US midterms open as strikes hit Iran and Trump campaigns
Briefing by News4U · First published
DW English reported that polling stations opened at 5 a.m. in Vermont and 6 a.m. in several eastern states for the midterm elections to elect all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats. More than 57 million early ballots were cast in 47 states and Washington DC. The US carried out strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz on the eve of the vote, targeting surface-to-air missile sites, according to an unnamed US official cited by the outlet. Iranian state television reported explosions on Qeshm Island. [1]
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