first minister alex salmond, who died suddenly of a heart attack last month. hello, i'm karin giannone. the contest to decide the next president of the united states is into its final 48 hours, with both candidates focused on the seven states seen as vital in determining the outcome. donald trump is holding a rally in north carolina soon and he'sjust been in pennsylvania, listing his promises to potential voters. and i've come today with a message of hope for all americans. with your vote on tuesday i will end inflation, i will stop the invasion of massive numbers of criminals coming into our country — thank you very much, kamala and joe — and i will bring back the american dream and will bring it back strong than ever before.

but this is all you need to know, kamala broke it and we will fix it and we are going to fix it first. meanwhile, kamala harris has been in detroit, michigan speaking to a church congregation at their sunday service. the prophetjeremiah wrote, "for i know the plans "i have for you..." applause. "they are the plans for good, and not for disaster. "to give you a future and i hope." and a hope." church, god has a plan for us. he has good plans for us. plans that will heal us and bring us together as one nation. here are the seven main swing

states, which are the least loyal to either the democrats or republicans, and therefore more likely to determine the result. polls show it's an incredibly tight race. but a new poll of voters in iowa, a state donald trump won in the last two elections, has kamala harris in the lead. the poll was conducted by j ann selzer, who explained the findings. she said a new poll suggests that kamala harris is leading with 47% over donald trump's 44%, and that harris�*s lead is driven by women and independent voters. i'd point you additionally to the margin that kamala harris wins older women with, it is a two to one margin among women aged 65 and over, so there is obviously something going on here. older people is who you want to appeal to because they are the most reliable voters, and kamala harris is doing very well with that group. and independents in iowa do sort of switch back and forth. in this poll, they are solidly behind kamala harris.

let's speak to our correspondent helena humphrey who is in north carolina, and carl nasman in wisconsin. both swing states. how much of a beast is that iowa poll to the harris camp? iii a beast is that iowa poll to the harris camp?— a beast is that iowa poll to the harris camp? if you were on social media _ the harris camp? if you were on social media last _ the harris camp? if you were on social media last night, - the harris camp? if you were on social media last night, that - social media last night, that iowa poll was like a burst of hope for democrats. seeing kamala harris with a potential leader in one of these polls in a very red states like iowa definitely got some hopes up around that side, that might show especially those numbers with women, that she might have a shot in notjust a site i work but other states like wisconsin where we are now, and one thing most from wisconsin can agree on is the green bay

packers football team. this is where all the football fans and michigan detroit lions fans are, but it is hard to avoid politics. there is a plane circling around telling people to vote for kamala harris. so a couple of days ahead of election day it is still political, even during a football game. i want to bring in a couple of guests, we have audrey and lynn, a couple of dedicated packers fans but i know you have been following the election closely. have you noticed politics seeping into every part of everyday life, even being here at a green bay packers game? for even being here at a green bay packers game?— even being here at a green bay packers game? for sure, on the drive u- packers game? for sure, on the drive up there — packers game? for sure, on the drive up there were _ packers game? for sure, on the drive up there were people - drive up there were people standing on the overpass holding signs. as far as it seeping _ holding signs. as far as it seeping into everyday life, we have — seeping into everyday life, we have been getting political mailers, probably three to four a mailers, probably three to four

6 day— mailers, probably three to four a day every day from both sides to specifically name to people in our— to specifically name to people in our household for the past two months. in our household for the past two months-_ in our household for the past two months. �* , ., two months. and we can see on our hat two months. and we can see on your hat harris _ two months. and we can see on your hat harris logo _ two months. and we can see on your hat harris logo there, - two months. and we can see on your hat harris logo there, and | your hat harris logo there, and audrey i understand you're a student here in madison, what does the election it like among university students? it is definitely _ university students? it is definitely about - university students? it is definitely about getting the student— definitely about getting the student vote, _ definitely about getting the student vote, knowing - definitely about getting the student vote, knowing how| definitely about getting the . student vote, knowing how to register, _ student vote, knowing how to register, knowing _ student vote, knowing how to register, knowing your- student vote, knowing how toi register, knowing your polling location _ register, knowing your polling location. there _ register, knowing your polling location. there is _ register, knowing your polling location. there is pretty- register, knowing your polling location. there is pretty much a consensus _ location. there is pretty much a consensus among _ location. there is pretty much a consensus among studentsl location. there is pretty much- a consensus among students what direction _ a consensus among students what direction they— a consensus among students what direction they are _ a consensus among students what direction they are leaning, - a consensus among students what direction they are leaning, but - direction they are leaning, but ever— direction they are leaning, but ever say— direction they are leaning, but ever say it _ direction they are leaning, but ever say it is _ direction they are leaning, but ever say it is definitely - direction they are leaning, but ever say it is definitely to - ever say it is definitely to try and _ ever say it is definitely to try and get— ever say it is definitely to try and get out _ ever say it is definitely to try and get out the - ever say it is definitely to i try and get out the student vote — try and get out the student vote. ~ , ., , , , try and get out the student vote. , ., , , vote. wiese have seen plenty of visits from _ vote. wiese have seen plenty of visits from both _ vote. wiese have seen plenty of visits from both sides _ vote. wiese have seen plenty of visits from both sides to - visits from both sides to madison and we have seen some campaigning here in green bay because it is the third—largest city in the state and can be an part of the election and a former green bay packers was actually campaigning with

