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It was to be her closing argument – a set-piece primetime speech in which Kamala Harris, just yards from the White House, set out her final pitch to voters. But sitting in the building behind her, Joe Biden managed to overshadow the big moment.

The Spanish government has declared three days of mourning after scores of people were killed in flash floods which swept across southeastern Spain.

In one week America goes to the polls. For both sides their version of the Republic is on the line.

We were joined from Oslo by Jan Egeland from the Norwegian Refugee Council.

It is the United States that provides the bulk of funds for UNRWA, the UN agency that has provided essential support for Palestinian refugees for almost 80 years.

More deadly strikes in Gaza leave scores dead, as many of Israel’s allies ask what will happen if UNRWA, the UN agency that has provided essential services for Palestinians for almost eight decades is banned.

There is a growing belief that the gender divide in this election will be huge and Kamala Harris knows it.

One of those swing states is Michigan – home to some big lakes, a big car industry and a large Arab American population very upset with the Biden administration over Gaza.

We spoke to Tina Bokuchava – a Georgian opposition politician who’s a member of the United National Movement party, and asked her why she believes the results are wrong and that the election was stolen.

Israel’s parliament has voted overwhelmingly to pass a law that will severely hamper the UN’s ability to provide Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank with food, water, healthcare and education.

We spoke to Lindy Li, a top Democratic fundraiser and strategist.

Then we went to Philadelphia. There was no red carpet for the stars descending here: Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Tessa Thompson and the mayor of Philadelphia, Cherelle Parker.

One of the things that makes US elections so intriguing – and unpredictable – is the somewhat peculiar system of the electoral college.

We spoke to Albert Eisenberg, a Republican political strategist and a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer.