin recently declared that inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia is "unrealistic," it may have sounded like standard wartime bravado. But he might also be thinking ahead to a diplomatic endgame in Ukraine.