donald trump, how do you think packers fans may have received that? i packers fans may have received that? 4' ., , ., that? i think the fans are good solid peeple — that? i think the fans are good solid people with _ that? i think the fans are good solid people with good - that? i think the fans are good solid people with good strong | solid people with good strong values — solid people with good strong values that believe in honesty and integrity and midwest nice ithink— and integrity and midwest nice i think too, so i'm not convinced that all the packers fans _ convinced that all the packers fans will— convinced that all the packers fans will be persuaded by those going _ fans will be persuaded by those going to — fans will be persuaded by those going to the trump camp, they lose _ going to the trump camp, they lose points for me, but i think the further north you go the more — the further north you go the more conservative it is. we are further— more conservative it is. we are further down so it is more towards _ further down so it is more towards kamala. i have heard from — towards kamala. i have heard from some friends who have gone to vote _ from some friends who have gone to vote and — from some friends who have gone to vote and we already voted by absentee — to vote and we already voted by absentee ballot but they already said lines are a lot of

women — already said lines are a lot of women registering to vote for the first— women registering to vote for the first time, very interesting, which i thought because _ interesting, which i thought because i thought i am so nervous, _ because i thought i am so nervous, the past couple of days— nervous, the past couple of days i— nervous, the past couple of days i have heard things like that, — days i have heard things like that, lots of people came canvassing for kamala yesterday, so i feel a bit more upbeat — yesterday, so i feel a bit more upbeat i_ yesterday, so i feel a bit more upbeat. i have personally voted both— upbeat. i have personally voted both ways throughout... i have never — both ways throughout... i have never voted for trump, i have been — never voted for trump, i have been a — never voted for trump, i have been a republican, but this is not my— been a republican, but this is not my party. i am a girl without _ not my party. i am a girl without a _ not my party. i am a girl without a party now. a couple of harris _ without a party now. a couple of harris supporters _ without a party now. a couple of harris supporters here, - of harris supporters here, again, definitely packers fans and all of wisconsin united behind the football team here. we will be across the state and covering all these swing states in the lead up to election day. thank you very much. {30 thank you very much. go packers! _ thank you very much. go packers! we _ thank you very much. go packers! we can - thank you very much. go packers! we can go - thank you very much. go packers! we can go to i thank you very much. go . packers! we can go to north carolina. _ packers! we can go to north carolina, and _ packers! we can go to north carolina, and swing - packers! we can go to north carolina, and swing state. i carolina, and swing state. given that surprise poll we had

about that went in kamala harris�*s favour, what do you think the mood in the trump camp might be? flit think the mood in the trump camp might be?— camp might be? of course everyone _ camp might be? of course everyone is _ camp might be? of course everyone is looking - camp might be? of course everyone is looking at - camp might be? of course everyone is looking at this| everyone is looking at this very closely but people always saying when it comes to polls that you have to take it with a pinch of salt, polls are snapshots of sentiment in time, not necessarily predictions of how this race could go, but what it did show it was that interesting trend with women over the age of 65 of cause and it is fair to say there have been questions in the past few weeks about comments from donald trump when it comes to women, saying for example that they should be protected, whether they like it or not. many women saying that is not what they are necessarily looking for from their looking forfrom their presidential candidate, so i'm sure that the trump campaign is looking at that very closely, but of course we are now seeing this mad dash ready from the candidates in those final days.

