minister of romania, a social democrat albeit a right—wing, nationalist figure in his own right, and elena lasconin union and wouldn't be a much more leftist candidate. —— would be. which ever gets through, the dilemma for romanians is which would effectively be the lesser evil, how to prevent calin georgescu winning. at the same time calin georgescu seems likely to gather more votes from another nationalist, george simeon, who came forth in this election but also managed to get 1.2 million votes. and in the immediate aftermath of this and remarkable result late sunday night, mr simeon urged his supporters to back calin georgescu in the second round so it could be a very interesting results. i suppose it demonstrates _ interesting results. i suppose it demonstrates the - interesting results. i suppose| it demonstrates the increasing power of social media in elections, notjust here but in other parts of the world. that's right. what calin georgescu seems to have achieved or one of the ways he has managed to publicise himself, because he was basically unknown in romanian arejust a few basically unkn

and elena lasconi. she's a liberal, the candidate of the save romania union.e leftist or liberal kind of candidate. whichever of those gets through, i think the dilemma facing many of the millions of romanians who didn't vote for either is, which would effectively be the lesser evil. how to prevent mr georgescu winning. at the same time, mr georgescu seems likely to gather more votes from another nationalist, george simion. simion, who came fourth in this election, but he also managed to get 1.2 million votes. and just in the immediate aftermath of this remarkable result, late last night, late sunday night, mr simion urged his supporters to back mr georgescu in the second round. so it could be a very interesting result. i suppose, nick, it really demonstrates the increasing power of social media in elections, notjust here but in other of romanians who didn't vote for either is, which would effectively be the lesser evil. how to prevent mr georgescu winning. at the same time, mr georgescu seems likely to gather more votes from another nationalist, george simion

the same polls suggest that the centre—right candidate elena lasconi will face the prime minister onhe second round. an 11th—hour deal at the cop29 climate summit after negotiations on financing for poorer nations went into overtime — but many aren't happy, as some nations say the dealfalls far short of what is needed. now on bbc news, ukrainecast: 1,000 days of war. in the last several hours, russia has invaded ukraine. translation: i have decided to conduct a special— military operation. this is barbaric. a whole line of traffic for as far as the eye can see, trying to get out. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. putin's squalid venture should ultimately fail and be seen to fail. glory to ukraine. slava. others: slava! this week marks 1,000 days — 1,000 days — since russia began its full—scale invasion of ukraine and, along with my colleagues james waterhouse and vitaly shevchenko, we have recorded a special episode to mark that. we have been following the lives of various ukrainians for the last two years, and here we catch up with some of them and reflect on the last 1,

separate the next two candidates, prime minister marcel ciolacu, and the centre right liberal, elena lasconiis just 44 votes ahead of mr ciolacu. they are competing for a place in the runoff, to challenge mr georgescu in the second round of voting in two weeks' time. 0ur central europe correspondent, nick thorpe who is in the west of neighbouring hungary — gave us his analysis of calin georgescu's surprise success at the polls. he's come from nowhere but he has experience. he's been recommended before as a potential prime minister, although he never got far. he talks about, his main message is restoring the dignity and giving romania voice. so when he was asked in an interview once, is he pro the eu or pro nato? is he pro—russia? he said no, he's pro romania. so not much actual content of what he's actually for or the details of how he would influence romania. romania is a presidential democracy. the president has a lot of control, a lot of power, a lot of influence, not as much as in france, for example. but also he can, for example, veto bills passed by parliament. and he can strongly infl

this time on ukraine's very border marsa alam carey dale grayson calin georgescu will now take on elena lasconi. but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set alarm bells ringing not just in european capitals but in nato's as well. erica. yeah, absolutely. >> melissa bell, appreciate the reporting. thank you. and before we leave, you tonight, just to note, one way to kick off your thanksgiving join john berman and me for cnn's ultimate thanksgiving watch party, thanksgiving in america. we're going to take you all around the country for parades across the country, some very special celebrity guests, the party starts right here. 8 a.m. on cnn. and also streaming on max. thanks for joining us. the source starts now straight from the source tonight. >> fear

the centre—right candidate, elena lasconi, appears to be in second place.tween two candidates — meaning neither will qualify for the second round run—off. let's speak to our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe who is in budapest. he can explain this to us. talk us through it.— us through it. yes, so we actually _ us through it. yes, so we actually have _ us through it. yes, so we actually have a _ us through it. yes, so we actually have a change i us through it. yes, so we l actually have a change now us through it. yes, so we - actually have a change now in that running orderfrom actually have a change now in that running order from the exit polls — on the basis just in the last few minutes, the central electoral bureau has announced the first real count. we now have 65%, and marcel ciolacu, as you said there, from the exit polls does have a lead, but only a narrow lead from one of the two far right candidates running. so marcel ciolacu, on the basis of 65% count, is first with 22.65 — but second is known as the tiktok candidate, who doesn't have a p

alam carey dale grayson calin georgescu will now take on elena lasconi on december 8th. but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set alarm bells ringing not just in european capitals but in nato's as well. erica. yeah, absolutely. >> melissa bell, appreciate the reporting. thank you. and before we leave, you tonight, just to note, one way to kick off your thanksgiving join john berman and me for cnn's ultimate thanksgiving watch party, thanksgiving in america. we're going to take you all around the country for parades across the country, some very special celebrity guests, the party starts right here. 8 a.m. on cnn. and also streaming on max. thanks for joining us. the source starts now straight from the source tonight. >> fear spreading across the u.s. government as elon musk publicly highlights little known government employees and positions he wants slashed, terrifying federal workers, turned

very border carey dale grayson calin georgescu will now take on elena lasconi on december eighth. >> but whatever the outcome of romania's presidential election, the fact that a candidate as pro-moscow and anti-nato should have gotten such a large proportion of the vote in a country that so far has been so pro kyiv, has set alarm bells ringing not just in european capitals but in nato's as well. erica. yeah, absolutely. >> melissa bell, appreciate the reporting. thank you. and before we leave, you tonight, just to note, one way to kick off your thanksgiving join john berman and me for cnn's ultimate thanksgiving watch party thanksgiving in america. we're going to take you all around the country for parades across the country, some very special celebrity guests, the party starts right here. 8 a.m. on cnn. and eighth trump cabinet pick says he was targeted in a bomb threat today. the latest on the fbi investigation into a scare tactic that is becoming more prevalent and more breaking news. facebook founder mark zuckerberg reportedly visits the president elect. details on that private m