The stakes of the upcoming presidential election are high for Ukrainians.

Who leads the US matters a lot.

What our American leaders think, what American leaders do,

directly have impact on whether people in Ukraine will survive or not.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Werman. On today's show

Ukrainians watch and wait. We also check in on Spain where flooding from sudden

downpours has been catastrophic. Forecasts and warnings were issued. I don't think everybody in the ground received those

warnings in time or understood what to do. And an Australian filmmaker who kind of wants

his animated stories to wreck you.

If you're not an emotional wreck by the end of one of my films, then I failed.

I want you to be exhausted by the time you leave the cinema, but also uplifted.

All that and more today, here on the world.

This is the world.

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

And I'm Marco Werman, glad you're here with us this Wednesday. Out in the Pacific Ocean there's a lush

island called Bogonville. It's part of Papua New Guinea, but maybe not for long. The people of Bogonville are determined to win independence.

Part of the plan involves getting support from Washington.

Bogonville's leaders are trying to entice the U.S.

with promises of access to precious metals and land for a military base.

If things shake out the way the island is hope, Bogonville will become the globe's newest country.

That's where we start today with the world's Patrick Wynne, who travel to the remote island and the first of his reports on a nation in the making.

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