and anything could happen, there are lots of different things that could happen, most of which they will not wa nt to happen, most of which they will not want to happen, so they need to weigh up the alternatives. six people have been killed and dozens injured after in a stampede at a nightclub in italy. my guests will be discussing the prospects for theresa may after tuesday s vote and also the outcome of climate change talks taking place this week in poland. police in new zealand are to charge a 26 year old man with the murder of 22 year old british backpacker, grace millane. grace was last seen a week ago in the company of the man who has now been arrested. auckland police say they have not located her body. angus crawdord reports. fun loving and family orientated, grace millane s parents say her disappearance one week ago was entirely out of character and extremely hard for them to take. now they have been given the worst possible news. the evidence we have gathered to thi
london, a programme of comment, conflict and opinion with some of the uk s leading journalists up against the foreign correspondent who filed their stories with the dateline london. this week, leadership tested and found wanting. the uk s mps found theresa may s government in contempt after a big rebellion by her own supporters. a taste of things to come in the vote on brexit next week? carbon emissions go up in paris as protesters use fire and fury to force president macron to pause tax rises he says will make the air cleaner. and the nations in the world head to a country that loves its fossil fuels to write a new rulebook to curb climate change. with me to discuss all that agnes poirier of the french news magazine marianne, isabel hilton, who writes on environment policy at chinadialogue, david aronovitch, whose columns appear here in the uk in the times, and the us journalist greg katz from ap, the associate press. welcome to all of you. now, let s begin on tuesday of t
solution? are there any signs of a solution? the cabinet agrees there needs to be a brexit deal this month, and a potential plan for announcing one is leaked. the cabinet agrees there needs to be a brexit deal this month, hundreds ofjobs to go in dundee with the closure of the mitchelin tyre factory: unions say it s a betrayal of the workforce. good evening. there ve been long queues at polling stations across the united states for the midterm elections which come half way through president trump s term in office, and could re set the house of representatives and the senate. it s a major test of mr trump s presidency and popularity. the representatives and the senate are the lower and upper houses of the law making body, congress. all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election. and in the senate, just over a third of the seats, are being contested. donald trump s republicans currently hold control of both houses, and the democrats hope to secure a majo
for a mid term and that it is seen asa for a mid term and that it is seen as a referendum on donald trump. he has been the most controversial and divisive and the most unusual president of my lifetime and really he has been so front and centre the republican campaign it is almost as if the election is completely about him and not the individual candidates. bizarrely, some might say, the economy, which is booming, has not much of a look in. the american economy is red hot. we are near 3% unemployment in the united states. the markets have been doing quite well. but interestingly both parties seem to be focusing on other issues. the democrats over the past few months have been focusing quite a bit on health care and, despite certain attacks made by republicans, several elements of the affordable ca re several elements of the affordable care act remain popular in the united states. and on the other side of the aisle, republicans focusing allan of the aisle, republicans focusing
this bbc news special. i m laura trevelyan in washington, dc. and i m babita sharma in london. welcome to our special coverage of the us midterm elections. the first polls in most of kentucky and indiana havejust closed in a vote that s being seen as a referendum on donald trump s presidency. across the us mainland and out to alaska and hawaii, states will be shutting over the next seven hours. experts say voter turnout could be the highest for a mid term election in 50 years. this is the scene live in arlington, virgina, where voting ends in an hour. republicans and democrats are battling for control of the two houses of congress, while governor posts and seats in state legislatures are also up for grabs. president trump has made immigration and the economy key issues. democrats have focussed on healthcare and donald trump s fitness for office. let s begin our coverage with a report from nick bryant. this is the day when the american people have their say, when their voice i