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By Joseph Tanfani and Andrew Goudsward for Reuters Photo: AFP / Kamil Krzaczynski False claims about voter fraud in Pennsylvania have raised concerns that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may once again seek to overturn the vote there or in other battleground states likely to determine the winner on Tuesday. Opinion polls, both nationally and in the seven closely divided states, show Trump locked in a tight race with Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris with four days to go before Election Day. Trump continues to falsely claim his 2020 loss to Democratic President Joe Biden was the result of widespread fraud in multiple states that Trump lost, while he and his supporters have spread baseless claims about this election in Pennsylvania. "He's making up baseless claims...

Emergency and rescue teams working at the site where a concrete outdoor roof of a train station collapsed in the northern Serbian city of Novi Sad. Photo: AFP PHOTO / MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AFFAIRS OF SERBIA Rescue workers scoured piles of concrete and twisted metal for survivors on Friday (local time) after a roof collapsed at the entrance of a railway station in the Serbian city of Novi Sad killing 13 people. Cranes and bulldozers helped sift through the wreckage alongside dozens of rescuers and construction workers, while medical staff and ambulances waited nearby. The collapse of a 35-metre length of roofing occurred at noon on a sunny day in the city about 70km northwest of the capital, Belgrade. The dead were pulled from the rubble throughout the afternoon and into the evening. "Our...

US presidential candidate Donald Trump has been labelled a "tyrant" for suggesting a former Republican politician should face a firing squad for her foreign policy stance. Trump called Liz Cheney - one of the highest-profile Republicans to turn against Trump and endorse his opponent, Democrat Kamala Harris - a "very dumb individual" and a "radical war hawk" at a campaign event in Arizona. "Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, OK? Let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained to her face," he said. Cheney, the daughter of former Republican vice president Dick Cheney, said Trump's comment showed he was a "petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant". "This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten ...

Smoke rises following an Israeli bombardment in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on 1 November, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement. Photo: AFP By Michelle Nichols, Reuters The situation in the northern Gaza Strip is "apocalyptic" as Israel pursues a military offensive against Hamas militants in the area, top United Nations officials warned on Friday. "The entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence," they said in a statement signed by the heads of UN agencies, including the UN children's agency UNICEF and the World Food Programme, and other aid groups. Israel began a wide military push in northern Gaza in October.. The United States has said it was watching to ensure that its al...