for humanitarian aid groups. and who is george santos? we ll tell you about the ambitious us politician who seemingly lied his way into congress. we start this hour with a special report from ukraine from the southern port of kherson, which is under increased bombardment from russian forces, and where today the maternity ward of a hospital was among the places being shelled. kherson is often called the gateway to crimea, and because of its strategic importance, it was one of the first places taken by russian forces at the start of the war. it was liberated last month in a significant gain for ukrainian troops, but civilians are now living with a daily onslaught of russian shelling. our correspondent yogita limaye has spent the last four days in kherson with colleagues imogen anderson, sanjay ganguly and mariana matveichuk, and they sent this special report. i should warn you it contains some distressing images. kherson is being pounded. this is where one of more than a0 m
vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag
good to be with you. i m katy tur. it s not just the economy, stupid. today, we re starting with the midterms, but not with the accepted narrative. as you know, there are just seven days to go until november 8th and despite what you might see in polling averages, the results are far from clear and it s not just us. it is the pollsters themselves warning they might not be getting the full picture. that the samples might be skewed. democrats say that is underestimating their chances. one prominent strategist questioning the narrative of a red wave pointing to an influx sponsored by republican or allied groups in critical races across the country while others like the economist say the skew is actually underestimating republicans, arguing democrats are polling best in states where they seem to misfire. those are the predictions. what about the hard numbers? early voting has begun in many states but just like the polls, the numbers coming out of those states are frustratingly mur
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off entire communities. those are the latest headlines. now on bbc news, dateline london. hello and welcome to our digest of the global week seen through the eyes of leading journalists from the uk and the foreign correspondents based here who podcast, broadcast, blog and, yes, even these days write for audiences back home from the dateline, london. confidence it s the magic ingredient which makes us all believe that notes or coins in themselves worth next to nothing do have value and will be accepted as payment. governments need the confidence of the money markets who do the lending if they want to borrow money at affordable rates. over the last week, liz truss and herfinance minister have struggled to create confidence in their economic strategy and to sustain it in the british currency. to discuss the uk s dash for growth and the border war between russia and ukraine isabel hilton, a distinguished foreign correspondent who founded china dialogue, an independent bod