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00:00:16I'm Sumi Somaskanda in Washington and this is BBC World
00:00:19World News America. President Trump Trump makes a final appeal for votes
00:00:22votes ahead of Tuesday's US midterm midterm elections for his Republican
00:00:25Republican Party is battling to maintain maintain control of both chambers
00:00:28chambers of Congress. Democrat party
00:00:30party is nominated the most extreme
00:00:33extreme and dangerous slate of candidates candidates in American history. These
00:00:36These are the most dangerous candidates
00:00:39candidates ever put up. In Michigan.
00:00:42Michigan. Abdul El-Sayed Senate campaign campaign reports a record breaking
00:00:45breaking fundraising day after fellow fellow Democrat Haley Stevens pulls
00:00:48pulls her endorsement in favour of of the Republican rival. And officials
00:00:51officials in Ukraine say at least least 24 people have been killed
00:00:54killed in repeated Russian attacks attacks on a school being used as
00:00:57as an aid centre. A very warm welcome
00:01:10welcome to World News America. Thank Thank you for joining us tonight.
00:01:13tonight. It is the final day before before the US midterm elections.
00:01:16elections. Millions of people across across the country have already cast cast their ballots in an election
00:01:20election that will determine the the balance of power here in Washington.
00:01:23Washington. It is a critical moment moment in American politics that
00:01:26that will set the tone for the final final two years of Donald Trump's
00:01:30Trump's second presidency. And we we do have correspondents all across
00:01:33across the country in the run up up to the election. Nada Tawfik is
00:01:36is in Michigan. Tom Bateman is in in Ohio. And here in Washington,
00:01:40Washington, the President made his his final pitch to voters just a
00:01:43a few hours ago. He touted his administration's administration's policies at the
00:01:46the US border and beyond while calling calling rival Democrats, quote, the
00:01:50the most extreme slate of candidates candidates in American history. Here's
00:01:53Here's more of what he had to say.
00:01:55say. If the people that voted for
00:01:57for me and voted in the last election
00:01:59election where we had such a great great victory, if they go out and
00:02:03and vote just a good portion of them,
00:02:05them, we will win in a landslide. landslide. Now that doesn't happen
00:02:09happen because usually whoever the the sitting president is Republican
00:02:13Republican or Democrat, good or bad,
00:02:16bad, good president, great president,
00:02:17president, bad. For some reason the the sitting president doesn't win
00:02:21win the midterms. But we gave this
00:02:25this a very strong shot. I asked
00:02:27asked our North America editor, Sarah Sarah Smith, about the President's
00:02:31President's closing message. I thought thought it was slightly bizarre,
00:02:33bizarre, to be honest, because it it was such a strange thing to be
00:02:37be focusing on when you've got voters voters all across America saying
00:02:41saying that they are really anxious anxious about the cost of living, living, that they blame Donald Trump
00:02:44Trump for the rising prices. Why Why does he think he's going to win
00:02:47win them over by talking about renovations renovations to a reflecting pool
00:02:51pool in the middle of Washington, Washington, DC.? I mean, it was an
00:02:54an embarrassing debacle for administration administration over the summer when
00:02:57when there were huge problems with with the pool. They got all choked
00:03:00choked up with algae and slime and and turned bright green. It was an
00:03:03an embarrassment. He says that those those problems have now been fixed,
00:03:05fixed, but of all the things to be be focused on as a closing message,
00:03:09message, it was an eccentric choice choice I think, and it's just very
00:03:13very difficult to imagine how many many voters would have been won over
00:03:16over by that. Now he did go on to to talk about what he thought were
00:03:19were the dangers of the Democrats Democrats getting into power. He
00:03:23He talked about how he felt he had had made America wealthier and safer
00:03:26safer as a result of his presidency. presidency. But his main focus was
00:03:29was on the renovations to a reflecting reflecting pool that really doesn't
00:03:32doesn't affect the lives of most most people across the United States. States. And Sarah, I know you have
