and in other news. on the eve of the us midterm elections: democrats and republicans make their closing arguments this is the scene live in the state of maryland, where president biden is due to address the crowds. and bursting at the seams: we meet 72 members of the same familyall living under the same roof. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 8am in singapore, and 2am in egypt where the cop27 climate summit has started in sharm el sheikh, with the darkest of warnings from the head of the united nations. antonio guterres said the world was on the highway to climate hell with no sign of slowing down, and that humanity needed to co operate or perish . last year s climate conference in glasgow agreed a number of pledges on cutting emissions, but the un says progress on these has been woefully inadequate . our climate editorjustin rowlatt is at the summit in egypt and sent this report. in the egyptian desert, world leaders have been gath
they will celebrate christmas. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plently to play for. former president trump is speaking at a rally in support ofjd vance, the state s republican senate candidate. let s listen. you know that story. if you are being accosted, uncle sam, in a certain number of cities, it takes hours and hours for the police to come. and they want to defund the police and it has to defund the police and it has to be the opposite, so vote republican, we all agree we ve got to stop crime, the democrats are a catastrophe, every single democrat city is a disaster without exception. there is no exception. and the republican cities and the republican cities and the republican states run very well. and that s not because i m ou
with hours to go, the final round of frenetic campaigning for the us mid term elections is under way ahead of the in person polls opening on tuesday. tens of millions of votes have already been cast. but there s still plenty to play for. earlier, president biden spoke at a rally in maryland, in support of the democratic candidate for governor, wes moore. he told the crowd that the election is not a referendum, it s a choice of two very different visions for america. biden, who has avoided campaigning in several swing states as his approval rating continues to lag, travelled to the reliably democratic state, where the nominee is widely expected to win back the republican held governorship. former president trump is speaking in ohio at a rally to support the republican jd vance for senator. he spoke to the crowd about immigration, claiming that president biden and the democrats have not done enough to stop migrants and drugs from entering the us across the mexico border. there