and with nearly 90% of the vote counted in moldova's presidential run—off, the pro—moscow candidate alexandr stoianoglo has established a slender lead with just over 50%. donald trump and kamala harris are blitzing through several swing states today, with just two days to go before america decides its next president. trump is promising a new "golden age" for the us in pennsylvania, as harris urges voters to turn the page on "hate and division" at a church service in michigan. 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. meantime, 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 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 the midwestern state of iowa — a state donald trump won in the last two elections — has kamala harris in the lead. the poll was conducted by] ann selzer, who said "nobody saw this coming". the poll suggests that kamala harris is leading with 47% over donald trump's 44%. and driving that lead is women and independent voters. i point you additionally to the margin that kamala harris wins older women with, it is a two to one margin among women age 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. our correspondent helena humphrey has been in north carolina today, where donald trump is holding a rally right now. she told us about how his team is reacting to that surprise poll from iowa. everyone is looking at this very closely, but people are 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, they are not necessarily predictions of how this race could go, but what it did show is that interesting trend with women over the age of 65, of course, and it is fair to say that 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, suburban women should be protected, whether they like it or not. many women saying that that isn't what they are necessarily looking forfrom their presidential candidate, so i'm sure, of course, that the trump campaign

is looking at that very closely. but of course we are now seeing this mad dash, really, from the candidates, aren't we, in those final days? donald trump holding a rally here once again in north carolina, in kinston. every day he's 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 day in all of this, of course everybody is asking us, which way do you think it is going to go? when do you think we will know the result? and if you look back to 2020, of course, took number of days. it could well be that case once again. i have been speaking to election board officials in this state, they said that, of course, counting might take some time. there has been a heavy number of votes already, but they have also got devastation from hurricane helene, for example, in the west, and as such they extended that deadline to make sure that everybody 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 yesterday saying there is one thing the democrats are really good at and that is cheating, repeating his election lying —— at and that is cheating, repeating his election line about... his election lie, i should say, about 2020 and joe biden. when you speak to people here, some people saying that they are going into the polls because they are concerned about voting fraud. and so i was speaking to an election board official here and i said, "if there are all these concerns, are you worried about the possibility of some kind of unrest if this result doesn't go the way that people want it to? and barry cheney, who is on this election board, said that, ultimately, it is something that they have to prepare for. take a listen to what he told me. we've got good security here in catawba county and throughout the state. some of the counties have really had to go through some pretty lengthy processes. a couple of them have installed bullet—proof glass

in their offices and, you know, the sort of thing. fortunately here in catawba county, things are not quite as heated as they are in other counties, and i think part of the reason for that is because this county is so conservative, it's really lopsided, so there is not a lot of tension about, you know, who is going to win because we pretty much know in catawba county. but, you know, all we can do is be prepared and, you know, try to make sure nothing happens here. i do have to say, speaking to election officials, the message is, 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 in hickory, north carolina, are anxious to know the results, saying that any kind of delay is not indicative of any kind of irregularities. but coming back to that point about the iowa poll, one democrat i saw saying that they feel nauseous optimistic, and i thought it was a good way to put it

for the democratic side taking a look at that iowa poll. lets give you a sense ofjust so much going on that it is hard to keep up with where all the candidates and their running mates are across those swing states. let's show you what tim walz is doing. he is in atalanta, georgia, at a rally there. now let's go to north carolina, donald trump has just taken to the lecturing to start a rally in kinston, north carolina. so much going on. kamala harris herself focusing on michigan. there is a lot of work to be done just in that last run to tuesday's collection, the final hours, then trying to maximise the impact they're having in these states which could swing one way or another and proven so decisive in the presidential election. carl nasmanjoins us

from the republican—leaning city of greenbay in the swing state of wisconsin. it is getting rainier and rainier every time we speak to you. what is happening there? the rain is not dampening the enthusiasm of people here in green bay. we are at the iconic home of the green bay packers. during this fraught election season, if you wanted to find something that the people of wisconsin can agree on, you would come here, pretty much everybody in the state is a green bay packers fan. we have been speaking with many of them here. obviously politics are on some folks supporting donald trump, some supporting kamala harris will top to sing events like these that help you get out of the politics mode and enjoy yourself a bit more and just escape that political scene for a little bit of a moment. the campaigns, though, have not been escaping that. they have been here in green bay. we saw donald trump a few days ago earlier this week. he held a rally in green bay,

