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00:00Clean-up efforts continue in Spain following deadly flash flooding in the Valencia region.
00:11The United States has accused Israel of not doing enough to address concerns over strikes
00:17on Gaza.
00:21Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have made their final pitches to voters across the US swing
00:27states.
00:31Georgia's president has refused to appear before prosecutors in the country's election
00:36fraud probe.
00:43Clean-up efforts continue in Spain following devastating flash flooding which killed at
00:48least 95 people in the Valencia region.
00:54Cars have piled up on the streets and houses have been caked in mud as residents are left
00:59without basic supplies.
01:18Crops have also been destroyed and many bridges and buildings swept away.
01:35Madrid and Barcelona's football teams held a moment of silence before their training
01:39sessions on Wednesday and Spain's government has declared three days of mourning for those
01:44who died in the floods starting on Thursday.
01:53As Spanish rescue services continue to deal with the devastating impact of flash floods,
01:59European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has offered EU support.
02:06The rescue teams are working tirelessly to bring as many as possible to safety and Europe
02:12is ready to help.
02:14We have activated our Copernicus satellite system to help coordinate the rescue teams
02:21and we have already offered to activate our civil protection mechanism.
02:26Both King Felipe and Spain's prime minister also made public statements offering condolences
02:31to the victims and their families.
02:34Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, however, stressed that the episode was not over yet.
03:04Dozens have died following Tuesday's floods and storms are forecast to continue until
03:09Thursday.
03:14The United States has accused Israel of not doing enough to answer international concerns
03:20over indiscriminate strikes on Gaza.
03:24They are not doing enough to get us the answers that we have requested.
03:29There are significant questions that you all ask, that other countries have asked, that
03:33we believe Israel needs to answer publicly.
03:36Mueller went on to say that the situation surrounding humanitarian aid provided by Israel
03:42to civilians in Gaza is not at a level the US finds acceptable.
03:49Meanwhile Israel's military chief says the Israel Defense Force needs to be larger as
03:55the war expands to different fronts.
03:58It comes as international mediators have launched a new push for negotiated ceasefires
04:03in Lebanon and Gaza, with senior White House officials scheduled to visit Israel on Thursday.
04:11Discussions surrounding a two-state solution to the crisis have also begun in Saudi Arabia,
04:17which is hosting the first meeting of a new global alliance to press for the establishment
04:21of a Palestinian state.
04:26US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have made their way across several
04:31swing states as they continue appealing to voters with less than a week to go until the
04:37election.
04:40After being confronted by pro-Palestine protesters at all three of her events on Wednesday, Harris
04:47told voters in Wisconsin she is looking for common ground with people who disagree with
04:52her.
04:54Unlike Donald Trump, I don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy.
05:00He wants to put them in jail.
05:02I'll give them a seat at my table.
05:05Meanwhile Donald Trump has continued to seize on the controversial comments made by President
05:11Joe Biden on Tuesday, boarding a white garbage truck after his arrival in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
05:18Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself if he knows what he's even doing, and she should
05:22be ashamed because she shouldn't let him do it.
05:25She's the vice president, but I assume she's acting as the president.
05:30She should never have let that happen.
05:32I hope you enjoy this garbage truck.
05:34Both candidates made a campaign stop in North Carolina earlier in the day, and Kamala Harris
05:40also travelled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where she urged voters to cast their ballots
05:46early.
05:51Georgia's president has refused to appear at the country's prosecutor's office after
05:56being summoned as part of a probe into alleged vote rigging in last weekend's election.
06:02It's not up to the president to provide the proofs that exist in the society.
06:08The non-governmental organization, the observers and regular citizens have been providing huge
06:14amounts of proofs that are every day coming out and are showing more and more how large,
06:21how systemic, how massive was the rigging of the elections.
06:27It comes as the European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, has urged Georgian authorities
06:33to hold a transparent inquiry into the alleged irregularities, which he described as grave.
06:41Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelensky has said Russia has won in Georgia, warning it
06:46will do the same in Moldova unless the West ends its rhetoric on crossing Moscow's red
06:51lines.
06:57Volkswagen said significant cost cuts are urgently needed as the company reported a
07:01steep decline in third quarter earnings on Wednesday.
07:06Meanwhile, the car manufacturer faces angry employee representatives due to the possibility
07:11of plant closures in Germany.
07:37The company reported net profit of 1.58 billion euros for the July-September period, which
07:44is a 64% decline from 4.35 billion euros a year earlier.
08:07Volkswagen already terminated its job protection pledge that was in force since 1994.
08:16As new competitors entering European markets and the fundamental technologies of automobile
08:24industry are rapidly changing, Germany's position as a manufacturing location is deteriorating.
08:31European brands are facing increased competition, especially from inexpensive Chinese electric
08:36cars.
08:42China filed a lawsuit against the European Union before the World Trade Organization
08:47over the steep tariffs the bloc has slapped on its electric vehicles.
08:52Brussels argues the electric vehicles benefit from excessive subsidies to retail at artificially
08:57low prices in global markets.
09:01The new duties come on top of an existing 10% levy and are being collected as of Wednesday
09:0630 October.
09:28Designed by the European Commission to offset Beijing's financial aid and prevent EU firms
09:37from being pushed out of the lucrative electric vehicle sector, the trade measures will remain
09:42in place for five years.
09:58China has previously threatened retaliation against the EU's dairy, brandy and pork industries,
10:04moves that Brussels has denied as unwarranted.
10:07The ministry stressed its willingness to continue negotiations with the Commission to achieve
10:12a solution as soon as possible that could reverse the tariffs.
10:20Invest, invest, invest.
10:23This is what British Treasury Chief Rachel Reeves said the UK government plans to do
10:27as she announced her budget plans on Wednesday.
10:30She told lawmakers that taxes will rise by £40 billion to provide new funding for the
10:36UK's cash-starved public services, including its national health services.
10:41More pounds in people's pockets.
10:44An NHS that is there when you need it.
10:49An economy that is growing, creating wealth and opportunity for all.
10:55Because that is the only way to improve living standards.
11:00Reeves also stressed that so-called working people would not suffer from the tax hikes,
11:05but that employers' national insurance contributions would increase.
11:09I say to working people, I will not increase your national insurance.
11:14I will not increase your VAT and I will not increase your income tax.
11:21This is the Labour Party's first budget since returning to power earlier this year after
11:2614 years in opposition.
11:28Reeves claimed that higher taxes and limited public spending increases are needed to fix
11:33an economy that her party argues has been undermined by Britain's previous Conservative
11:38government.