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. the polls have just opened, looking brisk so far? welcome to this polling looking brisk so far? welcome to this polling station - looking brisk so far? welcome to this polling
store where you are. yes. and then after that, it was silent but i didn t know if there were more people in the store or anything and i proceeded to get a phone call from another friend. he is a is a local that gives employees rides to and from the store and he called me and said, please tell me that you are okay and i whispered to him and i said, yes, i m scared. i m i don t know what to do and he says, where are you, and i said, i m at the desk. he said, stay down, don t move. the cops are outside and they are going to be coming in and i will be outside waiting for you. it just come find me outside. so i waited and i heard the walkie-talkies from the police and i peeped my head up a little bit over the counter and a officer happen to look in the window when he said, stay down. stay down. i got back down flat and i waited a couple more minutes. it seemed like forever. i heard people walking and i heard somebody crying hysterically. i kind of just got up and stood up with
that facility serving as a backdrop for biden s broader message. that robust u.s. alliances with its asian allies is key to a thriving global economy and security. so much of the future of the world is going to be written here in the indo-pacific over the next several decades. we re standing at an inflection point in history where the decisions we made today will have far reaching impacts on the world we leave to our children tomorrow. the five-day trip through south korea, then next japan, also aimed at trying to counter china s growing influence in the region. we think putting that on display over four days bilaterally with the rok and japan through the quad, through the indo-pacific economic framework, it will send a powerful message. we think that message will be heard everywhere. we think it will be heard in beijing. even in asia, vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine remaining top of mind for president biden. putin s brutal and unprovoked war in ukraine has f
louisiana rules title 42 will stay in place. the trump era policy allows mai grants seeking asylum to be expelled without a hearing. news on the nationwide baby formula shortage. hundred of pal lets expected to arrive in days. it contained formula for babies with critical medical needs. president biden on his first high-stakes trip to asia. in south korea, facing economic threat from naerk. mary bruce traveling with the president. wall street nears bear market ns b heah me monkeypox. health officials with a confirmed case in massachusetts. another case under investigation here in new york city. and the dramatic rescue here in new york 42 stories above the ground. good evening, everyone. i m linsey davis in for david tonight. we have a lot to get to. covid booster shots for those 5 to 11 as nearly half of the country is at a medium or high risk level, and details on the first new baby formula supply set to arrive. but we begin with that breaking news a powerful torna
globe so what is monkey pox and how is it spreading? let s go outfront. outfront tonight, the u.s. opening the floodgates for ukraine. a massive $40 billion aid package about to be signed into law, so that brings the spending from the biden administration and the united states to $54 billion in just 60 days to aid ukraine. it sounds enormous and i want to be clear, it is enormous, in fact it is more than the united states spent on the entire foreign aid budget in 2019 in 60 days to ukraine. it is important to note, this is a bipartisan thing, the ukraine aid bill, and once the bill passes will be flow to seoul so president biden can sign it in his trip to asia and tonight, president biden pledging more aid. so the money coming at a turning point in the three-month war, ukraine s top military commander saying tonight, and i quote, tonight we are not just defending ourselves, we have conducted a series of successful counter attacks. so russia controls mariupol and the war i