along with some former packers players, clearly trying to appeal to the residents of this city. it is an important city, the third biggest in the state, it is kind of split. in 2020, about 4000 vote advantage for joe biden. if you look at the surrounding areas, it is definitely trump country. those campaigns will be focusing here and it could be one of those decisive areas along with madison and milwaukee. wisconsin a very close state, as you said. that is nothing new. if you look back at previous election cycles, four of the last six presidential elections have been decided here by i% or less. we are expecting that that could again be the case this year. and by the way, we will see more attention from those candidates tomorrow. we are expecting tim walz, the running mate of kamala harris, to be appearing in milwaukee. so no break after this packers game, it will be right back to politics. cari

right back to politics. carl nasman _ right back to politics. carl nasman there. _ and ione wells is in east lansing in michigan — the state where kamala harris is today. we will hopefully talk to her in the next few minutes. king felipe of spain says he understands the anger and frustration of the people in flood—ravaged valencia, where furious crowds pelted him, the queen, the prime minister, and the regional president with mud. people in the valencia region are angry at what they see as the slow government response to the tragedy where 217 people are now known to have died. meanwhile, spain's weather agency has issued a new severe rainfall alert. our 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. our 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. bbc mundo reporter jorge perez had this update from catarroja, one of the worst affected areas in the valencia region. we have arrived to the town of catarroja. this is south of the city of valencia. what we see here looks even worse than all the towns that we have previously visited. basically, because this is part of the ground zero of this natural disaster. some of the people we have been talking to even mentioned that they still feel in day one of the tragedy after, well, all this week of trying to resist one of the biggest natural catastrophes that spain has been going

through in the past decades. we were chasing earlier a team of volunteers, a team of rescue volunteers, because there is still the hope that they might find some missing alive people. but as the time passes by, that possibility, unfortunately, is reducing. we have also been seeing this large amount of volunteers arriving for communities like this one. they were the first aid to come and help, and they still express their message of gratitude, because along with the help that has progressively arrived from the government, for them, these volunteers are the main heroes of this situation. lets go back to the us election, the final days before the americans count their boats, with the two candidates blitzing through the battleground states that may decide all of this.

and ione wells is in east lansing in michigan — the state where kamala harris is today. kamala harris will be where you are shortly. kamala harris will be where you are shortly-— are shortly. that is right. as ou can are shortly. that is right. as you can see _ are shortly. that is right. as you can see behind - are shortly. that is right. as you can see behind me, - are shortly. that is right. as you can see behind me, this are shortly. that is right. as i you can see behind me, this all in east lansing at michigan state university is filling up with lots of camel harris supporters who have been queueing, in some cases, four hours to hear the vice president speak. this is her final stop today in what has been a campaign tour of michigan which is one of the seven very key swing states in this election. places like here are pretty solidly democrat areas. i think she is pretty confident that here she will really be speaking to her base, your core supporters within the democrat party, but i cannot be said for the goal of michigan any more. there are certain areas that used to be pretty solidly democrat that she now can longer rely on. places like macomb county, which donald

trump managed to slip in 2016, peeling in particular to people's socially conservative values with economic messages as well. and also areas like dearborn, which is the largest arab majority city in the us. i was there on friday when donald trump came to visit. that is an area where there is a lot of anger at the moment about the democrats handling of the conflict in the middle east. as a result, a lot people there who may have voted by the democrats in the past now turning away from them. i think kamala harris is a way that this is a state where she faces a lot of challenges and so she needs try to convince some of those voters that are undecided or maybe have hesitations about her party, also making sure that their core supporters in places like this actually show up places like this actually show up and vote for her.- places like this actually show up and vote for her. how much of a boost _ up and vote for her. how much of a boost has _ up and vote for her. how much of a boost has that _ up and vote for her. how much of a boost has that paul - up and vote for her. how much of a boost has that paul from l of a boost has that paul from iowa had been, the ball that came out late last night, that showed harris reading in that particular state?— particular state? that is ri . ht. particular state? that is right- as _ particular state? that is right. as you _ particular state? that is l right. as you mentioned, particular state? that is i right. as you mentioned, a particular state? that is - right. as you mentioned, a poll came out for the state of iowa,

