gary o'donoghue live in _ garbage can for the world. gary o'donoghue live in madison square garden. ack with gary when donald trump is due to appear, as he said, in the next hour or so. we are going to stay on the theme of the american election and get the american election and get the latest from the american podcast. i've been thinking a lot about fast food — burger and fries, mostly, to be honest. that's because i'm on the road and that's because it makes an almost constant diet and it's addictive. but also i think it's because i just can't stop seeing online those shots of donald trump serving the burgers, frying up the french fries, i mean, admittedly to a very hand—picked crowd of mcdonald's customers, but i think it must be seeping into all of our subconsciouses because the news that the trump campaign is accusing the uk labour party of election interference doesn't sound a lot like it's got anything to do with fast food. but when anthony and i were talking about it the other day, this is what he said. i mean, i can't emphasise enough how much of a, at least legally speaking,

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania.week , the government will unveil a major package of reforms to uk workers' rights next week. our political correspondent, harry farley, explained to me what this is likely to mean in practice. one of the changes we do know will be announced this week will be reforms to sick pay, so workers will be entitled to receive it from day one in a job and from the first day that that they're unwell, rather than the fourth. for those earning below the threshold of £123 a week, the rules will be changed, so that they can claim sick pay, but they will receive a lower rate. before the election, remember, labour also promised to give workers other rights from day one in a job, like maternity pay, rather than having to wait for six months, and protections against unfair dismissals, instead of waiting until the end of a probation period. and they also announced plans to ban what labour calls exploitative zero—hour contracts, and to end fire and rehire practices. the precise details of those reforms an

gary o'donoghue reporting _ since then.s how he felt the election was going. this race really couldn't be any closer. i think analysts in both parties really believe in which candidates really can turn out voters that typically may not vote. can trump bring new voters? is harris able to connect data with young voters who haven't voted before? —— deeper. this is what remains a mystery and no amount of polling between now and over the next four weeks is going to completely answer that for us. it is low single digits, the number of voters that indicate foreign policy orforeign affairs as their primary issue. when asked who do they trust more on foreign policy, recent polls this week give a slight edge to trump, and i would not say that significant. interestingly, harris is using trump's former military and civilian defence advisers and the former vice president in an ad where they all say that trump should not be trusted with the presidency again because the world is a dangerous place. it is certainly in play and i think it is

gary o'donoghue there.ent harris doubled down on her questions about donald trump's fitness for the presidency. take a listen. he is ducking debates and cancelling interviews. booing. come on. and check this out. his own campaign team recently said it is because of exhaustion. laughter. well, if you are exhausted on the campaign trail, it raises real questions about whether you are fit for the toughestjob in the world. when cheering talking to reporters as he arrived for his own rally in detroit, mr trump he was asked about those comments by kamala harris about his fitness on the campaign trail. here's his response. what events have i cancelled? i haven't cancelled. she doesn't go to any events. she's a loser. all they do is put out sound bites. | tell me when you've seen me take even i a little bit of a rest. not only am i not... i'm not even tired. i'm really exhilarated, you know why? - we're killing her in the polls because the american - people don't want her. we have got a load on the us election and

gary o'donoghue, bbc news at madison square garden in new york. vice president kamala harris was in pennsylvania — one of the battleground states that could decide how this election plays out. the democratic nominee has been making the rounds through the city of philadelphia — where she attended a church service, stopped by a bookstore, a youth basketball facility, and a puerto rican restaurant. ms harris later held a rally to cap off the day, where she brought up the conflict in the middle east — a key issue to voters who are unhappy with the biden administation�*s response to the israel—gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for a minute. 0k? we can and we must seize this opportunity to end this war and bring the hostages home. and i will do everything in my power to meet that end. with eight days to go, the polls are still very tight. if you draw out the overall trends, rather than the individual points, you see can see in the national polls vice president kamala harris�*s lead has been slipping and is now down to around a single point. but the na

gary o'donoghue attended the rally and i spoke to him earlier about the message vice president harristicularly on the automotive industry. there's a big plan not far away getting about $500 million from the inflation reduction act —— a big plant, which, the the inflation reduction a

gary o'donoghue live there at the trump rally in new york.ning in philadelphia, the swing state of pennsylvania. she gave a wide ranging interview to our us partner network cbs on sunday morning. speaking to norah o'donnell the vice president repeated her pledge to restore abortion rights nationwide. here's a little clip from the interview. we would not be debating this if donald trump had not hand—selected three members of the united states supreme court with the intention they would undo the protections of roe v wade. and what we have seen, as demonstrated last night and every day these last two years, is extraordinary harm that has occurred in america, where women have died because of trump abortion bans. where women who have survived rape, and girls, incest. she gave a wide ranging interview to our us partner network cbs on sunday morning. and no exception for someone whose body has been violated to make a decision about what happens to their body next. we have seen women who are experiencing a miscarriage around a pregnancy they prayed f

