Kamala Harris v Mike Pence: Why this vice-president debate matters

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It's time for the supporting cast to bask in the spotlight. The deputies will have their day in charge. The number twos are stepping out of the shadows.

This promises to be a vice-presidential debate like no other.

Some have even called it the most important in history, since it comes as the US president is ill with Covid 19, a virus that's claimed 200,000 Americans and upended 330 million lives. Plus a Supreme


Kamala, Kashmir and Modi's friend all on ballot in US election

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Indian-American voters are being courted by both the Republicans and the Democrats this election cycle. The community has historically leaned Democrat - but has US President Donald Trump helped make inroads for the GOP?

On a lazy Saturday morning in August, Florida businessman Danny Gaekwad was barely awake when his phone lit up. The Trump campaign had launched an ad overnight, and the WhatsApp groups on his phone were buzzing non-stop.

The viral video, featuring President Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, walking


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Ervin Staub: A Holocaust survivor’s mission to train ‘heroic bystanders’

Image caption Dr Ervin Staub has been studying the psychology of violence for decades

A training programme designed to discourage police misconduct is being adopted across the US after months of protests over the use of excessive force. The Holocaust survivor behind the training believes that, after initial success in one city, it can change police culture nationwide.

As World War Two reached its crescendo, the actions of two people left an indelible mark on Dr Ervin Staub's life.

Born in Hungary to a Jewish family, he was a six-

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