usually solidly red, but the democrats pretty much write off. i think this poll certainly is from a very reliable poster, so it has picked up a lot of years on the democrats' side. i think it should be said that it is just one poll, polls can only ever suggest what they are paul sample are saying at a particular moment in time, so i think while it is significant and definitely significant in what it said about female voters in iowa shifting towards kamala harris, ithink voters in iowa shifting towards kamala harris, i think what it has done is really given kamala harris�*s campaign and the democrats a sort of momentum boost with just two days to go until the election. it is certainly something which donald trump i think has referenced in some of his campaign rallies today, as well. but i think kamala harris will certainly see that as a bit of a boost, momentum wise, evenif bit of a boost, momentum wise, even if it is just one ball and as i say cannot necessarily be taken as a sign of where things could go on the night.- could go on the night. thank ou could go on the night. thank you very _ could go on the night. thank you very much- _ could go on the night. thank

you very much. ione - could go on the night. thank you very much. ione wells . could go on the night. thankj you very much. ione wells in could go on the night. thank l you very much. ione wells in a very lively part of east lansing, michigan, where kamala harris is focusing her campaign today. now it's time for a look at today's sport. manchester united's new manager will be joining a team that have had its worst start to a season since 1986. but they did at least manage to claim a point in theirfirst match since ruben amorim was appointed. he doesn'tjoin the club from sporting until later in the month, though, and ruud van nistelrooy was once again in charge of the 1—1 draw against chelsea. united took the lead at old trafford through bruno fernandes' penalty. but only four minutes later, a volley from moises caicedo meant the game finished all square. it's an emotional roller—coaster. on the monday until today, it's been almost a full week where so many things happened, and my task was to steady the ship and to get results coming.

but i think the players reacted very good on wednesday and also today, something to build on for the next two games. earlier tottenham came from behind to hand aston villa only their second premier league defeat of the season. villa had the lead going into half time, but the home side scored four times in the second. brennanjohnson�*s equaliser was added to by two dominic solanke goals, with james maddison adding a late fourth. villa could have gone third with a win, but stay 5th. but spurs climb to 7th. we had, again, good moments and we had chances to score the second goal, but they were more or less, as well, pushing. and when they score the second goal, very tight with the offside, against a team like tottenham is very difficult when they are in advantage, they are in advantage, when they are... facing this was more difficult. we tried, we were close to score the second one, but after the third goal was finishing the match.

max verstappen produced one of the more extraordinary drives of his formula one career to win the sao paulo grand prix and take a big step towards a fourth straight world title. verstappen�*s main rival, lando norris, started on pole in the interlagos rain. but as the mclaren driver battled at the front of the pack, verstappen was moving up from 17th on the grid. then a crash led to a red flag, with the race suspended before the red bull driver had taken his pit stop and he resumed in second place, eventually moving into the lead for a victory that takes him 62 points clear of norris, with the possibility verstappen could win the world title again at the next race at las vegas. new zealand have become the first side to inflict a clean sweep on india, in india, in a series of three tests or more. they won the third test by 25 runs, bowling india out for 121 in their second innings. ajaz patel taking 11 wickets in the match. new zealand are england's next test opponent's later this month. the result damages india's

chances of reaching a third successive world test championship final. they travel to australia next for a five test series. it has been a massive achievement. after the first run, it was pretty special. —— after the first one, it was pretty special. the second one was even more special. we spoke about coming here and trying to adapt as much as we can. to be in this position, 3—0 in the series. we spoke about coming here and trying to adapt i will never forget it. the motogp championship will go down to the final round of the season after defending champion francesco bagnaia won the malaysian grand prix. the race at sepang had to be restarted after this crash on the second corner of the opening lap. bagnaia started from pole and a thrilling battle ensued with title rivaljorge martin. they swapped the lead several times over the opening three laps before the italian finally took control, staying in front to claim his tenth win of the season. but he still trails championship leader martin by 24 points.

and that's all the sport for now. thank you very much. to the middle east now — and health officials in gaza say fresh israeli airstrikes 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. pro—russian candidate alexandr stoianoglo takes a slight lead in moldova's tense presidential runoff, according to partial results. with 90% of the votes counted, stoianoglo has just over 50% of votes against 49% for his pro—european opponent maia sandu. this comes amongst accusations of russian interference

in the former soviet republic, which is flanked by ukraine and romania. as she cast her vote, president maia sandu urged people to be united and protect their independence, warning that "thieves" wanted to buy moldovans�* votes. russia has denied any claims of interference. turnout has been higher than in the first round where several polling stations abroad had to close down because of bomb threats. there has been a particular surge in last—minute voting from the diaspora, moldovan diaspora, that has yet to be counted. so the results are not to be confirmed at this stage. two weeks ago, with the eu referendum in moldova, the late counting of the vote from the diaspora actually turned into a

