the the, this is dw news life from berlin, carmella harris's date to become her party's presidential candidate reaches a new milestone. a virtual roll call of delegates to the democratic national convention doesn't end until monday, which has already received enough folks to win the parties combination. also in the program, one of the 3 freed russian dissidents tells reporters that he refused to vague vladimir putin to be released. i can say to him, to be a dictator, are you satisfied? and i'm not here. and i'm not going to sign any positions from as you to him, pulitzer prize winning writer of one mirror car and mores and his fellow regime

opponent said they'll keep fighting for freedom in russia. plus us rochester pressure. that is why them presidents and you called last minute after his presidential election, victory is certified in kayak us secretary of state, anthony is blinking, close opposition leaders to congratulate them for winning the most about the unpopular funding as welcome to the program. coming to hire says officially secured enough support from democratic delegates in the us to win the parties. presidential nomination. she'll be formerly nominated at the democratic national convention in chicago. later this month been slipping into the presidential race coming to harris has generated huge mon named of the cells. the nice thing though is,

is she's also raised more than $300000000.00 for her campaign. she paints a picture of stock differences between herself and donald trump. today, we face a choice between 2 very different visions. foundation one focused on the future and the other focused on the past. and we are fighting for the future. just a few weeks ago, the democratic policy was in disarray with joe bite and refusing to step down in his bid for free election. despite the transformation this still down to about with the harris can beat trump. so full time is vice president has been criticized some claim she was in a fictive and failed to make the most of the wrong supporters argued. she was

sidelined and held to the highest standard because she was a woman in black doing a lot of talking to that sort of a former state prosecution. harris is a leading voice on abortion rights. a crucial issue on the domestic agenda. along with finding solutions for the migration crisis at the southern border, internationally harris will need to manage growing criticism of the conflict and gaza. and america is continued support for israel in the fighting as well as its backing of ukraine's defense against russia's invasion. describing herself as the underdog and the election personnel faces an uphill battle in the sprint to know them, despite as well. earlier i asked at washington,

correspondent janelle do malone, how come a harris has managed to wrap up the selection process so smoothly? well, pablo, it's worth noting that a lot of things when her way from really early on from clinching those key endorsements from joe biden himself to the clinton. so the found buzz to nancy pelosi and so on. and also the part of the really did coalesce around, or anybody who could have challenged her. so it was not to and they chose to support her instead. also to, to kind of like carrots as credit being thrust into the presidential race the way she was at such a short notice. so there was a huge spotlight on her and it's worth noting that she has yet to really make any significant misstep. so ever since that debates between trump invite and set off for this replacement discussion, she managed to walk that line very gracefully of supporting biden, but also appearing ready to step in if she had to until that decision from bite.

and finally did come. and since then, she generated some very strong campaign performances. she's generated a lot of enthusiasm polls, the national polls, the several of them put her ahead of trump anywhere from between $1.00 to $3.00 points. so really the key challenge for her now is to see whether she would be able to sustain that momentum until november with the understanding that of course there will be missteps. of course, there will be set backs for a campaign in what is still a very tight race. now, the democratic national convention seems to essentially be a formality now and does not give her the opportunity then to concentrate on her agenda of the. i mean the challenge to define herself and what she wants to do that has been there the whole time, but it really does feel like we've arrived at a moment where they're relatively easy part is done and the hard work,

the real work of really reaching voters begin, so there are a few points that she's already quite good at delivering her desire to restore reproductive rights. but she also says, for example, that she wants to build up the middle class. and perhaps that's a policy proposal that needs to be flushed out a bit more. so next week she is going to go on this big campaign campaign to our campaign. bledsoe, including several swing states like our pennsylvania, michigan, arizona, and nevada, wisconsin. we might also see some hard hitting interviews between her, between her and the price. so in the next weeks and every we might even see that debate. but she says she still wants to do with donald trump, and every one of those locations is an opportunity for her to really sharpen her message and tell voters up what they're getting. if she becomes president, janelle is being reported that hire says,

meeting with vice presidential contenders this weekend. who's still in the rice? it does appear that that deep stakes list has been narrow down. suppose to you named starting with josh shapiro, the governor of pennsylvania. he's a very popular governor and also that counselor harris has started in her campaign to our next week in pennsylvania. that's setting off a lot of speculation, but doesn't really mean anything as such. there's also mark kelley, he's a former navy captain and a former astronaut. and a he is a senator of the purple state of arizona. there's also been a lot of balls and research the days about tim was so around 10 volts. he's on the governor of minnesota who was the 1st to start calling. republicans, we are. the democrats have really leaned into that trend, right, but other names on the list and the bus year of kentucky, j. b. pritzky are of illinois and people to judge, but who the v p is going to pick for the to find out latest on tuesday. all right,

