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
defend it signs of disagreement at the cop27 climate change summit over plans by several african countries to extract more natural gas. and the jackpot that seems to get ever bigger the powerball prize now worth nearly $2 billion. of america s crucial midterm elections today. a strong showing for the republicans will put them in a position to block any ofjoe biden s legislation, and would encourage donald trump to run for the white house again in 202a. here s our washington correspondent nomia iqbal. that s certainly the hope by president biden and the democrats that they can work together. the moment president biden became president two years ago, he made a big point of bipartisanship. he is friends with a lot of republicans so he had made a big thing about how we can all get on. when the ukraine invasion happened, there was a rare glimpse of bipartisanship, because both parties agreed that sending aid to ukraine was a good thing. however, many republican candidates runn
not in this text! and the energy text weakened in the final minutes. but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, says the woman who led negotiations for developing countries. it s given me hope. it s restored faith in multilateralism. it s given us all hope in the cop system and literally in the power of working together. the problem is, for many here, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el sheikh, egypt. let s take a look at some other stories in the headlines. the european mediterranean seismological centre says an earthquake struck the greek
in the final minutes. but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, says the woman who led negotiations for developing countries. it s given me hope. it s restored faith in multilateralism. it s given us all hope in the cop system and literally in the power of working together. the problem is, for many here, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el sheikh, egypt. earlier, i spoke to bill ripple, ecology professor at oregon state university, about the deal that was struck. the loss and damage fund that was passed is truly incredible, and really important progress could help the climate victims in low income regions. but in addition to that, the bad news is, the cop27 text failed to mention phasing out
but the deal on loss and damage is genuinely a breakthrough, says the woman who led negotiations for developing countries. it s given me hope. it s restored faith in multilateralism. it s given us all hope in the cop system and literally in the power of working together. the problem is, for many here, the rest of the deal is so disappointing. it means what could have been a triumph for egypt is likely to end up being judged a failure. justin rowlatt, bbc news, sharm el sheikh, egypt. i m joined now by bill ripple who is a ecology professor at oregon state university, and a co author on a book about the climate emergency. first emergency. of all, how significant do first of all, how significant do you think this agreement is,