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  • How Trump in a rubbish truck came to sum up US election

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    1 Nov 2024
    GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN - OCTOBER 30: Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump holds a press conference from inside trash hauler at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport on October 30, 2024 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. With less than a week until Election Day, Trump is campaigning for re-election in the battleground states of North Carolina and Wisconsin.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris blitz the swing states in the final days before the US election, twin "garbage" controversies have created headaches for both sides.

    How Donald Trump in a rubbish truck came to sum up the 2024 US election campaign
  • Harris faces sexism, racism in struggle to secure union votes

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    1 Nov 2024
    LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 18: Union workers applaud as they attend a campaign rally for U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) at Carpenters Local 1977, one day after Rosen debated her opponent, Nevada Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown, on October 18, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Early voting in the battleground state for the general election starts on October 19 and continues through November 1.   Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Ethan Miller / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Most labour unions have long supported Democratic candidates, but Trump is making inroads, posing a challenge for Harris.

    Kamala Harris struggles to secure men's support in labour unions
  • Trump unveils the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history

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    29 Oct 2024
    Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump arrives to speak during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

    Analysis - Donald Trump delivered a searing screed that may augur the most extreme US presidency in modern history if he beats Kamala Harris. Audio

    Trump unveils the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history
  • Trump rally at Madison Square Garden begins with vulgar, racist remarks from allies

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    28 Oct 2024
    Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk gestures as he steps on stage during a rally for former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Madison Square Garden in New York, October 27, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

    Donald Trump headlined a rally at New York's Madison Square Garden that began with a series of vulgar and racist remarks by allies of the former president.

    Trump rally at Madison Square Garden begins with vulgar, racist remarks from allies
  • Conspiracy theories and threats: The new reality in US elections

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    27 Oct 2024

    For two decades, Cindy Elgan has been trusted to run elections in a small corner of Nevada. Now neighbours think she is part of an anti-Trump conspiracy.

    Conspiracy theories and threats: The new reality in US elections
  • Biden apologises to Native Americans for abusive boarding schools

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    26 Oct 2024
    US President Joe Biden gestures as he apologizes for Native American boarding school atrocities at the Gila River Crossing School in the Gila River Indian Community, in Laveen Village, near Phoenix, Arizona on October 25, 2024. - Biden apologized for one of the country's "darkest chapters:" the abduction of Native American children from their families and placement in abusive boarding schools aimed at erasing their culture. The first public apology issued by a sitting US president. From the early 1800s until the 1970s, the US ran hundreds of Indian boarding schools across the country to forcibly assimilate Native children into European settler culture, including conversion to Christianity. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

    At least 18,000 children were taken from their families and forced to attend more than 400 boarding schools across 37 states or then-territories between 1819 and 1969.

    US president Joe Biden apologises to Native Americans for abusive government-funded boarding schools
  • At least 7 dead in US dock collapse

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    20 Oct 2024
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    At least seven people were killed after part of a boat dock collapsed, sending at least 20 into the Atlantic waters off the coast of the US state of Georgia.

    At least 7 dead in Georgia dock collapse on US Atlantic coast
  • Hamas mourns Sinwar, vows no hostage release until war ends

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    19 Oct 2024
    A billboard depicting Hamas' slain leader Yahya Sinwar with the Arabic slogan "if Sinwar departs from the battlefields, Palestine will birth a thousand Sinwars", during a rally in Yemen's Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa on October 18, 2024 in protest against Israel's attacks on Lebanon and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. - Israel announced on October 17 the killing of Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 attack, calling his death a "heavy blow" to the Palestinian group it has been fighting for more than a year. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP)

    Hamas has vowed it will not release the hostages seized during its 7 October attack on Israel until the Gaza war ends.

    Hamas mourns Sinwar, vows no hostage release until war ends
  • Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Trump

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    13 Oct 2024
    US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris waves as she arrives at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 9, 2024. Harris and former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will participate in a televised debate in Philadelphia on September 10. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

    The Democratic presidential nominee released a letter from her doctor that pronounced her in good health and fit for high office.

    Kamala Harris releases medical report, drawing contrast with Donald Trump
  • Obama, the ‘hopey-changey guy’, tries to close the deal for Harris

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    12 Oct 2024
    Former US President Barack Obama campaigns for US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on October 10, 2024. (Photo by RYAN COLLERD / AFP)

    Analysis: Exactly 16 years ago, an impossibly young-looking Barack Obama was barnstorming through Ohio. This month, he was back.

    Obama, the ‘hopey-changey guy’, tries to close the deal for Harris
  • Date set for Diddy's sex trafficking trial

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    11 Oct 2024
    Sean "Diddy" Combs arrives for the 2018 Met Gala on May 7, 2018, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

    Sean 'Diddy' Combs, charged with racketeering conpsiracy, sex trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution, will go to trial next year.

    Judge sets trial date in Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs racketeering and sex trafficking case
  • Million Americans told to flee as Hurricane Milton grows again

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    9 Oct 2024
    Contractors put plywood over windows at the El Encanto Building in the Ybor City section of Tampa ahead of Hurricane Milton’s expected landfall in the middle of this week on October 8, 2024 in Florida. - Hurricane Milton exploded in strength October 7 to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks.

    Hurricane Milton has barreled toward Florida's battered Gulf Coast as an enormous Category 5 storm, triggering massive traffic jams and fuel shortages as officials ordered more than 1 million people…

    Hurricane Milton threatens Florida as Category 5 storm, thousands flee
  • Category 5 Hurricane Milton roars towards Florida

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    World natural disasters
    8 Oct 2024
    A view of Hurricane Milton from the International Space Station on 8 October 2024. The hurricane is a Category 5 storm and is headed for Florida.

