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  • well campaigning in the run up to the U.

  • S presidential election has ramped up, with Donald Trump holding packed rallies in Florida, Ohio and North Carolina.

  • Meanwhile, Democratic candidate Joe Biden addressed his supporters at a drive in rally in Pennsylvania.

  • More than 50 million people have already cast their ballots, and even Trump himself took advantage of early voting with his ballot cast in Florida.

  • A frenetic day on the campaign trail was underway, and you're gonna be very busy today because we're gonna have work you hard.

  • How's it?

  • Who did you vote for today?

  • I've voted for a guy named Trump.

  • Thank you very much, everybody.

  • Next stop, another swing state way will make America great again.

  • Thank you, North Carolina.

  • But polls were showing four more years in office are far from being a sure thing for Trump on every vote counts in the race, especially in battleground states like Ohio, Trump's third destination of the day.

  • We have Dunmore in the 1st 3.5 years than any administration has done.

  • The state has been hard hit by the coronavirus, and Trump asked people to wear masks and socially distance advice given to a crowd averse to his recommendations.

  • It was a different story in Joe Biden's native Pennsylvania, where the Democratic candidate focused on health care complications.

  • Who covered will become the next pre existing conditions, allowing insurance coming to jack up your coverage and women are gonna be charged a hell of a lot more for their health care just because they're women.

  • Look, Donald care.

  • Donald Trump thinks health care is a privilege.

  • I think it's a right in Florida.

  • The Biden campaign called in the help of former President Barack Obama, who slammed the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic.

  • The idea that somehow this White House has done anything but completely screw this thing up is nonsense.

  • After Ohio, the Trump campaign headed to another swing state, Wisconsin.

  • Polls show Biden is leading there, but Trump isn't giving up.

  • With a little over a week until Election Day, the race for the White House is entering its final stretch, while India has launched its month long festival season with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging people to take precautions against the coronavirus.

  • Though daily case counts are down by 40% since their peak in November, Modi called on Indians to show restraint when celebrating in the midst of the pandemic.

  • And this has led to new and safer ways of observing the festivals.

  • Yes, the Hindu festivals of Durga, Pooja and Do Sarah are taking place in a dampened way.

  • In India this year, pictures of crowds appearing on social media have sparked fears that the festive season could lead to a deluge of new coronavirus infections.

  • India has the world's second largest number of confirmed coronavirus cases after the United States, but infection rates have half since the country reached a peak of 100,000 daily cases last month.

  • Nonetheless, this year celebrations air probably muted and many prayers have gone digital.

  • Organizer's have decided to live stream many sessions for devotees toe watch from the safety of their homes.

  • Way had organizing this idea so that nobody should come here on Lee Virtually will just doing the job so online people can see it for from their house, and they're only they can do the job.

  • Food blessed by the goddess Durga is being home delivered so people don't gather to eat in public spaces.

  • Everybody has their own problems and they always come toe goddess and ask for help.

  • But this time we are all equal.

  • We are asking for Kobe toe.

  • Get rid off a bit.

  • In many states, barricades have been erected around usually buzzing places of worship.

  • The Hindu festival season will culminate with Diwali, the Festival of light off which socializing is an intrinsic feature.

  • But this year, Covert 19 is casting a shadow over the festivities.

  • Okay, and here's a look at the latest developments in the global coronavirus pandemic.

  • Spanish media reports that the government has approved a nationwide state of emergency to combat soaring cove in 19 case numbers.

  • The move enables authorities to impose curfews and other measures daily.

  • New coronavirus cases in Hungary have topped 3000 for the first time, but the government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban is seeking to avoid a repeat of last spring's locked down, and the UK is looking at reducing self isolation periods for people who have been in contact with infected persons.

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