ah, one of the many success stories from a bastion of biodiversity st starts november 18th on d, w. ah, ah, this is dw news live from berlin tonight, americans casting their balance in mid term elections. a lot is at stake for the us and the world. you, as president joe biden says, a win for the republicans would threaten the future of democracy itself and is history about to repeat itself. when we're president donald trump hinting he may make another run for the white house. also coming up to night,

wanted dead or alive in ukraine. people are searching for loved ones gone missing in the war. and dna test may be the only way to prove that some have died. and at the comp $27.00 summit in egypt, developing countries and vulnerable island, asians say funds are needed now to help protect the earth frontline communities that are already struggling from climate change plus more calls by gays and lesbians to boycott. the 2022 world cup after a atari world cup, ambassador tells a reporter that homosexuality is caused by a mental illness. ah, i'm regard to our viewers watching on p b s in the united states, and to all of you around the world, welcome rody is under way in crucial mid term elections in the united states. the

decisions made at the ballot box could mean a change in the balance of power on capital hill. if the democrats lose control of both of the house and the senate, the ability of president biden to push his agenda forward, could be severely compromise holds favor republicans who have focused on the economy in this campaign. more than half of their candidates say that they believed the unfounded claim that donald trump won the 2020 election. this is raising fears among democrats, that the very future of democracy could be at stake. w. washington bureau chief in his pole spoke to voters in the state of arizona about the issues driving their choices today. people on government right now don't care about the fact that we are deeply in debt, that there is great inflation that immigrants are running into the country without any stopping them. nobody seems to care. our vote is super important is here in

arizona. the latino community vote is so important. we have a lot of numbers that we don't necessarily have the power that to represent us. and so that's why it's so important for every single person that can vote to come here in vote today. i discussed the outcome of this election. oh, we're going to have to, you know, i didn't like the you know, outcome of the last one, but you gotta move on or get a fix all that stuff. you know? so i think they matter because i'm a woman and i'm also lesbian. so my rights are definitely at stake. and that's why i'm here to vote everywhere now we will get our correspondence to funds the months he is in washington, and this is election day stefan. and if we believe the polling numbers, this is going to be a mid term election that is going to belong to the republicans, right? yes. oh,

at least that's what all the republicans telling you or telling the world. and of course, that their job to do that to be really aggressive and positive about they expected when all for both chambers in the, in the, in congress here, their house of representatives and the senate. but will it be like this? you know, it's really hard to tell they should have the momentum and historically speaking, you know, this is the time mid term elections. this is when the public is basically telling the actual government, the government empowered, the democrats in this case. um, what kind of job they did, and normally the party in power, democrat or republican, the white house loses in the mid term. so we'll see then there is of course, a political themes and topics at play here. but um, again, will the republicans have it easy in the senate, for example, just one seat to flip. it's difficult to say in the, in the house of representatives, just 5 seats can turn the tide there and that is expected to be the case.

republicans when that the past 2 years we've had a situation with the democrats, have controlled both houses of congress as well as the white house. if that changes, what will this mean then for the bite and presidency for the next 2 years? well, if that changes, if both 3rd chambers go to the republicans than you will have really a partisan politics war at your hands. what i mean by that is that, of course, the president will not have it easy in any way or form to push any legislation forward any of his agenda points. right. that's why he referred to this is the election way. decide on which way america goes. the democratic slash progress if way or like mr. biden says, the president says the republican way, going backwards back to trump back to how it was then back to not spending money in

areas. the democrats want to spend money, environment infrastructure is etc, even internationally speaking ukraine, the 8 for ukraine, mr. by that, the democrats, they spend freely as of now, right? the republicans have already said that there will take a good hard look at how much money was spent and what they will be willing to spend in the future. so this has international implications, but as i said, white house, democratic with biden, and a congress written republican hands on mr. biden will probably be a lame duck. yeah, and we also have to mention to that if the republicans want to passing legislation, they have to work with the president because he still has veto power, which could knock all of their plans off the board. let me ask you about results for this election. you know, if we think back 2 years ago on this night of we did not have the final outcome it we were talking about days later when we were able to talk about the results. what about this time? a real yeah,

