this is the news live from burlesque the u.s. moves into a crucial phase in the race for the white house democratic presidential hopeful joe biden holding his 1st campaign event with newly named running mate harris the senator from california is the 1st woman of color to run on a major parties 10 also coming to. a human chain in the capital del ross send

pres protest against police brutality. they come following president alexander lukashenko those disputed electoral victory and the deaths of to demonstrate. plus sounds from up bygone era. they've been the newly preserved in and online for music. are brian thomas good to have you with us today we begin in the u.s. where democratic presidential candidate joe biden and running mate come along heris have made their 1st campaign appearance together harris is the 1st woman of color on a major party's presidential ticket event comes prior to biden formally accepting the democratic nomination next week. historic debut

for the biden harris ticket even though the pandemic kept the crowds away the democratic duo 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 undervalued 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 president 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 mischaracterized my position across the board i did 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. and william glue croft is here to talk to us more about that he wants you william what was his core message in her 1st very watch speech i mean the message was as clear as it was obvious basically is ruined everything that this administration has abandoned america through the pandemic through the economic crisis that's resulted from it that the united states cannot survive another 4 years under a trump administration under a 2nd trump term and that of course the solution is biden harris they really both

of them really hard core democratic issues the economy and jobs climate environment health care especially in the context of the pandemic and voting rights and social justice which is of course has become a huge topic in just the last few months the pandemic has pulled away a lot of the the problems that the united states have been facing for decades that now are really front and center and this is this year's election the economy is figuring to be a primary issue in this largely as well as the pandemic and considering that what will harris's role be for the next 80 days until the days in an unprecedented campaign given as we saw in last night's event there was no one there so they can't really campaign night neither side. can really campaign but still the vice president role in the campaign is always to be a multiplier effect for getting out the issues for for meeting more voters but basically a campaign to do everything double with 2 people at the top of the ticket also

fundraising when they come out come on harris was announced to be the pick fundraising went to the roof biden had the biden campaign had a record take in for a single day and also it's interesting what role she might play if biden were to win joe biden very clearly said that he wants her to be what he was to barack obama as vice president which is the last person in the room for every major decision that's a lot of responsibility to give to a person it is and she is just one you know away from the presidency for a very old candidate joe biden 77 years old what what is going to be the response from the trump campaign donald trump is already already come out swinging oh of course i mean on top of the normal insults we hear from joe biden if you have a dollar from about joe biden sleepy joe you know he has nicknames for every one. donald trump is sticking with the divisive rhetoric the rhetoric of fear that has really characterized his administration and it's characterized his campaigning

attitude he's really appealing to suburban voters particularly women suburban voters who helped him win in 2016 saying vote for me if you don't your communities are going to collapse are going to become poor they're going to become more infested with crime this is very racially charged rhetoric that he's hoping is going to help him but the polls show that those groups of people are starting to break away from him ok we have 80 days to go we'll see how this develops william thanks so much for that. let's get you a quick look at some of the other stories making the news this hour a fast moving brush fire north of los angeles is the back wages of 500 homes more than 300 firefighters have been ordered to battle this blaze has scorched more than 4000 hectares near lake hughes and the angeles national forest. we've seen 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 white

nile versus banks efforts to reinforce a levee prevented even more of that town being swarmed. that. police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks in the northeast of the country 6 others take the hospital the incident followed heavy rain and thunderstorms in the area. the prime minister says engineering teams have removed almost all of the oil from the ground a japanese vessel more than $1000.00 tons of already spilled into the waters around the island after that ship ran aground on a coral reef. the government of belarus has confirmed the death of a man in police custody it says the 25 year old died after being detained at a protest at least $6000.00 demonstrators have been arrested since sunday's disputed presidential election protests continued into a 4th night wednesday evening. what began during the day carried on late into the

night their defiance undimmed and hundreds of women stood arm in arm on the streets of men's protesting their government's crackdown on free speech following sunday's disputed election. is that i came here to support our bellary seen people our women and children are being killed and beaten up violated taken away we do not even know where they have taken them must be some justice those now believe . it was videos like this one i don't get so many appearing to show protesters being beaten up in detention centers. under pressure president alexander lukashenko penned the unrest on a disgruntled unemployed rump. to see it would be a mirror of what everyone who is unemployed currently has to be looked after which we have to be offered

