now on bbc news, unspun world withjohn simpson. hello, and welcome to the first unspun world of 202a. quite a momentous year, it seems, with elections for more than half the world s population. thank you forjoining me. our first question of the year is it a good idea for the americans, the british and other countries, though notably not the french, to be lobbing missiles at the houthis in yemen? the houthis don t seem to be deterred by this. and politically it s done the houthis very nicely. has taiwan s election made a chinese invasion more likely? china is going to take its time and prepare itself very, very well before it makes whatever moves it might be planning against taiwan. and the iowa caucus is donald trump now unstoppable? he cleared it with flying colours. over 50% of the vote. i mean, that is a dominating performance that tells - you that donald trump| could win this election. ever since november, from their bases in yemen, the houthi movement, which is backe
our viewers joining us in the united states and all around the world, i m christina macfarlane in for max foster here in london. just ahead i am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting democratic. midterms have mostly been a referendum on the party in power. i cannot deliver the mandate on which i was elected. he still has his own set of baggage coming into downing street. this is a total joke. we re the laughing stock of europe. it s monday, october 24th, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where political developments on both sides of the atlantic are front and center this hour. in the u.s., the critical midterm elections are now just more than two weeks away and key races will decide who will lead in congress and whether the democrats can hold on to their slim majority and whether republicans will make gains. much more on this in just a few minutes. first, here in the uk, we could soo
our army and passers by that we were tv. there was the first shot. returned and found her on the ground. borisjohnson signed a new host security deal with amanda swindon. both countries are considering joining the nato military alliance. ukrainian forces are advancing against russian troops just north of the country s second largest city, kharkiv. kharkiv is just 30 miles from the border and the operation may pose a wider threat to russia s war in the east. you can see in purple in this map the ukrainian counter attacks, which have taken a number of towns and pushed russian artillery back towards the border. the ukrainian military says it has recaptured four villages near kharkiv in recent days. he air raid sirens. the spectre of russian victory once haunted this city. but no more. for months, the invaders were at the city gates, but kharkiv has cast doubt vladimir putin s foot but kharkiv has cast out vladimir putin s foot soldiers, forcing them back towards the border. this
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