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Go beyond the headlines with Reuters on the stories shaping the day. Subscribe for $1/week. Daily Briefing By Kate Turton Hello. Today's main story is of course the US midterms. From the latest news — Trump faces a midterm verdict with control of Congress at stake — to all the results as they come in, we have you covered. Plus, war widens in the Black Sea in a test of NATO red lines. US Midterms   The US Capitol on the day of the US midterm elections in Washington, DC. REUTERS/Daniel Heuer  American voters will deliver a verdict on the first two years of President Donald Trump's second term in today's midterm elections, with polls and nonpartisan analysts favoring Democrats to wrest the House from Republicans while control of the Senate remains uncertain. The rising cost of living will be top of mind for Americans as they head to the polls, according to the results from a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,765 US adults conducted nationwide. Here are eight other things they are worried about. Listen to the Reuters World News podcast as editor Scott Malone walks us through the key Senate battlegrounds, from South Carolina to Alaska, and the results that will give an early indication of which way the night is going. If you haven't yet, sign up for our US politics newsletter. This week it will feature two editions. Acting on the eve of the US midterm elections, the Supreme Court quickly rejected a Trump administration bid to temporarily block California from counting mail-in ballots from more than 20,000 registered voters who federal officials allege are likely non-US citizens. Prediction markets rose to prominence in ⁠2024 when they bucked traditional opinion polls in signaling that Donald Trump would win the presidency. The platforms allow traders to buy and sell "yes" or "no" contracts on an array of race outcomes and variables, and there is more than $1.4 billion wagered on the midterms, according to the platforms and industry research. In other news US intelligence sharing on Iran and other global threats with Congress and across the federal government has slowed and, in some cases, temporarily stopped during Trump's second term. Read our exclusive. A hacking attack on European supermarkets spread across the continent, hitting fridges and freezers from Sweden to Belgium and forcing stores to throw away food in an incident that echoed a similar attack in France last month. Is your fridge safe from hackers? Unabating attacks show how the escalating maritime war between Russia and Ukraine is expanding into a major ‌challenge for NATO in the Black Sea that has left coastal member states such as Romania and Bulgaria exposed. Iran and the United States are far from reaching a deal to end the war, a senior Iranian official told Reuters, despite heightened diplomatic efforts to prevent a potential return to active conflict after the US midterm elections. Business & Markets   Financial markets are struggling under the weight of wars, soaring sovereign debt and trade tensions, with signs of trouble showing across the world — from the selloff in Japanese and French bonds to plunging emerging-market currencies. Now, the one trade that helped investors remain optimistic is starting to show cracks as well. Asset outflows from Binance have normalised and the company was in "very strong financial health," its co-CEO said, as North Korea dismissed as "absurd rhetoric" US allegations that it was behind a $6.3 billion cryptocurrency heist on its platform. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Washington will suspend South Africa and Rwanda from its flagship duty-free trade program for sub-Saharan Africa, a move that would hit exports including South African auto parts, wine and Rwandan coffee. Here's what it means for the two countries.  A critical imbalance remains in the labor market with women still occupying less than a third of management roles, a global survey by the UN ⁠labour body showed. Brussels persuaded Beijing to cap exports of hybrid autos at 350,000, easing pressure on a key industry. Is it a model for future deals? On this episode of The Big View podcast, Sam Lowe of Flint Global tells Peter Thal Larsen why Chinese negotiators have good reasons to seem reasonable. Musk’s pay under a SpaceX-Tesla merger: voting control, but no $1 trillion payday   Elon Musk in Washington DC. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo Elon Musk’s recent super-sized pay packages at SpaceX and Tesla were centered on some eye-popping goals: creating a 1 million-person human colony on Mars, putting a million robotaxis on the road and selling a million humanoid robots. A merger combining Musk’s trillion-dollar rocket and electric vehicle firms would mean he might not ever need to meet those lofty targets to achieve his ultimate goal: control over his corporate empire. Read more And Finally... Keira Knightley in Paris. REUTERS/Abdul Saboor/File Photo  "Black Doves" may be packed with assassins and high-octane ‌action sequences, but the joy of the Netflix spy thriller lies in its blend of humour and morally complex characters, Keira Knightley said. Speaking against a backdrop of fireworks over London's skyline, actor Knightley told Reuters, "It's meant to be fun, it's meant to be ridiculous, but it equally has these really interesting characters who are morally very complicated." Read more   Sponsors are not involved in the creation of newsletters or other Reuters news content. Advertise in this newsletter or on the Reuters website   Reuters Daily Briefing is sent 5 days a week. Think your friend or colleague should know about us? 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