PoliticsVOA Focus Today (October 31, 2026): Rubio hosts G20 foreign ministers

The program highlights Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosting a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting, more than 45 million early ballots cast ahead of the US midterm elections, and a former US official’s view that the results will not affect policy toward China. Other topics include progress on a US Navy medium unmanned surface vehicle program, Trump saying the conflict with Iran will end soon, and a call by Mullenaar for the CCP to release all political prisoners.

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