Morning news brief: US election updates; China’s new military secretary, and more

Morning news brief: US election updates; China's new military secretary, and more

Kamala Harris has pledged that she would hold Donald Trump accountable for his alleged offences when she wins the US elections in ten days.

In China, Lieutenant General Fang Yongxiang is reportedly the new military secretary. He was seen accompanying President Xi on a recent PLA inspection.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has expressed hope that Israel’s latest strike on Iran may conclude months of escalations, noting that only military targets were hit.

In Japan, voters are participating in a parliamentary election that could determine the future of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government.

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Kamala Harris, on Saturday (Oct 26) told voters she would prosecute her political rival Donald Trump “in 10 days”. Addressing a cheering crowd in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Harris told her supporters that as a prosecutor she took on perpetrators of all kinds — predators, fraudsters, and repeat offenders, and vowed In 10 days, it was Donald Trump’s turn.

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If reports are to be believed, China has a new military secretary who was a part of President Xi Jinping’s recent inspection visits to the units of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). 

A report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP) on Saturday (Oct 26) said that Lieutenant General Fang Yongxiang- the apparent military secretary- was part of the group accompanying President Xi during his visit to an unspecified brigade of PLA’s rocket force last week.

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US President Joe Biden on Saturday (Oct 26) expressed hope that Israel’s recent strikes on Iran could mark “the end” of the months-long period of escalations. Speaking to reporters, he said, “It looks like they didn’t hit anything other than military targets.”

“I hope that this is the end,” stated Biden, adding that Israel had given him a heads-up about the attack.

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Voting for the parliamentary election in Japan began early Sunday (Oct 27). Voters will decide the fate of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s government in the election that is expected to punish his coalition over a funding scandal and inflation, potentially ending a decade of dominance for his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).

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