on d w, a special starts in germany, europe. the world d w travel extremely were in. ah ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin. the head of the un issues a dire warning on climate change. that block, you still, we are in the fight, the whole lives and we are losing world leaders are in egypt for the cop $27.00

climate summit facing calls to support developing countries better already suffering the effects of a warmer planet. also coming up on the shaft, the united states prepares to vote in crucial mid term elections that will shape the next 2 years of jo biden's presidency. it is a neck and neck battle in key races that will determine control of congress. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson, thank you so much for joining us. world leaders meeting in egypt at the cop 27 climate summit are framing the fight against climate change as a fight for humans survival. french president m on one micron, said climate commitments must not be sacrificed due to the war in ukraine. and the climate change remains. the biggest issue the world is facing. the summit comes at the end of a catastrophic year for many developing countries,

which have asked rich polluters to do more. if all the leaders in this room had joined forces in the fight against global warming, signed to say, there would be far fewer climate catastrophes to address at this year's summit. but the situation is serious. you and secretary general antonio guiterres made that clear. o planet, these foster broaching peeping warrants, dep fuel, mike climate scales you reversible. we are on the highway to climate tell without a foot stool on the accelerator. guiterres is referring to the u. n. world mature a logical organizations report that the last 8 years have been the warmest on record. flash flooding in pakistan in september devastated an area the size of britain. the floods killed more than 1500 people and left millions homeless. at the other end of the spectrum, extreme drought dried up, entire rivers in italy,

and in somalia, the worst dry spell and 40 years left 1000000 suffering. countries that contribute the least to the climate crisis are the ones suffering the most from its consequences. so the summit is appealing for solidarity. i don't believe it is justice to the young generation when our rivers in legs upward knitted. i don't see jesse's when big bullet is untouchable. is he just this for the wild need is to choose brush reeds over lives. if nothing changes, the temperature of the earth's atmosphere could rise by 2.4 to 2.8 degrees celsius . compared to pre industrial times, scientists say the paris climate accords aim of limiting global warming to $1.00 degrees is currently unattainable. they predict this will result in more and more frequent, extreme weather events to help climate vulnerable countries deal with the damages

german chancellor. all of shoulds said his country will provide financial assistance with the old. so suppose those countries hit hardest by climate change in a targeted way in dealing with loss and damage for diesel. with the cream of his, for this shield and climate risk funding, germany makes available 170000000 euros. as world leaders see compromises over the next 2 weeks into gyptian city of shar michelle. many are skeptical that the promises made in this room will actually be delivered while d. w spoke earlier to dpi and boss who re from the n g o climate outreach, and we asked him whether wealthy countries failure to pay off on pledge is made at earlier conferences. proved that climate commitments were little more than empty promises. we know climate, every chis research has shown us that something like 58 percent of young out of all across europe. have a firm belief that, you know,

richard country should be compensated for countries on the better facing loss of damage. so there is a mandate on a growing political mandate in countries around the world, particularly in the richer countries where the need is recognized. and that financing needs to be critical for making those changes. but the changes don't just need to happen in the developing world. we have to change our own behaviors and our own patterns of consumption and so on in the northern and western countries as well . so it's a bit of a 2 pronged issue that people are dealing with. and so it's not so much empty promises, but more making sure that everybody is along on the same journey. and that's one of the reasons why climate are reach focuses so much on participation as a keep that unbox all of these questions the pie and bus ray from the n g o climate outreach speaking to g w a little earlier there. let's go to ukraine now,

where president phil, let him use the lens. he says, it's vital to keep pushing russia to participate in what he calls genuine peace talks. earlier an adviser to the lensky that ukraine was ready for talks with a russian leader in but not with vladimir putin. us media have also reported that the biden administration has been encouraging ukraine to signal openness to talks. the kremlin has said it is open to talks, and this comes as ukraine. welcome to the arrival of new air defense systems supplied by norway, spain, and united states to be chorus bonnet. nick connelly is in queue of and he told us how important these western defense systems will be. well, it's certainly very welcome to been promised strong time. another finally here, lou not being told quite how many have reached key if so far of the total number promised. and even the total sum promised is only a fraction of what's needed to protect this country. or the soft rule award is being fought on the scale bigger than anything that any western country is fought

in decades front lines of over a 1000 kilometers and cities hundreds almost away from those front lines routinely being hit. so there's no sams rockets that are coming from the u. s. they used to protect the white house. they're pretty modern. they were developed nearly to thousands. they're kind of close to medium range, and then the rockets coming from spain, they're bit older. it's kind of more seventy's eighty's and they are short range. but this is all very welcome. there is obviously a worry that this is too much too different kit. there's new kids that come from germany. other kids coming from france, couple weeks of the ukraine. you know me really sanctum, basically make do with all the kind of leftovers the western military's have and a willing to part with. but it's definitely psychologically very important to think that there's something to deal with these attacks. they've left people feeling so vulnerable. as dw correspondent, nick connelly reporting from the ukranian capital chief. we can bring you up to speed now it's mother stories making world news headlines. china has lost out of the u. k. over a british minister's visit to taiwan. beijing denounced the trip by trade policy minister greg hands and urged the u. k. to stop all official exchanges with ty,

