this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with us midterm electionsjust days away, the big hitters come to pennsylvania. biden, obama and trump all push for victory in a critical contest. this is the scene live in philadelphia, where barack obama and joe biden will address an election rally at any moment. british police say extreme right—wing terrorist ideology was behind the firebombing of a migrant processing centre in the southeast of england. thousands gather in seoul to remember the halloween crush victims. many are calling for the president resign. france's far right chooses a 27—year—old member of the european parliament to succeed marine le pen.

and as one of the world's biggest esport gaming competitions comes to an end in san francisco, we'll hear from the woman in charge of league of legends. the crucial midterm elections in the us, which will decide which party controls congress, are just three days away. ahead of the vote, the biggest names in us politics — three presidents, the incumbent joe biden, barack obama and donald trump — are campaigning in the key battleground state of pennsylvania, hoping to tip the balance in a closely contested race.

let's give you a flavour of the situation confronting both barack obama and joe blyton, because this is where democrat campaigners and supporters had gathered at their waiting to hear from their presidents past and present, of course. so soon as they come to the stage, we will bring that into you. barack obama has already been making his mark in pennsylvania, he was supporting the democrat senate candidate in pittsburgh and he was saying that only the democrats had an answer to the inflation triggered by lockdowns and the ukraine war. folks see grocery prices going up, gas prices going up, it takes a real bite out of their paycheques, it hurts, i get that. but the question you've got to ask yourself is, who's actually going to do something about it? cheering. the republicans like to talk

about it but what's their answer? what's their economic policy? they want to gut social security, they want to gut medicare, they want to give rich folks and big corporations more tax cuts. booing. by the way, don't boo, vote. they can't hear you boo but they'll hear you vote. cheering. let's hearfrom bbc persian correspondent bahman kalbasi, who's in the crowd at the biden— obama rally in philadelphia. have they caught warm up acts? it seems from looking at the pictures is over they're are gradually getting more animated as the arrival of the two presidents draws closer? they are the big stars of the

evening. pennsylvanians have seen the two rivals for the senate seat under governor's office for now but to see the two presidents here, past and present, is a indication of how important this state is for the democrats and they hope that those presidents will draw the enthusiasm needed to win the seats, which is extremely vital for them if they have any hope to retain control of the us senate while they are looking at the increasing possibility of losing control of the house of representatives in the us congress. this is 72 hours before the voting ends, there is early voting, voting by mail, tuesday night is basically when everyone who could have voted has pouted, so these last three days is the last push any hope that everyone the base, everyone who is still in the middle and wondering comes out and vote for the

candidates. obviously, donald trump is doing the exact same thing in the western side of pennsylvania with dr oz, who is competing for this seats. to the giants of american politics are active tight in the pennsylvania.- are active tight in the pennsylvania. are active tight in the penns lvania. ~ , ., ., , pennsylvania. where you are, it is clear there — pennsylvania. where you are, it is clear there will _ pennsylvania. where you are, it is clear there will be _ pennsylvania. where you are, it is clear there will be cheering, - clear there will be cheering, excitement, encouragement building, but on the back of that, presumably, considerable anxiety as they have watched the support for their candidate gradually slide down the polls as the republicans have seen there is growing. you polls as the republicans have seen there is growing.— there is growing. you would have thou . ht at there is growing. you would have thought at least _ there is growing. you would have thought at least in _ there is growing. you would have thought at least in this _ there is growing. you would have thought at least in this seats - there is growing. you would have| thought at least in this seats they would have the upper hand if you looked at it three months ago. john fetterman, the democrat, is facing challenges that have eroded some support but the general reality that usually the party in power in the white house will lose seats in the

first congressional election is the one that is facing then. obviously, inflation and other issues are also a problem, so altogether, while both parties are consolidating their base, watch people in the middle, so called independence will do, is a deciding factor, and those numbers will be moving towards the republicans, which is why they are all but certain they will win the house of representatives and hopeful, more than they were perhaps even a month ago, they might win the senate. so democrats are bringing all their stars are out any hope of stopping that and at least retaining control of the us senate. we heard barack obama _ control of the us senate. we heard barack obama talking _ control of the us senate. we heard barack obama talking earlier - control of the us senate. we heard barack obama talking earlier about i barack obama talking earlier about the democrats being the only ones who could manage the economy in the current state it's in. that is the big issue, isn't it? at current state it's in. that is the big issue, isn't it?— current state it's in. that is the big issue, isn't it? at that crime has become _ big issue, isn't it? at that crime has become one _ big issue, isn't it? at that crime has become one of— big issue, isn't it? at that crime has become one of the - big issue, isn't it? at that crimei

