millions of australians are heading to the polls for the country s first election since 2019. it sees prime minister scott morrison go up against one of the country s longest serving politicians, labor leader anthony albanese. these are live pictures from a polling station in melbourne. there are tough challenges ahead for whoever s successful the cost of living crisis is squeezing households, and many say climate change is making some parts of australia unliveable. more than 17 million people are enrolled to vote, which is compulsory for over 18s. our correspondent, shaimaa khalil, is on bondi beach. the surfers have been really up early. you can t see them now, but they ve been up for hours, and so were the swimmers. actually, some of them came to line up in their swimsuits. they re, of course, not the only ones up early, voters, as well, have been lining up to cast their ballots.
comes amid an exodus of cubans trying to reach america. dancing trying to reach america. onto the red carpet, we look dancing onto the red carpet, we look at how the cannes film festival is looking at the end of its first week on the french riviera. polls have just opened in australia s general election to decide who will be the next prime minister. these are live pictures from a polling station in sydney. the race is between the incumbent scott morrison and his rival, the labor leader anthony albanese. whoever wins have tough challenges ahead the cost of living crisis is squeezing households, and many say climate change is making some parts of australia unliveable. more than 17 million people are enrolled to vote which is compulsory for over 18s. the bbc s shaimaa khalil joins us now from sydney.
change and what some describe as an emergency when it comes to our environment. this is a quinnipiac poll among registered voters, 56% say climate change is an emergency. democrats 84%, a big number there but when it comes to republicans, 18% say climate change is an emergency. we are taking notice there was a surgeon younger republicans who say that they are worried about the environment, they are worried about the climate. so how do you think this is going to play politically? i think there s a real opportunity for president trump to get out there and explain what his administration has actually been doing. there s a ton of misinformation out there and despite the misinformation, the results from the ground are what voters should focus on. we have a booming economy alongside the cleanest air on record, number one in terms of access to drinking water and we leave the world in terms of
laura: i love how he milks the applause and looks around. he and michelle became global superstars, inspired millions of americans and of course the other global superstars. i was at the u.n. and i heard our president say climate change is the most important issue facing not only this generation but to future generations. it made me feel hopeful and proud to be an american. barack hussein obama laura: last night the 2020 candidates were singing a different tune. with our sights trained on joe biden, they decided to pick up key aspects of the obama-biden legacy. this mythology that all these folks are in love with the insurance. i m going to go back to president biden because your plan does not cover everyone in america. everyone should have access to health care, it s a human
this game maneuvering that s happening right now. this is our constitution and it s about the powers of the executive branch, there are checks and balances for a reason. but sure, down the road when something happens, when there is a democratic president, god willing, in 2020, and we re looking at climate change, which would by then will have been eight years until we re headed towards a meltdown, while they they declare a martin luther king jr.? maybe no one can the idea that you can do whatever you want when you want it as a whim or with your ego is not what the founding fathers thought about when they declared the presidency. it s not right in terms of the republican base, the conservative base, the question i have, take the members of congress out of it and look at the talk show crowd, if you will. ann coulter is going at trump as hard as i ve ever seen her go at him on this. we re always talk about this question of trump s bias.