00:03:36have been travelling around talking talking to voters on the eve of the
00:03:39the midterms. What will you be looking looking out for? Well, I think it's
00:03:43it's going to be fascinating. Obviously, Obviously, we'll all be looking out out to see whether or not the surge
00:03:47surge in Democratic support does does actually come to pass. It was
00:03:50was really noticeable. I thought thought talking to voters that even
00:03:53even people who said that they were were determined to vote against the
00:03:56the Republicans or vote against Donald Donald Trump had no great love for
00:03:59for the Democrats. Most of them they they are just about as unpopular
00:04:02unpopular as the President is. And And so it may be at the end of the
00:04:06the day that Democrats find it difficult difficult to summon up much enthusiasm
00:04:09enthusiasm to get people out to the the polls to vote for them. And of of course, that's what Donald Trump
00:04:13Trump has been trying to do with with all these dozens of rallies rallies he's had around the country,
00:04:17country, really try and galvanise galvanise his core supporters to to come out because a lot of them
00:04:21them tend not to vote in midterm midterm elections, but only turn
00:04:23turn out for presidential elections. elections. So a lot of this is going
00:04:26going to come down to who has actually actually been able to get their voters
00:04:30voters off the sofa and into the
00:04:32the polling stations. OK. To Michigan Michigan now where Democrat Abdul
00:04:36Abdul El-Sayed Senate campaign reported reported a record breaking fundraising
00:04:39fundraising day after an unexpected unexpected twist in the immediate
00:04:42immediate run up to election day. day. Democratic Congresswoman Haley
00:04:46Haley Stevens formally endorsed El-Sayed El-Sayed Republican opponent, Mike
00:04:49Mike Rogers, for Senate on Sunday, Sunday, sparking condemnation from
00:04:52from fellow Democrats that has sent sent shock waves through the Democratic
00:04:55Democratic Party at a moment where where control of the Senate is going
00:04:58going to come down to a handful of of seats in Michigan is one of them.
00:05:01them. So let's go right to Michigan. Michigan. Our North America correspondent
00:05:04correspondent Nada Tawfik is standing standing by for us there. It is great
00:05:07great to see you. Truly an extraordinary extraordinary weekend that we saw
00:05:11saw there in Michigan politics. Just Just tell us what things are like
00:05:14like there today. Yeah, we're well
00:05:19well Abdul El-Sayed has been out
00:05:22out campaigning with Elizabeth Warren, Warren, another progressive who is
00:05:25is trying to help get the vote out out for him. They were at an event,
00:05:29event, Sue me where the lines were were out the door. They actually
00:05:32actually had to turn people away. away. And it was the same for when
00:05:35when we went to his rally Sunday Sunday in Southfield, Michigan, people
00:05:39people were turned away. So there there has been increased enthusiasm
00:05:42enthusiasm for his campaign. I mean, mean, think about it. He survived
00:05:45survived the primary with a 70 million
00:05:48million spent against him. He has has seen an onslaught of anti-Muslim
00:05:52anti-Muslim rhetoric and attacks attacks aimed at him from all the the way up from the President of
00:05:56of the United States, Donald Trump.
00:05:57Trump. And now you had Haley Stevens
00:06:00Stevens a Democratic congresswoman congresswoman endorsing his Republican
00:06:03Republican rival. So Abdul El-Sayed
00:06:06El-Sayed has faced a lot in this
00:06:08this campaign. If he is able to win
00:06:11win despite all of that, that will will say a lot about the progressive
00:06:14progressive movement and its power. power. They will argue, progressives, progressives, that he was able to
00:06:18to build a winning coalition in a a swing state, and that should be
00:06:22be taken into account for 2028. Now,
00:06:25Now, Mike Rogers, he has also been,
00:06:28been, you know, keeping up his platform
00:06:30platform today. He has also been
00:06:32been attacking Abdul El-Sayed. Speaking
00:06:34Speaking to Republicans here in this this state. They very much are supporting
00:06:38supporting him, even if they aren't aren't on board with President Trump's
00:06:41Trump's war on Iran or rising gas gas prices. So it really does come
00:06:45come down to me to those key independent
00:06:48independent voters. And while polls
00:06:50polls do have El-Sayed ahead, it it will be a tight race for sure.
