Top 10 world news: Democrats retain control of US senate, Istanbul blast and more

In the latest,the final picture regarding who wins control of the Senate seems to be favouring the Democrats in the US. In Turkiye, an explosion in central Istanbul has wreaked havoc with at least sixdead and several others wounded. In other news, King Charles III led Remembrance Day as sovereign. Meanwhile, the co-founder of Indian startup, Dream11, has offered jobs to many who were fired from Twitter and Meta as part of mass layoffs.

Click on the headlines to read more.

Nearly five days after the midterm elections closed in the US, the final picture regarding who wrestles control of the Senate finally seems to have cleared. In aremarkable outcome that defiesallpredictions of a Republican victory in both houses of the Congress,US media network projections have called the electoral race in Nevada in favour of Democrat leader Catherine Cortez Masto, paving way for Democrat control over the Senate again in 2023.

Most households in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson are still without electricity and water as utility companies struggle to repair crucial infrastructure damaged and mined by departing Russian forces, regional officials said on Sunday.

At least 11 people have been injured and at least one dead in an explosion that occurred in central Istanbul on Sunday, according to local reports. Videos circulating on social media showed multiple people on the ground amid bomb wreckage.The video shows the arrival of the ambulance and police.

In his first Remembrance Sunday ceremony as king, Charles III laid a wreath in memory of the country's and the Commonwealth's war dead, while the UK'snew prime leader, Rishi Sunak praised Ukraine's defenders. In the past, the 73-year-old king filled in for his unwell mother Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in September at the age of 96.

Former Israel prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was on Sunday (November 13) formally handed the mandate to form a new government. He pledged that he would seek national consensus. Netanyahu is back in power corridors after an election that saw Jewish far-rightists surging. This has caused worry at home and abroad.

Natasa Pirc Musar, the candidate with the highestchance of becoming Slovenia's first female president is a lawyer who has collaborated with former US President Donald Trump's wife, Melania Trump.Pirc Musar is running against seasoned conservative

Recently, there has been an unprecedented number of mass layoffs across the world, including in big tech companies like Twitter and Meta which also announced that they fired thousands of people in the past few weeks. This has affected many, including Indians who form a large chunk of the workforce in the US’ Silicon Valley.

WATCH |PM Shehbaz Sharif meets Nawaz in London, delays return to Pakistan

WATCH | US: Founder of crypto trading firm FTX was Democrats second biggest donor

WATCH |India to double its trade with Russia, sharp rise in Russian crude imports

WATCH WION LIVE HERE: