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Storm Austen batters southern UK; Democrats' agenda

More than eighteen thousand homes in England and Wales are without power, and Storm Boelo is forecast to bring more wind to Scotland on Saturday; the sequel is already booked.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStorm Austen has left thousands without power and disrupted travel across southern England, and more than eighteen thousand homes in parts of England and Wales are dark.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorGusts hit eighty-four miles an hour at Jersey Airport, and Great Western Railway says trees are down across lines in Devon and Cornwall.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThe Met Office says another storm, Boelo, arrives Saturday with a rare twenty-four-hour amber warning for Scotland.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted.

  5. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHighest praise I've ever had.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe New York Times has a look at what Democrats plan to do if they win back Congress.

  7. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThey've campaigned on lowering living costs and holding the Trump administration accountable, and House Democrats are preparing a hundred-days agenda.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIn Spain, a deepfake video of the prime minister's wife from the opposition Partido Popular has sparked outrage a month before the general election.

  9. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe clip carries a disclosure that it was made using AI.

  10. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA fake wife, a real election. Fine.

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