Democratic National Convention 2024 LIVE Updates: Kamala Harris speaking at DNC; Celebrities, speakers gather

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For all the talk of a surprise guest, there didn't seem to be one.

Instead the final night of the Democratic National Convention has finished earlier than previous nights.

The speculation of an appearance by Beyonce was so breathless that the singer's representation had to issue an official denial.

Instead the night has ended with a benedict by a rabbi and minister after Kamala Harris and her family walked off the stage.

Kamala Harris has finished her speech at the Democratic National Convention to a raucous audience.

She was then joined on stage by her husband Doug Emhoff and Vice President Tim Walz and his wife Gwen.

At about 40 minutes, it was considerably shorter than Donald Trump's speech at the RNC.

Last month's speech by Trump went for 90 minutes.

Kamala Harris has spoken in defence of both Israel and Palestine.

"Now is the time to get a hostage deal and a ceasefire deal done," she said.

"I will always stand up for Israel's right to defend itself and I will always ensure Israel has the ability to defend itself, because the people of Israel must never again face the horror that a terrorist organisation called Hamas caused on October 7.

"President Biden and I are working to end this war, such that Israel is secure, the hostages are released, the suffering in Gaza ends, and the Palestinian people can realise their right to dignity, security, freedom, and self-determination."

She said that tyrants and dictators like Kim Jong-un are "rooting for Trump".

"They know he is easy to manipulate with flattery and favours," she said.

"They know Trump won't hold autocrats accountable because he wants to be an autocrat himself."

A stark contrast to previous Democratic conventions is Kamala Harris' rhetoric on border security.

In recent years, Democrats have tried to walk a softer line on the issue of immigration.

But Harris has taken a tougher line.

"Last year, Joe and I brought together Democrats and conservative Republicans to write the strongest border bill in decades.

"But Donald Trump believes a border deal would hurt his campaign.

So he ordered his allies in congress to kill the deal."

Trump responded on his social media platform: "She wants to spend all of our money on Illegal Immigrants that are invading our Country!"

Kamala Harris is speaking about perhaps the greatest dividing line between the major parties - abortion rights.

She noted Donald Trump bragged about appointing judges to the Supreme Court who overturned national abortion rights.

"I've travelled across our country and women have told me their stories - husbands and fathers have shared theirs, stories of women miscarrying in a parking lot, developing sepsis, losing the ability to ever again have children, all because doctors are afraid they may go to jail for caring for their patients, couples just trying to grow their family, cut off in the middle of IVF treatments, children who have survived sexual assault, potentially being forced to carry a pregnancy to term.

"This is what's happening in our country, because of Donald Trump."

She said Trump and his allies would limit access to birth control, ban medication abortion and enact a nationwide abortion ban.

"Simply put - they are out of their minds," she said.

"One must ask - why, exactly, is it that they don't trust women?"

Kamala Harris has steered her speech to a pointed attack on her opponent.

"In many ways, Donald Trump is an unserious man," she said.

"But the consequences of putting Donald Trump back in the White House are extremely serious.

"Consider not only the chaos and calamity when he was in office, but also the gravity of what has happened since he lost the last election.

"Donald Trump tried to throw away your votes. When he failed, he sent an armed mob to the United States Capitol, where they assaulted law enforcement officers."

The raucous crowd chanted "Not going back" as Harris spoke.

"We are charting and we are charting a new way forward," Harris said.

"Forward to a future with a strong and growing middle class, because we know a strong middle class has always been critical to America's success, and building that middle class will be a defining goal of my presidency."

Kamala Harris is leaning into her history as a criminal prosecutor in her speech.

Early on she spoke about the moment she decided to be a prosecutor.

"When I was in high school, I started to notice something about my best friend, Wanda.

"She was sad at school, and there were times she didn't want to go home.

"So one day, I asked if everything was alright. And she confided in me that she was being sexually abused by her stepfather.

"And I immediately told her she had to come stay with us and she did.

"This is one of the reasons I became a prosecutor - to protect people like Wanda, because I believe everyone has a right to safety, to dignity, and to justice."