00:06:54sure. OK. Nada Tawfik reporting there there from Detroit. Thank you very
00:06:58very much. Let's get the view from from Ohio now. Our correspondent correspondent Tom Bateman has been
00:07:02been on the ground talking to voters voters there about the big races,
00:07:04races, mainly the Senate and governor governor races. They've gotten pretty
00:07:07pretty heated there in recent weeks. weeks. Tom, good to see you as always.
00:07:11always. Tell us what the mood has has been like among voters. You've
00:07:13You've been speaking to. Well, remember,
00:07:16remember, this state has been during during the Trump era, deep Republican
00:07:20Republican red. The party has held held two Senate seats. Democrats
00:07:24Democrats haven't cracked that for for eight years now. Most of the
00:07:28the seats in the House of Representatives Representatives and the governor's
00:07:31governor's mansion, the Democratic Democratic Party feel that they can
00:07:35can now break that monopoly and take
00:07:37take at least this Senate seat and and the race for the governor. The
00:07:41The opinion polls been putting the the Democrats ahead in both of those.
00:07:44those. In that case of the Senate Senate seat, we've seen a pretty
00:07:48pretty acrimonious race between the
00:07:50the Republican incumbent in the Senate,
00:07:52Senate, John Husted against his Democratic
00:07:56Democratic challenger, Sherrod Brown. Brown. A lot of that focused around around the kind of name calling we've
00:08:00we've seen elsewhere, frankly, with
00:08:01with Mr Houston calling Sherrod Brown
00:08:04Brown a socialist and a radical leftist, leftist, the Democratic candidate
00:08:08candidate saying that the Republican
00:08:11Republican incumbent is tied to business business interests in Washington,
00:08:13Washington, DC., not doing things things for the people of Ohio. It
00:08:17It will all depend on turnout here
00:08:20here and the degree to which the the party, the parties have been
00:08:24been able to motivate their voters voters out. We were in Franklin County
00:08:27County here in Columbus at the very very end, just before the deadline
00:08:30deadline of early in-person voting, voting, to hear how people there
00:08:33there were feeling about the issues.
00:08:36issues. People are dying. People
00:08:38People are starving. They're starving. starving. You don't know whether
00:08:41whether to buy gas or get a piece
00:08:44piece of Bologna, a slice of bread. bread. I've just been waiting, maybe
00:08:48maybe like a little over an hour. hour. Why was it important for you
00:08:51you to come and vote. Today? Change, Change, change. I'm so sick of what's
00:08:55what's going on right now. It's insane. insane. Prices have not gone down.
00:08:59down. Wars have not stopped. They've
00:09:03They've continued and we just have have to. We have to work on taking
00:09:07taking first steps to get back to
00:09:11to what we you know, we just need
00:09:13need to change. This is not the right
00:09:16right direction. Now that particular
00:09:18particular polling station here in
00:09:21in Columbus in a pretty Democratic Democratic leaning area, of course
00:09:25course out in the rural parts of
00:09:26of Ohio, much more likely to vote
00:09:29vote Republican phenomenon. Of course,
00:09:30course, we see across the Midwest,
00:09:33Midwest, but I think there is concern concern among the Republican camp camp about the direction this is
00:09:37is going. I think that is probably probably why President Trump has
00:09:40has visited Ohio three times during
00:09:43during this campaign. Also why JD
00:09:45JD Vance has been rallying here today
00:09:47today in his final rally of this
00:09:50this campaign. Of course, Ohio is is where he's from. That Senate seat
00:09:53seat was actually the seat that was was vacated by the Vice President
00:09:57President when he took up that post. post. All to play for in what has
00:10:01has been a very acrimonious, a very
00:10:03very bitter fight here in Ohio. OK.
