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The United Nations' Human Rights Chief Volker TĂŒrk has warned that the violence in Israel and Gaza could amount to war crimes or even genocide. A new UN report says nearly 70 per cent of the thousands of fatalities were women and children. The report covers Hamasâ attack in Israel on October 7th and the first six months of Israelâs war in Gaza. Mr TĂŒrk said there had to be justice for what he described as horrific violence. In response, Israel says the report "fails to accurately reflect the realities on the ground".
Also in the programme: the mayor of Amsterdam has condemned the violent attacks on Israeli citizens following a football match saying they brought to mind anti-Jewish pogroms; we speak to the Prime Minister of Belgium about Europeâs relationship with US President-elect Donald Trump; and we hear about efforts to train the next generation of arm wrestlers in South Africa.
(Picture: A Palestinian views the site of a missile strike on a house in the central Gaza Strip on November 7, 2024. Credit: Reuters/Abd Elhkeem Khaled)
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In his first public address since the US Presidential election, Joe Biden has commended Kamala Harris, saying she led an inspiring campaign, and has promised a peaceful transition for Donald Trump. We'll ask a newly elected congressman, Brendan Boyle, what the Democratic Party will do next. And speak to Matt Duss, executive vice president at the Center for International Policy, why things went so wrong for the democrats. And one Mr Trump's most most loyal lieutenants, his former secretary of commerce, Wilbur Ross, on what he thinks of Donald Trump's economic plans this time around.
Also on the programme: UNESCO to hold a meeting to consider enhancing protection for cultural sites in Lebanon where Israel is continuing to launch strikes; and President Zelensky says calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine without guarantees of security for the country are dangerous and irresponsible.
(Photo: President Biden. Credit: Reuters)
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President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to select his top team ahead of his return to the White House, after Vice President Kamala Harris vowed a "peaceful transfer of power". We examine how economic concerns among voters affected the result. We also speak to Nobel Prize winning economist Daron Acemoglu.
Also in the programme: opposition parties in Germany call for snap elections after the collapse of the country's governing coalition; and Australia says it wants to ban under 16s from accessing social media.
(Photo: President elect Donald Trump speaking from the 2024 US presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, 6 November, 2024. Credit: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters)
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Democratic candidate Kamala Harris has called the president-elect to concede. Trump surged among Latino and young male voters relative to his 2020 performance. We hear from voters in the midwestern battleground state of Wisconsin.
Also on the programme: we hear reaction to Trumpâs victory from Gaza and Ukraine, and the potential impact of a second Trump administration on international treaties to limit global warming.
(Photo: Donald Trump at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, Florida, US, 6 November, 2024. Credit: Brian Snyder/Reuters)
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Donald Trump has won a historic second four years in the White House. He becomes the first former president to return to the White House in more than 130 years and, at 78, the oldest man elected to America's highest office. Claiming victory at a rally in Florida on Wednesday morning, Trump told supporters that he would usher in âa new golden ageâ and "restore America to greatness".
(Photo: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump takes the stage following early results from the 2024 U.S. presidential election in Palm Beach County Convention Center, in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., November 6, 2024. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare)
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Millions of people in America cast their vote for the US presidential election in what experts are predicting will be a neck-to-neck race. Tens of millions of early ballots have already been cast. We hear from Wisconsin a key swing-state and talk about the role played by disinformation. Also in the programme: Israel's Prime Minister, Benyamin Netanyahu, has sacked the country's Defence Minister, Yoav Gallant, citing a breakdown of trust; and can a European songbook foster unity across the continent?
(Photo: Voters fill out their ballots for the presidential election during early voting ahead of the polls closing November 5 in Detroit, Michigan. Credit: Rebecca Cook / Reuters)
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Harris has advocated for abortion rights and pledged to lower food and housing costs for working families. Trump has vowed to seal the border and has proposed tax cuts worth trillions. Americans are not just choosing the president - they' ae also picking members of the US Congress, and some states are voting on abortion rights. We hear from our correspondents in key states.
Also on the programme: the fate of the Iranian woman arrested for removing her clothes in what looks like a protest, and the first wooden satellite is fired into space.
(Photo: People line up at the polling station in the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, DC Credit: Gamal Diab/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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The candidates are holding rallies in key swing states on the last day of campaigning, as the polls suggest the race is still exceptionally close. We speak to a Democrat who chairs an Election Commission, and a former Trump White House chief of staff.
