That’s a wrap – thank you for reading The Australian Financial Review blog today. These were some of our main stories:

• Walz, Vance clash, politely, over immigration in debate: The two vice-president hopefuls mostly struck a cordial tone, instead saving their fire for the candidates at the top of their tickets during their only debate.
• America’s gridlock election: ‘they are fighting for inches’: With just over a month until polling day, the race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump is too close to call. Is there anything that can shift voters’ views?
• Double dissolution election threat ‘serious’: Labor is preparing to reintroduce its stalled shared equity housing bill into parliament next week, in an attempt to increase pressure on the Greens.
• PM condemns Iran for Israel missile strike: Anthony Albanese called for a Middle East ceasefire, as he warned that planned pro-Palestinian protests for October 7 would stoke disharmony.