00:10:05OK. Tom Bateman reporting there from from Columbus in Ohio. Thank you
00:10:08you very much for that. Let's go
00:10:12go now back to Michigan to speak speak to former Republican National
00:10:14National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Ronna McDaniel. She's a currently
00:10:17currently the CEO of Michigan Forward, Forward, a Republican non-profit.
00:10:21non-profit. Rhonda, it's great to to see you to have you with us today today on our programme. And I have
00:10:25have to start with Michigan since since that's where you are. We were
00:10:27were just talking about this unexpected unexpected twist from over the weekend
00:10:30weekend where we saw the Democratic
00:10:34Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens Stevens endorse the candidate from from your party, Mike Rogers. I know
00:10:38know the Democrats have called this this a disaster, but do you see this
00:10:41this as actually providing some sort
00:10:43sort of boost to your party? I do.
00:10:47do. Haley Stevens represents a suburban
00:10:50suburban community that has trended trended more Democrat in the years,
00:10:53years, specifically suburban women. women. And that's the voters that
00:10:57that she touches that came out for for her and her primary. So her coming
00:11:00coming in and endorsing Mike Rogers
00:11:02Rogers only helps him make gains
00:11:05gains in a voting constituent that that he would need a constituency constituency that he would need to
00:11:09to win the Senate race. This all all came very late, of course, and and I was just looking at the most
00:11:13most recent polling from the New New York Times and Siena that came
00:11:16came out just in the last few days. days. And it has the Democratic candidate
00:11:20candidate Abdul El-Sayed up nine nine points. That's one poll. Of Of course, we have to look at a number
00:11:24number of polls. But he's been leading leading those polls. So do you think
00:11:27think any of this will make a difference difference in how voters feel going
00:11:30going into this election? I do. I I think the polls have really missed
00:11:34missed Michigan. The polls for side side had them up double digits to
00:11:38to win his primary, and he only ended ended up winning that by one point.
00:11:41point. And based on what I'm seeing seeing on the ground and with the
00:11:45the inroads that Mike Rogers has has made specifically with Jewish
00:11:48Jewish voters, with Christian Arab Arab voters as well, and then also also in the black community, I think
00:11:52think this is going to be much tighter tighter and an endorsement from a
00:11:55a Democrat and also a Detroit council council member today endorsed him
00:11:59him as well, a Democrat, Detroit Detroit Council member endorsed him
00:12:02him as well today. So I think that's that's going to help him in these these final stages. So, Rhonda, there
00:12:06there was a poll from Michigan State State University this week showing
00:12:10showing how Michiganders feel. And And a majority of those surveyed surveyed favour Democrats for governor
00:12:14governor and US Senate seats there there because their decisions are
00:12:17are based on economic pessimism, pessimism, disapproval of President
00:12:21President Trump and the desire to to improve affordability and reduce
00:12:25reduce political corruption. How How worried do you think Republicans Republicans should be about those
00:12:28those points? There's no question
00:12:30question that affordability is the the number one issue on the voters,
00:12:34voters, on the minds of voters in in Michigan. But I think across the
00:12:37the country and they are worried worried about the war and gas prices
00:12:40prices and it's affecting them. And And there is a national environment
00:12:44environment that is coming into Michigan, Michigan, specifically in a midterm
00:12:46midterm year. The party in power, power, the Republicans usually will
00:12:49will lose seats. That being said, said, we are a state that's been
00:12:53been run by Democrats for eight years. years. They actually raised the gas
00:12:56gas tax $0.21 this past year. And
00:12:58And we are a state that's been under
00:13:00under the on the decline with Democrats Democrats controlling the state for
00:13:03for eight years. So I think there there is some more to that story
00:13:07story with Michiganders. And I think think there is room for Republicans
00:13:10Republicans to make gains in a blue blue state. I mean, Michigan has
00:13:12has not elected a Republican senator
00:13:15senator since 1994. That being said, said, we are seeing voters really
00:13:18really draw a direct line between between some of President Trump's
00:13:21Trump's policies. The war in Iran, Iran, for example, and those higher
00:13:25higher prices. So do you think President President Trump, him showing up and and campaigning in Michigan could
00:13:28could be a drag on Republicans there.
