female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates, tell us what it s been like covering this campaign, considering how violent it has been. if campaign, considering how violent it has been.- violent it has been. it has been very violent it has been. it has been very violent. - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i made violent it has been. it has l been very violent. i made it out t
urged israel and hamas to accept a ceasefire proposal outlined by president biden. here s the white house national security council spokesmanjohn kirby, speaking to abc this week programme. well, it is an israeli proposal, one that they arrived at after intense diplomacy with our own national security team and over at the state department in what it is a phased approach. so where we are right now is that proposal, an israeli proposal has been given to hamas. it was done on thursday night ourtime, we re waiting for an official response from hamas. we would note that publicly hamas officials came out and welcomed this proposal. but the proposal has been met with vocal opposition. two key right wing members of israel s coalition government have threatened to bring it down if the prime minister agrees to the latest peace deal offer. finance minister bezalel smotrich, here on the right, and national security minister itamar ben gvir said they were opposed to striking any deal unless hamas w