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- Vienna attack: arrests made after four killed in 'Islamist terror' shooting
- Hong Kong TV journalist arrested 'over report on police misconduct'
- US election: Trump predicts 'great win' at last rally as Biden tells him to 'pack his bags'
- Supreme court to hear Obamacare case that may lead to 20m losing insurance
- Johnny Depp’s defeat in libel case hailed by domestic violence charities
- Latest coronavirus lockdowns spark protests across Europe
- China changes school curriculum to reflect Beijing's positive Covid narrative
- Stop blowing up bombs on sea floor, say whale campaigners
- Markets rally as investors brace for US election – business live
- Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after biggest mass stranding
- Princess Diana's brother calls for BBC inquiry into faked bank statements
- Coronavirus live news: record new cases and deaths in Hungary; China reports 49 new cases
- Liverpool to pioneer UK's first attempt at mass Covid testing
- New Zealanders coming home for Christmas warned quarantine hotels may be full
- T-cell Covid immunity 'present in adults six months after first infection'
- The fall of Johnny Depp: how the world's most beautiful movie star turned very ugly
- Life during wartime: how west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles
- Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine'
- 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the Rwandan genocide fugitives
- Watch Dogs Legion review – fight fascism in a futuristic London
- 'Lives have been lost': Pregnant women in Zimbabwe forced to pay bribes when giving birth
- Ryan Giggs denies assaulting girlfriend after arrest
- How the Vienna shooting unfolded: final hours of freedom punctured by terror
- Attack on Kabul University by Isis gunmen leaves 22 dead
- US election day 2020: voters stream to the polls to elect the next president – live updates
- 'I was numb inside': Jack de Belin rape trial hears from alleged victim of NRL star
- The women who risk their lives to deliver Pakistan's polio vaccines
- Rotten river: life on one of the world’s most polluted waterways – photo essay
- The lockdown rebels preparing to defy No 10 on Covid restrictions
- What is the science behind England's second national lockdown?
- Turkey earthquake: firefighter recounts rescuing child from rubble – video
- Whale sculpture stops train in Rotterdam crashing into water – video
- Pianist plays Eternal Flame during violent anti-lockdown protest in Barcelona – video
- Which swing states could decide the US election? – video explainer
| Vienna attack: arrests made after four killed in 'Islamist terror' shooting Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:13 AM PST Attack in busy restaurant district of Austrian capital on eve of new Covid lockdown
Austrian police have made several arrests at addresses linked to an Islamic State sympathiser who killed at least four people in a terrorist shooting attack in Vienna on Monday night. Two men and two women died from their injuries after the attack in the centre of the Austrian capital, which took place hours before a coronavirus lockdown started. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong TV journalist arrested 'over report on police misconduct' Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:24 AM PST Choy Yuk-ling reportedly held over film about claims of police collusion with armed thugs Hong Kong police have arrested a journalist at a public broadcaster, reportedly in relation to a documentary about the 2019 Yuen Long incident, when police were accused of standing by as armed thugs attacked commuters. RTHK confirmed the arrest of Choy Yuk-ling, one of the producers of Hong Kong Connection. The respected current affairs programme investigated the police response to the attack, which left 45 people needing treatment in hospital. Continue reading... |
| US election: Trump predicts 'great win' at last rally as Biden tells him to 'pack his bags' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:33 PM PST President dismisses polls showing he is behind as Lady Gaga stumps for Biden, telling people to 'go out and vote' Defiant to the last, Donald Trump has made a final bid to save his presidency with a midnight rally in battleground Michigan where, sporting a red "Make America great again" cap, he predicted "one of the greatest wins in the history of politics". But even as the US president was airing grievances about the Russia investigation, impeachment, and Hillary Clinton at 12.15am, his rival, Joe Biden, tweeted a warning: "If we give Donald Trump another four years in the White House, he will forever alter the character of our nation. We can't let that happen." Continue reading... |
| Supreme court to hear Obamacare case that may lead to 20m losing insurance Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:00 PM PST Court will hear a case a week after election day that could result in the law being overturned – or only one provision eliminated For more than a decade, Republicans have sought to destroy the signature achievement of the Obama administration – the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Exactly one week after election day, they might succeed. Continue reading... |