00:13:32there. Where he went in the Port Port Huron area? He absolutely was
00:13:35was a huge help. I had just done done a rally there and side is really
00:13:39really trying to break into that
00:13:41that Trump voter. He closed his campaign
00:13:44campaign with Tucker Carlson in his his ads. He's trying to reach that
00:13:47that Trump working class voter and and President Trump coming in for
00:13:50for Mike Rogers in that area of the
00:13:52the state was key. He hasn't come
00:13:55come back since then. This is going going to be about who can take votes
00:13:59votes from each other's constituency. constituency. And it's interesting
00:14:01interesting to see Mike Rogers campaigning
00:14:03campaigning in Detroit and El-Sayed El-Sayed ending with Tucker Carlson
00:14:06Carlson in his ads. So speaking of of closing messages, President Trump
00:14:09Trump spent the bulk of his closing closing message today speaking about
00:14:13about the reflecting pool construction construction projects. Is that a
00:14:16a message do you think that will will land well with voters not just
00:14:19just in Michigan but across the country? country? I don't think they're going
00:14:22going to be paying attention to that that today. I think everybody is
00:14:25is thinking about the races in their their states. We're being bombarded
00:14:28bombarded with TV ads and text messages messages and mail, and I think there
00:14:32there is a fatigue right now with with voters. They just want this this election over. So I don't think
00:14:36think we're really paying attention attention to what's happening in in Washington, DC I think voters
00:14:39voters in Michigan, where I am, we're we're paying attention to what's what's happening on the ground in
00:14:42in our state. OK. Ronna McDaniel, McDaniel, always great to have you
00:14:45you with us. Thanks so much for joining joining us tonight. Thanks for having
00:14:48having me. Let's get the Democratic Democratic perspective now with me
00:14:51me in studios. Former Virginia Governor Governor Terry McAuliffe, a former
00:14:54former chair of the Democratic National National Committee. Great to see
00:14:57see you again, governor. So I've I've got to ask you you know, we've
00:15:00we've been talking a lot about the
00:15:02the optimism that Democrats are feeling feeling going into these midterm
00:15:05midterm elections. Are you as optimistic optimistic as many Democrats were
00:15:08were hearing? I am. I've been doing doing this a long time, about 47
00:15:1147 years. I have never seen a political political environment like we have
00:15:15have today in America. You have Donald Donald Trump going into the midterms.
00:15:18midterms. This is the most unpopular unpopular president in American history.
00:15:22history. You know, if you go back back historically 94, when we lost lost under President Clinton, he
00:15:26he was in the high 40s. President President Obama in 2010 was in the
00:15:29the 40s. George Bush when we won
00:15:33won in 2006, was about 39%. Trump
00:15:35Trump is at 31%. So tomorrow, what what you're going to see across the
00:15:39the country, we're going to win the the House. We're going to win the the Senate. But what is very exciting
00:15:43exciting is we're probably net five five new Democratic governors. We're
00:15:45We're going to win in Alaska and
00:15:48and Ohio and Iowa, Georgia and Nevada.
00:15:50Nevada. And I think we'll pick up
00:15:53up probably 600 state rep seats. seats. That's important, as you know,
00:15:56know, because these are the folks folks who will be in power when we
00:16:00we do redistricting. And I think think we'll pick up five states that
00:16:02that will have a trifecta of a Democratic Democratic governor in both chambers.
