november the 5th, i m alex velshi, there are only three days left of 2020 midterms, said to be one of the most important consequential elections in modern history. not only is control of both chambers of congress up for grabs, but the integrity of future elections will be decided by a number of key races this year. that is because the majority of republicans running for congress in statewide office, 291 of them according to the washington post, about the question or flat out lied about the legitimacy of the results of the 2020 elections. and many of them are likely to win. those candidates are largely sycophants of the twice impeached insurrectionist ex president donald trump. who have either been diluted by his big lie about a stolen election that never happened, or simply repeat the big lie for their own political benefit. it is a dangerous lie, that is already led to an insurrection at the seat of our government, and i have this year s midterm elections, election officials
of a police car causes shock and anger. real madrid win the champions league final, after a 1 0 victory over liverpool in paris. the spanish football side take the title for a record fourteenth time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stade de france. the cannes film festival awards have been announced. it has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. russian forces in action in eastern ukraine, where they re ma
for a record fourteenth time. the kick off was delayed by 30 minutes, as police used tear gas on some fans struggling to get into the stade de france. more than 60 people were arrested. and the top prize at this year s cannes film festival has been awarded to sweden s ruben 0stlund. his movie, triangle of sadness received the palme d or, for outstanding film. the leaders of france and germany have made a joint appeal to president putin to hold serious talks with the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, as russia claims to have made strategically significant gains. ukraine has warned it may have to withdraw from severodonetsk, the easternmost city it still controls. it comes as the russian ambassador to the uk told the bbc that moscow will not use tactical nuclear weapons in the battle for ukraine. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. russian forces in action in eastern ukraine, where they re making advances. moscow says its forces have captured the t
As Iraqi Forces Continue to fight so called Islamic State in mosul, we have a Special Report from the frontline. To fight here is out extremely close quarters. The iraqi troops tell us that the nearest Islamic State base is just 15 metres away the fight here is at. After a thrilling and chaotic race red bulls Daniel Ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. We ta ke we take a look at the latest transformers film. We will get Mark Kermodes thoughts on that and other Film Releases in the film review. That evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Good more tower blocks across england, have failed Safety Checks on cladding, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25 local Authority Areas have now been checked, and the results show a 100 failure rate, in meeting fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged to send samples in for testing more quickly, with more than 500 other buildings nationwide, still to be checked. Duncan kennedy reports.
As Iraqi Forces Continue to fight so called Islamic State in mosul, we have a Special Report from the frontline. To fight here is out extremely close quarters. The iraqi troops tell us that the nearest Islamic State base is just 15 metres away the fight here is at. After a thrilling and chaotic race red bulls Daniel Ricciardo wins the azerbaijan grand prix. We ta ke we take a look at the latest transformers film. We will get Mark Kermodes thoughts on that and other Film Releases in the film review. That evening and welcome to bbc news. Good evening. Good more tower blocks across england, have failed Safety Checks on cladding, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. 60 high rise buildings in 25 local Authority Areas have now been checked, and the results show a 100 failure rate, in meeting fire safety standards. Local councils are being urged to send samples in for testing more quickly, with more than 500 other buildings nationwide, still to be checked. Duncan kennedy reports.