the world health organization resumes the delayed second phase of polio vaccinations of children in gaza. 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. hello. we've made it to the final weekend of campaigning before the us presidential election, and democratic nominee kamala harris and her republican rival donald trump are busy crisscrossing the key election battlegrounds. right now, harris is in atlanta, georgia. trump is in gastonia, north carolina. here's some of what the candidates had to say at their rallys a short time ago. candidates had to say at their you candidates had to say at their know what we are gc

do? you know what we are going to do? we are going to drill that you have never seen before. drill straight down. for the people in pennsylvania, they are going to frack, frack, frack. we are going to drill and frack in certain areas, we are going to frack like we have never fracked are going to frack like we have neverfracked before. we have more energy than any other country in the world, including russia, including saudi arabia. they have a lot of oil but we have more than they do. we have a lot of energy in that area. think about that. 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 create 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. carl nasman is at a polling booth in milwaukee, where there's been a steady stream of voters getting in early to have their say. it has been a record surge in early voting. we are in milwaukee, wisconsin. this is the last weekend, of course, before election day. and what we're seeing is a lot of people want to get out there. they want to get their ballots in early ahead of november 5th. and you can see behind me, this is the scene here. right now, there are dozens of people lined up moving all the way outside where you actually cast your votes towards those doors. and that line does actually extend all the way outside as well. we got here just as the doors opened about an hour ago, and this is already the scene, really. many people coming in ballots cast early. so why does all of this matter?

well, those early votes are crucial, especially in cities like milwaukee. for kamala harris, this is the biggest city in the state. it's one of the most diverse. the largest proportion of african—american voters are in milwaukee. younger people. this is really considered a democratic stronghold. so if you're seeing that kind of enthusiasm, if you're kamala harris and her campaign, that's good news for you. this is often the city that come election night, when those votes come in, that might get her across the line and to a victory in terms of why people are coming out, what are the issues that matter to them? we've been speaking to a couple of voters in line. here's what one of them told us. ijust don't like the rhetoric. trump's spirit. itjust, you know, it's not right. a lot of the stuff is not right. you know, especially concerning women, you know. i'm beyond child—bearing age, but i'm going to do it for the younger women that's coming along. i got, you know, i got daughters. but one of you know, they both got kids. but for all of the ladies and, you know, the social security, all of that, you know,

all of that plays into a factor, you know, with me. you know, i'm 62. i don't even know. i done paid into this country since 1979. i don't even know if i'm going to get social security. yeah, you might have picked up that from madeleine. she said she's 62 years of age. one group to watch in this election, notjust in the state of wisconsin, but really overall and across those battleground states is going to be older voters, 60 or 65 years of age and above. the last time that that age group was on the democratic side, you have to go all the way back to the year 2000. and al gore this year in 2024, for the first time, we are seeing some polling that are showing that those older voters, they are behind kamala harris this year. that, of course, could also be something to watch. and if that group comes out, which is obviously a group as well, that that does vote, about 75% of elderly or senior citizens, they tend to go out

to the polls much more than younger voters. that could be a big difference this year. spain has deployed an extra 10,000 soldiers and police to deal with the country's worst flooding crisis in generations. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, said it was spain's biggest peacetime deployment. 211 people are now known to have died and many are still missing. in the worst affected region, valencia, spanish media are reporting that one woman has been rescued after being trapped in her car in an underpass for three days. our correspondent mark lowen, sent this report. wading into the unknown, an abyss of horror that rescuers believe still hides many. with every hour, the chance of the miracle fades further. in garages and underground car parks, they fear more bodies will be found, trapped as the floodwaters rose. search dogs and mountain

rescue teams scour the landscape for the missing. from high above the flooded terrain, they are winched down to comb just one of the mangled cars. valencia's suburbs are scenes of carnage and the authorities are overwhelmed. so the prime minister has announced 10,000 more troops and police to join the relief effort. entire neighbourhoods are still caked in mud, the streets stricken with the detritus of lives. legions of locals do what they can to clear but it's barely scratching the surface. outside one damaged home, we met pablo. on the night of the floods, he rescued some elderly residents of a nearby retirement home and retrieved those that didn't make it. and it's been destroyed? yes... he takes me to the spot where the pensioners lived happily until tuesday.

