ah, many success stories rational biodiversity say don't starts november 18th. he w ah ah, this is dw news live from berlin high stakes in the u. s. is millions prepared to vote in mid term elections. president joe biden says the wind for the republicans would threaten democracy while former president donald trump pitts. he's preparing a come back. also coming up,

it's day 3 of the climate change summit in egypt and cools a growing for fossil fuel companies to pay for the damage that they've caused to the planet. ah, i manuscripts, mccann, and welcome to the program. people in the united states a voting in crucial mid term elections today. the outcome is likely to have a great impact on the final 2 years of jo biden's presidency, voters will determine the majorities in the u. s. congress made up of the house of representatives and the senate, as well as a number of governor ships and other offices. republicans contend they are better placed to address people's concerns over the economy. democrats say if the republicans do well as is expected, that policies could adversely reshape the country. all that half of the republican

candidates have echoed unfounded claims by donald trump, that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. but as d w's mikaela cook now reports many believe the future of democracy is also at stake in this election. this is the home of democracy in the us, the capital building, where men and women represent what the constitution referred to as we the people democracy in the united states is under attack. both democrats and republicans see it and both say that they are the ones defending the danger to democracy comes from the radical out, not from the right. not i will not stand by watch the most fog among freedom in this country, the freedom to vote and happier brought counter to be taken from you paul. so

a 3rd of americans no longer feel confident that their vote is being counted properly. that in itself a success for donald trump, who still claims that he and not to biden won the 2020 elections in these mid term elections, trump only through his political weight behind candidates who echo his big steel narrative. jerry will start with you, your call joe biden. an illegitimate present was at me. he lost the election and he should be in the white house. we had a corrupt election lake has already made it clear that she will only accept an election result that sees hub, becoming governor of the swing state of arizona. and she's not alone. 27 states will have republican election deny is on the ballot. among them, 6 swing states that so massive pressure from the trunk, camp of 2020 results. pennsylvania is one of them. here poll workers faced protests

and threats from demonstrators calling to stop the count. now they fear the next attack on us democracy. it really cuts right into the heart of the foundation of this country. the biggest stress test yet will be the upcoming presidential elections in 2024 in a world increasingly tipping towards will talk chrissy. whether american democracy remains strong, will have an impact on everybody's chances around the world to live in a land of the free. now the economy is proving one of the biggest issues in the mid term elections. the sugar u. s. policy analysts told us earlier what the next 2 years, all likely to bring from an economic viewpoint in the us. there's a lot of signs that voters on both sides are worried about republican voters. talk

a lot about go to the gas pump. look at your for a when k democratic voters are talking about, you're seeing unlikely places like amazon and starbucks. unionized. there's a joke you're in america. there was just the world series baseball game in the philadelphia team. all the winds when there was an economic recession. and they lost, so we're looking at the ball, there might be a hopeful sign, but there's a lot of signs that the next year or 2 is going to be tough for america. and i think a lot of voters that is just way really heavy on their minds going into tomorrow. j . u. s. policy analysts list ciocca speaking to us a little earlier. so what are the midterm elections in the u. s. main for germany. more on that we can speak to d, w 's political correspondent, julia. so deli who is here in berlin. hi julia. and tell us how closely is germany watching to see what happens in these midterm elections in the u. s. well, there is a lot going on and journey right now and we see that german chancellor shawls is

currently in egypt for the climate conference there. but definitely eyes are also on the u. s. mid terms, especially because germany is a little concerned that we're congress to go more in favor of the republicans and that the republican party could have more influence on. also the actions of the government of joe biden, that the relationships between germany and the u. s. could slide back to what they were during the trump presidency and we must remember that those relations weren't particularly good for former us president donald trump and former chancellor angle american. also, personally, didn't really seem to get along, but in particular, trump was very critical of you, but germany specifically, he criticized numerous times, germany's a trade surplus, as he criticized numerous times how germany wasn't spending enough money on defense . and these are issues that germany doesn't really want to return to the forefront

and there are so some new issues at hand. for example, how the 2 countries deal in their relations with china, with the u. s. already now with jo, biting, trying to distance itself from china while germany is, is thing closer to beijing. we saw german chancellor on a short travel there last week in a controversial meeting with chinese leadership. so there is definitely a tension on the mid terms, and there is going to be a lot of thoughts given to whether the relations between germany in the us will maybe sour again. julia if a president biden were to come under pressure to scale back us support for the war in ukraine following these mid terms. what would that mean for germany? well, as we look at and the countries who are supporting ukraine at the moment, the u. s. is definitely at the forefront in terms of military support,

