to the tune of its numbers to the tune of 20,000 additional forces. its numbers to the tune of 20,000 additionalforces. it has 10,000 troops in poland, and during the summer, president biden announced plans to basically make their permanent headquarters in poland rather than having this rotational system of troops going to the country. there were also plans to provide missiles to poland as well, but that said, these are heavily political times in this country. the midterm elections have just taken place country. the midterm elections havejust taken place here. over the next couple of days, perhaps even as soon us tonight, the republicans are expected to cement their advantage in the lower house, the house of representatives. they're the house of representatives. they�* re close to the house of representatives. they're close to the 218 seats they need for a majority of the house. and that will change things forjoe biden. the political landscape will be all

of a sudden a lot more complicated and the republicans have vowed to stymie his pledge leg good —— agenda. that will potentially include military aid to ukraine, which some republican want to see no longer being a blank check. —— blank cheque. they want more checks and balances. these are very changing times and this comes at an infection point in america politics as far as its relationship concerns. indeed, always great to get you on the programme with your fascinating insights and analysis. david talked us through the picture in the united states of course. as he pointed out, joe biden is very much here in bali at the g20

summit. leaders this morning were meant to go to a mangrove jungle and talk about the digital economy. they were meant to discuss issues about the climate as well as what to do about the worsening state of the global economy. instead, they will definitely be discussing the events overnight. now, little earlier on, i spoke with simon baptiste at the economist intelligence unit who is there for us in singapore and i asked him how much pressure the events overnight might put on asian countries who are attending the 620. countries who are attending the g20. i apologise, countries who are attending the g20. iapologise, we countries who are attending the g20. i apologise, we can actually speak to simon in person. simon, it's great to get you back on the programme. i didn't expect that. just to get your thoughts on what my colleague was saying a little earlier on, given the fact that there is so much concern in terms of the comments that are coming out of western countries, but we have yet to hear, as far as i can tell, from any asian countries attending the summit. i think

the asian _ attending the summit. i think the asian countries _ attending the summit. i think the asian countries are - attending the summit. i think the asian countries are very l the asian countries are very unlikely to be commenting on what is going on in poland at the moment other than some platitudes around, for asia, the largest impact of the work is in fact an economic one. the military side of it feels much more distant to people in sitting in the rich and for those in europe. the reason that the ukraine more matters for economy is primarily through a lot of russian commodities have come off international markets and of course, ukraine for military and logistic reasons, also struggled to export as well. as we have seen these really high commodity prices. of course, oil and gas but also foodstuffs in certain metals. asia is a certain importer of these products, so the eyes in asia when they look at the ukraine war is really about food security, energy security and

mental security. those are issues high on the agenda and these are things that are already slated for discussion at the g20. i think asian leaders will be keen to pick it away from issues of defence and issues of politics towards issues of politics towards issues of politics towards issues of economics and with the world's four biggest energy importer is located in this region and not the g20, so south korea, japan, china and india, we can expect energy to be on the agenda.— be on the agenda. yes, interesting _ be on the agenda. yes, interesting that - be on the agenda. yes, interesting that you - be on the agenda. yes, | interesting that you talk be on the agenda. yes, - interesting that you talk about energy security. definitely a theme i've heard here at the g20, and as you have put it, the focus was meant to be in the focus was meant to be in the global economy can issues facing these countries, but i wonder what you make of the fact that lots of asian countries have often seen the war in ukraine as a problem out there, right, in the west, for western countries to deal with them about waking up today and have this news come to them

that this global summit, do you think it makes pressure more asian countries to perhaps have harsher language when it comes to that possible communique be made see here later today? it will be difficult to get harsh language in the communique, mostly because russia is a member of the g20, so any text is going to have to have its agreement anyway. the interesting thing in asia is much more about the us china relationship. that is where focus will be in this region. actually, in that area, the signs have been relatively positive. so he had his meeting with biden, may be superficially came out smiling at least for the first five seconds before resuming his usual stony expression. he's also held meetings with the australian prime minister which has also been a very rocky relationship, china has got a lot of problems at home. the economy is tanking at home, being hammered by zero covid and also struggling with debt

