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so voters and candidates, so getting ready for us mid term elections that will determine the balance of power . monday's last day of campaigning before tuesdays vote with democrats and republicans making their final pitches. democrats have a slim majority in both houses of congress, but that could change with poll, suggesting a republican come back. as in joe biden, has campaigned on value issues, rallying support for abortion rights, and accusing republicans of eroding american democracy. former president, donald trump, has focused on the economy and the rising inflation rate. both sides are offering competing visions for america's future. today's his most important election in our lifetimes is going to take shape in this country for decades to come. one of those inflection point, i'm in a sincerely where what's gonna happen the next couple years is going to have more

to do with what this country looks like 20 years from now. then anything else biden and the far left lunatics are waging war in your jobs, your safety, your values and your freedom. they're strangling fraud or families. they're hitting florida, very hard with soaring prices and devastating. what they're doing to tourism. if you think about a tourism and hospitality service industries with crippling inflation at a dollar, and nobody talks about this, that is valued a level that makes our country unable to compete with other countries, especially in tourism. and in manufacturing, all the balance of power will likely come down to 4 battleground states. georgia, pennsylvania, arizona, and wisconsin. though senate contests are some of the tightest in the country algae . there is gable, as under reports from one of those states to watch. it's back in pennsylvania. pennsylvania is one of the most politically divided states anywhere in america.

consider the last 2 presidential elections in 2016. donald trump beat hillary clinton by less than one percentage point. and then in the last presidential election, joe biden beat trump by barely over one percentage point. now the senate race here shaping up to be very similar between 2 candidates that are polar opposites. on one side you have the democrat, john fedor, man who comes off and pitches himself as a man of the people. he almost never wears a shirt and tie dresses very casually. and speaks in very simple language, often talking a lot about economic inequality. his opponent, the republican, let met us, is a multi millionaire celebrity doctor who's been endorsed by trump. now what matters here are the voters of pennsylvania, and they seem like they can't decide on what issue means the most to them what's most important. some say it's crime and the abortion others say it's the economy

and inflation. but almost all voters that we've spoken to here agree that they are exhausted and tired with a political infighting and ready for this mid term election to finally be over. now listen to this, according to one of the latest polls, both better men and us are both tied at 46 percent in the polls. so tuesday night here could be a very long night in pennsylvania. as officials are expected to count more than 5000000 ballots, and it could come down to just a few 1000 that decide who wins the senate seat. and in turn, what party, the republican or democrat wins control of the us senate. when it's now bringing our white house correspondent, kimberly how kit in washington dc. so kimberly the candidates for making their closing arguments today. how does that look for president by and the democratic party the latest numbers are not looking good for the president's democratic

party. i right now the latest pull, this is pretty trustworthy. one of the washington post a, b c. news. polls says that essentially the key issues for voters tend to be inflation and the economy, not democracy on the ballot. as you, as president really tried to put forward, and that is a problem. what it essentially means is that do voters are leaning towards the republican party and the president's democratic party and their doing so by double digits. i initially it seemed that there was a narrow edge, but now it's looking like 12 percentage points or more. that is not what the president was to see on the eve before the official voting day. we should point out already 41000000 votes have been cast. so this is not the kind of numbers that these are not the kind of numbers that the president wants to see. now, there is an issue where the president is scoring. well, that's on the issue of abortion, but again, this is just with women voters,

men that really seems to be secondary. so this is a problem for the president. now if the republicans as expect to take control of the congress, what does it mean for present by and his agenda? it spells do for as legislative agenda, and this is something that the president really saw, particularly when it comes to climate change as an existential threat. that this was the tipping point. that would really mean the sort of the beginning of the end for tackling the climate crisis. and so the president has put forward bold legislative agenda and something that he felt that he would need and 2 more years to continue. and this could really reverse, not only the last 2 years, but make it impossible to move forward. what republicans have made clear is that if they take control of not only the lower house of representatives, but also the upper chamber, the u. s. senate, they are going to drastically sort of shift priorities that will no longer be the social safety net. it will no longer be issues like climate change. it will be

issues like crime and safety. it will be issues like a revamping immigration clothing, closing the southern border with mexico and also it will be cutting back dramatically on social spending. so these are the closing arguments that the republicans are making to voters on the eve of the congressional elections. thank you. kimberly for that, kimberly hawkins is our white house correspondent will have of course, special coverage of the mid terms here on al jazeera. be sure to tuning at 2100 hours g m t on monday for our preview of the mid terms. and then we'll have an hour long special on what's at stake in this vote. and of course, coverage on pulling day tuesday begins at one g m t on wednesday actually. and we'll have correspondence across the u. s. plus reaction to the results from a wide range of analysts in other world use. now, there is a standoff between italian officials and rescue ships carrying migrants and refugees that was allowed to dock on sunday humanity. one has been ordered to leave