Also on the programme: Eight people have gone on trial in Paris accused of encouraging the killer of Samuel Paty, the teacher who was beheaded on the street outside his school four years ago; and American music giant Quincy Jones has died today - we speak to a British jazz singer who worked with him.
(Picture: Campaign signs are seen outside a polling station during early voting in the US presidential election in Florida on November 3, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Marco Bello)
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are pushing their closing messages to voters on the last day of campaigning before America decides its next president on 5 November.
Also on the programme: The families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas have reacted angrily following court disclosures about a leak of classified intelligence which may have compromised efforts to free them; and Quincy Jones, musician and producer who worked with Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra and many others, has died at the age of 91.
This programe was edited on 5 November 2024.
(Photo: Newshour presenter James Coomarasamy in a radio studio in the north of Milwaukee. Credit: Newshour)
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With 2 days to go before the US presidential elections, Donald Trump has travelled to Pennsylvania and held a rally in North Carolina, whilst Kamala Harris has been campaigning in Michigan.
Also on the programme: Moldova's pro-EU president appears on course for a second term after a presidential election run-off seen as a choice between Europe and Russia; and we head to the nation of Bhutan to hear about its unique musical tradition called Zhungdra.
(Photo: A "Vote Here" sign is seen during early voting for the U.S. presidential election at the Detroit Elections Office in Detroit, Michigan on October 28, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Rebecca Cook)
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are campaigning in swing states, with just two days to go before America decides its next president. Newshour's James Coomarasamy is in Milwaulkee, a swing state and visits a food bank in Wisconsin. We also hear what issues are important to people. Also on the programme, Angry residents are hostile towards King Felipe of Spain as he arrives in Valencia badly hit by recent floods. And we hear about the deal that saw one of the greatest treasures in Persian art brought back to Tehran: The Book of King, Shahnameh, exchanged for a de Kooning painting.
(Photo: Voters participate in early voting at Fulton County's C.T. Martin Natatorium advance voting polling location in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 31 October 2024. Credit: Erik S Lesser/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has deployed 10,000 extra troops to the area of Valencia, where record-breaking floods have killed 211 people. It is the country's largest peacetime deployment of troops. We take a look at how environmental factors might have contributed to the disaster.
Also in the programme: a strike has injured a number of people at a polio vaccine clinic in Gaza City; and was the COP16 successful in setting out measures to protect biodiversity?
(Photo: army troops arrive in Utiel town, province of Valencia, eastern Spain. Credit: Alvaro Del Olmo / Shutterstock)
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Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are headlining several rallies on Saturday, with both presidential candidates ending the day with competing events in the key swing state of North Carolina. More than 70 million people have already cast their vote - a landmark number.
Also on the programme: Spain has announced its biggest deployment of troops in peacetime to deal with this week's flash floods in Valencia; countries at the world's biggest nature conservation conference have approved the creation of a permanent body for Indigenous peoples that will consult the United Nations about biodiversity; and the British Conservative party has elected Kemi Badenoch to be its new leader.
(Picture: Duke University students wait in line with residents of Durham County, North Carolina for early voting on November 1, 2024. Credit: REUTERS/Jonathan Drake)
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Newshour goes to the US state of Wisconsin which could be crucial in deciding the election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The two are tied in the polls. Also on the programme, more than 200 people are dead and almost 2,000 missing after devastating floods in Spain; and, Hello Kitty, the beloved small white cat character, turns 50-years old.
(Photo: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves at a campaign rally in Madison, Wisconsin, U.S., October 30, 2024. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein REFILE)
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The focus in this final weekend is on the swing states where a few tens of thousands of votes could settle the outcome in the US election. Our reporter is in Pennsylvania where polls expect the rural parts will vote heavily for Trump while the biggest city, Philadelphia, has traditionally provided blowout Democratic support.
Also in the programme, emergency workers in Spain say more than two hundred people are now known to have died in the floods; and we take a look at a transformative new therapy for people with psychosis who hear voices.
Picture: Democrats voters on the campaign trail in Pittsburg in October. Credit: JUSTIN MERRIMAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
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Join James Menendez and guests for this special Newshour podcast examining how immigration is impacting the race for the US Presidency.
With James in San Antonio, Texas is Rogelio SĂĄenz, Professor of Sociology and Demography at the University of Texas in San Antonio and Alejandra Arredondo, a reporter based in San Antonio.
Photo: Luis Torres/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock
