hello and welcome to bbc world news. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics have all chosen to head for the key battleground state of pennsylvania. later on saturday, donald trump will be holding a prime time rally but within the past hour, not one but two democratic presidents, barack obama and joe biden, have been holding a joint rally in philadelphia. they re trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman. he s up against republican mehmet oz, who s been endorsed by donald trump. president biden laid out his message that this is a defining moment for us democracy. let s have a listen. this isn t referendum this year, it s a choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it s in our blood butjohn and i believe it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the be
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cannot change the tide of the war in favour of russian necessarily. of course they are causing a heavy cost to ukrainians. what i see more important in this exporting drones to ukraine is more political and international security dimension of that. i run to signal it is notjust it mode power it is a first time it is intervening in you to the and show the western alliances it has capability and it can impact be on the region in the middle east. it is not the only seer that iran can exert power. and that is probably how iranians are justifying looking at their export of the drone. they are looking for more leverage over europe and the us in this drone export. haw leverage over europe and the us in this drone export. in this drone export. how does that analysis in this drone export. how does that analysis it in this drone export. how does that analysis it with in this drone export. how does that analysis it with comments j that analysis it with comments we ve heard from the iranian
the shahed 136 drones in question are known as kamikaze drones, named after the japanese suicide pilots in world war ii because of the way they are completely destroyed on impact. and their impact has been devastating. in just the last month, a third of ukraine s power stations have reportedly been destroyed. as a consequence, rolling blackouts and restrictions on electricity have been imposed, just as winter arrives. the us, eu and uk have all imposed sanctions on iran but some analysts believe iran s leaders are willing to accept this punishment as part of a broader geopolitical strategy. it wants to show to the western alliances that it has the capability and it can impact beyond the region in the middle east. they are looking for leverage over europe and the us from this drone export. iran has claimed that it won t remain indifferent if there is irrefutable