and in other news. on the eve of the us midterm elections: democrats and republicans make their closing arguments this is the scene live in the state of maryland, where president biden is due to address the crowds. and bursting at the seams: we meet 72 members of the same familyall living under the same roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this report. in the egyptian desert, world leaders have been gath
to co operate or perish . americans on monday were lining up yet again to buy powerball tickets, dreaming of winning a $1.9 billion lotteryjackpot, that had jumped to a record high after repeated drawings failed to produce a winner. saturday s draw was the 40th in a row without someone winning the top prize, which grows larger each time the jackpot goes unclaimed. to win, a ticket holder must match all six numbers drawn. here are some people hoping for luck. i m going to do charity works, i m going to travel, get to families, get to all the people who need. uh. ..share the wealth. i m going to reassess all the . things i want to do, whether it is travel, buy a house, buy a new car. - certainly give to charities. invest in the community. keep a little for myself of course. spend it! well, i m gonna send that money to a hospital. some money in the hospital in this area here. give most of it away and enjoy the rest of my life and help people enjoy theirs too. what do you think
was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk from helsinki. i m stephen sackur. when vladimir putin launched his invasion of ukraine, he probably didn t consider the impact it would have on another neighbour, finland, but maybe he should have, because after decades of pragmatic coexistence, finland has made a big strategic decision to join nato, to send weapons to kyiv, and to build a big fence along the border with russia to keep russians out. my guest today is the president of finland, sauli niinisto. do finns now see russia as the enemy next door? president sauli niinisto. welcome to hardtalk. thank you. mr president, finland hasjust made a major strategic shift. this country is now prepared to join nato. how big a deal is that? it is, but if you look back, let s say time before.after cold war ended, that s beginning of 90s, we
apparent with energy security. putin s apparent war in ukraine and rising energy apparent war in ukraine and rising energy prices across the world are not a energy prices across the world are not a reason to go slow on climate change not a reason to go slow on climate chance. ., , not a reason to go slow on climate chance. . , change. but there have been some ositive change. but there have been some positive developments change. but there have been some positive developments here - change. but there have been some positive developments here in - change. but there have been some i positive developments here in egypt, an agreement to discuss payments towards the impact of climate change is already having. we will have the latest on the deliberations in egypt. also on the programme. five years after the fire at grenfell tower, which claimed 72 lives, the official public inquiry is drawing to a close. biden rallies the troops for the midterm elections, while trump st
what the world could do to help. also coming up on the programme. just a day to go before the us: control of congress hangs in the balance, as democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. before the us midterms. and we meet the family all 72 of them as we visit the four generations of one indian family living under a single roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 1am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this repor