hello. welcome to the programme. we are going to start with the efforts in spain. emergency teams in spain are continuing their efforts to locate dozens of people still missing in what is the worst flooding disaster in generations. more than 200 people are known to have died, with most fatalities reported in the valencia region, but the death toll is expected to rise. hundreds of extra troops have been sent to help and people will be restricted from using roads until sunday to allow rescue workers to get to areas affected by landslides. bethany bell reports from valencia. fields are inundated. mud caked on roads, pavements and buildings. overturned cars litter the streets. bethany bell reports

from valencia. shops, homes and businesses have been devastated. this was the moment when the first wave of floodwaters hit this town on tuesday night. dozens of people were killed there. there is a strong sense of shock and anger. translation: there are people injured, there are still people i trapped and we have to try and rescue them. the emergency services are helping, but we want to go and help, too, because many hands are needed. ambulances are finding it very difficult to get in because they are trapped by the traffic jams. volunteers are out in force, battling the mud with brooms in spades. others are helping at food distribution centres, handing out nappies, water and milk. many people here are worried for their family and friends. one local mayor warned that many of the upturned vehicles on the streets could have people trapped inside them.

bethany bell, bbc news, valencia. ina in a short while from now, we will be going live to valencia.. we will be speaking to bethany bell to get the less latest —— latest on the news. kamala harris and donald trump have held ralliesjust six miles apart in the city of milwaukee, in wisconsin, three days before voters decide which one of them will become the next us president. wisconsin is one of seven contested states that are expected to determine the outcome, from where our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue reports. thank you. thank you very much! wow! what a crowd this one is, huh? it's been a rough week for the former president, on the back foot over his comments about women, hispanics and a suggestion that one opponent should face something akin to a firing squad. rock music plays.

so, a bit of an unusual treat for the crowd but the message from the candidate was the same. i will end inflation. i will stop the criminal invasion of our country — the biggest problem we have right now. and i will bring back the american dream. all chant: fix the mic! oh, the mic? yeah, i think the mic stinks. donald trump's bad week continued, these normally slick events bedevilled by sound problems. cheering and applause. here in wisconsin, just as across the other six swing states, donald trump and kamala harris are neck and neck — that is why they're ending up in the same cities all the time. the vice presidentjust six miles away from here with some star supporters. do we really trust this man with our economy? crowd: no! our economy?! and cardi b was just one of a whole list of celebrity

rappers. and musicians who turned out for kamala harris as she sought to make her closing arguments. cheering and applause. are we ready to win? cheering and applause. are we ready to vote? cheering and applause. and we will win. cheering and applause. we've got got work to do, milwaukee, ok? four days left. four days left in the most consequential election of our lifetime, and we still have work to do. but here's the thing about all of us — we like hard work. cheering and applause. raps. celebrity endorsements matter but only get you so far in a close presidential race. it's now a battle for every vote. gary o'donoghue, bbc news, milwaukee.

with just a few days left until the us election, the race between donald trump and kamala harris remains as tight as ever. new polls are arriving every day, each with their own slightly different take on the figures. if you draw out the overall trends, ratherthan the individual points, you see vice president kamala harris�*s early lead down at around a single point. but the candidates share of the national vote won't determine the winner. let's turn to the battleground states, that's the seven that were very close last time around and could be decisive in this election. trump has an edge in georgia, arizona and north carolina, you can see them at the bottom of the screen. the other battlegrounds are tighter. the picture has shifted slightly in his favour since the start of october — but neither candidate can bank on victory in any of these states because election results have often differed from the polls by around three points — which would overturn any of the leads shown here.

let's look now at how the wider us election campaign is playing out, with two reporters from cbs news. with two reporters in a moment, we'll hear from caroline cummings at saint paul in minnesota — where kamala harris�* running mate, tim walz, is state governor. but first let's hear fromjim defede in miami in florida, where the race for the white house isn't the only big issue on the ballot paper. here in miami, the races people are talking about involve two constitutional referendums in the state of florida. the first involves abortion. right now, it is illegal in florida for a woman to have an abortion after six weeks — when many women don't even know they are pregnant. if this referendum passes, women will be able to seek an abortion up until about 2k weeks, which is the way it had been for many, many years. the abortion question is generating passion from both sides, pitting the rights of women to make decisions about their own bodies versus the rights of the unborn. the other big issue we're watching deals with legalising marijuana in florida. and at least on this one issue, both donald trump and kamala harris agree. both candidates have come out