| Johnny Depp’s defeat in libel case hailed by domestic violence charities Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:48 AM PST The trial highlighted tactics used to silence and discredit victims, say campaigners Johnny Depp's defeat in the London libel courts has been hailed by domestic violence charities as a victory that should encourage other victims to come forward and seek justice. The judgment on Monday by the high court that the Sun was justified in describing the Pirates of the Caribbean star as a "wife beater" was welcomed by lawyers and campaign groups who support those who have experienced domestic abuse. Continue reading... |
| Latest coronavirus lockdowns spark protests across Europe Posted: 02 Nov 2020 07:47 AM PST Libertarians and conspiracy theorists join business owners in opposing new restrictions Fresh lockdowns to stem the spread of coronavirus have sparked sometimes violent protests in several European countries, fuelled both by ideological fury at new government-imposed restrictions and fears of economic hardship. As the number of infections surge and hospitals and intensive care units fill up, countries including Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain have once more introduced tough curbs on movement and gatherings. Continue reading... |
| China changes school curriculum to reflect Beijing's positive Covid narrative Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:23 PM PST Content added to classes will say the state 'aways put the life and safety of its people first' Chinese government-endorsed content about the pandemic and the "fighting spirit" of the country's response will be added to school curriculum, the country's ministry of education has said, in a move to enshrine the country's narrative of success against the virus. The content will be added to elementary and middle school classes in biology, health and physical education, history, and literature, and will "help students understand the basic fact that the Party and the state always put the life and safety of its people first", the ministry said on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Stop blowing up bombs on sea floor, say whale campaigners Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:00 PM PST Wartime relics need to be cleared for wind farms but explosions can kill cetaceans The detonation of wartime bombs left on the seafloor around the UK must end to stop the deaths of whales and dolphins, campaigners say. The offshore wind industry is expanding rapidly and this may lead to a sharp rise in such explosions as the seafloor is cleared before construction. A quieter "burning" technique is already available, say the campaigners. Continue reading... |
| Markets rally as investors brace for US election – business live Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:29 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Back in London, Britain's FTSE 100 index is on track for its best day in almost two months as the rally continues. The blue-chip index of leading UK and multinational companies is now up 104 points, or 1.8%, at 5757 points - a one-week high. "A clear election result would eliminate one of the three current major market concerns: the surging pandemic, election uncertainties and prospects for new fiscal stimulus. A fast and uncontested election result would be positive for stock markets and negative for the dollar and bonds irrespective of who wins. A blue sweep with Joe Biden winning the presidency and Democrats gaining control of the Senate (and keeping control of the House) would provide least resistance to a large-scale fiscal stimulus, which would be more positive for stocks and negative for bonds and the dollar. The worst-case scenario for markets would be an extended period of uncertainty resulting from the election being too close to call, leading to reprocessing of ballots and possibly contested election results with neither party admitting defeat. Such a scenario would be negative for risky assets and positive for the dollar and bond markets."
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| Sri Lanka rescues 120 whales after biggest mass stranding Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:46 PM PST Gruelling rescue involved navy and volunteers pulling the pilot whales back into deeper waters Sri Lanka's navy and volunteers have rescued 120 pilot whales stranded in the country's worst mass beaching, but at least two injured animals were found dead, officials said. Sailors from the navy and the coastguard along with local volunteers had pulled back at least 120 whales by dawn on Tuesday after a gruelling overnight rescue operation, navy spokesman Indika de Silva said. Continue reading... |
| Princess Diana's brother calls for BBC inquiry into faked bank statements Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:32 AM PST Charles Spencer says BBC used 'sheer dishonesty' to secure interview with princess Princess Diana's brother has accused the BBC of a "whitewash" over faked bank statements that allegedly helped to secure a historic Panorama interview with his sister, and called on the corporation to carry out a formal inquiry. Charles Spencer said the BBC had used "sheer dishonesty" to win the trust of Diana, Princess of Wales, for the interview with Martin Bashir. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: record new cases and deaths in Hungary; China reports 49 new cases Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:18 AM PST Hungary says 3,989 people have tested positive in 24 hours; China's new cases are twice as many as day before
In Poland the number of people infected with Covid has doubled in less than two weeks. The health ministry has said that the total number of people infected in Poland passed the 400,000 mark on Tuesday.
