to us about the fact that it is a really heated race coming down to the wire in those key states, thank you so much for joining us on the programme with your thoughts. i know it ll be a busy couple of days for you in the and the rest of the team in the states for us. as we see in maryland here, of the team in the states for us. as expecting viaryland here, of the team in the states for us. as expecting presidentiere, of the team in the states for us. as expecting presidentjoe, we are expecting presidentjoe biden to speak at any moment here over the course of the next few minutes. it is a key state as john next few minutes. it is a key state asjohn was saying earlier on in our discussion with him. as we get those comments, we will be sure to bring you those comments too. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: talk about a lot of mouths to feed. we ll introduce you to four generations of one family living under the same roof.
opportunity for americans to basically tell the president or the party how they are feeling about the direction of the country. the party in power usually doesn t do very well. the reason why it is seen as so consequential this time is basically two things at play. how much power president biden will have, asjohn outlined in his report. because if he loses congress, if the two chambers, the senate and the house, go to the senate and the house, go to the republicans, pretty much any law he tries to pass will be blocked. the other element is donald trump, he still very much looms large over the mid term elections. if the republicans do very well, that will give him the incentive to run for the white house, something he has hinted many times that he will do. he has said there is going to be a big announcement next tuesday, the expectation that he will
that wasjohn that was john maguire that wasjohn maguire reporting there. experts are predicting a bumper harvest of apples this year, despite the summer heatwave that damaged some crops. and although traditional orchards are in decline, there s been a rise in a new generation of community orchards set up on shared green spaces. 0ur environment correspondent helen briggs went to find out more. nothing spells autumn like apples, but gathering to share the harvest is becoming a thing of the past, as traditional orchards vanish from the land. this orchard, at swan barn farm, is one of a new generation of community orchards, where people club together to plant fruit trees on local green spaces. so they re not connected to their computers or their mobiles or their tvs. so there s a being away from the usual hubbub of life, just coming somewhere that s
almost 500 years ago. that wasjohn that was john maguire that wasjohn maguire reporting. the world s biggest flower show, held once a decade, has largely failed to blossom. figures show the floriade, which has just closed, made a loss of approximately 100 million euros for the local authority in the netherlands. dutch media is referring to it as the flopped floriade . reviews have been dismal, the cost of living crisis and covid have kept a cautious public and tourists away. our correspondent anna holligan has been speaking to those behind the scenes who, despite the disappointing turnout, are trying to focus on the bright side. the forecast was for 2 million visitors. in the end, not even half that number came. i m visitors. in the end, not even half that number came. visitors. in the end, not even half that number came. i m judith, we desiined that number came. i m judith, we designed part that number came. i m judith, we designed part of
there have also been strikes at a number of other refineries, including in abadan in the west and kengan in the south. now on bbc news, in an interview recorded last week before the renewed russian strikes across ukraine, president volodymyr zelensky talks to the bbc sjohn simpson about russia s threat to employ nuclear weapons, the advances ukrainian forces have made into russian occupied territories and ukraine s bid tojoin nato. hello. i sat down with president zelensky on friday evening, just before the renewed russian strikes on the capital kyiv. moscow has incorporated four partially occupied regions of ukraine, a move that has no legitimacy under international