with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump is speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republican jd 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. there
this is bbc news the headlines. candidates and leading political figures in tuesday s midterm elections with control of both houses of congress at stake. president biden has been addressing crowds in maryland, while the former president donald trump is in ohio. the new owner of the social media website twitter the billionaire elon musk has recommended that americans vote for a republican congress in tuesday s election. back in april this year, elon musk said that twitter must remain politically neutral so as to earn public trust. the cop27 summit has started in egypt, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell , with no sign of slowing down and that humanity needed
correspondent nomia iqbal. i asked her how a democrat white house might cooperate with a potentially republican ontrolled congress. that is certainly the hope by president biden and the democrat that they can work together. the moment president biden became president two years years ago he made a big point of bipartisanship. he is friends with a lot of republicans so he had made a thing about how we can all get on. 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 mid term 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
former president trump is speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republican jd 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. there had been reports today that donald trump could announce a 2024 presidential run at this rally, with some us media outlets citing sources in his camp. but so far, there has been little sign of such an announcement. 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.