last—minute surge for the yes campaign, that change the result, bring eightjust over the 50% needed. so this time, a fifth of the votes in this vote had been abroad, and therefore it is being waited until the very last minute for the confirmed results from the moldovan presidential run—off. the second round of the presidential election. let's just go back to what has been going on in the usa and give you another snapshot of the frenetic campaigning that has been going on in the swing states. former president trump, vice president kamala harris really blitzing all these swing states today, just two days to go before the presidential election. this is donald trump live currently in north carolina. they have been moving around so much over these days, flying to several events across many states day after day. he has been promising a new golden age for the us in pennsylvania

and now it north carolina today. meanwhile, kamala harris has been urging voters to turn the page on hate and division. she has been at a church service in michigan and heading to a great rally, great big rally there and michigan state now. much of the country saw another cloudy day today with the best of the sunshine which was limited across the north—east of scotland. 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, stronger southerly winds and it will turn milder. hopefully we should see more sunshine. the benign weather continues thanks to this area of high pressure, blankets of crowd across the country overnight. some spots of drizzle, mist and fog. where we have clear skies across the north of scotland, temperatures will drop into the low single figures and that may allow some mist and fog patches to form. but where we have the cloud,

generally 5—10. we start monday morning on a gloomy note, some early mist and fog. it 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 onto the cloud. those temperatures again, 12—14. as we move through monday night, there is little change, we hold a lot of cloud. that blankets the not falling much below 6—10. a few clear spells here and there may allow temperature to vault into low single figures with mist and fog forming. as we head into tuesday, still an area of high pressure, but some subtle wind changes, more of a southerly as low pressure begins to squeeze up against the west. stronger winds through the irish sea into northern ireland, that may break up the cloud a bit for western wales, perhaps into northern ireland, western scotland. northern scotland could see some sunshine, some shelterfrom the

could see some sunshine, some shelter from the southerly breeze, but i think large part, charlton are most of england boast a rather grey once again. temperatures into the mid—teens. as we push into the middle part of the week, when is up further across western areas where we are starting to drag up some warmer air from the azores. that will be noticeable, given any sunshine we could be into the high teens, pretty one for the time of year. again, on wednesday more spaces will be rather ugly and gloomy. through the afternoon, with the bees picking up, we could see some sunnier moments across northern and western areas. 16—17, may be 18 in the warmest spot. we have the thickest cloud, generally mid—teens. little changed towards the end of the week. best of the sunshine across chartered northern areas and most places staying cloudy.

this is bbc news, the headlines... with less than two days before america goes to the polls, kamala harris and donald trump make last minute appeals to voters in swing states. and in gaza — health officials 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 48 hours in the territory. king felipe of spain says he understands the anger and frustration of the people in flood—ravaged valencia — after protesters threw mud at the monarch. spain's national weather agency says incoming storms will "not be like tuesday's" after it issued a red weather alert for parts of southern valencia.

and here in the uk — in herfirst interview as conservative leader, kemi badenoch has said her approach to the economy would be "completely the opposite" to that of labour's chancellor. both candidates in the us presidential election are out campaigning in some of the key states, two days before polling day. here are the seven swing states which are likely to determine the outcome of this incredibly tight race. 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. but a new poll of voters in iowa — a state donald trump won in the last two elections — has kamala harris in the lead. let's speak to ruth igielnik, polling editor at the new york times. we don't envy yourjob at the moment, with things as close as they are. it's a big week for

you, how difficult is it to read things right now? thank ou so read things right now? thank you so much _ read things right now? thank you so much for— read things right now? thank you so much for having - read things right now? thank you so much for having me . read things right now? thank. you so much for having me and it really is incredibly close. we are seeing this again and again and again. if we look at each individual state, things are swinging around but the aggregate across the seven states, this is the closest polling we've seen in decades. you deal with polls all the time, as yourjob. what can polls tell you and what can't polls tell you and what can't polls tell you and what can't polls tell you?— polls tell you? that is the question _ polls tell you? that is the question of _ polls tell you? that is the question of the _ polls tell you? that is the question of the hour. - polls tell you? that is the question of the hour. i. polls tell you? that is the i question of the hour. i think polls are an exceptional tool for democracy to give every voter a voice and really help us understand what voters across the country, diverse voters, ideology really, racially, ethnically, by age, what all these voters think about things. and one thing polls struggle with is telling us these very small margins, these really tight races, if we are wondering if it's 51% or 52%, that's something that polls might not be great at. polls are incredible at telling

