voters here in the united states welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. tonight we re focusing on democracy, as israel holds its fifth round of elections in four years and benjamin netanyahu may be on the verge of a comeback, while in braziljair bolsonaro still hasn t conceded that he narrowly lost the presidency to lula da silva. and here in the us, it s a week to go until the midterm elections, and in the state of arizona, which donald trump narrowly lost in 2020, republican candidates running for state wide office won t admit that mr trump was defeated. our north america correspondent john sudworth reports from arizona. arizona s rugged landscapes speak to its place on america s old wild west frontier. today, though, it is the politics that is wild. some of the most corrupt elections we ve ever seen. with the state at the vanguard of the republican party s stolen election claim. you re across the pond and you think you know about our election. let mejus
ukraine is continuing, despite a claim from wagner mercenaries that they were in control of the town. mp andrew bridgen is susupended from the conservative party after appearing to compare covid 19 vaccines with the holocaust. good afternoon. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. managers are warning the impact is likely to be worse than last month s stoppage, because now call handlers are also on strike. the prime minister says it s terrifying people don t know what will happen if they call 999. but ambulance staff say they will leave picket lines to respond to all category one emergency calls, where there s a threat to life. 0ur health correspondent dominic hughes reports from manchester. ambulances are still responding to life threatening emergencies. but the picket lines outside ambulance stations across wales and almost all of england tell their own story. i always wanted to be a paramedic from being a child and i wanted to help
programme: fighting rages in eastern ukraine in one of the bloodiest battles since the start of the war, as russia sends in mercenary forces. more torrential rain and storms in california wreak damage and put millions of people at risk. and evading rescue: the seal trapped in a fishing lake in essex who, funnily enough, seems to be in no hurry to leave. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england captain 0wen farrell is set to be clearfor their six nations opener against scotland despite a four week ban for a dangerous tackle. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. ambulance workers in england and wales are striking over pay for a second time. they have been joined this time by call handlers, which is why managers are warning the impact of this strike is likely to be worse than last month s. some of the walkouts started at midnight, but the duration and scale of the disruption varies across different parts of england and wales. only the east of england ambulance
said things of a sudden inform you not to manasseh rocca leads a special committee for collecting evidence of the ukrainian government alleged walk. grimes against the people of lou ganske. when you go about doing is i m wondering if there are many burial sites like this and done bus. i m here for 5 minutes and then i m told the 1st 5 people they found it was 5 decapitated head. they were all civilians who does this to people? you can t say that there isn t. there wasn t war crimes for in the area around venetia, verifica, a village and, and against the people s republic. 36 civilian bodies are being examined. mm hm. georgia license and american journalist claims he repeatedly sent reports of alleged crimes like this to european and american media. my hope is that this begins the process to bring this into an international forum. but when you see these grave travesties, you want to help bring that closure to them. that s why i m here. unfortunately, in most conflicts that we
invite and got upset of by the way, many is a prime ministers and as with one of the 1st, and we shouldn t be surprised by that because this is a state that is why anything that i to people, that is one something, something i only think international law, i m own standards of human rights and so on. so it does nothing that present that they would be engaging in lisa, but up to standards and so on. but by then a 50 is in the platform in which he was connected. and i m with the people in the united states of the man. i just want to add in the aspect i was speaking about before we cross to you the ups of a rum being very much in the agenda today. the middle east is known for turbulence . do you think that jo biden s visit is going to help in any way bring stability to the region by taking on iran that appears to be what the white house is promising? and so on the contrary, i said, well, i don t think the agent itself is want to win unstable as any of that reason. if you look at