big ones, you've got no more babi >> welcome to live from paris. world news and analysis from france 24. 40 million early votes as of the midterms bubble to boiling point. we are taking the temperature of both parties. president biden is on the campaign trail. ex-president president trump is also canvassing. we have correspondents across the u.s. of a mccrone says the climate should not become from honest because of the war in ukraine. french president urges the developing nations to keep their climate promises.

ukrainians are warned a cold winter lies ahead as russian damaged energy infrastructure takes effect. power cuts areeing imposed by kyiv to conserve energy. zelenskyy says hundreds of russians are dying each day on the front. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. our than 40 million americans have cast early ballots ahead of tuesday's midterm elections. u.s. elections project says this surpasses numbers from two years ago. u.s. president joe biden is said to appear at a rally in maryland. donald trump is expected to announce a second run for presidency and he is plugging

the republican calls in ohio. >> neither of their names are on the ballots that the final sunday of midterm election campaigning in the u.s. saw both president joe biden and his predecessor take center stage. the two are keen to shore up as much banking as possible before voters head to the polls tuesday. as he rarely supporters in new york for a governor kathy hochul who is currently locked in a tight race for the states with republican lee zeldin, president biden cautioned against a gop takeover. >> democracy is literally on the ballot. under predecessor.ed last time the economy, he left in ruins. he is the fst president in america since herbert hoover to lose more jobs than he got when he came to office. >> along with warning abortion rights are at risk if republicans take control of

congress, biden denounced accusations the 2020 election was stolen. it is baseless claims that donald trump doubled down on a rally for marco rubio on sunday. the former president once again hinted the race for white house in 2024 might be a trump and biden rematch. >> in order to make our country successful, safe and glorious, i will probably half to do it again. >> despite still holding an armistice way, trump's path to reelection may prove harder than he thinks. with florida governor ron desantis considered to be a strong contender to leave the party in 2024. for the midterms, polls suggest republicans could win control of the house of representatives in tuesday's elections. the race for the seats in the senate are too close to call.

>> the scene is set in many ways across the country. let's get more focus on nevada. it is the scene of a tight race for senate. every seat in congress counts. it's bring in our correspondent awaiting us in las vegas. lots of big gambles on this election. sorry for the pun. can you please set the scene for us? >> it is a very tight race. the polls have shown this to be an absolute dead he in nevada. republicans have long seen this as the sea in the senate they're most likely to turn. one seachange would give publicans control of the upper house. the stakes are enormous. we are in front of one of the headquarters of catherine cortez masto who was just here along with pete buttigieg, the current

secretary of transportation who is the former candidate for the democratic nomination for the presidency. they both were talking to the people knocking on door after door saying every vote counts and the alex wright at to come down to the wire. they spoke of issues ranging from the practical. the cost of bacon as pete buttigieg mentioned all the way to the safeguarding of democracy so the stakes are enormous. everyone is highlighting that and we are heading into the final stretch. >> could you give us a bit of color on these two candidates? what are the differences between the two? can you explain more about that? >> what about everyone and in nevada has been seen the television commercials that are the two of them pummel each other. alex last love, the republican who is the grandson of a former governor of the state, a major figure in the state is saying he is trying to save america itself. cortez mr. is saying she is

trying to save us from him. because of his arguments that democracy does not work, that donald trump the election stolen from him. he was the co-headache donald trump's campaign in nevada and last election. he is all in with trump and that is a big part of her argument against him should >> have it at two part -- how are the two parties looking ahead of polling day? >> it is about even to the polls are putting them at 48, 40 9, 47, 47. it is what everyone is so stressed out. i asked the secretary of transportation why he was here. you could be in 50 states and he is here for the end run. he said it could all come down to nevada. it is -- who spoke with someone else. one of the people going knocking door to door. she said any addition to hearing

people say don't want to come to the door anymore, she is stressed out because she is seeing so much international attention on nevada and it is making her very nervous. anxiety is in the air and i think it is widespread around the state. >> thank you very much. both parties belting big on nevada. thank you once again. we will have more on the midterms between now and midnight paris time pins looks, emmanuel macron has told the climate summit the war in ukraine should not change the world's commitment to stopping global warming. the french president spoke of the cup 27 conference in egypt stopping the world warming by 1.5 celsius was the target set in paris in 2015. few experts think this can be possible. let's hear from the un's cherry general. >> humanitarian has a choice.