has become one of the effective challenges from republicans attacking democrats, saying, you've had not done enough on crime, especially in states of the northeast. in new york, a number of republican candidates have succeeded in closing the gap even for the governor's office, which is something out of the question for many years, democrats would win that by 20 points sometimes. so it shows that inflation, crime and even immigration have all galvanise the republican base to come out and vote, and some independence are leaning towards them which is why these predictions are being made about them taking over the house of representatives. every time it there's a raucous year i want to presidents or anyone else was walking in, but not yet. just presidents or anyone else was walking in, but not yet.- walking in, but not yet. just a pennsylvania _ walking in, but not yet. just a pennsylvania wave _ walking in, but not yet. just a pennsylvania wave at - walking in, but not yet. just a pennsylvania wave at the - walking in, but not yet. just a - pennsylvania wave at the moment. thank you for coping with the day and that, we will keep across that

for you. british police say the firebombing of an immigration processing centre on the south coast of england was motivated by extreme right—wing ideology and met the threshold for a terror incident. 66—year—old andrew leak carried out the attack at the site in dover last sunday. the attack at the site two members of staff were left with minor injuries. he is believed to have later taken his own life. jon donnison reports. an act of terror — this is the moment andrew leak threw one of up to three makeshift firebombs in a drive—by attack on a migrant processing centre in dover last sunday. today, police said leak was motivated by terrorist ideology. in a statement, tim jacques, the senior national coordinator for counterterrorism policing, said... the suspect, andrew leak, is thought to have taken his own life shortly

after the attack, which police say was likely motivated by extreme—right beliefs. it led to around 700 migrants being transferred from the dover processing centre to this one at manston, which was already overcrowded. the home secretary flew into manston on thursday but suella braverman is facing a possible legal challenge over detention conditions there. the day after last weekend's firebomb attack in dover, she told mps that britain was facing an invasion of illegal migrants. yesterday, a home office mp said that detainees have a cheek to complain about conditions at manston. we have to be really, really careful about the words that we use and the rhetoric when we talk about anything

to do with migration. it's really dangerous and i think that type of language is an absolute trigger for the acts we have seen down in dover. the government says the real problem is the number of migrants continuing to cross the channel, and that fixing an asylum system which it describes as broken is a first—order priority. candlelight vigils have taken place in south korea to remember the victims of last week's deadly crush that killed 156 people. the disaster in the capital seoul a week ago during halloween celebrations has caused growing public anger. our correspondent nick marsh has the story. this city is still in shock. after one of the most terrible weeks in recent memory, adults came together to mourn the young. but the air is also thick with blame. "our children have been sacrificed," this woman says. "i need to mourn.

"the korean government has not done a good job. "we want them to truly say sorry and we want "the president to resign." last weekend, 156 mostly young people went out and didn't come back. it was supposed to be a fun halloween night out, the first without covid restrictions, but the authorities had made no plans for crowd control. this lone officer stumbled across the crush by chance. you can see him caught amongst the vast tide of bodies, desperately trying to divert them to safety. when i spoke to him a few days later, he was consumed by guilt. translation: i wasn't able to do my duty as a korean police officer. - if somehow there is a way to meet the bereaved families, i would like to express our apologies to them.

please pray for them. emotions are running high in south korea. yesterday, a victim's mother tore down the floral wreath that had been laid by the president. today's gatherings may have been called vigils but really they were protests. over this past week, the grief and shock has turned to anger and a demand for answers as to what could possibly have happened to allow such a tragedy on saturday night. the people who are gathered here are mainly supporters of the main political opposition but throughout south korea, there is the perception that a young generation has been let down by the authorities yet again. the last time south korea saw a loss of life this atrocious was in 2014, when more than 300 mainly schoolchildren died

in a ferry disaster. that eventually brought down the then president after a series of weekly protests. the people here say they will be back next saturday. iran has admitted to supplying a limited number of drones to russia, but has continued to challenge claims that these have been used in the war in ukraine. iranian state media reports that although tehran did supply moscow with the weapons a few months before the conflict, there's no evidence that they had been used. the us has said that remains of iranian shahed—136 or kamikaze drones have been found on the ground in ukraine, along with evidence that iranian military personnel have been assisting russia in their use. ukraine's president zelensky says iran needs to come clean about the extent of its involvement in the conflict.