a job that's moved here it's the core of these so-called protesters are people with a criminal past on those who are unemployed who would be as little. factory workers suggest otherwise definitely are good to their left who is there you stand up if you voted for t. cannot sky the opposition leader a man shouts the room rises as one. elsewhere signs that trust in the system is running out. all markers help this man in orange escape the clutches of police. outsiders are paying attention to the u.s. says warren sanctions are on the table what people bellerose to have the freedoms that they're demanding that they think are in their best interests. we watch the protests we we urge that these that the non violent protesters be protected and

armed. back on the streets the protests were more subdued on wednesday night. go read the chanted new sign yet that this uprising has run its course. this is still to come on our program an exclusive video of your report from cameroon on how the country's military is struggling to end a separatist fight to create a breakaways they called them to zone. but 1st germany has recorded the highest number of new coronavirus infections in a single day since the beginning of may on wednesday health authorities confirmed 1445 new cases this resurgence is adding to the pressure on german schools which have been opening their doors once again as part of the new safety measures there the state of north rhine-westphalia requires all students to wear masks in both

hallways and in the classroom u.w. visited the school and beyond to see how the mask requirements are working out there. it's a sight you have to get used to teach us to funk water looks out at his classroom a sea of moss students this is class 68 bombs feet which is about high school after months of homeschooling the new rules are meant to allow students to start the new school year safely. as is finished. for me it's actually kind of funny to see the students after the long summer vacation in their different mosques and the other type is on my feet sometimes it takes a moment to recognize them with a new has styles of memory and i'm like bottom out right that's him or her. students have to wear their mask the whole time they're in school still most of them seem to prefer being here in a mask to staying at home and she missed dance ok i think it's ok because i can do

this sometimes. it's kind of annoying but it's ok. if it is it's more or less ok but you don't really see other people's expressions. and it's really difficult to tell if people are being ironic or something. is funny and then and hides i live in iran and platinum but i go to school in north rhine-westphalia and running platen it there's no mosque requirement for classrooms but here there is and i find that a bit unfair. on 5th interested. in germany coronavirus measures and schools differ from state to state so far north rhine-westphalia is the only state that requires mosques inside the classroom following a spike in infections. teacher stefan go to says the mosque rule is reasonable. how it is 1st in for i think it's sensible and important even if you have to get

used to it no one wants to have to close the schools again after 2 or 3 weeks. finally it's break time students have 10 minutes to take off their masks to eat their lunch. observing social distancing of course. to see the employers it's a nice feeling because it's pretty woman stuff in the classroom here in the fresh air and could take our masks off that feels good. the mask rule here is in effect until the end of august school is yet to start and some other german states they will then have to decide what measures to take. well what will those other schools doing to find out was bring in our political correspondent for a good morning to you kate our other german states likely to impose the classroom mask rule for the children in those other states. where they all depends on how the

situation develops as we heard in the report each individual state is responsible for deciding which measures they want to implement and many other schools around germany also already require students to wear masks on the school premises but not in the classroom so we may see some changes in the coming weeks but that all depends on how we see the situation developed here in germany. how is the situation developing up until now the country's been keeping the number of new infections low especially compared to other countries but they're on the rise with what's changed . well there's a lot of different groups that have been attributed to the possible to the increase in in the new number of cases here in germany not least of all the number of holiday makers returning to germany bike from breaks here in the country in from abroad and there's also been a lot of new cases traced back to family events as well but there is a large concern in germany right now that what we seem to be seeing is a lot of small to medium sized outbreaks and not the concentrated cluster

infections that authours he's previously found quite easy to contain so that is a worry for authorities at the moment as to how widespread this is across the nation okinawa's new infections mounting as they have been has the federal government the gaited how it might respond what we expect to see is a continuation of the policy so far which is a localized response and one state in particular that's received a lot of praise is down in southern germany in brevet in bavaria they've taken a very strict stand so far and had quite a success a relative success in hundley the pandemic but that could be that reputation could be about to be tarnished after a scandal broke yesterday after it was revealed that some 44000 test results had not yet been returned to people who took the coronavirus tests or returning to germany from abroad and some 900 of those tests were actually positive

a lot of them believed to have not been from high risk areas so it's means that in the meantime many of these people could indeed have come into contact with other people and which of course could have huge repercussions in that area as ever thanks very much for bring us up to date. it's to cameroon now where fighting between the military and english speaking separatists in that francophone country has killed more than 3000 people displaced hundreds of thousands more it's been nearly a year since the country started a national dialogue to address the crisis but on the ground not much has changed did have you gained exclusive access to the front line of the fighting our correspondent lazy young travelled with cameroonian government soldiers battling separatists in the angle phone areas in the east or in the west rather which are the worst affected by the conflict. commerce and the forces i read interviewed a new front this suspected of being

