here in the uk: the chancellor rachel reeves says she stands by her decision to raise national insurance for employers despite the backlash from business. (pres)hello. hey are welcome to the programme. we start hey are welcome to the programme. we start with developments in spain. —— —— hello and welcome to the programme. there've been angry scenes in the valencia region as the spanish king visited those affected by the floods in the town of paiporta. the crowd of several hundred threw objects at spain's king felipe as he visited the valencia region where devastating floods have killed 213 people. killed

213 people, with more rain on the horizon. the king's security guard deployed umbrellas in an effort to deflect the objects being thrown at the king. but the king appeared to want to talk to the protesters and several members of the crowd engaged the king in animated conversation, standing just centimetres from the monarch and at one point felipe can be seen putting his hand on someone�*s shoulder. at one point, the crowd repeatedly chanted the word "asesino" which means "murderer" in spanish. for the past few days, the bbc has been reporting growing anger from residents about the local authorities�* handling of the flood emergency. it took several minutes for the police to bring out horses to try to disperse the crowds. there has been a clean—up operation. more than 200 people have been killed, dozens

missing. king felipe travelled to the valencia region to talk to the valencia region to talk to emergency workers and residents after their deadly flood. he was met with anger and hostility. more soldiers are on their way to rescue and recovery in the biggest peacetime deployment of troops and emergency workers in spain's recent history. the destruction is huge and days after the disaster, the government has been criticised for being too slow to respond. volunteers have come in thousands to help in the clean—up and to deliver much—needed supplies. we much-needed supplies. we want to brin: much-needed supplies. we want to bring food. — much-needed supplies. we want to bring food, she _ much-needed supplies. we want to bring food, she has _ much-needed supplies. we want to bring food, she has her - much-needed supplies. we want to bring food, she has her has i to bring food, she has her has very bad so want to do what we can. it very bad so want to do what we

can. , , , can. it is dirty, very difficult _ can. it is dirty, very difficult work. - can. it is dirty, very difficult work. i - can. it is dirty, very l difficult work. i asked can. it is dirty, very - difficult work. i asked this woman, a lawyer, how she felt. i felt powerless because we cannot _ i felt powerless because we cannot do much, we can help but they— cannot do much, we can help but they need — cannot do much, we can help but they need to remove cars and stuff — they need to remove cars and stuff and _ they need to remove cars and stuff and we cannot do that. the — stuff and we cannot do that. the contents of people's homes, now ruined by water and mud. the mud is drying up but that means the area isn't now full of dust. the streets are slowly being... the search for their missing goes on but with every passing day, hopes of finding people still alive are fading. bethany bell, bbc news, valencia. we have a prescott —— my press

conference updated on the rescue and relief efforts. this is a very _ rescue and relief efforts. this is a very sad _ is a very sad data. some 230 people have lost their lives. —— this is a race added data. —— met a very sad date. forensic scientist stomach we send our upmost condolences to victims and their families. a second message is caution and thatis second message is caution and that is something we send to the whole of spain, this weather phenomenon is not yet over. andalusia is in a red alert and there are areas of valencia with an amber alert. emergency services are still working relentlessly but we do urge working relentlessly but we do umea working relentlessly but we do urge a maximum caution. we advise and we are looking at official channels to make sure

that we have official information and not a fake news, which can cause huge destruction also. when we have drama off the scale, you can see that it brings the best and sometimes the worst in people also so i would like to wind up by expressing gratitude for the work done by all of our professionals and the response that we have seen from the spanish public who have a huge heart. figs spanish public who have a huge heart. �* , , . ~ spanish public who have a huge heart. a , heart. as we 'ust take it back to valencia _ heart. as we just take it back to valencia once _ heart. as we just take it back to valencia once again - heart. as we just take it back to valencia once again as - heart. as we just take it back i to valencia once again as show you what has been taking place there and a short while back. this is of course they king, king felipe has been their meeting a lot of the protesters, surrounded by security because there have been angry scenes in the entire area is the can try to visit and try to speak some of the people. a crowd of several hundred had gathered there,

some of them were seen throwing abuse at the spanish king when you're trying to walk with the members of security trying to use an umbrella —— some of them were seen throwing objects at the spanish king. it was a short while back, these are pictures coming in from valencia. it continues to be a fluid and chaotic situation as a king walk through the huge crowd of protesters who have gathered there, most of them are napping with the manner in which the aftermath —— but most of them unhappy with the manner in which the aftermath has been handled. some of them can be heard saying it is too late, some of them are using the white murderer and spanish. it clearly gives your says of her and we the people are with the way in which there. —— some of them are using the word, murderer in spanish. it is a story that will be using closely here on bbc news. now,

updates from the us. there are just two days to go before the us presidential election and kamala harris has appeared in a sketch on us comedy show saturday night live, alongside actor and comedian maya rudolph, who is known for her impressions of the vice—president. in the skit, rudolph sits down in a dressing room and looks into a mirror — through which harris, dressed in identical attire, is looking back. the pair then performed a scripted sketch largely punning on kamala harris's first name. meanwhile, ms harris and donald trump have been making last minute pitches to voters ahead of tuesday's election. both have visited the swing state of north carolina, with their planes parked alongside each other at charlotte airport. mr trump, the republican candidate, focused on economic issues while ms harris urged people to head to the polls. there are seven states which will decide who becomes the 47th president of the united states. polls show there's very little