In the UK Liverpool (otherwise known as the World's Best City) is set to become the first to have mass test-and-trace operation. My colleagues Sarah Boseley and Jess Elgot write: Up to half a million people in Liverpool will be tested for Covid-19 under the UK government's first attempt to embark on city-wide mass testing. Related: Liverpool to pioneer UK's first attempt at mass Covid testing Continue reading... |
| Liverpool to pioneer UK's first attempt at mass Covid testing Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:52 PM PST Up to 500,000 people in city will be tested in bid to measure feasibility of mass population screening Up to half a million people in Liverpool are set to be tested for Covid-19 under the UK government's first attempt to embark on city-wide mass testing and track down every case of the virus. The Guardian also understands that the self-isolation period for those who test positive for coronavirus, and their contacts, could be cut from the current 14-day period to seven days as early as this week. Continue reading... |
| New Zealanders coming home for Christmas warned quarantine hotels may be full Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:51 PM PST Military says Kiwis will be disappointed if they haven't prebooked a place as hotels approach capacity New Zealand's quarantine hotels are approaching capacity as the military warns there may not be room to house Kiwis planning to return home for Christmas. Some 65,000 people have passed through New Zealand's quarantine hotels since the borders closed in mid-March. Despite the facilities generally being four- and five-star establishments, there have been multiple escape attempts from them, and they have been denounced by a conservative US television host as "Covid camps". Continue reading... |
| T-cell Covid immunity 'present in adults six months after first infection' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 06:41 AM PST Study suggests white blood cell levels higher in people who had symptoms Cellular (T-cell) immunity against the virus that causes Covid-19 is likely to be present within most adults six months after primary infection, with levels considerably higher in patients with symptoms, a study suggests. The data offers another piece of the puzzle that could be key to understanding whether previous Sars-CoV-2 infections – the virus behind Covid-19 – can prevent reinfection, and if so, for how long. Continue reading... |
| The fall of Johnny Depp: how the world's most beautiful movie star turned very ugly Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:00 PM PST In the 1990s, he was a different kind of film star – eloquent, artistic and cool. But this week, with the loss of his court case against the Sun, the dream has decisively soured Johnny Depp is "a wife-beater". This is the verdict of the UK courts. Just writing that sentence feels genuinely shocking, and yet, by now perhaps, it should not. For a start, the allegation that he was physically abusive to his ex-wife Amber Heard emerged more than four years ago, after she applied for a temporary restraining order against him following their divorce, citing domestic abuse. It should also not be a shock, given how many other hugely famous men have been accused of abusing women. Sean Connery was alleged to have beaten his first wife and frequently defended hitting women. His death this weekend sparked online arguments about how much the coverage should focus on the professional achievements of a man who repeatedly insisted it was fine to hit women, "if the woman is a bitch, or hysterical, or bloody-minded continually", as he said in 1965. But Depp is a very different figure from Connery. The latter represented alpha masculinity and aggressive sexuality. No one ever said it explicitly, but Connery's defences for beating women fit in, on some level, with his image, and so that side of him was never going to be a problem with his audience. Depp, however, represented something else. He sued the Sun for defamation when it described him as "a wife-beater", something Connery would never have done, and it's why for a certain kind of fan (me), this feels like the death of yet another childhood hero. Continue reading... |
