hilary andersson, thank you so much.death of the pioneering election analyst sir david butler. one of the many ideas he had for transforming the bbc�*s coverage of politics was a pendulum device, shown in action here on general election night in 1959. and back in the studio here, david butler wishes to give a short session in swing. up here. i think it was 3.5 hours ago that bob mackenzie said that labour needed that swing — 2% or more — to win the election. well, at the beginning of the night, it was all over the place, one to the other way made us think we might hesitate. but after 30 results, it has settled down, and it has been staying steady now. the average swing over the whole country, 1.3% improvement of conservative position over labour. the swingometer has become a little bit more high—tech in the years since, as used by the likes of peter snow and jeremy vine, but the ground—breaking principle remains the same. among the tributes paid to sir david butler was this from the bbc�*s current election analyst, sirjo

hilary andersson, bbc news. poor kid.orld leaders are gathering for the annual un climate change summit — cop27 — in egypt. and it's begun with dire warnings about the state of the planet. extreme temperatures, wildfires, drought and flooding have all been made worse by the last eight years being the hottest on record, according to the world meterological organization. 0ur climate editor, justin rowlatt, has the latest from the conference in sharm el—sheikh. cyclones ripped through madagascar earlier this year. floods displaced more than a million people in nigeria last month, while another year of low rainfall pushed parts of somalia and elsewhere in east africa even closer to famine. 0ur planet is sending a distress signal, the un conference in egypt was warned. the last eight years have been the warmest on record, making every heatwave more intense and life—threatening, especially for vulnerable populations. sea levels are rising at twice the speed of the �*90s, posing an existential threat to low—level island states a

hilary andersson, bbc news.ding democrats and republicans step up their campaigning — with less than 48 hours until the us mid—term elections. the bombastic establishment outsid donald trump has erdefied the pollsters to take the keys to the oval office. i voted for him because i generally feel he cares about the country stop with keeping the candidate's name always in the public eye that counts. success or failure depends not only on public display but on the local campaign headquarters, and the heavy routine work of their women volunteers. berliners in both east- and west and danced around liberated territory. and with no way to. stop them, it wasn't long before the first attempts were made to destroy the - structure itself. yasser arafat, who dominated the palestinian causes died, the palestinian authority has declared a state of mourning. after 17 years of discussion, with the result was greeted with an outburst ofjoy — women ministers who foot for only grudgingly accepted among the ranks of clergy suddenly

our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to survivors from the city for bbc panorama. and distressing testimony. and a warning that hilary's report contains references to suicide, and you may find some of it distressing. artem has seen what no child should. he was in mariupol�*s theatre when it was bombed. his two—year—old sister nastia had to be dug out of the rubble. how do you grasp horror when you're six? mariupol, once a golden city, was left devastated after a massive bombardment. all spring, the city was besieged, cut off from the world. we have spent six months speaking to people who lived through it. entire blocks of flats were turned into infernos. around 90% of the buildings destroyed in mariupol were homes. ukrainian officials estimate 5,000 to 7,000 people were crushed beneath the rubble. 0lga was an accountant before the war, married to valeriy. she loved to dance. one night in march, she was sleeping in her cellar, valeriy and her parents were upstairs, when their house was hit. as it got light, 0lga was still trapped and alone. finally, after eight hours

hilary andersson, bbc news.in the panorama special — mariupol: the people's story — which will be on bbc one at 9pm on tuesday. it's the last weekend of campaigning before voters in the united states take part in a major set of elections to elect members of congress — known as the mid—terms. congress is made up of two houses — the house of representatives and the senate. currently, the democrats have a majority in both. but if the republicans take control of one, president biden will find it difficult to get his legislative programme passed. the cost of living, abortion rights and immigration are issues that have dominated the campaign. the political map currently looks like this. and this weekend the focus has been on pennsylvania — a senate race which is too close to call. our north america editor sarah smith reports. pennsylvania, where this election is so tight the president himself is here asking for votes. and he's brought a friend — a democratic double act. well, folks, three days. three days. until one o

