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to charges between gilbert different versions, the mercury joe biden makes his final pitch to voters ahead of a crucial mid term election that threatens to derail his presidency. and donald trump campaigns for his republican eyes as a parti looks to seize control of congress. ah, i'm carry johnston. this is al serra la from doha. also coming up. we're in the swing states of arizona where inflation high living costs are the biggest issues at the ballot box. we are on the highway to climb hotel with our foot steel on the accelerator. a dial warning from the un secretary general at the cop 27th climate summit. us a call for help from migrant stuck on board rescue ships docked in italy, authorities off preventing hundreds of people from coming to shore.

we began in united states where democrats and republicans are making last ditch appeals on the final night of campaigning before tuesdays. crucial midterm elections vote could append jo biden's presidency if republicans managed to reclaim control of both houses of congress present. joe biden has been at a rally in maryland. he assured vectors, the country is heading in the right direction. remember the powers in your head? you're one of the res, why never been more optimistic about america's future? look, america's reasserting ourselves, leading the world. the 21st century. as i travel this got around the world, i see great nation, because i know we're a good people. we just, every member who were in a hell we are, we are the united states of america has nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. if we do it together, so both

a former present donald trump has promised to make a big announcement on november. the 15th trump has hinted at another run for the presidency as yet to officially confirm his candidacy. he's been campaigning for republican candidates in ohio countries. countries is only one choice to in this bad this and you support the, the wine all of america. then you much absolutely months. oh, or the radical left crazy people, the rabbit. and if you want to stop the destruction or a country and see the american dream and tomorrow you must vote. republican in a giant grass fisher has been monitoring those final campaign pushes from washington dc. you get an idea of how much the democrats are struggling

in that joe biden. in the last 2 days of the campaign has been in places that you would expect there to be a fairly sizeable democratic majority. so the fact that he's been in new york and maryland suggests that he knows things aren't going well. and then political nerds wait for the university of virginia as big paul on the eve of elections. and we find out that they are suggesting that there's going to be a big win for the republicans in the house that they're probably going to have a net gain of $24.00 seats, which is at, at that the more a cataclysmic side of the predictions. for the democrats, and they're also suggesting that herschel walker will win his seat in georgia. the other seats will stay as the are. but if herschel walker wins in georgia, that will give the republicans a one seat majority in the senate. so very little good news for the democrats here, if there is one sliver of light there for them. it is that if the republicans,

when, by about 24 seats, it means that the republican leadership can govern without the need to really go a cap in hand. to the people that would be regarded by some republicans and certainly by the democrats as the more extreme wing of the republican party. and so perhaps there is some movement for work with the working with the president and getting things done. but on the face of it, from the university of virginia, it looks as if to more or could be a bad day for democrats and in particular for joe biden. and the white house are desirous sylvania has it more and what's at stake on cheese and how it all works. they're called mid terms because they come right in the middle of the president's 4 year term. here's what's at stake. all 435 seats in the house of representatives where the democrats currently hold only a tiny 8 seat majority. and $35.00 of the said it's $100.00 seats are right now the

senate is evenly divided. so that means a change of control in just one seat could put the republicans in charge with all that voting across the country. the election really comes down to only a few battleground states, only 10 of those 35 senate races or really competitive in the house. it's about 50 out of $435.00. joe biden is not on any of these ballots yet. mid terms are traditionally seen as a test of the president strength. if his democratic party does poorly, than he could make it almost impossible for biden to get anything done over the next 2 years. also, congress isn't the only thing. americans are voting on. $36.00 of the 50 us states are also electing governors. that list includes places like florida, like georgia, wisconsin, pennsylvania, arizona, and nevada, michigan, all of which will be important battle grounds in the next presidential election in 2024. and 27 states are electing their secretary of state. usually when we say

