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00:02:17Hello, I'm Maryam Moshiri and this is the Iran War. Today we'll
00:02:20we'll bring you up to date with all all you need to know on the US war
00:02:24war with Iran. Well, let's start
00:02:26start now with some of today's key key developments. Iran says the Strait
00:02:30Strait of Hormuz could reopen within
00:02:31within two days if the US agrees agrees to its conditions. Ahead of
00:02:35of Tuesday's US midterm elections. elections. President Trump says the
00:02:37the war will soon be over. One way
00:02:40way or another. The Israeli Prime Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,
00:02:42Netanyahu, is reported to have pressed pressed Mr Trump for renewed strikes
00:02:46strikes on Iran in a call with him
00:02:49him over the weekend. And coming coming up, we hear the harrowing harrowing story of the mother who
00:02:52who was forced to flee Iran after
00:02:55after her daughter was killed during
00:02:57during anti-government protests.
00:03:06protests. Region of Danish woman.
00:03:12woman. Well, first, Iran says it's it's ready to reopen the Strait of
00:03:16of Hormuz within two days. If Washington Washington agrees to conditions.
00:03:19conditions. Well, the offer comes comes amid indirect talks with the
00:03:22the United States. The Iranian foreign foreign minister, Abbas Araqchi,
00:03:25Araqchi, said the proposal was offered offered in good faith but was conditional
00:03:29conditional to the US first fulfilling fulfilling Iran's demands such as
00:03:32as sanctions relief. On the first
00:03:34first day of the process. All normal normal transit through the waterway
00:03:37waterway would then be restored on on the second day. The closure of
00:03:40of the strait has been a critical critical choking point in the war.
00:03:44war. Well, this is what the Iranian Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman
00:03:47spokesman had to say about the offer
00:03:48offer at a press briefing in Tehran.
00:03:52Tehran. In Iran. The basis for negotiations
00:03:56negotiations between Iran and the the United States through mediators
00:03:59mediators remains Iran's seven step step plan, which has now been condensed
00:04:03condensed so that it can be implemented implemented within two days. This
00:04:06This once again demonstrates Iran's
00:04:07Iran's good faith approach. As we
00:04:10we have already stated, if Iran's Iran's demands are met, security
00:04:12security can be restored to the Strait Strait of Hormuz and the negotiation
00:04:16negotiation process can get under under way within a short period of
00:04:18of time. With me is BBC Persian's Persian's Jiyar Gol. What more do
00:04:21do we know about this plan? Well,
00:04:24Well, Iranians say they are willing
00:04:26willing to remove the blockade from
00:04:29from seven days in 2048 hours. They They can remove it if the US meet
00:04:33meet their condition, which is removing
00:04:35removing the naval blockade of Iranian
00:04:37Iranian coast, allowing Iranian oil
00:04:40oil exports and removing relevant relevant sanctions so Iran can export
00:04:44export its oil and also release Iranian
00:04:47Iranian frozen assets and rearranging
00:04:51rearranging the Strait of Hormuz Hormuz and ending hostilities. There
00:04:54There is no mention of nuclear talk, talk, something which is very important
00:04:58important to the US so we know in
00:05:02in Mariam, we know Iranian delegation
00:05:03delegation have been in Qatar, in
00:05:07in Doha in through mediation, Pakistani Pakistani and Qataris. They have
00:05:11have been trying to find the ground
00:05:15ground to reach an agreement. But But we know this morning they left
00:05:19left Doha. But it seems what we are
00:05:23are hearing from Iran is there hasn't
00:05:26hasn't been substantial agreement
00:05:27agreement between both sides. But
00:05:30But as and a few hours ago, Iranian
00:05:33Iranian president also said that
00:05:36that he has a blessing from the Iranian
00:05:40Iranian Supreme leader for continuing continuing negotiation. And they
00:05:43they have. He has given them the the authority to pursue this, which
00:05:47which is something is important for for the Iranian government because because it opened their hand against
00:05:51against the hardliners inside Iran Iran to continue negotiations. What What about the midterms? What are
00:05:54are we expecting after the midterms? midterms? We heard, haven't we, President President Trump talking about resuming
00:05:58resuming those attacks on Iran after after the midterms? What is the reality
00:06:01reality now and what does the Iranian Iranian government think is going
00:06:04going to happen after the
00:06:07elections? I think there is a great great concern from Iranian side, side, from the government, also from
00:06:10from the people of Iran who are facing
00:06:14facing difficulty in this economic economic situation. I think they
00:06:17they are extremely worried that the the US might resume and Israel might
00:06:21might resume the attack. We have have hearing the report that Israeli
00:06:25Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
00:06:27Netanyahu has been pressing President
00:06:30President Trump to attack Iran, but
00:06:33but in the same time, we have been
00:06:35been hearing defined messages from from Iranian military commanders.
