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In the last weekend before America's election, both presidential candidates were on the stump in crucial swing states.

Donald Trump's first stop was North Carolina, which narrowly voted for him in 2020, and where our election model puts him just ahead.

At a rally for Kamala Harris in Georgia, Spike Lee, a film director, urge voters to do the right thing,

the title of one of his movies.

Miss Harris was also due in North Carolina later on Saturday.

Kemi Badenock was elected leader of Britain's Conservative Party.

Ms. Badenock, who will be the Tory's fourth female leader and the first

black person to lead a major British party, beat her last remaining rival, Robert Jenrick,

by more than 12,000 votes out of 95,000 cast. She served as Secretary of State for Business

under Rishi Sunak, who led the Conservatives to their worst election defeat

in more than a century in July.

Berkshire Hathaway sold some 100 million shares in Apple during the third quarter.

Warren Buffett said his investment firm had paired its stake in the American Tech Titan

to less than $70 billion, down from $178 billion in

2003. Berkshire, which has been a net seller of stocks for two years, has amassed large holdings

of cash, totaling a record of $325 billion and treasury bonds.

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