and i'm sure you'll be keeping a close eye on that and see what they're doing. he's washington correspondents, and i'll do my own. here's a quick look now at some of the stories making headlines around the world. pentagon has a nice reinforcements of the u. s. military presence in the middle east. additional naval ships on day 5. your squadron will be deployed, as well as more land based anti ballistic missile systems. us aims to protect israel from possible attacks by iran and its proxy. israel's security us secretary of defense, lloyd austin, has over turned a p. deal with the legend, 911 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed to and 2 others. the 3 had agreed to a guilty plea to avoid a possible death. a sentence. austin's decision means they could still face execution. they're being held at the u. s. military base. i've guantanamo in cuba. the police have clashed with protesters and nigeria made ongoing demonstrations, overfeed shortages and corruption. one police officer has been killed in rights

groups say 9 demonstrators of also died. the ministry has threatened to intervene to end the violence. curfews have been imposed in some areas 3 russian prisoners freed as part of a major prisoner swap on thursday of held a press conference at dw is headquarters here in germany, the opposition i activists told of their experiences and their shock it certainly being released free again and ready to tell their stories. brushing dissidents, flooding mere car more. so la sheen and andre. because off a roof spoke publicly for the 1st time since being released from russian prisons. i was inside the area just the week ago. here's the day we were were in the a, i look forward to the prison and then we're here know the price conference on the

wonderful ryan river. it's like cereal. that's actual thing that is happening to us or to card morris was charged with treason and sentence to 25 years in prison for speaking out against russia's invasion of ukraine. now he's free, and so is the only i have seen who was sentenced for reporting and brushing military atrocities. despite the ordeal in russian prisons, the message they sent was one of the determination to make russia a better place even from abroad. i am a citizen of russia. i am a russian politician. i am the rest of the patriot. my goal is to have a free, unhappy russian. this is what i dedicated my life for, and i'm going to continue to do that dedicated my life for russia. andre pope offer of had been do since 2021 again and again he tried to run in elections while he is now also a free man. he reminded the public that others are less fortunate. those types of

people that are still in russian prisons on the they have to suffer 10 of the conditions and i think they would be happy to hear that it's possible to be saved. wealth of men's release as a when for diplomacy. it is also fueling a debate over whether it is justified the trade convicted criminals for the unlawfully detained us secretary of state anthony blinking has spoken on the phone with advantage. why didn't opposition leaders off to their countries? disputed presidential election blink and congratulated edmondo gonzales for receiving the most votes in sunday's ballast on. silas has been recognized as the winner by some countries, including the united states on friday. venezuela's electoral office ratified the official results, which gave victory to incumbent nicole last month. or this is patasha right on the

outskirts of correct. yes. and a slight, a just 3 days ago, it was filled with them and state as protesting the country's dispute to the election results. but now there is come. for the time being at least one position leader is quoting for fresh protests, a think solemn this set today. august that we missed the counselor with our families, children, grandchildren, grand parents in plaza is all over venice. why the 10 am but we are going to make the choose come through. she says she's now in hiding, fearing for her safety of to have and type in a sweat at a party headquarters, incorrect us the attacked. the posse claims who demand subdued security guards damaged property and stowed documents and equipment. meanwhile, venezuela's election authority has not rectified the re election. a president nicholas majid, i. in the face of international pressure,

the president requested the country supreme court carry out an audit. depaul mean, it's the highest court in the land, but it's also controlled by the ruling party. the full 10 presidential candidates were requested to attend to present that voting tallies majid every night. each other's complied, that there was one notable absence of position later, edmondo gonzalez. we 2 seen him on the right. he's the man being hailed as the when i, by the all position and the grabbing list of countries encouraging for the option to now on the united states president, do you have a voice to unhappiness with this external pressure littlefield, google, the little fellow will need, i do now it's the government of the united states that i'm not, they're not together with the one musk and the international fashion is having them . and they know they are the forefront of the stabilisation process and included

talk and 7, these wayland people once and again, it's been, is wayland, democracy on throw them across. yeah. been sold out of the country, such as busio, mexico and columbia are taking a different approach that calling for an independent view. medea there, however, appears on moved by international tasha. music funds in unit got a trade on friday. as british singing sensation. adel kicked off a 10 day residency. some agents, thousands brands were on hand. as the senior took to the stage, unix prayed for grant organizers created a custom built 130000000 euro pop up a rena to get ready for the concert which featured a massive 214 major long l e. d. screen the

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