that, i know we mean america's top diplomat, but not here at the state level, it means a completely different thing. it refers to the official who overseas administrative services, like professional licensing or registering corporations. and crucially, in most states, the secretary of state is also in charge of elections. and that is suddenly more important than ever because of the elephant in the room. donald trump and more than $300.00 republicans were on the ballot at every level this midterm, falsely believe that the 2020 presidential election was flawed, or they have repeated trumps claim, without evidence that the election was stolen from him. bottom line, people who reject america's last presidential election could end up in charge of running the next one. at 2 years after voters gave joe biden, a chance and ousted trump. the election itself now appears to be on the ballot. and you could argue, so as the future of democracy in america,

we just hours to go before votes or cars to polls show that the economy is the top concern for people heading to the ballot box. rob rentals reports from the swing state of arizona. may americans are struggling with rising inflation in tucson, arizona inflation has made father of to just in little's grocery shopping, a lot more complicated. whenever we plan our meals, we usually go to unfortunate to the meet 1st to see what's on sale. and then this can out a bill from there, so it always kinda pens on what is affordable at that time. it depends on what you read, your le part where you feel like you have no choice, but to go to the grocery store and her slater inflation. is running at an annual rate of 8.2 percent nationwide. and even worse here in arizona where in some cities, the rate is 13 percent. it's not just about food, especially with gas prices. it's a, it's a crazy eyes, develop my tank with like 20 backs. now to 40 senior citizen, lannie bets who lives on a fixed income is tightening his belt, dra, literally,

when it comes to food, we're doing our right lose a little bit of weight. so that's a positive thing to look at. inflation is dominating the political landscape in the days leading up to election day with republican candidates, hammering their democratic opponents, claiming they are to blame for the price of food fuel and the cost of renting a home. polls consistently show that inflation and the state of the economy is the number one concern of voters all across the country. the high cost of living is likely to be the issue that determines the outcome of the mid term elections. analysts say inflation worries are hurting democrats in swing states like arizona and the inflation nationally is a huge issue for voters. and if you're a senior citizen living on a fixed income, watching your rent go up or watching your grocery bill go up watching your gas bill, go up that, that some of your definitely think about when you get your ballot,

you fill it out. americans political future could hinge, at least in part on something as mundane as the price of peanut butter. rob reynolds al jazeera tucson, arizona, on the coverage on the accounting day begins at i 100 g m t on wednesday. we'll have correspondence across the u. s. us reaction to the results from a wide range of analysts. you are in such a journal has warned, the world is losing the fight against climate change. addressing the cop 27 summit in the egyptian city of shanna shake, antonio turshed described climate change as a defining issue of our age. he says the crises such as the war and ukraine and the rising cost of living can't be used as excuses to put climate action on the back burner. the clock is ticking. we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing greenhouse gas emissions. keep growing, gobbled temperatures. keep rising,

and our planet is fast approaching dipping points that will make climate scales you reversible. we are on a highway to climate tell without foot still on the accelerator. more than $25.00 countries have agreed to hold each other accountable on a pledge to end at deforestation by 2030 announcing billions of dollars to finance their efforts. the group includes japan, pakistan on the u. k. a does not include brazil or the democratic republic of congo, both home to vast areas of under threat forests. indigenous leaders have renewed calls for funding from a start the glasgow summit last year. italy's government is being sued by him on its hair and organizations for rejecting migrants rescued at sea to foreign own ships or refusing to leave. this sicilian fort of cataneo with hundreds of migrants and refugees who had been denied entry till decision is reversed. during virtual reports, they survived a harrowing sea crossing from africa,

but they being refused entry into italy and had been caught in a political stalemate. the italian government says they have to leave the ship's crew is refusing until everyone is allowed off. we will never leave the port as long as there's one person on board our vessel, which has the right for international protection, which has the right to reach safe land, to rescue ships, humanity won the g o. grants arrived in the sicilian port of catania on saturday, the total of $621.00 migrants only around $450.00, were allowed to stay. the italian government says they were not vulnerable and should be repatriated to germany and norway, which operate the ships that carried out the rescues. the right wing italian prime minister, georgia maloney pledged a crackdown of migrants during her election campaign. those of all the humanity, one and your parents a feeling the effects of that. your mother charing roots has started legal action