in support of legalising marijuana in florida, saying no one should have a criminal record for using the drug. both the abortion and marijuana referendums are expected to be very close, with upwards of $200 million being spent to influence voters on these issues. so we'll be watching them all night. and that's the view in miami. i'mjim defede, cbs news, miami. i'm at the minnesota state capitol in a state where no republican candidate for president has won here since richard nixon in 1972. that's the longest voting streak for democrats of any state in the nation. and our governor, tim walz, a democrat, is running to be vice president of the united states alongside kamala harris. we have the cities of minneapolis and saint paul. but then there's large rural areas marked by farms and small towns like other parts of the country. there is an urban and rural divide, which means the priorities for voters can be vastly different just a few dozen kilometres away. voters we've spoken with say they're motivated by the high cost of living and abortion rights. for progressives, the war

in gaza is a key issue, and we'll be watching to see if any of those voters stay home and how that impacts the outcome. presidentjoe biden won here by seven points in 2020. but former president donald trump just narrowly lost it four years before in 2016. that's the view here in saint paul, minnesota. i'm caroline cummings, cbs news, minnesota. meanwhile, the bbc�*s helena humphrey is in north carolina, where she's been gauging the state of the race in one of seven pivotal battlegrounds where the outcome of the presidential race is unclear. this report is from the buncombe county in north carolina. with a potential election just days away here in the united states, much of the countries in political overdrive right now, but up here in the mountains of north carolina, many people have other things on their mind right now. hurricane helene hit hard here last month. around 100 people died. there are residents who lost their homes, lost their businesses and that means that for some people in the state, voting in a presidential election isn't exactly

their main concern. true, there are a lot of people that were thinking, you know, really heavily about the election and now they are worried about their livelihood. and whether they are going to vote or not, i really don't know. but north carolina matters a lot, it is one of seven battleground states where the race to the white house will be lost or won, and the help that people in this state received or perhaps didn't receive in the wake of that storm could end up influencing who they choose at the ballot box. and in the wake of the storm, misinformation swirled. former president donald trump falsely claimed that the disaster relief funds had been redirected to undocumented immigrants. and in some parts, that is a rumour that stuck. along with the political narratives, there are just the practical hurdles as well. hurricane helene washed away a lot of infrastructure in this state, it blocked roads and damaged the voting

infrastructure here and all that damage means it is harder for people to get to the polling stations. we had six early voting sites in my district, and it got cut to three because at least two of them were not accessible after the storm. they are finding a way. these people will crawl over trees and through mud to vote. they will do that. turnout here could make all the difference. north carolina has been republican for years. the race is very tight right now and kamala harris seen perhaps this time around as her best chance as flipping the estate blue in the race. so ultimately, the nominees will be hoping that what was the storm of the century won't end up upending their chances. you can find more updates under bbc news live page. for the moment, i am bbc news live page. for the moment, iam returning bbc news live page. for the moment, i am returning to our top story in spain. the very latest, more than 200 people

known to have died. the death toll is likely to rise further. let's speak to our correspondent bethany bell who's in valencia. thank you for coming out for us. what is the latest on the relief efforts.— relief efforts. you can seal the peeple _ relief efforts. you can seal the people around - relief efforts. you can seal the people around me, - relief efforts. you can seal the people around me, we relief efforts. you can seal- the people around me, we are standing close to a district particularly badly hit. there's been a stream, hundreds of volunteers arriving this morning with brooms, spades, bucket and some people have tied rubbish bags to their shoes to keep their feet out of the mud, to help with the clean—up effort. they are of coursejoining clean—up effort. they are of course joining the official rescue and search teams that are looking for the missing. there is some tension between the volunteers and local authorities, some local authorities, some local authorities have accused volunteers of gatting in the way and the volunteers say they are filling in the gaps and