00:06:39commanders. They say if the US and and Israel resume attacks against
00:06:43against Iran, they will give them them a bitter lesson and they respond respond never seen before. OK, Jia,
00:06:46Jia, thank you very much indeed.
00:06:49indeed. Well, President Trump, who who is campaigning over the weekend weekend for the midterm elections,
00:06:52elections, has said that more military military action against Iran is still
00:06:56still possible. The President told told a radio show on Sunday that
00:06:58that the war will soon be over, one one way or the other, and this is
00:07:02is what he said during a campaign
00:07:04campaign rally. And the only reason
00:07:06reason why not finished with Iran Iran is I want to be nice. I want
00:07:10want to try and save all those lives. lives. If I can. And they're sitting
00:07:14sitting there with a very bad. But But at some point we're going to
00:07:17to have to give them the hammer. hammer. Well, Russia, meanwhile, meanwhile, has said that signs of
00:07:21of new military action against Iran Iran are worrying. Whilst China said
00:07:24said Iran had its support in defending defending its sovereignty. Let's
00:07:27Let's cross live now to our White White House reporter Bernd Debusmann
00:07:30Debusmann and Bern, what is President
00:07:31President Trump planning? Do we
00:07:35think. Well, President Trump has has left open the possibility of of strikes for quite some time now.
00:07:38now. And what we know is that the
00:07:40the assets are already in place around around Iran that would enable him
00:07:44him to do that very quickly. What What we don't know is any specific
00:07:47specific targets. President Trump Trump this weekend said that there
00:07:50there are targets still on the list list that could be hit. One of those
00:07:53those is widely interpreted to be be Pickaxe Mountain in Iran. It's
00:07:56It's one of the few sites linked linked to Iran's nuclear programme
00:08:00programme that wasn't struck in the the initial wave of strikes during
00:08:03during Operation Epic Fury and another
00:08:05another possibility could be to strike strike Iran's reconstituted drone
00:08:08drone and ballistic missile capabilities,
00:08:11capabilities, as well as naval targets targets and shore based targets in
00:08:15in the Gulf that would enable shipping
00:08:17shipping to, in theory, move faster. faster. But President Trump hasn't
00:08:21hasn't made clear what exactly this this would accomplish. That Operation
00:08:24Operation Epic Fury didn't particularly particularly as he claims repeatedly
00:08:28repeatedly that Iran's military has has been completely decimated, as
00:08:31as has its nuclear capabilities.
00:08:32capabilities. And who in his administration
00:08:36administration is known to be pushing pushing for military action for against against Iran after the midterms?
00:08:40midterms? And who is trying to pull
00:08:41pull the President back? Well, we
00:08:44we know we from US media reporting, reporting, it seems that the general
00:08:48general of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,
00:08:50Staff, General Dan Cain, is has presented
00:08:53presented options to allow President President Trump to renew those military
00:08:56military strikes. Ask has Admiral Admiral Cooper, the commander of
00:08:58of Central Command, which has responsibility responsibility for this war? There
00:09:02There are figures, however, in the the administration that are much
00:09:05much less publicly enthusiastic about about the prospect of renewed fighting.
