welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us midterm elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. it s a choice of two very different visions for america. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump has been speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republicanjd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president b
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
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
week for big tech. plus a pre halloween treat as the us economy returns to growth. but inflation s still a nightmare for president biden with midterm elections looming. we start with the world s richest man: billionaire boss of tesla space entrepreneur and now the new owner of twitter. elon musk has now closed his $41; billion takeover of the social media giant ahead of a 5pm deadline set by a us court. and he has moved quickly to sack the company s senior management. it brings to an end a six month long and often bad tempered takeover battle that has raised some big questions about the future of the company. from san francisco here s our technology correspondent james clayton. when elon musk had an offer to buy a twitter accepted in april, he could barely conceal his excitement. but that initial enthusiasm soon began to wane. tech stocks were plummeting and many wondered whether he d paid too much for twitter. mr musk also claimed that twitter was filled with fake
is among several injured in a stabbing in italy which left one person dead. and in sweden, resesarchers say they re close to completing the first crash test dummy based on an average woman. and in sport, england s progress at the men s t20 world cup match looks precarious as rain delays their match against australia in melbourne. the world s richest man, elon musk, has completed his long running £38 billion takeover of the social media company, twitter. the entrepreuner tweeted the bird is freed, in an apparent reference to the deal closing. mr musk also posted a longer statement on twitter, saying he didn t buy the firm to make more money. i did it to try to help humanity, whom i love . there are reports that a number of senior executives have been sacked and escorted out of the company s san francisco headquarters by security. elon musk has previously been critical of twitter s moderation policy. twitter has not yet confirmed the takeover, but an early investor in