i expect the same and not if not even longer. so there is no way that this mid term election as a whole will be declared by the end of this day to day, your local time or even tomorrow morning. and why is that, for example, take maylen ballots, florida as a state, they started counting processing or the right term is canvassing those mailing balance. days before in states critical states like philip there, pennsylvania and wisconsin. that's not possible because state law says they can only start processing canvassing the mail in ballots today. so they are behind. so this will take time. ok. and secondly, the records the historic records of 2018 in terms of mail imbalance and early voting. they are already surpassed now, 38 point something 1000000 people have already cast that their vote will made invalid or at the, at a voting booth earlier until last week and possible in some states. so you see it will take time and we just have to be patient. that's right. patience is

a virtue especially on election dick w stuff on siemens on capitol hill in washington. deaf on thank you. we're the world is watching the u. s. midterms aware that the outcome could very well impact u. s. foreign policy. well, issues such as the economy and abortion rights have dominated the campaign. the war in ukraine is also a concern for american voters in some are questioning how much longer the u. s. should support ukraine's fight against russia. russia's war against ukraine is one. the u. s. has not been able to look away from americans have already sent more than $60000000000.00 worth of assistance into this was a democrat president joe biden has promised to continue to do all it takes to defend ukraine sovereignty as americans head to the polls in the mid term elections, us congress is expected to turn more republican. and the big question everybody is

asking is, what impact that will have on us assistance to ukraine and other allies? well, the answer depends on who you are. there will be enough support no matter who controls which house and given president biden still in the white house. so i, i am quite confident that very, very strong support will continue for ukraine. yet one prominent republican stuff, it's sending a very different signal ahead of the elections. kevin mccarthy is the top republican in the house of representatives. he says he believes americans would no longer be willing to write a blank check to ukraine in the face of a biting recession back home. after all, the soaring prices of gas, food, and housing top, the list of worries for ordinary americans. democrats see that a republican majority in congress could soon make ukraine

a domestic bargaining chip. but poll, so more than 2 thirds of americans back us assistance to ukraine, even if there is a republican majority in the house and or the senate. i think perhaps the experience of working together are so closely and so confidentially and with so much trust on sanctions might perhaps help if you lose tendrils over trade protectionism in general. or over the larger question of how to deal with malignant chinese behavior in the trade and technology route. i'm going to say i'm cautiously optimistic on that. warnings that china may try to invade taiwan rather sooner than later could become the next test for the west. and for america's willingness to pay a price for global leadership. my next guest is rachel rizzo. she is with the

atlantic council in washington dc. she join me tonight from the us, midwest state of wisconsin. rachel, it's good to see you. again. it is election day. if the republicans, if they are able to win control of both houses of congress were, if they just take the senate for example, will that radically changed the u. s. approach to the war in ukraine? well, as i think your reporter was mentioning a few minutes ago, house minority potentially health majority leader, depending on what happened today. kevin mccarthy suggested that republicans might pull back funding for ukraine next year if they take the majority. but american don't have the stomach for another blank check, but he has sense, walked back on the statements and said he wasn't suggesting that republican plan to abandon ukraine simply that he was calling for greater oversight if for any federal dollars. but i think what's interesting here is that this doesn't just highlight

how the potential new, how speaker thinks about these things. it also offers a preview of the political battles that are happening in the republican party between the establishment and between the pro trump wings of the g o p. so this is going to present a turkey balancing act, but i do think that there's a vast support for ukraine amongst americans, and that support, i think, will continue. what about the, the transit landing partnership that president joe biden has spent the past 2 years trying to rebuild id what's going to look like going forward? sure, obviously one of the main goals of the biden presidency has been to heal the relationship with europe, which was so badly damaged during the 4 years of presidency. and he has indeed largely followed through on that promise. however, i think there are frustrations and some

e u circles that the president hasn't moved further away from donald trump on things like trade and competition. and that in some respects the u. s. has continued to pursue and america 1st agenda, for example, legislation that's meant to curb inflation and promote clean energy. includes incentives for us, made electric vehicles that don't extend to european manufacturers. that's just one point. france in particular has complain of unfair competition. the chips act that to boost domestic research and manufacturing of semiconductors, also with europe in a tough spot. so i think there's also, there's already some tension there. i wouldn't expect it to be ramped up too much of it. the republicans take over congress, but let's wait and see. and we know that the results of this mid term election media impact, for example, policy on climate change, u. s. policy on china and the, the question about tie one,