00:09:09fighting. Vice President JD Vance Vance is one of them who, according
00:09:12according to US media reports at at least had initially been quite
00:09:15quite sceptical of this entire campaign campaign and is remains so to this
00:09:19this day. Of course, you know, within
00:09:22within that movement, there are many many people within the Maga base
00:09:25base who weren't comfortable with with this war in the first place, place, particularly as President
00:09:29President Trump campaigned with a a message of avoiding these sorts
00:09:33sorts of long foreign entanglements. entanglements. And there certainly
00:09:35certainly are voices in the administration administration that, you know, echo
00:09:38echo that to President Trump. OK,
00:09:40OK, Ben, great to see you. Thank
00:09:43Thank you. Well, Israel could take take part in any renewed strikes
00:09:46strikes against Iran. And President
00:09:48President Trump spoke to Prime Minister Minister Netanyahu over the weekend.
00:09:51weekend. Our Middle East correspondent correspondent Hugo Bachega is in
00:09:55in Jerusalem. He says there's real real uncertainty around what happens
00:09:57happens next. This uncertainty has
00:10:01has led to renewed concerns in this
00:10:03this region that we could see another
00:10:07another round of conflict here between
00:10:11between the US and Iran. The Iranians
00:10:14Iranians obviously have threatened
00:10:16threatened to respond to any attack.
00:10:19attack. Meanwhile, there was a phone phone call between the President
00:10:22President and the Israeli Prime Minister, Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on
00:10:26on Saturday. According to the Axios Axios website, the Prime Minister
00:10:29Minister is pressing the President President to strike Iran immediately
00:10:32immediately after the midterm elections elections tomorrow. But again, the
00:10:36the President seems interested to
00:10:40to give these negotiations a chance,
00:10:41chance, a strategy that, according
00:10:44according to this report, the Prime
00:10:46Prime Minister is concerned about.
00:10:49about. And here in Israel, where where there's still uncertainty about
00:10:52about who is going to be the next
00:10:53next Prime Minister after those inconclusive
00:10:56inconclusive elections last week, week, there are fears that the Prime
00:11:00Prime Minister is trying to restart
00:11:02restart the war with Iran in an effort
00:11:04effort to stay in power. Next to to the situation inside Yemen, the
00:11:07the Iran backed Houthi say Saudi Saudi air strikes have targeted a
00:11:12a key Red Sea port and oil facility facility in Hodeida province. The
00:11:15The armed forces of Yemen's Saudi Saudi backed government released released this footage on Sunday,
00:11:18Sunday, which it described as showing showing targeting operations against against the Houthi militia. Well,
00:11:21Well, we can't confirm when the footage footage was actually filmed. The The Saudi led coalition said it had
00:11:25had conducted a precision operation operation aimed at neutralising vital
00:11:28vital resources used by the Houthis.
00:11:31Houthis. Well, BBC Arabic correspondent correspondent Nabeel has been following following developments from Cairo.
00:11:35Cairo. The latest we have in this this ongoing conflict is that the
00:11:38the Iran backed Houthi militants militants announced that seven people
00:11:42people were injured after the Saudis
00:11:44Saudis launched a series of air strikes
00:11:47strikes targeting both an oil facility facility and a port in the province
00:11:50province of Hodeidah, which overlooks
00:11:52overlooks the Red Sea. On the other
00:11:55other hand, we have a progress that
00:11:57that has been announced by the government
00:12:00government forces, the forces of
00:12:02of the Yemeni internationally recognised recognised government, which is backed
00:12:06backed by Saudi Arabia. Government Government forces said that they
00:12:09they have managed to take control
00:12:12control of a mountainous area called called Huatian area in the province
00:12:16province of Jawf. The significance
00:12:19significance of this progress is is that Al-jawf province is close
00:12:22close to Saada, in the north of the
00:12:25the country and Saada province is
00:12:27is actually the stronghold, the main
00:12:29main stronghold and birthplace of
00:12:31of the Houthi group. So if government
00:12:34government forces can set a foothold
00:12:37foothold there that might have a
00:12:39a significant repercussions in the
00:12:42the future. Generally speaking, this
00:12:45this conflict has a high human cost.
