38 political candidates have been killed during the campaign, making mexico s election one of the most violent in recent history. will grant, what s the latest you can tell us. you can probably hear behind me, the main square in mexico city, the festivities for claudia sheinbaum s supporters are picking up, they are pretty confident she has got this. there are not enough votes counted yet to say that with any degree of certainty, but certainly, i don t think they need convincing. she has always been quite far ahead in the polls before voting day, and they are convinced that has been transferred to the vote itself. that said, her nearest challenger galvez has already claimed victory too, so we are in one of those strange post electoral moments. it will be ironed out in the coming hours, but we aren t maybe a few hours away from mexico declaring who its next woman president, almost certainly, it is. $5 its next woman president, almost certainly, it is. as you sa , almost certai
during the campaign, making mexico s election one of the most violent in recent history. we can look at some live pictures in mexico city, the main central plaza in the mexican capital. there you can see supporters gathering, supporters of claudia sheinbaum, as we wait for her to take the stage. will grant, what s the latest you can tell us. , ., ., what s the latest you can tell us. , ., ., us. it s one of those situations us. it s one of those situations where - us. it s one of those situations where it | us. it s one of those | situations where it is us. it s one of those i situations where it is a us. it s one of those - situations where it is a little too early to say anything definitive. getting indications from both parties of victory, kind of normal at this time of the evening after a vote. i suspect we will know something more definitive in the coming hours, probably sooner rather than later. in the main plaza in mexico city, claudia sheinbaum s supporters are c
britain s prime minister borisjohnson dismisses threats to his leadership as the row over lockdown parties in downing street continues. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there will be a fresh attempt to establish another humanitarian corridor later. ukraine s deputy prime minister says if all goes to plan, evacuations will begin midday local time. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s as
we are disappointed that some world leaders have not yet confirmed their participation in the peace summit. unfortunately, there are also attempts to disrupt the summit. we do not want to believe that this is a desire for monopolistic power in the world to deny the global community the opportunity to decide on war and peace, and to leave this power in the hands of one or two. china denies taking sides in the war in ukraine, and says the lack of an invitation for russia to join the swiss summit undermines its usefulness. still, president zelensky claims at least 106 countries have already signed up to attend. the us and nato allies are helping ukraine fight back, while seeking to avoid the conflict escalating. the upcoming conference in switzerland comes as the situation on the frontlines remains dire in kharkiv. last week, the us gave ukraine the green light to strike targets within russia s borders using american weapons. meeting on the sidelines in singapore, president zelensky thank