US election 2016: Your daily dig from campaign trail

With just 27 days to go until Americans go to the polls, here's your daily election dig, including a new front in Donald Trump's battle for survival, sensational news from Utah and the undying loathing of the Hillary haters.

The latest

The war on Donald Trump just went global, with the UN human rights chief saying he is a danger to global security. There's no love lost between Trump and the UN, which he believes to be a waste of money. He's fighting battles on several fronts, continuing to bash senior Republicans Paul Ryan and John McCain on Fox News on Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, a sensational new poll in Utah by the Deseret News shows him tied with Hillary Clinton amid a surge of support for conservative Evan McMullin. It's only one poll, but suggests some Mormons could be leaving Trump for McMullin. The Utah political establishment had disowned Trump within moments of the tape emerging of his obscene comments.

There was a setback for Republicans in Florida on Wednesday, when a federal judge extended voter registration there due to Hurricane Matthew, against their wishes. The Trump campaign has released a 30-second ad, titled Dangerous, depicting his Democratic election opponent as too feeble to be president. And at a rally in North Carolina, President Barack Obama said Trump was not even fit to get a job at 7-Eleven. The crowd lapped it up like one of the store's Slurpees. Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta said the FBI was investigating the hack of his emails, published by WikiLeaks.

A mocked-up image of Donald Trump working at 7-Eleven

The BBC examines how the politics of fear are being used more than ever by both sides in this US election to exploit the Xanax-popping anxieties of American voters.

We also look at the Hillary haters, including women who are virulently opposed to the would-be first female president. Why does she inspire such loathing?

Young voters have been giving their verdict on eight years of Obama. And we review Trump's comments last week, largely overshadowed by the "hot mic" revelations, refusing to accept the innocence of the Central Park Five.

There's also the unfortunate case of Trump's Virginia chairman, whose rally in support of the Republican nominee went awry when he was fired - by the Trump campaign.

Random stat

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Percentage of all Republican women serving in Congress or as governor who have now unendorsed Trump, compared with 17% of the men, according to political number cruncher fivethirtyeight.com.

Picture of the day

A man upstages Republican running mate Mike Pence at an Iowa campaign event by wearing a wall costume in honour of Trump's pledge to build a US-Mexico border wall

Your US election daily dig

Quote of the day

Facebook's chief operating officer scotches speculation that she might serve as treasury or commerce secretary under a President Hillary Clinton.

Wednesday's diary

Donald Trump continues to campaign in the key swing state of Florida, while Clinton holds rallies in Colorado and Nevada.

Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, will hit the trail in Virginia and North Carolina, while Clinton's deputy, Tim Kaine, also heads to North Carolina.

Bill Clinton will be in Iowa.