us what people are thinking about abortion or how americans feel about guns, i think polls tell us very well that this is a close race, but i think the margin of error is difficult for us to say beyond a margin of error exactly what the outcome will be.- of error exactly what the outcome will be. you likened it to takin: outcome will be. you likened it to taking a _ outcome will be. you likened it to taking a spoonful— outcome will be. you likened it to taking a spoonful of- outcome will be. you likened it to taking a spoonful of the - to taking a spoonful of the soup, you don't know what the rest of the whole, bold taste like, but you need to taste the whole bowl to know what the flavour is. whole bowl to know what the flavour is-_ flavour is. that's right, the wa we flavour is. that's right, the way we think _ flavour is. that's right, the way we think about - flavour is. that's right, the l way we think about sampling flavour is. that's right, the - way we think about sampling and why we have this margin of error is we can't talk to all americans in a tight election race. much like a bowl of soup, you don't have to drink the whole bowl of soup to know if it needs more salt or how it tastes, you can just take a spoonful. sometimes we get a carrot, sometimes we don't. we can adjust for that because we know with a population of americans look like but again, without spoonful we get a good

enough sample that we can tell how the soup is doing, doesn't need more salt, is it savoury enough, all of those different things. enough, all of those different thins. ., ., ., ., things. now, the iowa poll that we mentioned, _ things. now, the iowa poll that we mentioned, the _ things. now, the iowa poll that we mentioned, the one - things. now, the iowa poll that| we mentioned, the one showing harris flipping that state, how much weight or you lending to a? ~ ., �* , much weight or you lending to a? , . a? we don't put too much weight in any individual _ a? we don't put too much weight in any individual poll _ in any individual poll including our own, we are big fans of the new york times of polling averages, we look at polls that everyone has conducted, because every poll has a margin of error so looking at many together is a good thing. there's a reason to believe that that particular poll might be somewhat of an outlier, we've looked at other iowa polls, including other polls from that poster that show are slightly different outcome. there is reason to believe that that poll is an outlier, and might be a different, but there is probably interesting stuff in that poll that is real, movement among women, independent voters in favour of harris, so is plus for an iowa as the said? or plus three,

it's hard to say and it does feel like an outlier, but on aggregate there is reason to believe that some things in that pole are really interesting and meaningful and comport with what we are saying in other states in the upper midwest. in other states in the upper midwest-— in other states in the upper midwest. , . ., , ., midwest. just a final question, i'm curious _ midwest. just a final question, i'm curious to _ midwest. just a final question, i'm curious to know _ midwest. just a final question, i'm curious to know how- midwest. just a final question, i'm curious to know how much| i'm curious to know how much pressure you and your team are under right now and how much yourjobis under right now and how much yourjob is about managing expectations when people are desperate for certainty. yeah, it's hard- _ desperate for certainty. yeah, it's hard. people _ desperate for certainty. yeah, it's hard. people want - it's hard. people want certainty and we can't provide it. i've had texts from family and friends all the time asking me what is happening. there is no secret, i don't have any secret data, i think we are, we do spend a lot of time talking about uncertainty, and error in the polls and how people need to be prepared for the fact that polls are not certain and they can't tell you the answer because they think people do put a little bit too much weight and what they say. we do spend a lot of time talking about that here, but i think also polling is a tool that we will hopefully continue to use to understand the views of all americans for years to come.

polling editor at the new york times, we wish you all the best for the days to come, thank you very much. as we've been discussing, one of the key swing states is georgia, which president biden flipped in 2020, the first democrat to win the state since former president bill clinton in 1992. to discuss this closely scrutinised battleground state, i spoke to voters gloria djomoah, a democrat, and melanie colliers, a republican. well, i'm voting for donald trump because he's the best candidate. he has a proven track record of keeping this country on track. he our economy, our our oil supply, the border, you name it. all these issues are the things that he had in control at the time he was president. and it has completely been a disaster since the others have been in office. and so i have been a staunch trump supporter since he first came down the escalator. right. i was just about to ask you, have you always voted for donald trump? have you always

voted republican? i have always voted republican, and i definitely have. i'm a lifelong republican and i have... and donald trump is is definitely where i'm on my way now to a rally in macon, georgia. and this being one of the key swing states, it really no longer is a swing state. we are locking this state down today. i was with our state chairman last night at another event that featured lara trump. and she, uh, she spoke eloquently about the campaign and the issues that have gone on. we've had some unsettling, uh, things that have happened in this over the weekend with our elections in fulton county. they did some things that were not not legal, basically. and so that was something that came up. so we already know about things that are happening that could be, um, detrimental to the, the voting process. but right now we're feeling very good about the state of georgia and believe that this is going to be an easy win for donald trump.