00:12:46cost. The UN has been talking about
00:12:50about more than 1600 people killed killed since the escalation began
00:12:53began a few months ago. Well, next,
00:12:57next, BBC Panorama has secured rare
00:12:59rare access to people inside Iran Iran whose lives have been changed
00:13:03changed forever by the brutal crackdown crackdown by the authorities and
00:13:06and the start of the U. S Israeli Israeli war on the country. Among
00:13:09Among them is a mother who was forced forced to flee the country after
00:13:12after her daughter was killed during during anti-government protests.
00:13:16protests. Well, Gesbeen Mohammad Mohammad made this film for Panorama
00:13:19Panorama and joins us now. Thanks
00:13:21Thanks for joining us. Documentary Documentary is called Inside Iran
00:13:24Iran The People's Story. Tell us us a little bit more about those those you spoke to. Well, the documentary
00:13:28documentary is really the inside inside story of how some Iranian
00:13:31Iranian lives were shaped by the the uprising that we saw at the beginning
00:13:34beginning of the year, and then followed followed by the US Israel war on
00:13:38on Iran. And it's really the documentary
00:13:42documentary is really putting people people at the centre of the film film because obviously we've had
00:13:45had a year where we've heard about about the Strait of Hormuz, the price
00:13:48price of oil, big political statements.
00:13:51statements. And so yeah, this documentary documentary really puts the human human story at the centre of it all.
00:13:55all. And I think all of the contributors contributors in the film, I think
00:13:58think it's fair to say, have different
00:14:00different experiences of both the
00:14:03the protests as well as the war. war. Now, one of your stories focuses
00:14:06focuses very much on Samira, who who is a mother. She begins the year
00:14:10year planning a future for her daughter daughter only to see her daughter,
00:14:14daughter, her only daughter killed killed in the protests and now she's
00:14:17she's living in exile. So tell us us a bit more about her remarkable
00:14:20remarkable story. Well, Samira is
00:14:21is a protester, which makes her a a witness to the Iranian authorities
00:14:25authorities violent response to the the protests in January, while the
00:14:29the internet was shut down in Iran. Iran. And she says her daughter Sevda
00:14:32Sevda was shot in front of her on
00:14:36on the streets. Amy Acton by Danish
00:14:44Danish region of the Danish woman
00:14:47woman by the name of Shiona McCallum.
00:14:51McCallum. Or the village girl. After
00:15:02After her daughter's death, Samira Samira was regularly targeted by
00:15:05by the Iranian authorities, she says, says, and even in exile she's been
00:15:08been charged with a string of offences offences in absentia that could lead
00:15:12lead to a death penalty if she returns
00:15:14returns to Iran. But despite this,
00:15:16this, she remains defiant. I treated
00:15:20treated old people, middle aged people
00:15:23people and teenagers. They were shot
00:15:26shot at with the intent to kill in
00:15:29in the head in the neck in the genitals.
00:15:36genitals. That was actually a medic medic talking there. Just tell us us a little bit about that medic.
00:15:40medic. Sorry, I think we've just just jumped over that other clip. clip. Tell me a bit more about the
00:15:44the medic that obviously you're interviewing interviewing without showing their
00:15:47their identity. Yes. So Milad, not not his real name, works as a medic
00:15:50medic and his voice has been disguised disguised as you say. He says obviously
00:15:54obviously that hospitals struggled struggled to cope with the numbers
00:15:57numbers arriving for treatment and and the Iranian authorities say more
00:16:01more than 3000 people were killed killed in the protests, including including members of the security
00:16:05security forces. But one human rights
00:16:07rights group that human rights activists
00:16:10activists news Agency estimates more more than 7000 people were killed,
00:16:14killed, mostly protesters. Now, I I appreciate this. Is very sensitive.
