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With no clear swing-state advantage for Kamala Harris or Donald Trump, the US is poised for a long – and tense – wait for resultsUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesElection day has arrived in America, with tens of millions of voters set to head to the polls on Tuesday in one of the closest and most consequential contests in modern US history.The Democrat Kamala Harris and her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, appear locked in a knife-edge contest with hardly any daylight between the pair in national opinion polls that have barely budged in weeks. Continue reading...

Two previous pay offers were voted down in walkout that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemakerBoeing’s US West Coast factory workers accepted a new contract offer on Monday, their union said, bringing an end to a bitter seven-week strike that halted most jet production and deepened a financial crisis at the troubled planemaker.The union said members voted 59% in favor of the new contract, which includes a 38% pay rise spread over four years, easing pressure on new Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg after two previous offers were voted down in recent weeks. Continue reading...

Kamala Harris is joined by Oprah and Lady Gaga in Philadelphia, while Trump celebrates an endorsement from podcaster Joe Rogan hours before polls open on 5 NovemberUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesDon’t miss important US election coverage. Get our free app and sign up for election alerts Continue reading...

A rare moment of wistful self-reflection on the last day of campaigning in the US election gave way to trademark rants and insultsUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updates“And now, the end is near/ And so I face the final curtain.”Before a roaring crowd on Monday, Donald Trump summoned sons Don Jr and Eric, daughter Tiffany, daughter-in-law Lara Trump and son-in-law Michael Boulos to the stage. Their faces threw the orangeness of the family patriarch into stark relief. Trump insisted that his son Barron and daughter Ivanka were watching from afar. “She loves the whole thing,” he said, not very convincingly. Continue reading...

Kamala Harris tells her supporters she wants to be ‘president for all’ as Donald Trump is set to end his campaign in Michigan hours before polls openTrump and Harris in final election pushDon’t miss key US election stories. Get our free app and sign up for election alertsDispatch from Grand Rapids, Michigan: They just showed a video here of Donald Trump shaving the head of Vince McMahon, the former CEO of WWE, during a wrestling event. It happened in 2007.Needless to say, Trump hasn’t arrived yet. Continue reading...

Large majorities in seven countries condemn 7 October attacks – but most common view is Israel’s response in Gaza is also unjustifiedFull-scale war in the Middle East involving Israel and Iran is now likely, most western Europeans responding in a poll believe, with many criticising Israel’s conduct thus far and saying that if such a war did occur, the US and Europe should not provide it with military aid.A YouGov Eurotrack survey in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and the UK found that strong majorities in all seven countries, ranging from 65% in France to 82% in Spain, felt the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October 2023 were not justified. Continue reading...

Democrats only need to flip a handful of seats to get back control of the lower chamber – here’s what to keep an eye onUS election 2024 live: latest polls, results and updatesMuch attention has been paid to the historic race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, but the results of down-ballot elections will determine whether the new president will actually be able to implement a legislative agenda next year.With Republicans defending a narrow majority in the House of Representatives, Democrats only need to flip a handful of seats to wrest back control of the lower chamber, and both parties are going all out to win. Continue reading...

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration investigates discovery of remains of common dolphinThe butchered remains of a dolphin were found on a New Jersey beach, and federal authorities are investigating.The Marine Mammal Stranding Center, which responds to reports of dead or distressed marine animals that come ashore in New Jersey, said the remains of a common dolphin were found on Wednesday on the beach in Allenhurst, just north of Asbury Park. Continue reading...

Pyongyang’s envoy to the United Nations says buildup is to counter threat from ‘hostile nuclear weapons states’North Korea’s UN envoy has said that Pyongyang will accelerate a buildup of its nuclear weapons programme just days after it test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time this year at a moment of rising tensions with the west.Kim Song, North Korea’s ambassador to the UN, said during a security council meeting on Monday that Pyongyang would accelerate the programme to “counter any threat presented by hostile nuclear weapons states”. Continue reading...