News Headlines - 30 October 2020

▽White House Watch, Biden 49%, Trump 46% - Rasmussen Reports

Democrat Joe Biden has taken a three-point lead over President Trump in Rasmussen Reports’ daily White House Watch survey.
The latest national telephone and online survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows Biden with 49% support to Trump’s 46%. Four percent (4%) like some other candidate, while two percent (2%) are still undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)
On the last Friday before Election Day in 2016, Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton were tied at 44% each in Rasmussen Reports’ daily White House Watch.

▽'We asked Trump to stop playing YMCA' - Village People singer Victor Willis - BBC News

The Village People classic, YMCA, is regularly played at Donald Trump's campaign rallies - with the US president often seen dancing to it.
But the disco group's lead singer, Victor Willis, told BBC World News America that he does not endorse Mr Trump - and has even asked him to stop playing their music.

▽Great British Bake Off slammed as racist for ‘Japanese week’ food choices | The Independent

The Great British Bake Off has come under fire for a Japan-themed episode in which contestants used Chinese and Indian ingredients, as well as panda decorations.
This week’s episode, broadcast on Tuesday 27 October, marked Bake Off’s first ever Japanese week, with the bakers seeking inspiration from traditional Japanese delicacies.
But the week’s first task, in which the bakers were asked to make traditional Japanese steamed buns, quickly went awry when bakers substituted traditional Japanese flavours for Indian dhal and Chinese stir-fry flavours.
Others appeared to make a Chinese pork bun, while one baker designed her buns to look like a US-style cheeseburger with fries.

▽Toyota, Honda have record output in September | NHK WORLD

Japan's two biggest automakers, Toyota and Honda, recorded their highest-ever output for the month of September, driven by stronger demand in China and the United States.
Toyota says it produced 841,000 vehicles. That's up 11.7 percent from last September. It was the firm's first year-on-year increase in nine months.
Honda manufactured 472,000 units, an increase of 9.9 percent. It was the automaker's first year-on-year rise in 14 months.

▽Olympics: Tokyo Games' ticket refund process to start in November

Ticket holders in Japan unable to attend next year's postponed Tokyo Olympics will be able to apply for refunds from Nov. 10 to Nov. 30 through its official website, the local organizing committee said Friday.
Ticket refund applications for the Paralympics, also postponed for a year due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, will be accepted from Dec. 1-21, the organizers said.