00:16:18sensitive. So can you tell us anything anything at all about how this film
00:16:21film was produced? Because obviously obviously been getting inside Iran,
00:16:25Iran, getting those stories, talking talking to those people must be so so difficult. How did you do it?
00:16:28it? Well, making a film like this
00:16:31this in Iran comes with significant significant obstacles. And risks,
00:16:34risks, from filming to getting the the rushes. But we had very strict
00:16:37strict protocols throughout to keep keep everyone safe and obviously
00:16:40obviously to protect those that took took part. I can't really reveal
00:16:44reveal how we made this film. OK.
00:16:47OK. And I must say obviously that that Panorama also did write about
00:16:51about the allegations contained in in the film to the Iranian Embassy
00:16:53Embassy in London for a response. response. They told Panorama peaceful
00:16:57peaceful and legitimate protests protests had been hijacked by foreign
00:17:00foreign powers, including the US., US., which it says promoted violence,
00:17:04violence, provided weapons and equipment equipment and compromised public
00:17:07public security. OK. Thank you so so much for joining us and talking
00:17:11talking us through all of that. Well,
00:17:14Well, if you're in the UK, you can
00:17:16can see Panorama, Iran The People's People's Story on iPlayer now and
00:17:20and on BBC One tonight at 8:00. Whether
00:17:23Whether you're joining us on YouTube, YouTube, TikTok, sounds Radio or
00:17:27or TV. Thank you for your time. We're
00:17:30We're back soon with another Iran
00:17:31Iran war today.
00:18:35interviews, results and goals as as we follow every twist of the Premier
00:18:38Premier League season here on BBC
00:18:42BBC News. Scientists have revealed
00:18:48revealed the survival rate for one one of the deadliest blood cancers
00:18:51cancers in the UK has barely improved
00:18:54improved over the past decade. Researchers Researchers are today hoping a new
00:18:58new appeal will enable them to fund fund more research into the disease.
00:19:01disease. Well, a large-scale analysis analysis of blood cancer cases has
00:19:04has revealed the five year survival survival rate for one of the deadliest
00:19:08deadliest types acute myeloid leukaemia
00:19:10leukaemia has improved by just three three percentage points in a decade.
00:19:14decade. Well, blood cancer is the the third biggest cancer killer in
00:19:18in the UK and the fifth most common
00:19:20common cancer, which currently only only 1 in 3 people survive the deadliest
00:19:24deadliest forms of the disease. Well, Well, today Blood Cancer UK, the
00:19:28the charity, is launching a £25 million
00:19:31million appeal to double survival survival rates using an innovative
00:19:33innovative trial design for the first
00:19:35first time for those types of blood blood cancer. Well, let's cross live
00:19:39live and speak to Doctor Rubina Ahmed, Ahmed, director of research at Blood
00:19:42Blood Cancer UK. And before we talk talk about the research, Doctor Ahmed,
00:19:45Ahmed, let me ask you about why you you think given there's been so much
00:19:48much progress with other forms of of cancer research that blood cancer
00:19:52cancer or these very serious types types of blood cancer have been left
00:19:55left behind? Yeah. Thank you very very much for having me on the show
00:19:58show tonight. And I think firstly, firstly, you know, we do need to
00:20:02to recognise the progress that has has been made across cancers in survival
00:20:05survival and that includes many types types of blood cancers. But there
00:20:08there are particular types of blood blood cancer that are really hard
00:20:11hard to treat. And now there are are multiple reasons for this for
00:20:15for something like AML, which you've you've just mentioned, acute myeloid myeloid leukaemia. It's you know,
00:20:18know, it's a combination of genetics, genetics, how hard it is to, you
00:20:21you know, to diagnose the condition. condition. And then once it's diagnosed,
00:20:25diagnosed, actually, it can rapidly rapidly change and mutate. So one
00:20:28one treatment that might work for
00:20:29for one patient or one type of AML
00:20:32AML might not work for another type.
