and — in the final weekend before tuesday's vote — the us presidential candidates rally through battleground states where this election will be won or lost. we are live in wisconsin as early voting is continuing, people getting votes cast a couple of days before election day. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan. spain's government has significantly stepped up the response to the country's worst flooding crisis in generations. the country's prime minister, pedro sanchez, is sending 10,000 extra soldiers and police tojoin the rescue and recovery operation in valencia, the region worst affected by this week's flash flooding and landslides.

211 people are now known to have died and many are still missing. 0ur correspondent bethany bell sent this report. with every day, the extent of the destruction becomes clearer. there's mud everywhere, on the roads and in buildings. 0verturned cars litter the streets. shops, homes and businesses have been devastated. for hours, volunteers have been arriving on foot to help. they're bringing brooms and spades. many say they felt compelled to come. there's no food supplies, there's no water, and the army isn't helping, because the political situation is so bad. we have no resources. everything we have is thanks to the volunteers that are helping.

i was feeling alone, had been a home _ i was feeling alone, had been a home three days with no light, water, — home three days with no light, water, no _ home three days with no light, water, no phone, no nothing, i couldn't— water, no phone, no nothing, i couldn't go— water, no phone, no nothing, i couldn't go to my mum to tell her i — couldn't go to my mum to tell her i was _ couldn't go to my mum to tell her i was feeling 0k and we didn't— her i was feeling 0k and we didn't have food, no water to drink, — didn't have food, no water to drink, nothing. survivors and victims say they feel abandoned by the authorities. people here are shocked and angry. there's a sense of disbelief that this could have happened here in their city. and many people are telling us that the victims are simply not receiving the support they need. the spanish prime minister is sending 10,000 extra soldiers and police to join in the rescue and recovery operation in valencia, the area that was worst affected by this week's flash flooding. translation: what we're living through is tragic. - we're talking about the most serious flood that this continent has seen this century, and i'm aware that the response so far has not been good enough.

the search for the missing continues. but with every hour that passes, the hopes of finding people still alive are fading. here in the uk, kemi badenoch has been elected as the new leader of the opposition conservative party, replacing rishi sunak. mrs badenoch beat robert jenrick in a ballot of party members, gaining 57% of the vote. she becomes the first black leader of a major uk political party. in a victory speech, kemi badenoch said the party had to be honest about the fact we made mistakes and that it was time to get down to business. helen catt reports. for more than three months, these two slugged it out for the chance to lead their party and take on what's often described as the worstjob in politics — the leader of the opposition. by this point, they knew who'd

won, and then so did we. the result was kemi badenoch, 53,806 votes. and robertjenrick, 41,388. cheering a moment to savour, and a piece of history. she is the first black woman to lead a major political party in the uk. it is the most enormous honour to be elected to this role, to lead the party that i love. but she's under no illusions about the scale of the challenge. the task that stands before us is tough, but simple. our first responsibility as his majesty's loyal opposition is to hold this labour government to account. murmurs of agreement our second is no less important. it is to prepare, over the course of the next few years, for government. ladies and gentlemen, at the age of 16, i came to britain from nigeria. kemi badenoch grew up in nigeria, and has often said that her experiences inform

of many of her views. as a cabinet minister, she gained a reputation for weighing in on cultural issues. herfans believe she has a standout star quality, her critics, that she can be a little too willing to rub people up the wrong way. the centre of kemi badenoch's pitch to her party was that to win back voters, it needed to have a really serious think about what being conservative stands for, to, in her words, go back to first principles. but she won't have long to reflect. the length of this leadership contest means that there is likely to be pressure on the new leader to make a mark quickly. rebuilding the party is onejob. her former rival robertjenrick says he's on board. reporter: does kemi badenoch have your full support? - of course she does, yeah. rebuilding relations with voters will be the bigger task, though. it is time to renew. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. she'll need to find a way to get a hearing from a country thatjust a few months ago gave the tories an electoral thrashing. that will be no easyjob.

speaking of elections... in theirfinal weekend of campaigning before the us presidential election — democratic nominee kamala harris and her republican rival donald trump have held rallies just six miles apart in the same city of milwaukee, in the midwestern state of wisconsin. it's one of seven swing states which could go to either of the candidiates — and in a close race, could determine the outcome. well, kamala harris spoke to the media a short time ago and was asked what her day one priorities would be. one of them is going to be to submit, basically, a package of proposals that are about bringing down costs. so, for example, housing — what we need to do in terms of creating a tax benefit for folks who want home ownership, what we're going to do to pay the $25,000 down payment assistance plan, what we're going to do for small businesses. all of that will require a lot of work.

and day one is also me getting on the phone with members of the republican party, with leaders, with the private sector — a lot of my plan includes working with the private sector. my plan includes cutting through red tape. it is not just it is notjust the two candidates who are in milwaukee. 0urvery candidates who are in milwaukee. our very own carl nasman is there testing the temperature. we all know it is difficult, nigh impossible, to guess what the outcome will be but tell us about the conversations you are having, particularly with those undecided voters. yeah, it's really interesting _ undecided voters. yeah, it's really interesting in - really interesting in wisconsin. there are very few undecided voters left. may be about 5—6% of the state is still trying to choose between donald trump and kamala harris. right now it will be about turnout, which side can get their voters to the polls. we are at a polling station now, this opened about ten minutes ago or so and take a look behind me, iwill get ago or so and take a look

