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With eight days to go before polls open in the US, the race between presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is still fierce.

The coming week will be crucial in determining the outcome of the election, and comes against a global backdrop of uncertainty as Iran weighs how to respond to unusually public airstrikes from Israel on Friday.

Trump has seen his campaign derailed by controversy after a rally in New York was marred by speakers who used crude and racist insults.

Nevertheless, the Republican campaign has been strengthened as large numbers of early voters have come out in droves to support the campaign – even breaking records in some key battleground states, such as Georgia.

Harris will rely on symbolism as she delivers her campaign’s “closing argument” at the same spot where Trump spoke in 2021, shortly before his supporters attacked the Capitol.

Join us for live updates in the final week before voting begins.