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Kamala Harris said time was running out yesterday at a voting event in Madison, Wisconsin, where she was joined by a number of folk and pop musicians including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons. “We have six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime,” the vice president and Democratic nominee told the crowd.

“On Day 1, Donald Trump came into office with a list of enemies,” Harris said before giving a speech highlighting her policy plans, including a proposal to cut taxes on small businesses and expand health insurance for families. who care for an elderly parent at home.

• Harris responds to protesters. In two different parts of the crowd, protesters drew attention to Israel's war in Gaza, chanting “Liberate Palestine” and unfurling banners. Harris said: “We all want the war in Gaza to end and the hostages released as quickly as possible, and I will do everything in my power to make this heard and known.”

• Harris's Separation from the president in slow motion. The delicate dance of Harris' campaign team, simultaneously showing deference to Joe Biden while distancing themselves from his presidency and crushing his ambition to campaign for her, has reached a critical point.

Judge orders Elon Musk to appear in court in Philadelphia over $1 million in corporate gifts

A judge ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing in Philadelphia today seeking to stop a billionaire-controlled political action committee from raising $1 million before the Nov. 5 election. Allocating dollars to registered U.S. voters in battleground states.

The Philadelphia District Attorney's Office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It called Musk's America Pac giveaway, which supports Donald Trump, an “illegal lottery” that tricks Pennsylvania residents into sharing personal information. Musk has pledged to donate $1 million every day to someone who signs his online petition for free speech and gun rights.

• What do legal experts say about the giveaway? People interviewed by Reuters last week were divided over whether it violated federal law that makes it a crime to pay or offer money to a person to register to vote.

The world must act to prevent “ethnic cleansing” from Gaza, says António Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Israel could carry out “ethnic cleansing” in the Gaza Strip unless the international community takes decisive action to prevent it. The number of civilian casualties from Israeli bombing in the north of the territory is increasing. An attack on Tuesday in Beit Lahiya district killed at least 93 people, in what the United Nations said was just one of at least seven “mass casualties” in Gaza over the past week.

At the same time, aid deliveries to Gaza are reported to have fallen to their lowest level since the war began, fueling growing claims that Israel's true intention is to drive out the remaining Palestinian population from at least part of the Gaza Strip.

• How many health facilities are there left in Gaza? “Only two… out of 20 health units and two hospitals, Kamal Adwan and al-Awda, remain functional, albeit partially, hampering the provision of life-saving health services,” the UN humanitarian affairs agency, OCHA, said.

In other news…

• Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke left the stage during a solo show in Melbourne after being harassed by a pro-Palestinian protester who shouted: “How many dead children does it take to condemn the genocide in Gaza?”

• Mysterious monuments that make fun of Trump keep popping up. Yesterday, another large Trump statue appeared in Maja Park, Philadelphia, titled “Honoring a Life of Sexual Assault.”

• Eight of Mexico's 11 Supreme Court justices have resigned following controversial judicial reforms, the top court said. In a move that has raised tensions, Mexico will become the only country in the world where voters can elect all judges.

• A UN committee has called on Peru to compensate women who were forcibly sterilized in the 1990sand decided that state policies could constitute a “crime against humanity.”

Don't miss: The tragedy of Palestinian journalist Wael al-Dahdouh

On the day his wife and two of his children were killed in an Israeli raid on a designated security zone, Al Jazeera's Gaza bureau chief Wael al-Dahdouh became a symbol of the devastating losses suffered by Palestinians in Gaza and the special plight of Palestinian journalists. Dahdouh had barely left the hospital when he was interviewed. He had been covering the deaths of others for weeks, and now he was the story. This was just the beginning of his heartbreaking journey, writes Nesrine Malik.

…or this: The floods in Spain are bringing devastation and despair

Spain's worst flooding in nearly 30 years caused the Magro River to burst its banks, trapping some residents in their homes and sending cars and trash cans flying. The death toll in Valencia and the neighboring regions of Castile-La Mancha and Andalusia stood at 95. Utiel's mayor, Ricardo Gabaldón, said Tuesday was the worst day of his life. “We were trapped like rats,” he said.

Climate check: “Disturbing” lack of concrete progress to save nature at Cop16

Governments risk another decade of failure to tackle biodiversity loss due to slow implementation of an international agreement to curb the destruction of the Earth's ecosystems, experts warn. As the countries' representatives delve into their second week of negotiations at Cop16 in Cali, Colombia – their first meeting since the historic agreement to stop man-made destruction of life on our planet – concerns are growing about the lack of concrete progress.

Last Thing: Are We Entering a New Era of Erotic Literature?

There seems to be a new energy in sex writing. The Erotic Review was relaunched as a print magazine earlier this year, while the dating app Feeld just released the first issue of its new literary magazine AFM (which alternates between “A Feeld Magazine” and “A Fucking Magazine”). “I think we're on the cusp of a shift in society's general views on acceptable sexual behavior and what's considered normal,” says Lucy Roeber, editor of Erotic Review.

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