behind me, i will get out of the way, you can see the line stretching all the way out of the door, these people are here to cast their ballots before election day. wisconsin has seen an absolute surge in early voting. we were speaking with a voting. we were speaking with a voting official who said they were almost unprepared for the levels they are seeing, the number of people coming out wanting to get their votes in early, you can see behind me, more people here today, i was speaking to a vote in line saying they were here yesterday in the afternoon and the line was too long, the wait was too long, she came back today, she wants to get that vote in. if you want to look at some of the crucial groups that could decide this very tight swing state one is going to be older voters, voters 65 years of age and above. they haven't gone for a democratic presidential candidate since al gore. that's all the way back in 2000. this year, though, some of the polling suggests solder voters are favouring kamala harris. at are favouring kamala harris. at a senior centre we have seen many older voters showing up today and we'll see how that pans out. a second crucial group in wisconsin not talked about a lot, the

polish—american community. this state has the highest proportion of polish—american voters in the country, about 500,000, and one topic that is high on their minds is the conflict in ukraine. both candidates have very different views of course on that conflict. we were speaking with one member of the polish—american community and she told us this is really going to be a crucial issue. the issue that is influencing polish—americans of course is the war in ukraine. people have mixed feelings. it's not a unitary type of feeling toward it. i could tell you that there are some polish organisations that don't think the ukrainian war is worth it. but the majority of polish—americans view the ukrainian situation is very, very critical. so, carl, it's exciting to see you are in a polling station, democracy in action. sometimes they say that early voting can

perhaps lean towards one party or another. perhaps lean towards one party oranother. is perhaps lean towards one party or another. is there any sense that you might be getting from the early voting which way the state could go? it the early voting which way the state could go?— state could go? it has been really hard _ state could go? it has been really hard to _ state could go? it has been really hard to tell _ state could go? it has been really hard to tell to - state could go? it has been really hard to tell to be - really hard to tell to be honest. both sides are spinning the early voting numbers saying they are favouring the trump campaign or the harris campaign. right now what we know is of course donald trump in a big contrast to 2020 is encouraging his supporters to vote early. 0f encouraging his supporters to vote early. of course last time around he claimed that there was fraud involved with mail in ballots and early voting. this time round we are seeing a big surge of republicans casting votes early. it is hard to know whether those people would have voted all the same on election day. what we can tell, though, as this will affect the way votes are counted. we have heard already from the milwaukee voting commissioner, in the city we are in now, the largest city in the state, that due to the pile of early votes, which by the way cannot be touched or counted until the beginning of election day, that we will not have results here

until two or three in the morning, there are so many ballots they have to process. just like in 2020, we could see something where it appears donald trump has a lead and wants the more democratic cities like milwaukee start to get the results in we could see that shift. it is hard to know, it really is, which way this is favouring now but we know there is lots of enthusiasm, all these people behind me in this line, it keeps on growing, they want to get their votes in early. there are many people voting in wisconsin, and again this is going to be very, very close. ., ,., close. indeed. carl, some basics now— close. indeed. carl, some basics nowjust _ close. indeed. carl, some basics nowjust to - close. indeed. carl, some basics nowjust to get - close. indeed. carl, some basics nowjust to get us. basics nowjust to get us up—to—date and ready for tuesday. at what time are they saying we could, given all the things that you have said, expect a result in wisconsin? and just to remind our viewers how many electoral college votes it is worth. different contests in every state, it is the first canada who gets to the first canada who gets to the magic number of 270. and lastly, carl, just a little bit about the history of wisconsin in the recent election cycles.

yeah, let's do some wisconsin basics, shall we? this is what is called part of the blue wall, we are talking about the states in the upper midwest who traditionally voted democratic in wisconsin, neighbouring michigan and pennsylvania. this is going to be a very clear pathif is going to be a very clear path if kamala harris gets to exactly 270 if we don't see any surprises on election night. donald trump has his hammer and chisel outcome is trying to chip away at the blue wall. if he takes one of the states including wisconsin which has ten electoral votes that might mean that he would come out on top in this election. that's how crucial the states are. these are states that are traditionally democratic but he really swept these blue wall states, it earned them red in 2016, that was part of a surprise victory over hillary clinton, joe biden came back in 2020 and turn them back blue. right now we're looking at purple states, it is neck and neckin purple states, it is neck and neck in a 1% in the polling one direction or the other, it is essentially a statistical tie. in terms of when we might find

out the election results, we will have to wait and see but these vote counts are going to come in late, many parts of the state they are not allowed to count the early ballots until election day so that will take some time, especially in these bigger areas like madison and milwaukee, that will hold things up. one other thing to note that in this state we did see a recount in 2020. if there is a result that is within1% or less then either one of the candidates could request a recount, that could add on some time, talking about days or weeks even together sort of route dunne results out. it will be a matter of patience and a lot of americans are not used to that —— are used to that from 2020, they are bracing for it. we want to know, everybody is on a knife edge trying to find out. it could be like this in several other states so make your cup of coffee, stay up late with us on bbc. we will be here all night as long as it takes and it could be even beyond november the 5th, it could be a couple of days. 50 november the 5th, it could be a coume of days-_ november the 5th, it could be a coume of days-— couple of days. so you don't know then. _ couple of days. so you don't

know then, carl? _ couple of days. so you don't know then, carl? numbers,| know then, carl? numbers, recounts, predictions, but we still don't know. it is always good to talk to you, live in the state of wisconsin. my colleague helena humphrey is in the swing state of north carolina and she filed this from the town of gastonia where donald trump supporters have been gathering for a rally by their candidate. we are here in gastonia, north carolina, both candidates continuing that frenetic zigzag through those key battleground states, talking about donald trump's supporters as we await that rally in around a few hours' time, ijust want that rally in around a few hours' time, i just want to that rally in around a few hours' time, ijust want to get out of the way because you can see the supporters behind me. we were here before dawn and so were they. they are saying that they are desperate to catch a glimpse of donald trump and what will be one of the final rallies of this election cycle because 1534 00:14:50,137 --> 00