00:20:34type. Or if the or if the cancer
00:20:38cancer mutates. So you know, often often these patients have to have have multiple different lines of
00:20:41of treatment. And there is currently
00:20:43currently nothing that is is, you you know, really effective and curative,
00:20:47curative, which is why over 75% of of patients who have AML do unfortunately
00:20:51unfortunately pass away within the the first five years of their diagnosis.
00:20:54diagnosis. Tell me a little bit more more about what Blood Cancer UK is
00:20:56is trying to do. This trial treat
00:20:58treat beat appeal and what it wants
00:21:01wants to do to improve the outcomes outcomes for these thousands of people.
00:21:05people. Yeah. Thank you. So Trial Trial Treat Beat is a campaign that
00:21:09that we're launching today to raise
00:21:11raise £25 million to really drive drive investment into innovative
00:21:15innovative clinical trials. Now, Now, many of your viewers might know
00:21:18know about clinical trials where where patients often will be get
00:21:22get access to an innovative therapy therapy instead of the standard treatment
00:21:25treatment that they might otherwise otherwise get. But with the types types of trials we're funding, what
00:21:29what we want to see is multiple different different treatments tested at the
00:21:33the same time against the standard standard of care. So instead of having
00:21:36having to test one treatment at a a time, what we want to do is test test multiple different treatments.
00:21:40treatments. And that means that if if something isn't effective, it
00:21:44it can be dropped really quickly. quickly. Or if a new drug comes onto
00:21:48onto the testing platform, it can can be added really quickly. And
00:21:51And that really speeds up the effectiveness effectiveness and the efficiency
00:21:54efficiency of running these trials. trials. And we've seen great progress progress in this type of approach
00:21:57approach in other types of cancers, cancers, most notably in prostate
00:22:01prostate cancer, but also in other other conditions like multiple sclerosis
00:22:04sclerosis as well. So we really want want to test this approach in blood
00:22:08blood cancers. OK, doctor Rubina Rubina Ahmed, thank you so much for for joining us. It's been great to
00:22:11to get you on the show. Thanks once
00:22:13once again. Thank you. Now investigations
00:22:16investigations are under way after after a private jet crashed in Florida,
00:22:20Florida, killing all nine people people on board. Let's take a look
00:22:23look at the moment the jet crashed. crashed. This is from dashcam footage.
00:22:26footage. We're showing you the Learjet Learjet 60 which was heading to the
00:22:30the Bahamas, came down in Palm Beach
00:22:32Beach County. A large crater formed formed in the middle of the multi-lane
00:22:35multi-lane road with fires burning burning across it. Nobody on the
00:22:39the ground was hurt and the cause cause of the crash is still unclear.
00:22:42unclear. Well, Tom Chapman from the the National Transportation Safety Safety Board gave this update on
00:22:46on the events leading up to the crash.
00:22:49crash. The aircraft departed. Austin-bergstrom Austin-bergstrom International Airport
00:22:52Airport and route to North Eleuthera,
00:22:55Eleuthera, Bahamas, with nine people
00:22:57people on board, two flight crew
00:22:59crew and seven passengers. After
00:23:02After take-off, the polite proceeded proceeded towards the destination
00:23:05destination while establishing contact contact with various ATC ATC facilities
00:23:09facilities along the route of flight.
00:23:14flight. About 12:47pm Eastern Time,
00:23:15Time, the crew transmitted to ATC
00:23:19ATC that they were encountering light light clear ice which was manageable
00:23:22manageable and also moderate turbulence.
00:23:25turbulence. While in contact with with Miami Air Route Traffic Centre,
00:23:29Centre, the crew transmitted that
00:23:32that they were at 35,000ft with moderate
00:23:35moderate turbulence with altitude altitude deviations of about 700ft.