the sicilian port of atanya, but it's captain has refused to do so until everyone on board is allowed to disembark. so far, only a $144.00 people including miners and people with health conditions have been that off the ship. dozens of men were refused permission. meanwhile, crew members of another migrant rescue ship that doctrine catania early on monday, have also refused to leave. migraines on the vessel, operated by doctors without borders, were waiting for permission to disembark. a total of $500.00 tony f. 2 people were on the jail barrens and a witch in front ship. authorities only allowed miners, families, and people with health issues to leave the ship. the rest were told to stay on board. let's bring in tony berkeley for the latest his life or his in catania. tony, anything happened at all? anything moved the situation nothing is moved in. that's the sad fact that this story is become now

a legal matter that the captain and the german charity that have this boat, the as a west humanity. and now making a legal case against the italian government, saying that the italian government has acted illegally in clear breach of the un convention on human rights. and not allowing these people to disembark a total of $250.00 people on to boat. so now who are more in the port and are to further boats outside of charlie and territorial waters that have been refused mission to come in. now the human rights organizations are saying that this is totally wrong. these people are vulnerable and they need to be allowed to come. they say the way that the people were chosen to be allowed to disembark was completely arbitrary. and without any basis a medical assessment. so they want now the italian government to real rethink and reassess the situation. in the meantime, they are taking the case to the courts and the hoping that that will persuade the italian government to your relaxing relents and allow these people in

a course italian government sees it completely differently. they say that this is a case of people who are not vulnerable want you to come and ex, exploit the situation. here italy, of course, is, had nearly $80000.00 migrants come to the country this year. and the prime minister, the newly elected prime minister of italy, georgia maloney, was elected basically platform of being tough. i get skate and crack down on by gratian. so this is become now a political versus people, and there's no room for compassion. these people have been through an awful lot when they left libya, they came in boats that almost sank according to the people who rescued them. they've been through trauma and this is only increasing that sense of trauma. tony, thank you for attorney bradley live in catania, italy now they are 2 other rescue shifts in the area. the rise above his german one is here. it's over crowded with 93 people on board,

a boat that's only 25 meters long. the ocean. viking is anchored near by, it's operated by the european charities. so as mid johnny and his carrying 234 migrants neither ship has received a response or repeated requests to dock. gabby law tis the director of operations at i so as many tyranny in my face as the people suck on the ships need immediate support. the situation is highly, highly concerning at that stage on the ocean biking you of it's overcrowded people out of being some people have been here for more than 2 weeks as a path through very strong winds and hot weather over the last 2 days out of 10 chances high g, since the twenty's leading to, to a very high concerns at oliver a falls distributed shields of this are and the situation on both. we still have a few days ahead in terms of food and water,

but those people are people that i've taken to this young to do a very dangerous journey over as a meter and see their well richard in very precarious conditions by our chines, they are psychologically in a very complicated state, now's our physically exhausted. we have a flu on ball there, so people are, are getting seek. people need a more attention. we have been addressing request res inbox scenes. so 1st, very 1st risk you on the 22nd of october. so, so far we have not been assigned a place of safety. we have repeated and repeated this request, a falls moles on 2 weeks. now, we repeat it, it's a 4 to twice a day for the last few days because we consider that as the situation is not

sustainable at all. still had on al jazeera, the search for people missing after building is destroyed by any launch capital. my family angry had a forty's. and why some nicaraguans calling municipal elections in legitimate ah ah, color, the weather does look pretty quiet now across much of east asia. some bits and pieces of shabby rain coming into our northern parts of japan, high pressure dominating so. therefore it is essentially marty settled still, a few showers into northern japan. so go through, were to stay dry weather doubts was a sappho showers petering out, moving out into the open waters. la sheet roy, across the korean peninsula. lodge a dry corsica,

part of china be pushed over towards western parts. you will see one or 2 showers, the some showers there down towards the se as well. still warm enough in hong kong 26 celsius squealing getting up to 30 degrees. it should not be anywhere near that . in november, the warped continuing here, sunshine and showers across southeast asia, some lively ones. now just pushing the way down into we're indonesia. we'll see some very heavy rain recently into a java march and looking right unsettled over the next couple of days. last on going feature in china is generally driverless southern parts of vietnam. we'll see one or 2 sharp shouts, southern parts of india fruitful anchor, seeing some sharp showers, longest bells of rain here, and up towards the north west of western disturbance. rolling out of afghanistan, bringing some wet, a weather, grassy chinese, a wintry weather over the high ground, nudging us where little further reese was in between his warm and sunny ah, talk to al jazeera,

