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By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump gestures as he speaks at a campaign rally at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photo: KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP Vice President Kamala Harris holds 47 percent to former President Donald Trump's 44 percent among likely voters in the final Iowa Poll before Election Day from the Des Moines Register and Mediacom. That margin falls within the poll's 3.4 point margin of sampling error and suggests no clear leader in the state, which has widely been rated as solidly in the GOP column during this year's campaign. The findings suggest a shift toward Harris compared with the previous Iowa Poll, in September, which found a narrow edge for Trump. In that poll, 47 percent of likely voters backed T...

By Atika Shubert, CNN King Felipe VI of Spain (L) talks with a person as angry residents heckle him during his visit to Paiporta, in the region of Valencia. Photo: MANAURE QUINTERO/AFP Angry residents booed and threw eggs at Spain's King Felipe as he visited the Valencia region, where more than 200 people have died in devastating floods. Some in the crowd shouted "murderers" when Felipe visited Paiporta, just outside of Valencia city, along with Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and regional governor Carlos Mazon After they posed for a photo, the crowd began hurling insults at the king and Mazon. The crowd surged towards the king who tried to shield himself with an umbrella. Confronted by one resident, Felipe remained calm and lowered his umbrella to listen to him as police struggled to c...

The rally on Monday (NZT) Photo: AFP / Ryan Collerd There are just two days of campaigning left before polls close in a historically close United States presidential election. RNZ has been at a Donald Trump rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania, as he focuses on the critical state. Democrat Kamala Harris campaigns in Michigan on Monday (NZ time) while Trump will go on to hit two more eastern battleground states North Carolina and Georgia. A poll has shown Harris leading in Iowa, a state that Trump won easily in both 2016 and 2020, raising the possibility of an upset there. Follow all the election action with RNZ's live blog: Source link

14 people killed after lightning strikes church in Uganda (File photo). Photo: RAMI ALSAYED/AFP A lightning strike on a church on Uganda killed at least 14 people and injured 34 as they gathered for prayers over the weekend, police said. The incident occurred in the Palabek refugee camp in Lamwo district in northern Ugandan, police said in a post on the X platform. "The victims... had gathered for prayers when the rain started around 5pm (3am Sunday NZT), and the lightning thunder struck at 5.30pm," police said. Police did not identify the nationalities of the victims but the camp and others in the region mostly hosts refugees from South Sudan. Most of those refugees had fled during a bloody civil war that gripped the country shortly after its independence in 2011. The victims were most...

By Tom Balmforth and Felix Hoske, Reuters Current Moldova's President and candidate Maia Sandu casts her vote. Photo: DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP A Moldovan security official accused Russia of "massive interference" as Moldovans voted in a tightly contested presidential election that could see Moscow claw back influence in a country drawing closer to the European Union. Pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu, who has accelerated the nation's push to leave Moscow's orbit and join the EU, faces Alexandr Stoianoglo, an ex-prosecutor general backed by the traditionally pro-Russian Socialist Party. The fortunes of Sandu, who set Moldova on the long path of EU accession talks in June, is being closely watched in Brussels a week after Georgia, another ex-Soviet state seeking membership, re-elected a ru...

Donald Trump is escorted off stage following an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Photo: AFP/ Xin Hua The United States presidential election campaign has been full of jaw-dropping moments. From President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, to former President Donald Trump being shot, the twists have come thick and fast. Who could forget Trump taking to a rubbish truck, or his supporters rocking ear bandages in solidarity after his assassination attempt? Here is a look back at the election campaign in photos. Donald Trump reacts as he is found guilty of 34 felony counts in his hush money trial in May. Photo: POOL / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP Trump raises his fist after being shot at during a campaign rally in Butler, Penns...