donald trump holding a rally here once again in north carolina, in kingston. everyday he has been holding a rally here, showing just how important this state is, 16 electoral college votes here are up for grabs. talking about thinking past the deadline of voting date on all of this, everyone is asking us which way do you think it is going to go, when do you think we will know the result? if you look back to 2020, of course it took a number of days, it could well be that case once again. i have been speaking to election board officials in this state and they said that of course accounting might take some time. they have been a heavy number of votes already but they also have devastation from they also have devastation from the hurricane in the western extended the deadline to make sure everyone could get their postal ballots in, but what we have seen speaking to people and also online is this misinformation about the election. donald trump at a rally we were in it yesterday said there is one thing that

the democrats are really good at and that is cheating, repeating his election it lie about 2020. some people saying they are going into the polls because they are concerned about voting fraud. i spoke to someone from the election board and asked are you worried about possible unrest if this result does not go the way people want it to? and barry from the selection board said ultimately it is something they have to prepare for, listen to what he told me. ~ ., , . , told me. we have good security here and throughout _ told me. we have good security here and throughout the - told me. we have good security here and throughout the state, | here and throughout the state, some _ here and throughout the state, some of— here and throughout the state, some of the counties have really— some of the counties have really had to go to some pretty lengthy— really had to go to some pretty lengthy processes. a couple of them _ lengthy processes. a couple of them have installed bullet—proof glass in their offices _ bullet—proof glass in their offices and the sort of thing. fortunately here things are not quite _ fortunately here things are not quite as— fortunately here things are not quite as heated as other counties and i think part of the — counties and i think part of the reason for that is that this— the reason for that is that this county is so conservative,

it is— this county is so conservative, it is really— this county is so conservative, it is really lopsided, so there is not — it is really lopsided, so there is not a — it is really lopsided, so there is not a lot of tension about who— is not a lot of tension about who is— is not a lot of tension about who is going to win because we pretty— who is going to win because we pretty much know who is going to win, — pretty much know who is going to win, but all we can do is be prepared _ to win, but all we can do is be prepared and try to make sure nothing — prepared and try to make sure nothing happens here. ido i do have to say, speaking to election officials, the messages if it takes a few days to know the result, be patient if you can, even though many people i have been speaking to here are anxious to know the result, saying any kind of delay is not indicative of any kind of irregularities. coming back to that point about the iowa poll, one democrat i saw saying they feel no sissy optimistic and i thought it was a good way to put it for the democratic side. —— they feel

nor nautiously optimistic. our correspondent tom bateman is in lititz, pennsylvania, the town where donald trump held his rally. he gave us a rundown of what was said. yeah, he's spoken for over an hour. many, many thousands of people that were queueing from early morning here who, as you can see now, are streaming out as mr trump concluded his remarks here. he talked a lot about his touchstone issues of the economy and immigration, many of those messages we have heard before. but he spent a good ten minutes or so at the beginning launching into a series of accusations about both the democrats and the electoral voting system here in pennsylvania specifically. he repeatedly called the democrats cheats, he castigated the system by which there has been early voting in pennsylvania — about 1.7 million votes already cast out of a population of registered voters of around 9 million — and effectively said that the entire system is corrupt.

there were a series of accusations he made without any evidence of voter fraud. now, what his critics say is that by making these baseless accusations, that they believe he is trying to lay the groundwork for a series of challenges after the election if there is a very, very close result. and that context is really important here because it is very likely, given how close the polls are, that there will be several days at least of counting going on. there will be an automatic recount if that vote is within half a percentage point, and already the polls are suggesting it may well be around that or potentially even closer, so we have the likelihood here in pennsylvania of days or even weeks possibly of recounts, during which mr trump's critics are saying what this is all about is trying to create an atmosphere of suspicion among his voters when it comes to trust in the electoral system.

and so his opponents fear that they might see a repeat of what happened back in 2020 in terms of notjust trying to challenge the result in terms of the legal system, but trying to undermine the entire system itself. now, much of the rest of this rally was on those familiar themes that i have already talked about, but already we are seeing here in pennsylvania, i think because of the closeness of the polls here, the system itself coming into question. now to spain, where the king has been pelted with mud and greeted with cries of "murderer" during a visit to a town hit by the country's worst flooding in generations. the prime minister, pedro sanchez, had to be escorted away from protestors by his security team. 217 people are now known to have died. people in the valencia region are angry at what they see as the slow government response to the tragedy. tonight, there's another warning of severe rainfall. 0ur europe correspondent

mark lowen has more. paiporta, ground zero of the carnage. more than 60 people died here when the mud and water enveloped the valencian suburb, devastating it. into the heart of darkness today came spain's king and queen, prime minister and the regional president, accused of failing to warn of the floods in advance and of a desperately slow response. asesino! the chant — "murderer!" the anger grows. a protester attacks our camera, and then they hurl what they can find from the torrents below. this is just unprecedented. i mean, people are picking up mud, throwing it at the king. the depth of anger here and fury is just extraordinary to see. king felipe comforts some and is then led away,

shielded from the crowd. his wife's face bearing a residue of mud. "we're just 16," he says, "we are helping and the "leaders do nothing. "people are still dying. "i can't stand this any more. "i have no strength left." "they left us to die," she tells me, "when we needed "them, they weren't here. "we've lost everything. "0ur businesses, our homes, our dreams." and others have lost family like rafa, who owned a print shop with his two brothers, now a wreck. as the waters rose, his brother tony stayed inside to take refuge. tony's body was found a street away. his three sons now without a father. translation: we are outraged. this is a great country, but with disgusting, incompetent leaders. i'm so angry i can't talk any more. i don't have the strength to speak about my brother. he was a really good person. i have no more words.

i'm sorry. it is frankly hard to take in the apocalyptic scale of this destruction. to get paiporta alone back on its feet, the homeless rehoused in shelter, damage reimbursed could take months. but then repeat that for mile after mile of this stricken region. spain stunned, traumatised and where rage is tipping over, only eased by the solidarity of the people. today, the spark was ignited here. but as the number of dead rises further and the depth of loss becomes deeper, this country is at a delicate moment. mark lowen, bbc news, valencia. to the middle east now and health officials in gaza say fresh israeli air strikes have killed at least 31 people. the attacks come as the un's children's agency condemned the killing of 50 children in the past couple of days

injabalia in northern gaza, which has been under intense israeli attack for weeks. unicef said the entire population of northern gaza was at imminent risk of death from disease, famine and ongoing bombardments. james elder is a spokesman for the un children's agency. he said there needed to be some accountability to stop the killing of children in gaza. you know, we have seen an average of 35 girls and boys killed every day over the course of this war, not over the course of a month, over the course of a year. i don't think viewers quite grasp just how many thousands and thousands have been killed. these most recent two attacks were on residential buildings, as they so often are. having spent many, many days and weeks walking through hospitals in gaza, seeing children who've been trapped under burning homes, you see the impact. so two residential buildings struck, more than 50 children killed.

as you rightly say, already they are living under siege, already they are being denied health care. hospitals have been coming underfrequent attack, patients have been killed. rescue workers who have such basic tools, that they often just literally work by sound. where do you hear the scream of an old woman or of a child? they've been attacked as they are seeking to help people, all under this brutal siege. at the same time, we have a 90% reduction in children allowed to leave. now, it's going to get worse. it's been worse somehow, and so long as there is no accountability for killing thousands and thousands and thousands of children, then the brutality is going to escalate and we're going to continue to see this cycle of horror. that, unfortunately, is what we're talking about now. that's gaza, and that's been gaza for a year. people in moldova are voting in a decisive presidential run—off.

this comes amid fears of russian interference in the former soviet republic, which is flanked by ukraine and romania. the national security adviser to the incumbent, maia sandu, has warned of russian meddling in the election. russia denies this. ms sandu's opponent now has the support of much of the opposition. a female iranian student has been detained by security guards after stripping to her underwear in public at a university in tehran. a spokesman for the islamic azad university said she'd been found to have a "mental disorder". but many social media users in iran say her actions were more likely a protest against the country's strict dress code. what has happened to her since being detained is unknown. rana rahimpour is an iran analyst and a former bbc persian presenter. the details of exactly what happened, it's still unclear and a lot of rumours are going around on social media. but one thing that is clear

is how this woman's protest has been received by large parts of the iranian society. many believe that this is a very brave act of protest against compulsory hijab. there are reports on social media that suggests that this woman was harassed by the so—called security officers, orforces at the university, or a member of basij, the militia. and because she wasn't wearing a headscarf when she was entering the university, and as a result of that encounter, the member of the basij tore that woman's clothes and in protest, she has taken it off. and that doesn't come as a surprise, because the iranian regime for decades have been suppressing iranian women and has imposed compulsory hijab on them. and in 2022, we saw a peak of it when a woman was killed while in the custody of the morality police. and this oppression has continued. this is a show of frustration,

a show that the islamic republic of iran is refusing to accept. police scotland say they've received a "non—recent" allegation of sexual assault made against scotland's former first minister alex salmond, who died last month. in 2020, mr salmond was cleared of 13 sexual offences charges, including attempted rape. his alba party said the new allegation was a smear. here's our scotland correspondent catriona renton with more on that allegation. alex salmond died last month. he'd been speaking at a conference in north macedonia when he had a heart attack. his funeral in his home village of strichen was last week and today we have had this news from police scotland. now, alex salmond was first minister of scotland from 2007 to 2014. he left the scottish national party in 2018 after a number of allegations of sexual misconduct came to light. now, he won a legal case against the scottish government over its mishandling of the complaints. now, in 2020, he was cleared of 13 sexual offence charges, including attempted rape.