00:16:05chambers. This is unheard of, but but it's about you hit it right in in the head. It's about affordability,
00:16:09affordability, a war in Iran that that he promised he would never get
00:16:12get us in these foreign wars in the the grifting and graft that has gone
00:16:15gone on with Trump and his family. family. Billions of dollars. People
00:16:19People are upset. Inflation is up. up. It's 3.7 today, right? Two years
00:16:23years ago under Joe Biden, this exact exact date, it was one point less
00:16:26less 100 basis points less. So let
00:16:28let me ask you because that frustration frustration that you're pointing pointing to, we're seeing in the
00:16:32the polling with the President, with with Republicans, that doesn't necessarily necessarily translate into votes
00:16:36votes for Democrats. And indeed, indeed, if you look at the polling, polling, the Democrats are around
00:16:40around as unpopular as the President. President. But it's really they're they're looking at those individual
00:16:43individual candidates who are running running on the Democratic line. Midterms
00:16:46Midterms are generally about the the party in power. They have nothing
00:16:50nothing to run on. Trump is the most most unpopular president in American
00:16:53American history. In addition, the the Republicans can't. What can they
00:16:56they run on? They have one legislative legislative accomplishment they did
00:17:00did the one big beautiful bill, which
00:17:02which two thirds of Americans today
00:17:05today are against. Millions of Americans Americans have lost health care because
00:17:09because of that bill. So they've they've got Trump, as you say, talking
00:17:11talking about the ballroom and the the arch and this he's not talking
00:17:14talking about the economy and people people are hurting gas up. You know.
00:17:17know. But with all due respect, if if I can ask, governor, what are
00:17:20are the Democrats running on other other than being against President President Trump and the cost of living?
00:17:24living? I mean, have they actually actually provided an agenda on how
00:17:27how they would make things cheaper? cheaper? Yeah, and great question.
00:17:30question. And as I say, midterms midterms are about the party in power
00:17:32power and they're going to get swamped. swamped. So that's their message.
00:17:36message. And we're against Trump. Trump. And I agree with you. And
00:17:39And I think the important part for for the Democratic Party is after
00:17:43after tomorrow night realise that that Trump lost this election. Now
00:17:46Now they're giving us the keys and and we have got to deliver. We've
00:17:49We've got to deliver on affordability affordability and grocery prices,
00:17:51prices, on gas prices, you know, know, natural gas. We've got to have
00:17:55have an energy plan in this country. country. And that's what we have
00:17:57have to do the next two years. The The presidential campaign will start
00:18:01start on Wednesday. As soon as this this is over, you and I will be talking
00:18:04talking about it. I'm not ready for for that yet, but it's coming. But But it's going to be a great night
00:18:08night and people have had it. And And Trump is just little, I don't
00:18:11don't know, I think I've known him him for 30 years. I think he's lost
00:18:14lost his mind. He's not talking about about anything that matters to the
00:18:17the American people. And they are are angry about Iran and prices in
00:18:21in the money that this family has has made is unconscionable. So let
00:18:24let me ask you, since I also asked asked Ronna McDaniel about this,
00:18:27this, Michigan seems to exemplify exemplify some of the real issues
00:18:30issues within the Democratic Party. Party. Some of the battles over where where this party is headed as well.
00:18:34well. Is it towards the progressive progressive left? Is it towards the the centre, especially on Israel?
00:18:38Israel? Do the Democrats really know know any of the answers to these
00:18:41these questions? I think if we continue continue to talk about the affordability
00:18:44affordability issue, that has to to be our message going forward.
00:18:47forward. We're going to get the power power now we have to deliver on that.
00:18:50that. But when you talk about the the party, it's a big broad and the
00:18:54the message will begin to be defined defined when we have presidential presidential candidates, they will
00:18:57will be the main message bearers, bearers, you know, for our party
00:19:00party as we go forth. And that will will all happen, as I say, beginning
00:19:04beginning Wednesday all the way up up through 2028, the presidential
00:19:07presidential election. But delivering delivering with the House, the Senate
00:19:11Senate and these governors in these these state reps. I cannot stress
00:19:14stress to you, everybody talks about about the House and Senate winning
00:19:17winning at the local level gives gives us tremendous power to build
00:19:20build our party up from the grassroots, grassroots, from the base level,
00:19:23level, and these governors and state state legislators, that's the future
00:19:25future of our party. I cannot tell tell you how it is really exciting
00:19:28exciting for us. I'm always excited, excited, but I am really jacked up
00:19:32up about tomorrow. OK. Terry McAuliffe, McAuliffe, it's always good to have have you. Great to see you. Thank
00:19:36Thank you so much. Well, do join
00:19:38join us on Tuesday for our special special programme right here on BBC
00:19:41BBC News. We're going to be bringing bringing you the results of the US
00:19:44US midterm elections live from right right here in Washington with our our correspondents around the world
00:19:48world and across the country. That's
00:19:50That's going to be starting at 11:30pm
00:19:5211:30pm GMT. That's 6:30pm Eastern Eastern time. We'll have analysis
00:19:56analysis from the key states and and tell you what it means for the
00:19:58the US and the rest of the world.
