good evening, everyone. welcome to a very, very special edition of the reidout, live from the flying saucer draft imporium in ft. worth, texas. we re now just two weeks away from the midterm elections and the stakes could not be higher for the lone star state where everything from school board elections to the race for governor is dominated by the struggle to define what america is and who america stands for. texas is arguably the center of the u.s. culture wars. the red state that might be getting a little less red here and there where the consequences for this year s election are at a fever pitch. this is where the high-stakes abortion conversation we re all having right now began. when texas passed its bounty hunter abortion ban before the supreme court reversed roe v. wade. voting in texas is so restricted and anti-voter laws so effective, folks have dubbed it jim crow 2.0. more books have been banned from school libraries in this state than any other state, and this
the us attorney general merrick garland has accused china of trying to undermine the american justice system, as he announced indictments against thirteen of its nationals. in one case, the department ofjustice accused two chinese intelligence agents of attempted bribery and espionage in america. now on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show: pulling down the past. i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime but they should preserve the history and the memory. ..feeling the heat. . .. we re getting major fires every year now, and multiple ones. oh, my god! ..and up to our knees in an estonian bog. there s a lot there. there s a lot. for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ruled first by the czarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine in february, the government has steered a cour
ill health for the unexpected removal of the former president from a hall during the communist party congress. the news agency said that he insisted on attending the closing ceremony even though he was recuperating then felt unwell. here on bbc news, the travel show. this week on the show: pulling down the past. i believe that the monuments would not give a tribute to the regime but they should preserve the history and the memory. ..feeling the heat. . .. we re getting major fires every year now, and multiple ones. oh, my god! ..and up to our knees in an estonian bog. there s a lot there. there s a lot. for 300 years, on and off, estonia was part of russia. ruled first by the czarist empire, then the soviet union. links between the two are many and deep in fact, around a third of the people here have russian as theirfirst language. but since the invasion of ukraine in february, the government has steered a course very firmly away from its powerful neighbour. there have been
in the rugby league world cup quarter finals. they see off france in bolton and have now played two, won two. we hear how 10 year old quinn became one of the youngest people to conquer scotland s 282 highest mountains. good 282 highest mountains. morning. if you are travell the good morning. if you are travelling the sunday morning, bear in mind there are heavy, thundery downpours out there moving northwards through the day. some sunshine as well. all the day. some sunshine as well. all the details coming up. it s sunday 23rd october. our main story: as the deadline to enter the contest to replace liz truss draws closer, two of the likely contenders borisjohnson and rishi sunak have held private talks. neither have publicly declared they are entering the race, but the bbc s tally indicates that mr sunak has already received the backing of at least 128 mp5. that s significantly more than the 100 needed to enter the ballot, which closes tomorrow afternoon. our political cor
it s time for the weather. heavy rain, thunder and lightning. you can see this band of thundery rain rain. already, we are starting to see some heavy showers pushing into south west england. they will track north and east words this afternoon. he rain lingering through northern ireland, into southern scotland. mild wherever you are, 14-18 c. two scotland. mild wherever you are, 14 18 c. two bands of rain overnight, the first pushing northwards across scotland and weakening. further heavy showers are spiralling around an area of low pressure moving eastwards across england. temperatures widely in double figures, but some gusty winds expected across the channel coasts. showers are clear away from the east coast, some sunshine following behind. furthershowers coast, some sunshine following behind. further showers piling in from the west. a day of sunshine and showers. temperatures between 14-18 c. hello, this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. the headlines. the former chancellor r