The World Today

Department store David Jones has entered voluntary administration today after selling clothes and homewards to Australians for close to two centuries.

The Democrats have won control of the US House and Senate in the midterm elections after historic wins in some seats.

The Reserve Bank is tipped to raise Australia's cash rate to the highest level in 18-years.

Australian house prices have fallen for a seventh consecutive month with the speed of the decline tracking at the fastest pace seen over the past four decades. 

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson has had her jail term increased to life in prison without parole.