ok, melanie, stay with us. we'd love to hear more from you. just shortly, let's go to the opposite side of the spectrum. a democrat voter in georgia, gloria jamoah. hello, gloria. thanks forjoining us. just tell us why you're voting for kamala harris. all right. thank you for having me. um, i'm voting for kamala harris because i think she's the perfect candidate at this historic time. she's had the track record. as far as being a district attorney to being an attorney general to being a senator and to being a vice president, i think she's the best thing that ever happened to this country. i mean, if you look at her policies that she's looking out for women, freedom of choice, uh, border crossings will be down. i mean, she has opportunities in the economy. i mean, there's so much going for her. and i think it's time for america to look in that direction. gloria, just talking to melanie there, she seems very confident that georgia will go red. what do you feel?

i feel georgia is very strong on the blue side. i have a lot of... i've met a lot of people over the over time, and they are very confident about voting. and what i see is a lot of people have moved to georgia, and most of them have moved from blue states, and they brought their blue choices to georgia. so that really puts georgia ahead of the game. melanie, back to you if you will. i wonder, you know, as a woman voting for donald trump, why do you think that the polls seem to be saying that the overwhelming number of women are more likely to vote for kamala harris, and more men are likely to vote trump? well, i can tell you, first of all, i think you would be surprised at the real numbers of women who are supporting donald trump. and they're supporting him because of his strong stance on, um, on the family. and he is so much part of the women are just as concerned

about the economy. they're concerned about the borders. we had a very, uh, well—known case where a young lady, laken riley, was murdered by an immigrant that crossed over the border. and the border crisis is very sensitive to georgia. and that's protection. that's protecting children. there's something else i want to go back to. earlier, you mentioned reproductive rights. what we need to be very well aware of is that we're talking about a party and voting for a candidate who supports abortion up until the moment of birth, and even after birth. that is something that is not talked about. that's disputed by the democrats. and they've said that that categorically isn't true after birth. but let's let's not have a debate about the abortion situation. the abortion issue right now. but i just want to keep you talking about what you think donald trump will do for women specifically. well, i'll tell you what he'll protect. we're going to have...

he's going to protect, he is going to protect the country. he is going to protect the schools. do what he can to get the, um, the, the, the teaching of the transgender agenda out of schools. that is something that's a very sensitive subject with many women. the what's being taught in the school systems. and that is something that is a key component when it comes to women. women shouldn't necessarily be so separated from men when it comes to voting. we have the same values, the same the same concerns as men do. so it's notjust a matter of a female voter. yes, we've got strong women out there. i was with a wonderful group of strong women last night. i was with lara trump. i was with kristi noem, sarah huckabee sanders, a number of people who are clearly strong women who support donald trump for all the same reasons any man would support donald trump. melanie, i'm sorry to move you on. we have we are short on time. i need to hearfrom gloria. gloria, what do you say to that about women voting for donald trump? what does harris offer women that donald trump doesn't, for example? and are they so separate after all? well, ithink, first of all, america is built

on the notion of separation of church and state. and i feel like there's a group of people, like we christians are making this about christianity. i mean, if you look at the constitution, any group of people who identify as a group is supposed to be protected by the law. and i feel when it comes to abortion rights, it's the woman's right to choose. most people don't do abortion because they just want to do it. some of them have a lot of health issues that need to be addressed. and so i feel that we are using, um, religion as part of this discussion is very sad. i know a lot of women are voting for kamala harris because she's giving us freedom to choose, freedom to be ourselves. it's 2024. we can't go back. and so i'm very strongly, i feel strongly about a lot of women in georgia following kamala harris for this reason. 0k.

without getting into any further debates about specific issues, both of you, i wanted to ask the same thing. both of you seem to be very convinced about the candidate you're voting for. you feel very strongly about it. but do you think voters who are voting democrat or voting republican can still be friends? or is the situation too polarised at the moment? melanie, to you, first of all. yes, i do believe that we can be friends. that is something that we we are able to talk with one another. i will say it is definitely very polarising. i also want to say that i'm a lifelong georgian. i have lived in this state my entire life, and i've worked in the political arena for 35 years. i have a very strong opinion about what's going on because i'm actively involved with it, or i have been actively involved with it for such a long time. i believe that, um, we are looking out at numbers right now coming out of the state of georgia, where we've got almost four times what happened in the 2020 election. so when when i'm talking about the number of people that are coming to the polls already, the number of people who have already voted that are identified as republican voters, we're looking at a strong, strong turn right now.