now police scotland has said that they have received a separate report of a non—recent sexual assault and the information is being assessed. the herald on sunday newspaper also reported that up to six women approached the snp two years ago to complain about mr salmond. and what has the reaction been? well, the snp has told us today that its disciplinary processes could only be evoked against current party members. after he left the snp, mr salmond went on to set up and lead the pro—independence alba party. now, the alba party general secretary has spoken today — he's called chris mceleny — and he said the allegations are smears and called for mr salmond to be allowed to rest in peace. details about the royal family's finances, including rent received from the nhs, schools and the armed forces, have been revealed as part

of a new documentary. it's after an investigation by channel 4's dispatches and the sunday times. here's our news correspondent noor nanji with more. first of all, it says that both of those estates have struck lucrative deals with various public bodies including the nhs, and it says that in the last year alone the value of those deals came to almost £50 million, and it says it includes a £37 million agreement between the duchy of cornwall and the ministry ofjustice to lease dartmoor prison, and also an £11 million deal between the duchy of lancaster and a hospital trust to rent a warehouse. now, according to the investigation, the details of those deals have not been handed to parliament, so that does raise questions about transparency. and also, both estates are exempt from capital gains tax. we have had calls from the anti—monarchy group and a

spokesperson from the duchy of commerce as it is a private estate with a commercial imperative and a spokesperson for the duchy of lancaster says it complies with all relative uk legislation. i will be back soon with more news. hello there. much of the country saw another cloudy day today, with the best of the sunshine, which was limited across the northeast of scotland. but this upcoming week will remain grey and gloomy thanks to high pressure, patchy fog and also some drizzle in places. what you will notice by the end of the week, we pick up stronger southerly winds and it will turn milder, and hopefully we should start to see a little bit more sunshine. but the benign weather continues thanks to this area of high pressure, blankets of cloud across the country overnight, some spots of drizzle, some mist and fog, too. where we have clearer skies, though, across the north of scotland, temperatures will drop into the low single digits, and that may also allow some mist and fog patches to form here, too. but where we have the cloud, generally 5—10 degrees. so we start monday morning off on a grey, gloomy note.

some early mist and fog should tend to lift into low cloud. again, we could see some sunshine across northern scotland, maybe northern and western wales, but i think the vast majority holding on to the cloud, seeing those temperatures again 12—14 degrees. as we move through monday night, there's little change, we hold on to a lot of cloud. so that blankets in the temperatures — falling much below 6—10 celsius. a few clear spells here and there may allow temperatures to fall into low single digits, with some mist and fog forming. so as we head into tuesday, then, we've still got our area of high pressure, but some subtle wind changes. we're starting to pick up more of a southerly as low pressure begins to squeeze up against us from the west. so stronger winds, i think, through the irish sea into northern ireland. that may break up the clouds a bit for western wales, perhaps into northern ireland, western scotland, northern scotland could see some sunshine as well, some shelter from the southerly breeze, but i think large parts of southern scotland and most of england will stay rather grey once again — temperatures into the mid—teens. as we push in towards

the middle part of the week, winds pick up further across western areas, but we're starting to drag up some warmer airfrom the azores, so that will be noticeable. given any sunshine, we could be into the high teens, so pretty warm for the time of year, but again on wednesday most places will be rather grey and gloomy. but through the afternoon, with that breeze picking up from the south, we could see some sunnier moments across northern and western areas, so 16 or 17 degrees, maybe 18 degrees in the warmest spots, where we have the thickest of the cloud, generally the mid—teens. little change as we head in towards the end of the week. best of the sunshine across sheltered northern areas. most places staying cloudy.

this is bbc news, the headlines time is running running out for kamala harris and donald trump , as they make last minute appeals to voters in swing states, with two days until the us general election. chants of �*murderer murderer�* , as spain's monarchs and prime minister visit the flood—ravaged valencia region — where mud is thrown at the king and queen. spain's national weather agency has issued a red weather alert for parts of southern valencia for the next few hours , officials say at least 217 people have died and here in the uk, police scotland have received

a new allegation of a sexual assault against the former first minister alex salmond, who died suddenly of a heart attack last month. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. ruud's denied victory against chelsea — as his manchester united side draw at old trafford. relief for phillipe clemente — his rangers side come back to secure their spot in the league cup final. and it's wet and wild at interlagos — as lando norris loses ground to title rival max verstappen, at f1's brazilian grand prix. also coming up on sportsday... after 95 appearances, england propjoe marler retires from international rugby... and — after united's draw today — we find out more

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