but also financial aid. and germany has said numerous times. they're also looking at what kinds of weapons are being delivered to ukraine, that it is coordinating very closely with as it's partners in particular the us and we're the us to pull back in terms of aid and deliveries to ukraine. germany would be in a position where it had to decide what to do, whether to step up and continue to support ukraine more itself without relying so much on the u. s. d w. political correspondent julius had eli. thanks for that. okay, let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world. us secretary of state antony blinkin has praised armenia and as a by john for taking steps towards lasting piece. washington has been mediating between the 2 neighbors who class repeatedly over control of than are gone a car back region. the talks came just hours after

a fresh shootout along their border. mexican authorities have seized well over a ton of what they believe to be cocaine found floating in the pacific ocean. it's the latest discovery in the military's anti drug operations. and comes days after mexico's navy seized a ton of cocaine from 2 boats. surveillance footage shows suspects, attempting to discard the drugs. french catholic church says 11 bishops and former bishops have been accused of sexual violence or failing to report abuse cases among them as jean pierre the car, one of the country's highest ranking cardinals. on monday he confessed to abusing a young girl 35 years ago. he will now face prosecution or a church tribunal. a small island nation, suffering the brunt of climate change, say big oil should pay for mounting damage from ocean storms and sea level rise.

the comments were made by the premier prime minister of antique on day 3 of the climate change summit in egypt. developing nations are also demanding rich countries pay more money to help them adapt to climate change. if all the leaders in this room had joint 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 antonia guiterres made that clear or blended. these foster, broaching peeping points that will make climate scales you reversible. we are on the highway to climate tell we though it foot still on the accelerator. guiterres is referring to the you and 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 justice when big bully tis an untouchable. is he just this for the wild need is to choose brush over lives. if nothing changes, the temperature of the earth's atmosphere could rise by $2.00 to $2.00 degrees celsius compared to pre industrial times, scientists say the paris climate courts aim of limiting global warming to 1.5

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. 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. in d w, nina hasa joins us now from the climate folks and chanel. shake, nina, we just heard that the german chancellor announcing 170000000 euros was of climate age, but i believed as another job initiative being called the climate club. can you tell

us more about that? that is an idea that all of sorts of the german chancellor has promoted for a very long time. and in his position as the president of the g 7, he got the other leaders to agree that such a club would be launched by the end of this year. so what is it aid is essentially the idea is that we've got all the goals in place. so with pairs agreement, now we need the concrete steps to really move towards the industrial transformation to really make sure that we have standards in place that we have mechanisms in place. and that we have of system of monitoring just which steps need to be taken in which countries so that the industry can move towards this green economy green production. so if you want an example, how do you make sure that a country that moves towards green industrial production when it comes to steal? a cement for example, doesn't suffer because this steel is produced in a different country. the dirty way still, and is of course,

much cheaper. that's the idea of this club. it would essentially pool existing mechanisms. it would be open to interested members around the world. and it would ideally help avoid trade barriers and ideally pushed forward in concrete terms. this industrial transformation in a nutshell, what more does the international community want from germany in response to the climate emergency? but one of the big issues is of course money. some of the pledges have been made have still not been fulfilled. all sorts is seen as the leader of one of those countries that really has to push for more political will to actually get the money on the table. germany itself has promised that by the year 2025, germany will invest some $6000000000.00 euros per year in international climate efforts. so that is something that he has to prove he wants to do. and of course, it's a difficult message because at the moment germany is investing more than it wanted to in fossil fuel. so he also has to convince the international community that

germany is still being earnest about it's ambitions to be a global leader in climate protection. while at the same time investing in fossil fuels, but he says it's a transitional phase. nina. thank you, let's nina has it, and channel shake. now, if you're in north america, east asia, all the pacific regions and the weather permits, don't miss the moon's disappearing act. the earth, moon, and sun are lining in a total lunar eclipse, and there won't be another one for another 3 years. these alive images thanks so much for watching the w. ah. people in trucks injured when trying to see the city center. more and more refugees are being turned away order families played on the tax in syria.