against the italian government. there was a discrimination also in the moment that when the someone go out over the ship, we don't know how we know how that selection was made. and we think that it was not as election based on that. and we did the right method, humanitarian organizations say that the italian government is clearly in breach of the united nations convention on human rights. that they are confident of winning any legal battle. but that takes time and it still leaves hundreds of migrants living and political no man's land. critics of the government say it is playing political games and thousands more migrants and to italy under their own means, or, or rescued by the italian coast guard. and those save by foreign ships represent only a small percentage for the trauma,

for those stranded on the ships can only get worse, which they have fear and nice, and that they are pushed back into international waters, maybe even pushed back to libya. so all the memories come up on that journey, what they experienced. so people dying. so people aren't going missing in front of them. they don't want to go back to these places as winter sat, seen and sees become rougher. one thing is, certain more migrants will need to be rescued. a more will die. sony berkeley al jazeera, cataneo sicily, vela had her in alger 0 in the, to palestinian women in the occupy the west bank, trying to change the narrative around learning disabilities. ah ah, carlo is said a little bit unsettled across parts of the middle east at the moment is

a fair amounts of cloud around you see these bands of cloud sliding across even here in the gulf bits of cloud here, charts of a spots or 2 of ray, but nothing too much to speak of. the wet weather will be further east. turning wintry into afghanistan, some wet weather to little farther north around levant, pushing up into care just around the co. casias some shabby rain coming for a notice around seeing some of those live the showers as we go on through wedding sty, temperature's haven, doha. picking up to around $35.00 degrees celsius. essentially dr. settled across march of north africa. but of a brisk wind though, up towards northern parts of egypt over the next couple of days. last troy, across much of north africa as one would expect and tony dryer now in places say, 3 west africa, all love coastal fringe is just catching a shower or 2, those showers becoming more widespread across sea, tropical belts as they should do. they are sinking further feather southwards, pulling out moisture wreck across zambia botswana, seeing some rather wet weather and looking very unsettled. we have got flood

warnings in force across parcel that eastern side of south africa. we could see some nasty weather over the next couple of days. that will gradually make his way further eastwards. ah, fallen counting the calls they historic come back balloon to fill the zeal willy feet and tapping policy. central bank high interest rates, the tame inflation for japan. take the different approach. plus the dazzling rise of lab writing dime has really come on out there. ah, investigating the use and abuse of power across the globe on al jazeera. ah

ah he watching out his hair, amanda about top store, is this how you and the chief antonio gets harish has warned that the world is losing the battle against climate change. he's told the cop 27 summit in egypt. a planets is approaching tipping points that will lead to irreversible damage. monitoring organizations are suing italy's government for rejecting refugees and migrants rescued at c. 2 foreign own ships, refusing to leave the sicilian 40 tonia till everyone on board is allowed to disembark. democrats on republicans on making last ditch campaign appeals before tuesdays mid term elections. the vote could up and detroit biden's presidency if republicans reclaimed the control both houses of congress u. s. supports for ukraine in the war against russia may depend on who controls

congress. senior republicans have hinted, they may reduce aid for keep. that's left at many worried as high faucet reports from the ukrainian capital. it's been some good news in the last few days as far as the cranium. leadership is concerned when it comes to u. s. military aid after the visit here to keep on friday, the u. s. national security adviser, there was an announcement of another $400000000.00 worth of u. s. military aid to ukraine. some of that going to pay for half of $90.00 check tanks that are going to be modernized and sent to the ukranian military. that's going to bring to $19800000000.00. the total amount and present to landscape has over the weekend. been talking about further reinforcements in the pipeline, the cranes air defenses as well. but there is some concern here in cave about what might happen after the u. s. midterm elections on tuesday. one prominent comp supporter, representative marjorie taylor green, saying that if republicans will not election, there should be not another penny sent to you. crane the leader of the house