in the property sector which has been such a big driver of growth. really the last thing china needs is a further deterioration in international relationships, which has been happening over the last few years anyway. i think he's probably trying not to make things better internationally but stop any further decline and stop any further issues coming at him from deterioration of relationships with the us, europe and other allies. so from that perspective, and escalation by russia will be unwelcome in their will be back channel communication from china to russia on that. but i don't think china is indeed to take a strong stance to tell russia to stop at all. i strong stance to tell russia to step at all-— stop at all. i see. simon, ureat stop at all. i see. simon, great to _ stop at all. i see. simon, great to get _ stop at all. i see. simon, great to get you - stop at all. i see. simon, great to get you on - stop at all. i see. simon, great to get you on the i great to get you on the programme. chief economist at the economist intelligence unit speaking to us on newsday. well, i want to leave the events in ukraine forjust a moment and bring you some other news, where us media are

projecting that the republicans have now won enough seats to have now won enough seats to have a majority in the next house of representatives. david willis was alluding to some of this a little earlier uncommitted forecast to reach the 218 needed to control the lower house of congress. let's speak to my colleague standing by for us with more on the latest. if this is indeed true, but could this mean in terms of joe biden�*s presidency and the 2024 election? joe biden's presidency and the 2024 election?— 2024 election? well, this of course has _ 2024 election? well, this of course has been _ 2024 election? well, this of course has been widely - course has been widely expected. i think what has surprised many people is the number, 218 is the magic number. it looks like the republicans will achieve that and perhaps a few more. they will have that working majority in the house of representatives, but not as big as they had been filled hoping for. it is enough to stymie some of the ambitions ofjoe biden over the next couple of years. interestingly, we've heard from kevin mccarthy, the

favourite republican to take over the job of speaker of the house, taking overfrom nancy pelosi. there will be a vote on the house floor in january for that. and he has already declared that the era of single party rule democratic party role in washington is over. of course, referring to the fact that democrats essentially have the white house, the senate and the white house, the senate and the house of representatives. that is no longer. so it is going to be more of a split government situation with the checks and balances that go along with that. just briefly, peter, along with that. just briefly, peter. are — along with that. just briefly, peter, are we _ along with that. just briefly, peter, are we expecting - peter, are we expecting president trump to formally announce that he is going to run today? i announce that he is going to run today?— run today? i think on the former president - run today? i think on the former president trumpl run today? i think on the - former president trump knows that, all i certainly are lago, his home in florida. he will be making that announcement very soon. widely speculated that thatis soon. widely speculated that that is what he is going to say. equally, a lot of senior republicans urging him not to do that, saying now is not the

time. ,., ., , time. peterborough is there with the very _ time. peterborough is there with the very latest - time. peterborough is there with the very latest on - time. peterborough is there with the very latest on that| with the very latest on that announcement. an impending announcement, we will be sure to bring you details of that as and when it happens with lots more analysis from our correspondence across the globe. peterwatching correspondence across the globe. peter watching that very closely. for now, before we say goodbye, i want to remind you of some of the events that we have been reporting about. i met the g20 summit here in bali, as events in europe threatened to overshadow this summit. we've had poland putting some of its military on heightened alert after two people were killed by an explosion near the border with ukraine. the polish president, i must remind you, says he thinks it's a one—off incident. the explosion in poland happened during a wave of russian missile attacks on ukraine's energy system. moscow is hit packet report saying that it was responsible for the explosion of calling them a

provocation and an escalation. that is it for me here. thank you so much forjoining me. to stay with bbc news. hello there. the week's rain so far has resulted in several flood warnings being issued, and there's more rain to come. just an idea of what we've had in the past 24 hours, some parts of southeast england have had 40 millimetres, the moors in the southwest, 75, which is three inches of rain. and as the rest of the week progresses, the rainfall continued to pile up. so, with another low pressure rolling in, we could see another 30—40 millimetres in places. by the end of the week, an excess of 80—90 may well have fallen across the north east of scotland. now, this is the next area of low pressure coming in with its strong winds pushing rain across many parts through the coming night and into thursday. but for what's left of this night, that rain stuck across the northern isles with a gale force wind blowing. elsewhere, the showers tending to fade back to the coast,

a little cool inland with a touch of grass frost around first thing, the odd pocket of mist and fog. but it does look like a drier day for many. yes, there'll still be a few heavy showers around, even the odd rumble of thunder, and that rain and wind across shetland. and then later in the day, the next batch of wet and windy weather's arriving in the southwest. but in between, it's a little cooler than we've been used to, but there'll be some drier, brighter weather. however, those winds will be up to gale force, if not severe gale force across shetland for much of the day and indeed, into thursday as well. and the wind gusts start to pick up in the south with this area of low pressure during the coming evening. and overnight, 60—mile—an—hour gusts potentially in a few exposed places, another 30—40 millimetres of rain. then it'll work its way northwards through the night. chilly again in north western parts of scotland where the skies stay clear. but the rain is likely to arrive here as we go into thursday as well, swirling around that area of low pressure with its strong winds, perhaps a little brighter, drier, with a few showers

to the south later and still some very strong winds for shetland. you can see the tightly packed isobars here, even into friday, by which stage that low pressure starting to migrate out into the north sea, but still quite a lot of rain around that area of low pressure. even by friday, it might be that further south and west, we see somewhat drier weather, just a few showers around on that breeze coming down from the north and the west. but it does mean, therefore, that it'll be a chilly night with a widespread ground frost as we start saturday morning, but there's more rain on the way. the warnings are online.