| Life during wartime: how west Belfast became the frontline of the Troubles Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:00 PM PST Acts of state violence, and repeated official denials, drove some Northern Irish Catholics to armed resistance. But not everyone in west Belfast supported the IRA's methods When Johnston Brown, a 27-year-old detective with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) – the overwhelmingly protestant police force of Northern Ireland – volunteered in late 1977 to serve at Andersonstown police barracks in Catholic west Belfast, he was given a few pieces of very clear advice. He should never stop at a red light in west Belfast if it was safe to drive on. He should assume that any pedestrians who wanted to cross the road may be part of a trap – members of the security forces had lost their lives this way. Nor should Brown ever indicate that he was turning into a police barracks. He should approach with the flow of the traffic and then swerve suddenly in through the gates, to reduce the risk of being shot, and to make it harder for anyone to make a note of his registration number. And if he were unfortunate enough to fall into the hands of gunmen, he must attempt to shoot his way out – never try to talk himself out of trouble. "I remember clearly," Brown wrote in 2005, "one older detective sergeant, a man in his late 40s, telling me sternly: 'Here you have at most between five and eight minutes at the door of any house you may call at on an enquiry. You have that much time to conduct the enquiry and get the hell out of those areas, because five to eight minutes is all the time it takes for the Provos [the Provisional IRA] to get hold of a weapon and a volunteer who will be only too keen to kill you before you conduct your enquiry and leave.'" Continue reading... |
| Tsai Chin: 'What was it like being in bed with Sean Connery? Fine' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:00 PM PST From Bond girl to badass grandmas, Tsai Chin has had an extraordinary career. She talks about her battles with racism, predatory producers – and farting leopards 'I have lived on my own since 1963," says Tsai Chin down the phone from her home in Los Angeles. "It doesn't mean I haven't had a sex life." But it does mean that the 88-year-old actor brings something special to her latest role as a beguilingly irascible, chain-smoking widow who faces down triad thugs over stolen money in the comedy Lucky Grandma. Apart from the smoking, Grandma Wong is my new role model. "I'm tough but my heart is very soft," she says. And that is the key to Grandma Wong, a woman who projects to the world the opposite of what she is inside. In the film, she has a shrine to her late husband in her meagre Chinatown apartment in New York. She's alone and impoverished but isn't quite ready to give up her independence and move in with her sweet if bougie son in his brownstone. Continue reading... |
| 'Finding them is not rocket science': the hunt for the Rwandan genocide fugitives Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:00 PM PST Arrest of Félicien Kabuga in Paris has energised search for others accused of playing role in 1994 genocide No one paid much attention to the stooped old man who lived in the third-floor apartment of the comfortable but unexceptional block in Asnières-sur-Seine, a suburb on the outskirts of Paris. He shuffled off for his daily walks, and muttered inaudibly to those who greeted him. Then one morning in late May, 84-year-old Félicien Kabuga's neighbours woke up to the startling news that they had been living next to an alleged mass killer. Continue reading... |
| Watch Dogs Legion review – fight fascism in a futuristic London Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:00 AM PST PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 (forthcoming), Xbox Series X/S (forthcoming); Ubisoft Video games have become extraordinarily adept at simulating geography, from Assassin's Creed's detailed, architecturally accurate takes on ancient Egypt or 18th-century Paris to Microsoft Flight Simulator's virtual simulacrum of the Earth's surface. But they are still no good at simulating people, and their cities are populated with reactive automatons who forget you tried to run them over two seconds ago. This makes Watch Dogs Legion's attempt to simulate the entire population of a futuristic, technocratic London one of the most ambitious things a game has tried in years. Walk from Camden to Nine Elms and every person you see has a name, a cluster of attributes (gambler, fashion expert, paramedic, low mobility) and a custom-generated voice and appearance. You can recruit any of them to your hacker resistance movement and step into their shoes. I played most of Watch Dogs Legion as a construction worker named Hassan. He has no particular special skills; he can summon a cargo drone and ride it up to rooftops, but he hasn't got any useful weapons or technical expertise. I picked him because he was nearby, and I liked his haircut and accent: not too EastEnders, not too plummy. But then I accidentally took Hassan into the bowels of one of Watch Dogs Legion's autocratic tech giants, on a mission that I thought would be easy but turned out to involve hiding in a vent from heavily armed private security guards while using a spiderbot to steal encrypted information. Hassan barely escaped with his life. I became rather attached to him after that. Continue reading... |
