US election: Biden accuses 'weak' Trump of stoking violence

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Media caption Joe Biden: "Fires are burning and we have a president who fans the flames"

US presidential candidate Joe Biden has accused Donald Trump of being a "weak" and "toxic" leader who has "fomented" violence in the country.

Speaking in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, Mr Biden said the US was facing multiple crises, which "under Donald Trump, keep multiplying".

The Democrat's comments came amid sharp tensions between the rival candidates over unrest in

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Trudeau condemns toppling of Canada's first PM as 'vandalism'

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Image caption Montreal's downtown statue of Sir John A Macdonald was also decapitated in 1992

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is "deeply disappointed" by the toppling of the statue of Canada's first prime minister over the weekend.

He called the act "vandalism".

Activists in Montreal pulled down the statue of Sir John A Macdonald, who was linked to policies that killed many indigenous people in the late 19th Century.

Video captured the moment the statue's

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Portland protests: Trump and Biden clash over street violence

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US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have clashed over the violence that has erupted at protests in Portland, Oregon.

Mr Trump blamed the Democrat mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, for allowing the "death and destruction of his city".

But Mr Biden said the president was "recklessly encouraging violence".

A man was shot dead in Portland on Saturday as elsewhere in the city a pro-Trump rally clashed with Black Lives Matter


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