Thanks so much for being here tonight for one of the most contentious consequential and closely watched u. S. Elections in history thats right Democrat Joe Biden is fighting to unseat republican President Donald Trump and the world has its eyes on america tonight and well be following every twist and turn with our team of correspondents and experts and ill be keeping you up to date with all the results as they come in and this of course is an election played out with america in crisis mode the cold food pandemic is surging and theres a stark political divide and thats raising fears of unrest but turnout is set to shatter all records lets take a look now at deadline day for American Voters. This is what us to mock crissy looks like today huge lines at many polling stations in one of the worlds oldest and largest democracies from chile wisconsin in the north. Through the city that never sleeps. To tropical florida and the south voters seem to have shown up in massive numbers even during
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Today and always. The freeman foundation. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. I am in washington and this is bbc world news america. A major opposition figure in belarus has disappeared. An eyewitness says she was bundled into a van by masked man. Doctors treating the poison russian Opposition Leader navalny say he is now out of his medical induced coma. Brutality in the Security Forces of south africa. Research suggests at least one person dies every day at the hands of the countrys police. One community in n york struggle with food insecurity. How they found help fromn unlikely source in John Bon Jovi. Welcome to world news america on pbs and around the globe. Three women took on president Alexander Lukashenko in belarus. Two of them have since fled into a exile after eight highly contentious election. A witness told local reporters that she saw maria bein
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We talk to an armed fighter who boasts of a license to kill those who dont follow his groups strict rules. And in hong kong theyre sticking up for their own former Police Officers say their on duty colleagues have shown great restraint during months of protests as allegations mount of Police Brutality. Im brian thomas great to have you with us after a year of school strikes it was great to turn bergs big moment on the world stage and she didnt hold back the 16 year old climate activist offering a stinging rebuke to leaders at the un climate some for a summit in new york her speech to rounds of applause as the conference discussed how to reinvigorate the stalled paris climate accords. People are suffering people are dying and tired School Systems are collapsing we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is the money and fairy tales of the time of Economic Growth oh dad you know i was. It was an impassioned speech but one of those who most need to to hear it