england's squad have

arrived in qatar ahead of their world cup campaign... was this the cold shoulder for bruno fernandez are just the cold shoulder for bruno fernandez arejust a joke the cold shoulder for bruno fernandez are just a joke two another defeat for rafael nadal means an early exit from the atp tour finals in turin. the start of the fifa world cup is less than five days away — and the 32 teams have begun arriving in qatar. one of the first teams to land in the capital doha was the usa who begin their world cup campaign against wales in al rayyan on monday. they've already made a big statement in addressing issues of inclusivity and lgbtq+ rights in the country. joe lynskey reports... day one at the us team base. the red stripes now has the rainbow flag. it's to support

and embrace lgbt fans. it’s rainbow flag. it's to support and embrace lgbt fans. it's a sin of and embrace lgbt fans. it's a sign of our — and embrace lgbt fans. it's a sign of our values _ and embrace lgbt fans. it's a sign of our values and - and embrace lgbt fans. it's a sign of our values and what i and embrace lgbt fans. it's a | sign of our values and what we represent as an international team, and we are a group that believes in inclusivity and we will continue to project that message going forward stop it when we around the world stage and in a venue like it's important to bring awareness to these issues. we recognise that qatar has made strides and there has been a tonne of progress, but there is still some work to do. fin progress, but there is still some work to do.- progress, but there is still some work to do. on the kits, the stripes — some work to do. on the kits, the stripes are _ some work to do. on the kits, the stripes are still _ some work to do. on the kits, the stripes are still bad, - some work to do. on the kits, the stripes are still bad, this | the stripes are still bad, this is a stand written on the walls of the us training base. the team start their world cup with wales on monday, then just like in 2010 committee meet england. the united states are level! both british side say they will wear the one love armband. touched down in qatar, straight to a hate!— touched down in qatar, straight to a hotel —— hotel and a warm welcome _ to a hotel —— hotel and a warm welcome i_ to a hotel —— hotel and a warm welcome. i think the us is one of the —

welcome. i think the us is one of the youngest quads hand hosts — of the youngest quads hand hosts the next world cup. what they say— hosts the next world cup. what they say and do may set the bar for western countries, but qatar _ for western countries, but qatar say for western countries, but qatar sa— for western countries, but qatar sa ., . ., , qatar say that welcome extends to all. qatar say that welcome extends to all- we _ qatar say that welcome extends to all. we have _ qatar say that welcome extends to all. we have always - qatar say that welcome extends to all. we have always said - to all. we have always said everybody _ to all. we have always said everybody is _ to all. we have always said everybody is welcome. - to all. we have always said everybody is welcome. we | to all. we have always said . everybody is welcome. we are to all. we have always said - everybody is welcome. we are a conservative country, public displays of affection are not in our culture, but hospitality and welcoming people from different parts of the world into our country is part of our culture. and i the nature of these tournaments, it allows people from different walks of life to be able to experience and understand different cultures.— and understand different cultures. , cultures. the football starts on sunday. _ cultures. the football starts on sunday, but _ cultures. the football starts on sunday, but qatar's - cultures. the football starts i on sunday, but qatar's ability is hosts is still the focus. a world cup like no other now has its first statements on the ground. portugal will hope that the recent interview given by their captain cristiano ronaldo doesn't distract the squad too much from their campaign. more of it has been released, and he's now targeted manchester united's american owners. in the latest instalment released by british broadcaster talktv. .. ronaldo claims the glazers "don't care about the club" on a sporting front.

he made headlines on monday saying he felt "betrayed" by manchester united — and claimed they were trying to force him out of the club. he's also taken a swipe at former team—mates wayne rooney and gary neville who've criticised him at times. he says they're doing it to be more famous —= and they're not his friends. meanwhile, portugal's world cup squad includes ronaldo's manchester united team—mate bruno of welcomes when they met up with the national side. midfielderjoao mario — who witnessed the exchange — says it's been misinterpreted, and ronaldo and fernandes werejust having a joke. this year's world cup breaks new ground with the apppointment of female match officials for the first time. they include salima mukansanga from rwanda. she made history earlier this year by taking charge of a match at the men's africa cup of nations. now she'll do the same on a global stage. the bbc�*s celestine karoney reports...