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, at madison square garden in new york.states that could decide how this election plays out. the democratic nominee has been making the rounds through the city of philadelphia, where she attended a church service, stopped by a book store, a youth basketball facility, and a puerto rican restaurant. ms harris later held a rally to cap off the day, where she brought up the conflict in the middle east — a key issue to voters who are unhappy with the biden administation's response to the israel—gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for a minute. 0k? we can and we must seize this opportunity to end this war and bring the hostages home. and i will do everything in my power to meet that end. with more on the details race and the polls, here's my colleague sumi somaskanda is in washington. we've seen the latest polling coming in from our partners here in the us, cbs news, and they have shown that on the national level, kamala harris has a one point percentage lead over donald trump. and in those critical seven battleground states, the

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania. test for mpox that will provide results immediately. it comes as authorities in the democratic republic of congo say nearly 31,000 people have been infected with m—pox. the health minister there said children underfive were worst affected, with a 70% mortality rate. jarbas barbosa is director of the pan american health organization, which serves the americas for the world health organisation. we need to work together and to support the countries in africa, mainly the drc, to deal with the mpox outbreak. i think that the best protection for the other regions is not to think that they are far from the problem. we need to support the countries in africa. i think that this is the best option. in countries in the americas, we have provided technical guidance about the case management, about how to handle contacts to prevent the spread of mpox, and we are also offering mpox vaccines to our member states using our paho procurement mechanism that you have in the americas. that is paho's solut

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania.r promised to introduce legislation for what it calls it's �*new deal for working people' in the first 100 days after winning the election. one of the changes we do know will be announced this week will be announced this week will be announced this week will be one of the reforms to sick pay. people will be entitled to safe delete that sick pay from day one of the job. ratherthan sick pay from day one of the job. rather than the fourth. the rules will be changed for those receiving sick pay and a lower wage. they also wanted to give workers a other rights from day one of a job, such as maternity pay and protection from unfair dismissals instead of waiting until the end of probationary period. they also announced plans to exploitative zero—hour contracts and fire in higher progress —— processes. there will be expense delete extensive debate with unions and many will be subject to consultation. some will not be in the first draft of the bill but passed later by ministers as statutory ins

gary o'donoghue, bbc news butler, pennsylvania.head of mr trump's arrival, will notice a number of differences to two months ago, when the assassination attempt took place. those, of course, who are coming back for a second time — specifically, one of the key differences is that he will appear behind bullet—proof glass this time, and also, us secret service agents have been placed in and around the security perimeter, which has been widened. but of course, after so many institutional failings which took place that day, as you can imagine, security is much, much tighter and more noticeably tighter this time around. so who are we expecting to be there to watch what donald trump has to say? well, it's been interesting. i mean, as i mentioned, some of those who were there two months ago are here. thousands indeed have come back to underline their support. and a lot of people have come because of what they saw that day. they lived in pennsylvania. they were trump supporters. they wanted to come and show their support. but there are dign

gary o'donoghue, bbc news butler, pennsylvania.. overall, kamala harris is ahead of donald trump in our bbc average of national polls, but the race remains extraordinarily close. in the seven key battleground states, neither candidate has a clear lead in enough states to give them the required 270 votes in the electoral college. this week, both candidates have been focused on making appearances in the areas worst hit by hurricane helene. donald trump is in augusta georgia at the moment and we are expecting him to speak shortly. he's about to speak right now he is at eight distribution centre in augustine georgia talking about hurricane helene which has been devastating in that state and nearby states as well. let's speak to us pollster and former republican strategist, robert moran. talk to us about the latest polling in a bit more detail and, as we often reflect, the national polls don't necessarily reflect in those battleground states. we are lookinu battleground states. we are looking at — battleground states. we are looking at