| 'Lives have been lost': Pregnant women in Zimbabwe forced to pay bribes when giving birth Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:15 PM PST Two women took Harare authorities to court to force them to reopen 42 maternity clinics In agonising labour pain and turned away from a Harare health centre, Aurage Katume feared that, like many other Zimbabwean women, she could lose her unborn baby. She struggled to another clinic in the country's capital. The midwives there were not ready to help her either. Continue reading... |
| Ryan Giggs denies assaulting girlfriend after arrest Posted: 03 Nov 2020 12:49 AM PST Police said to have been called to Wales manager's home after reports of a disturbance The Wales football manager, Ryan Giggs, has denied allegations after he was arrested on suspicion of assaulting his girlfriend, Kate Greville, on Sunday night. The Football Association of Wales (FAW) has cancelled a press conference planned for Tuesday where Giggs was due to announce his squad for upcoming international games due to the allegations. Continue reading... |
| How the Vienna shooting unfolded: final hours of freedom punctured by terror Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:49 AM PST On a mild evening in the Austrian capital, the bars and restaurants of the city centre were busy before lockdown – but at 8pm gunshots rang out Monday night in Vienna was supposed to be a last chance at freedom. The weather was mild, and as the hours ticked down before a nationwide coronavirus curfew largely shut down the city for a month, the bars and restaurants of the "Bermuda triangle" – a network of narrow, fashionable lanes in the old city's 1st district – were busy. Continue reading... |
| Attack on Kabul University by Isis gunmen leaves 22 dead Posted: 02 Nov 2020 10:14 AM PST Afghan government declares day of mourning after incident in which attackers shot dead At least 22 people were killed and 22 wounded after Islamic State-affiliated gunmen stormed Kabul University as it was hosting a book fair attended by Iran's ambassador to Afghanistan, taking hostages and fighting gun battles with security forces for more than five hours. The Afghan government has declared Tuesday a national day of mourning following the attack. Three attackers shot at fleeing students and gunned down others in their classrooms in what was the second assault on an educational facility in the country in recent weeks. The gunmen were shot dead by Afghan security forces, authorities said. Continue reading... |
| US election day 2020: voters stream to the polls to elect the next president – live updates Posted: 03 Nov 2020 02:51 AM PST
Dana Milbank wrote an op-ed last night for the Washington Post, setting out how high he thinks the stakes are today, in a piece titled: Vote as if our way of life depends on it. It does. It opened with a bleak summing up of events over the last few days: Election Day is here, and Americans have reason to be tense. President Trump has told confidants he'll declare victory Tuesday night, even before the votes get counted. Federal authorities were building a "non-scalable" fence around the White House Monday to protect a man who refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power. The FBI said Sunday it is investigating a convoy of Trump supporters who apparently attempted to run a Biden campaign bus off a Texas interstate; Trump praised the perpetrators and condemned the FBI.
If you missed it yesterday, there's still time to catch up on Monday's Today In Focus podcast which was devoted to discussion of Joe Biden. New Yorker journalist Evan Osnos, author of a new Biden biography tells Anushka Asthana that for a Democrat who has been in the centre of the party for decades, including as Barack Obama's vice-president, he is now running on one of the most radical platforms his party has ever stood on. Related: US election 2020: what kind of president would Joe Biden be? – podcast Continue reading... |
| 'I was numb inside': Jack de Belin rape trial hears from alleged victim of NRL star Posted: 03 Nov 2020 01:36 AM PST The St George Illawarra NRL player has pleaded not guilty to aggravated sexual assault at his Wollongong trial NRL star Jack de Belin raped a teenager after ignoring her protests to stop undressing her and later asked why she was being "so emotional", a jury has been told. The St George Illawarra player, 29, and his friend Callan Sinclair, 23, have pleaded not guilty to the aggravated sexual assault of the woman, then 19, after meeting her in a Wollongong bar in December 2018. Continue reading... |