00:20:00world. Watching closely. OK, to some some other news to Ukraine. Now,
00:20:04Now, President Zelensky says Russia Russia has repeatedly bombed a school
00:20:07school that was being used as an an aid centre in the Zaporizhzhia
00:20:10Zaporizhzhia region, killing at least least 24 people. These pictures from
00:20:13from the Ukraine State Emergency Emergency Service show the aftermath aftermath of the attack. Zelensky
00:20:17Zelensky said that after an initial initial strike, nine more bombs hit
00:20:20hit a shelter where people were taking taking cover. He said the Russians
00:20:23Russians must have been aware that that the building was being used used to distribute humanitarian aid.
00:20:27aid. The attack came hours after after a local cease fire ended in
00:20:30in the southern town of Oleshky. Oleshky. Our correspondent in Kyiv,
00:20:34Kyiv, Dan Johnson, has more. The
00:20:36The President described this as an an utterly horrific Russian attack.
00:20:39attack. He said it was a school that
00:20:42that was hit that was being used
00:20:44used to distribute aid to the people
00:20:47people of this village. He said the the Russians could not have been
00:20:50been unaware that every week local local residents who had remained
00:20:53remained there were receiving humanitarian humanitarian aid at that very location,
00:20:57location, he said the search and and rescue operation has been ongoing
00:21:01ongoing and that's why the number number of casualties has continued
00:21:04continued rising. He said this was
00:21:05was further proof that Russia wants
00:21:08wants no de-escalation and no real real justice. The President said
00:21:12said after the humanitarian operation operation in Oleshky, referring to
00:21:16to that temporary ceasefire which which held over the past six days,
00:21:19days, he said there was a moment moment when the next steps could
00:21:22could have shown that progress towards
00:21:24towards peace was possible. But with with these killings, Russia is sending
00:21:27sending an entirely opposite Signal.
00:21:30Signal. Russia, he said, is counting counting on more killings and there
00:21:33there must be a response to this this that temporary cease fire in
00:21:37in the Kherson region ended last last night, and we have reports that
00:21:41that intense fighting has resumed resumed in that region. Once again,
00:21:44again, we understand both sides have have taken the opportunity during
00:21:48during that cease fire to reinforce reinforce their soldiers to re-arm
00:21:52re-arm their units in that region.
00:21:54region. And today there's been these
00:21:56these reports of fake messages having
00:21:58having been sent on the Ukrainian
00:22:01Ukrainian air alert app last night, night, people across the country, country, millions of them who have
00:22:05have that app on their phone received
00:22:08received these messages warning of of a nuclear threat of a potential
00:22:12potential chemical attack and of of fighting in the streets of Kyiv.
00:22:16Kyiv. It didn't cause widespread widespread panic because I think
00:22:18think the sheer volume of extreme extreme alerts that came through
00:22:21through all at the same time indicated indicated to people that there was
00:22:24was something wrong, that there was was either a glitch in the system
00:22:27system or that it had been hacked hacked and very quickly, Ukraine's
00:22:30Ukraine's Air Force said that the the system had been compromised.
00:22:33compromised. They blamed the Russians Russians for that cyber attack. That's
00:22:37That's not been confirmed by Russia,
00:22:40Russia, who reported their own incident incident in the hours afterwards
00:22:43afterwards with similar sorts of of messages being spread on their
00:22:47their emergency alert system. Cyber Cyber experts here in Kyiv have told
00:22:50told us that is likely a deliberate
00:22:53deliberate retaliation on the part
00:22:55part of Ukraine. The problem is that
00:22:57that it potentially weakens the faith faith that citizens have in those
00:23:01those systems that are relied on
00:23:02on to warn them of impending attacks.