it is up to us to take this opportunity and become productive from that opportunity. you are opening the door to the rest of women's sports, especially women in africa. , ., ., , sports, especially women in africa. , ., ., africa. this woman is a history maker, africa. this woman is a history maker. the — africa. this woman is a history maker, the world _ africa. this woman is a history maker, the world cup - africa. this woman is a history maker, the world cup in - africa. this woman is a history maker, the world cup in qatar for the first time, there will be three female referees, and she will be one of them. joined by officials from france and japan. injanuary, she became the men's africa cup of nations first female referee, taking charge of the group game between zimbabwe and new guinea. it between zimbabwe and new guinea. , . , guinea. it is a privilege because _ guinea. it is a privilege because it's _ guinea. it is a privilege because it's never - guinea. it is a privilege - because it's never happened, and it's happened, it means you are going to be the first one. it means you have a lot of things you carry on your shoulders, so you need to carry it well and properly so that the rest will see, while coming out the door is open. we can go through. out the door is open. we can go throu~h. ,, . , out the door is open. we can go throu~h. ,, ., , ., through. she initially wanted to -la through. she initially wanted to play basketball— through. she initially wanted to play basketball as - through. she initially wanted to play basketball as a - through. she initially wanted j to play basketball as a young girl but was told that she wasn't old enough to join the under 17 national side and would have to wait, so she

turned to football. she came across an advert announcing football referee training and took her a chance. it paid off. but it hasn't been easy. when it comes to — but it hasn't been easy. when it comes to a _ but it hasn't been easy. when it comes to a field _ but it hasn't been easy. when it comes to a field dominated| it comes to a field dominated by men, you have to do double work. it'sjust double by men, you have to do double work. it's just double work. have this passion, because without this passion, you are going to get tired of it. we are not encouraged by men. and we are coming on the field, they are supposed to say that we want us to succeed together. she has already refereed at the tokyo 0lympics she has already refereed at the tokyo olympics on the 2019 world cup in france and is now gearing up for the world cup. it's an amazing milestone. she is in _ it's an amazing milestone. she is in a — it's an amazing milestone. she is in a unique position where she — is in a unique position where she is— is in a unique position where she is one _ is in a unique position where she is one of a few people who will be able to go to a senior men's — will be able to go to a senior men's world cup into a senior women's _ men's world cup into a senior women's world cup, it hasn't been — women's world cup, it hasn't been done before. so that speaks _ been done before. so that speaks volumes for brother being — speaks volumes for brother being in— speaks volumes for brother being in africa, it speaks volumes— being in africa, it speaks volumes for the developing of refereeing in africa stop at the expense of taking charge of

that again in cameroon will be invaluable.— invaluable. these people will never be happy _ invaluable. these people will never be happy with - invaluable. these people will never be happy with you, - never be happy with you, especially the team that loses. so it's up to you to do what you have to do. at the end of the day, they will say, yes, she was right. now they are trusting that women can be and perform well with the man. another rest of women, especially young women, they have dreams like me. more bad news for the holders france on the day they had their official squad photo taken. rb leipzig star christopher nkunku has been ruled out of the world cup after injuring himself in training on tuesday, the bundesliga's top scorer is the latest on a list of high—profile absentees which includes midfielders paul pogba and n'golo kante and defender presnel kimpembe. senegal striker sadio mane will miss the start of their world cup campaign because of the leg injury he sustained in bayern munich's game against werder bremen last week. senegsal�*s first match is against the netherlands next monday. they're in group a, along with qatar and ecuador.