one. china claims the island has its own territory and has threatened to take it by force. a ceremony has been held in tanzania for the victims of sundays plane crash that killed 19 people. the country's transport minister told mourners that bad weather was a likely factor, but the authorities are investigating the exact cause of the crash authorities in india's capital deli say primary schools will reopen this week. after closure is due to severe air pollution. daily's air quality is rated as very poor with pollution levels many times of, of the world health organization's acceptable limits. another, we're focus and media reports. they facebook's parent company, meta is planning to lay off thousands of employees as plans follow recent job cuts by other major tech firms. and we're going to go on to some more news from the united states, where polls are set to open tuesday morning in crucial midterm elections that will

shape the next 2 years. over 40000000 americans have already voted early, either in person or by mail. some of the big issues on voters minds will be high inflation, protections for reproductive rights and concerns about the future of democracy itself. president jo biden's, democrats currently control both houses of congress, but polls show republicans likely to win at least one chamber in this votes. greece welcome to the state they gathered for the final rallies of the campaign trail. leah, what we've just, i was to go, the political heavyweights were out to make that final pitch. speaking in the state of maryland. u. s. president joe biden told americans the mid terms were the moment to defend democracy where the united states of america has nothing. nothing, nothing, nothing beyond our capacity. if we do it together, so vote. get out the bow. god bless you. oh, my god,

protect our troops. thank you. thank you. thank you. in the swing states of ohio, it was a controversial former president who rolled into town pirating familiar phrases. the media didn't even leave the factors or look at all of them. wow. that's a lot of fake news back there. nancy pelosi said, please don't call them animals, they're human beings. i should know their animals. who as i think she's an animal too, you want to know they'll say, oh what a horrible thing he said about nude. she impeached me twice for nothing. ahead of tuesday's vote. the talk among ohio's electorate wasn't about red versus blue. but the state of america's political discourse. this is kind of sums it up on a tech upload. she's

a husband and they are making all their jokes on tv, which like i said, you know, it takes both parties to get involved in deniers that are there is really disappointing when you think about democracy in on says some of the people that are running for positions that are in fluids or a future with the balance of congress on a knife edge. the outcome of these mid terms could stymie biden's agenda and will undoubtedly set the stage for the next presidential election. on des, washington correspondents in the summer's kanda is part of our election coverage team. and i earlier asked her how it's looking for the democrats, given the historical tendency of the president's party to take a battering in the mid terms. you might have guessed it, not very good. it has been really an up and down year. so at the start of the year it appeared very clear that the republicans would sweep both houses of congress that they would take the house of representatives and the senate as well. but this

summer the democrats really did pick up a lot of steam in it. look more and more like they would hold on to the senate that they might even be competitive in the house of representatives. especially after that, supreme court ruling that overturned roe v wade to the right to constitutional right to an abortion that really energized a lot of democratic voters. but really just in the last month or 2 republicans have picked up a lot of momentum in a critical racism, states like nevada and in pennsylvania and georgia. we're seeing republican candidates, we've made up a lot of ground. they are now very competitive races. we're really talking about races that are in a, a dead heat at the moment. and the reason for that, claire is really that everything has come back to the economy. you were just talking about and play inflation. that is a big issue here. it's been a bruising year for so many americans, and republicans have been hammering democrats on the message that your life has gotten harder under joe biden and the democrats in congress. so it's time to vote them out. in the polling is clears that registered voters trust the republican

party over the democratic party to handle the economy. the democrats for their part of try to respond with messaging on abortion. you mentioned also on democracy being on the ballot. but the latest polls show that it really does look like a republicans will sweep at the house of reputation, the house of representatives, and possibly the senate as well. and what would republican control of one or both chambers of congress mean for president joe biden's agenda? claire would mean a host of trouble for president biden, that's pretty clear. i mean, the high point of his presidency so far has been the inflation reduction act. i mean, this was this legislation that was passed out narrowly, and it was hailed by the biden administration as a landmark bill that would reduce prescription drug costs, also boost clean energy investment in clean energy, reduce us emissions. and the republicans. a said, if they take control of congress of both houses, they would repeal the inflation reduction act. so that would mean a completely different agenda on energy policy. and the bite and ministration has really prioritized climate protection. the republican said they're going to

prioritize oil and gas providers on top of that, republicans have also said they would do everything they can to stop the white house for more spending. so the president can expect republicans, a block, and his plans that he has to spend for more pandemic aid or, or climate change as well. so that is something that we're likely to see and clear . one more point, very significant, we are likely to see investigations in a republican controlled congress investigations into president biden's, son hunter biden. and his business dealings, we could see investigations into that very messy us withdrawal from afghanistan also on the president's border policy. so it could be a very contentious time with not a lot of a bipartisan goodwill was did of your correspondence. nissan was condo reporting from washington. there is some sports news now. and fans of the victoria's houston astros wind up in downtown houston on monday for a parade to celebrate the baseball teams world series when over the weekend and

reviled in many parts of the u. s. for a cheating scandal that engulfed their last title success. home fans have proven more forgiving police estimate a 1000000 people attended to help celebrate the asterisk victory over the philadelphia phillies. it is your news update at this hour coming up next is our documentary film. the last of their kind, mountain guerrillas under pressure. i'm clare richardson in berlin from the whole team working behind the scenes. thanks for joining us with the rear natural spectacle improves the world. the return of the spiky yellow with will ensure the survival of the entire ecosystem.