    The storm is threatening the southern US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks.

    Category 5 Hurricane Milton roars towards storm-battered Florida
  • Hurricane Helene second-deadliest to hit US in half a century

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    4 Oct 2024
    BLACK MOUNTAIN, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 03: Tammie Mance hugs her boss Liesl Steiner (L), whose home was destroyed, after seeing each other for the first time since the storm in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene flooding on October 3, 2024 in Black Mountain, North Carolina. At least 200 people were killed in six states in the wake of the powerful hurricane which made landfall as a Category 4. President Joe Biden took an aerial tour of the devastated region yesterday and ordered the deployment of 1,000 active duty U.S. soldiers to assist with storm relief efforts and reinforce the North Carolina National Guard.   Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    More than 210 people are now confirmed dead after Hurricane Helene carved a path of destruction through several US states.

    Hurricane Helene second-deadliest to hit US in half a century
  • Seven things to know about the US vice presidential debate

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    2 Oct 2024
    A screen displays the CBS vice presidential debate between US Senator and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance and Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz in Times Square in New York on October 1, 2024. (Photo by Kena Betancur / AFP)

    Analysis - It was a surprisingly cordial debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, but it revealed stark differences. Jeremy Rees looks at what we learned.

    Seven things to know about the US vice presidential debate
  • Hurricane Helene: more than 100 dead, millions without power and communications

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    1 Oct 2024
    OLD FORT, NORTH CAROLINA - SEPTEMBER 30: Storm damaged cars sit along Mill Creek in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, 2024 in Old Fort, North Carolina. According to reports, at least 90 people have been killed across the southeastern U.S., and millions are without power due to the storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane on Thursday. The White House has approved disaster declarations in North Carolina, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia and Alabama, freeing up federal emergency management money and resources for those states.   Sean Rayford/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Sean Rayford / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Authorities are rushing to check on those missing in parts of North Carolina.

    100 dead, more missing after Hurricane Helene hits US
  • Hurricane Helene toll hits 90; homes and memories washed away

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    30 Sep 2024
    Bo Hester assesses damages to his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on 28 September, 2024.

    At least 90 people died as a result of Hurricane Helene, but with cellphone towers down across many areas, hundreds of people had yet to make contact with loved ones.

    Hurricane Helene toll hits 90 in USA; homes and memories washed away
  • Trump escalates dark rhetoric against immigrants, Harris

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    29 Sep 2024
    Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump delivers remarks at the Prairie du Chien Area Arts Center in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, on September 28, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

    At one point the former president admitted: "This is a dark speech."

    Trump escalates dark rhetoric against immigrants, Harris
  • Hurricane Helene death toll rises

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    World natural disasters
    29 Sep 2024
    TREASURE ISLAND, FLORIDA - SEPTEMBER 28: In this aerial view, boats are piled up in front of homes after Hurricane Helene hit the area as it passed offshore on September 28, 2024 in Treasure Island, Florida. Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in Florida's Big Bend with winds up to 140 mph and storm surges that killed at least 42 people in several states.   Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    At least 47 deaths were reported by early Saturday, and officials feared still more bodies would be discovered across several states.

    Hurricane Helene: Death toll rises, US southeast faces daunting clean-up
  • Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah

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    28 Sep 2024
    Men show photos of Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-general of Hezbollah, as people demonstrate against Israel and the attack on Lebanon at Palestine square in Tehran on September 28, 2024. Israel conducted a wave of air strikes on the south of Lebanon's capital Beirut on September 27, 2024 that it said targeted Hezbollah's headquarters, warning of more to come as it told civilians to leave the densely populated neighbourhood. Israeli television networks reported that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was the target of the strike, though a source close to the group said he was "fine". (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

    Israeli forces have killed Lebanon's Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, they announced a day after an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut.

    Israeli military says it has killed Hezbollah chief Nasrallah
  • Harris leads Trump 47-40% in latest major poll

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    25 Sep 2024
    This combination of file pictures created on August 3, 2024 shows US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking on March 26, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina; and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking in the first presidential debate with US President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024.

    The US Democratic Vice appears to be blunting her Republican rival's edge in the debate over the economy with just weeks to go in the presidential race.

    US Election 2024: Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump 47-40% in latest Reuters poll
  • Donald Trump says he will not run again if he loses election

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    24 Sep 2024
    Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Uniondale, New York, on September 18, 2024.

    Republican Donald Trump said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the US presidency if he loses the November election, saying "that will be it".

    Donald Trump says he will not run again if he loses US election, 'that will be it'
  • Where is Springfield, USA and do they really eat pets?

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    12 Sep 2024
    PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - SEPTEMBER 10: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After earning the Democratic Party nomination following President Joe Biden’s decision to leave the race, Harris faced off with Trump in what may be the only debate of the 2024 race for the White House.   Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Two men followed different paths from Haiti to this struggling Midwestern industrial city that suddenly finds itself at the centre of the US presidential race.

    Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield's growth - and now a US presidential debate
  • Fresh from debate Harris, Trump together at 9/11 memorial

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    12 Sep 2024
    (L to R) US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, US President Joe Biden, former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and US Senator from Ohio and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on September 11, 2024. (Photo by Adam GRAY / AFP)

    Instead of formal remarks, the ceremony at the "ground zero" site where planes brought down the World Trade Center's twin towers included family members reading the names of those killed 23 years ago.

    Biden, Harris and Trump visit September 11 site in New York
  • Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery presidential debate

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    11 Sep 2024
    US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris listens to former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speak during a presidential debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 2024. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

    A former prosecutor, Harris, 59, appeared to get under the former president's skin repeatedly, prompting a visibly angry Trump, 78, to deliver a series of falsehood-filled retorts.

    Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery presidential debate
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