we went inside and we found them inside, down their fridges, down their sofas. now when you look over there... i can't, i can't. yesterday, i tried with my brother go there and see but i couldn't. i couldn't. and now a flood of solidarity, the volunteer effort increasing by the day. they queued all morning in central valencia to take supplies to the areas. we have very close to us and they have lost their houses and their cars. it's all material and we know people that have lost families and that is a disaster, really. well, the last of the buses are being loaded up to head to the worst affected areas. organisers believe that some 15,000 people have shown up here today — an outpouring of emotion filling the vacuum that many feel has been left

by the authorities. disaster has brought spaniards together, critical of their politicians, determined to help out. a spirit of unity to fight national trauma. in the last few hours, the regional president carlos mazon gave this update. there are now over 7000 troops working. every request for troops and additional reinforcement has been supported and backed by the emergency operational control. at all times, at every minute, every hour, when emergency workers are still working and i will continue to request them, and i hope that the spanish government is able to meet this quests as it has so far. we replaced a 95% of the power

supply. where recovering the drinking water nets to work. all town centres now have basic products and food. all towns, there have been sanitation points setup, a health centre oran points setup, a health centre or an emergency medical centre. let's talk about the latest developments in the middle east now. a lebanese government minister has confirmed that a senior official has been abducted in a raid on a house near the city of tripoli by men believed to be israeli naval commandos. imad amhaz, who's reported to be a senior member of hezbollah�*s naval force, was taken from his home by more than 20 men in uniform on friday. lebanon's prime minister, najib mikati has called for an investigation into the kidnapping. israel has not yet commented on the incident. our correspondent injerusalem, joe inwood, has more. there's a lot that we do not know about this but a few more details that we are having confirmed or we think that we

have got confirmed. there seems to have been an israeli commando raid. it had been reported that naval commandos took place on friday. this is in the town which is a christian majority town, on the coast. what you can see from the cctv images which have been confirmed by a member of the lebanese government show a roughly 25 men going in tactical formation and amongst them, one person clearly who appears to be a captive. getting from israeli sources and media that this man was a senior hezbollah commander involved in weapons you transfers and naval command and the phrase which is being used by the israelis

is that they have captured him. are however, a hezbollah affiliated member of parliament is saying that this man is a naval officer and has been kidnapped was a big editing different reports about but we consent that struck what we can say for certain is that he has been taken into israeli custody, captured by the israelis. it's the first action that we have seen in this part of the country to the north that capital, an area which has been previously less affected by conflict. meanwhile, in gaza the world health organization has resumed the delayed second phase of polio vaccinations of children. the who says it will be confined to gaza city. the immunisation campaign began in september but was suspended last week because of continuing israeli attacks on northern gaza. the who says it will still not be able to reach tens of thousands of children. on that, again, our correspondent, joe inwood. i think it is worth reminding viewers what a terrible virus polio can be. this is something that the world has done pretty successfully in trying to eradicate.

the incident that they found with a paralysed child in august was the first example of this, in gaza, for 25 years. this is one of cases which are paralysed when in 200 or kills one in ten of those. there are fears that it could have a resurgence. the world health organization started an emergency vaccination programme which was pretty because successful in september and get on the first dose to people but in order to get full coverage you need two doses. they try to give their second doses out and managed to get them is out to about 450,000 children in the south and centre of the gaza strip about the north was an accessible because of this fighting there. they have started to remedy that today. we know that there has been a pause in the fighting during daylight hours and their view used that to start to get the vaccinations out. 100,000 children over the three days is the plan but you made the point

there that they are unable to access maybe 15,000 children who are in the more remote areas of the north of the gaza strip and that really matters, because it order for a vaccination to be successful, not only need to be too backdated but you need there to a be a high enough take—up and if you have got a large population, 15,000 children which is a large population without any vaccination or amenity, there is a still there that it could spread. although the world health organization and everyone concerned will be happy that they are getting these vaccines out, they will be concerned that they are not getting them to everyone. let's go back to our main story here in the uk, where kemi badenoch has been elected the new leader of the conservative party, replacing rishi sunak. she becomes the first black leader of a main political party in britain. in her acceptance speech, she said the party had to be honest about the fact it had made mistakes. here's our political editor chris mason. this way for the latest political drama. the conclusion of a conservative leadership race. yes, another one. anticipation and jeopardy for