republican saying that they should not be a blank check. the ukraine i the older he later clarified that saying that was about oversight. not withdrawing aid altogether. and the bite administration, according to a report in the washington post, has privately been asking presidents lensky to show some kind of signal of willingness towards negotiation with russia. not so much because they want those negotiations to start. but they're worried that the alliance that western countries might be showing some signs of ukraine fatigue. and they want to stop that from happening. people here wondering if there'll be any signs of ukraine fatigue within us politics after tuesday's elections? to raise the following is the director of the center for russia, europe, asia studies. she says the outcome of election could become important for ukraine. future europe is watching this so closely in addition to president putin in moscow and present zelinski and kia. this is an existential issue for ukraine. so i, i would suggest that there is kind of growing fatigue in some areas of europe

depending on the country. and i think that the u. s. is carry the burden quite heavily that president biting does have key funds. and has been very careful in the way that this has been given to ukraine. i think you came is really motivated because they understand the election cycle within the us. and so they have been really pushing very hard to make us successes because americans like winters if they look like they're losing, they're not going to get support from them. so i think that the credits have been fighting and very highly motivated. i think that the russians, it has been proven that you know, they're not doing so well. but if they are pushed early to the negotiation table, the big fear here in europe is that russell will then regroup, hold on to their gains, and then attack you paint several years down the road. so i think we really have to push hard to get a settlement in ukraine that does not give russia another chance to re arm and then re conquer council. europe has held its 1st meeting of

a group designed to promote human rights, the root of law and democracy within but a roost. representatives from the opposition on civil society groups met council members in strasburg. the counselors committee of ministers has suspended relations with by the recently the alexander lucas shanker, non 2nd sky leader of the, by the ricin democratic movement. she ran against lucas shank who in the presidential election of 2020, which was widely seen as fraudulent before being forced to flee the country. when a crackdown on the opposition began. she explains why the contact group was formed . and the goal of this vision was conscious to be able to govern that you should think that the contra, you're not possible pure and now be correct. i would say cultural european and complex revealed after so long,

she will have a more are we in the but how i hope it happened very soon and my credit bill was interest europe and the only member it will make the 5 and reliable. and i know that question because they're upset so such it's not a, he's on project or, and we'll try metal so that they are year some of those killed in a plane crash in turns in there have been laid to rest. a mass funeral was organized to honor the victims of the crash which killed at least $900.00 people on sunday. the service was attended by tons and as a prime minister, aircraft operated by precision air crushed into lake victoria as it attempted to land in a nearby town. one of the survivors recounted her ordeal. as

we were landing, there was bad weather. we had a big crash and i immediately started seeing to enter the plain pass and just started to struggle to rescue themselves. the only thing that helped me until i survived that i managed to remove my seat belt and get out of the seat in time. but the plane had already flooded with water, so i struggled to swim up and that's when one of the cabin crew members helped us open the emergency door. after a few minutes local fishermen came to rescue us. when we got out a u. s. aid worker has been tailed in central baghdad, and what police say could have been unattended, kidnapping. the mom was fatally shot in his car after being cut off by the assailants. his wife and children were with him, but survived the attack. i missed him a 100. she also, donnie says the incident is being investigated focused on a former prime minister, him on congress called from war rallies, hoping to force the government to colon early election. but some shopkeepers trying to keep their businesses afloat. they con, whose party controls major provinces,

should stop fueling chaos and focus on repairing the economy. same as robbie has more from the whole, the after being voted out of office in run, hon founded a protest movement. he branded a revolution and out of season reelection campaign. now in its 8 months, seemingly indifferent to people struggling with a broken economy, apparently unflinching in the face of devastating floods. and undeterred, even by attempted assassination. his popularity seems bulletproof, but his critics may be growing number the seem, zocker grew up on the streets. he's been painting signs for local businesses for decades. he can't hear or speak, but there is no mistaking what he thinks of the former prime minister. you don't need to understand sign language to know he is not a fan. con,