people are simply not being given enough help. of course, all eyes focused on the question of the missing. it is likely that many more bodies will be found. i was speaking to a man a little bit earlier who said that the garage next to his parent's home is being searched because he believed there were several bodies in it. , ., there were several bodies in it. _, there were several bodies in it. yes, and officials are seeing _ it. yes, and officials are seeing the _ it. yes, and officials are seeing the worst - it. yes, and officials are seeing the worst of- it. yes, and officials are seeing the worst of the | it. yes, and officials are - seeing the worst of the weather when it comes to valencia over, but there are warnings in southern spain of further rainfall. how worried are the authorities about that?- authorities about that? they are very focused _ authorities about that? they are very focused on - authorities about that? they are very focused on issuing i are very focused on issuing alerts because a lot of the problems here in valencia, many people are telling us that the alert came very late. they came, one man told me he received an alert after he had been trapped in the street in front of his house which had

turned into a rushing torrent of water and he said the water had risen almost up to his neck and he only survived because his neighbours open the door and let him in. he said after that, he received the alert. there are more torrential rains. in other regions. here you can see the sun is shining. people are hoping there won't be more rain here because that will complicate rescue efforts further. ~ ~' ., will complicate rescue efforts further. ~ ~ ., , further. we know the floods have destroyed _ further. we know the floods have destroyed bridges - further. we know the floods have destroyed bridges and | have destroyed bridges and affected roads. how challenging is it for relief workers to reach those affected areas? it is very difficult. we have seen over the past couple of days how they have lifted people to safety on helicopters from there is no future for this party | on is we take a stand. there is no future for this party | on helicopters a stand. there is no future for this party | on helicopters from 1d. safety on helicopters from isolated areas, from places isolated areas, from places where there are flooded fields where there are flooded fields and there are some areas in and there are some areas in which they are only nowjust which they are only nowjust beginning to reach. one local

mayor said, beginning to reach. one local mayorsaid, if beginning to reach. one local mayor said, if you can imagine and there are some areas in which they are only now local beginning to reach. one local mayor said, beginning to reach. one local mayorsaid, if beginning to reach. one local mayor said, if you can imagine all of the cars that have been all of the cars that have been overturned and piled up overturned and piled up throughout the region, a number throughout the region, a number of those may have had people of those may have had people inside who could still be inside who could still be trapped. trapped. inside who could still be inside who could still be trapped-— inside who could still be traued. �* . , inside who could still be traued. �* ., , ., trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it _ trapped-— inside who could still be traued. �* . , inside who could still be traued. �* ., , ., trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it _ trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, _ trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, but _ trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, but thank - to leave it there, but thank trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, _ trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, but _ trapped. bethany, we will have to leave it there, but thank - to leave it there, but thank you very much for getting us up you very much for getting us up to date with all that is going to date with all that is going on there on the ground. turning on attention to the big story our attention to the big story likely to develop in the next our attention to the big story likely to develop in the next few hours here in the uk. party unless we take a stand. few hours here in the uk. the new conservative party the new conservative party leader will be announced later leader will be announced later in the day as members choose in the day as members choose between the former business between the former business secretary kemi badenoch secretary kemi badenoch and former immigration minister and former immigration minister robertjenrick to replace robertjenrick to replace rishi sunak in the role. rishi sunak in the role. the bbc�*s political correspondent the bbc�*s political correspondent ben wright reports. ben wright reports. so where next so where next for the tory party? for the tory party? trounced at the general election, trounced at the general election, conservative members have been conservative members have been choosing a new leader choosing a new leader to replace rishi sunak. to replace rishi sunak. a contest between the former a contest between the former business secretary, business secretary, kemi badenoch, and the former immigration minister, kemi badenoch, and the former immigration minister, robertjenrick. robertjenrick. we must secure our borders. we must secure our borders. there is no future for this

our politics and our thinking. polls of party members suggest she is the favourite to win, but never rule out a surprise in conservative leadership races. certainly after the former foreign secretary, james cleverly, was knocked out in the final round of voting by conservative mps, who had the job of narrowing down the field of candidates to two. it's been a marathon contest, and the shrunken ranks of conservative mps will hope tory members pick a leader who can effectively take the opposition to labour in parliament and begin to rebuild their battered party. ben wright, bbc news, westminster. let's speak to our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. we will be tracking that story. henry will be finding out in just a short while from now.