00:23:06attacks. The relentless number of of attacks and alerts had already
00:23:08already meant that lots of people
00:23:11people were on occasions ignoring ignoring those alerts. So the authorities
00:23:15authorities have a challenge to restore restore trust in those systems and
00:23:19and make sure they are secure to
00:23:21to prevent future cyber attacks impacting
00:23:24impacting those systems. Dan Johnson Johnson reporting there from Kyiv.
00:23:27Kyiv. The Iran backed Houthis in in Yemen say they targeted Dammam
00:23:30Dammam airport in eastern Saudi Arabia Arabia in their latest round of strikes.
00:23:34strikes. There was no immediate Saudi Saudi confirmation. It follows Saudi Saudi air strikes that targeted a
00:23:38a key Red Sea port and oil facility facility in Hodeida province. These
00:23:42These pictures are from the Houthi Houthi run Yemeni TV station Al-masirah
00:23:45Al-masirah TV. The Houthis claim claim the strikes wounded seven people
00:23:48people and accused the Saudi led
00:23:50led coalition of violating international international humanitarian law. The
00:23:53The United Nations says more than than 1600 people have been killed
00:23:56killed in Yemen since fighting began
00:23:57began earlier this year. Let's get get a quick round-up of some other
00:24:01other headlines now. The cryptocurrency cryptocurrency firm Binance says
00:24:05says users have pulled billions of of dollars off its platform after
00:24:08after it reopened withdrawals after after last week's hack, the firm
00:24:11firm had suspended all transactions transactions in the wake of the incident,
00:24:14incident, which saw the theft of of $6.3 billion worth of digital
00:24:18digital assets. While major organisations organisations including the US Federal
00:24:22Federal Bureau of Investigations Investigations have blamed North North Korea for the cyber attack,
00:24:25attack, it remains unclear exactly exactly how the breach took place.
00:24:28place. The European Union's food food commissioner says repeated cyber
00:24:31cyber attacks on dozens of European European supermarkets are a, quote,
00:24:34quote, deliberate attempt to undermine undermine food supply chains. Christopher
00:24:38Christopher Hanson's condemnation condemnation comes after cyber attacks attacks raised temperatures and freezers
00:24:41freezers and fridges in supermarkets
00:24:44supermarkets across seven countries. countries. King Charles is in Antigua
00:24:48Antigua and Barbuda for the final final leg of his nine day Caribbean
00:24:51Caribbean tour. Our senior royal royal correspondent Daniela Relph
00:24:54Relph reports. Royal tours are meticulously
00:24:59meticulously planned except for the the weather, as the Antiguan rain
00:25:03rain hit, the Queen moved fast, taking
00:25:05taking cover leaving her unhappy
00:25:07unhappy husband. Umbrellas until
00:25:10until a royal aide belatedly came
00:25:12came to the rescue. But the King King was drenched, although eventually
00:25:16eventually saw the funny side. Andrew
00:25:20Andrew Walker Chris Mason. Yeah,
00:25:22Yeah, so I see. Yeah. An exhibition exhibition on the history of the
00:25:25the slave trade on this island formed formed part of the King's first engagement
00:25:29engagement today at government House. House. Another sign of Buckingham
00:25:32Buckingham Palace's efforts to, as
00:25:33as they say, not shy away from colonial
00:25:37colonial legacy with the Prime Minister Minister arriving here tonight and
00:25:40and the King addressing leaders tomorrow. tomorrow. The palace has also reiterated
00:25:44reiterated the King's role within within the Commonwealth as one that
00:25:48that isn't political, they say but but is instead focused on inspiring
00:25:52inspiring and getting people together
00:25:54together rather than making policy.
00:25:57policy. Daniela Relph BBC News Antigua. Antigua. OK. Thank you for watching
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