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More than 100,000 scientists, government officials, business leaders and observers are converging on the Turkish resort city of Antalya for the COP-31 climate conference - later today.

US-mediated talks between Russia and Ukraine are expected to get underway in Abu Dhabi this week.  

The decision follows a deadlocked election result and President Isaac Herzog meeting with representatives from each party.

"They're a pain in the arse to work with," says one David Jones supplier who's grappling with the department store's announcement its going into voluntary administration.

Renniks Group boss Michael Pitt says he doesn't expect David Jones to pay the $16,000 it owes his company, nor cover the $40,000 worth of merchandise and packaging he has sitting in his warehouse. 

We also hear from the union representing retail workers as it plans to up activity to protect staff. 

Then Democrats want to roll back the Trump administrations tariffs, so what impact could the midterms have on...

Our Friday political panel discuss the week that was.

The 188 year old luxury department store announced yesterday that it had been placed in administration, leaving customers, staff and suppliers scrambling.

In a speech in Washington DC overnight, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said his party will try to wind back Mr Trump's tariffs, end the Iran war and limit consumer costs from the data centre boom.

After the Democrats's historic midterm victory, US Vice President JD Vance says changing the country's relationship with Israel is one of four ways Republicans can win back voters.

Tuesday's rate rise — the fifth this year — was not a unanimous decision of the Reserve Bank board, with reports of internal dissent over some of the central bank's forecasting signals.

New Zealand is heading to the polls this weekend, with Prime Minister Christopher Luxon hoping to secure a second term in office.

Counting is still continuing in what's been touted as a "blue-nami" midterms, with Alaskans awaiting results from key races including a bitterly fought US Senate campaign and an open seat for governor.

Humanitarian groups are warning the threat of famine is once again on the horizon in Sudan.

The Democrats have seized control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives following the midterm elections.

We're gonna wrap the big races, hear from a pollster, a former Australian Ambassador to the US, and a Congressman-elect, who flipped a Republican seat blue - completely out out of the blue.

We'll also look at how Republicans are assessing the loss, with the President now admitting the war with Iran may have had something to do with it.

And there's a telling market reaction too that is worth looking at with Carrington Clarke.<...

He's climbed snow-covered mountains, walked through glaciers and journeyed across the oceans.

The Democrats have won control of both the House of Representatives and Senate following the US midterm elections.

State, territory and federal Education Ministers have agreed to restrict the use of generative artificial intelligence in schools.

The midterm elections have produced a so-called blue-nami, with the Democrats taking both the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

In 2023, then BBC journalist Laura Trevelyan and her family apologised to the people of Grenada, acknowledging her wealthy family's involvement in the slave trade.

They're the best thing we've got to try to predict election outcomes, so how did opinion polls measure up to the results we saw come out of America in yesterday's midterm election?

In North Carolina, despite expectations, Democrat Paul Barringer toppled incumbent Republican Brad Knott. 

David Jones has not paid rent to Westfield - where it operates 17 stores - since September.

The Democrats flipped Senate seats in the Republican strongholds of North Carolina, South Carolina, Iowa, Maine, Texas and Kansas.

The National Film and Sound Archives has launched The National Songbook, a new annual initiativecelebrating songs that have helped shape Australia's cultural identity.

The Reserve Bank has hiked interest rates for a fifth time this year, taking the rate to an 18-year high.

The RBA has updated its economic forecasts - revealing it doesn't expect inflation to return to its target band of 2-3% until late next year.

We hear from the Finance Minister and the Shadow Treasurer. 

Then we cross to the US as voters have their say in the mid-term elections. 

Grace Larson's youngest daughter was just a few weeks old when she become very sick, very quickly. Thankfully, her training as a paediatric nurse kicked into gear.

The One Nation MP for Farrer says in regional Australia, there is "a lot of discontent and disenfranchised people."

Katy Gallagher says the government gets "a lot of free advice" about cutting spending, but savings measures aren't supported in parliament.

Interest rates rise for the fifth consecutive time as the Reserve Bank warns inflation will be higher for longer.

The US president's Republican party is fighting to maintain control of the US Congress, with Democrats hoping to gain a majority after today's midterm elections. 

Mr Trump has called these mid-term elections the most important in memory.

Companies across at least seven countries were targeted, potentially opening up a worrying new front in cyber-crime. 

The Shadow Treasurer has pushed back on the suggestion the Coalition is trying to block savings measures.

In Michigan, a shock last-minute endorsement may have tightened the midterm race. 

Sitting Democrat congresswoman Haley Stevens has publicly backing Republican candidate Mike Rogers over her party's own nominee, Abdul El-Sayed.

We also turn to the race in Texas, where a Democrat is threatening the Republican's hold on the state. 

Then over in the Carribean, Prime minister Anthony Albanese is going to raise Australia's recent changes to visa rules for backpackers with the British Prime Minister. 

Bogong Moth numbers were dwindling, but their 2026 migratory journey is getting conservationists excited. 

If you've recently been in touch with your superannuation fund with a complaint — and been dissatisfied with the response — you're not alone.

The Reserve Bank is widely expected to increase interest rates for the fifth time this year later today, in an effort to pull inflation down.

Another hike would likely take the cash rate to 4.85 per cent — the highest level in 18 years.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese set to meet with British Prime Minister Andy Burnham, with a change in backpacker rules on the table.

On the streets of Antigua, protesters continue their call for reparations for historical slavery which some have called the biggest crossroads for the Commonwealth since its creation.

Texas is another key battleground state in the US midterm elections on the verge of an historic shift.