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| Hello. While Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have had an intriguing reunion at a 9/11 memorial event, hours after leaving the debate stage, our correspondents around the world have summed up how the White House rivals' TV face-off was received overseas. From the DR Congo, Simi Jolaoso hears the fears of nurses treating mpox patients. And we also feature racquet sport, magic mushrooms and a heated debate over a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II. | |
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GET UP TO SPEED | | The delivery of Iranian missiles to Russia has changed the debate about Ukraine using long-range missiles provided by the West against targets inside Russia, the UK's foreign secretary has told the BBC on a visit to Kyiv. | | The US state of Louisiana is bracing for Hurricane Francine, which is forecast to grow to a Category 2 strength hurricane and expected make landfall in the coming hours. See its projected path. | | French authorities are trying to locate 600 containers of wild garlic pesto sauce, which is thought to be behind five cases of people needing emergency treatment for suspected botulism. | |
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QUESTIONS ANSWERED | US debate makes waves overseas |
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| | Our correspondents offer the view of the debate from Ukraine, Israel and elsewhere. Credit: BBC | The debate between US presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump featured some tense exchanges on foreign policy. And it was being closely watched around the world for signs of how each of the rivals might act in the White House. |
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| The view from Moscow, by Russia editor Steve Rosenberg | The Kremlin claimed to have been irked by all mentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the debate. "Putin's name is used as one of the instruments for the internal battle in the US," spokesman Dmitry Peskov told me. "We don't like this." Last week, Putin claimed he was backing Harris in the election and praised her "infectious laugh". Later a Russian state TV anchor clarified that Putin had been "slightly ironic". | Beijing’s viewpoint, by China correspondent Laura Bicker | Kamala Harris has no track record on China and on the debate stage she simply repeated her line that the US, not China, would win the competition for the 21st Century. The vice-president represents something China does not like - uncertainty. For Chinese leaders, this debate will have done little to assuage beliefs that Trump represents something else they don't like - unpredictability. | And in Hungary, by Central Europe correspondent Nick Thorpe | Trump showered praise on the Hungarian prime minister: "Viktor Orban, one of the most respected men, they call him a strong man." Hungary's pro-government Magyar Nemzet ran the headline: "Huge recognition!" But government-critical news portal 444 quoted Tim Walz, running mate of Harris. "He [Trump] was asked to name one world leader who was with him, and he said Orban. Dear God. That's all we need to know." | | | Claims checked: Trump repeated a baseless claim about immigrants eating people's pets, while Harris falsely said unemployment was at its highest since the Great Depression when her rival left office. Read BBC Verify's verdicts. Watch: Harris and Trump were shaking hands again, just hours after their fiery debate, as they attended a 9/11 memorial in New York. Voters' views: Reaction to the debate from across the country suggested the electorate is as divided as polls suggest. Here's what people said. | |
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| Desperation in the mpox epicentre | | Bad roads, the cost of using helicopters, and war are delaying the arrival of the vaccines. Credit: Glody Murhabazi/BBC | Mpox - formerly monkeypox - has killed at least 635 people in DR Congo this year. Some 200,000 vaccines, donated by the European Commission, have been flown into the capital, Kinshasa, but it could be several weeks before they reach the outbreak's epicentre in the east. |
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| | | As you enter Lwiro community hospital, which is about an hour's drive north of South Kivu's main city of Bukavu, two main things hit you: first the resounding and loud cries of babies. The second is the stench - a mix of urine and stagnant water. The clinic is running out of clean water, meaning they have to ration what they have in the small jerrycans underneath their beds. Another problem, said Dr Pacifique Karanzo, was that there was not enough personal protective equipment for the medics.
"We've learned from social media that the vaccine is already available," Emmanuel Fikiri, a nurse, told the BBC. He said this was the first time he had treated patients with mpox and every day he feared catching it and passing it on to his own children - aged seven, five and one. "You saw how I touched the patients because that's my job as a nurse. So, we're asking the government to help us by first giving us the vaccines." |
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| | | Young victims: Children have been worst-affected by the eastern DR Congo's current mpox outbreak, Simi Jolaoso and Glody Murhabazi reported last month. | | The basics: Wondering what exactly is mpox and how it spreads? Read our explainer. | | How worried should we be? After the spread of mpox in parts of Africa was declared a global emergency, our health and science correspondent James Gallagher gave his assessment. |
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THE BIG PICTURE | The remarkable rise of padel |
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| | | Padel was invented in 1969 by a couple on holiday, as a way to avoid boredom. Credit: Getty Images | It has more than 30 million players worldwide, including David Beckham, Serena Williams and even French President Emmanuel Macron. But how did padel - once largely the preserve of Hollywood glitterati visiting the Mexican resort town of Acapulco - get so popular? BBC Sport's Jake Jones explains. |
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| | | Listen: Our Sporting Witness podcast hears from Viviana Corcuera how she and husband Enrique created the sport of padel while on holiday. | |
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FOR YOUR DOWNTIME | Ancient highs | What Western medicine can learn from the history of psychedelics. | |
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And finally... in Northern Ireland | A new statue designed to commemorate Elizabeth II and Prince Philip has received a mixed reception. "We have to be honest, it does not resemble the Queen in any shape or form," a local councillor said. "The dogs and Prince Philip look nice, but the Queen... it doesn’t look like her," a visitor thought. Take a look, and see what you think. | |
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