this is bbc news, the headlines. moscow says it s pulling its troops out of the ukrainian city of kherson. it s the only provincial capital russia has managed to capture since the start of its invasion. but over the past weeks, ukraine has been conducting a counter offensive to push the occupiers out of the area. presidentjoe biden has described tuesday s mid term elections as a good day for democracy, and that voters had spoken clearly about their concerns. republicans are expected to take control of the house of representatives but mr biden said a giant red wave did not happen , as had been predicted. the iranian football authorities says they re planning disciplinary action after a beach soccer player made an apparent gesture of solidarity with ongoing anti government protests during a game in dubai.
this is bbc news, the headlines. moscow says it s pulling its troops out of the ukrainian city of kherson. it s the only provincial capital russia has managed to capture since the start of its invasion. but over the past weeks ukraine has been conducting a counter offensive to push the occupiers out of the area. presidentjoe biden has described tuesday s mid term elections as a good day for democracy, and that voters had spoken clearly about their concerns. republicans are expected to take control of the house of representatives but mr biden said a giant red wave did not happen as had been predicted. one of the world s largest cryptocurrency exchanges binance has pulled out of a deal to acquire its struggling rival ftx. binance had signed a non binding agreement to cover a shortage of financial liquidity, but it now
lost, and said we lost, that s a big deal, you know, i really mean it, you know, tuesday was a good day for america, a good day for democracy, and it was a strong night for democrats. [ cheering ] for months and months, all of you heard from the press and the pundits, it was the democrats who are facing a disaster. remember that? and all of those polls, all of those polls, god love them, you know, historic losses were on the way, giant red wave, folks, that didn t happen. you know, we were talking backstage here, before we came out, each of us crisscrossing the country, all four of us, and we re saying, we came back and said i don t know what they re talking about. no, no, no i m serious, the overwhelming response that we were getting and the fact that even those folks who may not like me and may not like somebody, but they agree with it, and they thought what we
democracy, and it was a strong night for democrats. [ cheers and applause ] for months and months, all of you heard from the press and the pundits well, the democrats are facing a disaster. remember that? and all those polls, all those polls, god love them. you know. [ laughter ] historic losses around the way, a giant red wave. folks, that didn t happen. you know, we were talking backstage here before we came out. each of us, crisscrossing the country, all four of us and we were saying we would come back and say, i don t know what they re talking about. no, no, no. i m serious. the overwhelming response we were getting, and the fact that even those folks who may not like me or may not like somebody, but they agree with other agenda. they thought what we re doing, you know [ applause ] by the way, all the democrats
now. 50/50, the split. then you have the possibility of a long shot in new hampshire with don bolduc. then the control of the senate is changed. you have the possibility of in washington state smiley a candidate out there changes the control of the u.s. senate. let s just say for the sake of argument that there is this giant red wave and they do pick up arizona, they do pick up, georgia, pennsylvania, new hampshire, and where else, colorado. look at that. that s the most. 56-44. the giant red wave takes action and this is where the toss-ups are. one of the most contested races in the country is in pennsylvania. republican mehmet oz has used the economy as a hammer against llieutenant governor john fetterman. over the weekend joe biden may have inadverb tently hurt