hello and welcome to bbc news. the crucial us midterm elections, which will decide who controls congress, are just a couple of days away and president biden and former president obama have taken to the stage together at a campaign rally in pennsylvania. they re trying to get every last vote out for their candidate john fetterman, who s up against republican mehmet oz, who s been endorsed by donald trump. president biden said this is a defining moment for us democracy. this isn t a referendum this year, it s a choice a choice between two vastly different visions of america. vastly different. maybe it s in our blood, butjohn and i believe that all it s all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i ve said from the beginning of my my objective when i ran for president was to build an economy from the bottom up and the bottom up and the middle out. it s a fundamental shift compared with the oz and the mega maga republican trickle down economics. booing.
began on friday evening, when the al shabaab group detonated two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. dozens of people were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with the journalist and politicians. the siege lasted for 30 hours, with gunmen having held hostages inside. we have seen some footage which we can show you, in it, you can hear the gunshots. gunfire. this was clearly an intense battle for control. it is not yet known how many people died during the siege. this is so it was at least 20. one of the reported victims is the hotel s owner, although this has not been confirmed yet. earlier, a security official said 13 civilians had been killed. the militant group al shabaab said some of its fighters managed to escape. but a somali security commander told afp the gunmen are dead, and said we have had no incoming gunfire from the building since the siege ended. the official gave no information about the total number of casualties in the attack on the hote
against the actor kevin spacey. welcome to our viewers on pbs in the united states and joining us around the world. we begin here in the uk, which will get a new prime minister by the end of next week the fifth in six years. the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its next leader, following the resignation of liz truss. she stepped down on thursday afternoon, afterjust six weeks in the job. it s the shortest prime ministerial tenure in british history. this report from our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time, to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin s illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. and our country has been hel
of making unwanted sexual advances towards a iii year old. hello. we begin here in the uk, which will have a new prime minister by the end of next week the fifth in six years. the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its next leader following the resignation of liz truss. she stepped down on thursday afternoon, afterjust six weeks in the job. it s the shortest prime ministerial tenure in british history. this report from our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time, to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin s illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was
hello, and welcome to bbc news. we begin with some news which has been breaking out of somalia over the last couple of hours, where security forces say they ve ended a siege that had lasted over 30 hours at the hayat hotel in the capital, mogadishu, where islamist gunmen were reported to be holding hostages. there s been no independent verification, and no official statement from the somali government. our reporter emily brown has been following the story and joins me now. emily, what is the latest? we know this first began on friday evening, wendy al shabaab group were known to have detonated at least two bombs outside the hayat hotel in the capital. when the al shabaab. dozens were evacuated from the building, said to be popular with politicians and journalists. we know the siege is said to have lasted 30 hours, with government having held hostages inside. we have some footage in which you can hear the gunshots. frame. this was an intense battle for frame. this was an