it's not a matter of opinion. it's a matter of statistics. melanie, yhank you. gloria. just a final thought from you in 30 seconds or so. can republicans and democrats still get along in this america? yes, i believe we can get along. and i think kamala harris has already stepped up to put it out there, that she's going to be the president for all, regardless of who wins. this is america. we've always come together, and i think she's going to step up and and try and bring a lot of people to the table and let them understand, you know, what the issues are. she's promised to bring a lot of republicans to her cabinet, and i think it's a great move on her part, because it's going to be an inclusive government. and in georgia, i see a lot of, um, you know, as divided as we are, we still believe in one thing. this is a democracy. two women voting in georgia. rumours, misleading allegations and outright lies about voting

and fraud are flooding online spaces ahead of the us election. the claims are posing a challenge to election officials who are having to debunk rumours and reassure voters. dr sander van der linden is a professor of psychology at cambridge university, and author of �*foolproof: why we fall for misinformation and how to build immunity�*. iasked him more about the threats posed by wide—spread misinformation. personally, i think the threat of election misinformation is real. you know, we're not only talking about trying to change people's vote, which can be difficult, especially, you know, because most voters in the us are partisan, but it can have other effects. some people become confused. we know from psychological research that when people think that the election is fraudulent or, you know, there are problems with the integrity of the election, people are less likely to vote. they disengage from the democratic process, and that can in itself undermine elections, too. and so, you know, aside from the direct threat of influencing people's vote, there's also you know, can put people off from the entire process.

the potentialfor larger confusion, which can be, you know, can put people off from the entire process. i'm really fascinated by what you say about a lie founded in a little reality, becoming something that can be expanded to be a generalisation. for example, as you say, one or two instances of voter fraud then being widened out, as in the whole system is corrupt. yeah, absolutely. so you know, what producers of misinformation do is they look for the things that sound minimally persuasive to people so that they can build on it. so, for example, you know, the conspiracies that the voting machines are secretly changing people's votes? sounds kind of ridiculous. so that's not going to get the most traction. but if you take a real example of, "hey, there's "been one person who's voted twice or who's been arrested "or being investigated for, you know, "trying to cast multiple votes." they're taking that anecdote and then blowing it up into a conspiracy that the whole thing is rigged. while in fact, this only means that the system is working. they're spotting, you know, amongst millions of

people, they're spotting that one person who's not abiding by the rules. that's how good the system is. and they're trying to use that against people by coming up with unfounded conspiracy theories. what sort of impact is that sort of misinformation having on voter numbers, in faith in the democratic systems, as far as you can tell? yeah. so it's very hard to study how these things influence, uh, you know, people's votes, of course, how we feel about candidates that all that all matters. but i think what disinformers try to do, because they know that, you know, people's beliefs can be difficult to influence, and that's often why they wait until election day. so they try to target swing voters. undecided, people are still, you know, listening to different speeches, different, you know, opinions. that's where they can get the most traction. so i think actually now we're sort of in the danger zone where most of the disinformation can come and actually confuse people in terms of how they're

casting their ballot on the day of the election. and that's in addition to just, you know, making people cynical about the whole process. we know from experiments, from research that, you know, when people know that or when people believe election fraud rumours, they're less likely to accept the result. and maybe i should add — the real risk, of course, is that if people think that the election was fraudulent, which, you know, we're already seeing that in polling numbers, that trump's base is starting to think that, you know, if he doesn't win, it's likely to be fraud that can to be fraud, that can actually turn violent. so, you know, online conspiracy theories can turn into offline violence. we've seen that with the 2020 election and the capitol insurrection. and so what we want to do is prevent that from from happening again. i mean, if people believe that the election was fraudulent, there's a real risk of escalating violence. here in the uk — in herfirst interview as conservative leader, kemi badenoch has said her approach to the economy would be "completely the opposite" to that of labour's chancellor. speaking on sunday with laura kuenssberg, mrs badenoch said she'd reverse the move to charge tax

on private school fees. our political correspondent iain watson has more. have you got a lot of work to do, miss badenoch? can you unite the party behind you? she's a new conservative leader who's promising to drive her defeated party down the long road back to power. a massive week for both of you. kemi badenoch sat beside the labour chancellor today, but she was keen to emphasise that there weren't politically close. thinking about the economy in a different way, in my view, is going to be completely the opposite of what rachel reeves is doing. raising taxes in this way, whether it's employer and i or elsewhere, is not going to grow our economy. and despite not making any specific policy commitments during her leadership campaign, she has pledged to scrap labour's vat on private school fees. that is a tax on aspiration. taxing education is wrong. it is against our principles. she said conservative governments had got some things wrong, too, and drew an interesting lesson from lockdown.

