Key issues from the night

Here are five key points from the first live televised debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton in the race for the White House. Jobs and the economy: The candidates kicked off with different approaches to the first question on Americans’ wealth and work, with Mrs Clinton looking to future policies while Mr Trump targeted the Democrats’ record in Government.

Mrs Clinton noted that it was her granddaughter Charlotte’s second birthday as she pledged to achieve gender parity in the workplace and increase taxes for the wealthy.

Mr Trump said the US had lost jobs to Mexico and industry to China and promised to revive the US economy by lowering taxes, cutting regulation and renegotiating trade deals. Emails and tax returns: These were two subjects on which both candidates could expect to be attacked. Mrs Clinton admitted she had made a mistake by using a private email system during her tenure as US secretary of state.

Mr Trump said he would only disclose his tax affairs if his rival releases the “33,000 emails” deleted from her private server.

However Mrs Clinton accused Mr Trump of hiding “something terrible”, suggesting he may not be as wealthy as he claims, pay a low rate of tax or give smaller charitable donations than he has claimed. Race: The candidates were asked how they would heal race relations in the wake of police shootings that have provoked outrage across the US.

Mrs Clinton said gun violence is the leading cause of death among young African-American men and tackling the “plague of gun violence” is critical.

The pair clashed on “stop and frisk” laws, with Mr Trump claiming a judge’s ruling that the practice was unconstitutional was wrong.

He said: “Right now our police are afraid of doing anything” and that if you walk down the streets in places like Chicago, “you get shot”. Gender: During an exchange over her ability to cope with the physical demands of the job, Mrs Clinton referred to an episode between Mr Trump and US chat show host Rosie O’Donnell. “This is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs,” the Democrat said. Gun laws: On a rare point of agreement between the candidates, Mr Trump said he supported Mrs Clinton’s view that people on watch lists or no-fly lists should have restrictions on their ability to buy guns.

“We have to look very strongly at no-fly lists and watch lists,” the tycoon said.