a hideout for the countries under foreign sympathies militias sympathies incomers english speaking regions was too quick to break away state they call. the often use abundant properties like these to come. cameroon suge is a tough recovery days surrogacy we started as a street protest. but we're not in a state of war we're in a crisis we're in the situation where we have to restore law and order those men around brum those who have just gone to strike a job losses on friday he's all but dead to god it. this is a corner no one's very life you know in regions fighting between separatists and the army has forced inhabitants to flee it's been like this for 3 years nothing in a tone is functional not even hospitals. soldiers and civilians are also for huge controversies here so just give the militias for

everything. reason. as thomas passed we've noticed the conflict has progressed. the separatists and launched a campaign against the population they carry out kidnappings and ask for ransom. demand and it on song. but the current army has been accused of committing serious human rights abuses against the local population only give it has repeatedly denied however so just a film bunny villages and attacking civilians meanwhile hundreds of sympathies fighters have left the movement citing financial mismanagement from their leaders have brought. this moment to sip it is fighting for 3 years he has not joined a government amnesty program. now with some of us have realized everything we were told about the separatist movement was a lie the leaders use us to make money for them that's why i started fighting.

we leave a coup no we don't know because for now we have to immediately beast. yet another town diverse that by fighting along this road everyone has fled. i don't mean it to be security is always tight the commander tells us support is have their own comes just a few kilometers away. all the army has set up barracks like these across under a full time rune attacks on secession is still take place but only says they are walking have to contact is a tux. the army shows those weapons including explosive we just see was seized from the separatists in another town does hospital was blown to the ground so just simply to point fingers at each other for the act at least 4 patients died on debates. and the local population

is living in fear because i have the impression that the separatists are living alongside the mare but efforts are being made so that they can live in an atmosphere free of. dollars and keep to the communist government see they are planning to rebuild down to 4 regions nevertheless it is still unclear how this will happen we continue this fighting and destruction in the area. we have more now on that story from the u.k. where police in scotland say 3 people were killed when a passenger train came off the tracks they were pronounced dead at the scene 6 others have been taken to hospital that incident on a night of heavy rainfall. 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 hughley terrain authorities say they were called to the scene just before 10 am on wednesday morning dozens of emergency service vehicles arrived soon 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 details are still emerging i am afraid to see that there are only reports of serious injuries. british prime minister barr strong 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 that 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 overnight. and these pictures were released on social media by network rail the company that maintains scotland's railways. they are working alongside emergency services as investigations into what caused the accident continue. we often report on vanishing species disappearing glaciers threatened habitats but have you ever noticed that once familiar and comforting sounds of also been disappearing and astute young german has sent his fascination with acoustic obsolescence has led him to create a very unique online music.

was. the sounds of times gone by i feel remember them. this man laughs. if i'm here on the x. in my project just conserve the sound and on my museum for vanishing sounds. he's already collected about 120 from the clatter of a slide project onto the one i would never write. the archive keeps growing all the time because all kinds of sounds like disappearing from our lives. in stain time job is in communication design he keeps some appendixes items in his office the men tapes of sounds past. and classical true classic which you also find on our website is this rotary dial telephone. the 1st pick up the receiver.

yeah it's called all some generations later it's a great little mobile phone. hindis. it's much less noisy. and tiny sounds if you listen carefully. we're still became entirely silent with the 1st smartphones where you swipe in silence. just getting confused. after a little post production the new recordings from the facts around museum and pair on the can see if the sound website it's not a money making enterprise but gets funding from the state and it could go on forever. to many of us there are loads more sounds you could look for and find. it's a lifelong venture. actually the project to keep going for as long as there are humans producing sounds good sometimes it's quick and effective when. i think if the sound

is near to you and wonderful the past in the present and for half. to the sounds of nature people southern california have been treated to a remarkable encounter with dolphins a part of about 300 dolphins were caught on camera near dana point they were 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 dolphins because of course there's less resistance in the air then in the water the area said to have the highest concentration of dolphins on the planet. this gives you reminder of our top story at this hour u.s. democratic presidential candidate joe biden and his newly chosen running mate

harris have made their 1st joint campaign appearance she is the 1st woman of color on a major party ticket errors as the u.s. is crying out for leadership and criticized the president's handling of the. up next join us work focus on your i'm brian thomas for the entire team here thanks for being with us.

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