how do you see these mid terms impacting us engagement in the, in the wider world? so when it comes to china, i'm not actually expecting too much of a change. remember biden's policy is pretty hawkish toward china. and echoes a lot of policies. i think the republicans could push more aggressively, aggressively for greater export controls and regulatory frameworks to discourage us that you, companies from investing in china. but on things like taiwan, i think that there is pretty broad bipartisan support. climate change, i think is a different story. i mean, this is going to be one of the most important thing to watch. if the republicans do take over congress, i think they're going to exert pressure to scale up production of nuclear and fossil fuel and energy per se for more drilling permits, favorable regulatory acts for gas and oil companies, construction of gas pipelines and infrastructure in the us. so i think but,

but i will say to that congress doesn't have the power to pull the us out of the paris accord, which donald trump did, and then bite and put us back into them. so that's secured through an executive order, so we're good there. but the messaging i think is going to be really interesting to watch definitely will be rachel rizza with the atlanta council. we appreciate your time and your analysis tonight. rachel, thank you. thanks. are let's take a look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . this our swedish prime minister oath christenson has travelled to turkey in a bid to win support for sweden's of session to native, both sweden and finland applied to join the military alliance. after russia invaded ukraine, but turkey has yet to support their bids, accusing them of harbouring kurdish militants that turkey considers to be tears. the german government looked set to block the sale of a microchip factory to a chinese own firm. due to security concerns, a subsidiary of chinese companies,

side micro electronics, was seeking to take over the dormant based, elmo's company intelligence agencies have since raised concerns at the move could allow beijing to apply pressure on germany. well, as the war in ukraine continues, many people are looking for mist. loved ones were missing, loved ones, some are feared dead. but in a number of cases, no bodies have been found. levy relatives hoping that their loved ones could still be alive. sometimes a dna test can shed light on the matter. he w mathias building reports to night from the town of izzy town that was recently retaken by ukrainian forces. how they wait to see the investigate is bringing dna and testimony you'd mealer was china and her relative just have questions about herself. he was serving in the ukraine territorial

defense force when the russians came to assume she lost contact but didn't dare to ask too much. every one knew the russians were looking for families of ukrainian soldiers. i put a hole as a younger boy, i hid. i was afraid that someone might tip them off yet we had a lot of my son's military stuff at home, but i was very scared of the other way. allan, now the russians are gone, the world can see what the fighting did to resume at the beginning of the war. and details are emerging from the 6 month of occupation. these include a mass grave. on the outskirts of town. there investigators found the bodies of civilians as well as ukrainian soldiers, some with their hands tied behind their backs. more than $400.00 bodies were found here, it's the biggest mass grave detected the mo, by

a dna sampling unit. for many, the cheeks swapped off as the only hope for clarity. many of the bodies in the mass graves were in such bad condition. that immediate identification wasn't possible the other to day. genuine idea, yvonne of a will give a sample. she fled with a child just before the russians arrived, leaving her father in hospital like late as she heard the hospital was shelling isn't actually correct. i found a doctor from is you had fled to town. he told me that my father died in the attack and it had not been possible to save him. he died there and was left behind. now she's looking for his body. you'd meal, if he is, she's doing this, say her son who said to have died in an air raid soldiers from his unit all can offer her little hope mozilla prayer tacoma. unfortunately,

if you consider where he was when the bomb head, there's no chance he could aspire to the obama. was that the emotions in the mouth, they never found his body. and so don't know for certain what happened. oh, the soldiers are here to testify. what you all know who'd mila has already given investigate is a d n a sample, but hasn't heard anything from her relative, tries to find out more. but there is no news to day. if you don't mind, as long as there's nobody, i still have hope. you're good. oh no, not much. oh, the soldiers promised the women that they stay in touch. that's all anyone can do. at the comp 27 climate conference at egypt high on the agenda, paying for the emissions of the past. more and more countries are calling for the

world's largest polluters to fund efforts that are aimed at helping nations that are already suffering from global warming cation point, south africa. the country has been hit by a series of severe droughts in recent years. farmers are trying to adapt to what have become new weather patterns as g w's. adrien crecia found out when he visited a farm in the western cape, said a mouton starts the morning in his nursery with a tiresome but important job. spreading throb between the apple trees, he is growing a cost effective soil cover to save water and keep the soil moist. but mostly up your bill. i'll pull up her $0.02 the save order. we must look for before a better measurements to move to safe water and a decently st area of concern yet. so i don't think people, if elijah, tow important war to ease the farmer is conserving water wherever he can. he has also invested in

a drip water irrigation system. now instead of spraying huge amounts of water, he can irrigate more efficiently based on the plans needs. but morton's business still needs a lot of water. he plans thousands of trees every year, mainly apples and peers. then he sells them to commercial farmers, despite all his efforts and the farms damn, that collects water from a mountain stream currently being full. he is concerns. so far this year there has been much less rain than last is there remembers the massive drought between 20152018 that destroyed crops and killed animals most dams in the region. red dry bunker, unequal. there has been researching droughts in southern africa for 10 years, where the patterns have become less predictable. she says, and it has been raining less. i do, it was quite said in most places, way farmers will be like i well, i just gave up. i can't do anything and some family had to move home like that.

