Devastating result of ebola on children. Could you ask the children to raise their hands if theyve been orphaned . After elections in rebelheld areas of ukraine, a new leader is sworn in, but ukraines president says the Peace Agreement has been violated what does that mean . Also, alice is here taking a look at whats happening in business. Youre also focusing on those u. S. Midterms. Absolutely right, because as america stands poised for change at the top, were assessing the current state of the economy and asking what a potential win for the republicans could mean for future fiscal policy. Hello. Midday here in london. Also 12 00 noon in sierra leone and 7 00 a. M. In washington, where the polls for the u. S. Midterms have opened in the last hour. The big question, can the republicans win the six senate seats they need to take control of both houses of congress. If they do, it will mean president obama will find it even harder to push through legislation during his final two years in
To have two men killed. And a miraculous rescue at sea for this fisherman. He survived for two days before being spotted. A warm welcome to the program. The head of the u. N. Mission nighting ebola in west africa has told the bbc he doesnt yet have the resources necessary to defeat the deadly disease. He says more help is urgently needed. He praised contributions from britain, which opened a new ebola center in sierra leone on wednesday. He also said that the United States, china, and cuba had all sent significant numbers of soldiers or medics, but he says its still not enough. Talking to our International Development correspondent mark doyle, whos been giving me this update. The essence of what the u. N. Boss here the essence of what he says is that he doesnt yet have enough resources from the International Community to defeat the disease. He says its working as hard as it can. Has some resources but he doesnt have enough medical workers, enough infrastructure, resources and so on to
Stateless people should have the right to nationality and a passport within ten years. And a hive of activity in england as gardeners attempt to bring back the bees in england. Hello. It will be a nerveracking day for president obama, as polls open on the east coast of the u. S. For the Midterm Elections. They have the power to turn barack obama into whats known as a lame duck president. A leader whose opponents control both the house of representatives and the senate. Well, if the republicans do take control of both houses of congress, the u. S. System means they could block any legislation they want to in the last two years of president obamas term. One of the key Senate Battles is in kentucky, where the democrats there hope to unseat republican mitch mcconnell. If they do, it will be a huge feather in their cap, because hes the man currently tipped to be the new senate leader. To help understand just how important this election is, we have this look at the possible changes to congre
Was scrub land. Now its a lully functions Treatment Center. And we report from lebanon where the groups say theyre protects their families from sunni militants. Hello. Welcome. In the United States, the Republican Party is celebrating after making sweeping gains in the Midterm Elections. They now control both houses of congress. Lets look at the story of the night in numbers. In the senate, republicans have gained seven seats so far taking their total to 52 with alaska still to declare but looking set to go red. The Democratic Party retains 45 seats of 100 seats with two independents. In the house of representatives, the republicans took more seats and retained control of the house. They currently have 243 seats. The Democratic Party at 175. That is a gain of 10 seats so far for republicans. Our washington correspondent has the latest. The high stakes were in the battle for americas a upper house of congress, the u. S. Senate. The results came in and it was clear this wasnt a good nigh
All closing at a record high on the same day for the first time in about 16 years. The big winners were energy and utility stocks. The nasdaq isnt taking part in the party at this point. If he check out the futures this morning, right now you see there are some red arrows. These are modest declines at this point. The dow futures down by 1. 5 points, dow down by 9. 5 points and the nasdaq down by 3. 5 points. Policymakers in europe are expected to stick with current plans keeps rates at record loys. But there is growing disagreement between ecb members and mario draghi. Here at home, two big economic reports to watch this morning. Both of them set to be released at 8 30 eastern time. We have weekly jobless claims seen at dipping at 285,000. Well be getting a first read on Third Quarter productivity and, andrew, ill send it over to you. Lets talk about some Corporate News this morning. Tesla posted better than expected Third Quarter results. Those results driven by record deliveries, but