Morning Briefing Tuesday 3rd November

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0:36This is Times Radio's morning briefing on Tuesday, the 3rd of November. I'm Daryl Jackson. The United States says it will bring together delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Abu Dhabi next week. A senior U.S. official says they'll discuss ending Moscow's war against Ukraine, post-war security agreements and de-escalation. William B. Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, told Times Radio this has been expected. They've been talking about this for a couple of weeks, and the expectation is that they're experts, that the Ukrainian experts and the Russian experts and the American experts will get together and try to work out an agreement on how to monitor a ceasefire.

1:17The monitoring of a ceasefire, though, they've actually talked about before, made some progress about six months ago before the Iran war. But the real problem is Putin agreeing to a ceasefire. Polling stations open today in the most hotly contested U.S. midterm elections in decades. The results could influence not only the future of Donald Trump's presidency, but also the war in Iran, international tariffs, aid to Ukraine, the U.S. economy, and to a certain extent, the world economy. Polls point to a good night for the Democrats, with candidates leading in well over the 218 seats needed to flip control of the lower chamber of Congress.

1:56Jerry Baker, Times columnist and co-host of the State of It USA, told Times Radio it could be a political moment. If it is a blue wave, blue tsunami in the parlance of American politics whereby the Democrats win a big majority in the House and take the Senate and win a lot of governorships across the country, that would be a political moment. I think if that happens, it will really change the debate in the Republican Party as the party looks ahead to 2028 and the presidential election there as to what kind of a party it is. The Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, will devise a formal apology for Britain's role in the slave trade.

2:30It comes amid a row that threatened to overshadow the King's tour of the Caribbean. Number 10 says the historic statement would be decided in consultation with the countries and communities most affected. Anne McElvoy, executive editor of Politico, told Times Radio that the risk campaigners will cede on the apology to demand reparations. If I was to put it from Andy Burnham's position, he would say, well, do we feel shame and sorrow about many aspects of that era, and particularly slavery and what was gained in slavery of the backs and the lives of so many people in the past? He said, well, you know, if you feel sorry about it, then say you're sorry.

3:09I mean, that is the way that Andy Burnham, that's where he rolls. And the reports found too many prisoners are being held in unacceptable conditions. Inspectors say overcrowding, poor sanitation, deteriorating infrastructure and long maintenance delays are causing persistent problems across the prison estate, meaning much of it is inadequate. The report analysed the inspections of 40 prisons and almost 6 ,500 prisoner surveys. The government says it inherited a prison system in crisis with crumbling infrastructure. And you can hear more on all of those stories throughout the day on Times Radio.

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