The third and final US Presidential debate is underway - you can follow it live here. We will have breaking news and analysis as we go and throughout the afternoon.
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For the basic questions, check out this commontly-asked questions and answers on the US presidential election.
We have also just gone past the third day in the Battle for Mosul in Iraq, where Iraqi and Kurdish forces with assistance from the US are trying to wrest the city from Islamic State. The latest news on Mosul is that the road there is littered with traps. A worry for soldiers, for civilians trying to flee and those trying to return to villages already liberated.
On less dangerous streets, the Vatican's decorum police have erased a mural depicting Pope Francis as a graffitti-artist advocating piece. It was quiet nice, actually.
Don't miss lots of other stories today, including:
- Our Beijing correspondent Philip Wen is in Shanghai still on the trail of the Crown Casino employees arrested last week.
- In Washington Paul McGeough had a bit of fun with these 10 things to watch for in the US debate today
- in London, Nick Miller wrote that the UK is hoping Australians will drink more British beer and eat more Britishcoockies jam to help with trade