take as to how the contest has shaped up to now. it take as to how the contest has shaped up to now.— take as to how the contest has shaped up to now. it has been a very long _ shaped up to now. it has been a very long contest, _ shaped up to now. it has been a very long contest, i _ shaped up to now. it has been a very long contest, i have - shaped up to now. it has been a very long contest, i have to - very long contest, i have to say. almost four months since the general election and rishi sunak resigned as conservative party leader and of course as prime minister. after that election defeat, the worst for the conservative party. there was a divide, whether they needed a short and sharp leadership contest or something longer to have a bigger debate about the future of the conservative party. they went to the latter option, though slightly curious is in a shorter contest, the favourite would have been kemi badenoch. and they went for a long contest and the convention is that the winner will be kemi badenoch. that is if robert jenrick doesn't have anything to do with it. they are aware

that they come in today as underdogs, but they believe they have mobilised a different part of the conservative party membership, because remember this is being determined by membership of the conservative party rather than the broader group. party rather than the broader urou -. ., party rather than the broader u-rou. ., ., ~ ., group. you talked about the crushin: group. you talked about the crushing defeat _ group. you talked about the crushing defeat and - group. you talked about the crushing defeat and the - group. you talked about the crushing defeat and the loss group. you talked about the i crushing defeat and the loss of the hundred and 21 seats in the house of commons. what are the hopes of someone ahead uniting the party in the direction to take? i the party in the direction to take? ~ ., �* , the party in the direction to take? ~ ., �*, ., , take? i think that's a big challenge _ take? i think that's a big challenge and _ take? i think that's a big challenge and a - take? i think that's a big challenge and a good - take? i think that's a big i challenge and a good point. take? i think that's a big - challenge and a good point. a big challenge, most notably because there are not many conservative mps, only of them. there are mechanical questions about how you oppose a labour government with so many mps because ordinarily, an opposition would have one mp shadowing a minister, but if the conservatives did that,

practically every mp would have to do shadow. that might sound technical, but in practice, day by day in parliament, that could be a bit of a difficult one. as you say, there is also a problem in inspiring loyalty, having them unite behind whoever is a leader in one of the extra reasons why that might be challenging, we have seen plenty of reasons in the past why that might be, conservatives went through four leaders in short order, one reason why that might be challenging, i think that kemi badenoch or robertjenrick will win today, but with only about a third of conservative mps, about a0 mps having backed them. whoever it is is going to have to find a way to reach out to the overwhelming majority of conservative mps who will not have voted for them.- conservative mps who will not have voted for them. thank you for keeping _ have voted for them. thank you for keeping us _ have voted for them. thank you for keeping us up-to-date - have voted for them. thank you for keeping us up-to-date with | for keeping us up—to—date with the sorry that we continue to track. and if you are in the

uk, in the uk, you can follow live our coverage of the conservative party leadership contest from 10:a5 here on bbc news, as well as on bbc two — and on our website, where we have a live page that's already on, so you can be up to speed for the winner's announcement — that is going to be after 11:00. to the middle east now, where the prospects of a ceasefire between israel and hamas in gaza, and between israel and hezbollah in lebanon lebanon are fading. israel's emergency services said 11 people were injured in the central town of tira by rockets launched from lebanon — hezbollah says its fighters had fired a salvo at a military base in the tel aviv suburbs. inside lebanon — israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the east of the country. lebanese officials said israel didn't issue evacuation warnings before the attacks. inside gaza — the health ministry says two israeli attacks on residential buildings in the north of the strip on friday killed more than 80 people.

after weeks of intensive israeli military attacks, and the lack of aid getting into gaza, leaders of 15 un agencies have described conditions there as "apocalyptic". separately, the who has now confirmed it's started a new round of child polio vaccinations — although it's confined to gaza city only. let's speak to our correspondentjoe inwood who's injerusalem for us. thank you for coming up. let's start with the last line we reported on with the who. what is happening at the moment and now they are going about these plans? now they are going about these lans? , ., , ., plans? just to give you the background _ plans? just to give you the background on _ plans? just to give you the background on this - plans? just to give you the background on this one - plans? just to give you the - background on this one quickly, there was an outbreak of polio detected for the first time in 25 years back in august. one case, a child found to have been paralysed by the virus. the who quickly started a vaccination programme in september. they manage to get to more than half a million people, children right across

the gaza strip. in orderfor it to be effective, they need two doses. a couple of weeks ago, they did the second vaccination for the 1549 0