Foreign Minister Penny Wong made it known she would not participate in a photograph with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

The president has added events in Kansas and Iowa a day after the Republican Party claimed the rallies were not necessary because the party was in a strong position there.

The president will phone into nearly 20 “tele-rallies” in the final days of the campaign instead of travelling to Kansas and Iowa, saying he no longer needs to.