RT News - November 06, 2018 (12:00 MSK)

America is hours away from officially heading to the polls - in fiercely-contested midterm elections that are being billed as a referendum on the Trump administration. UK charity Oxfam sounds the alarm over the number of Saudi-led coalition strikes on aid sites in Yemen - as the UN also reports that the war there significantly escalated over the weekend. The race for the leadership in Angela Merkel's party intensifies - after she announced she was stepping down as CDU chief. Three candidates are emerging as the front-runners - two of them, strongly opposed to the chancellor's migrant policies.