00:23:39700ft. The crew reported the outside
00:23:44outside temperature was -47 Celsius, Celsius, which is -53 Fahrenheit,
00:23:48Fahrenheit, and they were managing managing the ice but were in moderate
00:23:51moderate turbulence. Very soon after
00:23:54after the crew transmitted, we are are picking up precipitation, requesting
00:23:58requesting to climb to 37,000ft if
00:24:02if able, which was approved by FAA
00:24:04FAA Air Traffic Control. Less than
00:24:07than 30s later, a transmission from from the aeroplane announced the
00:24:11the descent, followed by a mayday
00:24:16mayday call about 1248 eastern. The The aeroplane transmitted. We are
00:24:19are in an overspeed condition, descending
00:24:22descending with the rest unintelligible.
00:24:25unintelligible. Subsequent communications communications described that the the aeroplane was descending rapidly
00:24:28rapidly and gave an altitude call
00:24:31call out. Sadly all aboard were lost.
00:24:34lost. But of course you can read
00:24:36read more about that plane crash crash on the BBC's website. As I
00:24:40I mentioned earlier, more details.
00:24:42details. As you saw there are emerging
00:24:44emerging about the circumstances circumstances before this incident.
00:24:47incident. Let's just take you now now to Capitol Hill in Washington,
00:24:50Washington, DC and get used to this this live shot because you're going
00:24:53going to be seeing a lot of it over over the next few days because of
00:24:57of course, we have now reached the the final day of campaigning ahead
00:25:00ahead of Tuesday's midterm elections
00:25:02elections in the US we've got all
00:25:04all 435 seats in the House of Representatives
00:25:07Representatives up for grabs and
00:25:09and 35 seats in the Senate. Republicans Republicans currently control both
00:25:13both chambers. Remember, in Congress,
00:25:16Congress, but polls are suggesting
00:25:18suggesting that the Democrats are
00:25:20are set to win back the House and
00:25:22and have a more realistic chance
00:25:24chance of taking the Senate, too.
00:25:27too. So President Trump and his Vice Vice President, JD Vance, have both
00:25:30both been crisscrossing the country.
00:25:32country. You can see here Vice President President Vance is live currently
00:25:36currently in Ohio giving a speech. speech. I'm told that Donald Trump
00:25:39Trump Jr is by his side. They are are crisscrossing the country. They're
00:25:43They're trying to talk to voters. voters. Voters are worried. They
00:25:46They don't want those high fuel prices. prices. They're worried about the
00:25:49the cost of living. They're worried worried about the Iran war. And those
00:25:52those are all things that President President Trump has to grapple with,
00:25:55with, as do all the candidates on on the Republican sheets. We will
00:25:59will bring you, obviously, the very
00:26:00very latest on what's happening ahead
00:26:03ahead of those midterms. But after after this short break, I'm back at the top of the hour with
00:26:07with the headlines
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00:30:12It's 7pm in London. This is the World
00:30:18World Today with Maryam Moshiri. Moshiri. Millions prepare to vote
00:30:20vote on the eve of Americas crucial
00:30:22crucial midterm elections. Can Donald Donald Trump and the Republicans
00:30:26Republicans keep control of the US US Congress? Russian forces bomb
00:30:30bomb a village in the southeastern southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, region, killing at least 24 people.
00:30:34people. Also coming up on the world world today, the Home Secretary scraps
00:30:37scraps plans for migrant care workers workers already in the UK to wait
00:30:40wait 15 years for permanent settlement.
00:30:44settlement. Supermarkets in seven seven European countries report problems
00:30:46problems with their refrigeration refrigeration systems and a suspected
00:30:49suspected cyber attack. The King King will address Commonwealth leaders
00:30:52leaders about the lasting pain of of the transatlantic slave trade
00:30:56trade during the final leg of his his Caribbean tour.