The women who rode the blue wave

• In this edition, we report on how the US midterms, which saw the Democrats make massive gains, also marked a series of historic firsts for women.
• Also the dark side to Bangkok's booming fertility industry, which attracts thousands of foreign patients seeking assistance from the Thai capital's state-of-the-art private clinics.
• Plus how an impoverished neighbourhood in El Salvador, once a no-go zone