a lot of the stuff that happened around partygate, i thought that it was overblown. we should not have created fixed penalty notices, for example. that was us not going with our principles. it now feels as though the political battle lines are even more clearly defined than at the last general election. kemi badenoch says that the tax burden has been too high under the last conservative government, and she says the size of the state needs to reduce. rachel reeves, on the other hand, seems to be increasing it. she's argued that raising billions from businesses from national insurance is essential to improve public services, and the chancellor isn't for turning. i'm not immune to their criticism, but we've got to raise the money. we've got to put our public finances on a firm footing and also fund our nhs properly. so the package we announced this week includes 40,000 additional appointments every single week in the nhs, more teachers in our schools, and more homes being built. rachel reeves argues that her budget wasn't ideological.

she's insisting she was forced into tax rises that she hadn't planned before polling day. not at all. there was no discussion, no consideration. no, this was not something that was on the agenda before the election. well, it's certainly on the agenda now. the clear blue water between the main political parties at westminster is likely to persist during this parliament. and when the new conservative leader unveils more policies, the divisions could widen and deepen. iain watson, bbc news. 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. (tx sot) 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. thousands of people have marched through central london to demand tougher action to keep britain's rivers and seas clean. organisers say 15,000 people turned out, calling for an immediate review of the water regulator ofwat, and for polluting industries to upgrade to greener infrastructure. esme stallard was at the march for us and sent this report. we know that for this march for clean water, there was about 8,000 people who registered. but in fact, the organisers are saying those numbers are in excess of 13,500. and we've seen people from all across the country come here today. we've been speaking to people who came up from cornwall on coaches at two this morning. there are families here, fishermen, surfers. it's really kind of brought the community together. and what they're asking for is three demands. they're saying the government

needs to do a root and branch review of the water sector. they're saying there needs to be more investment in infrastructure, and they're saying the regulators need to enforce the laws that are in place. we spoke to steve reid, the secretary of state for the environment, who said that he understood people's anger, but the government was looking to take action. they have already bought through a new water bill in parliament at the moment, and they are looking to introduce a commission which will review the sector. water uk said they are looking to invest at least £10 billion in tackling sewage spills. details about the royal family's finances, including rent received from the national health service, schools and the armed forces have been revealed in a new documentary. channel 4's dispatches and the sunday times report that the private estates of king charles and prince william have received millions of pounds in income from contracts with public bodies and charities. 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 paying corporation tax and capital gains tax. now, the documentary has caused a bit of a stir. we've had calls from the anti—monarchy group republic, calling to abolish the duchies, and we've also had a response from the duchies themselves. a spokesperson for the duchy of cornwall said, "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. " when we came on air at nine o'clock we were talking about the opposition candidate being

in the lead in the moldovan presidential election second round, in the course of the time that his past sins that, the pro—eu president maia sando is now ahead in the polls with over 95% counted. she is on 51.84%. 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 and 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 the temperatures from 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 live from london, this is bbc news. with less than two days before america goes to the polls, kamala harris and donald trump make last minute appeals to voters in swing states. in gaza, health officials say fresh israeli airstrikes 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 48 hours in the territory. king felipe of spain says he understands the anger and frustration of the people in flood—ravaged valencia — after protesters threw mud at the monarch spain's national weather agency says incoming storms will "not be like tuesday's" after it issued a red weather alert for parts of southern valencia.

in moldova, the pro—eu incumbent president. we are ahead of her challenger in the run—off election. and here in the uk — in herfirst interview as conservative leader, kemi badenoch has said her approach to the economy would be "completely the opposite" to that of labour's chancellor. hello, i'm karin giannone. with two days to go before the american election, donald trump and kamala harris are blitzing through the handful of swing states likely to decide the result. harris is in michigan, where she has been holding rallys in a number of cities. trump is in north carolina, and later will speak in georgia. earlier the former president told supporters in pennsylvania he should not have left the white house after losing the last election in 2020 — which he has not conceded. he also called for the result to be announced on election night, despite warnings

by officials in multiple states that it could take days before the outcome is clear.