This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Rachel Wright and in the early hours of Thursday, the 31st of October,

these are our main stories. Spain has declared three days of mourning after at least

95 people died in flash floods in the east and south. Carmel Harris has vowed to serve all Americans

as she seeks to contain the fallout

after President Biden appeared to refer to Donald Trump's supporters as garbage.

The first budget by a Labour Party government in the United Kingdom for 14 years is aiming to raise almost 50 billion dollars through additional taxation.

Also in this podcast,

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He's won the title back, Charlie,

his heavyweight champion of the world at 32

in the 8th round for a knockout.

Believe it or not, it's 50 years since the boxer Mohammed Ali

beat George Foreman in what became known as the Rumble in the jungle.

We begin in Spain.

At least 95 people have died in the deadliest flooding to hit Spain for three decades, after torrential rain battered the eastern

region of Valencia. Buildings and bridges were swept away and cars were left

piled up on roads as a churning tide of brown water swept through towns and villages

acres of farmland were submerged. Consella Tarathon is mayor of Orno de Alseido a town very close to the centre of Valencia.

On Tuesday night it experienced some of the worst effects of the flash floods.

By 8 p.m. in the night water started coming in great amounts and the town was

flooded in minutes. The currents were so quick and we called the emergency services who started rescuing some people who had water up their necks, but we've had a very terrible night.

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