news with this is d, w. news alive from berlin. both u. s. political party 0 in on the state that could decide if crucial election. presidents passion, present campaign in pennsylvania, the outcome will shape the 2nd half of democrat joe biden's term is predecessor donald. trump predicts of republican landslide,

violet iran admits descending drones to russia that says they were sold before the war in ukraine began. and as the massive un climate summit club 27 convenes to day, energy worries in countries like germany have pushed coal mining further to the fort. in fact, an entire german town is being leveled despite protests. to make way for more coal . ah, i'm michael ok. welcome to the program where the u. s. midterm elections just a few days away, candidates are getting some big names, support. 3 presidents, past and present, or hitting the campaign trail in pennsylvania. a crucial swing state which could determine which party controls congress in philadelphia president joe biden appeared with his old boss,

barack obama to endorse the democratic nominees for governor and senate biden, called the upcoming mid terms the election of a lifetime. the outcomes are going to shape our country for decades. the gum and the power to shape that outcome is in your hands. 2 years ago. 2 years ago use that power to make donald trump not only a former president, but you made him a defeated president obama told the crowd that abortion rights, social, security, and democracy itself are at risk. if republican sees congressional majorities next week fundamental right on the bow, true and facts and law j. m reason. and they said these and see on the ballot, democracy fell through them about the same. pennsylvania is one of

a handful of battle ground states where pilots will decide who controls congress, state legislatures, governors offices, and the future direction of the nation. at a rival pennsylvania rally, donald trump laid out a very different vision of america to hundreds of waiting support. as the former president touched on the usual topics, border security u. s. jobs and the economy. wonder vidallo c schumer and the radical democrat congress. your commonwealth is being totally destroyed. our country has been destroyed. biden, and the far left lunatics are waging war in pennsylvania, energy, crushing pennsylvania jobs, gutting, pennsylvania communities, and strangling pennsylvania families with soaring prices. like you've never seen before, all with the elections just days away, votes his face,

a fateful choice along the united nations is urging elan must to ensure human rights are central to twitters management. must set off a flurry of changes at the platform after buying it. last week, he has ordered the firing of half of twitter staff, including those in charge of content moderation experts or warning of a potential spike and disinformation, especially with the u. s. mid term election. approaching an open letter. the un human rights chief told must that firing nearly every one on twitters human rights and ethics teams was, quote, not a good star. i spoke earlier with menu cornet software engineer, who is one of the people who was sacked by twitter. he told us he's taking legal action against the firing and express concern about how the mass layoffs might affect the platform. so i think the content moderation might take

a hit. you might start teams and glitches more than the 4 bugs here and there. i've also heard some rumors, but these are rumors that some of the laid off employees were starting to be called back because i guess people inside the company were starting to realize that they may have been a bit too far gone a bit too far with the layout, so it's hard to tell exactly what will happen. i fully trust the colleagues i still there that they'll be doing a good job and doing their best. but i do think there will be a bit more file for him from now on. yes. again, software engineer and former twitter employee menu coordinate to the war in ukraine, now ukrainian president of a lot of is lensky says, iran was lying when it said it sold drones to russia only before the invasion of

ukraine. moscow says it's been using only russian made drones in the conflict with accusations right, that iran is supplying russia with drones in its war with ukraine. iran's foreign minister offered his most detailed remarks to date at a defense meeting, inter run your wheelchair by thea, regarding the outcry started by some western countries, we're saying the islamic republic of the wrong has provided russia with missiles and drones to help with the war. and ukraine, the missile part is completely false. back to the drone part is true. well, we gave a limited number of drones to russia months before the ukraine war. last more hope i've left angle crime directly on it. not true, says ukraine's president, who claims that his troops are shooting down 10 iranian made drones daily, and that the supplies are ongoing. villa premier zalinski issue this morning to tehran. he actually, what i mean if iran continues line above the obvious,

it means that the world will make even more efforts to investigate the terrorist cooperation between the russian and iranian regimes. and what rushes pain, iran for such cooperation. nikiya, these terrorists are their accomplices, can not remain unpunished in the modern world. so she said, nipple car. there has been a surge of drone attacks in ukraine and recent weeks targeting energy and severely and infrastructure. western countries have imposed sanctions on a ran over a legit sales of the weapons to russia. moscow claims that the drones it uses in combat are russian made and not ever rainy in origin. arounds. foreign minister says that if there is proof that that's not the case to ran, will not remain indifferent. so how big a difference are these drones making in the gremlins war on ukraine? i put that question to d. w. russia analyst konstantin egger. michael and do make