corporate or paris. it is either a climate solidarity pact or a collect >> >> of suicide pact. our environment correspondent is in sharm el-sheikh. >> what we call here loss and damage has become one of the main flashpoints of comp 27 and that refers to a funding mechanism meant to compensate developing countries for climate related disasters they cannot avoid. they simply cannot adapt to. the treaty question is who should pay for that? according to developing nations, it should be the last. rich countries should be the ones paying for climate related losses. they're the ones who have contributed the most to the climate crisis in the first place. on the other hand you have developed countries. they argue this should all be something we move forward with. loss and damage mechanism as

they fear it could set a precedent and it will be exposed with a string of claims from other countries and they would be held accountable for climate related disasters and climate change. countries that have been making these claims, developing countries in general. we have heard from the senegalese president saying africa is responsible for 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions and payroll the front line suffering from the impacts of climate change. we have also heard from the pakistani prime minister. he has also confronted nations on their responsibility in the climate crisis and presenting the recent deadly floods in pakistan as an example of them. not shying away from demanding rich countries should pay for those losses. the question here will be held for will discussions go in terms

of creating a loss in damage mechanism and observers have predicted it is pretty unlikely at the end of the summit we will have a loss in damage funding mechanism. >> its focus on a man who is seen as a victim of the system in egypt. he spent most of the last decade and a prison in spite of being an icon of the arab spring uprising in 2011. campaigners say there are some 60,000 political prisoners in egypt today. >> he is a button while of the egyptian president. the activist and u.k. citizen is escalating his hunger strike. after seven months of consuming only 100 calories a day is refused food altogether since tuesday and as a 10:00 a.m. time sunday, he is refusing water. >> we are running out of time. if the authorities do not want to end up with a death, that

they should have prevented, they must act now. 24, 48 hours, 72 hours at the most. >> sentenced to five years in prison in late 2021 for quote broadcasting fox news, he is considered an icon of the 2011 revolution that toppled former president hosni mubarak. recently he has become a symbol of egypt's return to autocratic rule spending most of the last decade behind bars for his political positions. >> the fear is there. but also the defiance is there. it is always important to continue to defend rights. >> ngos say there are 60,000 political prisoners currently in prison in egypt. human rights activists hope to use the cup 27 climate conference in sharm el-sheikh to draw attention to their plight. his family has called on british prime minister rishi sunak to

inteene in his case. he says he will raise it with the egyptian leadership. >> we are watching for developments on that story. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy says hundreds of russians are being killed all the dundas front each day. he has called for more support from the western allies and there has been an important research coming from washington. the white house as support for ukraine is unshakable whatever the result of the midterms. the mayor of kyiv, ukraine's capital, is warning residents they must prepare for the worst of winter if russia keeps striking the energy infrastructure. it means having no electricity, water or heat and the freezing cold cannot be ruled out. the mayor said the future of the country in the future of each of us depends on how prepared we are for different situations. >> as they gain ground to retake the russian occupied area, these ukraine soldiers don't believe moscow's forces will retreat without a fight.

the city was plunged into darkness sunday with no electricity or water. the russian installed administration blamed ukraine and rejected allegations they were withdrawing from the region >> there were some power outages but it is all a matter of time because ukrainian groups carry out terrorist attacks. we are trying to fight this. electricity communications will be restored stream on the front line, everything is the same. our troops have noticed the nazi ukrainians are -- they want to report the city has been freed. >> in the capital, and six other regions, russian airstrikes targeting energy infrastructure have left the power grid fragile leaving 4 million without electricity. for several weeks, grid operators have russian power to avoid a total blackout. >> captain stroup national energy company, we have shut down schedules which are now

valid all the time. >> i have to cook things that don't require a fridge and only make one portion. >> as temperatures drop, authorities have plans to deploy around a thousand emergency heating stations but it is not likely to cover the city of 3 million inhabitants appeared over the past month russia has damaged around 40% of ukraine's critical energy facilities in what analysts say could be an attempt to cause depravity as winter approaches. >> three migraines blocked on a rescue ship in sicily left to the sea in desperation. trapped in a standoff between charities that control the mediterranean and italy's new hard right government. they were quickly pulled from the water after jumping off a ship are run by doctors without borders. they dumped in a sicilian port and italian authorities around

-- -- authorities allowed three and 57 people to disembark. we are watching that story very closely for you. time now for business. brian quinn joins us on the business desk. loss and damage is the big theme of the u.n. climate conference helping nations confront climate change. the question, who pays and how? >> the u.s. has an idea of the financial times reporting america is set to unveil its plan for developing economies to finance their transition. the idea come a framework for carbon credits to be sold to existing businesses. the proceeds from which would be used to fund green energy products. john kerry hard at work trying to cvince other nations to sign-on in the hopes the plan could bring tens of billions of dollars in private capital to the fight against climate change

pretty could be a tough sell given the nature of carbon critics. in california carbon credits sell for $30 per ton paired international monetary fun chief says the average needs to be far higher for the plan to work. >> carbon price is essential for the transition. and leslie price carbon predictably on a trajectory that gets us at least a $75 average price in 2030, we simply don't create the incentive for businesses and consumers to shift. it's take a >> look at the day's trading action. a mixed picture as investors wait for the outcome of the crucial midterm elections in the u.s.. the ftse 100 down half a percent at the close.