translation: they have decided to admit they did _ translation: they have decided to admit they did supply _ translation: they have decided to admit they did supply drones - translation: they have decided to admit they did supply drones for - admit they did supply drones for russian terrorism. but even with this confession, they're lie we shoot in at least ten rainy and every day and the iranian regime claims it only supplied a limited number up until it few months before russia's full scale invasion began. just yesterday, 11 drones were destroyed. we are certain that iranian instructors have been teaching russian terrorists how to use these drones, and yet tehran remains completely silent about it. let's get some of the day's other news. the co—founder of twitterjack dorsey has apologised for growing the company too quickly a day after the new boss elon musk sacked half the workforce. in a tweet, mr dorsey said he felt responsible for the predicament facing twitter staff. he said...

pakistan's government has ordered the country's electronic media regulatory authority to immediately lift a ban on the broadcast of live speeches by opposition leader imran khan. the media regulator had announced the measure earlier on saturday, saying he'd made comments that threatened national security. mr khan was shot in the leg at a protest march earlier this week and has accused the government and military of france's far—right national rally party has chosen a 27—year—old member of the european parliament as its new president. jordan bardella takes overfrom marine le pen, marking the first time in its 50—year—history that that party or its predecessor the national front has not been led by a member of the le pen family. both ms le pen and mr bardella have been talking to their supporters. translation: france is the song l of people have loved her and those who love her now, and no—one else will defend her in our place. always believe in yourself, always believe in france.

if you believe in france, will be capable of building 100 power stations and 1000 cathedrals, capable of building innovations that will change the world, capable of bringing messages of peace and freedom to the planet that will reverberate through all the hearts in the world. translation: i know that there is still a lot of work to do, - i am aware of that. and please note, lam not leaving the party's presidency to go on holiday. i remain more than ever mobilised. there will be no rest for me and each of us until we have put the country back on track for the future, for the movement. as for france, it goes without saying that i will be wherever the country and the national cause need me. i want to take you over to pennsylvania because, as we promised this is not that common a shot, we have barack obama and joe biden,

both up on the stage to greet the democrat supporters and campaigners who are doing their bit in the hope of winning at pennsylvania, of taking a pennsylvania from the republican candidates. it's a very close—run contest, dais, and is only got closer as the days and weeks and months have drawn on from a position where it did look as if the democrats, with john where it did look as if the democrats, withjohn fetterman, who was also upon the stage, we will listen into joe was also upon the stage, we will listen intojoe brighton now as he rouses the crowd. listen into joe brighton now as he rouses the crowd.— listen into joe brighton now as he rouses the crowd. don't “ump! good to see ou rouses the crowd. don't “ump! good to you an. t to see you all. cheering

this crowd's so loud, i think they can hear us in latrobe! they're going to hear it, they're going to hear us on tuesday. folks, i'm jill biden is a smoker husband, a philly girl. she's ready for game six, like all of you! it's good to be home, good to be with family. that includes someone we all love, barack obama. a great president, historic precedent. and i'm proud to say, a dearfriend. well, folks, three days, three days. until one of the most important elections in our lifetime. it's going to shape, the outcome is going to shape our

country for decades to come and the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. two years ago, you used that power to make donald trump not only a former president but you made him a defeated president. cheering and this year, you have the power to make john and this year, you have the power to makejohn fetterman your next united states senator! cheering and joshua shapiro at your next governor! cheering but, folks, i want to be very clear and i mean this sincerely about what's on the ballot this year. your right to choose is on the ballot, your right to vote is on the ballot. social security and medicare is on the ballot. there's something else on the ballot —

character. character�*s on the ballot. i think of character, i think ofjohn fetterman. and its endorsement of him, the philadelphia inquirer said, john knows what his values are. i have been saying for a long time, i'm a pennsylvania boy, born and raised in scranton, but for the longest time, delaware, like many other small places, it did not have a television station, so philadelphia tv how covered the weights had all of pennsylvania's centres. i was known as pennsylvania's third senate. my point is, know pennsylvania well and john fetterman is pennsylvania. cheering

and all is and pennsylvania? booing look, i lived in pennsylvania longer than oz has lived in pennsylvania and i moved away when i was ten years old! look, like a lot of us, john's got knocked down but gets back up. john has character, integrity and is going to be a hell a good senator, the united states senator for pennsylvania. and the other thing is, don't worry, we're going to talk about iran. courage, courage is also on the ballot. when i think of courage, i think ofjosh shapiro. this guy will take on anyone and back down to no one and we saw that in 2020. he stood up for