the spouses of the candidates. robertjenrick�*s wife clutching her seat reservation. kemi badenoch's husband hoping small talk will swallow these nervy minutes. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome kemi badenoch and robert jenrick. just moments before, the two candidates had been told the result. now it was time for the rest of us to find out. kemi badenoch, 53,806 votes and robert jenrick, 41,000. kemi badenoch had won hugs, even tears in victory. smiles and magnanimous applause in defeat too. for so long anyway. oh, and then a bit more. there we have it, the new face of opposition and what a task

kemi badenoch takes on. it is the most enormous honour to be elected to this role, to lead the party that i love. our first responsibility as his majesty's loyal opposition is to hold this labour government to account. our second is no less important. it is to prepare over the course of the next few years for government. it's a big moment. it's, um, it's an emotional moment. for people who may not really know kemi badenoch. why your zealfor her? because she has courage. and that's a rare quality in politics. back in 1997, it took 13 years and four leaders for the conservative party to find a prime minister. what makes you think this time is different? well, i think if you look at the early record - of this government and we | shouldn't get carried away, but they've not had a great start. - kemi is very charismatic. i think she will give the reverend starmer a run for his money at prime minister's questions. blimey, the blink of an eye. a you were back in robert jenrick half an hour ago, but things move on, i guess. aaa the tory party secret weapon

is loyalty, and i try my best l aa sometimes in very difficult circumstances, to be loyal| to the leader. but to be loyal to kemi will be relatively easy. | she's got great - charisma, relatively, relatively easy compared. it'sjust important to be loyal to the leader. - watching on today, sizing up their new opponent, labour. i don't think that there's a particularly bright future with her as leader of the opposition. she was part of the chaos of the conservative government over the last 14 years. the conservatives haven't learned anything. mrjenrick for robert jenrick, a weekend to contemplate his future and for kemi badenoch, have. you got a lot of work to do, miss badenoch? can you unite the party behind you? these questions and many, many more.

a ten—year—old girl has died after being bitten by her family's dog in the north east of england. police say the child in north yorkshire suffered serious injuries during an incident inside the family home in the malton area yesterday afternoon. the dog was removed by police has been taken to secure kennels. thousands of women are preparing to march to the white house in washington dc — the speakers will include the high—profile american lawyer, gloria allred. these are live pictures coming from washington, dc. thousands of women are _ from washington, dc. thousands of women are expected - from washington, dc. thousands of women are expected to - from washington, dc. thousands of women are expected to march | of women are expected to march across the us to bring support to vice president kamala harris. this isjust a to vice president kamala harris. this is just a few days before election day. the women's march event is called we will not go back. it of course comes at a town where harris could become the first female president in the nation's history and then movement was apparently launched the day after donald trump's inauguration when hundred of thousands of women put into the district and country in what is widely

considered the largest single day protest in american history according to the washington post. that is a scene in washington, dc, notjust women turning up for the women's march but trying to send an enthusiastic boost to kamala harris as she focuses on the sink states, the battleground states as does her opponent donald trump —— as she focuses on the swing states. let 5 get some of the day's other news now. french police say a fifteen—year—old boy who was injured in a shoot—out in the western french city of poitiers on thursday evening has died. four other people were injured in the exchange of fire in front of a restaurant, which police say was linked to drug gangs. france's interior minister has warned the country is at risk of, in his words, "mexicanisation" due to rising drug crime. air pollution in pakistan's second biggest city, lahore, has soared to a record high.officials recorded harmful particles at a concentration 40 times above the level

officials recorded harmful particles at a concentration 40 times above the level considered acceptable by the world health organization. for days the city has been covered in smog, but the air quality index surged to over 1000 points for a time on friday, making lahore the most polluted city in the world. tens of thousands of gaming fans have gathered at the 02 arena in london for the start of the grand finals of one of the world's most popular competitive computer games. the league of legends world championship final will see teams from korea and china go head to head. korea's team t1 is looking to defend its title and walk away with the prize money of more than 450 thousand dollars. almost 50,000 people here as london's 02 a reader if the grand final of the league of legends, one of the biggest competitions in the wild. you

can see behind me all the action taken place on the squares and the players are on the stage. —— one of the biggest comedy shish —— competitions in the world. there's a lot at stake with more than $2 million as a prize but are being divided between the team. you've got chinese leaders taken on fan favourites from korea. this is the first time that he grand finals have taken place here in london. it is a huge thing for fans across the uk and across europe to haveit the uk and across europe to have it on their doorstep, this will usually be taken place in asia and this is big business too. local decisions here in the uk will be hoping that some of these fans will be looking at land i think that is a pretty good place to visit, a pretty good place to visit, a pretty good bet is when the money and a pretty good place for e—sports in the future.

