Mustwin pennsylvania. Hurricane Ernesto causing trouble up and down the east coast. And former Congressman George santos is expected to plead guilty. First, the president ial race. The spotlight on pennsylvania with polls showing a dead heat in that Battleground State. Former President Trump making his case to Voters Today, Vice President harris also headed there ahead of the democratic convention. And what weve learned about president Bidens Role as the party gathers for the dnc. Also ernesto slams into bermuda, power out in much of the island. The storm causing dangerous rip currents up and down the eastern seaboard, at least two deaths reported. The waves washing away this home in north carolina. More severe weather is on the way in the east, our Weather Team timing it all out. Sources telling Abc News George santos is expected to plead guilty. The disgraced former congressman is facing a trial next month on 23 felony charges, including defrauding donors and lying about his finances
threatening to shut down that gas pipeline that runs from russia to germany if putin invades ukraine. yes, that s the same pipeline that he let them, our enemies, have, while he closed the keystone pipeline in the u.s. killing american jobs. one of the first things he did in office. critics say the russian pipeline move is not even close enough to what is needed now. white house national secretary advisor jake sullivan was asked about it. how do you respond to that criticism that president biden is being too weak? the president has shown over the course of the past eight months he will do what he says he is going to do in response to russian actions. he is not doing this to saber rattle or not doing it to make idle threats. he is doing it to be clear and direct with both the russians and with our european allies about the best way forward. harris: we believe they believe that. but people are losing confidence in president biden. republican senator ben sasse of nebraska
could not go unanswered, although ukraine hasn t declared any involvement. also in the programme: the latest trial of the hollywood film producer harvey weinstein has begun at a court in los angeles, where he is facing 11 further charges of abuse. saving sea life in britain, as the uk begins recycling fishing nets dumped at sea. and a bumpy ride for the iphone m as rollercoasters reportedly trigger the latest apple product to make emergency distress calls. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. president zelensky says ukraine won t be intimidated by the barrage of russian missiles that struck cities across the country, in the most widespread attacks since the start of the war. the air strikes happened in the morning rush hour on monday, killing at least 11 people, and damaging infrastructure. for the first time, missiles landed in the centre of the capital, kyiv, and the cities of lviv, dnipro, and zaporizhzhia
and a female iranian climber who competed in south korea without a headscarf now says her veil fell off accidentally there are fears she will be arrested when she returns to iran. we start in ukraine, where the president says there is no space left for negotiations with russia following further attacks on the country. according to volodymyr zelensky, russian strikes have now destroyed around a third of ukraine s power stations. he s made another appeal for further western military support. translation: to guarantee the l protection of our skies and reduce the capabilities of russian terrorists to zero, we need significant and more modern air defence systems and more missiles for the systems. cities across ukraine have come under attack on tuesday, for which russia has admitted responsibility. there have been further air strikes in the capital kyiv, and also in dnipro, kharkiv, zhytomyr and zaporizhzhia. ukraine s civil defence service says hundreds of villages across the co