CCTV, zip ties and election watchers: How US mail-in votes are secured and counted
BBC Verify goes to an election centre to get a behind-the-scenes look at how mail-in ballots for the US midterm elections are processed.
Category: World
Syrians struggle with soaring prices as crisis challenges post-Assad recovery
End of subsidies and rising prices drive discontent, testing support for Ahmed al-Sharaa’s government.
Democrats have an identity crisis – it won’t be an easy fix
Whatever the result of the midterm elections, the party is facing tough questions over what they stand for and who should represent them.
A first-time World Series winner, and a luxury cruise goes horribly wrong: The news quiz
A federal agency’s employees get doxxed, the NFL announces this season’s Super Bowl halftime performer, and DoorDash swallows up some competition.
Democrats in key battlegrounds throw Joe Biden under the bus on the border
Democratic candidates in 2026 battleground races are criticizing Joe Biden’s handling of border security, seeking to neutralize a political vulnerability.
RSF senior commander defects, accusing Sudan group’s leadership of nepotism
In exclusive footage obtained by Al Jazeera, Siddiq Ander describes RSF as a ‘purely family-based project’.
Are Houthis using Russian satellites as Saudi Arabia fends off strikes?
Analysts say the seizure of state arsenals, external backing and extensive military evolution has helped the Houthis.
Hakimi’s hat-trick guides PSG to stunning 5-1 win at Le Havre in Ligue 1
European champions PSG registered their sixth league victory and sit two points clear at top of the Ligue 1 standings.
Spain train disaster clouds Sánchez chances of re-election
The Spanish PM is hit by a succession of crises just weeks before a snap general election.
Pope Leo XIV becomes first pontiff to vote in a US election
The Chicago-born pontiff, who has a tense relationship with Trump, mailed in a ballot for the midterm elections that will decide control of the US
China denies allegations of spy operation targeting Nvidia CEO
US intelligence officials believe a Chinese businesswoman was gathering information for Beijing on the US chip-making giant, The New York Times reports.
What’s at stake for Trump in the US midterms?
Anthony Zurcher explains how the results of the midterm elections could reshape the rest of Trump’s presidency.
Mohammed Deif, rare footage and October 7 documents
Rare footage obtained by Al Jazeera offers a look at the life of former Hamas military commander, Mohammed Deif.
Trump tells voters to send El-Sayed ‘back to where he came from’
Speaking at a campaign rally, Tweety McTreason told voters to send Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed ‘back to where he came from’.