our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we could soo
temperatures are expected to reach well into the 30s across southern england today a level three heat health alert has been issued for the region on what could be the hottest day of the year england has appointed its first women s health ambassador with the aim of closing the gender health gap president zelensky says ukraine is closer than ever to the eu with senior officials in brussels expected to recommend it as a formal candidate for membership later today. welcome to bbc news. this morning we re looking at the impact of the rising cost of living with the bank of england warning that the increase in the cost of everything we buy and use could hit 11% later this year. the huge rise is being driven in part by events taking place thousands of miles away in ukraine but the pinch is already being felt right here in the uk. it comes as a bbc commissioned survey suggests we re cutting back on food and travel as those price rises hit our household budgets. four thousand
a ceremonial dagger has been found guilty of murder. the founder of the wikileaks website can be sent to the us for trial following the home secretary s approval. he is 14 days to appeal. if the hottest day of the year so far in london. heat warnings are issued. coming up on the film review, come up coming up on the film review, come up with find out with mark kermode s take is on the week s big releases at 5:45 p:m.. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. borisjohnson has arrived in kyiv on his second visit to demonstrate the uk s support for ukraine in the war against russia. he tweeted that it was good to be back in the ukrainian capital; back in the ukrainian capital. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky responded by calling the prime minister our country s great friend and saying that britain had proved that its support was firm and resolute . the ukrainian president has been speaking in the past hours between the talks. translation: we also took our work fur