| The women who risk their lives to deliver Pakistan's polio vaccines Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:45 PM PST As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polio Nasreen Bibi never saw the face of her killer. The 44-year-old had just finished work for the day, vaccinating children against polio in Chaman, Pakistan. As she and her co-worker, Rashida Bibi (no relation), stood waiting for a rickshaw home, a motorcycle skidded up in front of them carrying two masked men. The men did not utter a word, but through the churned up dust that filled the air, Rashida remembers seeing the raised pistol, hearing the shots and feeling the pain as the bullets hit her hands, her thighs, her back and her stomach. Rashida fell to the ground and felt Nasreen crumple beside her, blood pouring from a dark hole in her forehead. Continue reading... |
| Rotten river: life on one of the world’s most polluted waterways – photo essay Posted: 01 Nov 2020 11:45 PM PST Indonesia's Citarum is relied upon by millions, but decades of pollution have choked it with chemicals and rubbish
The smell is the first thing that hits you on the banks of the Citarum River in West Java, Indonesia. The odour is dense: rubbish rotting in hot sun mixed in with an acrid tone of chemical waste. Some 9 million people live in close contact with the river, where levels of faecal coliform bacteria are more than 5,000 times mandatory limits, according to the findings of the Asian Development Bank in 2013. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| The lockdown rebels preparing to defy No 10 on Covid restrictions Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:01 AM PST From former Tory ministers to Nigel Farage's Reform UK, the key figures standing against a second lockdown As England braces for a second national lockdown, Downing Street once more faces a rebellion over tougher restrictions. Ahead of a Commons vote on Wednesday, several Conservative MPs are weighing up their options. Here are some key figures who may line up against the government and the broad camps they sit in, alongside Nigel Farage and his plan for a new anti-lockdown party. Continue reading... |
| What is the science behind England's second national lockdown? Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:54 AM PST PM was presented with some alarming data – with one model forecasting up to 4,000 Covid deaths a day next month England is preparing to enter a second national lockdown after scientific advisers warned that coronavirus infections and the numbers of people in hospital are rising steeply in many areas of the country. But what is the science behind the decision? Continue reading... |
| Turkey earthquake: firefighter recounts rescuing child from rubble – video Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:32 PM PST A wounded three-year-old girl was rescued in the Turkish city of İzmir on Monday, days after a powerful earthquake hit the country's Aegean coast. Elif Perinçek was pulled from debris nearly 65 hours after the quake. Muammer Celik, one of the firefighters who saved Elif, said that when he reached her, she was lying motionless, and he thought she was dead. But as he reached out to wipe the dust off her face, the girl grabbed his thumb. 'She opened her eyes. I froze,' he said. |
| Whale sculpture stops train in Rotterdam crashing into water – video Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:19 AM PST A metro train that overran the stop blocks at a station outside Rotterdam has been left balancing 10 metres above ground on the plastic tail of a whale sculpture. The metro driver was reportedly able to free himself from the train without injury after the incident shortly after midnight on Monday morning. There were no passengers onboard Continue reading... |
| Pianist plays Eternal Flame during violent anti-lockdown protest in Barcelona – video Posted: 02 Nov 2020 07:44 AM PST Footage of a pianist in Barcelona playing a rendition of the Bangles' hit Eternal Flame amid the sound of explosions, wailing sirens and protesters has gone viral on social media. Peter William Geddes, who was playing in Plaça Nova on 31 October, said as the violence escalated in the background he felt peaceful: 'When I play I am very calm. No nerves.' Anti-lockdown protests have been ramping up across Europe as many countries head into more stringent Covid-19 lockdowns Continue reading... |
| Which swing states could decide the US election? – video explainer Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:29 AM PST Joe Biden is leading Donald Trump in the national polls for the presidential election, but that doesn't guarantee the Democratic candidate victory. Hillary Clinton also had a clear lead over Trump in the polls for almost the entire 2016 campaign and ended up losing in the electoral college. Because the presidential voting system assigns each state a number of electoral college votes, which go to the state's victor regardless of the margin of victory (with the exception of Nebraska and Maine), a handful of swing states will probably decide the election and be targeted heavily by campaigners. The Guardian's Lauren Gambino examines how the race is developing in the areas that could decide the election Continue reading... |
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