Count. There were seven swing states in the 2020 president ial election. Arizona, georgia, nevada, michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania and North Carolinasix of them won byjoe biden six of them won byjoe biden all of them crucial this time around, in the race to 270 Electoral College votes. In the popular Votejoe Biden won the 2020 election by Seven Million votes. But look how narrow it was in some of these swing states in arizona, joe biden won by 10,167 votes. In georgia, which biden also won, the difference was 11,779 votes. And in nevada, biden won the state by 33,596 votes. Three states which could decide this election, the two candidates separated byjust 55,832. But for democrats the polls spell trouble. In all these states right now. Trump is winning. Across all seven states, 48 of voters said they would back trump, 43 would back biden. We saw just the we sawjust the other week we saw just the other week that the issue of israel becomes very important. If that were beat to be repea
to the pope emeritus benedict xvi, whose body is lying in state at the vatican. pope francis will preside at benedict s funeral on thursday. iam i am away shortly, thank you for your company, ben brown will be here at the top of the next hour. now on bbc news, he has been the man making the headlines all year. zelensky: the making of a president. for weeks, volodomyr zelensky has been leading from the front, as ukraine resists russia s invasion. explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraine s enemies. sobs ..and demanding more from her allies. a war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. russia s advance has stalled and, in places, it has been pushed back. applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. i think your leadership has been extraordinary. but it wasn t always like this. before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. in 201
in port au prince causes greater instability. president biden wraps up his first middle east tour, with a promise the us will remain fully engaged in the region. and, beerfor sunflower oil, the munich pub finding an unusual way to beat a frying oil crunch. hello and welcome to the programme. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying, with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. scientists say climate change is a factor in the severity of the heatwave. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region, from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south western france. they have been battling these fires for days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of gironde. it went so fast. and
up his first middle east tour, with a promise the us will remain fully engaged in the region. and, beer for sunflower oil the munich pub finding an unusual way to beat a frying oil crunch. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battle and in the south, in malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. people have been evacuated from their homes- their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken - their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out - their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in i new fire had just broken ou
in port au prince, fuels greater instability. and beer for sunflower oil the munich pub finding an unusual way to beat a frying oil crunch. hello and welcome to bbc news. a summer heatwave that has triggered devastating forest fires across southwest europe shows no signs of abating on sunday. firefighters in france, portugal, spain and greece are battling forest blazes. and new temperature records look to be on the way. the heat is thought to have claimed many lives , possibly hundreds. our correspondent, bethany bell, reports from malaga. wildfires are raging in spain after days of intense heat. firefighters battle flames in the west of the country. in the south, in malaga, a popular tourist area, at least 3000 people have been evacuated from their homes. when we arrived, a new fire had just broken out in the woods. 0verhead, helicopters carrying water are returned again and again to try to put out the flames. fires keep breaking out in these hills and it is a real struggl