we also do. luca women of afghanistan were somehow abandoned by the international community. we listen, we are paying a huge price for the war against terrorism. what's going on, and so money we meet with global news makers. i'm talk about the stories that went out to see if we understand the differences and similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter what you've seen when can use in current calls that matter to you, lou ah, ah, a recap of our top stories on al jazeera, the united states is about a day away from exposure, mid term elections present, joe biden,

and his predecessor, donald trump, have been rallying support for democratic and republican candidates, respect to be a rescue ship that doctrine sicily on sunday has been ordered to leave the italian board of catania. but the captain has refused to do so until old refugees and migraines have disney walked pow ukraine, and the present of ukraine is wanting of more russian attacks on energy facilities brought him. his lensky says people should be prepared for persistent blackouts across the country. one energy company says ukraine was almost a 3rd shot of power supplies on monday. the mayor of keep is telling people to get ready to leave temporarily if the capital loses electricity and water stolen. nancy alicia gillian. as the seasoning stabilization, power outages continue and keep and 6 regions more than 4 and a half 1000000 consumers are without electricity. most of them are now in cave and the cave region. it's really difficult. in asia,

the opening ceremony of the you and climate conference has taken place in the city of channel. shake participants have a busy 2 weeks ahead. with a report by the world meteorological organization, finding a late, the last 8 years, have been the hardest on record. un secretary general, antonio military stress set, the window for action is closing fast. a window of opportunity remains open, but only a narrow shaft of light remains. the global climate fight will be won or lost in this crucial decades or lowered watch. and one single certain, those that give up are sure to lose. so let's fight together and let's win for the $8000000000.00 members of all human family and for generations to come. a top prisons official in the philippines has been charged with the matter of a journalists, 1st of om abbas. i was shot and killed near his home in manila on october. 3rd,

had been a vocal critic of the peer of corrections chief gerald, but tongue and other officials accusing them of corruption. montague allegedly pressured in prison, gang leaders to hire a gunman to kill my bossa. the philippines is one of the world's most dangerous countries for journalists. barnaby. lo has more from manila or by philippine standards, the investigation into the killing of broadcast during the person on the bus, out better known as 1st. the lobby has been with the lawyers of the bossa family say, but they are satisfied with the pace the banner and the result of the investigation . march 18th, just over 2 weeks after the killing mentoring job confessing he was one of the gunmen. and he also claimed that the order came directly from the national deliberate prison or the national penitentiary. now, hours after his confession, an inmate who believed to be one of the middle men in the transactions died in

prison. and a thought of the revealed that there was no barclay, but a 2nd independence odyssey revealed that he died of a 6. and that's likely there was a plastic bag that was put over his head and that he died of suffocation. and that led 40 to a full scale investigation is the criminal activities inside the national deliberate prison. and that led to the bathroom line of the killing. both kristie, my boss, us as well as the middleman. you said the national believe in prison is the suspended chief of the corrections bureau, gerald $1000.00. now they said that this is due to the pallet of the circumstances as well. 2 as motive, because where my boss has been critical of general general a bunch of course denied these accusations. ethiopia, government and rebels from it's know then to try reach and have established a telephone hotline. the move was announced by african union mediators, as

a 2nd round of talk gets on the way in kenya. the 2 sides achieved a breakthrough last week in south africa, signing a piece deal after 2 years of conflicts. catherine story has moved from nairobi, military commanders from the government and a few bright people. the bridge and current are now working on modality of how things will work. following the agreement that came to effect in africa. of the thinking man. restoring services in humanitarian assess, and this would happen within the next week or so we begin again with that in there as well. so we have access, we have to quickly the next step is supposed to be in band concert. but before that, the food immediately i have been really difficult for the last.

yes, but for those people who cry neighboring areas a some if you walk into a worried that there may not be justice for the thousands of people who have been affected by the war. both sides of the conflict have been accused of committing atrocities. and it is quoted, the people who have a deeper understanding of their l on the ground, to figure out how to go about it. and to make sure that whatever we come up with is going to result in unless the piece not a publicity exercise where we may say we have agreed on a number of things, only to, to renew one out promise and to do things that will set it at the club about now the african union, which is really taking the talk, i say that these developments be set with this. we then development shows that both sides one least war to end and many,

if you also say that they have no other type anymore for drawing out conflict, somalia says it's 3 pound an attack on a military base by assist is archibald fighters steadily morning assault began with 2 car bombs in a village in the central ganga dude. region followed by heavy fighting. the somali army re captured the cave village from archibald last week is not yet clear how many people were killed in the attack in iraq. at least 10 people are still missing a day after a building caught fire and collapsed in baghdad. rescue crews are on the scene and say the cause of the blaze is not clear. iraq civil defense director and settle fire fighters among those injured flammable materials such as perfume, were reportedly sword on the property. madame de la as more from baghdad on recovery efforts, civil defense operations continue to try to put out the fire here and the, this multi story commercial building in our city,

