President Biden urged Americans to vote down candidates who reject election results or

embrace violence.

In a closing argument to rally Democrats to the polls, the president said democracy itself

is on the line.

I'm Steve Innscape with Rachel Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.

North Korea launched three missiles forcing Japan and South Korea to issue evacuation warnings.

Is this bringing the region closer to actual war?

And in Ethiopia, a ceasefire could bring an end to a two-year conflict that's displaced

millions and killed tens of thousands of people.

This moment is not the end of peace process, but the beginning of it.

Well the beginning of the process allow humanitarian relief to get to a region that's been cut off

from the rest of the world.

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In the final days of the midterm election season, President Biden is warning about the

state of democracy.

In a speech last night near the U.S. Capitol, Biden said there were about 300 candidates

running this year who say that they do not accept the fact that Donald Trump lost the

election in 2020.

The president also talked about political violence.

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