tennis — and the top seed rafael nadal is out of the season—ending atp tour finals in turin, the 22 time grand slam winner falling to a second successive defeat in the round robin phase of the competition. the reigning australian and french open winner lost to taylor fritz on sunday and was then beaten in straight sets by felix auger—aliassime on tuesday. the number 5 seed from canada bounced back from his defeat by casper ruud to power through 6—3, 6—4. nadal�*s fourth straight defeat in all competitions means carlos alcarez will end the year as world number one — while auger—aliassime has kept alive his hopes of reaching the semi—finals. i felt just better today. my surf was great. at the return on the backend was much better. i was hitting it with much more

consistency and precision, quality. when i am playing like this, i can have proven to myself that i can compete and beat some of the best players in the world. i beat some of the best players in the world.— in the world. i don't think i foruet in the world. i don't think i forget how— in the world. i don't think i forget how to _ in the world. i don't think i forget how to play - in the world. i don't think i forget how to play tennis l in the world. i don't think i i forget how to play tennis and how— forget how to play tennis and how to — forget how to play tennis and how to be strong enough mentally. ijust need to kill the cover— mentally. ijust need to kill the cover all of these positive feelings— the cover all of these positive feelings and all this confidence and this strong mentality that i need to be at the leve!— mentality that i need to be at the level that i want to be. i don't — the level that i want to be. i don't know if i'm going to reach _ don't know if i'm going to reach that level again, but i don't — reach that level again, but i don't have any doubt that i am going — don't have any doubt that i am going to — don't have any doubt that i am going to try for it. rory mcilroy says greg norman is the major obstacle to golf�*s civil war being resolved. two—time 0pen champion norman is the commissioner of the breakaway saudi—funded liv series and they've recruited a number of star players from the more—established pga and european tours. speaking in dubai ahead of the season—ending dp world tour championship,

mcilroy — a leading critic of the liv series — says norman has to go... there are obviously two lawsuits going on at the minute, the pga tour and this one that is coming up with the dp world tour in february. nothing can happen if those two things are still going on, especially, yeah, i mean, you are limited in what you can do, and! are limited in what you can do, and i think from whatever happens with those two things, there are a few things that i would like to see on the lit side that needs to happen. i think greg needs to go. he needs to exit stage left. he has made his mark. i think now is the right time to sort of say, look, you have got to face thing off the ground, but no one is going to talk unless there is an adult in the room that can actually try to mend fences. ., ., ., ,

fences. from all of us here, that is all— fences. from all of us here, that is all your _ fences. from all of us here, that is all your support. - that is all your support. goodbye. ——from all of us here, that is all your sport. hello there. the week's rain so far has resulted in several flood warnings being issued, and there's more rain to come. just an idea of what we've had in the past 24 hours, some parts of southeast england have had 40 millimetres, the moors in the southwest, 75, which is three inches of rain. and as the rest of the week progresses, the rainfall continued to pile up. so, with another low pressure rolling in, we could see another 30—40 millimetres in places. by the end of the week, an excess of 80—90 may well have fallen across the north east of scotland. now, this is the next area of low pressure coming in with its strong winds pushing rain across many parts through the coming night and into thursday. but for what's left of this night, that rain stuck across the northern isles with a gale force wind blowing. elsewhere, the showers tending

to fade back to the coast, a little cool inland with a touch of grass frost around first thing, the odd pocket of mist and fog. but it does look like a drier day for many. yes, there'll still be a few heavy showers around, even the odd rumble of thunder, and that rain and wind across shetland. and then later in the day, the next batch of wet and windy weather's arriving in the southwest. but in between, its a little cooler than we've been used to, but there'll be some drier, brighter weather. however, those winds will be up to gale force, if not severe gale force across shetland for much of the day and indeed, into thursday as well. and the wind gusts start to pick up in the south with this area of low pressure during the coming evening. and overnight, 60—mile—an—hour gusts potentially in a few exposed places, another 30—40 millimetres of rain. then it'll work its way northwards through the night. chilly again in north western parts of scotland where the skies stay clear. but the rain is likely to arrive here as we go into thursday as well, swirling around that area of low pressure with its strong winds, perhaps a little brighter, drier, with a few showers to the south later and still some very strong winds for shetland.

you can see the tightly packed isobars here, even into friday, by which stage that low pressure starting to migrate out into the north sea, but still quite a lot of rain around that area of low pressure. even by friday, it might be that further south and west, we see somewhat drier weather, just a few showers around on that breeze coming down from the north and the west. but it does mean, therefore, that it'll be a chilly night with a widespread ground frost as we start saturday morning, but there's more rain on the way. the warnings are online.

hello, i'm karishma vaswani, in bali. i met the g20 as events in europe threatened to overshadow the event. — — i am at. poland is putting some of its military on heightened alert after two people were killed by an explosion near the border with ukraine. the polish president says he thinks it's a one—off incident. the explosion in poland happened during a wave of russian missile attacks on ukraine's energy system. but moscow has hit back at reports it was responsible for the explosion inside poland, calling them a provocation aimed at escalation. eu leaders attending the g20 summit here in bali

are likely to meet in the coming hours to discuss