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, butler, pennsylvania. we will be covering that later. says the french authorities have said that several people have said that several people have died crossing the english channel. at the moment we have no more information, except that several people have died crossing the english channel, and that is quoting authorities in france. it was not too long ago, in mid—septemberthat ago, in mid—september that eight ago, in mid—septemberthat eight people died trying to cross the channel from france to england. and we have reported on other such deaths the course of the year, so we will bring you more on that story, when we get it. artificial intelligence has a range of applications including business, health care and education at also in art, where artists are using ai education at also in art, where artists are using al to explore the concept of creativity. tim norman has more. what do all of these paintings have in common? not a single brushstroke touch the single canvas. these were created using algorithms rather than artistry. but ai art i

let's speak to our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue in grand rapids, michigan.at maybe her campaign has stalled a little bit in the last few days. a little bit in the last few da s. �* , , , days. it's interesting, they are spending _ days. it's interesting, they are spending ben, - days. it's interesting, they are spending ben, very- days. it's interesting, they. are spending ben, very vast amounts of money in places like michigan here and pennsylvania and wisconsin. the places we call the blue wall, these miss midwestern industrial states which vote on block effectively, those

i caught up with our correspodnent gary o'donoghue at that rally in detroit. the democratic party really bringing out the big guns now in the final two weeks. yes, they are expecting people like president obama to do some of the real heavy lifting in these last couple of weeks or so. president obama himself will be here, his wife michelle obama in the coming days they are getting a whole bunch of other celebrities as well. introducing president obama tonight we will see eminem who is synonymous with detroit, of course without the dj as you can hear has been pumping, downtown detroit has just heard a rendition of uptown funk for that now we've got some kind of remix of a famous old song as well. it is a big moment. one of the things people will be looking for tonight is how president obama will frame his message. he came in to some criticism for the way he spoke to black men in particular when it was in pennsylvania last week. sort of being accused of patronising them, telling them they ought to vote for kamala harris because she's black. i think that was somet

gary o'donoghue who was in butler at the time of the attack has returned to speak to residents that werethat day including the widow of a former volunteer firefighter who was killed by a bullet that was aimed at former president donald trump. >> my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo he had given to me and on the back he had written that i was -- he thanked me for being his bes friend. and he actually cured up and looked at me and said, thank you for being my best friend. -- and he actually teared up and looked at me and said, thank you for being my best friend. it is kind of weird that we had that moment before. reporter: throughout the rally cory joked that he believed the former president get him up on the stage. instead, a week later his jacket was displayed on the stage as donald trump accepted the nomination. >> when donald trump told me he was going to do that, we were sitting here and watching it and i just cried because, i said, he got his moment on stage with donald trump. it was kind of like a nice moment but it was a sad moment at the same time. reporter: two people

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our correspondent gary o'donoghue has travelled to the swing state of michigan to find out how voterse to put their vehicles to the test. it's like the us — a bumpy ride! the lesser of two evils for me at this time is trump. the economy was better four years ago. i hope that he can return it to that. mark walz works building axles in the car industry. he's sceptical about the push towards electric vehicles favoured by the democrats. i'm all for doing what you can to help the environment, but electric vehicles are kind of silly. i don't think we have the infrastructure for them. i think itjust all got politicised. they're not a saviour. just down the road, they're parading theirjeeps. fuel prices are on everyone's mind here. they're 50% higher than they were four years ago. mary and eric blame the democrats. we need to use the resources we have in our own country and not buy it from other countries. so when donald trump says, "drill, baby, drill.." that's right. i'm with donald, yep. and it's notjust fuel. for what— it used to cost us to get we get two bags of groceries now. every day,

our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who was there at the time of the attack, has returned to the swingwere affected that day — including the widow of a former volunteer fire—fighter who was killed — hit by a bullet meant for mr trump. my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo that he had given to me. and on the back he had written that i was his best... ..thanked me for being his best friend. and he actually teared up and looked at me and said, "thank you for being my best friend." so it was just kind of weird that we had that moment, you know, the day before. throughout the rally, corey had joked how he believed the former president would get him up on stage. less than a week later, corey's jacket was displayed on stage as donald trump accepted the republican nomination. when trump told me he was going to do that, we were all sitting here and watching it and... ..i just cried because, you know, i said, "he got his moment on stage with trump." so, you know, it was kind of like a nice moment, but it was a sad moment at the same time. two people with an exceptional view that day w

