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Clinton and Trump trade blows in first presidential election debate

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have clashed in a fiery first presidential debate in the race for the White House.

The Democrat and Republican rivals squared off in a 90-minute debate at Hofstra University in New York, which was screened to tens of millions of television viewers in America and live-streamed around the world.

The rival candidates sparred on issues ranging from the economy and the fight against so-called Islamic State (IS) to their fitness for office and the "birther" controversy.

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Donald Trump: 'ISIS are beating us at our own game'

Donald Trump has said the so-called Islamic State "are beating us at our game" on the internet.

He said America is "not doing the job we should be doing" on cyber security.

"We came in with the internet, we came up with the internet. When you're looking at what ISIS are doing with the internet - they're beating us at our own game", he added.

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