Six stories to know this Wednesday, US first: Trump's push in Texas, a Fed decision day, Israel's deadlocked count, a deadly train crash in Spain, a claimed Houthi strike on a Saudi refinery and Flávio Bolsonaro's exit from Brazil.
File photoPresident Trump campaigned in Corpus Christi and Lubbock for Republican Ken Paxton, who is in a close Senate race with Democrat James Talarico six days before the midterms.
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File photoThe Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its key rate at 3.75% to 4% when it announces its decision at 11 a.m. PT, with inflation still running well above target.
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File photoWith about 84% of ballots counted, neither Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc nor Gadi Eisenkot's has the 61 seats needed to govern, setting up weeks of coalition talks.
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File photoA high-speed train slammed into the back of a stopped train in Toledo province, south of Madrid. Officials say at least 64 people died and expect the toll to rise.
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File photoYemen's Houthis say they hit Saudi Arabia's Ras Tanura refinery with a missile. Saudi Arabia has not confirmed a hit, and missiles were intercepted over Riyadh.
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File photoThe defeated presidential candidate left Brazil after a Supreme Court justice barred him from leaving, and police canceled his passports. The US says it will grant him a visa.
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