BBC NewsHour

Close race in US battleground states

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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)
1 Nov 10AM English United Kingdom News

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