our senior north america correspondent gary o'donoghue was at that rally and has more on the importance harris will be spending a lot of time in michigan over the next 18 days. this is one of those states that is crucial to the outcome of the election. they call it part of the blue wall. those midwestern states, those manufacturing industrial states that often vote as a bloc. in 2016, they voted for donald trump in 2020. for donald trump. in 2020 they voted forjoe biden. whoever wins here will likely win the election. so she's engaging some super high powered support. celebrities like lizzo. superstars like michelle obama will all be here in the coming days. the key message is one about the economy, about investment in the automotive industry, about wages, about green jobs in these new manufacturing industries. kamala harris herself will be 60 this coming weekend, but there's not going to be a lot of time for partying because there's a lot of work to do before election day. according to recent polling, black men are failing to support ms harris in the way they did joe biden at the last

our correspondent gary o'donoghue has travelled to the swing state of michigan to find out what votersts. in michigan, the home of the motor car, they like to put their vehicles to the test. it's like the us — a bumpy ride! the lesser of two evils for me at this time is trump. the economy was better four years ago. i hope that he can return it to that. mark walz works building axles in the car industry. he's sceptical about the push towards electric vehicles favoured by the democrats. i'm all for doing what you can to help the environment, but electric vehicles are kind of silly. i don't think we have the infrastructure for them. i think itjust all got politicised. they're not a saviour. just down the road, they're parading theirjeeps. fuel prices are on everyone�*s mind here. they're 50% higher than they were four years ago. mary and eric blame the democrats. we need to use the resources we have in our own country and not buy it from other countries. so when donald trump says, "drill, baby, drill..." that's right. i'm with donald, yep. and it's notjust fuel. for what it used to cost u

our correspondent gary o'donoghue, who was there at the time of the attack, has returned to the swing of a former volunteer fire—fighter who was killed — hit by a bullet meant for mr trump. my my youngest daughter pulled out his senior photo that he had given to me on the back. he had written that i was his, he thanked me for being his best friend and actually teared up and looked at me and said thank you for being my best friend. it was weird that we had that moment. the day before. throughout the rally, corey had joked how he believed the former president would get him up former president would get him up on stage, less than a week later, his jacket was displayed on stage as donald trump accepted the republican nomination.— accepted the republican nomination. ~ , ., nomination. when trump told me he would do _ nomination. when trump told me he would do that, _ nomination. when trump told me he would do that, you _ nomination. when trump told me he would do that, you know, - nomination. when trump told me he would do that, you know, we | he would do that, you know, we were all sittin

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, at madison square garden in new york.ng in new york, kamala harris was at a stop in pennsylvania which is one of the battleground states that could help the decide how this plays out. she attended a church service in pennsylvania, stopped by a book shop, a youth basketball facility and a puerto rican restaurant. kamala harris later held a rally where she brought up the conflict in the middle east, which is a key issue to voters unhappy with the biden response to the israel— gaza war. i the biden response to the israel- gaza war.- the biden response to the israel- gaza war. i want to talk about _ israel- gaza war. i want to talk about gaza _ israel- gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for - israel- gaza war. i want to talk about gaza for a - israel- gaza war. i want to i talk about gaza for a minute, 0k? talk about gaza for a minute, ok? we can and we must seize this opportunity to end this war and bring the hostages home. cheering and i will do everything in my power to meet that end. lets brina power to meet that end. le

gary o'donoghue, bbc news, at madison square garden in new york.t, kamala harris, has been campaigning in the battleground state of pennsylvania. at a rally there, she pledged to end the war in gaza and told her audience that when you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for. this election is about two extremely different visions for our nation. one, donald trump's, who has focused on the past and himself... crowd: we're not going back! and we are not going back. crowd: we're not going back! we're not going back! a lorry has been driven into a bus stop near tel aviv in israel, killing one person and injuring at least 30 others. it happened near an israeli military base north of tel aviv just as the bus was dropping off passengers. authorities are investigating the incident as a suspected terror attack. the driver of the truck, an arab israeli, was shot dead at the scene. one of france's most celebrated actors, gerard depardieu, will appear in court in the morning in paris charged with sexual assaults on two women during a film shoot in 2