started out strong in politics. miss him says, but he's lost his way. there is no shortage of him. wrong con supporters, wherever you go in the country. but in pakistan's market places you will find its critics who say that endless protests and countless rallies are bad for business. disruption and chaos in pursuit of political come back. some laurie say it isn't helping anyone but harm himself. ego. there have been little god, when my father, he's like a monkey with a match stick with the he wants to sit some one on file or sit the whole junk, glum far it's up to him on the nation is proud of him. but as far as politics go, if one is just wired about personal interest, politicians should work together for the country, not just themselves that im gonna kind of was out there what bloody death imran khan is a good guy. but right now he's just trying to take advantage of the situation. the country is going down hill,

but every politician is worried about themselves. now these long marches these rallies got no one is worried about the people, and the cost of living keeps rising. for as long as they've had a country working class, pakistani say they've been beaten down by visit politics. the poor are getting poorer, and the mood on the street is leaders, political and military, don't care, putting themselves or their party, the 4th country. for the horse business owners, the numbers don't lie. the only path to lasting political success, they say, is the economy zane. but sir, avi al jazeera law, if you're appears government tongue rebel is from its northern to guy region, have established a telephone hotline. it was announced by african unit mediators is at 2nd round of talks get underway in kenya. t sides achieved a breakthrough last week in south africa, signing a deal to stop fighting after 2 years of conflict. un human rights counselors

commission of inquiry on the occupied palestinian territory is holding 4 days of public hearings in geneva. the 1st day focused on the close of several 100 students, human rights organizations accused of terrorism. later the commission will discuss the killing of ultra 0 jonas sheen of when he was shot in the head by his very forces while on assignment of some of the job it has more from geneva, the people who are testifying today. the hearings that continue or know the ground rules and know that this is not a courtroom. this is not going to be admissible evidence, but this is in fact going to make the case for the people who have been designated terrorists by israel and also on the case of the workplace killing and the surrounding events which happened around it. so far we've heard from at least one organization, which was one of 7 which have been declared terrorists by the israeli state. we've been speaking to people who say that although this is not a court of appeals,

the at least have a space where they can tell people about what goes on in the occupied territories. we've heard from the director of charity thing that there is a culture of impunity, but there's obviously detention whether it's home to demolition, whether it's illegal settlement, palestinians are in the occupied territories discriminated against and the legal system is stacked up against them. so this is the 1st day, the 1st of the few here, the testimonies that we're hearing have begun. it is ongoing, it is where we're going to hear at 1st time to count of what goes on through the human rights defenders. and in their words, crossing a red line in israel every single time when they stand up for basic rights and basic freedom. 5 percent of palestinians in the occupied westbank have learning or physical disabilities, but face a stigma and have limited opportunities to lead a full life. and the government has scant resources to help. we're here now for bethlehem based organization that stepped in to provide support. i my head on the

side of every but i am responsible for remind the organization. we are a day program for people with intellectual disabilities. i actually, when we 1st started in 2009, we had no idea i about opening a hotel, but am due to the difficult financial situation where we had the idea that we have this beautiful building. why not to have an income generating project. and this, the profit that comes from the, this project is going to help with the sustainability of the organization. we believe that each person is unique, each person has an ability, is talents that they can be trained to do better and better.

first of all, they are very, very happy to be part of this team. it is obvious when we tell them or we have guests, we need your help. let's go to the hotel. it also raises their self esteem. our goal is not just to hire a few people with disabilities or at the hotel, but also to change the idea and the whole society and the families as well, many of the families and hide their children. they don't want to speak about them. we can be an example we can be assigned in the society and this sure people that the people with disabilities are able to be part of their working team. oh.