. >> [speaking foreign language] hilary: hilary andersson, bbc news.ra: the agony of ukraine's families. the 27th global climate summit has begun in egypt with an ominous ruling from the u.n. secretary general. the world is on the highway to climate health, he said -- climate hell, and humidity needs to cooperate or perish. cutting emissions has been woefully inadequate. our climate editor reports. >> world leaders have been gathering to try to tackle the climate challenge. among them, the british prime minister rishi sunak. there was a handshake with the u.n. chief. the 120 leaders all got one. these are expected to be some of the most difficult discussions in the three decade history of these climate summits. >> we are in the fight of our lives and we are losing. greenhouse gas emissions keep growing. global temperatures keep rising, and our planet is fast approaching tipping points that will make climate chaos irreversible. we are on a clay way to climate hell with our foot still on the accelerator. >> developing nations are in combative form. >> i

our correspondent hilary andersson has been speaking to one such family — and a warning, you may find a 25—year—old french teacher from mariupol, had it all. just before the war, she fell in love and got married. they had a child. a dream. but in a day her world turned to chaos as mariupol became the epicentre of the war. her husband joined up. hannah moved into a bunker in the vast azovstal steel plant. her husband was based on the other side of the steelworks, fighting. azovstal became a living hell, with russian firepower raining down on the steel plant. hannah's bunker was hit. but many were injured and died here. finally, in late april, an evacuation was agreed — civilians trapped in the steel plant and hannah with her baby walked out alive. her husband was still inside and had been wounded. hannah got a call through to him. when russia won the battle, hundreds of ukrainian soldiers surrendered. and so did her husband, who's still a russian prisoner. hannah dreams of his return. hilary anderson, bbc news. stay with us on bbc news — still to come. trying to avoid a christmas black

our correspondent hilary andersson has more details, some of her report might upset viewers.got married and they had a child. but in one day her wild turned to chaos as mariupol became the epicentre of the war. her husband joined up. became the epicentre of the war. her husbandjoined up. hannah became the epicentre of the war. her husband joined up. hannah moved into a bunker in the vast steel plant. her husband based on the other side of the steelworks, fighting. the steelworks became a living hell with russian firepower raining down. hannah's bunker was hit. but many were injured and died here. finally in late april and evacuation was agreed with civilians trapped in the steel plant and hannah with her baby walking out alive. her husband was still inside and had been wounded. hannah got a call through to him. when russia won the battle hundreds of ukrainian soldiers surrendered and so did her husband who is still and so did her husband who is still a russian prison. hannah dreams of his return. hilary anderson, bbc news. the panorama special — mariupol: the people's story —

our correspondent hilary andersson has more details , some of her report might upset viewers. day, hanna's world turned to chaos. mariupol became the epicentre of the war. kaleojoined up. hannah moved into a bunker in the vast steel plant, her husband was based on the other side of the steelworks fighting. as the city became a living head, russian firebird raining down on the steel plant, and bunker was hit. but many were injured and died here. finally, in late april and evacuation was agreed. civilians and hang out with her baby walked out alive. but her husband was still inside, he'd been wounded. hannah got a call through to him. when russia won the battle hundreds of ukrainian soldiers surrendered. and so did hunter's husband he still a prisoner, hannah dreams of his return. henry anderson, bbc news to italy now , where a standoff between the italian government the italian government and charities rescuing migrants in distress in the meditteranean sea continues. sos humanity — which sails under a german flag — is preparing to take giorgia maloni's new government to court f

hilary andersson, thank you so much.ciple remains the same. among the tributes paid to sir david butler was this from the bbc�*s current election analyst, sirjohn curtis: thank you for all of your comments this week. if you want to share your opinions about what you see or hear on bbc news on tv, radio, online and social media, e—mail us. or you can find us on twitter. you can call us. and do have a look at previous interviews on our website. that's all from us. we'll be back to hear your thoughts about bbc news coverage again next week. goodbye. good morning welcome to breakfast with ben thompson and tina daheley. our headlines today... celebrations into the night after ukrainian soldiers re—enter the city of kherson following a russian withdrawal. it's down to the wire at the rugby world cup final as england's women take on new zealand in auckland. such a close final. the supporters the edge of their series. england are ahead but onlyjust. it will be just as tense in the rugby league world cup — when england's men play