Democrats retain control of the u. S. Senate in mid term elections. Catherine cortez musto beats. Her trump endorsed rival in nevada. To give the democrats a majority in the upper house of congress. And russia leaves devastation and danger behind in her son, ukraines president warner. That munitions are everywhere. And nearly all infrastructure has been destroyed. Ah hello, im claire richardson. Thank you so much for joining us. A bomb blast in istanbul has killed at least 6 people and wounded dozens more turkeys president has condemned as a terrorist attack and vowed to punish the bombers. This explosion ripped through a crowded pedestrian street near toxins square in the city center. No organisation has yet said it was behind the explosion. Groups including a turk, kurdish separatists and islamist militant how previously targeted a stumble and other turkish cities present at a time, or no one has called it a vile and heinous attack. Or correspondent in istanbul, eulley a han has more