a neighborhood. and the city center of the iraqi capital by the dad, dozens were wandered, including get fired fighters and also neighbors here. oh, rushed to try to rescue the workers and the building. fire fighters here said that this building years to contain a flame, a bill, materials are used, took also store perfumes that help fueling the fire. they also say that valuable material is used in the construction of this building. also added more fuel to the fire. now, the fire that broke out around noon time on sunday, spread over the area and also go to the building next door, damaging a few buildings in the area and also as well as a number of vehicles. several people are unaccounted for,

according to fire fighters and civil defense teams here. and now they're trying to look for in it faces of the missing people who are probably behind the rubble. now, victims families who have gathered here are blaming, concerned about it is what they consider negligence. they are trying, they say they have been waiting here for long hours trying to find any traces of their loved ones. nicaragua is gardening party looks set to win in municipal election given it's near total control of local governments. that's this by cost to boycott the vote, which many have described as illegitimate. alexander, i'm pity reports even improved government television. puny kara once were seen voting and sundays, municipal elections voting. they arrived after a campaign without rallies electoral events or any real position in holds that

observers say we're a force exiled opposition. leaders called for a boycott. i remember in bed there is a spring since a family, the people. these are possibly the worst elections we've had in recent years. there is no competition and no freedom when more than 300000 nicaraguans were forced to flee the country. but some who did vote in the capital managua, think otherwise. for the only got i went era for us nicaraguans these a true elections. here we are demonstrating that we have the right to vote president than yellow, peg as sandinista as national liberation front, already controls 141 of the countries, 153 municipalities. it could govern all of them after sunday. and in the past 2 years, most opposition parties have been outlawed and their candidates jailed on friday, they enter american commission on human rights denounced nicaragua, seeing it lacked quote,

the minimum necessary conditions to hold free and fair elections. it called on the government to re establish democratic guarantees and stop the crack down. there is only resource and since the police and paramilitary groups repressed citizen protest in 2019 he got our in nicaragua, government forces killed more than 500 people. it is prohibited to display a national flag in the street. there are more than 250 political prisoners and horrible conditions. 13000 engineers have been closed, even priests are being arrested. and in nicaragua, the possibility of citizen participation in free and transparent elections has gone . we need international help at all of your present or dig, and his wife vice president to rosario moody. you said sundays was a vote for peace, but a couple has increasingly employ deltore, terry, and tactics to keep their grip on power. exiled nicaraguans took to the streets in

neighboring costa rica to protest the boat. the eye owner, a thumb of money for you, are demonstrating against the electoral fraud that ortega is trying to impose on the citizens to day. another, a 100 civil society organizations were forcibly closed on friday before the vote. as the government gets every day closer to a single party control of the country, allison than be at the al jazeera. if you think about hong kong, you're likely to picture the neon signs lining. it's 3 in the 1970s, an estimated $80000.00 of them laid out the city, but now only a few 100 left hand community groups are pushing to preserve hong kong famous glow . as jessica washington bayport's one colonies known as one of the world's greatest cities. a reputation and due to the glow of its distinct knee on life. some were crafted by this man who she came. he learned the trade as a teenager. case of both hum, diebold,

eighty's and ninety's of the golden age from the on line. when the economy was prosperous, when i started working as a neon sign maker, i full saw that they would vanish one day. you know, flower come, blossom for 100 years. good times cannot last forever guy. some community groups estimate there were about 80000 neon signs around hong kong in the 1917. today's estimated only a few 100 unless the government is removing old and oversized signs, it considers a threat to the public around the city. community groups have set up displays like this showcasing some of the old me on the science that have been taken down in the hope that this part of hong kong identity won't be forgotten. some volunteers have been storing old, neon signs and learning to repair them to they have and do it like different kinds of like weather conditions in the streets for decades. 20 or 30 years easily. of course, they look like rough around the edges,

but they are not rubbish to me. like by studying them very closely or broadly, you could actually tell a lot of stories about hong kong city and hong kong people. academic brian clunk has been recording me on signs since 2016. you could tell that a lot of the on line has been disappearing. we've trace with mark austin leon like stare, but that they, after they disappear, you know, one tried to talk him and that's our culture. our regional culture will be disappearing to the few noon sign, make his left many a now focusing on smaller products or installations for artic submissions saudi. i will try my best to make good me on site. so people believe they deserve to be preserved to the whole despite the challenges, ruth says he will continue making signs as his father did before him. jessica washington out 0.