well a total. of 16 on. this is news live from the biden harris ticket makes its debut democratic presidential candidate joe biden holds his 1st campaign event with his newly named running mate . the senator from california is the 1st woman of color to be on a major parties ticket also coming up. 3 people have died in a train derailment in scotland happened during stormy weather that has flooded many

rail lines in the country. and it's a race against time athletes in uganda hoping to get back on track after the coronavirus. i'm told me a lot of well thanks for joining us we begin in the u.s. where democratic presidential candidate joe biden and his newly chosen running mate cavalia harris have made their 1st joint campaign appearance she's the 1st woman of color on the major parties presidential ticket now their speeches came just days before biden formally accept the democratic nomination at next week's next week's party convention. historic debut for the biden harris ticket even though the pandemic kept the crowds away. campaigning in person

together for the 1st time in joe biden's home state of delaware former vice president called harris a tough proven fighter whose background reflected the diversity of america. and this morning all across the nation little girls woke up special little black and brown girls so often feel overlooked and under-valued in their communities but today today just maybe they're seeing themselves for the 1st time in a new way as the stuff of president and vice presidents harris is the 1st woman of color to be the vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket she accused president trump of bungling the coronavirus response and failing to confront racism. the president's mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic

crisis since the great depression. and we're experiencing a moral reckoning with racism and systemic injustice that has brought a new coalition of conscience to the streets of our country demanding change. america is crying out for leadership. but harris and biden haven't always seen eye to eye last year she attacked his judgment on racial issues as she campaigned for the presidential nomination. it was hurtful. to hear you talk about the reputations of 2 united states senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country which characterize my position across the board i do not praise racist yet the pair now stand united ready to take on donald trump and mike pence

in november it's a dramatic reversal of fortune for the california senator after a disappointing presidential campaign donald trump is trailing in the polls and biden has signaled he could serve just one term that means harris could now have an inside track to the presidency in 2024. washington bureau chief in this poll joins me now from washington innes komla harris has made a 1st speech since becoming the vice presidential candidate what was a core message i think her core message was we don't need a victory we need a mandate was that she mean with that she knows if the democrats in the only like with the short margin donald trump and his fellow was might challenge the outcome might even not want to leave the white house so she really encouraged everyone to go out and vote and i think her other huge message was we need

a coalition of conscious so she really also reaches out to possible swing voters i think from the republicans because she knows that many are criticizing the president and what does she bring to this campaign to joe biden's bid for the presidency. well i think both of them joe biden and she they are kind of matching their weaknesses so 1st of all obviously she is a woman he's a man she's much younger she's $55.00 he's $77.00 and she is the 1st no no white female waste why is president so she reaches out to female voters which will be crucial in this election and she reaches out to minority voters which the democrats need to regain the white house. someone

watching this and not particularly familiar with this whole system why is it important who the vice presidential candidate is. well 1st of all for the come pain right as we just talked about she bring something into the come pain joe biden is like also kind of actually really her california and her gee joe biden will be 78 years old on inauguration day so where it all possible that she has to jump in at some point and become the president and the other point is that joe biden already has announced that she he's not going to run for a 2nd term that would make it also possible that she then would run for president so it is likely that the this v.p. pick will be at some point the next president of the united states in a spiral thank you time to take a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world

a fast moving brush fire north of los angeles has prompted the mandatory evacuation of some 500 homes well then 300 firefighters have been deployed to battle the flames the blaze a scorched more than 4000. lake hughes in the angeles national forest. flooding in south sudan has forced an estimated 135000 people from their homes one of the worst affected places is the town of bor where heavy rains caused the nearby a white nile river to burst its banks efforts to reinforce a levee prevented even more of the town being swarmed. by losers government has confirmed the death of a man in police custody it says the 25 year old fell ill after being detained in a street protest meanwhile hundreds of women march through the capital minsk in protest at the crackdown on protestors at least $6000.00 demonstrators have been arrested since sunday's disputed presidential election the united nations has

condemned the actions of police saying bystanders and minors are among those detained the european union says it will hold talks on friday on possible sanctions . earlier we spoke to bill ariston journalist and analyst fran that via chalker and asked him whether the e.u. sanctions could make a difference absolutely absolutely but the sanctions in order to be more efficient and they must be more targeted all the sanctions usually imposed by by european union or united states were very general and targeted like state enterprises for narrator and for trade with others but even the police officer let say they will know all that they will be able to enter european union along with their families there in the word and that can stop them from using or shooting peaceful protesters so targeted personal sanctions that there seems to be

right now the most powerful way to stop the violence. police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks in the north east of the country they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 others have been taken to hospital the incident followed a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. aerial pitches show the full extent of the accident. the train derailed in a store in haven in scotland about 160 kilometers north east of edinburgh. the sound of sirens could be heard from afar and fix smoke billowed from behind the human terrain authorities say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service vehicles arrived to syria afterwards

shortly after the 1st reports of the crash scotland's 1st minister nicola sturgeon addressed local lawmakers emergency services are currently on site and a major incident has been declared i have just come off a call with network real and the emergency services and good details are still emerging i am afraid to say that there are reports of serious injuries. british prime minister barr stones and says he was saddened to learn of the incident and promised to improve safety clearly the most important thing now is that the british transport police are in charge of the investigation to find out exactly what happened we all work together with network rail where we'll see who's responsible to make sure that we get to make sure nothing like this happens again. the cause of the incident is unclear although the area was hit by thunderstorms and

flash flooding on the nice. these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. football now in paris and german is through to the semifinals of the champions league after defeating italian club atalanta the much seem to be going out alonso's way but in a dramatic finish p.s.g. overturned a one nil deficit with 2 injury time goals erik chewable molting got the winner to secure the french side's 1st semifinal appearance in 25 years cove in 1000 has got athletes racing against time as global sporting events return athletes around the world are playing catch up from uganda d.w. spoke exclusively to double world record holder joshua chapter gay and his teammate

helaman a coyote the 800 meter world champion about how the lockdown has impacted their careers. with just a trip to gates it's the 5 kilometer record in february that he had a chance to in his foster olympics good medal. but when the games in tokyo with postponed due to the cold 91 democrat printed 3 year old chip to get a series that losing that time has ruined his plans. to speak of course on an update of course you talk about opportunities you know we have a lot of within days because when they find him you. we have been pushed there was . shipped to gay spain to big part of the look down. the 10000 little while champion has returned to training and he's optimistic about making up the last time yeah well as they say that. delay is not so perhaps i have

to be smart enough and of course i think of course with the permission and the mindset of course and you know i just stick to the plan with my coach and my team missed so you believe. of course of course. in uganda's capital kampala you steam it. describes the looked on as the wasted period in her career. she was just starting to shine after winning how many didn't watch championship. last year as they have started to add very big dream i was targeting indoor world in the championship which was going to be making this way i would guess my preparations for tokyo but as time went on there is they're going to cause really because i would think i'm mad so many variations myself have to use my burden

when it's too active cause i know my time in sports is showing very limited so it has been so challenging and even made mentally for sure it has been so challenging . about 2021 league starts on the 14th the ugandans want to image from the look down with the bun for chip to gauge their return to monaco could be a special one because this is where he said his 5 kilometer wide record 6 months ago. visitors can now enjoy a remarkable encounter with dolphins off the coast of southern california a part of around $300.00 was caught on camera near a day no point is part of a dolphin stampede which can be described as porpoising out of the water at a high rate of speed the method is the fastest mode of travel for don't fins because there's less resistance in the air than in war so the air is said to have

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