Trump rejects second TV debate saying it is 'too late'

Former US President Donald Trump has said he will not take part in a second TV debate ahead of November's presidential election.

As Vice-President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's candidate, accepted an invitation to the CNN debate on 23 October, Republican nominee Trump told a rally it was "too late" as voting has already started.

Harris's campaign team says that given the former president claimed to have won their previous debate in Philadelphia earlier this month, he should accept.

Snap polls taken after that encounter suggested a majority of viewers believed the vice-president outperformed her challenger.

After the 11th September debate, Trump had said there would be no further debates.

In a statement, Harris-Walz campaign chair Jen O'Malley Dillon says that Americans "deserve another opportunity" to see Harris and Trump debate before the November election.

She says it would be unprecedented in modern history for there to just be one general election debate.

Dillon adds debates offer a unique chance for voters to see the candidates side by side and take stock of their competing visions for America.

[Source: BBC]