the constitution, he stood up for the rule of law, stood up for the people of this state and he's going to be one hell of a fantastic governor. he really is. but let's notjustjohn and josh, we have a great democratic line—up on the ballot in the states. you have heard from a lot of them, we have one of the best delegations... way, keep making myself a pennsylvania and the best delegations... way, keep makin but self a pennsylvania and the best delegations... way, keep makin but really, �*ennsylvania and the best delegations... way, keep makin but really, democrats; and the best delegations... way, keep makin but really, democrats up 1d the best delegations... way, keep makin but really, democrats up and again! but really, democrats up and down the ballot and we need to elect them all. this isn't referendum this year, it's choice, a choice between two vastly different visions of america. maybe it's in our blood but john and i believe it's all about fighting for working and middle class people. the way i have said from the beginning of my objective

when i ran for president is to build an economy from the bottom up in the middle out. it's a fundamental shift compared to the oz and the mha republican trickle down economics. this enter your father's republican party, this is different breed of cat, i mean it. they are all about the wealthy getting wealthier. the middle class gets deft and the poor get poorer under their policies. you saw under my predecessor, the economy was in ruins, he was the first president since herbert hoover to losejobs in first president since herbert hoover to lose jobs in the course of his presidency. unemployment rate was 6.4%, he lost manufacturing jobs and hundreds of small businesses here in the state and hundreds of thousands nationwide. look, folks, the country

was in a pandemic with no plan how to get out, and the day i was sworn in, and a 2 million americans have been vaccinated, now hundreds of millions have. so we moved. and our approach is working. since i came into office, we created 10 million new, good paying jobs, 10 into office, we created 10 million new, good payingjobs, 10 million, because of you all. 10 million. the unemployment rate is 3.7%, near a record 50 year low. john and i understand, we need to make things in america for the first time in a long time, and we are. that means instead of shipping jobs overseas, we're shipping product overseas. i'm series, we've created so far 700,000 manufacturing jobs just in the last 20 months. 700,000. but for all

manufacturing jobs just in the last 20 months. 700,000. but forall our progress, and by the way, where the heckis progress, and by the way, where the heck is it written that we can't be the manufacturing capital of the world again? because we will be, we will be. folks, look, a lot of families are still struggling, that is what into law the inflation reduction act that will reduce the cost of everyday things for families in pennsylvania. think she had to pay for every month, you have to have enough in your paycheque to do it. we gave medicare of the power to negotiate lower prescription drug costs. the same power the veterans administration has to cut drug prices in half. been trying to get that done for years when i was in the senate and as vice presidents, but big former pharma —— big pharma

spent a lot of money but the american people one. no matter what their drug costs were, and some of them pay up to $14,000 a year for a cancer drug but now, beginning january the 1st, they will not have to pay more than $200,000 a year periods, periods. we put a cap on insulin to deal with diabetes, instead of paying 400 a month like they're paying now, they will pay no more than $35 a month. and withjohn fetterman in the senate, without one more vote i need, we will make sure we cap those process for every single person because they blocked, we had it in the original bill but from it in for medicare recipients, but for everyone. how many of you

know someone has to take ensign for diabetes? look around. and it's incredibly costly, no matter what your age, and it's badly needed. and we made the biggest investment to deal with the climate crisis ever. we're lowering energy costs for families. and josh and john know we can cap oiland families. and josh and john know we can cap oil and cast price, we can do that in western pennsylvania, we can create thousands of good paying jobs for the same people who built those mines in the first place. that's why we're investing $300 million in this part of the country to dojust million in this part of the country to do just that. we're notjust talking, we're doing it. will do this while reducing the federal deficit. because of the help i had from senators and the democratic

congress, we literally cut the federal debt in half by $1.4 trillion. just this year, and last year, by 350 billion. and another 250 billion over the next decade. i don't want to hear from the republicans who blew up the debts, we are the ones bringing it down, they shut it up. i buy such a massive reduction in debts, we are able to help working class families in america. we're finally making sure the biggest corporations begin to pay theirfair share, for god's sake. fundraisers are so upset with me that we just passed a minimum 15% tax. look, if you're is schoolteacher you pay more than that, if your a cop you pay more than but the days are over of corporations paying zero federal

tax. in 2020, 55 of the largest corporations in america made $40 billion, and they paid not one single penny and federal tax, not one. because we reduced the deficit so much, we're in a position to help billions of working class folks caught in the crossfire of the pandemic and what happened with the russians moving into ukraine. because i acted, we provided $10,000 of student debt relief. cheering and another 10,000 bucks if you got a pell grant. no—one... 90% of that money goes to people earning less than $75,000 per year. it's incredible burden to carry, so they will now be able to get a little bit of breathing room. and what to the

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donald trump is also in the state