from a giant gsk loss more than four and a half percent after its new blood cancer treatment failed a major trial. frankfurt dax finished up half a percent. on wall street some respectable gains as a possibility of a divided government in washington is seen as potentially favorable to the business environment. investors looking ahead to new inflation data out thursday that should provide a quote as to the federal reserve's next move on interest rates. carve on a tanking nearly 16% after weak third-quarter results. the nasdaq ending the day up 8/10 of a percent. the european union is threatening retaliatory measures against the united states over government subsidies for electric vehicles. brussels says the biden administration's a legislative a compass met, the inflation reduction act of 2022 could europe's entire minute factoring base at risk.

the package includes a $7,500 tax credit for the purchase of an electric car but only if that vehicle comes off a u.s. assembly line with batteries made in north america. the french prime minister says 10 billion euros in investments are risk. his german counterpart has raised the specter of a transatlantic trade war. the e.u. is acknowledging washington's climate ambitions. the wto has warned trade barriers could be counterproductive to reducing emissions. >> the eliminating trade barriers on selective energy related environmental goods could boost exports by% by 2030. the result in increases and energy efficiency and growth in renewable uptake would lead to a 0.6% net reduction in global carbon emissions.

>> sharers in meta rose on monday amid reports the company is planning a major round of layoffs to start this week. the wall street journal saying the job cuts could affect many thousands of the police. facebook's parent company has lost around 70% of its market value so far this year. it is the worst performing stock in the s&p 500. the firm facing slowing economic growth and competition from upstarts like tiktok. the ceo of mark zuckerberg has invested heavily in his vision for a virtual reality space done to the metaverse. major investors are warning the company needs to scale back its ambitions and focus on core business. finally for this business update, friday salt twitter lay off roughly half of its 7500 employees under new owner elon musk. on sunday bloomberg reported the company has asked dozens of

those fired workers to come back after realizing they had either been laid off by mistake or their jobs were actually two critical to musk's\ crazed visioning to be cut. the company we're waiting until after the midterm elections to make the verified blue check mark part of a paid subscription service. muska not waiting to weigh in with his political opinions. he tweeted independent-minded voters should vote for republican candidates, marking the first time ever the head of a major social media site has endorsed a major u.s political party. in april he did say twitter needed to remain politically neutral to succeed as a business so we will see how this plays out as he tries to turn the company's financial performance around in the months and weeks ahead. >> interesting days indeed.

time for truth or fate. kathleen is waiting. a review of climate change policy through circulating online. tell us more. >> the top 27 summit is underway in egypt as leaders get together to discuss climate change. we'll be discussing conspiracy theories on climate change. notably the harper conspiracy theory where there are many who believe the climate change is due to harp, not global warming. it would be this ultrasecret climate controlling weapon supposedly belonging to the u.s. army. we will explain it more in detail. let's navigate through some recent examples of this conspiracy theory online. we have this tweet from the world health organization that says the climate crisis is causing extreme weather events like floods and heavy rainfall. we know this to be true. but there are some users that

allege you know what else is causing extreme weather events, harp and geo-engineering which go in hand-in-hand. there is one tweet from -- these tiktok's. this user in french claiming actual temperatures right now are not real. greater research. this video from october so pretty recent has conspiracies that claim it as a weather modification ultrasecret research program of the u.s. government. >> so what is hard and does it really exist? tell us >> more. it does exist. it is a research program. stands for high frequency or world research program is based in alaska. we have a video of its location right here. this program in alaska.

a pgram that was original and financed by the u.s. army from the 1990's until 2014. it was passed on to the university of alaska fairbanks. here we have an up close image on glory of this research program composed of 190 antennas we can see it a place on earth. the antennas and radio transmitters can only find a small amount of air above it. they can control weather conditions or natural disasters as conspiracy theorists claim. >> some conspiracy theorists might be listening to you and doubting that. but as the great thing about war is going right now. you have more examples of this kind of conspiracy theory and what people are saying online. tell us more. >> i do have more examples online share this one coming from brazil. it is an example that has been circulating for many years. as one from july 1, 2021.

this user claims in the brazilian amazon forest inhabitants destroyed antennas illegibly's are harp antennas and will be amazon rainforest which would explain -- which we have already expound are in alaska. we do see where where do receive people going down these antennas and a brazil. allegedly tearing down these antennas and of amazon rainforest refound original video here on youtube from november 6 2017. tackled in portuguese right here that this place in the western by you. residents bringing down eligible transformers. this was a video of vandalism that took place in brazil in 2017 of people bringing down

electrical installations on this farm so this can accuracy goes way back, at least 20 years back as conspiracy theorist attribute conspiracy theory to hurricane katrina. saying weather modification was real. harp is right. all happened around the same date. this user contributing -- this user attribute in all our accounts to harp. claiming nasa research points to a possible connection in japan earthquake tsunami from 2007 to we believe hard was the reason behind the serbia floods in 2014 so some examples here past and present. definitely not the last. >> and no doubt more people asking questions about what it is and what it actually does care that was truth or fake.

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