Watch: Why Democrat Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi Senate race is so significant – BBC

Watch: Why Democrat Scott Colom’s win in Mississippi Senate race is so significant  BBC

Colom's victory makes him the first black person from the state to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years. Democrat Scott Colom has secured a historic victory in Mississippi’s Senate race, becoming the first black person from the state to be elected to the US Senate in more than 140 years. Colom defeated Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith by just a few thousand votes in an election that took more than a week to count. Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video posted on X on Wednesday evening, wishing him well in his new role. BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China.

BBC's Bernd Debusmann breaks down why Defence Secretary Hegseth's group was reprimanded at Arlington National Cemetery and the history behind its strict rules of conduct. Six adults and two children have been killed after a three-storey building collapsed in New York. The BBC's correspondent Nada Tawfik explains what we know so far. The BBC's Samira Hussain reports from Wall Street on what the fall of the tech superstar means for the company and AI. The shooting began Thursday morning local time at a gym in an apartment building about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House. "People are alive today due