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Harris and Trump hold competing rallies ahead of US elections

Trump campaigns in Michigan in the lead-up to the 2024 US presidential election.

Former President Donald Trump is making a strategic appeal to Michigan's Arab community as the US presidential election approaches. Meanwhile, Vice President Kamala Harris has been campaigning in Wisconsin, seeking to make history as the first Black female President. With just four days remaining until election day, polls indicate a highly competitive race, with votes evenly split and no clear frontrunner.

Also in the programme: The emergency polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza, delayed by intense Israeli bombardments, mass displacement, and restricted access, will now proceed with its third phase limited to Gaza City; and Spain braces for more torrential rain following flash floods in Valencia that claimed at least 200 lives, with dozens still missing.

Joining presenter Julian Worricker are Lindsey Tramuta, journalist and author based in Paris, and Dermot Hodson, professor at Loughborough University and expert in European politics and digital technologies.

(Picture: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. August 20, 2024, and former U.S. President Donald Trump in Bedminster, New Jersey, U.S., August 15, 2024, are seen in a combination of file photographs. REUTERS/Marco Bello, Jeenah Moon)

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