Fires, floods, and typhoons – the impact of El Niño is already having a significant impact on global weather patterns.

Countries including Indonesia, India and the United States have been experiencing droughts, floods and heatwaves in line with projections about how extreme weather events will be supercharged by the phenomenon.

The World Meteorological Agency says the record-breaking El Niño will strengthen further and persist until at least 2027.

The BBC looks at the different ways its impact is already being felt around the world.

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As US envoy Steve Witkoff meets Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg, Ukrainians fear that President Donald Trump will side with Moscow in talks to end the war in Ukraine. Earlier, Mr Trump suggested it was up to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to end the conflict, saying he “could have made a deal two years ago”.

A US official says Mr Putin has now accepted a proposal for a technical-level trilateral meeting with Ukraine. But the Russian leader has also reportedly proposed talks with President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is not clear whether President Zelensky would be involved in those discussions.

Meanwhile, Russia has said it will release Stephen Hubbard, a retired American teacher detained by Russian forces four years ago in occupied Ukraine. Some analysts have said this decision – and Mr Putin’s offer to help end the war in Iran – are attempts to curry greater favour with President Trump.

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06:25 We report from the front lines of President Trump’s immigration crackdown as ICE agents target Haitian migrants in the state of Ohio, ahead of the midterm elections.

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With the US midterm elections taking place on 3 November, we answer audience members’ questions about strange and obscure American political jargon – from Blue Waves, to Pacs to Purple States – and how these phenomena could play into the vote.

The Global News Podcast is joined by Sumi Somaskanda and Anthony Zurcher of BBC’s Americast in Washington. They tell us these elections will be crucial in deciding how the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency plays out. Will Republicans maintain their majorities in the House and Senate? Or will Democrats gain enough seats to curtail President Trump’s political agenda? Plus, could the redrawing of electoral maps backfire? And will Elon Musk’s campaign donations help sway things for the GOP?

1:02 What are the midterms and why do they matter?
03:51 What does it take to be an “informed voter”?
05:59 How does gerrymandering work?
09:39 What is a stump speech?
11:38 How has social media changed political campaigning?
12:16 How do lobbyists, Pacs and Super Pacs influence US politics?
16:45 Could we see a Blue Wave in the midterms?
17:32 What makes a state purple?

The Global News Podcast brings you the best of the BBC’s news coverage and analysis from around the world.

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Russia and Ukraine have both praised a surprise statement from US First Lady Melania Trump.

The first lady “successfully secured” a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine in the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky, the White House said.

It said the truce in the “front-line war city on the brink of disaster” without medicine, food and clean water would begin on 29 October.

Ukraine and Russia confirmed the deal was agreed to evacuate residents and deliver aid. They both said their forces would stop firing at 02:00 GMT on 27 October.

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Chris has been stalked for six years. The Metropolitan Police said a man was arrested at his home address last year and subsequently bailed.

However, Chris says she is not aware of an arrest relating to her experience and disputes that she has been provided with a dedicated officer.

There were more than 80,000 stalking offences in England and Wales last year – one every six seconds.

But numbers of arrests increased at just half the rate of the rise in incidents.

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