a difference. are these drums are cheap, some estimates go as low as $10000.00 for peace. they're relatively small. the wingspan is 2 and a half meters. imagine you can basically assemble it in your living room so big and they seem to be effective, especially against um, the static targets and rushes definitely been using them to deplete ukrainian high tech weaponry on the one hand or the other hand definitely to attack the civilian infrastructure and this is i think, what is very important because now with the crown and aims being always vague but now being a basically what can be achieved are it seems that moscow is betting on such destruction of ukrainian civilian infrastructure, especially energy infrastructure that ukraine super piece and i think that are in

this respect, iranian drones are, are quite an effective, are quite an effective weapon. according to the washington post, the u. s. has been privately encouraging ukraine to signal an openness to negotiate with russia as the paper put it. do you see any chance there putin is interested in negotiations? well, put in his always interested in negotiations on his own conditions. and if washington indeed tries to encourage her, the government of law demons zalinski to, ah, to, to, to open some kind of channel to moscow. then i actually also believe it too because ah, it seems that the u. s. administration, which is really committed to supporting your grain is starting to understand that are basically the destruction of our ukranian,

civilian infrastructure and possible humanitarian consequences of, of this russian action. a good way, very heavily on washington support for ukraine, and especially that is especially important in view of the of can, the mid term elections are where quite a few isolationist republicans may start criticizing, or actually questioning or the, or the white house as policy. so i do believe that there is a possibility that the u. s. is privately urging zalinski to start talking to put in and be in such circumstances. put and will seed is ukraine's weakness. and we'll try to take advantage of that. russia analyst konstantin, got many thanks. thank you. other stories now making headlines around the world. at this hour, italy has allowed a rescue ship carrying migrants and refugees to dock and sicily. children were reportedly allowed to disembark. more than

a 1000 people are still stock on other rescue ships off italy's coast. the new far right government has set a harder line on handling such ships, operated by n g o z. pope francis has met with the king of ball wayne during a tour to promote interfaith dialogue across the gulf. it's the 1st time a sitting pope has visited the muslim majority country. at a speech during his visit, the pontiff told leaders that religion has never be used to justify violence. singer and wrapper aaron carter has been found dead in his home at the age of 34. carter shot to fame in the late 1990 s. as a pop singer recording his debut album at the age of 9. he was the younger brother backstreet boys member. nick carter. no cause of death has been released come 27. the winds. annual climate son has begun in egypt against a backdrop of extreme weather events and

a global energy prices. delegates from over a 190 countries are expected to deliver plans for limiting the rise of global temperatures to one point. 5 degrees. concerns are growing and keeping to that limit is becoming unlikely. germany is struggling with its own commitments to cutting emissions. the flow of russian gas has reduced to a trickle because of the war new credit. so germany is turning instead to the dirtiest fossil fuel of all and disrupting people's lives in the process. mile village in west and germany fed act will soon be demolished and it's residents forced to leave a nearby coil. mine is expanding. guinea, an environmentalist elizabeth by duty is here to see the changes, 1st pant. she fears deficient like these. my rich countries are worsening. the climate griffith in her part of the world. i, my c o,

been very long to see what is happening right behind me. because for me this is what is killing people in my continent. this is what is devastating lives and livelihoods of frontline communities that are most affected by the climate crisis. germany faith, the war in you green has led to when it 90 crisis for tough to fissions like increasing the youth of environmentally harmful fossil fuels have to be taken. but it promises that its climate goals will still be met. death does not consult the king in activist she demands that big. bluetooth must look for alternative sources of energy and they should commit to their promises of being climate compensation to poor countries. and not seeing that kind of leadership or we are seeing is leaders seeing what they will do in international conferences. but then when they are off

the stage, they do something different. that is continuing to devastate communities despite protests and power for demonstrations. youth that are, these are numbered and the effect of its demolition will be felt across continents. home sports now and bonuses, league or heavy way. dorman was in action on saturday. it was their teenage sensation. you sue from coco, who stole the show, scoring to long range goals against bought. the 1st was a beauty on the left foot. youngsters 2nd came with some help from the opposing defense. mckoko was the store and a 3 nail victory. so let's take a look at all the boonies, like a result so far this weekend, by an munich put themselves a top the league with

a win frankfurt defeated ox berg to one. dorman was a winner. leipzig dispatched hoffen heim bremond b chalka, and there are 2 games today, including union berlin, who will try to win back the top spot. this is d w. news live from bill in our technology program. shift is next. is much more now website d, w dot com for all the latest news and analysis. i'm michael oke, who, in berlin, thanks for watching use, it can't be destroyed. you can try, but it's impossible. ah, she performed for her life in auschwitz.