Berkshire Hathaway’s Quarterly Profit Falls After Investment Gains Shrink

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Berkshire Hathaway posted a 28 percent decline in quarterly net income after investment gains slumped and its insurance operations reported lower profits.

Florida Republicans survived the blue wave but remain on shaky ground. The report says voters in the Sunshine state selected two close allies of Donald Trump for office: Congressman Byron Donalds as the state’s first Black governor and Ashley Moody to the U.S. Senate.

A £10 million play and leisure center called Gympanzees near Bristol will open, the first UK site designed specifically for disabled children who cannot use regular playgrounds.

Reporting in this segment

• Berkshire Hathaway’s Quarterly Profit Falls After Investment Gains Shrink · Wall Street Journal
• Florida Republicans survived the ‘blue wave’, but find themselves on shaky ground · The Guardian
• ‘Life-changing’: parents welcome £10m UK play centre for disabled children · The Guardian

World

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Turning now to world news.

In Sudan, parents are struggling to feed their children as war, poverty and climate change push child malnutrition higher.

Theo is up next with a look at Africa's deep past.

Reporting in this segment

• Sudan war and climate change see parents struggle to feed their children · Al Jazeera

Business & Tech

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Thanks, Elena. I'm Theo, with business and technology.

Scientists are still tracing how the Bantu expansion changed Africa, using genetic and archaeological evidence to map how Bantu speakers spread across much of the continent.

Here's Ivy with the weather.

Reporting in this segment

• The Bantu expansion changed Africa. Scientists are still tracing how. · Ars Technica

Weather

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Thanks, Theo.

Here’s how today is shaping up across the country. The National Weather Service has freeze warnings for parts of Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, and a flood warning for parts of Florida. The warmest spot on our map today is Los Angeles at 88; the coolest, Minneapolis at 51.

That's the weather. Back to you, Elena.

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