Are disrupted by coronavirus restrictions, as 5,000 fans are forced to leave the court. Welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. President biden has arrived in the uk for the G7 Summit. He began his first overseas trip with a rallying cry for the worlds democracies insisting the United States was back following the trump years. Late on Wednesday Night Air Force one arrived in cornwall where the summit is taking place. He will meet the Prime Minister, borisjohnson at Carbis Bay on thursday, before the summit begins on friday. 0ur North America Editor Jon Sopel has this report on the start of the us president s visit. For the first time since becoming president injanuary, Joe Biden steps out from Air Force one on to foreign soil. The soil of Suffolk And Raf mildenhall, to be precise, on a perfect summers evening. The president wants this first foreign trip that will take him to cornwall, brussels and geneva, to be seen as a decisive break from the trump years americ
In the uk and around the world. Polls have now closed in mexico, in the biggest and deadliest election in the countrys history. More than 21,000 seats are being contested for mayors, State Legislators and the entire lower house of congress where the Morena Party of president andres manuel Lopez 0brador is hoping to retain its two Thirds Majority. But the vote has been marred by some of the worst violence in mexicos history. 89 assassinations of politicians recorded from september to The End of may 35 of them were due to be standing in this vote. The poll is also expected to be heavily influenced by the impact of the covid pandemic. Its claimed 230,000 lives in mexico, the fourth highest Death Toll in the world. Away from local politics the vote is all about this man president Lopez 0brador here casting his ballot. He is half way through his six Year Term and it remains to be seen whether voters bolster his leadership or punish him at the polls. 0ur Correspondent Will Grant joins me now
Hello. Thanks for joining hello. Thanks forjoining us. Polls have now closed in mexico in the biggest and deadliest Election in the countrys history. More than 21,000 seats are being contested for mayors, State Legislators and the entire lower house of congress, where the Morena Party of president andres manuel Lopez 0brador is hoping to retain its two thirds majority. But the vote has been marred by some of the worst violence in mexicos history. 89 assassinations of politicians recorded from september to The End of may 35 of them were due to be standing in this vote. 0ur Correspondent Will Grant joins me now from mexico city. Will, you cant ignore the scale of the violence that has accompanied this particular campaign. 0ne hopes not brought into the day of voting itself. Well, it has a little bit, im afraid, david. There was an example of that in kawana, where a Human Head was placed outside Polling Stations, a shocking event there, although elsewhere although it wasnt a tax necessari
Polls have closed in mexico, in the biggest and deadliest election in the countrys history. More than 21,000 seats are being contested for mayors, State Legislators and the entire lower house of congress, where the Morena Party of president andres manuel Lopez 0brador is hoping to retain its two thirds majority. Were expecting initial results in around two hours from now. But the vote has been marred by some of the worst violence in mexicos history. 89 assassinations of politicians recorded from september to The End of may, 35 of them were due to be standing for election. 0ur Correspondent Will Grant is in Mexico City for us and says the violence also reached some Polling Stations. Although it wasnt a tax with necessarily with guns, with saw videos of Polling Stations being attacked by unknown activists from one side or the other, voting being shut down in oaxaca at one point, so sporadic elements of electoral intimidation or violence but by and large this has been an Election Day that
Hello, thanks for joining hello, Thanks Forjoining us. Votes are being counted in mexico after midterm elections seen as a test of support for president andres Manuel Lopez obrador. Hes hoping his party will retain its two Thirds Majority in congress to continue his programme of social and institutional reforms. Mexicans were also electing local mayors and half the state governors. Our correspondent will grant is in Mexico City for us and says the violence also reached some Polling Stations. Although it wasnt attacks with necessarily with guns, with saw videos of Polling Stations being attacked by unknown activists from one side or the other, voting being shut down in oaxaca at one point, at one Polling Station there, so sporadic elements of electoral intimidation or violence. But by and large, this has been an Election Day that has passed off peacefully and most voters sort of turned out because they were angry about a variety of things or very much behind President Manuel Lopez obrad