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| Hello. Today we're covering the last day of campaigning in the US, as polls indicate the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is ever tightening. In Valencia, Mark Lowen is reporting on the growing anger directed at authorities in the flood-hit region, with Spain's king, queen and prime minister pelted with mud during their visit. Space, cheese and DNA tests also feature in today's newsletter. | |
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TOP OF THE AGENDA | Trump and Harris make their final sprint | | Polls suggest the race is still exceptionally close. Credit: Reuters | Former US President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris are making their final campaign push, hoping to sway what could be one of the narrowest elections in US history. They are both spending Monday in battleground states which, if won by either candidate, could secure the 270 electoral college votes they need on their so-called "path to victory". "At this moment, the Trump campaign is expressing high levels of confidence," notes Katty Kay. "They may be trying to soften the ground for claims of fraud if the election doesn’t go their way." On Sunday in Georgia, Trump called Democrats a "demonic party", ridiculed President Joe Biden and complained about the price of apples. Meanwhile, Harris, who has oscillated between full-frontal criticism of her Republican rival and more positive messaging, "has now stopped mentioning his name as she says she wants to end her campaign on an upbeat note", writes Sarah Smith. You can follow the last day of campaigning on our live page.
Why they could win: With the race for the White House deadlocked, Ben Bevington lists five reasons why Trump might win, and five reasons why Harris might instead.
Misinformation: Rumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting and fraud are flooding online spaces in unprecedented numbers, writes Mike Wendling.
The protagonists: Anthony Zurcher explains how Donald Trump came back from the political abyss, while Lily Jamali writes about Kamala Harris's years as a prosecutor, and how they shaped her as a candidate. | |
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WORLD HEADLINES | | In Moldova: Pro-EU President Maia Sandu has claimed a second term after a tense election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia. | | A giant of jazz and pop: Quincy Jones, a musician and producer who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many others, has died at the age of 91. | | In Gaza: A polio vaccination campaign was expected to resume on Sunday after an strike on a clinic injured six people, including four children, the World Health Organization said. Gaza's civil defence agency said it was carried out by an Israeli quadcopter. Israel does not believe it was responsible. | | In Indonesia: At least 10 people have been killed after a volcano erupted in the east of the country in the early hours of Monday, officials have said. | | Back to Earth: Three astronauts sent on China's Shenzhou-18 space mission have returned after six months in orbit. Take a look. | |
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| Anger and violence in flood-hit zone | | King Felipe was heckled by angry residents during the visit to Paiporta. Credit: Getty Images | The king and queen of Spain have been pelted with mud and other objects by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia. There has been anger at a perceived lack of warning and insufficient support from authorities after the floods. |
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| | Mark Lowen and Emily Atkinson, BBC News |
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| | Footage showed King Felipe VI making his way down a pedestrian street, before his bodyguards and police were suddenly overwhelmed by a surge of protesters, hurling insults and screaming. Spanish media reports that objects were hurled at Prime Minister Sánchez, while footage verified by the BBC appears to show stones being thrown at his car as he was driven away. After he left, the crowd chanted: "Where is Sánchez?" “I’m just 16,” one boy, Pau, told the BBC through tears. “We’re helping – and the leaders do nothing. People are still dying. I can’t stand this anymore.” Another woman said: “They left us to die. We’ve lost everything: our businesses, our homes, our dreams.” |
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BEYOND THE HEADLINES | Space on a budget |
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| | | India was the first country to confirm the presence of water in lunar soil. Credit: ISRO | Last year, India became the first country in the world to land near the previously-unexplored lunar south pole. A new slate of space projects costing 227bn rupees ($2.7bn; £2.1bn) aims to reach the Moon again, as well as Venus. As far as space missions go, India's budget is pretty tight. How are they managing it? |
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SOMETHING DIFFERENT | Breaking the mould | Cheesemaking ferments are losing their diversity. Is the future of French cheeses at stake? | |
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And finally... | Ancestry DNA tests are often seen as an innocuous gift, but they can upturn lives. In England's West Midlands, they helped to reveal the first case of babies switched at birth in the history of the National Health Service. A man who took the test out of boredom found out that a woman he had never heard of was his biological sibling - born at the same time and place as the person he called his sister. Here is their story. | |
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