welcome to bbc news, i m mark lobel. our top stories. on the eve of the us mid term elections, democrats and republicans make their closing arguments to american voters. president biden has been addressing the crowds in maryland, while donald trump is in ohio. parted by war we speak to the bride of one ukrainian man still being held prisoner by russia. a stark warning at the opening of the un s climate summit humanity must co operate or perish. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. and why europe s energy crisis is forcing some communities to rethink how they will celebrate christmas.
earlier, i spoke to our us correspondent nomia iqbal. i asked her whether a democrat controlled white house might co operate with a potentially republican controlled congress. that s certainly the hope by president biden and the democrats that they can work together. the moment president biden became president two years ago he made a big point of bipartisanship. he is friends with a lot of republicans so he had made when the ukraine invasion happened, there was a rare glimpse of bipartisanship, because both parties agreed that sending aid to ukraine was a good thing. however, many republican candidates running in a variety of races for the midterm elections who have said that if they win, they will make sure that not one penny goes to ukraine. another thing to think about, the republicans in the house are saying that if they do win the house this week, and the polls suggest they could do, they will more
women volunteers. berliners from both. east and west linked hands and danced around their liberated territory. i and, with nobody to stop them, it wasn t long before the first i attempts were made to destroy the structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian cause for so long, has died. after 17 years of discussion, the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy. women ministers, who have long felt only grudgingly this is bbc news, the latest headlines: president biden has been addressing the crowds
presidents did better than mail, if left leaning did better than right leaning, if young did better than old. if people who got awards for their environmental commitments did better? we found almost nothing seems to make a difference. it s incredibly hard for governments to cut fossil fuel subsidies. they have been 7777 to do for years fighting to do so for years now. they made very little now. they have made very little progress. but there is a silver lining here, a good news part. i think the climate advocates have found a different way to make progress, using a different message. instead of making fossil fuels less subsidised and more expensive for consumers, make renewables cheaper. this is a message that be working 77 be working in 77 be working in the us, seems to be working in the us, with the biden plan that passed in july. with the biden plan that passed injuly. in australia, where the labour party and its
to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump has been speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republicanjd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president biden and the democrats have not done enough to stop migrants and drugs from entering the us across the mexico border. he also told them he will be making a big announcement on the 15th of november at his florida home. he didn t elaborate on what it might be. it all comes down to this. congress could change hands if republicans make a net gain of five in the house of representatives, and a net gain ofjust one in the senate. it s that close. let s get a sense of what things are like on the ground in three key states. in a moment, we ll hear