separating the two candidates and polls are within the margin of error, so these states could go either way. more than 70 million americans have already cast their vote and harris and trump have multiple visits planned to the battleground states over the next two days let's take a listen to what they've have been saying. imagine the oval office, and if he is elected, donald trump on day one would be sitting in that office, stewing over his enemies' list. booing. but when i am elected, i will walk in on your behalf, working on my to do list. cheering. to do. and at the top of my list is bringing down the cost of living for you. i will end inflation, i will- stop the invasion of criminals into our country and i will- bring back the american dream. cheering.

this is all you really need to know. - kamala, a low iq person, broke it. and i will fix it, - i promise, i will fix it. let's speak to our correspondent helena humphrey who is in north carolina. helena, if you can hear me, what is the situation there? {lit what is the situation there? of course, we are just two days out from what potentially could be a photo finish presidential election. we are here in hickory, north carolina, a key battleground state, will speak in voters over the course of the rear. i have is because people over the past few days, able prevailing sentiment

whether republican or democrat, a sense of anxiety right now. the rest appears to be so incredibly close. they are continuing the dash, the candidates, through the string states. donald trump will be heading to georgia, north carolina, pennsylvania, those other states where you see the largest number of electoral votes up for grabs. as the common house, she will be heading for pennsylvania, michigan, an important date for the democrats because we have seen some concern from arab american writers, muslim voters with to biden ——'s stars on the war in gaza could that impact turn out to therefore is that of course is a looming question. they were both here in north carolina yesterday. at one point, the place were side by side on the tarmac. this is underscoring how important the state could be with 16 electoral college votes up for grabs. donald trump is repeating as greatest hits when it comes to the economy, immigration, promising a mass

deportation from day one. he is also accusing his opponent of having no plan for what she would do in the white house, instead a child, she did set out plans and she also said that while donald trump had a growing list of enemies, she had a to—do list that you would get to work on day one including and reproductive rights as well. she branded her days heading to new york, satin days heading to new york, satin day and night life, coming face to face to my read of, where they ripped off that if we could miss out —— where they rift on that frequent miss creation of a name. she's really courting that popular red. —— she headed to new york for saturday night life. you need to get the majority of editorial —— editorial votes. i do suggest that's i just dumped start and do not suggest what will happen for them here, we are seeing, harris leading donald trump with a 40th seven

percentage points to 1m. keep in mind, donald trump took that state by ten percentage points. it is something interesting to watch particular among older women who are coming out in greater numbers, harris. they have also mentioned in says a rhetoric used by donald trump when it comes to rallies. for example, speaking about women. here in north carolina at the rally at guisborough last night, donald trump would be to claim that, and says over rhetoric used by donald trump when it comes to rallies. for example, speaking about women. here in north carolina at the rally at guisborough last night, donald trump would be to claim that commoner has never amazing, i do not say it. i think in those blue wall states, there could be some concern whether that was have some all—important women voters. some all-important women voters. . , some all-important women voters. ., , . some all-important women voters. ., , voters. thanks very much as un-to-date _ voters. thanks very much as up-to-date with _ voters. thanks very much as up-to-date with all - voters. thanks very much as up-to-date with all that - voters. thanks very much as up-to-date with all that has| up—to—date with all that has been happening on the ground. you can watch live coverage of the results right here on bbc

news. and the iplayer in the uk at 22:40 gmt on tuesday. sumi somaskanda and caitriona perry will bring you a special programme from washington dc with our team of experts and correspondents. we are revisiting the scenes in spain. protesters heckled the royal couple, these had to intervene in spain. the clean—up operation has been under way following floods but wheat there is growing under on —— on the ground and the abuse of recovery efforts that are being made by the authorities. more than 200 people have been killed and dozens are still missing. let's speak to the europe correspondent who is currently in valencia. mark, good to have you on the programme for very traumatic pictures that we have been confronted with over the past hour or so. just give us a sense of what happened and how it all transpired. just

sense of what happened and how it all transpired.— it all transpired. just outside the town of _ it all transpired. just outside the town of paiporta. - it all transpired. just outside the town of paiporta. we - it all transpired. just outside j the town of paiporta. we are it all transpired. just outside i the town of paiporta. we are on the town of paiporta. we are on the road to go into was in valencia, this is the first hit suburb of valencia where we know that we know at least 70 people died in those floods last tuesday. actually, the official cars of the king and primus have just official cars of the king and primus havejust come past official cars of the king and primus have just come past us and if his when they come around, we can see... —— the king and primus havejust come past us. if his winner, run, you can see the horses because the convoy of vehicles are just come past us here. in the centre of paiporta, a scene of complete devastation, caked in mud and absolute carnage. sadly, the king and prime minister and regional president arrived and they were surrounded by extremely angry crowds he started shouting at

them as started chanting resign, murderers and extraordinarily, started picking up mud caked in the street and throwing it at the king and prime minister. these king and p