the scottish comedianjaney godley has died at the age of 63. she revealed in november 2021 that she had ovarian cancer and documented her treatments. a tough upbringing in the east end of glasgow was the thread which ran through her humour, but she found viral fame during the pandemic with her dubbed videos of nicola sturgeon�*s covid briefings. bbc scotland arts correspondent pauline mclean reports. women complicate to men. women can meet a man and be like... ? can meeta man and be like... ? she drew on everyday life that she drew on everyday life that she drew from behind. her city and tough upbringing chapter. both pairs were addicted to alcohol. sometimes out in the street, i would no doubt scoop at and with my house because i was

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occurring in the capital, prompting dow thousands of women and men marching to give support to kamala harris, the democratic candidates and the organiser said that may will are marching for the right to choose and apportion after the historic overturning of roe v wade. you continue bringing you all the updates head of the election. —— the right to choose abortion. hello. it remains very quiet on the weatherfront, with rather cloudy skies across most of the uk. just a few breaks there in northern and eastern scotland where there's more of a breeze around this area of high pressure. but for most of us it's been a case of 50 shades of grey. and here's a picture from earlier on on saturday in london — the skyscraper the shard there with its tip inside the cloud at a height of 310m, meaning that the cloud base was around, say, 280, give or take. and we rather appropriately call this "anticyclonic gloom",

the word anticyclone, another word for high pressure cloudy, drizzly, but look on the bright side of life, at least it's not raging gales or torrential rain, rather usable weather, if you go out there. it's actually relatively mild, look at the morning on sunday, around ten or 11 celsius. but yes, once again, thick cloud across most of the uk. but look at the breaks there around aberdeen. there'll be a few glimmers of sunshine also across the pennines and perhaps elsewhere. and the temperatures will be about the same, middle of the afternoon, typically mid—teens across the south of the uk. and even if the sun comes out for any lengthy period of time, perhaps in some of these northern areas, temperatures may be a degree or so higher. so that's sunday's forecast. let's take a look at monday then. so the high pressure still with us. in fact, it's stretching all the way from the black sea, the balkans, across the alps into the uk and southern areas of scandinavia. that means more of the same on monday. but it could be quite misty, quite foggy for a time. that fog will disperse later in the morning on monday and then it'll lift into the stratus cloud. i'm optimistic there'll be a little bit more sunshine on monday, so certainly not all gloom, not all the way through, there'll be some decent weather, particularly around southern coastal areas, i think, on monday. temperatures about 14 degrees,

i think, in the sunshine. now here's a positive thing around this area of high pressure, gloomy high, we've got winds blowing out of the south, so temperatures are expected to rise through the course of the week ahead, in fact, peaking sometime on wednesday and thursday, we could see highs perhaps up to around 17 or even 18 celsius. remember, we're well into november at this stage. so here we go, cardiff — cloudy, foggy, misty, a little bit of drizzle, perhaps some showers, but those temperatures hovering around 15 or 16 degrees, so at least it's not cold. bye— bye.

this is bbc news, the headlines. the spanish prime minister, pedro sanchez, has announced the country's biggest peacetime deployment — of 10,000 extra soldiers and police — to deal with this week's flash floods. 211 people are now known to have died and many are still missing. kemi badenoch wins the race to become the new leader of britain's conservative party. badenoch — the former business secretary — was up against the former immigration minister robertjenrick. she'll now have the job of rebuilding the party afterjuly�*s crushing general election defeat. the us presidential candidates continue

their duelling rallies through battleground states — including georgia, virginia and north carolina — with three days to go until the election. more than 70 million people have already cast their vote, beating the early voter turnout record set in 2020. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. agony for england in the opener to rugby union's autumn internationals — they come so close to a famous win over new zealand. changes at the top — liverpool now lead the way in the premier league as manchester city and arsenal are both defeated. and it's advantage celtic at hampden, we'll bring you the latest from their scottish league cup semi—final against aberdeen. also coming up on sportsday...

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