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Sep 2024
47m 32s

What does the battleground state of Geor...

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With less than two months left until the 2024 US presidential election, Newshour’s Tim Franks and the team travel to Atlanta.

We get reaction and insight from Georgia – one of the key swing states in the US – on the first TV debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Also on the programme: Congolese medics say they are struggling to contain the mpox outbreak; and Mexico's senate has given general approval to a sweeping reform that will mean all judges are elected by popular vote.

(Photo: Democratic presidential nominee and US Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff visit a watch party. Credit: Reuters)

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