this is just not going to happen. i have to live. but of course, there are some beautiful studies out be where farmers, they've managed makeup, they adopt new technologies, they adopt new varieties, and they work with commercial farmers who i'm entering them and is successful. big commercial farmers often have access to finance and technology to implement water saving measures. smaller farmers like at a mutant don's, he still managed to build a successful nursery business using his savings and strict water conservation measures. despite the challenges that forced many farmers to close shop move on now employees the team of 9 and hopes as children who already walk on the farm will continue the business. yeah, they must do. you must follow my steps. so yes, it's from has do that. yeah. yes, i was just a slot of opportunities in the culture business. i think it's a culture of nowadays is one of the sector, so they really produce more job opportunities move on

now wants to start his own epl and p a production and continued to find new ways to make use of scars, water resources which only me now is naesha krishna director for climate resilience, africa for the world resources institute nisha it's good to have you with. if you were at cop 27 inch mail. shake. what is coming out of this summit that will help people effective by climate changes such as the former that we just saw in that report? thanks very much for having me and yeah, i think that's a great question. so i think for example, the cop 27 presidency just to day launch a new global plan that looks at mobilizing state and non state actors and adaptation goals for 2030. i mean, i think i caught this here and there quite a lot of initiatives that look at, for example, how you get the resilience of small older farmers,

the devastating impacts that we've seen. whether that's too much water or too little water, has really devastated farmers all over the world. and we're seeing investments, for example, in nature based solutions to help farmers improve the quality of their soil, improve the generation of food and food security. as well as looking at, for example, how we actually support post harvest storage rate, and how do we actually improve and reduce the food loss waste that we see in the system right now. there's also an investment in irrigation, for example, that's being announced in potentially renewable energy based irrigation. i'm to really move away from the fossil fuel dependence. there's quite a lot going on at char, i'll shake that really focuses on agriculture and improving food security going forward. the focus of this climate, some appears to be more on the but it experts recalling loss damage or is this,

this idea that rich countries pay compensation for damage that's been reeked or poor countries by climate change. there's more emphasis on that. it seems than on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. do you think that is the right focus for the summit? i mean, i think at the end of the day we're trying to focus on everything. right? obviously, prevention is better than the cure. but at this point, given what the panel governmental, intergovernmental panel on climate change that earlier this year, the impacts we're seeing of climate change are coming faster and at a higher frequency and more severity. there is no way, really for us not to look at it. you see a loss in damage on the issue of every invertible impacts, that means everywhere. and the fact is that we do need to deal with, we do need to address that even at the same time that we might be cutting emissions . and now is the time bait we cannot go away. for example, from what has happened is that what has been happening over the last 4 in 5 years

in the corner, drought and lack of water, food to report livestock at this point, that unfortunately we're out of time major but, but please try to talk again. there's a lot more to talk about mr. chris done with the resources institute. thank you. as the can tar world cup approaches, concerns have been raised about the way l g b t q. tourists will be treated countries prime minister, has given what he calls a security guarantee for gays and lesbians visiting for the world cup. that assurance, of course, came only after the atari world cup. ambassador told a reporter that homosexuality is a mental illness with less than 2 weeks to go before the world cup kicks off in katara, the nations will cut ambassador has said l g, b t q, tourists will be accepted. but colleagues,

selma followed that with this declaration, they have to accept our rules here in islamic law, homosexuality is her arm or forbid this had on you know, how much freedom so he would say for me, what you're doing, what do you think a s m? because why is i am not legal when big muslim lets us head on? why? because the damage in the mind, germany's interior minister was quick to respond condemning the comments truly since i saw it, of course, the statement so terrible that and that's also the reason why we are working to improve things from that perspective. if i could tar for best, l g, u watch, and he w news after a short break, i'll be back to take you through the day our coverage of the mid term elections in the u. s. continues right after this. ah,

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